Ursula von der Leyen’s plane hit by suspected Russian GPS interference​

Officials suspect jamming operation forced jet carrying European Commission president to land in Bulgaria using paper maps

“The whole airport area GPS went dark,” said one of the officials. After circling the airport for an hour, the plane’s pilot took the decision to land the plane manually using analogue maps, they added. “It was undeniable interference.” The Bulgarian Air Traffic Services Authority confirmed the incident in a statement to the Financial Times. “Since February 2022, there has been a notable increase in [GPS] jamming and recently spoofing occurrences,” it said. “These interferences disrupt the accurate reception of [GPS] signals, leading to various operational challenges for aircraft and ground systems.”

The Catholic Herald reports:

On the 26 August, Bishop Emeritus Raúl Vera López of Saltillo presided at Mass in the basilica with Rev Emilie Teresa Smith, a Canadian Anglican minister, standing beside him as a concelebrant. During the liturgy, Ms Smith, wearing a stole (a liturgical vestment), joined in parts of the Eucharistic Prayer, whispered words of consecration, raised her hand in blessing and elevated the chalice containing the Precious Blood of Christ.

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To add to his over-the-top violations, the bishop then posted his mass celebration on Facebook for all to view.

The Mass was recorded and published on the bishop’s own Facebook page, where it quickly gained attention. In a post accompanying the video, the bishop invited viewers to “reflect together” on the Gospel of the day, quoting the words of Christ in St Matthew’s Gospel condemning hypocrisy and spiritual blindness.

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Thence come the platitudes and patronizing we expect from the left.

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If we are prudent, we are sensible, wise, careful, cautious, watchful and guarded. We are on the alert for danger, and we do not go where we know we might be tempted to do evil. We do not tempt fate. We don’t play with sin. If we are watching something on TV or on the internet, and all of a sudden it takes a wrong turn, we turn it off. If the internet brings up an inappropriate advertisement, we click out of it. We guard our hearts and minds against all that is evil, and we do not allow ourselves to stray.

But the foolish, the immature, the childish, the irresponsible, the self-indulgent, and the self-absorbed go on, and are punished for it, i.e. they pay the price of their selfish and foolish choices based on their sinful desires. And the punishment may simply be what their wrong choices do to themselves, to their own minds, bodies, and hearts. But it could result in the destruction and/or in the dissolution of a marriage, or their own children following in their footsteps. Or it could result in a legal arrest and imprisonment, as well.

From a spiritual perspective, though, we must know that the Scriptures teach us who profess faith in Jesus Christ that if sin is what we practice, and not holiness, righteousness, and obedience to our Lord and to his New Covenant commands, that we will not inherit eternal life with God. For Jesus Christ gave his life up for us on that cross, and he put our sins to death with him, and he rose from the dead, victorious over sin, Satan, death, and hell, so we will die to sin and now walk (in conduct) in obedience to our Lord.

And there is a reward for humility and the fear of the Lord. For if we are humble, we are unpretentious, modest, meek, and the opposite of arrogant and prideful. And the fear of the Lord is in giving him honor, value, and respect, but also it is believing him and what his word teaches, thus taking it seriously, and putting it into daily practice in our lives. And the rewards are eternal rewards, with spiritual riches (fruitfulness, productivity, abundance) of grace, salvation from sin, and the hope of eternal life with God in heaven.

But thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked. For they are those who are easily persuaded to sin against God and against other humans; who are easily tempted to do what they know is evil, and what they know will hurt other humans. And if they frequent the internet, and if they normally go to places on the internet where they know they might be tempted to sin, they are just opening themselves wide to committing sin habitually and deliberately, and to continue on that path without the hope of salvation.

Now, when this says to train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it, this may not mean what we may have been taught that it means. For, in reality, there are no guarantees that we can influence anyone in such a way that fully determines the way in which they will go, for every human being makes their own choices. I was severely abused as a child by a wicked father who exemplified hypocrisy, but I did not become an abuser, and I am not now living as a hypocrite.

And “in the way he should go” could also be translated as “in accordance with his way,” in the way in which he is bent, i.e. according to his natural inclination. So this would be more like if we give way to children’s natural and sinful inclinations, and we spoil them, and if we yield to their temper tantrums and to their manipulative natures, then we are preparing them to potentially become the self-indulgent, the self-absorbed, and the selfish who demand their own way who will pay the price for their rebellious ways.

So, first of all we need to be those who are setting the right example of what it means to be a Christian and a follower of Christ. And this is not saying that we will be absolutely perfect in every way all of the time in setting the right example, but we should be consistent and persistent in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord, and sin must no longer be what we practice. And then we can lead others to follow the Lord in walks of obedience to his commands, and no longer to walk in sin, so they have eternal life with God.

Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

For Our Nation

An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Recording Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.

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The Prudent Sees Danger
An Original Work / September 1, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Dear brothers and sisters,

I would like to humbly ask for your prayers regarding some personal and family matters:

1. Health Concern
Due to recent changes at work, I’ve had to shorten and rush my lunch break to ensure I return on time. One day, I only had 40 minutes to queue, eat, and get back. I ended up eating very quickly and rushing back, which led to severe chest pain, difficulty breathing, and a rapid heartbeat. After a medical checkup, it appears there may be an injury to my lung or something related. I’m still undergoing follow-ups and experiencing pain. I’m quite worried this could lead to something more serious or even life-threatening. Please pray for healing, strength, and peace during this time.


2. Workplace Understanding
Because of this incident, I’m requesting to have my lunch break start at 12pm when possible to avoid further harm to my health. I was previously warned to return strictly by 1pm, which has made things quite stressful. I hope for some understanding and flexibility at work, and would appreciate your prayers for favor and a peaceful resolution.


3. My Father’s Surgery
My father will be undergoing a major kidney surgery on October 3, 2025. This is a serious operation, and our family is understandably anxious. Please pray for a smooth and successful surgery, wisdom for the medical team, and a full recovery for my father.



Thank you so much for keeping me and my family in your prayers.

With gratitude,
Jane Chai

The Lord gave me a dream. I saw something drop out of a window and wanted to to go after it and felt something preventing me from doing so. I woke up and then instantly knew that it was a message. A message that I can't save the fallen, nor will He let me jump out after them. That's why He's set me apart from my family. Yesterday I asked this question, "Why do they keep criticizing me when they see me spending time with The Lord and getting offended?" Now I have His answer. I simply cannot follow where they are going and we must disagree, at least for now.

Giant ceramic pots made centuries to millennia ago were found to hold human bones, while others held a mixture of seeds and the remains of fish, frogs and turtles.



Archaeologist Geórgea Layla Holanda works on one of the recovered funeral urns in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest.(Image credit: Márcio Amaral)

Seven giant funeral urns dating to pre-Columbian times have been found deep in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. A fisher who works in this little-known waterlogged area of the middle Solimões region, along the upper course of the Amazon River, made the discovery after a 50-foot-tall (15 meters) Paricarana tree fell over, revealing the urns buried beneath it.

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Rosie O'Donnell has apologized after she branded the Minneapolis school shooter who murdered two children a MAGA Republican.

The comedian, whose longtime hatred and rivalry with Donald Trump led her to flee to Ireland after he won the election, ranted to TikTok about Robin Westman on Friday.

'Saw about the Minnesota shooting, and it brought me right back to Columbine in 1999 when I just could not get it through my head that students in American were shooting each other in schools,' she said.

This was a church inside a Catholic school. And what do you know? This was a white guy, Republican, MAGA person, what do you know? White supremacist.'

Despite her claims, Westman was a self-identified transgender woman who had a nihilistic viewpoint and an obsession with past mass shooters.

Notably she also he had the words 'kill Donald Trump' scrawled in white on one of the weapons she owned, as well as racist and anti-Semitic messages.

On Sunday, O'Donnell apologized for her comments saying: 'I know a lot of you were very upset about the video I made before I went away for a few days. You are right and I did not do my due diligence before I made that emotional statement.

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The US authorities deported somewhere between 30 and 60 Russian citizens on a single day earlier this week, Dmitry Valuev, the president of the nonprofit Russian America for Democracy in Russia, told independent media outlet Agentstvo on Friday.

Valuev said the mass deportation occurred on Wednesday, with the Russians first being flown to Egypt, where they were met by members of the Egyptian secret services before being placed on a flight to Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport. Some of the Russians attempted to change their flights, but were beaten by Egyptian security forces, Valuev said.

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The Russians deported from the US were either in immigration prisons, awaiting deportation, had lost their asylum claims or had decided to leave the US without waiting for a court decision, Valuev said, adding that some deportees feared political persecution in Russia. Agentstvo said that among those expelled from the US was a former serviceman who faced charges for desertion in Russia who had applied for asylum in the US, but was turned down.

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Not much in the news about this, heard about this happening first through Konstantin from Inside Russia YouTube channel (he's a Russian who left Russia some time after the start of the Ukraine invasion for those who don't know).

I don't know how to link to his community post from my phone, but his information from Russia mainly matches that article. They were immediately seized by KGB, interrogated, beaten, threatened with both sexual and nonsexual violance and "special means" used. Some have now been released under the condition that they cooperate with the KGB, sharing whatever information they have on ICE and other groups in the US (seems they are particularly interested in human rights orgs) and participate in a "Return to Russian Federation" campaign, essentially appearing on shows and propaganda to tell how awful the USA and the West in general are.

Well known

Acts 2: When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

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Notice the emphasis on they were all - Look just a could verses back (remembering the Scripture was not written in chapter and verse.

Acts 1:14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers. 15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (altogether the number of names was about a hundred and twenty), and said,

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Notice - the eleven were address, but there were others in the room that made up the 'them all' - Mary, the mother of Jesus, with His brothers and 120 people in total.

Did you catch it?

How many were filled with the Holy Spirit? Them all!

Thoughts

Please pray that if it is God's will the pains I am having are nothing serious and that God heals me and makes it go away. It's scaring me. II also ask that I have a strong heart and low blood pressure.I ask in the name of Jesus. Thank you. Carmen

The governor was joined by Mayor Johnson, who insisted that Chicagoans do not want a “military occupation” and that the city is being unfairly targeted. Both leaders argued that what Chicago truly needs is “investment,” not federal intervention.
The message from the city’s leadership, however, rings hollow to the families of the victims of the Labor Day weekend violence. The shootings, which began Friday night and continued through the weekend, left a trail of tragedy across the city.

The situation speaks for itself.

Please pray my stomach and side pain goes away and I am healed

I am just out of surgery last week and am still begging the Lord for healing on a hand injury from 11 months ago. And instead of loving dreams of encouragement I seem to have too many of the bad kind. Please pray hard for the Lord to intervene and heal all things in me. And for heavens sake to send some company to rural single people who are isolated way too much. Lord please listen here.

The plan is being devised as a workaround after the US president promised that American troops would not be stationed in Ukraine.

US contractors could be deployed to help rebuild Ukraine’s front-line defences, new bases and protect US businesses.

The plan is being discussed alongside a range of other so-called security guarantees – drawn up by the coalition of the willing led by the UK and France – that will form the basis of a long-term peace plan.

These irreversible interventions euphemistically referred to as lifesaving “gender affirming care” paired with rhetoric from Democrats who undoubtedly incite violence by insisting Republicans are “erasing trans people” have had more than a decade to take effect.
The results, as seen in both science and culture, are less than ideal. Not only are more people than ever struggling with the social contagion of the LGBT movement, but more of those people are also resorting to deadly acts of violence often linked to and motivated by their struggle.

Such violent movements indeed need to be stopped.

There will be a variety of opinions on who is and isn't, but that's ok.

According to the Bible, a false teacher is someone who teaches doctrines that contradict the core message of the gospel and the teachings of Jesus Christ, often disguised as a genuine follower of Christ. A wolf in sheep's clothing.
A key characteristic is that their teachings do not align with the sound instructions of Jesus and the Bible. They promote a different doctrine that leads to ungodliness.
Ultimately, they are identified by their fruit and they lead people away from the truth of God and the Bible.

There are many false preachers/teachers in the world. For the well known ones, who all do you see as false teachers?

Some that come to mind for me are: Benny Hinn, Paula Cain, Ben Creamer, Joel Osteen.

The Trump administration on Sunday pushed to deport 10 unaccompanied migrant children to Guatemala, their country of origin, hours after a federal judge in Washington temporarily blocked the government from pursuing the action.

The order, issued Sunday morning by Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, temporarily forbade the administration from deporting the children for 14 days. It came after the National Immigration Law Center filed an urgent request in federal court on behalf of the children, who are between the ages of 10 and 17 and in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

“It is a dark and dangerous moment for this country when our government chooses to target orphaned 10-year-olds and denies them their most basic legal right to present their case before an immigration judge,” Olivares (attorney) added.

At 81 it can be difficult to fully recover from such an accident. Please pray for Rudy.

So many things assume you have a smartphone now, it looks like I'll have to have one. The main question comes down to IOs or Android. IOs means Apple, of course, while Android means everything else. Android is Linux, which I had some experience with, and generally boasts more flexibility. It also allows third party apps, which can be both good and bad. IOs means everything has to be done the Apple way and no third-party apps, and pretty much locks you into all things Apple. But restricting apps should also give some security from malicious apps. That "Apple ecosystem" can also be good and bad. I'm interested in the AirTag for tracking things like keys, and from what little I can find the Android equivalent is more spotty in coverage. That said, both seem to rely on compatible devices to do the locating, so outside Bluetooth range it might be a wash. I'm told that IPhones are more expensive for what you get than Android, but have looked at some Android phones that are right up there with IPhones and beyond price-wise.

Right now I'm looking at how long Apple maintains IOs for various phones. It looks like maybe seven or eight years, while Android is less. Phones still function regardless of OS, but don't have security patches. As a case in point, the flip-phone I have is running on an "off-brand" version of Linux and appears to have been abandoned. Since I intend to keep phones for a long time, that has me leaning toward IOs.

Whether I end up with an IPhone or Android phone, it's going into an Otterbox for protection.

Comments? Suggestions?

In Romans 10:10 is the clause, "For with the heart man believeth unto (INTO in the Greek) righteousness" connected to verse s 6-8 where it states, Faith speaks on this wise, say not in our heart bring Christ down from above or up from the deep. But says, The Word is in our heart and in our mouth. That is the word of faith in which we preach.
And is this the faith that establishes the Law (3:31)and the faith that the Just live by? (1:17)

In Romans 10:10 is the clause, "For with the heart man believeth unto (INTO in the Greek) righteousness" connected to verse s 6-8 where it states, Faith speaks on this wise, say not in our heart bring Christ down from above or up from the deep. But says, The Word is in our heart and in our mouth. That is the word of faith in which we preach.
And is this the faith that establishes the Law (3:31) and the faith that the Just live by? (1:17)

Transgender mass shooter Robin Westmanconfessed that he “was tired of being trans” and wished he “never brain-washed” himself in a manifesto posted online before he slaughtered two children and wounded 18 more at a Minneapolis church.

In a twisted handwritten journal he shared on YouTube before the massacre — much of which is encrypted in a homespun code of Russian Cyrillic script and English words — Westman groaned about his long hair and his decision to transition.

“I only keep [the long hair] because it is pretty much my last shred of being trans. I am tired of being trans, I wish I never brain-washed myself,” he wrote, according to a translation by The Post.

“I can’t cut my hair now as it would be an embarrassing defeat, and it might be a concerning change of character that could get me reported. It just always gets in my way. I will probably chop it on the day of the attack.”

Westman, 23, later wrote that he regretted being trans and just wished he were a girl.

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Donald Trump's Net Approval Rating Falls to Lowest Point Ever​

Published Aug 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM EDT

The special session, which will begin Wednesday, will also focus on reforming the state's ballot initiative petition process. [People keep voting for sick leave, abortion and marijuana, against the governor's wishes.]

"Today, I am calling on the General Assembly to take action on congressional redistricting and initiative petition reform to ensure our districts and Constitution truly put Missouri values first," Kehoe said in a statement on Friday.

"President Trump's unprecedented directive to redraw our maps in the middle of the decade and without an updated census is not an act of democracy – it is an unconstitutional attack against it. This attempt to gerrymander Missouri will not simply change district lines, it will silence voices," [guy who's gonna lose his job] wrote.

In 2022, infighting erupted among Republicans in Missouri over whether to pursue a 7-1 Republican-dominated map, which would require splintering Kansas City voters into neighboring rural districts. The legislature ultimately pushed forward the existing 6-2 map, amid concerns that the change could backfire and make several GOP-held districts more competitive.