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The Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) will celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25, instead of Jan. 7 for the second year after transitioning to the Revised Julian Calendar. Since Sept. 1, 2023, Christians of the Eastern Rite in Ukraine have been using the Revised Julian Calendar. This calendar shifts certain fixed-date religious celebrations 13 days earlier compared to the "old style." While the OCU allowed parishes to choose their preferred Christmas date during a transitional period, the majority of believers embraced the new calendar.

News that President-Elect Donald Trump intends to pardon many who were prosecuted for trespassing in the Capitol on January 6, 2021 has Senator-Elect Adam Schiff (D-Calif) "greatly concerned. He has no mandate for this. Voters didn't elect him to pardon the MAGA fanatics who tried to overthrow the government on that day." While the narrative created by Schiff, other Democrats and the Media has been that the disturbance at the Capitol was an insurrection, many others have come to doubt that version of events. The most obvious incongruity is that none of those accused of committing insurrection brought firearms. The...

Don Rickles Roasts Bob Hope (Man of the Hour)

Star Trek: Deleted Scene - "The City On The Edge Of Forever" - "Kirk & Edith Have Fallen In Love." In this deleted scene from Star Trek (The Original Series - TOS), Sister Edith Keeler (Joan Collins) almost falls down the stairs by her apartment, when Captain Kirk catches her, and she breaks her heel, but this time, she continues to speak romantically to her young man, James T. Kirk (William Shatner), and she says to him how she has fallen in love with him. The two passionately kiss, as they talk about 'forever', and Kirk cryptically says if she...

Congress has leaked its hit job, er “report,” against former Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL). According to the report set to be officially released later Monday, Gaetz allegedly made tens of thousands of dollars in payments to women for sex while he was a member of Congress, along with a host of other so-called ‘crimes.’ “From 2017 to 2020, Representative Gaetz made tens of thousands of dollars in payments to women that the Committee determined were likely in connection with sexual activity and/or drug use,” the report reads. In total, Gaetz allegedly paid more than $90,000 to 12 different women. One...

The biggest change between the launch of President Donald Trump’s first and second terms is that he’s picking far better people to fill his administration. A close second are his bold plans to be initiated by his team. On Sunday, he brought back a talking point that was briefly floated during his first term, saying he is interested in acquiring Greenland. His post was pure Trump: I am pleased to announce Ken Howery as my choice for United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark. Ken is a World renowned entrepreneur, investor, and public servant, who served our Nation brilliantly...

President Biden commutes the sentences of most federal death row inmates. Calling it a “common sense revolution,” President-elect Donald Trump delivers a rally-style speech about the transition and policy, less than a month from taking office. And two big-name auto companies officially announce plans to join forces. These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. President Joe Biden granted clemency to almost all the inmates on federal death row Monday morning, Dec. 23. Now, the sentences of 37 of the 40 people facing death will be commuted to life without parole. “I am more convinced...

Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean appeared on MSNBC's "All in" to predict that "Trump will attack free speech. America will be done for as we know it. His vicious assault on ABC's George Stephanopoulos for calling him a rapist showed the kind of complete disregard for freedom of speech one would expect from an enemy of our democracy." Host Ari Melber asked "wasn't Stephanopoulos' claim that Trump was a convicted rapist slander? I believe the jury in the case specifically rejected the rape claim. Wasn't misstating this fact a deliberate lie? Should journalists be permitted to broadcast lies...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared to shut down Republicans’ push to raise the debt ceiling in a Thursday morning social media post. “GOP extremists want House Democrats to raise the debt ceiling so that House Republicans can lower the amount of your Social Security check. Hard pass,” he posted on his Bluesky account. Jeffries' statement — pointedly not posted on Elon Musk’s X — comes as Republicans are floating the idea for a new stopgap measure to fund the government that would include disaster aid and raising the debt ceiling. And behind closed doors, leaders projected unity and urged...

Democratic strategist James Carville criticized his party on Thursday for suppressing dissent on issues like sex changes and border policy. Carville’s remarks follow Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts calling out his party on Nov. 10 for attempting to “cancel people rather than having debates about issues that Americans care about” following backlash to his comments regarding transgender athletes competing in female sports. Carville, on “Politics War Room,” accused Democrats of enforcing a tyrannical adherence to their “philosophy” that undermines the party’s electability. “Anybody that questions the absolute, unquestionable benefits of transition surgery is going to be called this equivalent...

Hping to keep tabs on the magnetic north's wandering ways, the World Magnetic Model 2025 has been released this week, revealing the latest official predicted placement of Earth's magnetic fields. This version will remain valid until late 2029, during which time we can expect to see the magnetic north pole slowly edge further toward Russia. The new version is of timely importance too as the magnetic north pole’s movement seems to be accelerating. Since the 1830s, the north magnetic pole of Earth has relocated some 2,250 kilometers (1,400 miles) across the upper stretches of the Northern Hemisphere from Canada towards...

China’s Producer Price Index, measuring factory-gate prices, fell in November year-on-year for the 26th straight month. The gross domestic product deflator, a broader gauge of prices across the nation, has been in negative territory for six straight calendar quarters, the longest period this century. The Consumer Price Index last month showed a 0.2% rise over the same period last year, well below the country’s 3% target. China is gripped by deflation, an economy-killer. Lower prices are putting businesses out of business. And when people expect prices to drop, they hold off purchases, further aggravating the slowdown.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif) went on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" to claim that "Trump's immigration policies are out of step with what most Americans want. His ideas are unconstitutional, un-American, and shameful. I entered this country illegally many years ago. Does this mean I should be deported after all I've done for America? The people elected me to Congress. They wouldn't stand for me being deported." A sign that Rep. Garcia is the one out of step with most Americans emerged when a recent Siena College Research Institute poll of registered New York voters found that 54% say state officials should...

When he begins his second term as president, Donald Trump will inherit a world far more hostile to U.S. interests than the one he left behind four years ago. China has intensified its efforts to expand its military, political, and economic influence worldwide. Russia is fighting a brutal and unjustified war in Ukraine. Iran remains undeterred in its campaign to destroy Israel, dominate the Middle East, and develop a nuclear weapons capability. And these three U.S. adversaries, along with North Korea, are now working together more closely than ever to undermine the U.S.-led order that has underpinned Western peace and...

Hollywood actor Daniel Baldwin claimed major injury elites are engaging in “bidding wars” for Sean “Diddy” Combs’ blackmail sex tapes filmed from his infamous freak-off parties. During a recent PBD podcast appearance, Baldwin said that Diddy has “videos of the parties… I’ve heard from friends that are attorneys… there’s a bidding war going on right now.” Baldwin continued: “They’re driving that price up because if you want your client and your famous actor to not be involved, a famous singer to not come out, here’s the price, and that they’re just selling to the individuals that are in those.” “This...

Jonathan Elkhoury- جوناثان الخوري · Nov 5, 2024 @Jonathan_Elk: Palestinian “resistance” slaughtered Lebanese children, women and men in 1976. What does @jacksonhinklle actually support here? Jonathan Elkhoury- جوناثان الخوري @Jonathan_Elk: Al Damour massacre happened in 1976. Palestinian terrorists butchered and slaughtered about 582 Christians- innocent children women and men. We will never forget the Palestinian atrocities against the Lebanese.

This week, Donald Trump won Time Magazine’s vaunted “person of the year” for the second time in the last decade. The results weren’t even close. If this were a Hall of Fame vote for a famous athlete, the President-elect would have been unanimous. After having been unceremoniously ousted from the White House in the first presidential coup in history, the 47th President mounted the most improbable comeback, in which he overcame a mountain of opposition – from relentless media bias, to all-out lawfare in the courts, to two failed assassination attempts on his life. Having succeeded against all odds,...

Open Letter To Mark Williams: For Heritage And Freedom Dear Mark, you and your dad now stand together in a grassroots arts display at a national heritage site in the fourth biggest country in the world, the Republic Of Indonesia. The site, Air Kaca, is sacred to the memory of General Douglas MacArthur, sometimes known as The Saviour Of Australia. I find it amazing, Mark, that your dad achieved everything he achieved in football, after starting his senior career at the age of 24, because for five years he sacrificed playing sport to join the fight against fascism and imperialism...

Israel took advantage of the effective evaporation of Syria’s regular armed forces before a rebel offensive to launch a massive strike campaign called Operation Bashan Arrow aimed at destroying 320 of the most valuable remaining military assets and supporting military-industrial facilities of its oldest enduring military adversary While 350 Israeli combat aircraft conducted airstrikes targeting Syrian warplanes, helicopters, missile launchers, air defense systems, tanks, ammunitions depots, chemical weapons stores, and munition factories, on December 9 Israel’s Navy also launched a naval sortie likely involving its Haifa-based Sa’ar 4.5 missile boats (and/or larger Sa’ar-5 and Sa’ar-6 missile corvettes) targeting Syrian Navy...

Citing his clash of values with incoming President Trump, FBI Director Christopher Wray announced he will vacate his position effective January 20 of next year. "I will dedicate the remaining 40 days and nights of my tenure to bolstering the agency for its coming four years of resistance against the changes that Trump intends to inflict on it," Wray said. "The loyal men, women, and trans agents who have worked so diligently to suppress our domestic enemies will be ensconced in civil service jobs that will give them effective lifetime jobs where they can continue the work of silencing misinformation,...