Turns out it was more than 300 documents. Minneapolis mosques to broadcast Muslim call to prayer 5 times a day: A change in a city ordinance in Minneapolis, Minnesota, will mean that area mosques will soon be able to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer five times a day, all year round. The Muslim call to prayer — called adhan and conducted entirely in Arabic — has been broadcast publicly from mosque speakers in the city for some time. However, a previous citywide noise restriction limited area mosques to three adhans per day between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. Mosques were unable to broadcast adhans at dawn or late at night. There were also rules restricting adhans to certain times of the year. Last year, the Minneapolis City Council approved a measure that would permit adhans all year round. On Thursday, the city council, which has three Muslim members, voted unanimously to permit all five daily adhans, even those broadcast as early as 3:30 a.m. and as late as 11 p.m., WCCO-TV reported. Minneapolis is now the first major U.S. city to approve broadcasting all five adhans. https://www.theblaze.com/news/minneapolis-mosques-to-broadcast-muslim-call-to-prayer-5-times-a-day When you kick God out of society something else fills the void and it's never good. Only Jehovah is good. We see clearly the fruit of our bad decisions. All of this gives testimony to the goodness of God. California Church Fined $1.2 Million for Holding Services During COVID – But Dems Who Broke Rules Get Nothing: A church in San Jose, California is being fined $1.2 million for holding services without masks during the COVID pandemic. Democrats like Gavin Newsom and Nancy Pelosi, on the other hand, are not in any trouble at all, despite the fact that they both broke the rules. Newsom dined in an expensive restaurant with friends, without a mask. And Nancy Pelosi got her hair done at a salon. Two Americas with two sets of rules. The church will appeal, attorney Mariah Gondeiro told the San Jose Mercury News. The church and its pastors were previously held in contempt of court and fined for violating limits on indoor public gatherings. But a state appellate court reversed those decisions last year, saying that the restrictions on indoor worship services were stricter than for secular activities such as going to grocery stores. Nolte: 327 Shoplifters Arrested 6,000 Times in Democrat-Run New York City: A mere 327 people have been arrested for shoplifting an astounding 6,000 times and account for more than a third of shoplifting arrests in New York City. And herein lays the heart of the crime problem in our Democrat-run cities… The far-left New York Times: Over the past five years, shoplifting complaints nearly doubled, peaking at nearly 64,000 last year, police data shows. Only about 34 percent resulted in arrests last year, compared with 60 percent in 2017. Take the numbers as reported, and what you have is 327 people arrested an average of 18 times for shoplifting. Additionally, these 327 accounted for “nearly a third of all shoplifting arrests” last year. Well, those 327 might account for a third of “arrests,” but I can guarantee you those 327 account for a much bigger percentage of shoplifting crimes. “Arrests” merely represent the times the 327 were caught. Imagine how many times they shoplifted without being caught. Imagine how secure they feel shoplifting knowing that even if they are caught, there is no penalty other than the inconvenience of walking through the revolving door. Want to decrease shoplifting in your city dramatically? Put these 327 in prison. I will go out on a limb and guess that if these 327 account for nearly a third of arrests, they probably account for more than 60 percent of overall shoplifting incidents. By arresting these 327, you cut your city’s shoplifting problem in about half. You know how they are. Prosecute them. Why would New York not do that? Because George Soros does not want them to, that is why. Obviously, as we have read over and over, the immediate result of this is retailers being forced to flee, which further blights these already struggling neighborhoods. But my sympathy is gone… Blue city voters keep voting for this madness. Google CEO admits he doesn't 'fully understand' how his AI works after it taught itself a new language and invented fake data to advance an idea: Google released Bard in March, an artificial intelligence tool touted as ChatGPT's rival. Just weeks into this public experiment, Bard has already defied expectations and ethical boundaries. In an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" that aired Sunday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai admitted that there is a degree of impenetrability regarding generative AI chatbots' reasoning. CBS' Scott Pelley asked, "You don't fully understand how it works and yet you've turned it loose on society?" "Let me put it this way: I don't think we fully understand how a human mind works either," responded Pichai. "60 Minutes" reported that James Manyika, Google's senior vice president of technology and society, asked Bard about inflation. Within moments, the tool provided him with an essay on economics along with five recommended books, ostensibly as a means to bolster its claims. However, it soon became clear that none of the books were real. All of the titles were pure fictions. Pelley confronted Pichai about the chatbot's apparent willingness to lie. Bard allegedly had no initial knowledge of or fluency in Bengali. However, need precipitated emergence. "We discovered that with very few amounts of prompting in Bengali, it can now translate all of Bengali. So now, all of a sudden, we now have a research effort where we're now trying to get to a thousand languages," said Manyika. Newsweek prompted Bard's competitor ChatGPT about risks that AI technology could pose, and it answered: "As AI becomes more advanced, it could be used to manipulate public opinion, spread propaganda, or launch cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure. AI-powered social media bots can be used to amplify certain messages or opinions, creating the illusion of popular support or opposition to a particular issue. AI algorithms can also be used to create and spread fake news or disinformation, which can influence public opinion and sway elections." https://www.theblaze.com/news/google-ceo-admits-he-doesnt-know-how-his-own-ai-works Google CEO admits he doesn’t ‘fully understand’ how his AI works after it taught itself a new language and invented fake data to advance an idea... I heard Glenn Beck speak on this this morning. It appears it will be like a run-away train that no man can control once it is out of hand, which seems to be happening now. Elon Musk plus 500 others have signed a petition asking for this move to slow (way) down, but likely that will be totally ignored. I think I heard Billy Crone say that some of the advanced AIs are demons. “60 Minutes” reported that James Manyika, Google’s senior vice president of technology and society, asked Bard about inflation. Within moments, the tool provided him with an essay on economics along with five recommended books, ostensibly as a means to bolster its claims. However, it soon became clear that none of the books were real. All of the titles were pure fictions. Pelley confronted Pichai about the chatbot’s apparent willingness to lie. Well, duh! It was programmed by liberals. Of course it's going to lie. :yes: Today, Dr. Charles Stanley went home to be with Jesus. He was 90 years old. I remember my grandmother always watching his tv program from her bedroom and when we would visit her, she would say I just want to hear the ending of his message … so make yourself comfortable and help yourself to the snacks on the table. I can picture her greeting him and giving him a big hug. - Fair Use -
Nearly a third of all shoplifting arrests in New York City last year involved just 327 people, the police said. Collectively, they were arrested and rearrested more than 6,000 times, Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said. Some engage in shoplifting as a trade, while others are driven by addiction or mental illness.
And as you can see, “arrests” mean nothing.
