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Many years ago, during a particularly dark period of my life, I wrote a one-scene play. It was one of a number of works that I felt inspired to create. Thankfully I seem to have come out of that melancholy for good, but there will forever be a mark on my soul from that time. I like to think that what I've done since has been, for lack of a better term, "happier". So, about this play... It's a single scene. Involving a man and a woman. And they come to have a heated discussion involving another woman. All throughout...

Tracing its intellectual lineage back to the Muslim Brotherhood-linked doctrines of Ismail Raji al-Faruqi and the 1977 Lugano conference that spawned the war plan to take over the West, RAIR examines how the late John Esposito established a legacy of ideological apologia at Georgetown University through projects like the Bridge Initiative. All funded by the American taxpayer! John L. Esposito, the longtime Georgetown University professor of Islamic studies and founding director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU), died on July 15, 2026, at age 86 from complications of heart surgery. Esposito was an apologist for...

A former member of the Democratic Socialists of America has issued a dramatic warning about the far-left group’s growing political influence ahead of the November midterms.

A Florida woman was arrested and accused of leaving her four minor children, including an infant, alone while she went on a weekend cruise, according to police. The suspect, 29-year-old Nathalie Belizaire, of North Miami Beach, is accused of four counts of child neglect without great bodily harm. Belizaire’s attorney denied the allegations. According to North Miami Beach police, the father of one of Belizaire’s children, who is 2 months old, had seen on a post on her WhatsApp story on Thursday “depicting what appeared to be a cruise ticket purchase.” That day, he spoke to Belizaire, who told him...

Vyacheslav Volodin said the US abandoned genuine elections, voting by mailMOSCOW, September 30. /TASS/. US President Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election over Donald Trump through fraud, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin has said, arguing that, unlike in the United States, democracy in Russia is genuine. "Our democracy is not contrived, unlike in the West, in the United States. They abandoned genuine elections; they vote by mail, yet there are not even voters’ return addresses. It is nothing but fraud. Trump suffered, and Biden overtook him last time thanks to that fraud," Volodin said at the first plenary session...

There are more charges than ever, but once again, it’s really for daring to stand against the Left. Well, this isn’t going to go anywhere, at least unless the Democrats win a big victory in November, but Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) is (mercifully) on his way out of Congress, and apparently this is his bid for immortality. Just like the New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who miraculously transformed an arguable misdemeanor into 34 felonies in order to give the left a weapon against Donald Trump, Cohen has now shown an impressive talent for making mountains out of molehills,...

Flydubai Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv abruptly diverted to Saudi Arabia earlier today after a reported fight between the pilots triggered a distress alert, sources told CNN. Flight-tracking data from Flightradar24 shows Flydubai Flight FZ1073 diverted over Jordanian airspace toward Saudi Arabia and rapidly descended 17,400 feet in just minutes around 0120 ET. Israeli fighter jets were scrambled. According to Amit Segal of Israel’s Channel 12 News: Following situation assessments and passenger testimonies, Israel is treating the incident as a full-fledged terrorist attack. It appears that the co-pilot repeatedly stabbed the captain. Once the attack began, several crew...

Geddy Lee, bassist/keyboardist/lead vocalist for the veteran Canadian progressive hard rock power trio Rush, has moved away from his usual public avoidance of political matters to make an endorsement in the upcoming Toronto mayoral election on Monday, October 26, 2026. Lee has come out in favor of Toronto City Councilor Brad Bradford, who, among others, is running against current mayor Olivia Chow. I was born in Toronto and have built a life with my family here. It was always a place I’ve been proud to call home. But it’s changing, and not for the better. I’m not one to make...

Pennsylvania's renewable energy mandate is finally facing a constitutional test. In a lawsuit filed September 3, West Virginia argues that Pennsylvania's requirement that many qualifying renewable generators be located within the state violates a basic principle of interstate commerce: states cannot rig markets to favor their own businesses. The case highlights a broader problem with renewable energy mandates: their high cost. Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia mandate that electric utilities purchase increasing percentages of their customers' electricity from specific types of 'green' generating resources. Qualifying suppliers are issued renewable energy credits, or RECs, which utilities must purchase. Utilities...

"Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might" (Eph. 6:10). You can be victorious! This month we've learned many things about spiritual warfare that I pray will better equip you for victory in your Christian life. In concluding our brief study of Ephesians 6:10-18, here are some key principles I want you to remember: Remember that Satan is a defeated foe. Jesus came to destroy his works (1 John 3:8) and will someday cast him into eternal hell (Rev. 20:10). Remember the power of Christ in your life. John said, "Greater is He who is...

Democratic candidates to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY): Thanks, but no thanks. A number of swing-state Democrats have been telling AOC to “stay away,” according to a Sunday report from Axios, which said candidates are worried about the New York progressive sabotaging their chances of winning. “The polling is atrocious for her,” a top Democratic strategist told the outlet. “She’s a lightening rod.” Even Dems who previously welcomed Ocasio-Cortez to campaign on their behalf are now trying to keep her away. House candidate Sam Forstag (D) “suggested” he didn’t want AOC to campaign for him in Montana, only months after she...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Aces center A'ja Wilson received a technical foul after confronting a fan at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Tuesday night during a 99-89 loss to the Indiana Fever in Game 2 of their first-round series. The incident happened with just over four minutes left in the fourth quarter after Indiana's Sophie Cunningham was called for a foul on Wilson. As Cunningham protested the foul, a fan seated behind the baseline stood up and pointed at Wilson. Wilson then stepped toward the fan and said, "You don't point at me, you don't point at me." As the fan started to sit...

"I do not think we should be letting people run any software they want on their self-driving car." ==================================================================== The software that powers self-driving cars is no longer the domain of proprietary systems built by billion-dollar companies. Open source assisted driving systems like Comma AI’s Openpilot have made it possible for anyone tech savvy enough to turn their set of wheels into a self-driving experiment. If you have $1,000 to spare and possess a willingness to serve as a lab rat in pursuit of automotive automation, you can buy a kit from Comma to retrofit your grocery getter with autonomous-driving...

Commie Canada and the dis-United Kingdom should be renamed the “Dumb and Dumber” of the British Commonwealth. King Charles III’s North American prime minister, Mark Carney, ran to The New York Times last week to talk about his military combat preparations against the United States in the event that President Trump crosses Lake America and liberates Canada from its delusional leaders. What a showboating dunce. The U.S. singlehandedly sustains Canada’s economy and national security, yet the tiny central banker huffed and puffed in a hilariously Napoleonic display of fake strength. In the same interview with the failing Times, Con-man Carney...

She says immediately after the crash, dozens of men living in the neighborhood came out, removed the 18-year-old driver from her car and then turned their attention to her, verbally insulting her and threatening to attack her with a baseball bat while she waited for police to arrive. https://www.fox2detroit.com/video/fmc-rdfrw977v7j5c3dh

The first woman sentenced to death in Tennessee in 200 years said she is “at peace” before her rare execution — as the state’s governor declined to get involved in her last-ditch bid for clemency. “Whether my clemency is granted or not, I am at peace,” convicted murderer Christa Pike wrote in a letter to NBC News before learning that Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee would not grant the condemned killer clemency. “I am not afraid to die,” the killer wrote to the outlet. “I’m only nervous about the process.” Pike, 50, is slated to be executed on Wednesday by lethal...

.... ANew York education group is planning a trans middle school—and wants its approach to reach classrooms far beyond New York. Trans Formative Schools spells out its ambition: “Eventually, we aspire to support trans teachers to launch trans schools around the country and the world.” Its plans extend to teachers already working in other schools. The organization proposes national educator training and free classroom materials combining conventional academic subjects with sex education and activism. It already operates a free afterschool program welcoming students ages nine to fifteen. Its advertised activities include “Activism/Transing School.” ..

New York City has one of the most expensive housing markets in the country among large cities, and maybe even the most expensive by some measures. By contrast to most other parts of the country, the majority of housing units here are rented rather than owner-occupied. Latest data from Zillow.com gives a city-wide average rent (across all apartment sizes and types) of $3650. In Manhattan, according to this New York Post piece from August 12 (citing data from the Corcoran brokerage firm) the average rent has hit $6,655 per month. According to the politicians in power, the reason for these...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (9/30/26)[Prayer]Personalities Psalm 38[a]A psalm of David. A petition.1 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.2 Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me.3 Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin. 4 My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear. 5 My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly. 6 I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long...

A maniac South Carolina mom stabbed her two kids roughly 50 times during an unhinged attack that left one of them facing possible amputation. Taylor Gosnell, 35, allegedly left her 6-year-old and 3-year-old severely injured inside their Spartanburg home early Saturday morning after attacking them with a knife. “Between the two children, we’re estimating that there were approximately 50 stab wounds,” said Graham McLellan with the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office, WCBD News 2 reported. The solictor’s office said in bond court that “some of the lacerations were so deep they cut to the bone.” The injuries to the 6-year-old were...