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I'm working family genealogy tonight and researching my First Cousin twice removed. She was born in February 1898 in Fleming, Saskatchewan, Canada. She died at age 102 in 2000 in Vancouver, British Cloumbia, Canada. I never met her. I found that she passed her high school entrance examination in July 1912 when she was 14 years old. That got me to thinking "How odd...no automatic advancement to high school in Manitoba in 1912? How did entrance exams work in Canada back then?"Sure enough, the entrance exams were tough! (see below) I had no idea how hard it was to get...

CarryingMarine@carryingmarineA Secret Service agent who protected Trump recently said something that SHOCKED everyone: “Trump has RUINED me — I could never protect another President the same way again.” And before you assume he meant that as criticism, WAIT until you understand what he really meant by “ruined,” because his explanation of Trump has left people across the Secret Service deeply emotional.Here’s what the agent meant by “Trump ruined me”:This Secret Service agent had protected several Presidents before Trump. He was professionally trained, followed every rule, and performed his duty with discipline, distance, and dedication. He protected each President the same...

W.H.Grampa@WHGrampa0·18hBOMBSHELL JUST DROPPED — THERE IS NO HIDING THIS ANYMORE Investigative journalist Catherine Herridge just exposed the documents.China was BLACKMAILING the Biden family… and it was sitting in President Biden’s own daily brief.She found the records. She held them up on camera. The evidence is right there.And what did the FBI, CIA, and the entire legacy media do?They buried it. They looked the other way. They protected the regime.This isn’t politics.This isn’t a “scandal.”This is TREASON at the highest level.They knew.They covered it up.And they did it to keep power.No more excuses. No more “conspiracy theories.” The documents are out....

The first confirmed arm bone of a Denisovan has been discovered in southwest China, adding another piece to the puzzle of an elusive human relative... Only a handful of physical Denisovan remains have ever been knowingly recovered, including finger bones, ribs, teeth, jawbones, some skulls, and a couple of leg bones. But now, researchers in China report they have discovered the first Denisovan radius, one of the two long bones in the forearm... a site called Bianfu Cave that contains more than 60,000 bone fragments found in several layers of sediment... The vast majority of these skeletal remains belonged to...

President Donald Trump isn't exactly known for his refined palette. But Thursday's state dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping will be an elegant affair. Conspicuously missing from the menu, however, is an American dining staple, red meat. "The first course offers a refined and silky-smooth velouté made of sweet yellow squash. This course is gently blended to highlight its delicate seasonal flavors of earthy wild mushrooms, sautéed with fresh herbs. Together, these ingredients create a rich fricassee, complemented by crispy pancetta for a savory and smoky contrast. A finishing drizzle of scallion oil adds vibrance and a subtle allium brightness...

Firebrand MAGA loyalist Alina Habba is marrying a dashing and politically-connected Turkish billionaire 13 years her junior on Saturday - just eight months after her second divorce, the Daily Mail can reveal. New Jersey native Hanna 42, is slated to say 'I do' to 29-year-old Turhan Mildon, who hails from a powerful business dynasty and is a close ally of Turkey's hardline President Recep Erdogan. A gigantic diamond believed to be at least 23-carats weighed down Habba's wedding finger as she clutched what appeared to be a pink ostrich Hermès Birkin bag with an estimated price tag of $30,000. It...

John “TIG” Tiegen@TigTiegenYou lecturing about “free press” is a joke.The night Stevens and Sean Smith were killed you pointed at a YouTube video. That same night you emailed your daughter it was an al Qaeda-like group. The next day you told Egypt it was a planned attack, not the film.Then the public story stayed on the video. The press ran it. Nakoula got locked up on a probation hit after that narrative.Tyrone Woods’s father said you told him you would arrest the filmmaker for his son’s death.You used the press to sell a fake protest so an election calendar wouldn’t...

PSA: Trump's Big Beautiful Bill eliminated federal income taxes on Social Security benefits for approximately 88% of seniorsGINGERSKOL💜💛@GlowSurfing·Sep 23ANOTHER HISTORY LESSON ON YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY CARD:Just in case some of you young ones (& some older ones) didn’t know this. It’s easy to check out, if you don’t believe it. Be sure and show it to your family and friends. They need a little history lesson on what’s what and it doesn’t matter whether you are Democrat or Republican. Facts are FACTS.Up until the 1980's, Social Security cards expressly stated the number and card were not to be used for...

How do math skills compare around the world?This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, ranks participating countries and economies by the average mathematics scores of 15-year-old students in the most recent PISA 2025 study, published in September 2026.PISA assesses students in mathematics, reading, and science. Its mathematics assessment goes beyond memorizing formulas or procedures, measuring whether students can apply mathematical knowledge and reasoning to real-world problems.More than 760,000 students took part in PISA 2025 across 91 countries and economies, representing roughly 33 million 15-year-olds worldwide.China in this ranking represents the participating jurisdictions of Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang. Uzbekistan is...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Forty-three percent of Americans now have a positive view of socialism, marking the first time this figure has exceeded 39% in Gallup’s trend since 2010. Socialism still trails capitalism and free enterprise in public favorability but now ranks ahead of big business. Small business remains the clear leader among the five economic concepts tested, with 95% viewing it positively. Gallup has measured Americans’ overall views of these five economic concepts periodically since 2010, with the latest update conducted Aug. 3-24. Over the longer term, Americans have become less positive about most of the market-oriented concepts Gallup tracks....

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health advisers on Wednesday endorsed a blood test designed to spot signs of various cancers in apparently healthy people while warning that it’s far from clear how well the technology works. Grail Inc.’s Galleri test doesn’t diagnose cancer but instead, with a single blood draw, looks for a signal that someone may have one of a long list of tumors. Those who receive a positive result need additional care to tell if they’re really sick. The Food and Drug Administration’s advisory panel voted 7-2, with one abstention, that the DNA-based test offers more potential benefits than...

Northern Ireland Friends of Israel.They want you to believe that Israel is isolated on the world stage.Here we list what the leaders of 75 nations around the world have said about strengthening relations with Israel since 2023.It is difficult to think of any other country as small as Israel inspiring such warm friendship and admiration from around the world.Whether you are a friend of Israel or not, you owe it to yourself to sit down, have a cup of tea and scan down our list!Northern Ireland Friends of IsraelAlbania.Name & Title: Edi Rama, Prime MinisterDate: 26 January 2026Quote: Albania is...

A pro-transgender counterprotester told supporters of Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham that they "should have been aborted" outside the Fever’s game against the Minnesota Lynx on Thursday night. The man delivered the remark through a bullhorn while wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the word "abortion," as Cunningham supporters gathered outside Target Center for a rally in support of protecting women’s sports. Another counterprotester used a bullhorn to repeatedly call XX-XY Athletics — a women’s sports apparel company that opposes biological males competing in women’s sports — a "hate group." NCAA softball player Kendall Kotzmacher, who attended Thursday’s rally, told OutKick...

When a $20,000 Trumpet Failed live at the Diamondbacks game

This is absolutely ridiculous. First off the entire woke media dragged a kid, the Texas quarterback Manning, for laughing a fake video. They said he was condoning violence against women and treated him as like they treat President Trump. The "lighten up Francis" scene comes to mind. He's a young twenty something kid who plays football and will one day wear a super bowl ring and all he did was laugh at a funny fake video. And then they scrub the fake video from the internet. Censorship pure and simple. I'm very surprised that Grok will not help me find...

IN THE PRESENCE OF THEIR KING! SONG DEVOTIONAL Beloved, the day is coming when our precious Lord Jesus Christ will reign as King over all the earth for a thousand years in truth and RIGHTEOUSNESS. Every promise our Heavenly Father has ever spoken concerning His Son will be fulfilled exactly as He has declared during this time. Israel will indeed know her Messiah, at this time after centuries of rebellion, and the redeemed remnant of the gentile nations will come up to Jerusalem to worship the King of the Jews! It will be the Fulfillment of the Feast of Tabernacles...

The Feast of Tabernacles' prophetic fulfillment will be the Kingdom Age under the reign of the returning Messiah of Israel over the remaining nations of the world (Isa. 2: 1-5, 11:1-10; Micah 4:1-4; Zech. 8:21-23; 14:9, 16-21, etc.). Throughout the Old Testament and Israel's continual rebellion, Almighty God always pointed to "that Day" in which His people would return to Him, and He would restore them and be their God. It will be at Messiah's Second Coming that this wondrous future for Israel shall be finally fulfilled (Isa. 4:2; 26:1-3; 52:6; Jer. 3:8, 18-19; 16:14-19; 23:5; 30:1-3; 8-24; 32:37; Ezek....

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. FReeper Canteen Cafe Come on in, we're open Need a place just to hang out? This is it. It's casual FRiday here at the Canteen. Pull up a seat and relax. We serve coffee, tea, conversation and music. Our AWESOME military, our AWESOME allies, and their families are welcomed and honored here. No worries in the FReeper Canteen Just Hangin' Cafe. Grab a cup or a glass, and start a conversation....

The Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday that it had eliminated Mahmoud Abd al-Fattah Awad, a Hamas commander who, according to the military, held seven hostages in a Gaza tunnel during the war. Awad, who was killed in an airstrike in the Gaza City area over the weekend, took part in holding hostages Daniella Gilboa, Karina Ariev, Doron Steinbrecher, Naama Levy, Ziv Berman, Omri Miran and Eitan Mor, according to the military. Awad had recently planned terror attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians, and also worked to rebuild Hamas’s capabilities “in systematic violation of the ceasefire,” the IDF said. “Prior...

Title: President Trump and the President of China Deliver Remarks at a State Dinner Channel: The White House Upload/context date: Around September 24–25, 2026 This is an official White House video showing remarks delivered by U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping during a state dinner. It captures formal speeches or toasts from both leaders at the event.