Pope Francis: Say ‘Special Prayer’ for Benedict, He Is ‘Very Ill’: ROME — Pope Francis called on the faithful Wednesday to offer prayers for his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI, who he said is “very ill.” “I would like to ask you all for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict, who is supporting the Church in silence,” the pontiff told the faithful gathered in the Vatican for his weekly general audience. “Remember him — he is very ill — asking the Lord to console him and to sustain him in this witness of love for the Church, until the end,” Francis added. US troops’ fingerprints, eye scans sold on eBay: Military devices with biometric data on thousands of people, including Americans, are being sold to the highest bidder on eBay, putting troops and their helpers at risk and raising questions about why the data isn’t better protected. U.S. troops used the handheld “biometric capture” devices to collect fingerprints, iris scans, and other data that could identify people in foreign countries. Now, some of those devices are being put up for public auction, complete with biometric data collected on the battlefield, the New York Times reported. . . . . fears that the Taliban could use them to hunt collaborators after the U.S. withdrawal. “It was disturbing that they didn’t even try to protect the data,” Matthias Marx, one of the hackers, said of the U.S. military. “They didn’t care about the risk, or they ignored the risk.” https://americanmilitarynews.com/2022/12/troops-fingerprints-iris-scans-sold-on-ebay/ Three Power Substations Attacked In Washington State On Christmas Day: ABC News: 3 power stations got vandalized in Washington State on Christmas Day. The Tacoma substation attacks follow "deliberate attacks" on two power substations in North Carolina early this month. Duke Energy personnel found bullet holes in transformers. We've asked the question of who is intentionally sabotaging the US power grid. In the first eight months of the year, there were 106 attacks on the electrical grid, the highest number ever recorded in a single year. Angry Tesla Owners Share Videos of Their Cars Failing to Work in the Cold: The Daily Mail reports that numerous Tesla owners have reported being unable to access their vehicles due to frozen door handles during a severe winter storm in Canada and the United States. Rachel Modestino, a meteorologist from Ontario, experienced this issue firsthand on December 23 when temperatures reached a low of 5º F and her car’s door latch failed to function. Modestino’s situation gained significant attention on social media, as a video she posted of her struggle with the frozen door handle has garnered over 10.1 million views on Twitter. In the tweet accompanying the video, Modestino quipped, “Bet ya didn’t think of ice in the Tesla design.” Modestino’s viral tweet sparked a response from both Tesla critics and supporters. Some offered their support and suggestions on how to open the frozen door, including using the car’s accompanying app to remotely unlatch it. Others took the opportunity to criticize Tesla, with one person writing, “You shouldn’t need to use Twitter to learn how to use your expensive car.” Breitbart News recently reported on a Tesla owner named Domenick Nati, a radio host in Virginia, that went viral after posting a video showing his Tesla Model S unable to charge in the cold weather. It was reportedly around 19°F – or -7°C – at the time of the video recording. Tesla’s electronic door handles have been subject to criticism and safety concerns for years. In May, Breitbart News reported on a Canadian man who was forced to kick out the window of his Tesla to escape it after a battery fire rendered the electronic door handle inoperable. Buffalo Blizzard Death Toll Continues to Climb as Residents Criticize Response: In a statement made on Tuesday, Buffalo-based restaurant owner, Carl Anderson Jr., said he found the looting which is happening in the aftermath of the Blizzard of 2022 “heart-breaking and disgusting” and called out the lack of responsiveness to the criminal activity by the Buffalo Police Department (BPD). “It’s amazing how badly Buffalo and Erie County bungled this storm. I have clients’ stores getting looted in Buffalo because they essentially told the whole county that police wouldn’t be out patrolling,” Buffalo-based insurance salesman Mike Sperrazza said. Ann Coulter: Happy Kwanzaa! The Holiday Brought to You by the FBI: Celebrated exclusively by white liberals, Kwanzaa is a fake holiday invented in 1966 by black radical/FBI stooge Ron Karenga – aka Dr. Maulana Karenga, founder of United Slaves, the violent nationalist rival to the Black Panthers. Liberals have become so mesmerized by multicultural gibberish that they have forgotten the real history of Kwanzaa and Karenga’s United Slaves. The left has forgotten the FBI’s tacit encouragement of this murderous black nationalist cult founded by the father of Kwanzaa. The esteemed Cal State professor’s invented holiday is a nutty blend of schmaltzy ’60s rhetoric, black racism, and Marxism. The seven principles of Kwanzaa are the very same seven principles of the Symbionese Liberation Army, another invention of The Worst Generation. In 1974, Patty Hearst, kidnap victim-cum-SLA revolutionary, famously posed next to the banner of her alleged captors, a seven-headed cobra. Each snakehead stood for one of the SLA’s revolutionary principles: Umoja, Kujichagulia, Ujima, Ujamaa, Nia, Kuumba, and Imani. These are the exact same seven “principles” of Kwanzaa. When Karenga was asked to distinguish Kawaida, the philosophy underlying Kwanzaa, from “classical Marxism,” he essentially said that, under Kawaida, we also hate whites. Karenga said Kawaida practitioners believe one’s racial identity “determines life conditions, life chances, and self-understanding.” Kwanzaa emerged not from Africa, but from the FBI’s COINTELPRO. It is a holiday celebrated exclusively by . . . . white liberals. Black Americans celebrate Christmas. WATCH: Huge Crowd Attends Reading of Faith-Based Children’s Book Despite Library’s Attempt to Stop Event: Adults and children filled the Indianapolis Public Library’s main branch on Thursday to hear actor, writer, and film producer Kirk Cameron read his recently published children’s book, As You Grow. The library organization initially denied Cameron the opportunity to read the book for its story hour but later caved and allowed the event to happen. A video recording shows a long line of people walking into the building, and photos capture families sitting on the floor and standing against the wall. “This was the largest event held at the library in its 137 years of existence,” Zac Bell with BRAVE Books, who is with the book’s publisher, commented. “The turnout was phenomenal! We were blown away.” Cameron’s book centers around a tree’s growth and teaches children about family, faith, and biblical wisdom. According to Bell, the Indianapolis Public Library “originally denied us the ability to book the reading. We sent them a letter that threatened legal action and they backed down.” Meanwhile, Cameron and his publisher recently criticized libraries that will not allow a public reading of his book but offer “drag queen story hours” for children. However, “No more will the family of faith be shut out from the public square!” Cameron wrote in a social media post Wednesday. I don't think I would advertise that her chip is her key!... Woman who married a 'tech genius' reveals her husband implanted a CHIP in her hand - which serves as a key to their mansion! Chinese fighter jet threatens American aircraft in international airspace, prompting evasive maneuvers: A Chinese communist fighter jet buzzed a U.S. Air Force RC-135 aircraft in international airspace last week, prompting the American spy plane to take evasive maneuvers. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued a release on Thursday noting that a Chinese Navy J-11 fighter pilot came dangerously close to a USAF aircraft on Dec. 21 during an intercept over the South China Sea. The communist jet flew in front of and within 20 feet of the nose of the RC-135. The interception and subsequent provocation took place while the American plane was conducting legal, routine operations in international airspace. A similar incident took place between a Chinese fighter jet and an Australian plane in the area this past summer. 'I am not a criminal': Woman arrested for silent prayer outside abortion clinic speaks out: A woman who was arrested for a silent prayer in front of an abortion clinic in the U.K. says she was taken to the police station and questioned about her thoughts, according to a new video released online. "I'm a friend to some, a sister to others, a charity worker, a Christian. ... I'm not a criminal," says Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, who says she has been formally charged on "four counts" previously believed to be for failing to comply and "anti-social behavior" for the incident that took place in Birmingham, England. "When I was taken down to the police station, I was then grilled about what I was thinking," says Spruce. "Later, they let me know that I've now been charged on four counts, because of the thoughts I've been thinking and where I've been thinking them," she explains. https://www.theblaze.com/news/woman-arrestedfor-silent-prayer-update 
“I called the police station on Bailey Avenue next door to me and 911 directly. For whatever reasons, no one showed up and the criminal activity continued throughout the night,” Andersen said in a Facebook post published on Tuesday.
