A drought in northern Paraguay has driven thousands of thirsty alligators to crowd around lakes and wells, scaring off cattle from the dwindling water sources, environmentalists and locals say.
Ex-Marine charged with stalking Catholic diocese
A former Marine faces a rare federal stalking charge for what the FBI alleges was a campaign of harassment and threats against the Catholic Diocese of Knoxville and its parishes, carried out from a boat in California.
David Andrew Webb, 40, was arrested last month in Chula Vista, Calif., where he had been living on the boat, on a sealed complaint filed by FBI Agent David Bukowski charging him with stalking and a related sealed indictment charging Webb with using a phone to “engage in a course of conduct that caused substantial emotional distress to the victims and placed them in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury.” MORE
Not Shocking: George Soros Funds Progressive War on Israel
The recent hack of George Soros’ “charitable” giving revealed nothing new. The man who told journalist Steve Kroft in a televised interview that roaming the streets of Budapest with his faux godfather to confiscate the property of his fellow Jews for the Nazis was the most exhilarating time of his life has long had a problem with both his Jewish roots and the creation of a Jewish state. MORE
John Vennari Cancer Prognosis
From John Vennari
On August 11 I received a grave prognosis. I have a cancerous tumor in my colon and the cancer has spread to the diertinium.
The only thing the cancer institute offers is chemotherapy. And even this is not something that will cure, but only contain it for a time. Continue reading
VIDEO: Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano erupts 4 times in under 24 hours
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 16 (UPI) — Mexico’s National Center for Disaster Prevention said the Popocatépetl volcano has erupted multiple times, spewing ash and burning rocks into the air. MORE
Another False “Apparition” Is Exposed
August 18, 2016 –
One of these multifarious modern-day “apparitions” is what is known as Garabandal, named for a remote village in Northern Spain, which purportedly received thousands of “apparitions” at about the time of the Vatican II Anti-council in the 1960s. Even Newchurch has essentially rejected the “apparitions,” which have been described as “childish stunts and simple tricks,” much as those at Medjugorje, Bayside, and other locales. Continue reading
U.S. Lutherans approve document agreement with Catholic Church
(RNS) Nearly 500 years after Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the Castle Church door, the largest Lutheran denomination in the U.S. has approved a declaration recognizing “there are no longer church-dividing issues” on many points with the Roman Catholic Church. MORE
The Morphine Genocide: How the Fed-Med Mafia Kills Our Elderly with Palliative Care
74 Pages *** The following account is not based on a true story. It is a true story. One can disagree with the overall hypothesis and conclusions, of course, but the data points and events witnessed are all presented factually, with neither embellishment nor omission. Only the names, dates and places have been altered. The use of pseudonyms serves only one purpose, namely, to shield the author’s 94 year-old father from the harsh reality that his wife of 65 years was (in this author’s strongly-held opinion) deliberately, unnecessarily, callously and deceptively railroaded into her grave. MORE
Ellen DeGeneres defends her Usain Bolt tweet some claimed was racist
If the Right did this they would be asked to resign, but the Left gets away with stuff like this and with no remorse.
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres defended herself on Tuesday after some claimed that a humorous Usain Bolt tweet sent out from her social media accounts a day earlier was racist. MORE
.@TheEllenShow but this tweet is. Please honor your fans by acknowledging their feelings, delete it & do better. pic.twitter.com/qtUdDKsjVv
— TDL (@tdlove5) August 16, 2016
Sexting scandal allegedly involving priest rocks N. Calif.
STOCKTON, Calif. — A Northern California Catholic church is embroiled in a sexting scandal.
A Stockton parishioner claims he was fired from his job after his priest sent him an explicit text message, CBS San Francisco reported.
Now the parishioner has filed a lawsuit. MORE
3 Killed in ‘Historic’ Louisiana Floods; Thousands Rescued
VIDEO: Kenny Baker is dead. Long live R2-D2.
He was one of the most liked characters in Star Wars.
Kenny Baker is dead. Long live R2-D2. MORE
VIDEO: Hezbollah’s Nasrallah agrees with Trump: Obama created ISIS
Donald Trump has found at least one person who agrees with his allegation that the U.S. administration founded the Islamic State group. MORE
Air Force Blames Its Serious Pilot Shortage On Lawmakers
Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James said legislators on Capitol Hill, locked in partisan gridlock, shoulder part of the blame.The U.S. Air Force faces a shortfall of 700 fighter pilots by the end of the year and as many as 1,000 pilots within a few years, Air Force officials said Wednesday.
“It is a crisis,” said Gen. David Goldfein, the Air Force chief of staff. “Air superiority is not an American birthright. It’s actually something you have to fight for and maintain.” MORE
Amoris Laetitia and “Sex Education”
Does Francis Really Love Children and the Family?
By Randy Engel
Francis Intent on Perpetuating “Sex Education”
Challenge indeed! Not only does Francis promote that which was formally forbidden in the pre-conciliar Church, he also reinforces a phrase taken from the Final Report of the Synod on the Family (October 24, 2015) which states that “a new and more appropriate language “is needed “in introducing children and adolescents to the topic of sexuality.” Continue reading