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[youryurigoddess]

On love and sacrifices

There’s so much more to this scapegoating business and big sacrifices referenced in the Good Omens narrative than the literal goats. And they’re only getting bigger, louder, final.

But let’s take it slow and start with the beginning, quite literally — i.e., with the Good Omens 2 title sequence. As we follow Aziraphale and Crowley on their journey, the universe warps and their usual left and right side positioning switches during the magic show (not accidentally an act of trust and sacrifice required both from the angel and the demon). They stay so throughout the next scene, which is their little dance in the air, and after they seemingly get settled on the A. Z. Fell and Co.’s roof and back to normal, the flipped sky in the background suggests that something’s not quite right yet. In the central part of the shot looms a large, humanlike shadow of the Elephant Trunk Nebula.

The nebula is a part of a constellation called Cepheus, after an Ethiopian king from the Greek mythology who agreed to sacrifice his only daughter in order to appease the gods and end a local calamity started by her mother and his wife, Cassiopeia (talk about generational responsibility). With time and a delightfully ironic twist of fate, the name of said daughter, Andromeda, became more famous than that of her father. Although she was chained up to a rock and offered to the sea serpent Cetus, the girl was spotted by the warrior Perseus, casually flying over the sea — either on the back of the Pegasus or thanks to a pair of winged sandals — after his victory over Medusa. He fell in love on the spot, defeated the serpent (with the help of a magical sword or Medusa’s severed head, depending on the varying sources), and freed the princess. That’s not exactly where their story ends, but we won’t be getting into the rest here.

Not surprisingly, Neil has mentioned two parallel child sacrifice stories from the biblical context back in August. The first is one of the big ones — The Binding of Isaac. God's command to sacrifice Isaac, his only son, was a test of Abraham's faith. The angel of the Lord intervenes and provides a ram to be sacrificed in the boy’s place.

The second one isn’t nearly as popular, but you might have heard a variant of it in fairy tales or as the Law of Surprise invoked in The Witcher saga. In exchange for Israel’s victory over its enemies in battle, Jephthah had rashly promised God to repay the debt with the first thing seen on his return back home. The victorious warrior didn’t suspect to see his only child moving innocently "to meet him with timbrels and with dances" though. In horror, Jephthah covered his eyes with his cloak, but to no avail: ultimately, he was forced to honor his vow to God, and the girl was sacrificed. As grisly as it might look like in the Old Master’s paintings, it’s important to remember that human sacrifices weren’t limited to physical offerings only — Jephthah’s daughter might have been offered to God in the sense of officially shunning her family and dedicating her life to service instead, probably sequestered in a temple somewhere.

Interestingly, the main character of a big chunk of the Bible and the reason for the Second Coming happens to be THE most influential child sacrifice in the modern history. You know, a certain 33-year-old carpenter sent by his Heavenly Father to die on a cross for the sins of the mankind? Someone better call Aubrey Thyme ASAP.

Circling back to Aziraphale, he could be also seen as a representative of the concept of filial piety, since Eden willing to personally take a Fall not only for the humanity’s collective or individual transgressions, but the shortcomings of his Ineffable Parental Figure as well. Our favorite angel angel always fights for what is right and good, sure, but why would that be even a thing if God was truly omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent?

If Aziraphale’s medal is anything to go by, it looks like we might get an answer from the way it’s introducing another mythological narrative into the game, that is the story of Daedalus and Icarus. The most absorbing thing about this is the stark contrast to the recurring child sacrifice references for S3 mentioned in this post — Daedalus isn’t a father who wanted to sacrifice his son, it was his attempt to save him from imprisonment that ultimately drove Icarus to his death. The boy ignored his father’s explicit instructions, committing the grave and culturally universal sin of disobedience to one's parents that simply couldn’t go unpunished, one way or another.

But Icarus’s transgression could be seen both as high-flying ambition and striving for personal accomplishment as well as humanitarian sacrifice for knowledge and humanity’s advancement in general.

Similarly to a certain angel who left everything for what superficially seems like a work promotion, but is the ultimate act of love — both for his demon and the children they have been protecting and nurturing together for six thousand years. From the very Beginning, his white wings have been shielding everything he holds dear in this world.

[pargolettasworld]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6aRc_XN-EE

Here’s Yossele Rosenblatt, possibly the greatest cantor who ever lived, not singing a liturgical piece.  He’s singing a Yiddish song about a political cause that was probably still fresh and urgent when this recording was made.

The song, composed by Simon Frug and Abraham Bernstein, describes the Kishinev Pogrom of 1903.  In 1903, Easter coincided with the last day of Pesach.  The local antisemitic rag, the most popular newspaper in the area (Kishinev, in what is now Moldova), had been publishing headlines like “Death to the Jews!” for quite some time, and two local children had died in the weeks leading up to Easter.  This of course led the newspaper to spread blood libel.

When Easter Sunday services ended, the people of Kishinev streamed out of the churches and commenced to murdering Jews over two full days of riots.  The news of this spread around the Jewish world like lightning, and Jewish communities in relatively safer areas like the US and the UK started running collection drives for money to help either rebuild the Jewish community of Kishinev or help the Jews emigrate.  

This song was part of the advertising around that financial drive.  It describes the blood running through the streets, mothers crying for murdered children, and the immediate need for shrouds for the dead and food for the living.  It’s very likely that Rosenblatt made this record as part of this fundraising drive.  The great publicity helped bring awareness to the danger threatening the Jews in the Russian Empire at the time -- this pogrom happened roughly two years before my grandfather was born, and around the same time that Fiddler on the Roof is set.

The 1903 Kishinev pogrom was hardly an isolated event.  There was a second pogrom in Kishinev two and a half years later, in 1905, that was part of an organized series of them that lasted for many years and inspired many families, including mine, to nope out of Europe and go to safer places like the US, the UK, the Levant, Argentina, and other countries.

[lxchadora]

→ CHARACTER OUTLINE — [ROSITA ESPINOSA]

[BASICS]

Status: Open for plotting

Verse: The Walking Dead; open towards playing her in other apocalyptic and horror verses

Full name: Rosita Espinosa

Place of birth: Dallas, Texas

Date of birth: October 24, 1989

Religion: Agnostic

Languages: Spanish, English

Romantic orientation: Biromantic

Sexual orientation: Bisexual

Occupation: Survivor, army mechanic (formerly)

[APPEARANCE]

Faceclaim: Christian Serratos

Height: 5’7”

Build: Slender, athletic

Skin: Tan, olive

Eyes: Dark brown

Hair: Dark brown, long

Attire: Likes neutral colors, especially green and black

[MENTAL]

Positive traits: Resourceful, brave, assertive, adaptable, loyal, honest, compassionate, driven, intelligent, forgiving

Negative traits: Temperamental, blunt, vengeful, reclusive, stubborn

Zodiac: Scorpio

Temperament: Choleric

[SKILLS]

Mechanic skills

Bomb disposal

Knife and melee weapon combat

Firearms

Medical skills

Various other specific survival skills learned during the outbreak

[BIOGRAPHY]

Born in Dallas, Texas, Rosita grew up in a working-class household. Her father left her mother for another woman and moved to another state when Rosita was two, so Rosita never really knew her father. He would rarely visit his daughter.

Her affinity for fixing stuff began when she was little as her mother could not easily afford mechanics or new household appliances. So she taught herself mechanic skills and she found a passion in repairing broken stuff.

Her mother would often work multiple jobs in order to be able to make a living for herself and Rosita. During her teenage years they often moved around a from town to town. Rosita began to work jobs as a mechanic or waitress to keep a roof over their head.

When Rosita was 15, her mother died of ovarian cancer. When her brother Luz, who was eight years older, heard the news he moved into an apartment with Rosita and his son so his sister wouldn't be put into a foster home. While they lived together Rosita often had to babysit her nephew and help him with homework.

After high school graduation, Rosita trained as a mechanic in a trade school before joining the army in the hope of getting a college scholarship after completing her service. Her dream had been to get into nursing school like she always wanted since she was little.

At some point during the outbreak, Rosita met the military sergeant Abraham Ford and his friend Eugene Porter in Houston, Texas. The three of them were part of a larger group, though the group eventually got smaller and smaller until only the three of them were left. During her time with the group, Rosita used her charms to persuade various group members to teach her their skills. She formed a friendship with Abraham which eventually became a romantic relationship.

During this time Rosita also found out that Austin, Texas had been bombed, which was the town her brother and nephew had been located when the virus broke out.

[missgossiper]

The latest on the worrisome and troublesome Jester case

Feeling behind on the news? Like the cases have flown by faster than the weeks can? Stay puzzled no longer, my Dearest and Kindest readers, I have all that you may need to check up on this ongoing phantom thief!

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The first two thefts - being covered in a previous paper I recommend a read before you proceed here - were but only the beginning of this twisted game of Cops Vs Robbers. Recently, it has made those previous cases seems like mere child play with the next few being mercilessly to jeopardize cost and value, and even gruesomely risk terminal injuries to victims.

After the museum fiasco, @james-cromwell's jewelry store was the next target of The Jester's larceny game; @abraham-stoker included, as it was his jewelry order for the costumes of his upcoming play production for the town's newest theater - also being his project. Not only was half the order gone without a trace, but a lapis lazuli, and a wire planted as a dirty trap for the unsuspecting jewelsmith who ran straight into it. Falling, not only straight into the floor, but also a temporary coma. What a dirty criminal, sparing not even the disabled! It was said @mostlyyourlysander's purple opal brooch was then found at the crime scene. He was not long a suspect, as the Detective quickly affirmed that there is, indeed, an imposter among us. The Jester had impersonated well-known British poet, Renée Vivien, and must have snatched @mostlyyourlysander's brooch while offering her services to Columbia college. Only to never show, as her disguise was no longer needed then.

After this, it seems that the museum came to a sort of plot with @the--investigation--team, where the museum would release a shiny, new, eye catching exhibit! Displaying weaponry and swords, @previously-bookie was so certain that it would work as a successful trap for the Jester with high-tech security planted by the town's newest programmer, @adastra-astrid, this time to ensure the rightful capture of the criminal mastermind. Yet... instead what was gained, was what I can only describe as a Sherlock Holmes episode; where witnesses have claimed to have saw the detective, himself, @sincerely-edevane conversating with the one and only Jester, @deceitfullyyours upon the very roof of the museum! As if they were merely two Joes catching up over some tea, Detective Edevane did not even make a single move to remove the mask of the Jester, even when standing right in front of them. Instead, the Jester must have known the museum exhibit was but a trap, and chose a sexually intense discussion with who they described their "Favorite Detective". Sounds like a big fan, I must say.

We ought to suspect the mental stability of townsfolk while we also suspect who is truly the masked mastermind, as it seems this case is being run by no one but sociopaths who have a sickening joy for this game instead of the town's well-being and belongings. Are we truly doing right by leaving this case in the hands of a man of questionable morals? But while we are upon the subject of suspects... allow me to make a few recommendations of who are to be aware of;

@previously-bookie, have we all forgotten his apparent criminal background? Let us not put it behind him to rob from his own business.

Or @carnally-vittorio? Seemingly in alliance with @previously-bookie on multiple matters, who is to say the Jester is but one person and not them both? As the two do have rumors surrounding them and their encounters with the law.

@cicero-defacto it should also be noted that the well-known historian seems to be sticky with the hands, and has the record of resenting law and the rich (a noticable pattern in these robberies). Even snatching @james-alexander-hamilton's keys during a manipulative one night stand with his secretary to sneak into the Hamiltons' law firm and retrieve personal letters against deliberate orders they were private.

What of all Mister Secrets, @abraham-stoker? Perhaps @kitty-livingston's missing diamond and his own missing order can be found behind that infamous red door... It would explain as to how the theater has so quickly recovered such a loss of supplies. Is it truly a matter of the importance of his privacy, or rather his secrecy?

Would it be farfetched to suggest that someone with such technological knowledge would certainly know how to bypass security on their own, @adastra-astrid? Waltzing straight into buildings to offer unauthorized and unprofessional security advancements could very well serve to better understand these systems and back into them for her little thefts. Who is even to say that is truly the programmer @sincerely-edevane claims to know? This Jester is not only a skilled puppeteer, but a mimic, and hardly can you tell who might be an impersonator or not.

Maybe even someone amongst @the--investigation--team, as you must wonder how it is they have not be able to provide much at all to this case. After all, the enemy is not always outside... but rather within. Which can all be said about the most untrustworthy person we have handling the case, @sincerely-edevane, himself.

You really must ask yourself... who can we trust?

Upon the next bundle of rumors, shall I appear once more. Gossiping is amongst us, and I find it my duty to reveal it upon us.

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[kimberlyharrisus]

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[nijjhar]

Jesus was the son of Yahweh, Brahma, Khudah whilst Christ is the Anointe... Jesus was the son of Yahweh, Brahma, Khudah whilst Christ is the Anointed Son of Elohim, Allah, Parbrahm, https://youtu.be/jIuvskXqbS0 Church of England is of Satan that produces hypocritical Christians and they put truth under the Bushel https://youtu.be/bm3ttjor3Lk PAVANN (Holy spirit is like the wind and it is the Time for that – Nicodemus) ARANBHH SATGUR MATT WAILA (Go by your “innerman”, the Christ); SHABD GURU (His Word vis your Teacher), SURATT DHUNN CHAELA )(A man of holy spirit is the Disciple of His Word and not of any man on earth like Pope). THE BIBLE AND QURAN THUMPERS, DEAD IN LETTERS HATE AND KILL EACH OTHER WHILST THE LIVING IN HOLY SPIRIT, COMMON SENSE, SING THE PRAISES OF OUR “SUPERNATURAL FATHER ELOHIM, ALLAH, PARBRAHM, ETC. – JUST THE OPPOSITE. INSHALLAH ISLAM IS SHARIAH-FREE WHILST THE INSHMULLAH ISLAM OF SATAN IS FULL OF SHARIAH. Holy Gospel of our Supernatural Father Elohim, Allah, Parbrahm, etc., delivered by the First Anointed Christ, which in Punjabi we call Satguru Jesus of the highest living God Elohim that dwells in His Most Beautiful Temple of God, our physical body created not by the human hands but by the demiurge Potter, the Lord of the Nature Yahweh, Brahma, Khudah, etc. represented by Angel Prophet Elijah (My god is Yahweh) and it is called Harmandir or “Emmanuel” Hi Brethren, Your Team Leader Major General Roddy Porter spoke the Gospel Truth that Chaudhry Saddam Hussein, a Khokhar Jatt of the same tribe as me had no WMD. In Jesus, Peter spoke the Gospel Truth whether you like it or not. Nathaniel had no duplicity and he was a True Israelite son of Abraham speaking the Gospel Truth. I requested our Brother Roddy to proclaim what he saw in Iraq he should proclaim it from the Roof Tops. I hope you are not BOUND like the centurion by the dead letters of the Law that binds you but FREE in the holy spirit, which is the common sense as the Shepherds in the fields possessed and that is why the Good News was proclaimed to them and not the University Professors dead in the Letters and number one enemy of the Christianity. They wanted to kill him as these hireling thieves the Dog-Collared are the Judas Iscariot thieves in sheep’s clothing are stealing the donations as their salaries as if they are working for Mammon and not for the Mammon-Free God. In the service of our supernatural Father Elohim, Allah, Parbrahm, etc., we do not take money otherwise our Father would not bless you with the holy spirit but the dead letters making you worse than those Rabbis from the Yoke of which Jesus, our Bridegroom has set us FREE – Matt 12v43-45. So, please be prepared to serve our Father in honour of our Bridegroom Christ Jesus and not the Antichrist Church of England headed by Queen rich in Mammon and no wonder her hireling Dog-Collared Priests serve her diligently with full valour of Mammon that one day they would be a Bishop eligible to sit in the House of Lords; a Racist Church that discriminates against the other Bishops. No wonder when the Servants of Queen die, then her hireling Dog-Collared Priests would proclaim that they died glorifying their Mammon God, the Satan. Mammon cheats and in Britain, the Ombudsmen and the heads of the organizations including the Government Departments such as the Universal Credit DWP are running a Mafia cheating the public. Our Supernatural Father God Elohim, Allah, Parbnrahm, etc., stands for RIGHTEOUSNESS and He is nowhere to be found. ATOMIC WAR PREDICTION – MATT. 13V24-30. Hajj for “The Kingdom of Heaven”:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/faithfat.pdf ISRAEL WAS ESTABLISHED ON 14/05/1948 + 70 YEARS OF FULL PROTECTION TO 14 MAY, 2018. Another video:- https://youtu.be/qDU964t_0i0 Then, the Real Tribulations the world had never seen before for FIVE years to 14 May 2023 when ATOMIC WAR COULD TAKE PLACE. Our Supernatural Father God (Elohim, Allah, ParBrahm, etc.) knows better. For the full article and YouTube video:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/starttrib.htm     PRESS this Button. https://youtu.be/FQIjTHe_pOs   Brethren, BLASPHEMIES OF BLAIR AND BUSH ARE GETTING SORTED OUT BY THE UDEGE TRIBAL MAN OF GOD, CONSCIENCE, PUTIN & CO. Putin is doing the right job teaching the Blasphemers USA, Europe, etc. a good lesson. They killed innocent Saddam Hussain, Gaddafi, etc. Atomic war is expected on 14/05/2025 when Israel is 77 years old. Videos in support of Putin:- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0C8AFaJhsWxdHW_ZY0_o1k5xkUrjeAXM Videos on Super Hitler tribal son of Man Putin of the Udege tribe:- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0C8AFaJhsWyxOtKjRu0ApMlj2BT_iQz8 Blair and Bush’s blasphemies https://youtu.be/0WBYOmpDuCs American Jews are today – http://www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/GrimReaper.htm I need IT Graphic help to finish my Books:- ONE GOD ONE FAITH:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/bookfin.pdf and in Punjabi KAKHH OHLAE LAKHH:-  www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/pdbook.pdf John's baptism:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/johnsig.pdf Trinity:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/trinity.pdf

[orthodoxydaily]

Icon, Saints&Reading: Sunday, July 21, 2024

july 7_july 21

July, 21 2024/July, 8 2024

APPEARANCE OF THE "KAZAN" ICON OF THE MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS (1573)

Photo: OrthoChristian " The complicated story of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. "

Troparion

O earnest helper, Mother of the Lord Most High,/ thou dpst entreat Christ, thy Son and our God, in behalf of all,/ and causest all to be saved who have recourse to thy mighty protection,/ O Lady, Queen and Mistress,/ help us all who, amid temptations, sorrows and sickness,/ are heavy laden with many sins,/ who stand before thee and with tears pray to thee with compunctionate soul/ and contrite heart before thine all-pure image,/ and who have unfailing hope in thee:/ grant deliverance from all evils,/ and things profitable unto all, O Virgin Theotokos,/ and gave us all, for thou art the divine protec­tion// of thy servants.

ST. PROCOPIUS, FOOL-FOR-CHRIST, WONDERWORKER OF USTIUG (VOLOGDA _303)

The incorrupt relics of Saint Procopius were uncovered during the eighteenth century near the entrance of the Theotokos parish church in Ustya (Vologda diocese) and placed in the church, where they remained in open view for two hundred yearsThe incorrupt relics of Saint Procopius were uncovered during the eighteenth century near the Entry of the Theotokos parish church in Ustya (Vologda diocese) and placed in the church, where for two hundred years they remained in open view, a source of numerous healings. No account of the origin and life of the holy saint of God has been preserved. His name became known when he himself revealed it in a vision to a pious local inhabitant named Savela.

In connection with an increase in the number of miraculous healings, the relics of Saint Procopius were examined in 1696 (or 1645) and in 1739. After this a chapel in honor of the saint was consecrated in the church where his relics rest. His icon was painted, and a service to him was composed.

In 1818 the universal celebration of the saint was established.

ROMANS 6:18-23

18 And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

MATTHEW 8:5-13

5 Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, 6 saying, "Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented." 7 And Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him." 8 The centurion answered and said, "Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it. 10 When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, "Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel! 11 And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you." And his servant was healed that same hour.

[weather-usa]

Historic floods in the Midwest have swamped rivers, and the heat is so intense that even Lincoln melted.

Kathryn Barber stood on a closed section of Iowa Highway 141, marveling at the power of the Little Sioux River floodwaters.

Climate and Average Weather Year Round in Virginia:

The water covered all but the roof of a nearby home. Ball fields, usually desert-dusty during droughts, looked like marinas, with only foul poles and scoreboards visible above the water's surface. Barber and her husband, Bill, live on a nearby bluff and were nervously optimistic their home would survive the floods.

"It's very surreal," Barber said. "It’s hard when you’ve got to leave all your stuff behind. I’m not 100% confident."

For over a week, severe weather, including thunderstorms and flooding, has blasted parts of Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nebraska. Major flooding has impacted more than a dozen rivers and nearby communities. One river has partially breached a Minnesota dam, swallowed a nearby home, and is threatening a highway bridge.

See more:

https://www.behance.net/gallery/196864235/Weather-Forecast-for-Texas

Swollen rivers feeding into the Mississippi River are expected to cause major flooding in St. Paul, Minnesota, by the end of the week, according to AccuWeather. A high-pressure system over parts of the southern U.S. will result in ongoing thunderstorms and possibly derechos—fierce, powerful, fast-moving, and damaging storms—this week and beyond, says AccuWeather Lead Long-Range Meteorologist Paul Pastelok. This will mean more surges of water and additional flooding.

"There will be an increased threat of thunderstorm complexes, including potential derechos, from the north-central Plains and Midwest to the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley into early July," Pastelok said.

Developments:

Hot and humid conditions are returning Wednesday across much of the nation's southern tier, the National Weather Service reports. Highs are forecast to reach the mid- to upper 90s across the region, with low 100s expected in parts of South Carolina, Georgia, and the southern High Plains.

Europe is also experiencing record heat. Greece has shut down some of its ancient sites and warned tourists not to "take unnecessary risks" following deaths across Europe due to the heat wave.

A 6-foot wax statue of President Abraham Lincoln, installed outside a Washington, D.C., elementary school, is slowly melting into a headless blob amid soaring temperatures. Sponsor CulturalDC, which noted the wax has a congealing point of 140 degrees, removed the head to protect it while they determine how to proceed.

Family Loses Home to Blue Earth River, Cautiously Watches ‘Beloved’ Café

The Hruska family has owned a small, white, colonial three-bedroom home and a nearby café for more than 50 years. Visitors from around the world flocked to the café to hear Jim Hruska’s stories and be transported to a time without technology, his son David Hruska told USA TODAY.

Their home, which had been in the family for decades, offered a riverfront view of the Blue Earth River. However, on Tuesday night, it was swept away into the river after the Rapidan Dam partially failed, leaving David Hruska and his family speechless.

“You would never think in a million years our house would get washed away,” he said.

Weather Forecast For Florida:

His sister, Jenny Barnes, was baking pies at the café, the Rapidan Dam Store, on Monday night when she overheard the Excel Energy substation explode and saw the water violently pull it into the river.

Hruska said his family and volunteers rushed into the home to grab as many belongings as they could before it collapsed around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.

“Our store is in danger of collapsing, and while it's not as close to the river as the house was, it's close enough to be a concern,” he said.

The store, renowned for its famous pies, has attracted visitors since it opened. Hruska mentioned that his parents created a guestbook in 1994, which includes entries from the Soviet Union, Germany, Switzerland, and other countries. He is worried about what will happen if the store meets the same fate as their home.

“The house is replaceable,” Hruska said. “But the Dam Store is irreplaceable. We can't create another Dam Store because we're grandfathered in. With new regulations and policies, it's impossible to reopen it as it was.”

The city of Mankato announced in a social media update that the Blue Earth River is receding, which is good news for the family's store. Unfortunately, their home is long gone.

Donations are slowly coming in for the family after Hruska discovered his insurance doesn’t cover mudslides.

Water Threatens Bridge After Rapidan Dam Partially Fails

Minnesota's Rapidan Dam, which partially failed and allowed floodwaters to swamp a home on Tuesday, has experienced "dramatic changes" as floodwaters have widened and deepened a channel cut around one side, local authorities said Wednesday.

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https://weatherusa.app/zip-code/weather-71601

https://weatherusa.app/zip-code/weather-71602

https://weatherusa.app/zip-code/weather-71603

https://weatherusa.app/zip-code/weather-71611

https://weatherusa.app/zip-code/weather-71612

Most of the Blue Earth River's waters are now bypassing the dam's gates and racing through the channel. Although the water flow has slowed slightly, it remains too strong for emergency mitigation strategies and appears to be threatening the nearby Glacier Road Bridge, the Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office reported on social media.

"The focus has shifted from the dam to the bridge due to recent erosion," the Sheriff's Office stated. "We continue to work with downstream communities as the situation develops."

[shadowbunnydragon]

Red Moon Falls (Episode 2)

Hiya there, folks! I'm happy to have finished this second episode! I had fun writing it, and I hope you all have as much fun reading it!

Red Moon Falls (Episode 2)

by

Elite Shade

[Sinister Intro Music]

ANNOUNCER: "In a world where sinister forces lurk in the shadows, where the truth is obscured by mystery, and where legends and nightmares hide and wait, there is a place where the paranormal and the unexplainable happen with unnerving frequency."

[Flashes of images of a blurry humanoid figure moving between trees in a forest, transitioning to images of lights in the sky above a desert.]

ANNOUNCER: "The town of Red Moon Falls. On the surface, it is a sleepy small desert community. Skulking just beneath this visage of Small Town America are paranormal powers at work. And there is only one person keeping the darkness at bay, a man who delves into the deep of the unknown to do battle."

[Fade to Black, followed by words in large red print reading 'Blood Moon Falls', before fading to black again.]

The camera fades in on Duke standing in a hole, shoveling out some more dirt onto a nearby pile. He is shirtless, revealing a series of scars ranging from bullet wounds to claw marks to stab wounds, to one that is curiously shaped like Abraham Lincoln's profile from the penny. He sticks his shovel back in the dirt and lets go to stop and rest. Wiping some sweat off his brow with one work-glove adorned hand, and using the other to take a long swig from a silver flask with the other, Duke looks up, seemingly surprised.

DUKE: "Oh, hey there, a[BLEEP]holes!" He chuckles. "So we're still doin' this sh[BLEEP]t? Alright, fine. So, uh, for one, I'm out of jail. My grandma paid my bond, which was real nice of her. Though she made me promise to re-shingle her roof in exchange. I don't mind doin' that, but she expects me not to drink or smoke anything beforehand, and that's really the only way I can actually stand to do any kind of work... well, unless I'm good and p[BLEEP]sed off and planning some kind of revenge. Still, it's nice to be out and about again. Though I do have a court date, which sucks, but it is what it is. Worst comes to worst, I'll have some community service to do, and I can always drink and smoke some good sh[BLEEP]t while I do that. And, uh... oh! You're probably wonderin' why I'm here digging this hole!"

At that, Duke takes another swig from his flask.

DUKE: "Okay, so, remember when I said that there was a poltergeist in my house? Well, that f[BLEEP]ker is still there, and it's still trying to kill me. The latest attempt was it trying to trick me using a trail of candy to a large wooden box in my living room, being held up by a stick that had a string wrapped around it that led just around the corner to my hallway."

He snorts before looking down and kicking a clod of dirt.

DUKE: "I may have been a little stoned when I went in my house earlier and, well, I was able to kick my way out of the box... right after that f[BLEEP]kin' poltergeist started grabbing random knives and a couple machetes I thought I lost and driving them into it, trying to stab me."

Duke pulls out a rolled joint from his shirt pocket and lights it, taking a drag.

DUKE: "So yeah, I decided to take care of the poltergeist situation once and for all. As I said before, I had a pretty good idea where the piece of sh[BLEEP]t that is currently haunting my house was buried, and that is right here, in the Hazelwood cemetery. I found all this out after I looked into some info about my house and the previous owner. Aside from them possibly being turned into a wendigo shortly before I bought it at an awesome discount, there's nothing of note there in the house's history. Finally, I was able to get my friend that we in town call Psychic Pete, great guy and a decent medium when he's not trying to upsell ya on his services; to try and get a reading on the entity in my house. Son of a b[BLEEP]tch tried to upsell me on a cleansing, but I wasn't in the mood to fall for it. Anyways, he agreed that the body is up here somewhere."

Duke sticks the blade of the shovel into the dirt again, scooping some more out, the joint between his lips.

DUKE: "As for the significance of knowing the location of this entity's body, well, a lot of folks have a lot of different ideas of how to get the haunting to stop. Some of the more religious types figure blessing or praying over the grave will help dispel it, put it to rest, etc. Some think that random crystals they bought from some soft-speaking jackass of a hippie will do something, but like prayer, that's just a fresh steamy load of horesh[BLEEP]t. I myself like to take more of a scientific approach to the situation."

The shovel hits something solid, causing Duke to chuckle. He scoops out some more dirt, before bending down. There's a few inaudible grunts coming from the hole, before a loud creak and a CRUNCH is heard. Duke stands up with a large chunk of wood that he casually tosses aside.

DUKE: "Basically, first, you confirm that this is the correct body. Now, since I don't know the actual name of the person this 'geist used to be, I kinda had to utilize a little trial and error."

The camera zooms out to reveal thirty to forty graves that have also all been dug up, some with body parts scattered around them. Zooming back in on Duke, he bends down again, this time popping back up, hoisting out an ashen gray mummified corpse wearing a brown suit and tie. He unceremoniously tosses it by the opened grave. Leaning over, he snorts and spits right in the corpse's face, before using the blade of the shovel to jab the side of its head. The camera suddenly vibrates, and Duke yelps as he goes flying up out of the hole, to drop back onto the ground next to the corpse, his joint still in his mouth.

DUKE: "That's a big 'ol yes."

Duke dusts himself off and turns to the camera with a smile.

DUKE: "Step two of my scientific process to get rid of this annoying f[BLEEP]king haunting, is to then power up the trusty wood chipper I'm currently renting from Jai, who owns the local hardware store."

Duke points and the camera quickly pans a little to the right to reveal the bright orange machine. He walks over to it and fires it up.

DUKE: "Step three is to carefully, and respectfully, shove the assh[BLEEP]le's corpse through the wood chipper headfirst, pour salt on the chunks, burn them, salt them again, and then rebury it all. Easy, peasy, and with no added hassle--WOAH!"

With the blades spinning, Duke was suddenly shoved forward by something invisible, now gripping the sides of the mouth of the chipper as the force keeps trying to shove his head in.

DUKE: "WELL, AT LEAST IT'S OUT OF MY HOUSE! KOFFESHA!"

A green energy began to radiate from Duke's body. There is an ear-splitting shriek that causes the camera to vibrate as he flings himself away from the wood chipper. The town fixer scoops up the corpse and, with a heave, rams it in headfirst. There is a harsh grinding sound as the dried corpse is fed into the woodchipper. Out came spraying the dried chunks of what used to be a human being, all the while Duke is pushing the legs in, taking drags from his joint. When at last the feet were sucked in, he stepped away. Stooping down, he picks up a canister of salt and walks over to the pile of chunks.

DUKE: "Ashes to ashes, chunks to chunks, motherf[BLEEP]ker."

He proceeds to pour the salt onto the pile, before turning to have his back to the camera. There is a ZIP, succeeded by a steady trickling sound.

[The picture fades to black, with it fading back in, not with the camera in Duke's truck.]

DUKE: "So yeah, all in all, I'd say that that wasn't too bad. Not nearly as much of a pain in my a[BLEEP] as the time I had to fight that drunk hag down at the marsh. 'Course, now that I can go back inside my house, I gotta start cleaning up whatever mess that f[BLEEP]knugget left me behind."

Duke lights another joint as he drives, taking a few puffs. He is now wearing a bright blue Hawaiian shirt with a long white hooked claw on a necklace. The camera pans to out the window, showing the rocky and sandy landscape passing by. Above was a bright blue sky, the sun not yet near the center, with a few small scattered clouds lazily drifting by. In addition to various rock formations, there was the occasional cactus and ocatilla, all with blooming flowers visible.

DUKE: "By the way, I did take a look at the name on the headstone after I got done reburying the remains. It said his name was Calvin Hobart. Took me a minute to think back on it, and then I remembered where I knew that name from. Son of a b[BLEEP]tch and I went to high school together. He was this little weird dude who always stank, stared at any girl he thought was pretty, to the point where it started creeping them out, and then would get, like, ridiculously angry every time a girl he asked out shot him down. He'd yell, call them whores, say that he never gets a chance, blah blah blah."

Duke takes another drag from his joint.

DUKE: "If you tried to tell him that no girl wants to go out with a guy who stinks and who stares without saying anything, he'd just blow up at you and claim you were picking on him. Anyways, he hated me. Claimed that I stole some girls right out from under him. All I did was ask Sarah McArthur out, apparently a few minutes after she told him no. That happened a few times, and I had no freakin' idea at the time. Then he tried to fight me in the school parking lot, no idea why. It was... actually pretty sad. My grandma ninety threw harder punches than that guy. I still laid him out flat, I just didn't feel good about it... oh, and, uh, I may have taken, like, fifty bucks from his wallet after the fight was over, but as far as I'm concerned, that was just him paying the Dumba[BLEEP] Tax."

Duke sighs and holds up a gold ring with a large amethyst embedded in it. The camera zooms in on the words Shimmer Hills High School engraved in a circle around the stone. Duke then turns to look just past the camera to the back seat.

DUKE: "Oh, and f[BLEEP]k you, boom mic guy! Me taking this ring is just good 'ol Calvin paying the Dumba[BLEEP] Tax again! I'm not some degenerate graverobber!"

The camera shifts to look at the black duffel bag laying next to Duke. Printed on the side, in white calligraphy, were the words Graverobbing Kit. The camera is forcibly yanked up to look Duke in the face.

DUKE: "I will have you know that that was a gag gift from a friend! It's not like I have an actual kit for diggin' up and robbing graves, or that I'd be dumb enough to keep them in a bag advertising what they were on the side of it!"

Duke reaches down and grabs the bag to move it, only for some of the contents to spill out. This included a foldable shovel, a small pickaxe, a flashlight, and a large ziplock bag filled with jewelry, gold watches and, as the camera zooms in close, some gold teeth. Duke hastily starts stuffing everything back inside while trying to keep his eyes on the road.

DUKE: "That doesn't prove a damn thing!"

[Commercial Break]

[The camera fades in as Duke is pulling into his driveway.]

DUKE: "I still can't believe that f[BLEEP]kstick actually asked me if I used that f[BLEEP]king wood chipper to dispose of a corpse! He had no way of knowing that that was a chunk of human bone that fell out!"

Duke mutters to himself as he gets out of the truck. The camera is jostled as the crew quickly exit the vehicle. Just as Duke starts walking towards the front door, he turns and shakes his head.

DUKE: "Oh now, what's this c[BLEEP]ksucker want?!"

The camera turns to show a bright red '57 Plymouth Fury pulling up just outside the gate to the chain link fence. Out steps an older man with a completely shaved head in just a white shirt and jeans.

MARVIN: "Hey son!"

DUKE: "Dad, what the f[BLEEP]k are you doing here?! If Mom finds out you're back in town, she's gunna shoot ya again."

Duke is rubbing his temples as his father hops over the fence, holding up a rolled piece of parchment.

MARVIN: "Aw, come on, Bud, Lucy's not gunna find out. I just wanted to stop by and see my favorite son."

[The footage cuts to Duke sitting on a lawn chair for a talking head interview, a bottle of beer in his hand.]

DUKE: "Don't get me wrong, I love my dad."

Duke takes a swig of beer before continuing.

DUKE: "But I'm the only one of his kids who actually still talks to him. See, I know folks talk about how I try get rich quick schemes... and fine, I do. And it's gotten me into a little trouble now and again."

The footage cuts to show a photo of a school gymnasium engulfed in flames.

DUKE: "But that's nothing compared to the ridiculous sh[BLEEP]t my old man gets up to. He's started about ten or eleven cults, I think, I actually lost count after that one about where he claimed to be a magic space wizard with a sword made of pure energy. Oh, and all of them are based on popular movies. Like the one where he claimed that aliens were going to attack most major cities on the 4th of July."

Duke takes another sip of his beer, and then a drag from a joint, and shakes his head.

DUKE: "Not really sure where he was going with that one where he tried to convert the motel he was staying at into some kind of fantasy chocolate factory, but he still went for it nonetheless. Though, I will say, him ending up on the news and getting arrested can be pretty entertaining."

Cut to a clip showing a procession of people in handcuffs wearing white robes, their skin all painted orange with green dyed hair. Two officers then exited a motel room, dragging a yelling and squirming Marvin, wearing a purple tophat and matching coat.

MARVIN: "YOU GOT NOTHIN' ON ME, YA B[BLEEP]ARDS! NOT A DAMN THING! I GOT A WILLY FOR Y'ALL TA WONK ON, YA F[BLEEP]KS!"

Back to Duke who now has his head in his hands, not looking up at the camera.

DUKE: "In case you guys didn't read the part of the pamphlet I'm sure Susie gave you, I'm gunna be straight with you and let you know that my family is kinda cursed, at least on my Dad's side of things. To summarize, someone in the past that I'm related to made some kind of deal or something with some kind of creature or entity or maybe a conscious force of nature. They got what they wanted, but then their bloodline got cursed, and now the curse manifests in the seventh son of a seventh son."

At this Duke looks back up into the camera.

DUKE: "Three f[BLEEP]king guesses as to what I am. My dad's a seventh son and, wanting to have a lot of kids for what I'm sure was another scheme he came up with after going to the movies, he stopped after number six with his wife at the time. And then started dating my mom without telling her he was married. They got hitched, him hiding his original wife and family, and instantly got to work making me. See, because he's a f[BLEEP]king idiot, he didn't think that it was collectively the number of kids you sired. He just thought it was seven per woman you impregnate. So yeah, that was all a fun little surprise to find out on my thirteenth birthday! That and the fact that my mom and me were his secret second family!"

Duke takes another, deeper swig of his beer.

DUKE: "... F[BLEEP]kin' dumba[BLEEP]...

[The film returns to Duke and Marvin standing in his front yard.]

MARVIN: "Where's my hug, buddy?"

Marvin, still clutching the parchment in his hand, holds open his arms for a hug.

DUKE: "No."

MARVIN: "Huh?"

DUKE: "The answer's no, Dad. I'm not getting involved in whatever scheme you're cooking up now."

Duke turns to walk away.

MARVIN: "Woah, woah! Hold your horses there, buddy! I'm not cooking up any schemes..."

Duke snorts and takes a drag of his joint.

DUKE: "Then what's with the parchment?"

MARVIN: "Well, I know how much you love going around and investigating paranormal phenomena, and I thought that you might be interested in what I came across when I... borrowed a friend's grandpa's old steamer trunk!"

Marvin proudly presents the parchment, holding it out for his son to take it. Duke, however, doesn't reach for it at all.

DUKE: "Dad... did you get yourself mixed up with another cursed object? 'Cause I told you last Christmas, after that f[BLEEP]kin' nutcracker came to life and tried to cut out my liver to eat, that you were on your own as far as curses go."

MARVIN: "Son, I remember, and I just felt so bad about it. I mean, I still had fun on that Vegas trip I went on the day after, but I was still really concerned."

DUKE: "Really? 'Cause it seemed like you thought it was all really funny, especially when that little f[BLEEP]kstick BIT OFF MY LEFT NUT!!!"

Marvin tapped the parchment to his chin.

MARVIN: "Well, hell, boy. How many times do I gotta keep apologizin' for that whole fiasco?"

DUKE: "At least once would be a nice change of pace!"

MARVIN: "... Well, anyway, here, a little something that I got and made me think of you."

Again, Marvin held out the parchment.

DUKE: "Dad... is this a cursed item? Just shoot straight with me."

MARVIN: "Son, you know that I'm a straight shootin' cowboy, above all else."

DUKE: "... So it's definitely cursed then."

MARVIN: "Okay! Okay, ya got me!"

Marvin throws his hands up into the air in exasperation.

MARVIN: "This scroll or whatever you call it is cursed! And I need to get rid of it."

DUKE: "I take it that it's something that to pass on, has to be taken from you willingly, right?"

Marvin looks down at his shoes, his free hand in his pocket. Duke sighs and holds out his hand.

DUKE: "This is the last f[BLEEP]kin' time, Dad. I mean it."

MARVIN: "Oh, thank ya son!"

He hands Duke the scroll, and immediately starts running to the fence.

MARVIN: "If ya live through the night, call me!"

Marvin yells this without even looking over his shoulder as he hops the fence. He then gets back in his car and quickly peels out.

[Cut back to Duke sitting in the lawn chair, now holding up the scroll.]

DUKE: "If I didn't take it, he woulda just begged and pleaded and refused to leave, and try a whole bunch of annoying bullsh[BLEEP]t. Not really sure what this curse is yet, but I'd rather deal with it, rather than him, any f[BLEEP]king day."

A series of overlapping whispering voices can be heard, slowly rising in volume.

DUKE: "Yeah, yeah, yeah. I get it. Let's get this sh[BLEEP]t over with."

He unrolls the parchment and starts to read something on it.

DUKE: "Huh... been awhile since I've seen one of these f[BLEEP]kin' things."

The parchment shudders, and a skeletal hand and arm shoots out from the center of the scroll. The inky black and dripping bony clawed fingers grab Duke by the throat, as the skull of a full blackened skeleton starts to rise from the scroll.

DUKE: "BRING IT, SH[BLEEP]TSTAIN!!!"

[Roll Credits]

And there we go, folks! Tune in next time for more Red Moon Falls!

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Hawaii fires death toll climbs as residents tell of little warning before town engulfed

By Associated Press, 1:00am Aug 12, 2023

Hawaii emergency management records show no indication that warning sirens sounded before people ran for their lives from wildfires on Maui that killed at least 55 people and wiped out a historic town. Instead, officials sent alerts to mobile phones, televisions and radio stations - but widespread power and cellular outages may have limited their reach.

Hawaii boasts what the state describes as the largest integrated outdoor all-hazard public safety warning system in the world, with about 400 sirens positioned across the island chain to alert people to various natural disasters and other threats.

But many survivors said in interviews on Thursday (Friday AEST) that they didn't hear any sirens or receive a warning that gave them enough time to prepare and only realised they were in danger when they saw flames or heard explosions nearby.

Hawaii emergency management records show no indication that warning sirens were triggered before devastating fires killed at least 55 people and wiped out a historic town, officials confirmed (AP)

The blaze is already that state's deadliest natural disaster since 1960 tsunami, which killed 61 people on the Big Island. (AP)

The wildfires are the state's deadliest natural disaster since a 1960 tsunami that killed 61 people. An even deadlier tsunami in 1946, which killed more than 150 people on the Big Island, prompted the development of the territory-wide emergency system that includes the sirens, which are sounded monthly to test their readiness.

Governor Josh Green warned that the death toll would likely rise as search and rescue operations continue. Cadaver-sniffing dogs were brought in Friday to assist the search for the remains of people killed by the inferno, said Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen Jr.

Thomas Leonard, a 70-year-old retired mailman from centuries-old Lahaina, didn't know about the fire until he smelled smoke. Power and cellphone service had both gone out earlier Tuesday, leaving the town with no real-time information about the danger.

He tried to leave in his Jeep, but had to abandon the vehicle and run to the show when cars nearby began exploding. He hid behind a seawall for hours, the wind blowing hot ash and cinders over him.

Firefighters eventually arrived and escorted Leonard and other survivors through the flames to safety.

Fuelled by a dry summer and strong winds from a passing hurricane, at least three wildfires erupted on Maui this week, racing through parched brush covering the island. (AP)

Fuelled by a dry summer and strong winds from a passing hurricane, at least three wildfires erupted on Maui this week, racing through parched brush covering the island.

The most serious one left Lahaina a grid of grey, ashen rubble, wedged between the blue ocean and lush green slopes. Skeletal remains of buildings bowed under roofs that pancaked in the blaze. Palm trees were torched, boats in the harbour were scorched and the stench of burning lingered.

"Without a doubt, it feels like a bomb was dropped on Lahaina," the governor said after walking the ruins of the town Thursday morning with the mayor.

Firefighters managed to build perimeters around most of the Lahaina fire and another near the resort-filled area of Kihei, but they were still not fully contained as of Thursday afternoon.

Hawaii Emergency Management Agency spokesperson Adam Weintraub told The Associated Press that the department's records don't show that Maui's warning sirens were triggered on Tuesday, when the Lahaina fire began. Instead, the county used emergency alerts sent to mobile phones, televisions and radio stations, Weintraub said.

Myrna and Abraham Ah Hee stand in front of an evacuation centre at the War Memorial Gymnasium. (AP)

It's not clear if those alerts were sent before outages cut off most communication to Lahaina. Across the island, in fact, 911, landline and cellular service have failed at times.

Maui Fire Department Chief Brad Ventura said the fire moved so quickly from brush to neighbourhoods that it was impossible to get messages to the emergency management agencies responsible for alerts.

"What we experienced was such a fast-moving fire through the ... initial neighbourhood that caught fire they were basically self-evacuating with fairly little notice," Ventura said.

The blaze is the deadliest US wildfire since the 2018 Camp Fire in California, which killed at least 85 people and laid waste to the town of Paradise.

Lahaina's wildfire risk was well known. Maui County's hazard mitigation plan, last updated in 2020, identified Lahaina and other West Maui communities as having frequent wildfires and a large number of buildings at risk of wildfire damage.

The report also noted that West Maui had the island's second-highest rate of households without a vehicle and the highest rate of non-English speakers.

"This may limit the population's ability to receive, understand and take expedient action during hazard events," the plan noted.

The blaze is the deadliest US wildfire since the 2018 Camp Fire in California, which killed at least 85 people and laid waste to the town of Paradise. (AP)

Maui's firefighting efforts may also have been hampered by a small staff, said Bobby Lee, the president of the Hawaii Firefighters Association. There are a maximum of 65 firefighters working at any given time in Maui County, and they are responsible for fighting fires on three islands — Maui, Molokai and Lanai — he said.

Those crews have about 13 fire engines and two ladder trucks, but the department does not have any off-road vehicles, he said. That means fire crews can't attack brush fires thoroughly before they reach roads or populated areas.

High winds caused by Hurricane Dora made this week's task especially difficult. "You're basically dealing with trying to fight a blowtorch," Lee said.

The mayor said that as people attempted to flee Lahaina, downed power poles added to the chaos by cutting off two important roads out of town, including one to the airport. That left only one narrow, winding highway.

The hall of historic Waiola Church in Lahaina and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames. (AP)

Marlon Vasquez, a 31-year-old cook from Guatemala who came to the US in January 2022, said that when he heard fire alarms, it was already too late to flee in his car.

"I opened the door, and the fire was almost on top of us," he said from an evacuation centre at a gymnasium. "We ran and ran. We ran almost the whole night and into the next day, because the fire didn't stop."

Vasquez and his brother Eduardo escaped via roads that were clogged with vehicles. The smoke was so toxic that he vomited. He said he's not sure his roommates and neighbours made it to safety.

Chelsey Vierra said Thursday that she didn't know if her great-grandmother, Louise Abihai, managed to escape her senior living facility, which witnesses saw erupt in flames.

"She doesn't have a phone. She's 97 years old," Vierra said. "She can walk. She is strong."

Firefighters managed to build perimeters around most of the Lahaina fire and another near the resort-filled area of Kihei, but they were still not fully contained Thursday afternoon. (AP)

Relatives were monitoring shelter lists and calling the hospital. "We don't know who to ask about where she went," said Vierra, who fled the flames.

President Joe Biden declared a major disaster on Maui on Thursday and promised to streamline requests for assistance to the island.

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It seems like the main point of the Torah is that Abraham, a Jew, decided he was entitled to a land that didn't belong to him, and he schemed and pillaged and killed to get it. Am I mistaken?

You are less than half-right. That's a little bit like noticing that the soles of a pole dancer's feet are dirty.

COMMENTARY:

Well, that’s part of the story. Abraham had the same relationship to God that Job had and you can be justified in declaring that Yaweh made him do it. But, then, it was Yaweh, Queen of Battle, who led Jesus to the cross to validate the God Hypothesis and to introduce the Holy Spirit as a supernatural resource into the navigation of Western Civilization towards its manifest destiny in Space and across the roof of the Universe

.The purpose of the Torah is to introduce the Hegelian dialectical synthesis into the problem solving, action planning and execution of human affairs. In the Beginning was the Word and the Word was Hegel.

Melchizedek was the agent of this performance technology up-grade, Melchizedek was a fellow traveler, if not a member of, the Zoroaster guild of the Magi who sought out Baby Jesus. It is important to understand that celestial navigation was the GPS for everybody and all the events of the narrative of the Bible and the associated scriptures. Western Civilization west of the border of Persia and India began the paradigm shift from the aesthetic of man’s duty to god apparent in the Heroic Epics of Homer to the ethic of man’s duty to man grounded by Socrates with the nature of duty the social fulcrum Jesus used to leverage the Roman administrative state emerging from the secular rule of law as the basis for a just society and what has become the Just War Doctrine of the US Army War College.

It is useful to consider Hillel and Jesus as being opposite sides of the same Silver and Gold ethical coin. Hillel was challenged to state the ethic of the Torah while standing on one leg. He said “That which is hateful to you, do not to others. The rest is commentary.” That’s the Silver Rule.

This allowed Jesus to distill the Torah to Mark 12:29 - 31 and to abrogate all 613 laws of the Talmud and Misshna. Plus, He added Plato to the Shema and created the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, thereby front—loading Karma.

The essential fallacy of the Law of Moses, the Confession of the Salvation Gospel and Calvin’s TULIP doctrine is based squarely on the Total Depravity of Eve without the mitigation of the cross.

The critical path of the narrative of the Bible was to put man into space. Abraham was running a family business like the Ponderosa or the ranch in GIANT in a very tough neighborhood. He was surrounded by criminal cartels like living in El Paso with the Mexican cartels just across the river. He exhibited my personal republican ideal of peace through superior fire power on at least one occasion. The sacrifice of Isaac was the beginning of the end of society based on man’s duty to God. As Jesus illustrates, man’s duty to God is perfectly satisfied by man’s duty to man within the context of the secular rule of law. And Romans 13″1 - 7 expands on this ethic and stipulates that man’s duty to God is perfectly satisfied by their faithful service as a republican servant-leader, like the centurion in Matthew 8:10.

Which is the actual constitutional basis of the 2nd Amendment.

And the label “Jew” like “Christian”, is a construction of the Roman soldiers in Palestine in the same way we called the godless commie cocksuckers in the NVA “Charlie” Abraham lived about 1500 years before Rome occupied Palestine.

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In psychology, one of the ways we try to understand how humans are motivated is through Maslow’s hierarchy of needs; in this idea, American phycologist Abraham Maslow explains that in order for a human to be motivated to do anything, we first have to go through a couple of stages that result in us accomplishing any task. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs comprises of five stages, the first two falling into the category of basic needs, the first being physiological needs, and the second being security. Our physiological needs are literally the basics, such as water, food, a roof over our heads, and rest. Safety is defined as the feeling of feeling secure and safe, two things we can’t accomplish until the physiological need is met. This is why the school meal program is essential for the well-being of our students and should be funded completely and offered to all.

                Many children in the United States live in poverty and/or suffer from food insecurity at one point in their lives; if we as a community can offer them to have two meals a day, five days a week, this will, in a small way, fulfill the basic need of food. By providing this service, we will have children who feel safe at school; this, as a result, will give them a sense of security, and school will become a safe haven for many children who are in desperate need. By making the school meal program free for all children, you are also ensuring that children are fed and are able to concentrate in class and be able to participate. Student attendance will go up, and children’s basic needs will be met to some level, allowing them to feel safe in an academic environment, thus producing more productive members of society.

Hungry Students in California – Engagement in Food Systems (berkeley.edu)

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Jesus was the son of Yahweh, Brahma, Khudah whilst Christ is the Anointe... Jesus was the son of Yahweh, Brahma, Khudah whilst Christ is the Anointed Son of Elohim, Allah, Parbrahm, https://youtu.be/jIuvskXqbS0 Church of England is of Satan that produces hypocritical Christians and they put truth under the Bushel https://youtu.be/bm3ttjor3Lk PAVANN (Holy spirit is like the wind and it is the Time for that – Nicodemus) ARANBHH SATGUR MATT WAILA (Go by your “innerman”, the Christ); SHABD GURU (His Word vis your Teacher), SURATT DHUNN CHAELA )(A man of holy spirit is the Disciple of His Word and not of any man on earth like Pope). THE BIBLE AND QURAN THUMPERS, DEAD IN LETTERS HATE AND KILL EACH OTHER WHILST THE LIVING IN HOLY SPIRIT, COMMON SENSE, SING THE PRAISES OF OUR “SUPERNATURAL FATHER ELOHIM, ALLAH, PARBRAHM, ETC. – JUST THE OPPOSITE. INSHALLAH ISLAM IS SHARIAH-FREE WHILST THE INSHMULLAH ISLAM OF SATAN IS FULL OF SHARIAH. Holy Gospel of our Supernatural Father Elohim, Allah, Parbrahm, etc., delivered by the First Anointed Christ, which in Punjabi we call Satguru Jesus of the highest living God Elohim that dwells in His Most Beautiful Temple of God, our physical body created not by the human hands but by the demiurge Potter, the Lord of the Nature Yahweh, Brahma, Khudah, etc. represented by Angel Prophet Elijah (My god is Yahweh) and it is called Harmandir or “Emmanuel” Hi Brethren, Your Team Leader Major General Roddy Porter spoke the Gospel Truth that Chaudhry Saddam Hussein, a Khokhar Jatt of the same tribe as me had no WMD. In Jesus, Peter spoke the Gospel Truth whether you like it or not. Nathaniel had no duplicity and he was a True Israelite son of Abraham speaking the Gospel Truth. I requested our Brother Roddy to proclaim what he saw in Iraq he should proclaim it from the Roof Tops. I hope you are not BOUND like the centurion by the dead letters of the Law that binds you but FREE in the holy spirit, which is the common sense as the Shepherds in the fields possessed and that is why the Good News was proclaimed to them and not the University Professors dead in the Letters and number one enemy of the Christianity. They wanted to kill him as these hireling thieves the Dog-Collared are the Judas Iscariot thieves in sheep’s clothing are stealing the donations as their salaries as if they are working for Mammon and not for the Mammon-Free God. In the service of our supernatural Father Elohim, Allah, Parbrahm, etc., we do not take money otherwise our Father would not bless you with the holy spirit but the dead letters making you worse than those Rabbis from the Yoke of which Jesus, our Bridegroom has set us FREE – Matt 12v43-45. So, please be prepared to serve our Father in honour of our Bridegroom Christ Jesus and not the Antichrist Church of England headed by Queen rich in Mammon and no wonder her hireling Dog-Collared Priests serve her diligently with full valour of Mammon that one day they would be a Bishop eligible to sit in the House of Lords; a Racist Church that discriminates against the other Bishops. No wonder when the Servants of Queen die, then her hireling Dog-Collared Priests would proclaim that they died glorifying their Mammon God, the Satan. Mammon cheats and in Britain, the Ombudsmen and the heads of the organizations including the Government Departments such as the Universal Credit DWP are running a Mafia cheating the public. Our Supernatural Father God Elohim, Allah, Parbnrahm, etc., stands for RIGHTEOUSNESS and He is nowhere to be found. ATOMIC WAR PREDICTION – MATT. 13V24-30. Hajj for “The Kingdom of Heaven”:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/faithfat.pdf ISRAEL WAS ESTABLISHED ON 14/05/1948 + 70 YEARS OF FULL PROTECTION TO 14 MAY, 2018. Another video:- https://youtu.be/qDU964t_0i0 Then, the Real Tribulations the world had never seen before for FIVE years to 14 May 2023 when ATOMIC WAR COULD TAKE PLACE. Our Supernatural Father God (Elohim, Allah, ParBrahm, etc.) knows better. For the full article and YouTube video:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/starttrib.htm     PRESS this Button. https://youtu.be/FQIjTHe_pOs   Brethren, BLASPHEMIES OF BLAIR AND BUSH ARE GETTING SORTED OUT BY THE UDEGE TRIBAL MAN OF GOD, CONSCIENCE, PUTIN & CO. Putin is doing the right job teaching the Blasphemers USA, Europe, etc. a good lesson. They killed innocent Saddam Hussain, Gaddafi, etc. Atomic war is expected on 14/05/2025 when Israel is 77 years old. Videos in support of Putin:- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0C8AFaJhsWxdHW_ZY0_o1k5xkUrjeAXM Videos on Super Hitler tribal son of Man Putin of the Udege tribe:- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0C8AFaJhsWyxOtKjRu0ApMlj2BT_iQz8 Blair and Bush’s blasphemies https://youtu.be/0WBYOmpDuCs American Jews are today – http://www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/GrimReaper.htm I need IT Graphic help to finish my Books:- ONE GOD ONE FAITH:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/bookfin.pdf and in Punjabi KAKHH OHLAE LAKHH:-  www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/pdbook.pdf John's baptism:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/johnsig.pdf Trinity:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/trinity.pdf