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Catholics, habemus papam! White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel early in the evening, and now Catholics have their pope: Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago, the first American pope, though he's also a Peruvian citizen. He takes the name Pope Leo XIV. The decision took around 24 hours and saw Prevost's election on the fourth vote. Some background on Pope Leo XIV: Born on September 14, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois, Prevost entered the novitiate of the Order of Saint Augustine (OSA) in 1977 and made his solemn vows in 1981 ... His career in the Church has been marked...

This CNN segment was actually going quite well until CNN's Isobel Yeung sat down with a member of the Sinaloa Cartel and treated him as some sort of a victim of Donald Trump's anti-cartel policies. You gotta see this: VIDEO AT LINK.................. According to the Trump administration, you are a terrorists, I mean the cartels have been labeled a foreign terrorist organization. What do you make of that? What's your message to Donald Trump if he's watching this? Yes, these are the questions CNN asked to a flippin' Sinaloa Cartel member who makes fentanyl for consumers in the U.S. Bro's...

Millions of people around the world are tuning it watch the Swedish moose migrate to their summer grazing pastures. "Den Stora Älgvandringen" aka "The Great Moose Migration" is an example of what is known as "slow TV", where people watch nature on live-capture cameras, instead of going out and experiencing it for themselves. The moose live feed runs for 20 days, 24/7, and includes the moose walking the same trek they have for 1000s of years, including crossing the Ångerman River, 186 miles north of Stockholm. https://www.svtplay.se/den-stora-algvandringen We have the same thing here in the states like this eagle live...

The FAA says there are about 20,000 wildlife strikes on planes every year, but Flight UA2325 from Denver to Edmonton was taken down by a RABBIT.

We can all only hope we'll be this prepared when disaster — any kind of disaster! — eventually strikes: A Tennessee family managed to save their home from biblical floods by building their own levee around the property. The Humphrey family home in Ridgely - about three hours outside of Nashville - was seen untouched by brown, murky flood water on April 8 after severe rainfall trapped more than 100 people in the area. Miraculously, the large home was still standing, as incredible aerial images posted to Facebook showed it sitting alone in the middle of a disaster zone while...

What religion is this? United Methodist Minister explains that praying to God as 'Our Father' can be painful, damaging, and traumatic for some, so she advises to pray instead 'Our Grandmother who art in heaven' or 'Our coach....'From Grandville Church in Lancaster. pic.twitter.com/8QMrK6l5OD— Protestia (@Protestia) April 7, 2025Whether you pray 'Our Father in heaven,' or 'Our mother in heaven,' or 'Our parent in heaven,' it makes no difference in terms of the prayer itself. The Apostle Paul is quite literally rolling over in his grave right now. God, by His own Word, is OUR FATHER. Jesus refers to God as...

That's right: He didn't leave the kids at the restaurant until THREE HOURS LATER, according to the cops and the witnesses who called the authorities. The oldest child, the 10-year-old daughter, told officers that her dad was going to deliver "a bag" to her mom. The police contacted the mom and the dad and asked them both to come to the McDonald's, where the police then arrested dad. Louis claimed that, while delivering the bag (which apparently never made it to mom?), he lost his ID and was out searching for it.

What do you think, guys? Does she seem like a great marriage prospect? [Warning: She swears like a sailor] I'm a very liberal woman, so I am obviously, like, very much everyone knows that I'm a liberal woman. My brother's gay. All my friends are gay also, like, abortion rights, female rights. But anyway, so I would, like, always ask him. I'd be like, 'What like, what's what's your politics? Like, what do you who do you where do you lean?' And he was just like, 'Well, like, socially, I'm a liberal, but, economically, I'm a Republican.' F*** that! The...

Brentwood Union Free School District changed its teams’ names to the “Spartans” from the “Indians” after New York State banned public schools from using Native American mascots. The district took a vote last April to choose a name to replace the Indians and selected the Spartans after “an inclusive process that involved input from students, staff and the broader community,” schools superintendent Wanda Ortiz-Rivera told Newsday. The district’s then-superintendent estimated in 2023 that changing its teams’ names from the Indians could cost more than $400,000. Now, the district is set to adopt the Spartans name at the conclusion of the...

Not the brightest tool in the shed 😆 VIDEO AT LINK..................... HE TRIED TO RAM HIS MARIO KART INTO A CYBERTRUCK 💀 Demarqeyun Cox, 33, had apparently been using the world's worst getaway car to ram multiple Teslas in the area of Texarkana, Texas. Fat man on a tiny bike ... I can't stop laughing The Texarkana Police Department put out this statement: We arrested 33 year old Demarqeyun Cox this afternoon after he allegedly damaged multiple Tesla vehicles in separate incidents across the city today. The first report came from the Golden Palace restaurant on Summerhill Road, where surveillance...

This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Joy: "You can't make Canada the 51st state without going to war with them. And let me explain how that worked out the last time we tried to go to war with Canada. They burned the White House to the ground in 1814! And won the war! Canada beat us in the War of 1812! They probably like their chances against us. We're not going to beat them in a war because we have never been able to do that."

VIDEOS AT LINK.................... This is really cool. After a 9-month stay in space, Crew 9 returned in SpaceX's Dragon capsule. But it gets even cooler. As the astronauts touched down, a pod of curious dolphins swam up to greet the returning astronauts. SERIOUSLY, HOW COOL IS THIS? What an incredible moment. The astronauts then emerged, feeling full Earth gravity for the first time in almost a year. One of the most inspiring and heartwarming moments of the year. Surely this is a bipartisan moment everyone can celebrate, right? Eh, probably not.

It's happening! Employees have until 6 p.m. to leave the building. I found the dumbest take about this news: Balloonhead. Reminder: We've covered just how awful the federal education department is: Biden's Department of Education spent $1 billion to promote DEI in schools Remember days of yore, I don't know, 2022 maybe, when we were told that Critical Race Theory isn't in schools? https://notthebee.com/article/bidens-department-of-education-spent-1-billion-to-promote-dei-in-schools The Department of Education is flying a Pride flag because of course it is I'm sorry, but what is this? https://notthebee.com/article/the-department-of-education-is-flying-a-pride-flag-and-please-tell-me-more-about-how-theyre-not-pushing-gay-stuff-on-our-kids The Department of Education decided to highlight a "non-binary" school librarian for National Library Week...

I regret to inform you the megachurch pastors are at it again. Rick Warren, the former pastor of Saddleback Church, just posted this gem on X: Ok, where to start with this one? Ok, so since Jesus was on the middle cross between two thieves, we should be ... politically centrist? That seems like ... a bit of a stretch?

Today's 52nd issue of the Bee Forum News marks one year of weekly showcasing the funniest headlines on the Babylon Bee subscriber forum. Click here to read our first issue. Congrats to every Bee subscriber who had a headline published in the Bee Forum News this year - it's harder than it looks! There's so much more than bold reporting that happens on the forum, but if I told you, well...you know the thing. Join us to find out for yourself! But that's not all that happened this week.... Read on for exclusive headlines you will only see here on...

No joke: Wired wants you to believe this is a bad thing. The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure. WWW.WIRED.COM https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/ "Elon Musk's Government Takeover" Gotta love the pea-sized brains over at Wired. Elon Musk's takeover of federal government infrastructure is ongoing, and at the center of things is a coterie of engineers who are barely out of — and in at least one case, purportedly still in — college. Elon isn't taking over anything. He's...

I listened to it, and now you have to. Coming at you from Wall Street United Church in Ontario, Canada, here is the hottest new track from the pervy idolatrous groomers over at the United Church of Canada, entitled "Quirky, Queer, and Wonderful." (Sorry in advance.) VIDEO AT LINK............... Here are the bonkers lyrics to this gem. Quirky, Queer, and wonderful, Distinct, unique, and odd... All of our humanity Reveals the face of God No 'normal' can encompass Or comprehend the range Of all the kinds of people That God considers strange! From Jesus we learn riddles; He said the...

Most people have heard of the utterly baffling story of the "Lost Colony," the early English settlement in Virginia/North Carolina that completely vanished sometime before 1590: The Lost Colony of Roanoke | Britannica Explore the oldest mystery of colonial America. WWW.BRITANNICA.COM https://www.britannica.com/story/the-lost-colony-of-roanoke The colony's founder, John White, departed for England in 1587; he returned three years later to find more than 100 colonists simply gone: The word CROATOAN and the letters CRO, carved into trees within the colony's borders, were the only signs pointing to an explanation. Despite the clues, the returning crew was unable to search for the missing...

Yes, they actually posted this. The proper response to this, in the spirit of the Prophet Elijah mocking the priests of Baal, goes something like this: But it's worth reading a few of the more civilized replies: The email: A person with common sense might conclude that Christianity Today has a lot less to do with Christ these days and more to do with left-wing talking points from 1985. It's be an insult to spend my time debunking the whole article, but Trump isn't "upending life" for refugees. He's rounding up criminals like this: WATCH: Dr. Phil joined Tom Homan...

Don't miss this insane video. This lady says she was a realty specialist in the Army Corps of Engineers who oversaw the leasing of land to farmers and ranchers. And if that sounds boring, well, the stuff her fellow government workers got up to is anything BUT: VIDEO AT LINK....................... People going on trips, getting drunk, taking naps, pretending to work, antiquated systems that no one is incentivized to improve, it's an absolute mess. Let's hope a reckoning is coming for this bloated parasite we call the government.