Alabama police department blames Satan for spike in homicides A rural Alabama police department that used social media to scold community members for rejecting God is coming under fire from a group that opposes mixing government and religious faith. A statement posted on Facebook by the Opp Police Department on Tuesday blames a spike in area homicides on the idea that young people have turned away from God and "embraced Satan." The post followed two gunshot killings in as many days in Covington County, located on the Alabama-Florida line. But the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation says police in the town of 6,500 people are wrongly promoting religion with the social media message. The group says it's illegal for a government entity to endorse or criticize religious belief. ...... This was the Facebook message: THIS PAST SUNDAY, A YOUNG MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN KINSTON. MONDAY NIGHT, A MOTHER WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY. THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE MURDERS IN COVINGTON COUNTY IN 2018. THESE MURDERS HAVE BEEN DONE BY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. THIS IS HAPPENING BECAUSE WE HAVE TURNED AWAY FROM GOD AND EMBRACED SATAN. WE MAY HAVE NOT MEANT TO DO SO BUT, WE HAVE. IT IS TIME TO ASK FOR GOD’S HELP TO STOP THIS. IT IS TIME TO BE PARENTS AND RAISE OUR CHILDREN, NOT HAVE THEM RAISE US. IT IS TIME TO FULLY SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND STAND BY THE OFFICERS AND DEPUTIES THAT ARE FAR TOO OFTEN HAVING TO WALK INTO THESE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS AND CLEAN UP THE MESS. FRIENDS, IT IS TIME TO STAND UP AND BE RESPONSIBLE, GROWN UP LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. BOTTOM LINE, THERE ARE SHEEP; THERE ARE WOLVES AND THERE ARE SHEEP DOGS. WHICH GROUP DO YOU BELONG TO ? https://www.al.com/news/2018/12/alabama-police-department-blames-satan-for-spike-in-homicides.html
Courageous police department. They will be severely chastised for it. Woe to those who call evil good....
Friday’s winter solstice 2018 features a full moon and meteor shower Hubble captures space cluster made up of over 1,000 galaxies The winter solstice falls on Dec. 21, 2018, the moment at which Earth’s axis tilts the Northern Hemisphere farthest from the sun’s warmth. It happens once a year in each hemisphere. The winter solstice is particularly special this year as the upcoming December full moon, named the Cold Moon, will be visible in the night sky along with the Ursid meteor shower. What is the winter solstice? The winter solstice, also known as midwinter, is the shortest day of the year and the longest night of the year. It occurs when the sun appears at its most southerly position. The earliest people on Earth built monuments to follow the sun’s yearly progress, for example, Stonehenge in England. At sunrise at Stonehenge on the longest day of the year, the rising sun appears behind one of the main stones, creating the illusion that the sun is balancing on the stone. Stonehenge was closed for 16 years after rioting broke out between police and revelers for several years at solstice gatherings. The site was reopened to the public on the solstice in 2000. When is the winter solstice and how long is it? This astronomical event officially arrives Friday at 5:23 p.m. EST. At this time of year, each day is about 24 hours, 30 seconds long. It’s because Earth is nearing its closest point to the sun in its elliptical orbit. Why winter solstice 2018 is unique: 1) December full moon The moon will appear full both Friday and Saturday nights. The names of the moon originate from the Native Americans, who marked December’s full moon as the beginning of the coldest part of the year. The Long Night Moon is named after the longest night of the year on the winter solstice. 2) Ursid meteor shower The American Meteor Society says the Ursids should be visible in the mid-Northern Hemisphere. At the peak there should be about 11 sporadic meteors per hour just before dawn. The shower gets its name because its meteors appear to emanate from Ursa Minor, also known as the Little Dipper. Unfortunately, due to the aforementioned full moon, the meteors might be hard to spot. 3) Mercury/Jupiter conjunction In the southeast before sunrise Friday, you can see Mercury and Jupiter appearing as if they’re about to collide in space, despite being hundreds of millions of miles apart. They will be 0.9 degrees apart, which is about two moon-diameters. They will only be visible in a sky illuminated by bright twilight.
Here's Hollywood reality for ya. Charlize Theron has decided to raise her adopted son as a girl. What do you want to bet that poor boy has been taking hormone blockers since the first day he entered that home? When I was a kid my grandfather said once that Hollywood was full of queers and tranny's and it sure looks like he knew what was up way back then when they were really hiding it.
You find similar stories just about every day in the liberal media. How far have we drifted away from God and His law! How brainwashed we have become! How clueless! Absolutely amazing! 'I'm not having children to help fight climate change' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46623772
Volcano tsunami' hits Indonesia after Krakatoa eruption At least 20 people have been killed after a tsunami hit the coast around Indonesia's Sunda Strait, government officials say. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46663158
Indonesia tsunami: Death toll rises to 222, hundreds more injured. The number of casualties has risen and is expected to rise. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...ia-168-dead-beaches-volcano-krakatoa-11057318
Hi fallen saint, have you actually seen people becoming possessed? It is evident that much of that activity is taking place.
Here is the state's solution when it has lost all recourse to God. https://www.bloombergquint.com/law-...-get-a-trial-run-in-rio-de-janeiro#gs.MnIWhNc License-to-Kill Policing to Get a Trial Run in Rio de Janeiro David Biller December 22 2018, 4:00 AMDecember 23 2018, 1:06 AM (Bloomberg) -- Teams of marksmen next year will patrol swaths of Rio de Janeiro with high-powered weapons and a license to kill, said a security adviser to Governor-elect Wilson Witzel. As many as 120 sharpshooters will accompany police incursions into the slums of Brazil’s postcard city to exterminate gun-toting criminals, according to Flavio Pacca, a longtime associate of Witzel who the governor-elect’s press office said will join the administration. The shooters will work in pairs -- one to pull the trigger, one to monitor conditions and videotape deaths. “The protocol will be to immediately neutralize, slaughter anyone who has a rifle,” Witzel, a federal judge and former Brazilian marine, told reporters in Brasilia on Dec. 12. “Whoever has a rifle isn’t worried about other people’s lives, they’re ready to eliminate anyone who crosses their path. This is a grave problem, not just in Rio de Janeiro, but also in other states.” Rio has long exemplified Brazil’s charm and its chaos, and what happens there echoes at home and abroad. Like President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, Witzel cruised to victory in October promising a brutal crackdown on criminals who make daily life a harrowing ordeal. Rio will be a proving ground for Bolsonaro’s philosophy of maximum force -- and whether law enforcement devolves into a storm of extrajudicial killings. Witzel’s Eyes Witzel declined Bloomberg’s interview requests and declined to comment on the sharpshooter plan Pacca described. Rio’s homicides last year surged to an eight-year high of 5,346 and robberies and muggings have more than doubled since 2011. In February, President Michel Temer put the army in control of security through year-end and Witzel, as he takes over, intends to seek out the fight. Witzel will create a security council that answers to him directly and envisions a web of surveillance and control. He plans public-private partnerships to purchase as many as 30,000 security cameras, according to his press office. This month, he traveled to Israel to visit Elbit Systems Ltd. and Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., both of which work on drones. Pacca said the unmanned aircraft will gather facial images of drug traffickers holding weapons so police will have evidence to arrest a suspect when he emerges from his neighborhood. Distant Death Pacca, a police officer himself and a regular attendee at Witzel’s transition meetings, said groups of 20 policemen will begin undergoing month-long marksman training as soon as March. After they can kill at 600 meters, they will typically clear the way into favelas, where many residents live under the deadly sway of drug traffickers. Gangs often position roadblocks and lookouts to impede police and rival gangs. Marksmen will alternate, with one shooting and one spotting targets and filming so as to prove a person deserved killing, Pacca said in Bloomberg’s Rio office. Society and jurists are shifting their views of what constitutes “imminent danger’’ that justifies lethal force, he said, and targets don’t need to be actively shooting. “That concept is changing; it’s not for nothing that Bolsonaro was elected, not for nothing that Witzel was elected,’’ Pacca said. He pointed to a jewelry-store thief who this month used an octogenarian as a human shield during his escape. As he stumbled, officers shot him dead at point-blank range. “The people gave the police an ovation. That’s what you’re going to see.’’ Read a QuickTake: Will Change in President Take Brazil Forward or Back? Bolsonaro has said cops who kill should be given medals and has promised they will be legally protected. Days after the election, video showed Rio police loading the limp, bleeding bodies of two young men accused of drug trafficking into the bed of a pick-up. Bystanders cheered, with one yelling Bolsonaro’s name. “The NGOs, human rights activists and United Nations will have a fit,” Alexandre Frota, a congressman-elect, said on Twitter while sharing the video. “But the cleansing must be done.’’ Crime pervades Rio: Stray bullets strike schoolchildren. Residents of means are averse to conspicuous consumption. Commuters alter routes to avoid danger and the price of car insurance spiked with the surge in carjacking. Suelen Souza, 41, sells stuffed potatoes at the foot of the Dona Marta favela. This month, a police officer was shot in the neck in Dona Marta and frequent gun battles have caused the value of Souza’s apartment just below to fall by 40 percent. She said Witzel’s offensive may make it safe for her daughters to play in the plaza again. “I prefer the criminals get slaughtered instead of the criminals slaughtering us,” she said. Her husband, engineer Jose Olympio Souza, said, “a shock of morality showing the government has strength -- not indefinitely, but initially -- would be good.” Death in the Rain Even before Witzel, Rio police increasingly resorted to force. More people died at their hands during the first 11 months of 2018 than any year since state records begin in 2003. The 1,444 dead represent a 39 percent increase from 2017. Not all are justified. On a rainy September day, a 26-year-old man awaited his wife and two children in their hillside favela that looks out over Copacabana beach. Police mistook his umbrella for a rifle and shot him, according to local press reports. He died en route to hospital, and photos in local media showed pages of his employment booklet ringed with blood. “The Bolsonaro-Witzel duo is a concern for those who value democracy, value human rights, value the lives of people in the favelas.” said Julita Lemgruber, coordinator of the Center for Security and Citizenship Studies at the city’s Candido Mendes University. Spokespeople for Bolsonaro didn’t return calls and messages Friday seeking comment. Official Impunity General Richard Nunes, Rio’s acting security secretary, said violence alone can’t solve the issues and that the military has strengthened institutions and recovered operational capacity with training plus new equipment. Since April, when the military intervention gained traction, muggings, homicides and armed robbery of stores declined as soldiers became a constant presence, Nunes said. “If we don’t address public security with a broader vision, instead of thinking things get resolved by tactical, direct confrontation, the tendency is for indicators to worsen,” Nunes said. He called the jump in police killings this year “totally undesirable and unexpected.” ‘So Violent Now’ As long as police face few consequences for killing people, the cycle of violence will remain, according to Daniel Wilkinson, Americas managing director at Human Rights Watch. “We’re very concerned 2019 will only deteriorate further,” Wilkinson said. “This isn’t naivete about the problem; this comes from understanding what a serious problem this is for members of communities where you have gangs, and for police officers who have a very difficult job.” Celia da Silva, a single mother of four who sells bottled water at traffic lights, said traffickers walk around her favela brazenly shouldering rifles. Her daughter was mugged three weeks ago by four men in the neighborhood below. “I hope for a new change, with it so violent now in this city and this country,” she said. “It’s not just the little corner where I live.” ©2018 Bloomberg L.P. Bloomberg
Massive explosion rocks Mount Etna as volcano ERUPTS after earthquake Photos posted by residents show the black and grey smoke spewed over the blue skies as Etna blew her top on Christmas Eve. Seismic activity has been rocking the active volcano for the past few days, with lava seen bubbling up from its crater. Locals have reported hearing a "massive explosion" – and those used to living the shadow of the volcano have predicted ash rain. Others described the latest eruption as "violent" and raised fears for the nearby Catania International Airport. Francesca Marchese wrote: "Ms Etna is performing a Christmas show. Many little earthquakes in the last few hours." ERUPTION: Mount Etna has been pictured spewing smoke and ash (Pic: TWITTERTWITTER/Giorgio Previtera) Tremors as large at 3.9 magnitude were felt ahead of the Christmas Eve eruption as the ash cloud begins to loom over the nearby Catania. "Etna today is making a mess and obviously could not miss the shock of earthquake," said a local. The eruption has reportedly stemmed from the base of the south east crater where a fissure has opened up in the mountain. Others said Etna is "very angry" and "merry Christmas from Mama Etna" – while some added the eruption was "very scary". Local resident Andrea Lo Cicero wrote: "Etna expresses itself with great elegance. I just hope it doesn't express itself with too much energy." And another added: "The great lady, Etna, has woken up, four earthquakes in an hour, and now.... smokes and erupts." Etna is Europe's highest and most active volcano and the fire-spitting mountain began to eject lava last week. Currently there is no immediate danger posed by the volcanos – but there are fears the eruption could intensify. Mount Etna – an 11,000 foot high peak – has seen an increase in activity since last February. Scientists previously warned a major eruption from Etna could trigger a tsunami . The mountain already known to be shifting towards the Mediterranean. https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/wo...ption-explosion-pictures-sicily-italy-catania ================================================== Luz de Maria messages re: earthquake and volcano warnings: https://revelacionesmarianas.com/en/Volcanoes.html Just a few examples pertaining to this area: Our Lord Jesus Christ 02.04.2016 Pray, My children, pray for Italy; it will suffer. Pray. The Vesuvius and the Etna volcanoes will shake their peoples. Our Lord Jesus Christ 11.02.2015 Pray, My children; new volcanoes will emerge in unthinkable places. Pray, My children; volcanoes become active. Pray for Italy. Our Blessed Virgin Mary 10.17.2015 My children, pray; the Etna volcano will be grounds for alert.
Ohio Bans Dismemberment Abortions The common second trimester abortion procedure – also known as dilation and evacuation (D&E) – involves dilating the mother’s cervix and then removing the baby’s limbs using surgical instruments prior to extracting his or her remains from the uterus. ........ Ohio Right to Life has seen 21 pro-life initiatives become law in the last eight years. All of these initiatives have led to abortions decreasing by more than 25% in Ohio, and half of Ohio’s abortion clinics shutting down. With four years of pro-life Governor-elect Mike DeWine ahead of us, the prospect of ending abortion in Ohio has never looked better. Abortionists who perform dismemberment abortions in defiance of the law could face fourth-degree felony charges, including a jail sentence and fines, reports Fox 31. The new law provides an exception for cases in which the mother’s life is at risk, but none for rape or incest. In 2017, the Ohio Department of Health reported nearly 3,500 dismemberment abortions in the state. Similar dismemberment abortion bans have been enacted in nine other states, and introduced in 17 other states in the past three years. Fox 31 reports that of the nine other states that have enacted such a ban, only those in Mississippi and West Virginia have not been temporarily blocked by the courts. The Dismemberment Abortion Ban will go into effect in March 2019. Planned Parenthood condemned the dismemberment ban and hinted at a challenge Iris Harvey, president of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio, called the ban “extreme legislation to turn medical decision-making into political ideology.” “Patients, and the medical providers who serve them, rely on the overwhelming medical evidence that shows abortion is one of the safest medical procedures,” Harvey added. “The method ban dangerously limits people’s options, undermines patients’ constitutional right to access safe, legal abortion, and compromises medical providers’ decision making.” ohio-bans-dismemberment-abortions
Don, The following news reminded me of your above post. Israeli missiles strike arms depot near Damascus, Syria says By Associated Press | Dec 25, 2018 | 3:45 PM | Beirut | http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-israel-syria-missiles-20181225-story.html A scene from a video of missiles flying into the sky near Damascus, Syria. (SANA) Israeli warplanes flying over Lebanon fired missiles toward areas near the Syrian capital of Damascus late Tuesday, hitting an arms depot and wounding three soldiers, Syrian state media reported, saying that most of the missiles were shot down by air defense units. An unnamed military official was quoted on TV identifying the warplanes as Israeli. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency earlier reported that Israeli warplanes were flying at low altitude over parts of southern Lebanon. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, said Israeli airstrikes targeted three positions south of Damascus that are arms depots for Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group and Iranian forces. The reported attack near Damascus is the first since President Trump announced last week that the U.S. will withdraw all of its 2,000 forces in Syria, a move that will leave control of the oil-rich eastern third of Syria up for grabs. Following Trump's announcement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel would "continue to act against Iran's attempts to entrench itself militarily in Syria, and to the extent necessary, we will even expand our actions there." Nearly an hour after the attacks began, Damascus residents could still hear the air defense units firing toward targets in the air. "The aggression is still ongoing," said a presenter on state TV, which interrupted its programs to air patriotic songs. Later an unnamed military official was quoted as saying that Syrian air defenses "shot down most of the missiles before reaching their targets and the aggression damaged an arms depot and wounded three soldiers." The report added that the Israeli warplanes fired the missiles from Lebanese airspace. Israel's military spokesman's unit did not confirm the raids, but said in a statement that "an aerial defense system was activated against an anti-aircraft missile launched from Syria." No damage or injuries were reported by the Israeli military. Israel is widely believed to have been behind a series of airstrikes in the past that mainly targeted Iranian and Hezbollah forces fighting alongside the government in Syria. Tuesday's attack is the first since a missile assault on the southern outskirts of Damascus on Nov. 29. Russia announced it had delivered an S-300 air defense system to Syria in October. That followed the Sept. 17 downing of a Russian reconnaissance plane by Syrian forces responding to an Israeli airstrike, a friendly-fire incident that stoked regional tensions. Netanyahu: We stand firm against Iran in Syria despite Trump's decision jpost.com · 1h
