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Why Trump Will Win: 'The Evidence of Things Unseen' COMMENTARY .By Frank MieleSeptember 16, 2019 Why Trump Will Win: 'The Evidence of Things Unseen'AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster The New Testament tells us that “faith is … the evidence of things unseen.” If that is true in politics, then the faith of Trump supporters that he will be reelected is based on what was unseen and unheard on the Democrat debate stage in Houston on Thursday — namely, the thriving economy and the many other accomplishments of this administration. Admittedly, being a Trump supporter sometimes tests your faith. When the polls consistently...

A stream of dusty fragments from a comet born in the outermost reaches of the solar system has hit the Earth on a path that leads astronomers to conclude the comet itself could be "potentially hazardous" if it crashes into the planet. The comet's location is unknown, making it difficult to say when it will approach Earth, but "the orbits of the dust trail tells us that the comet is on a path that could eventually hit us," said Peter Jenniskens, an astronomer at the SETI Institute and the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View. "It's very unlikely," he...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2007 – After sending thousands of homemade Valentines and boxes of candy to troops serving overseas, SI Yellow Ribbon Campaign is gearing up for its fourth “Operation Jellybeans to Heroes Unseen.” In this operation, the organization sends boxes of Easter goodies to servicemembers to remind them that Americans at home are still thinking about them. SI Yellow Ribbon Campaign is a member of America Supports You, a Defense Department program that highlights and facilitates the ways Americans and the corporate sector are supporting the nation’s servicemembers. “We try to include in each box a bag of...

Paper Says It Has Unseen Video by Atta Sunday October 1, 2006 2:16 AM LONDON (AP) - A previously unseen video made by Mohamed Atta, ringleader of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, has been obtained by Britain's The Sunday Times, the newspaper reported Saturday. In editions available late Saturday, the paper said it had been handed the so-called martyrdom video, but did not reveal the source of the tape. It reported that Atta was filmed reading a document marked in Arabic as a will as he sat beside fellow hijacker Ziad Jarrah - who seized control...

LOS ANGELES - Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn protest the war. Leonardo DiCaprio has taken on global warming and Mike Farrell stands vigil against the death penalty. But when it comes to immigration reform a controversy in Hollywood's own backyard stars have largely been unseen and unheard. Fear of career damage, confusion over a complex issue abruptly supercharged by waves of nationwide protests, and historic detachment from Latino realities are among the explanations offered by industry insiders and observers. Not that the movement has needed famous standard bearers it has been notable for its bottom-up genesis that has...

Supplicants send their mail to the unseen powers that be By Fayza Hassan Egypt Today ArchivesMany believe Bab Zuweila to be a mystical site CUSTOMS DIE HARD, nowhere more than in Egypt. Archaeological documents show that from as early as the Old Kingdom up to modern times, an endemic and persistent distrust in medicine and justice, as practiced in the land, often led the Egyptians to address their requests for health and legal redress directly to their dead relatives and the gods. Later, when monotheistic religions prevailed, they were addressed to saints whose extraordinary powers had become firmly rooted in...

The Unseen TapeBy Jeremy Reynalds (bio) Other Articles by Jeremy Reynalds Back to News / Home PageAll over the country, newsroom staff usually meet in the early morning and early afternoon to decide what we're going to see on our local evening news that night or read in our local newspaper the next morning. And in New York they do about the same thing to prepare for the national newscasts. Imagine a meeting like this. Sitting around a long table, the talk centers around ways to make conservatives look stupid. After a long discussion about how social conservatives are...

The Unseen TapeBy Jeremy Reynalds (bio) Other Articles by Jeremy Reynalds Back to News / Home PageAll over the country, newsroom staff usually meet in the early morning and early afternoon to decide what we're going to see on our local evening news that night or read in our local newspaper the next morning. And in New York they do about the same thing to prepare for the national newscasts. Imagine a meeting like this. Sitting around a long table, the talk centers around ways to make conservatives look stupid. After a long discussion about how social conservatives are...