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Bergoglio Vatican celebrates Protestant Revolt with a stamp This is just revolting. They do not even pretend it is not a true celebration of Luther, as the reproduction of the hagiographic image of Luther and Melanchton makes clear. This is the same hierarchy that expels its precious few young people from Brussels Cathedral for praying the Holy Rosary in front of a Lutheran pastor -- the beads are probably a "microagression" that "offends" heretics. *** What truly happened on October 31, 1517? On All Hallows' Eve, a perverted monk in Upper Saxony, possessed by the prince of darkness, divided Christendom...

Hillary Clinton didn’t get to be president in real life — so how about for Halloween? Asked onstage at the Auditorium Theatre on Monday night what costume she was planning to wear for Halloween, the vanquished Democratic presidential candidate appeared momentarily flummoxed. “I have to start thinking about it,” she said. “I think I will maybe come as the president!” Cue laughter and applause from a downtown Chicago theater packed with nearly 4,000 Clinton fans who paid $90 or more to hear her promote her account of the 2016 election, “What Happened.”(snip) Of her election loss, Clinton said, “I’ll admit...

Critics of the Reformation enjoy referencing the paucity of evangelism among the major Reformers. The inconsistency of Luther in his emphasis on sola fide, salvation through faith alone, while continuing to baptize infants, is a case in point where almost all the major Reformers in their compromises were hurtful to the cause of evangelism. That said, however, the Reformers were not without an evangelistic impulse. Consider the following points. Martin Luther’s transition from Augustinian monk to cogent Reformer began with a dark night of the soul. As this monk grappled with the question of how to be acceptable to God,...

Free 1 day tomorrow: The Kindle edition of my Night Before Christmas book, Henry Livingston, 1 Nov, Wed, from 3am E.S.T. for 24 hours. 89 antique edition illustrations. His aunt Joanna Livingston Van Cortlandt's home is having a pumpkin festival today!

Billionaire hedge fund managers Paul Singer and George Soros define the ideological boundaries of the globalist opposition to the Trump agenda. Neither hesitates to use his substantial financial resources to stymie the populist conservative economic nationalist policies of the “Make America Great Again” coalition. The payments by Singer-owned Washington Free Beacon to GPS Fusion for “opposition research” on candidate Donald Trump in early 2016 and the recent announcement by Soros that he was (transferring billions of dollars) in his own personal wealth to his Open Society Foundations are cases in point.

Get out of the way Bernie, Joe, Elizabeth and Kamala. Democrats want former first lady Michelle Obama as their 2020 nominee. According to a new Zogby Analytics survey provided to Secrets, Obama is at the top of the list of Democratic choices with 22 percent support, a huge sign of support for somebody who has never run for office.(snip) Among the Democratic base, Obama does well, either ranking first or second with women, millennials and minorities. She is first among women, receiving 25 percent to 21 percent for Sanders and 17 percent for Biden. Sanders leads with younger voters but...

The state has rested its case in the first Twin Peaks shooting trial of Dallas Bandido Jake Carrizal.

Something is wishy-washy here. Two Hawaii women who claimed they were lost at sea for five months and “would have been dead within 24 hours” had the U.S. Navy not picked them up last week never activated their emergency beacon, the Coast Guard said Tuesday, adding to a growing list of inconsistencies and questions that cast doubt on their harrowing tale of survival in the Pacific Ocean. "If the thing was operational and it was turned on, a signal should have been received very, very quickly that this vessel was in distress," Phillip R. Johnson, a retired Coast Guard officer,...

Hillary Clinton is back in the news. But the reason is a big nothing burger. In a 2015 book, Breitbart News editor Peter Schweizer claimed that donations to the Clinton Foundation were behind the Obama administrationÂ’s approval of the 2010 sale of a Canadian mining company to a Russian state-controlled firm. The sale gave Russia control of a large swath of American uranium interests. And by large, we really mean small. The allegations are back in the news after a report in The Hill last week claimed, citing anonymous sources, that at the time U.S. officials were weighing whether to...

Got a spare $10 million?  Then you too can reverse the votes of 62 million Americans, all by using your money. That's the spectacle we are seeing with these unprecedented Tom Steyer television ads, calling on Americans to sign his petition to impeach President Trump.  Who knows how many times the sound has been turned down across the 50 states that can't otherwise get out of hearing this when he comes on?  Steyer's also planning to spend millions on digital media, and already his ads are turning up on Skype.  Every night we hear these ads, a sound-bite fest...

Wishing everyone a safe and Happy Halloween!

It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood when the sukkah mobile drove up. Sukkot, the Jewish feast of tabernacles, or booths, had arrived. And with it, all the accessories thereof in order to celebrate it in style. Including a couple of rabbis and a mobile sukkah or harvest booth. Soon enough a gentile friend or two, attracted by all the commotion, showed up. Oh, happy day! For what is a Jewish festival without guests in attendance? Hospitality is, after all, a mitzvah, a commandment. And so is the study of Scripture. All the pieces were in place, and it...

RICHLAND COUNTY, SC What started out as an online purchase, turned into a robbery and a shooting that left one man dead Monday. The incident occurred near 8 p.m. at 1103 Pinelane Road, located in between Trenholm Road and Alpine Road, according to preliminary details provided by Richland County Sheriff’s Department public information officer Lt. Curtis Wilson. The man, described as the victim in the incident by Wilson, was looking to sell something from an online social media app. He was contacted by the man described as the suspect by Wilson, adding the suspect asked to meet at the Pinelane...

On Monday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle,” Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, called on the Department of Justice to “do its job” regarding leaks from major U.S. intelligence services. Host Laura Ingraham asked Nunes to clear up whether or not he had recused himself from his committee’s investigation into matters regarding Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Previously, Nunes has said he hadn’t recused himself from Russia investigation, but just from leading it.

A former adviser to President Trump’s campaign during an interview early Tuesday dismissed George Papadopoulos's role, saying he was “the coffee boy” and “had nothing to do with the campaign.” “I mean, you might have called him a foreign policy analyst,” Michael Caputo told CNN’s “New Day.” "But in fact, you know, if he was going to wear a wire, all we’d know now is whether he prefers a caramel macchiato over a regular American coffee in conversations with his barista." “He had nothing to do with the campaign," Caputo added on CNN. "And all this contact with alleged Russians...

It’s been just one month since the city’s first classroom killing in 25 years — but the Department of Education is insisting that schools are getting safer. Despite teacher and student surveys signaling rampant violence, DOE Chancellor Carmen Fariña said that school climate was improving Monday and pointed to drops in suspensions and arrests.

The ousted principal of a Bronx school that was the scene of the city’s first classroom slaying in 25 years asked for a metal detector before the crime — but was denied, according to a Bronx city councilman. Addressing schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña Monday, Councilman Rafael Salamanca Jr. said former Urban Assembly for Wildlife Conservation Principal Astrid Jacobo told him her scanner pleas were rejected.

BEIJING’S BOMB THREAT Is China a bigger threat to America than North Korea? US military says Beijing has practised bombing Guam.By Felix Allen 31st October 2017, 3:23 pm | Updated: 31st October 2017, 3:25 pmCHINESE jets have rehearsed bombing raids on Guam, according the US military - which now rates Beijing a bigger threat than North Korea.The news comes as the US and Russia each sent nuclear bombers near North Korea amid rising tensions with tyrant Kim Jong-un. But top brass are said to fear the real threat in the region is from China, which has been testing air defences...

Monday on his Fox News Channel show, host Tucker Carlson revealed his network had been threatened with legal action for its report a week ago that claimed former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Washington, D.C.-based lobbying firm The Podesta Group were the focus of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into potential Russia interference in the 2016 presidential election. Carlson noted Tony Podesta, brother of Hillary Clinton campaign manager John Podesta, resigned from The Podesta Group earlier in the day and blamed Fox News’ reporting as a reason for his resignation. In addition to blaming Fox News, Carlson also revealed...

Imagine that the Trump administration was singling out left-wing groups for discrimination, repression or punishment through both the revenue and justice system. I think we can all guess what the reaction would be: foaming outrage across the media, furious editorials and op-eds, dissection of Trump’s vicious sectarian and vindictive personality and the charge that the US had turned into a fascist state. Evidence has now surfaced confirming long-held claims that the Obama administration targeted conservative groups in just this way, and then tried to cover it up. Yet the media reaction has been muted, with coverage consisting mostly of brief...