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Alleged serial thief let off by progressive NYC DA, steals again

After a left-wing DA in New York City, Alvin Bragg, released a man charged with 23 incidents of shoplifting in November with no bail, as gratitude Wilfredo Ocasio allegedly went out and stole from 27 more times, the Post Millennial reports. Ocasio who allegedly tends to steal from the same stores has been arrested and charged with 27 incidents of shoplifting from three stores amounting to over $5,000 in goods. Even if convinced of all charges, he would only serve two years. In November, it was alleged that Ocasio had stolen 23 times, but was only charged with two. Ocasio, who had previously done time for rape and robbery, was then released by the DA. The president of the NYPD Detective’s Endowment Association, Paul DiGiacomo said, “Nobody should be surprised that Mr. Ocasio has been once again arrested — this time on 27 [petit] larceny charges. Why would he stop when there are absolutely no consequences?” READ: NYC serial thief accused of 23 more shoplifts after getting let off by progressive DA And an interesting …

Canada: State-sponsored psychological manipulation

Usually, stories about state-sponsored psychological manipulation and propaganda are reserved for tyrannical, communist regimes like North Korea, but apparently, that is no longer the case, The Blaze reports. A while back, Canada’s federal government posted a job opening for someone to carry out psychological operations training for Canada’s military. The position would be officially known as PSYOPS and the individual would be responsible for training people in the dark arts of state-sponsored psychological control and propaganda. The person who gets the job would study the best examples of this type of mind manipulation from other governments, presumably Iran, North Korea, Russia, and the Chinese Communist Party. Then they would then have the opportunity to provide test training programs for those involved in the program. READ: ‘PSYOPS Officer’: Canadian government lists job for psychological operations Here is the official job description from the federal government’s website: PSYOPS Officer Of course, this is not the first time we heard of this in Canada. READ: Military leaders saw pandemic as unique opportunity to test propaganda techniques on Canadians, …

Majority of Americans believe that Christians should not be forced to compromise their faith

According to a recent survey conducted by Summit Ministries/McLaughlin and Associates, a significant majority of Americans do not believe that Christians should have to compromise their faith in the face of woke, left-wing ideology, Breitbart reports. This included being forced to compromise their values in the areas of traditional marriage, trans issues and critical race theory. The survey conducted between Dec 9 and 14, found that 68% of Americans do not believe that Christians should be forced to compromise in these areas. But this poll also revealed that a significant percentage, 32%, believe that Christians should. However, when politics were factored in the results took an interesting turn. The more left-wing an individual was the less likely they were to believe that American Christians should have the freedom of religion. The survey found that while 78% of Republicans believe that Christians should have this freedom, only 41% percent of Democrats felt the same way. In fact, the same percentage of Democrats, 41%, believed that Christians should be forced to compromise their faith. Among independents, a …

Venezuelans receive $2.67 reward for signing up with the country’s social credit system

Venezuelans who have joined the country’s social credit system received a generous 44 Venezuelan Bolivars on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. This is the equivalent of $2.67US and if they had received it four days earlier, it would have been worth $2.84US, Venezuelan writer Christian K. Caruzo reports in his article for Breitbart. It is the equivalent of a small down payment to make a favorite Venezuelan dish, hallaca, traditionally made around Christmas. According to Caruzo it now costs $68US for the ingredients to make 58 of these delicacies, as the government’s socialist policies destroyed the country’s once booming economy resulting in rampant inflation. READ: How socialism turned Venezuela from the wealthiest country in South America into an economic basket case President Nicolás Maduro developed the system, officially known as the Fatherland Platform, with the help and inspiration of a Chinese Communist Party and a Chinese-based corporation, ZTE. The system has been gradually expanded and now tracks the personal information of the person and their family. It also has their health and work information and as …

Captar el fluir del Espíritu Santo

Traducido por Belen Juarez Richter Leí un artículo interesante hace un tiempo en CBN titulado Efusión del derramamiento del Espíritu Santo Escrito por Vernell Windsor en donde ella habla sobre un servicio religioso al que asistió en Carolina del Norte con un amigo. Durante el servicio, se emborrachó tanto con el Espíritu que ya no podía mantenerse en pie y gateaba sobre sus manos y rodillas. Pero no solo eso, ella también experimentó periodos de llanto, donde en sus palabras “se puso toda mocosa”. Y luego pasó por periodos de risa intensa mientras el Espíritu Santo caía sobre ella. Y este artículo me trajo gratos recuerdos del día en que la gente de la iglesia a la que asistíamos mi esposa y yo volvimos de visitar la Bendición de Toronto, un poderoso derramamiento del Espíritu Santo que tuvo lugar en Airport Christian Fellowship en Toronto, Canadá, en 1994. Y trajeron con ellos, una venida del Espíritu Santo, que literalmente fluyó de ellos a nuestra iglesia. Cuando comenzaron a orar por la gente, docenas cayeron en …

Is Putin’s ‘Satan,’ the Apostle John’s ‘Wormwood’?

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has just revealed his latest intercontinental ballistic nuclear weapon (ICBM), which could be in active service as soon as January 2023. The missile that actually leaves the earth’s atmosphere before reentering and unleashing its payload, can carry 15 nuclear warheads which can individually target other sites. The missiles that can reportedly travel 16,000 miles (ca. 25,750 km) an hour could reach Britain in a matter of minutes. Of course, Putin did this in an effort to terrorize and intimidate the rest of the world because of the failure of his invasion of Ukraine. But what struck me is its name. Though it is officially called RS-28 Sarmat, the Russians have nicknamed it Satan-2. In other words, if he doesn’t get his way, Putin is threatening to unleash Satan on the world. And sometimes I have wondered if in his vision of the apocalypse, recorded in the Book of Revelation, if the Apostle John saw Satan-2 in action. John had a different name for it though, he called it wormwood. But in …

Who was the first person to recognize Jesus as the Jewish Messiah?

Have you ever wondered who was the first person to understand that Jesus was the Jewish Messiah? Well, as Ben Witherington explains in his article for Biblical Archaeology, it probably wasn’t Mary, the Lord’s mother. When the angel told her that she was to bear the Messiah, Luke writes that Mary was perplexed (Luke 1:29) and when the shepherds visited after being told of Christ’s birth, we are told that Mary pondered these events (Luke 2:19). Pondered means she was literally still trying to put things together. In fact, at one point Mary joined with her family when they wanted to put Christ away, thinking He was mad (Mark 3:21, 31). Witherington argues that the first person to understand that Jesus was the Messiah, was most likely Simeon an old man who was told by the Holy Spirit that he would see the Messiah before he died (Luke 2:26). Moved by the spirit, Simeon was told to go to the temple on the same day, that Mary and Joseph took Christ to the temple to …

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How a Christmas Shoebox turned into a marriage proposal 14 years later

When Tyrel Wolfe, 7, sent a Christmas shoebox to an unknown person in the Philippines, he had no idea that 14 years later, he would end up marrying the girl who received it God Reports writes. When he prepared his shoebox in 2000 at church as part of Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child, Tyrel included a photo of him dressed in cowboy gear, and his address. After Joana Marchan received the gift she sent a letter to Tyrel, but it was never delivered. But in 2011, Joana remembered his name and found a person with the same name on Facebook and sent a friend request. It ended up being the same Tyrel, but because he had no idea who she was he refused the request. But a couple of years later, Joana sent another request, but this time Tyrel, who was still in high school, sent a message asking how she knew him. Over the next couple of years, they continued to share messages and found out they were also both Christians. In fact, Joana …

UK thought police arrested woman for praying in her head

CBN reports that UK’s thought police have arrested a woman for praying in her head near an abortion clinic in Birmingham, UK. The city has created a perimeter around abortion clinics, called a censorship zone, where people can not show their approval or disapproval of abortions and this includes praying and counselling Vaughan-Spruce, who is the director of UK March for Life, was standing silently near an abortion clinic in the city. She was not carrying anything like a sign that would indicate she was protesting against the clinic. But someone had complained to police that they believed Vaughan-Spruce was silently praying in her head within the zone. The police approached Vaughn-Spruce and asked if she was praying in her head. She was immediately arrested after telling police she might be. The Alliance Defending Freedom UK (ADFUK) is representing Vaughn-Spruce in the court case over illegal thoughts. Speaking on behalf of ADFUK, Jeremiah Igunnubole said: “Isabel’s experience should be deeply concerning to all those who believe that our hard-fought fundamental rights are worth protecting. It …