- The Purpose of your Life -
- Revisiting the Great Work of Medical Missionary Dr. Anne Livingston in Haiti
- "I Beat Hitler!"
- Dick Cheney Was a Great Boss
- Has the Bethlehem Star Mystery Been Unveiled?
- Christmas Season in Western North Carolina
- Appeals Court Refuses to Dismiss Greenville County Republican Chairman’s Contempt Case
- 2026 US Senate Race in North Carolina
- U.S. Tomahawk Missiles and Ukraine
- Get US Out! of the USMCA
- Time of Reassessment America
- Teachers’ Unions’ Backing of Radical ‘No Kings’ Rallies Speaks Volumes about America’s Education System
- The Battle for Pokrovsk
- Public Advocate CEO Eugene Delgaudio Asks President Trump to Punish Discover - Debanking Link to Southern Poverty Law Center Cited
- Project Ukraine and Ukrainian/CIA Intelligence
Turkey May Be Slipping Away from NATO
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- By Mike Scruggs
A Briefing on NATO’s Second Largest Military Force
Turkey has the second largest armed forces in NATO numbering about 485,000, and its army alone numbers 350,000. The United States, with 1.3 million military personnel, has the largest armed forces of 32 NATO members. Poland is a distant third place with armed forces numbering 216,000.
It is difficult to compare the sizes of armies and armed forces. It is a matter of distinguishing active troops from various levels of reserves. France is presently at 200,000 active military personnel; Germany is at 182,000; Italy 166,000; Greece 143,000; and the UK is eighth largest with only 138,000. Spain is close behind with 133,000, and Romania is in the top ten with just over 81,000. By comparison, the Russians have recently increased from 1.1 million to at least 1.3 million. China has over 2.0 million, and India, now having the largest population in the world, has nearly 1.5 million. Remarkably, with a population of only 26.6 million, North Korea has an army of almost 1.3 million.
Largest Catholic Account on Instagram Banned for 'Harassment and Bullying' — But Instagram Lied and Said 'Intellectual Property'
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- By Catholic Connect Inc.
HOUSTON, Texas — Instagram told Catholic Connect — the largest Catholic organization account in the United States — that it was banned for “intellectual property violations.” Then Catholic Connect discovered the truth: Instagram told the person who reported the account that it was banned for “harassment and bullying.” They gave us one reason and our accuser another. Someone at Instagram skipped the Eighth Commandment.
“They claimed IP violations but gave us nothing — no posts, no complaints, no evidence. Then we discovered they told our accuser something completely different: ‘harassment and bullying.’ One ban. Two stories. Zero credibility. We have the screenshots to prove it,” said Richy Orozco, Founder of Catholic Connect Inc.
Are We A Nation Under God? Were We Ever? – Part 2
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- By W.H. Lamb
A SERMON (Continued)
WAS THE U.S.A. FOUNDED AS A CHRISTIAN ORIENTED LAND?
Last time we opened this discussion with arguments on the premise that the U.S.A. was originally founded as a Christian (or at least a Christian oriented) nation, and I used a series of historic “proofs” for that contention as presented by Dr. David Gibbs, Jr., President of The Christian Law Association, in his book, One Nation Under God. I refer you to last’s week’s Part 1 of this article for a review of Dr. Gibb’s points, that indeed America was founded as at least a Christian oriented nation, and that most of her Founders were historic Christians and were NOT “DEISTS”, as proposed by many of the modern left wing brain damaged enemies of God and Country that infest our nation, with their progressive and unconstitutional agendas of violence and the long-sought Marxist overthrow of our historic Constitutional Republic—agendas which were pushed with vigor during the incompetent administration of Bolshevik Demoncrat “leaders”—Comrades Sleazy Joe and Kommie-La—and the “AUTOPEN” Associate President, during the terrible years of 2021 to 2024.
FRC's Tony Perkins to Testify before House Judiciary Hearing Examining the SPLC
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- By Family Research Council (FRC)
WASHINGTON — This Tuesday, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins will be testifying before the House Judiciary Committee’s Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee hearing, “Partisan and Profitable: The SPLC’s Influence on Federal Civil Rights Policy.” The hearing will examine the Southern Poverty Law Center’s coordinated efforts with the Biden administration to target Christian and conservative Americans and deprive them of their constitutional rights to free speech and free association. The hearing will also examine SPLC’s history, funding, and work to silence conservative and Christian Americans for their convictions and biblical beliefs.
Government School Funding Nears $1 Trillion as Student Scores Continue to Plummet
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- By USPIE
Government schools in America received a collective $946.5 billion in local, state and federal funding in 2023, according to the Reason Foundation.
The breakdown includes local ($403.4 billion), state ($422.8 billion) and federal ($120.3 billion), the Reason Foundation’s K-12 Spending Spotlight 2025 said.
New York had the highest per-student budget at $36,976, followed by New Jersey at $30,267 per student. Idaho spent the least at $11,937.
Just under $1 trillion is a lot of taxpayer money to indoctrinate our children to hate themselves and our country while failing at their real mission to teach kids to read, write and do math.
S.C. Commerce Seeking Money for Program with Ties to Scout Motors
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- By Rick Brundrett - The Nerve
The S.C. Department of Commerce has submitted a total of nearly $80 million in state spending requests for next fiscal year, including $28.5 million for a program with ties to the Scout Motors project in Richland County.
In its annual “Agency Budget Plan” submitted to the S.C. Department of Administration, Commerce is seeking $25 million in nonrecurring funds and $3.5 million in recurring funding for “LocateSC,” which, according to a Commerce spokeswoman, supports the agency’s “recruitment efforts” by “making sites competitive for industrial development.”
In reviewing the agency’s total $79.9 million in general-fund requests for the 2026-27 fiscal year, which starts next July 1, The Nerve requested updated LocateSC spending records since fiscal year 2018.
Republican Women's Club Hosts Freedom Caucus Members
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- By Terry M. Thacker
“We need every bit of prayer that you can scrape together,” said Dianne Mitchell, the soon-to-be newest member of the South Carolina Freedom Caucus.
Seven current members of the caucus spoke recently to the Greenville County Republican Women at their December luncheon. Mitchell, former president of the club, moderated the meeting.
Lee Gilreath, Sarita Edgerton, April Cromer, Jay Kilmartin, Thomas Beach, Stephen Frank and Chris Huff gave a brief glimpse of the issues they wish to pursue during the upcoming legislative session, which begins in January.
Mitchell was praised by the speakers for having won a recent special primary election for the District 21 seat vacated by Bobby Cox.
The Fake Women’s War against Mike Johnson
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- By Suzanne Bowdey - The Washington Stand
House Republicans are a baffling group to watch. Here they are, under the gun on health care subsidies, appropriations, the must-pass defense bill, and a basket full of other crises pressing in on them before the clock strikes Christmas, and what are their loudest voices doing? Attacking leadership. While the precious minutes tick down on a to-do list that rivals Santa’s, a group of angry GOP women aren’t putting their heads down, uniting, and racing to solve the problems weighing down Congress, they’re slinging arrows at House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) — and then complaining that the GOP isn’t getting anything done. Grab a dictionary, look up the word “counterproductive,” and you’ll understand exactly what the speaker is dealing with.
Operation Rescue’s 2025 Annual Survey Offers Ground-Level View of the Abortion Cartel – Hard-Hitting Data You Can’t Find Anywhere Else
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- By Operation Rescue
WICHITA, Kan. — Operation Rescue just dropped its 2025 Annual Survey, a unique report that provides a broad understanding of abortion in America and equips pro-life advocates with hard-won data to dispel the abortion lobby’s highly coordinated talking points.
The Abortion Cartel has seen record losses this year, but also some alarming trends, especially in the Virtual Back-Alley and chemical abortions. Operation Rescue has documented all of them and offers keen insights and analysis of the post-Roe abortion landscape in 2025.
Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue, says, “Operation Rescue stands alone as the only organization — whether pro-life or pro-abortion — that systematically tracks vital data on America’s abortion clinics. We document closures and openings, procedure costs, gestational limits, and a wide range of emerging trends across the abortion industry. No other group provides such an in-depth, ground-level view of the Abortion Cartel and the way it truly operates.”
Planned Parenthood Whistleblower Leads Multi-State Expansion of Pro-Woman Birthing Centers
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- By Southwest Coalition for Life
LAS CRUSES, N.M. — As the new Chief Operating Officer of Southwest Coalition for Life, Mayra Rodiguez is advancing a new model for the future of serving pregnant mothers. After exposing Planned Parenthood’s deceit of women and achieving a landmark victory over the abortion giant in court, Rodriguez is now a champion for authentic women’s health.
“From the heart of Mexico City to the corridors of women’s healthcare in the United States, my journey has always been about serving women,” shared Rodriguez, who once ran three Planned Parenthood centers and will now lead a network of pro-life birthing centers committed to celebrating motherhood and protecting life. “The opposite of abortion isn’t just saying ‘no.’ It’s saying ‘yes’ to birthing centers that empower and uplift women and their families. It’s a joy to help women turn from potential harm and pain into a journey of hope and healing.”
HHS Investigates State Health Department to Protect Conscience Rights and Ensure Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Organizations
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- By U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) launched a major investigation into a State health department to assess whether its licensing policies, interpretations, or enforcement practices for behavioral health residential facilities and licensed behavioral health personnel violate Federal law by:
- Discriminating against faith-based organizations in the administration and/or enforcement of licensing requirements, including requiring any facilitation of sex-rejecting procedures and female genital mutilation (FGM) and treating religious objections as grounds for adverse licensure action, including denial or termination of professional licenses;
- Discriminating against institutional and/or individual health care entities for their religious objections to provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortion, including through licensing, certification, or other determinations of legal status or participation; and/or
- Requiring any individual in a health service program funded by HHS to perform or assist in the performance of services contrary to that individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions, including counseling or other assistance related to abortion, sex-rejecting procedures, or FGM.
New National Strategic Partnership Announced to Point Women to Life-Affirming Help
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- By Cogency Strategic
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Cogency Strategic announced the formation of a new strategic partnership with Heartbeat International and the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), through which a nationwide series of public service announcements (PSAs) will inform women that life-affirming women’s health centers exist.
For the first time, these messages will point women directly to OptionLine.org, the 24/7 bilingual helpline connecting women to thousands of life-affirming women’s health centers across the United States. These national PSAs will reach women at the moment they need help, connecting them to local care and the hope many never knew was available.
US-Europe Frictions Over Ending War In Ukraine
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- By Stefan J. Bos - Chief International Correspondent Worthy News
WASHINGTON/BERLIN/KYIV/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Growing frictions between the United States and its European allies emerged Thursday after tense conversations over how to end Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War Two, the ongoing war in Ukraine.
In Berlin, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte sought to keep allies united, saying Europe will see “a shift” in its defense posture as it increasingly must take responsibility for its own security.
His keynote speech followed U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s remarks late Wednesday that he and European leaders exchanged “pretty strong words” during a call discussing his proposal to end the conflict.
Time of Reassessment America
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- By Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D. - Arizona Today
Even with Thanksgiving joy still in our rear-view mirror and Christmas just around the corner, all the joy and warm feelings beginning to percolate a call is beginning to sound across the land that the elections in November 2026 could decide if America remains free or quickens the pace of sinking. We are at a point in time of reassessment of the American purpose. ALL positioning to run for elected office regardless of local, state or national need to be examined and truly studied as to their posture and belief system. While platforms and slogans matter to voters the psychology and belief system of the candidate matters more. This time, more than ever, the candidate’s belief system is paramount in the fight to preserve this exceptional nation. Do NOT consider a candidate for local or state office as minor in this fight to preserve.
Conservative Victories Abound in National Defense Bill
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- By Eagle Forum
NDAA Hits the Target
Every year, Congress passes the Department of Defense (now Department of War) appropriations bill that funds our military. In addition, Congress must also pass a bill that authorizes policies and sets spending limits for our nation’s armed forces — the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). In recent years, the NDAA has been used as the vehicle for implementing leftist programs that led to significantly depressed recruitment and weakened the strength of the military. This year, necessary changes are being made to repair the harmful military policies of the past Administration. President Donald Trump campaigned on this issue and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has already begun the process. This week, Congress is doing its part by codifying these wins in this year’s NDAA.
Last Thing on Democrats' Agenda -- Telling the Truth to Americans
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- By Star Parker
Recently in The Wall Street Journal, Neera Tanden, CEO of the Center for American Progress, a major foghorn in our nation's capital for America's left, explained "Why Democrats Won the Shutdown."
The most accurate declaration in the article is "fights tell the country a lot about what -- and who -- the fighters care about."
And, indeed, there should be no question what the Democratic Party is about.
That is -- to miss no opportunity to accumulate political power by fostering, as widely and as deeply as possible, a culture of government dependence in America. And to pay the bill for this by bankrupting our country.
The Genetics of the Virgin Birth
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- By Charles Creager, Jr.
The virgin birth is often ridiculed by scoffers for being impossible. Now, of course, the natural response from a Christian perspective is that the fact that the virgin birth is impossible from a natural perspective is the entire point. In other words, if the virgin birth occurred, it had to be a direct act of God. Consequently, they are completely missing the point. However, as long as God is involved in the process, it turns out that it is genetically possible. In fact, there are several ways that God could have accomplished it.
The first thing that we need to note is that such births, called parthenogenesis, sometimes occur in animals. In fact, it is only in mammals that it never happens naturally, and artificial triggering is never successful in producing a live birth. On the flip side, all types of this process are quite common in insects.
Has the Bethlehem Star Mystery Been Unveiled?
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- By James Spurck, Publisher
The Heavens Declare the Creative Glory of God
Publisher’s Note: I have presented the following in presentation form for almost a quarter of a century. This is the first time I have put it in article form. Having been a former President of the Roper Mountain Astronomers and a former board member for many years, I have presented the following as my opinion of the Bethlehem Star. God has used it many times to share the reason for the season.
Even though the Bible never calls or implies that the Bethlehem Star was a supernatural miracle, I have had a few attendees tell me that I am trying to explain an unexplainable miracle as if that makes this miraculous event less than a miracle. But it is my opinion that this makes it more of a miracle. It glorifies the Creator more in that God set all these astronomical events in motion at the beginning of the creation of the heavens and earth. No astronomical events mentioned in the Bible collide with each other or get off track. But they occur precisely when He intended them to, at the right historical moments, despite the human choice variables involved. Only the Almighty God of Creation can do that! That is what I call a Divine Miracle of Creation!
Emergency Call to Action for Greenville County
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- By Benton Blount - Chairman of Greenville County Council
I know this is a break from the typical newsletter, but this week, our community learned of the sudden closure of an autism care facility here in Greenville. A shutdown so abrupt that families and staff had less than an hour to respond. It left parents without essential support for their children and left teachers and staff without notice, without pay, and without answers.
You can read the full report here, and thank you to Peyton Furtado for the coverage:
This is a human crisis unfolding in real time, and it requires our immediate attention.
Are American Churches Becoming Pastored by AI?
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- By Joshua Arnold - The Washington Stand
American pastors are becoming increasingly comfortable using artificial intelligence in ministry, according to a 2025 survey prepared by AI company Exponential. According to “The 2025 State of AI in the Church Survey Report,” 91% of ministry leaders surveyed declared themselves “for … the use of AI in ministry work” (up from 87% in 2024), 61% of respondents used AI at least weekly (up from 25% in 2024), and 25% used AI daily (up from 13% in 2024).
Is this increased use of AI positive or negative? In answer to a question about their “perspective on AI as it relates to ministry,” 30% of survey respondents said it was positive, 5% called it inherently dangerous, and 65% viewed it as a “neutral tool,” whose “impact depends entirely on how it’s used.” (Notably, 0% of respondents chose the fourth option provided, which is that AI is irrelevant to ministry — a fact discussed further below.)
Contact the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services to Urge Opposition to Reclassifying Marijuana
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- By Eagle Forum
The marijuana industry is lobbying hard in Washington, D.C. to get the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reclassify marijuana. The Trump administration has not made a hasty decision on this but is still considering the change. They need to hear from us that we oppose making marijuana easier to access.
Marijuana proponents are twisting the facts on rescheduling. While they claim pot should not be in the same category as heroin because it does less harm, the FDA’s scheduling of drugs considers not just harm but the potential for abuse. Even in states where it is legal, marijuana is still a highly abused drug. Legalizing recreational weed has not stopped people from selling it in the streets, manufacturers from lying about potency on their labels, nor has it kept it out of the hands of children. In fact, reports from hospitals show that the rates of marijuana-induced incidents such as psychosis and heart problems have significantly increased in states that have legalized recreational use. Now, 30% of cannabis users have a clinical diagnosis of ‘cannabis use disorder’.
The Fall of Man: John Calvin, Leibniz, and Deeper Truths
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- By Winston McCuen - South Carolina
The great Anglican bishop and theologian J.C. Ryle (1816-1900) astutely observed that most bad preaching, bad teaching, bad theology, and actual heresy may be traced to the failure of their authors to grasp the nature and effects of the Fall.
In the two millennia since the revelation of Christian truth by His Written Word (the Bible) combined with HIs Spoken Word (nature or creation), some of the best human minds, endued with high measures of His common and sanctifying grace, have struggled to trace, in their proper order and relations, the precise causes of the Fall.
One common error has been the tendency of commentators to attribute a fully corrupted and sinful nature to Adam before he disobediently decided or willed to partake of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. But to attribute to man a sinful nature that supposedly caused his fallen and corrupted and sinful nature is, of course, circular and fallacious reasoning. It is an instance of the question-begging fallacy, as logicians would say.
Anti-Establishment GOP Wins Trigger December 23rd Contests With Democrats
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- By Alaina Moore - United Patriots Alliance
Three huge South Carolina legislative primaries wrapped up in November that resulted in a clean sweep of victories for anti-establishment candidates in Lexington, Greenville, and Spartanburg. However, these candidates still have a general election ahead of them scheduled for December 23rd, some facing write-in campaigns.
Former senator Lee Bright won SC Senate District 12 with 50.9% of the vote on October 21, 2025, beating former Spartanburg County clerk of court Hope Blackley and attorney Justin Bradley in the GOP primary for the seat that opened up after the resignation of senator Roger Nutt.
2026 US Senate Race in North Carolina
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- By Steven Hawkins - Greenville SC
I look on with interest at the 2026 US Senate race in North Carolina. The Two candidates are the Democratic candidate Former governor Roy Cooper, and Republican candidate Trump strategist Michael Whatley.
Mister Michael Whatley has a deep connection to North Carolina, where he was raised in Western North Carolina. Whatley is from Watauga county, NC where his father was an accountant and his mother was a librarian. Whatley's political career began in 1984 where he volunteered on the reelection campaign of Jesse Helms when he was in 10th grade at Watauga High School. In later life Whatley once served as Chairman of the NC Republican party from 2019 to 2024. And he served as Chairman of the Republican National committee from March 2024 to August 2025. Whatley also served as the RNC general counsel.
Appeals Court Refuses to Dismiss Greenville County Republican Chairman’s Contempt Case
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- By James Spurck, Publisher
SC Courts Appear to Be Growing Frustrated with Jeff Davis’s Lawfare
The South Carolina Court of Appeals has declined to dismiss or vacate a contempt order against Greenville County Republican Party Chairman Jeff Davis. This decision upholds a ruling that requires him to serve 90 days in jail or pay nearly $40,000 in attorney’s fees. It also marks the latest chapter in a years-long legal battle stemming from Davis’s defamation lawsuits against political consultant Chad Connelly and others.
Davis is known for using frivolous lawfare against his political opponents and for abusing the use of unnamed John Does across various counties in South Carolina. With one of those in 2020, he filed multiple libel lawsuits in Newberry County against Connelly and other figures connected to South Carolina’s Exceptional SC scholarship program. The suits claimed defamation and misconduct but were dismissed by the circuit court.
The Trump 2025 National Security Strategy
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- By Mike Scruggs
Dated November 2025 and Released December 4
Selected Passages and Commentary
The Trump 2025 National Security Strategy is radically different from past annual National Security Strategy documents. Although it narrows core national interests, it is far more comprehensive on the economic and social environment necessary for renewed national energy and true national security. Immigration and the nation’s traditional family, moral, and spiritual strengths are rightly elevated to important aspects of national well-being and national security. Increased emphasis is given to economic, financial, and industrial strengths. It also rightly re-joins foreign policy and defense policy. Clausewitz (1780-1831), who wrote On War 1816-1831 and fought against Napoleon with the Russian Army at Borodino in 1812, would be pleased.
Are We A Nation Under God? Were We Ever? – Part 1
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- By W.H. Lamb
A SERMON:
“THIS IS A CHRISTIAN NATION”—U.S. SUPREME COURT—1892
“There is no doubt that this is a nation which was built upon the Christian faith—that the Lord, indeed, was the God of this nation, that it was founded upon the principles of God’s Word, upon the teachings of Christianity, and for the advancement of the Kingdom of Christ. All these things are well documented, in the charters of the original colonies, in the original compacts (like the famous Mayflower Compact <that three of my wife’s ancestors signed--whl>, covenants, and constitutions. When the Supreme Court looked into the matter in 1892, poring over all the original documents, they concluded with one unanimous, unambiguous voice: ‘This is a Christian nation.’” - Rev. D. James Kennedy
Hydroplate, Plate Tectonics
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- By Charles Creager, Jr.
Combining Hydroplate Theory and Catastrophic Plate Tectonics
There are two major flood models, both of which have made some successful predictions, and both of which explain things that we observe both on Earth and in space. It turns out that there is a possible way of combining them into one workable model. Furthermore, it should be able to explain not only what each of the original models does but possibly even more.
The elements from Hydroplate Theory consist of a massive underground reservoir of water, which serves as the water source for both the rain and the flood itself. This reservoir would have been underneath the continental crust, sandwiched between it and a layer of basalt, similar to that of the oceanic crust. At the beginning of the flood, this underground reservoir would have cracked open, shooting out large amounts of water, some of which would have been ejected into space, some of which would have fallen as rain, and the rest would have gone over the continents as they spread apart.
Student Recruitment Industry Booms as Parents Reject Failing Government-run Classrooms
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- By USPIE
Choosing another government school won’t protect your child from the woke ideologies of DEI, LGBTQ+ or CRT. Taking children out of government schools and educating them on your own dime is the only way to educate and protect them.
So many parents are dissatisfied with their local government schools that a K-12 student recruitment company is raking in millions by persuading parents to transfer their children to a different failing government school.
“Caissa K12, based in Memphis, Tennessee, has been hired by school districts to recruit students as more parents opt for schools outside their neighborhood public school, causing enrollment numbers to plummet,” Fox News Digital reports.
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- Gov’t Watchdog Scorched Biden Afghan Refugee Screening in 2022, Warned of ‘National Security’ Risks
- Operation Bagration – 22 June to 19 August 1944
- As Christians, Where Are We To Set Our Hearts And Minds?
- Contact Your Congressman to Urge Opposition to Lousy Obamacare “Fix”
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