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Moses was a prophet and a leader according to Abrahamic religions, but many scholars view him as a legendary figure rather than a real historic person. They do concede that a Moses-like figure could have existed in history, so is it possible to track this person down through historic records? It is the view of this writer that this is very possible and that in fact the Moses figure can be traced as that of the primary confidant of none other than Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut. The trail begins with Th Exodus.

(Video at Source)Wednesday on CNN’s “Newsroom,” 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) said mandatory buybacks of assault rifles with the threat of criminal prosecution was a “strong” idea. Poppy Harlow said, “So on the assault weapons issue, you have talked openly about being in favor of an assault weapons ban. I’m interested if you are supportive of a mandatory buyback program for assault weapons. It was brought up first by Eric Swalwell, who was running for president in your party. Cory Booker has talked about that. Some are gone as far as to say not only should it...

Australia: Muslim who went on stabbing spree while screaming “Allahu akbar” was recent convert to Islam AUG 14, 2019 11:00 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER Yet another convert to Islam gets the impression that his new religion calls upon him to kill Infidels. Authorities the world over show absolutely no interest in this recurring phenomenon. “‘I didn’t think he’d go this far’: School friends of Sydney knifeman say he recently converted to Islam and was an ‘odd person with no friends,'” by Lauren Ferri, Charlie Coe, Hannah Moore and Daniel Piotrowski, Daily Mail Australia, August 13, 2019: Friends of the Sydney...

Via the Free Beacon, there’s some agita online today about Abrams floating another hair-raising theory of corruption at the polls after insisting without evidence for months that she’s the rightfully elected governor of Georgia. Although, interestingly, she seems to be backing off that last claim now — somewhat, allowing last night that “I don’t know that empirically I would have won” last year.Does that mean the rest of the party is now free to punt on the burning question of who the “real” governor is, or do racial politics require them to hug the “Stacey won” talking point tight...

UK: Muslim hijacks police car, runs over police officer AUG 14, 2019 1:00 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER The Islamic State issued this call in September 2014: So O muwahhid, do not let this battle pass you by wherever you may be. You must strike the soldiers, patrons, and troops of the tawaghit. Strike their police, security, and intelligence members, as well as their treacherous agents. Destroy their beds. Embitter their lives for them and busy them with themselves. If you can kill a disbelieving American or European — especially the spiteful and filthy French — or an Australian, or a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Raising the stakes in a standoff over women’s health, Planned Parenthood said Wednesday it will leave the federal family planning program within days unless a court puts a hold on Trump administration rules that bar clinics from referring patients for abortions. Spokeswoman Erica Sackin told The Associated Press that Planned Parenthood clinics “will be formally out of the Title X program” by Monday unless the full 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco halts the new rules. The appeals court is weighing a lawsuit by Planned Parenthood and others to overturn the rules; a panel...

Pakistan: “Every year at least a thousand girls are kidnapped, raped, and forced to convert to Islam” AUG 14, 2019 4:00 PM BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS The brutal persecution of young Christian girls in Pakistan is ongoing, and largely ignored by “feminists” and fake human rights activists, who call it “Islamophobic” to shed light on such atrocities: The Pontifical charity, Aid to the Church in Need, is sounding the alarm on the plight of young Christian women, and even teenagers, in Pakistan who are forced to convert to Islam. “Every year at least a thousand girls are kidnapped, raped, and forced...

Six New Icebreakers To Be Built For Canadian Coast Guard By: Xavier Vavasseur August 13, 2019 10:54 AM The Canadian Coast Guard will be procuring six new program icebreakers to replace its current aging fleet of icebreakers. The announcement was made on Aug. 2 by Canada’s Minister for Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Jonathan Wilkinson. Minister Wilkinson also announced that the Government of Canada is officially launching a competitive process, through an Invitation to Qualify, to add a third Canadian shipyard as a strategic partner under the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS). This new shipyard will build the new...

The FReeper Canteen Presents….. ~ August 14th...National Navajo Code Talkers Day! ~ On July 26, 2001, the original 29 Code Talkers were presented with the Congressional Gold Medal by President George W. Bush. This long awaited recognition occurred 56 years after World War II despite the fact that the Code saved thousands of lives. The Code had been de-classified in 1968. Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. The Navajo Code Talkers received no recognition until the declassification of the operation...

Twenty-two aldermen today called on the city to quickly commission a study on the feasibility of a municipal takeover of Commonwealth Edison’s infrastructure in Chicago. The proposed order, spearheaded by democratic socialists on the City Council, comes as the city’s franchise agreement with ComEd is due to be renewed. That agreement, which permits ComEd to operate in the city, dates back to 1947 and has been negotiated only twice. The last time it was renewed was in 1992. “Chicago has an opportunity to define its energy future,” 35th Ward Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa said in a statement. “Through municipalization, Chicago could...

David Mamet’s latest play Bitter Wheat opened in London’s West End in June to largely negative reviews, which is somewhat surprising, because it’s terrific. Then again, maybe it’s not so surprising. Most theatre critics are bleeding-heart leftists, and following his embrace of a more conservative attitude, they simply regard David Mamet as a traitor. It’s petty, but it really is that simple. What Mamet has accomplished with this play — ostensibly a theatrical treatment of the birth of the #MeToo movement — is to present the liberal elite mindset for what it is: self-centred virtue signalling coupled with a complete...

Pope Francis said recently that he was “concerned because we hear speeches that resemble those of Hitler in 1934.” He was talking about the rise of extreme nationalism and populism, which he feared could lead to the fragmentation of the European Union. The pope should be worried about any current resemblances in Europe to the Nazi past, but the pope’s praise of the European Union as an antidote is premature. Indeed, the European Union itself is on the verge of reviving the Nazis’ stigmatization of Jewish-made products on the pretext that they come from “occupied” Palestinian territories. According to sources...

Campus Reform's Ethan Cai recently visited George Washington University in Washington, D.C., to ask students to sign a petition supporting the motion to change the "offensive" and "oppressive" white stick figure in LED crosswalk signs. Cai visited the university undercover, urging students to sign the outlet's fake petition. The petition urged the university "to consider changing the crosswalk signs," because a white man telling students when it is OK to cross the street is oppressive. "As we students cross the street," the petition read, "we are told by the symbol of a white man when it is OK to cross....

While universal background checks are pushed as a response to the El Paso and Dayton shooting attacks, it should be remembered that such checks are unenforceable without a gun registry. In other words, once such checks are in place, it is only a matter of time before lawmakers — in one party or the other — suggest a loose registration scheme. They will most likely do this in the days after the first mass public attack that occurs once universal background checks are the law of the land. Think about it — universal background checks presume that the government knows...

New indictments are expected in the wake of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s death by apparent suicide, as the case shifts to focus on unnamed co-conspirators, according to criminal defense lawyers. Two criminal defense attorneys told The Epoch Times that if the government was investigating Epstein to such a degree that they were able to make an arrest, it can be assumed that federal prosecutors in New York were also gathering evidence on those in his inner circle. One attorney specifically mentioned the disgraced financier’s former girlfriend, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who allegedly assisted Epstein in luring minors. He said...

RUSH: You’ve seen where shots were fired at an ICE office in Texas? Now, if we’re going to play this game, who has been demonizing ICE? Well, yeah, liberal Democrats. But at the top of the list would be Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has been running around claiming that ICE and Trump are keeping young kids and others in “concentration camps.” So now here comes some Looney Tune shooting up an ICE office. Now, is the Drive-By Media going to do weeks and months of exhaustive research of transcripts of public statements made by people like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Joaquin Castro...

RUSH: Since there are an increasing number of people tuning into this program each and every day, my good friends, we’ll take the opportunity of this occasion to explain something once and for all since, as I mentioned, the entertainment tabloid TV shows decided to do exhaustive in-depth investigations into just where this nickname “Fredo” came from. don’t blame them. They’re watching this happen all day yesterday. Where did this come from? The Drive-Bys are not reporting it. In fact, the best story on this so far that gets it exactly right, unsurprisingly, is the Fox News website. And we’ll...

This is a very sobering map showing the locations of homicides in Pittsburgh and surrounding Allegheny County area from 2005 to date.

Full title: The world's first solar road has turned out to be a colossal failure that's falling apart and doesn't generate enough energy, according to a report The world's first solar road has turned out to be a colossal failure that's falling apart and doesn't generate enough energy, according to a report The unfortunate truth is that this road is in such a poor state, it isn't even worth repairing. Last May, a 100-meter stretch had deteriorated to such a state that it had to be demolished. According to Le Monde's report, various components of the road don't fit properly...

The White House announced Wednesday afternoon President Trump has nominated a number of additional judges to sit on the federal bench. Here is the list: -Steven J. Menashi of New York, to serve as Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit -Jodi W. Dishman of Oklahoma, to serve as Judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma -Karen S. Marston of Pennsylvania, to serve as Judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania -Richard E. Myers II of North Carolina, to serve as Judge on...