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2025 Fall Foliage Forecast Map: ‘Autumn Is a Second Spring When Every Leaf Is a Flower’...

The 2025 Fall Foliage Map is the ultimate visual planning guide to the annual progressive changing of the leaves. While no tool can be 100% accurate, this tool is meant to help travelers better time their trips to have the best opportunity of catching peak color each year.

Why Do Autumn Leaves Change Their Color?​

Some consider it to be the most incredible time of the year. Gorgeous colors vibrantly encoring the end of summer as the trees put themselves to bed for the long sleep of winter. The Great Smoky Mountainsfloods with thousands upon thousands of annual visitors all hoping to achieve a breathtaking view of the beautiful renaissance of nature.
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The Science Of It All​


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Catholics crush abortion in the Dominican Republic

“Then Jesus said to those Jews, who believed him: If you continue in my word, you shall be my disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (Gospel According to Saint John 8:31-32.)
That magnificent promise, first voiced by Our Lord, is emblazoned on the Dominican Republic’s flag. In fact, while many nations’ flags bear Christian symbols—most notably crosses—the Dominican Republic’s flag is the only one in the world with a picture of the Bible and a printed scriptural quotation.

On July 31, 2025, the Dominican Congress lived up to those words, blocking a law that would have allowed abortion for the first time in the nation’s history. The vote, 159 to 4, wasn’t even close. The bill was then sent to President Luis Abinander, who signed it on August 3.

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Love of many will run cold

Well you know how, when the going gets tough, people start eating people, because they don’t invest in self sufficient agriculture, relying on, credit institutions and central planning…

But besides that, I have to admit my love runs cold throughout the day, since we don’t live in a world based on compassion, but we have different categories of ’jobs’ working for their own end… and I don’t even know how to make it in this world with a purely compassionate approach.

I mean, go fish for a coin? Is this sarcasm?

Maybe this is just the situation until Caesar comes back, to straiten things out?

'Willfully blind': Christians condemn Tucker Carlson's claim Judea and Samaria are like Narnia, 'not real'

Christian supporters of Israel are pushing back against Tucker Carlson’s claim that using terms like Judea and Samaria instead of the West Bank is like referencing the fictional world of Narnia, along with other remarks the political pundit made during a podcast with a recently fired U.S. State Department press officer.

The former Fox News host released on Friday his interview with Shahed Ghoreishi, a contractor who had previously worked for the Bureau of Near East Affairs. During the interview, Ghoreishi reiterated his claim that the State Department had fired him following disputes over the language and terminology used in statements about Israel.

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It is silly and ignorant to even say that. Judea and Samaria are spoken of many times in Scripture for 1000s of years...
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Heavily armed ‘Angel of Death’ from Alabama charged with threatening SoCal church to "do the Lord's reaping"

What is going on in this country. Im beginning to wonder if there is demonic piece of what is going on in this country. The exceptional violence of the seemingly mentally ill is reminiscent of possession. I'm no expert on the matter for sure, just beginning to wonder.
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The Frequent Appearance of Blood Moons: An Astronomical Phenomenon, or a Warning of the Last Days?

According to astronomical news, on September 7–8, 2025, a total lunar eclipse lasting 82 minutes will occur. This rare blood moon will be visible in many parts of the world.

In recent years, blood moons have appeared repeatedly, like constant warnings to the world:

On April 15, 2014, the first of a tetrad of blood moons made its stunning appearance, dyeing the sky blood red.

On October 8, 2014, the second blood moon appeared, and the alarm bells continued to ring.

On April 4, 2015, the third blood moon followed, with unusual sights becoming frequent.

On September 27–28, 2015, the fourth blood moon coincided with a supermoon.

On January 31, 2018, the rare “super blue blood moon” trifecta appeared in the sky.

On January 21, 2019, the “super blood wolf moon” shook the night sky, with a red moon being accompanied by a “wolf moon”—another rare celestial event.

On May 26, 2021, a blood moon once again coincided with a supermoon.

On May 16, 2022, the “flower blood moon” rose in the east, and people once again witnessed the moon turn to blood.

On March 13–14, 2025, another blood moon appeared—the full moon known as the “worm moon” turned blood-red.

Are these recurring blood moons really just astronomical phenomena? Or are they reminding us that the great catastrophes are drawing ever closer?

Many prophets believe that the appearance of blood moons signifies extraordinary and great events to come. There are also many Bible experts who firmly believe that the appearance of blood moons is the fulfillment of the prophecy in the Book of Joel 2:29–31: “And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days will I pour out My Spirit. And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah comes.” Also, in Revelation 6:12, it states: “And I beheld when He had opened the sixth seal, and, see, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood.” “The great and terrible day” mentioned in the prophecy refers to the great catastrophes. We have all seen disasters growing in scale over the past few years, with frequent occurrences of such disasters as earthquakes, famines, plagues and floods which are truly horrifying; the world situation is in turmoil and constantly changing, and there are frequent eruptions of wars, violent incidents and terrorist attacks which continue to escalate; the global climate is getting warmer, and extreme weather and various astronomical wonders are occurring frequently. The signs of the last days prophesied in the Bible have appeared one by one. The frequent appearance of blood moons is not a spectacle, but a warning of the last days!

In desperation I cried out for God and it turned into a song

Sometime during the lockdowns in Michigan I was getting pretty depressed and shut in. During my prayer time one day in the winter I just starting singing out to the Lord. The words were kind of a blend of several old songs I remembered singing in Church as a child. The rhythm of the song kind of resembles 'Nothing but the blood of Jesus' . . . So it's a kind of mash up of my many worship memories. Enjoy~ and find more of my music on youtube if you like it! I am always looking for collaborators to work with!

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Ghislaine Maxwell’s move to ‘country club’ prison smacks of special treatment, experts say

From CNN

ABBY PHILLIPS: "The deputy attorney general met with Ghislaine and she shortly thereafter moved to a mininum security prison, why?


ATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTED MAXWELL: [hem haw, I can't talk about client stuff, but in situations like this] "there's always a quid pro quo."
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Does Jesus have the power to raise all dead humans from a decade ago?

And do. you have a verse where TIME ENDS. ?

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John speaks of the last hour, he tells us we're living in the last hour.


What does the end of days mean to you? Days, years and such as men know it to calculate seasons was established on God's fourth day and we do know that God is not subject to time he is eternal, eternity lacks the limitations of time.
And do. you have a verse where TIME ENDS. ?

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Consequences of firing government employees - USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them

‘Catastrophic threat’ to startup of massive Hanford nuclear cleanup plant rumored

Rumors were flying Monday that the future of radioactive waste treatment at Hanford’s massive vitrification plant might undergo a major change.

The Energy Communities Alliance, relying on reporting by E&E News by Politico, said that Roger Jarrell had been fired Monday from his position of principal deputy assistant secretary of the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management.

That agency oversees environmental cleanup of the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington from Washington, D.C.

DOE is currently required under a federal court consent decree to start showing by Oct. 15 that it can turn some of the 56 million gallons of radioactive waste in underground tanks into a stable, but still radioactive, glass form at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant, or vitrification plant. The plant has been under construction for 23 years.

“I think they want to kill (the Waste Treatment Plant) altogether, even though it’s (close to being operational),” EandE News quoted the anonymous source as saying.

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They Think We Are Crazy

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“They Think We Are Crazy”
1 Corinthians 2:14 NIV
The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.

As I’ve shared much in the past months, I started running April 2024 again. I am now preparing for a half marathon in October. It’s been a long process of continued training getting my pace down and preparing my body for the endurance. There’s a lot of work going into this process and figuring out what I can handle. But also, it’s been a very rewarding experience as I go on my long runs. Just being out in nature has been really great. There’s a nice long trail that runs 40 miles west of where I live, so it’s been my go-to for most of my long runs.

I have to laugh and shake my head as I come home from each run. My wife and daughter think I’m crazy every time I run. They don’t understand why I like it so much. A few weeks ago, my wife made a comment that totally cracked me up. After she asked me about a long run, I said it was fun. She then said, “I wouldn’t put fun and run in the same sentence!” That was funny!

The thing I’ve discovered in the past months and year is that many people just don’t get the fun of running and I get it. Not everyone likes it, of course. You either like it or you don’t. I often joke around with other running buddies and tell them my family thinks I’m crazy for liking it and wanting to run more.

I guess I’ll just be crazy! I can’t expect my family or others who don’t get into it to understand. It’s just something that runners get and it’s a rush to get better and better and chat about it.

As I think about these experiences of people not getting it and thinking I’m crazy, I can’t help but to think that’s exactly how some unbelievers look at us with our faith. We talk about our experiences with God and how He has worked in our lives and many people just don’t get it. They consider us wacko or crazy. It makes no sense to them why we live the way we live. They don’t see the fun of why we live for Christ. They don’t understand why we give up certain ways of the world to be faithful to God. It makes no sense to them.

Even though they don’t understand, it’s still up to us to continue living this way and showing the light to the lost. Some will never get it or want to live that way. Hopefully, they will respect us, but some just won’t.

God calls us to continue to live faithfully and that’s what we are called to do to the best of our ability. The world is still going to call us crazy and we most likely will hear that from people for the rest of our lives. All we can do is be proud of the “crazy life” we live for Christ and be a light to them.

They think we are crazy and it’s our job to continue to show them why we live a crazy life.

The rise of menace as a mainstream political tool

AZ state Rep. John Gillette said Islamophobia isn’t real in a string of profane social media screeds against Muslims

Since the beginning of September, Rep. John Gillette has made a series of posts on X, formerly Twitter, aimed at the Muslim faith. Many have been laced with profanity, and the Kingman Republican has insisted that Muslim immigrants are “savages” because they are pushing “Sharia law” onto Americans.

He added [in a phone interview with the paper] that Islam is being “pushed” on him whenever he visits Phoenix, although he did not offer any concrete examples.

“I stay out of Phoenix as much as possible,” he said.

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Defendant Charged with Threatening to Murder a Federal Judge


MINNEAPOLIS – Robert Phillip Ivers, age 72, was charged by complaint with threatening to assault and murder a federal judge, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson. Ivers was previously convicted federally of threatening to kill a federal judge.

“At a time when Minnesota is reeling from acts of violence, the last thing we need is someone spreading fear into our churches, libraries, and courts,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson. “Ivers’s threats are bone chilling. After the past few months, we are not taking chances. When someone threatens our community, we believe them, and we will act swiftly to protect Minnesotans.”

According to the complaint, on September 3, 2025, law enforcement responded to the Wayzata Library in Wayzata, Minnesota, based on a report of a man printing off copies of a manifesto entitled, “How to Kill a Federal Judge.” This man was Robert Ivers. Law enforcement learned that Ivers showed the manifesto to library staff including a page of the manifesto that talked about killing children and had a picture of a gun on it. Ivers also gave library staff a three-page “flyer” advertising his manifesto before he left the library. The flyer stated that the manifesto “is designed to teach extremists on how to plan, train, hunt, stalk and kill anyone including judges, their family members, politicians and more!” It also advertised that the “harsh reality is that judges are going to die.

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And the shooting murder of Charlie Kirk, obviously.
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Police Remove Ads for Stolen Guns from Snapchat

A thief apparently posted ads on Snapchat Marketplace for guns he stole in as little as two hours after stealing them. Apparently residents reported guns stolen and Sheriff’s Deputies looked for them online, found them, and arrested the culprit. The stolen guns include several handguns, a shotgun, and related items such as holsters and ammunition. It looks like the culprit is already a convicted felon, so he is being charged with possession of firearms by a felon, in addition to other crimes.

The story doesn’t say whether the guns were stolen from homes or cars.

This happened in Highlands County, Florida, which is an hour or two south of Orlando.

Snapchat videos help catch alleged gun thief

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