Why was there a dispute about the body of Moses? And how did this dispute arise, if it happened? What (if anything) is known about this? //

A:

Origen claims that the Letter of Jude picked up the story of Michael and the devil arguing over the body of Moses from a Jewish text called the Ascension of Moses. //

References to this apocryphal story are found in early Christian literature.

The text we have which is titled the Ascension of Moses, however, does not contain this particular event. It may be that our text is missing the section containing the story of the dispute over Moses' body, or we may have misidentified which text we have.

Richard Bauckham, arguing that the various references to the story are independent of the Letter of Jude, attempts to reconstruct the story's key points... //

Joshua accompanied Moses up Mount Nebo, where God showed Moses the land of promise. Moses then sent Joshua back to the people to inform them of Moses' death, and Moses died. God sent the archangel Michael to remove the body of Moses to another place and bury it there, but Samma'el, the devil, opposed him, disputing Moses' right to honorable burial. The text may also have said that he wished to take the body to the people for them to make it an object of worship. Michael and the devil therefore engaged in a dispute over the body. The devil brought against Moses a charge of murder, because he smote the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand. But this accusation was no better than slander (βλασφημία) against Moses, and Michael not tolerating this slander, said to the devil, "May the Lord rebuke you, devil!" At that the devil took flight, and Michael removed the body to the place commanded by God, where he buried it with his own hands. Thus no one saw the burial of Moses.

The base form of the story seems influenced by Zechariah 3.

Selecting the domain name(s) for your web site is one of the most important decisions you will need to make when starting a new web site. It´s probably the first thing you will do, yet has some of the most lasting implications.

People who are invested in making sure there’s democracy and freedom of religion — Catholics, Baptists, Muslims, Jews, Christians — we have an obligation to protect Jewish Americans to make sure they have the same rights. If those rights aren't protected, our rights are not protected. //

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As a civil rights lawyer, I've never been worried about right-wing anti-Semitism in the United States, which, at most, is comprised of a few lunkheads I've never met. The Democrats have had a strong strain of anti-Semitism since FDR, and Truman made it a policy after Israel was reestablished (with the other Truman doctrine we rarely hear about)--that American support for Israel was tied to forcing Israel not to be too Jewish in exchange for arms, and holding American Jewish voters hostage to American support of Israel. Carter made anti-Semitism institutional at Camp David, and the current Dems have moved that anti-Semitism to the front of its coalition. And Harvard is the cradle of the Establishment Left along with NPR (Nominally Palestinian Radio) and the rest of the mainstream media. Recap--right wingers are a few lunkhead individuals. Left wing anti-Semitism is official policy of the Democratic Party, its colleges and its attack dogs at places like the SPLC and even the ADL. All you have to do is bring a case against black municipal officials in major blue cities over anti-Semitic policies and out come those attack dogs screaming "Free Palestine."' Let's drop the idea that this is a bipartisan problem. The Democratic Party of the United States in 2025 and the National Socialist Party of Germany in 1933 share a platform, and it has to be rooted out. Sorry Terrell, but your community talks a good game but is a big part of the problem. //

St. Joseph, Terror of Demons
10 hours ago
“First they came for the Communists,
And I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Communist.

Then they came for the Socialists,
And I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
And I did not speak out—
Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
And I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me,
And there was no one left to speak out for me.”

Whenever I've had occasion to offer career advice to a young person entering the workforce, I have always pointed out that success in the workplace isn't hard; you just have to do three things: 1) Show up before the other guy, 2) Work a little harder than the other guy, and 3) Never pass up the chance to learn something new. I learned those lessons, primarily, at Woolco, my first real corporate job, and those lessons stuck with me.

All work is worth doing, and if anyone ever harbors any doubt about whether the work they are doing is worth doing, I would ask one thing: Is someone paying you to do it? If so, then you are producing value, therefore, the work is worth doing. There are no lousy jobs, my father used to say, only lousy people. A part-time job for a teenager instills all these lessons early, which means when one settles on a career, those values, those habits, those skills are already in place.

There are a couple of things that are likely causing the dropoff in teen employment. One of them is a matter of policy: Minimum wage laws. //

There are no good reasons why teenagers shouldn't have part-time jobs, and many reasons why they should. This will require some reforms: Changing minimum wage laws, perhaps (if it will make it happen), to implement a reduced minimum wage for those part-time workers under 20 to avoid pricing young people out of the entry-level workforce. I'd rather see minimum wage laws done away with completely, but politics is the art of the possible, and in this case, a tiered system may be the good that we shouldn't let the perfect be the enemy of.

As first reported by the BBC, a sharp uptick of men have been attending a Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (or ROCOR) in Georgetown, Texas, led by Father Moses McPherson. //

After watching McPherson's YouTube channel for a bit, I can see why many people would gravitate toward him, especially men. McPherson seems to reject modernist takes on gender roles and encourages young people to get married, settle down, and have children. In one short, he holds up a pregnancy test and encourages couples to get a positive one. He also calls masturbation "pathetic and unmanly".

A lot of McPherson's positions seem to be blunt, unwavering, and unapologetic, and I think that's what is attracting a lot of men right now. They feel like they can be proud of their masculinity in the way that God sees it, and this ROCOR growth seems to show that men aren't just seeking that kind of welcome; they want to foster it and find fellowship in that kind of scene.

Modern society makes it clear that masculinity is unwelcome and distasteful, and men are often made out to be the bad guy no matter what the scenario entails, yet at this faith, men are held in higher esteem. They're obviously still held highly accountable for their actions, but this accountability comes with love and encouragement, not blame and derision.

I asked my small group a follow-up question: “If 10 minutes of watching porn per day has shaped your brain, what do you think 10 minutes in the Bible could do?” While it wasn’t the mic-drop moment I imagined, a flicker of hope shone on their faces as they began to consider the surprising reality.

Porn shaped us. But the Bible can shape us even more forcefully. //

Gen Z was raised on instant gratification. Everything we want—entertainment, information, food, clothing, and even social validation—is available with a click. We’ve grown up on dopamine media and all its fabricated highs, cheap thrills, and immediate results.

So when a young man opens his Bible, reads a chapter, and walks away with no dopamine burst or goose bumps, it’s easy to think, What’s the point? When the Bible’s formative power takes years to accomplish what algorithms do in moments, it’s easy to think, This isn’t doing anything. He’s left with a simmering frustration toward God, reminiscent of a spoiled child: “It’s my spiritual growth, and I want it now!”

Ironically, it’s his struggle with pornography that reveals the truth he doubts: Small habits shape you in profound ways. Ten minutes of daily porn forms thought patterns, shifted desires, altered speech, and changed relationships. It turns people into objects, intimacy into performance, and satisfaction into orgasm.

What if, in the same way, 10 minutes a day in God’s Word—replacing 10 minutes of porn—could reverse that? Not instantly. Not overnight. But slowly, surely, powerfully. What if every time you thought about clicking on porn you opened the Bible instead? What if 10 minutes of Scripture each day began to reshape you—making holiness the default instead of lust? What if, day by day, your thoughts started to align more with Christ’s? Your desires shifted toward purity? Your hopes restored?

The good news is that this is precisely how God designed us. This is how spiritual growth works. //

And you’re right—reading the Bible alone isn’t enough. But it’s a solid foundation. And it arms you with the truth, habits, and hope you need to fight back.

The Bible teaches you to surround yourself with a community that holds you accountable (Heb. 10:24–25). It teaches you to confess your sins (James 5:16). It teaches you to approach the throne of grace with confidence (Heb. 4:16). It teaches you to pray without ceasing (1 Thess. 5:17). It teaches you to fix your mind on things above (Col. 3:2). It teaches you God’s unbreakable love (Rom. 8:38–39). Scripture doesn’t just inform us once; it reminds us daily.

Breaking free from sin isn’t about a single life-changing moment. It’s about the daily decision to keep fighting. //

Porn teaches your neural pathways to escape into fantasy whenever you feel stressed, anxious, or bored. The Bible teaches your neural pathways to take refuge in God, your salvation and strength (Ps. 46:1).

Porn cultivates your neural pathways to default to lust. To take rather than give. The Bible cultivates your neural pathways to default to chaste self-control. To love rather than consume (Gal. 5:22–23). //

What if the battle against porn isn’t just about breaking a bad habit but about building a better one? Because here’s the truth: If you commit to daily Scripture, the Holy Spirit will forge new neural pathways. Slowly but surely, you’ll begin to see the difference. The escape you once sought in porn will start to pale in comparison to the rest you find in God. Sinful desires won’t just be resisted—they’ll be replaced. Over time, dark desires will be expelled by holy longing.

Scripture becomes the anchor steadying you when temptation hits, grounding you when shame creeps in, and holding you fast when everything else tries to pull you under. It’s not the whole fight, but it’s where the fight begins.

Last week, The New York Times published an exposé that, in any morally serious culture, would have been met with a wave of bipartisan outrage and urgent congressional action. Instead, it was largely met with a blasé silence. The article, which detailed how Pornhub’s own internal documents reveal years of knowingly hosting—and profiting from—videos of children suffering nonconsensual acts, isn’t a revelation. It’s confirmation of the evil at work here.

We now have irrefutable evidence of what has long been plain to any honest observer: The commercial pornography industry is predatory, lawless, and deeply dependent on abuse. And yet it continues to operate in broad daylight, shielded by an outdated moral indifference and a confused understanding of free speech. //

Our freedoms require moral boundaries. The question isn’t whether we can restrict pornography. The question is whether we have the courage to do so. Though we may begin with urgent reforms to protect children and prosecute abuse, these are steps toward a larger aim: the complete dismantling of the pornography industry. //

These incremental steps are necessary because the political will to abolish pornography outright likely doesn’t yet exist. For instance, just this month, Utah senator Mike Lee introduced a measure that would redefine obscenity, paving the way for a nationwide prohibition on pornography. It’s not the first time Lee has initiated this process. He attempted it in both 2022 and 2024, but it has yet to gain traction in the Senate.

Any legal structure that normalizes pornography is ultimately incompatible with human flourishing. But every step toward being rid of it societally is a move in the right direction. There’s no First Amendment defense for rape. There’s no civil liberty that justifies monetized abuse. There’s no technological innovation that makes human degradation acceptable. //

We cannot claim to care about women while tolerating an industry that degrades them. We cannot say we value children while giving predators free rein. We cannot speak of freedom while sanctioning enslavement. //

The modern pornography industry isn’t built on free expression but on the illegal commodification of human beings. It relies on anonymity, impunity, and a legal vacuum in which abuse thrives. //

No version of this industry can be baptized, cleaned up, or redeemed. It mustn’t be tolerated, accommodated, or reformed—it must be dismantled. Our convictions, our witness, and our love for neighbor demand no less.

It’s time to ban pornography.

How Enrico Tedeschi built a collection of over 10.000 artifacts, saved the Marconi Collection, and created the first Sinclair Exhibition. //

Enrico Tedeschi’s legacy: A life-long devoted to researching, collecting, studying, and catalouging consumer electronics. //

“Collecting should not be just amassing the largest possible number of artifacts and memorabilia but also and mainly for the research and understanding of how, when, why, and who invented and produced what, and the social impact and consequences that these products had on the life of millions of people. Collecting should be a way of learning, growing, and self-improvement, and not just a hobby, or an investment,” Enrico Tedeschi wrote in the Introduction of his 1999 self-published book, The Magic of Sony.

A pioneering Serbian company specializing in lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery technology has unveiled a groundbreaking cell that charges electric vehicles (EVs) up to 80 percent in just 12 minutes.

Produced by Subotica-based ElevenEs, the new Edge574 Blade Cell not only delivers ultra-fast charging, but also offers an impressive cycle life equivalent to about 310,000 miles (500,000 kilometers), combining speed and durability in a single high-performance solution. //

The battery’s smart fast-charging method allows it to reach from 10 to 80 percent capacity in approximately 12 minutes when operating at temperatures of 77 degrees Fahrenheit (25 degrees Celsius) or above, significantly reducing downtime and improving efficiency for electric vehicle users. //

ElevenEs further revealed that the battery can reach 80 percent in just 18 minutes at 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celsius), charging with a power of 650 kilowatts (kW). It however, completes the process in 25 minutes when operating at 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius), with a peak charging power of 415 kW. //

When operating at full capacity with 210 cells, the system’s peak charging power reaches up to one megawatt. This, according to ElevenEs, opens new possibilities for rapid EV turnaround times and significantly more efficient charging infrastructure.

The cell also performs reliably between -22 degrees Fahrenheit (-30 degrees Celsius) and 140 degrees Fahrenheit (60 degrees Celsius), and still delivers its nominal capacity, ensuring consistent output across extreme conditions.

My grandfather used to quote what he claimed was an old Indian saying: "A tree fell in the woods. The eagle saw it. The deer heard it. The bear smelled it." So if you live in bear country, think on that, and handle food accordingly. //

If you're interested in learning more about bear attacks, I recommend the Stephen Herrero book "Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance." It's an excellent work by a Professor of Environmental Science and Biology at the University of Calgary (Canada), who has made a lifelong study of bears and their behavior. In that book, the author notes that black bears are actually more likely to attack humans with predatory intent than grizzlies. A grizzly may rush you because you got too close, or because you're near its cubs, near a carcass it has claimed, or because it's just having a bad day. A black bear is more inclined to try to eat you. The prevalent wisdom with griz is to avoid any show of aggression, but to a black bear, make yourself look big, make a lot of noise, and if it attacks, fight. //

Dr. Dealgood
2 hours ago
If they want to eat us, then we should return the courtesy.

Bear meat is tasty, but must be thoroughly cooked as they are rife with parasites.

“'Joe Biden is not Richard Nixon, and the hiding and cover-up of his deterioration is not Watergate,’ Morgan said, quoting from the book. "I am not entirely sure I agree, Jake, with that conclusion.” //

“It is a scandal. It is without question – and maybe even worse than Watergate in some ways,” Tapper confessed. “Because Richard Nixon was in control of his faculties when he was not drinking.”

“This is an entirely separate scandal,” he added. “Maybe even worse … maybe even worse.” //

Here's the thing - Tapper is trying to convince people that the media simply missed the Biden story. That the daily videos and transcripts coming out showing Biden mumbling and bumbling about didn't cause a lightbulb to go off in their heads that 'Hey, maybe we should start digging a little more on this.'

How bad is everybody in your profession today that you missed the biggest White House deception in American political history, Jake?

Making this even more amusing is that Tapper, currently fancying himself an investigative journalist, only had to check old reels from his network to find that a Watergate reporter himself, Carl Bernstein, had sounded the alarm about Biden's cognitive decline - and revealed that it had been ongoing for almost two years before the presidential debate. //

There are only two conclusions to be drawn here - either Tapper and CNN contributed to a cover-up worse than Watergate, or they're staggeringly inept. //

AirdaleNavy_AX3
3 hours ago
Hiring people to put bugs in the DNC offices in the Watergate complex was rarely talked about during the entirety of the Watergate scandal. It was, and it always is, the cover-up that gets these scoundrels. And the country wouldn't have really known about the Watergate cover-up if Nixon aide Alexander Butterfield hadn't blurted out in a hearing that all the conversations in the Oval Office, including phone calls, were tape recorded. That's the match that lit the fire that brought Nixon down.

What Biden's aides, and their pet rocks in the feckless press, all conspired to do was outright Sedition and classic Insurrection. They sought to negate the will of the American people because these seditionists didn't like the chose the people made. If the Congress, the DOJ and the FBI don't take this seriously and find out who the culprits are and deal with them accordingly, the very foundations of our Republic are gone. //

Rufus McGee
3 hours ago edited
Authors: "Ultimately we decided that the scandal doesn't quite measure up to Watergate."
Also Authors: Because Democrats did it. //

Tolly
3 hours ago edited
I'll give you odds that Fake Yapper doesn't even understand what Watergate was. Otherwise he wouldn't conflate the two scandals.

Watergate was basically a champaign hustle, more attune to Russiagate, where an advantage in an election was sought. Coupgate was the actual overthrown of an elected administration hidden from the American people with the cooperation of the deep state, MSM, the executive departments, Congress to an extent, and probably to a degree some foreign agents.

Surfer Boy Tolly
3 hours ago
The difference was Coupgate was intended to preserve 'democracy' and Tapper agreed with it all the way. Hence the coverup. Also, Coupgate was covered up by the press (and Tapper) while Watergate was 'exposed' by the press. Compare the roles of Tapper vs. Woodward/Bernstein. //

Turns out the morality-free staffers had a frankly treasonous plot ready to enact: they’d just need to show “proof of life” once in a while. Appearing with "FOX News Sunday" host Shannon Bream, Thompson laid out their devious plan : //

ALEX THOMPSON: Well, this person went on to say that when you’re voting for a president, you’re voting for the aides around him. But these aides were not even Senate-confirmed aides. These are White House aides. These were unelected people. //

They planned to use these "proof of life" moments to prop up the commander in chief, but actually run the country themselves. In other words, they were able to convince themselves to do evil in the name of "good." //

Piers Morgan Uncensored @PiersUncensored
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'Even worse than Watergate'

Jake Tapper admits to Piers Morgan the Joe Biden health scandal might actually be worse than the Nixon one.

Watch more 👇

📺 https://youtu.be/I6wrn09T30I

@piersmorgan | @jaketapper | @AlexThomp

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"If the ability [to brick a console] is there, someone will want to 'see how it goes.'"

One of the most frequent questions posed in response to articles regarding decisions by federal judges is: Who appointed him/her? In theory, that shouldn't matter — blindfolded Lady Justice and all that. In practice, all too often, it seems that it does.

But...maybe not quite as much as people assume. I decided it might be interesting to take a closer look at some of the statistics regarding the federal judiciary. Some of those stats will come as no surprise. Others, though, well, see what you think. //

While many assume the court typically rules in partisan fashion, the bulk of the decisions in each term are unanimous (accounting for roughly 47 percent of the decisions over the most recent three terms).
In contrast, the 6-3 decisions (what one would expect if the decisions were strictly party-line) account for only 22 percent of the decisions. //

Next, we'll take a look at the makeup of the federal judiciary, beginning with the District Courts.

Number of district courts - 94
Number of district judges - 677 (does not include those who have taken senior status). //

Alright, but what about the Circuit Courts of Appeal? Well, we have that breakdown as well.

Number of circuit-level judgeships - 179 (not including those who have taken senior status)

Rupert Brooke, "The Soldier."
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/13076/the-soldier

Laurence Binyon, "For the Fallen."
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57322/for-the-fallen

Wilfred Owen, "Dulce et Decorum Est."
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/dulce-et-decorum-est

John McCrae, "In Flanders Field."
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47380/in-flanders-fields //

War sometimes brings out the worst in us. But sometimes it brings out the best, as well. Sometimes it inspires. The four poems here were inspired by war, and more to the point, they were inspired by the misery of war and the sacrifices men make in war. That makes them, on this Memorial Day, worth consideration. And as we read, we should remember our own, the men and women who fell serving our great republic, and those who paid the price in other ways as well. And, we should remember those who serve the colors today, who face this daunting prospect with each new day.

And we must remember, again, George Santayana's caution: Only the dead have seen the end of war. On this day of all days, we should remember that, as well. //

7againstthebes
9 hours ago
This one is a bit more stark.

A gut catcher

Have you ever seen
A gut catcher?
Perhaps not
If you never had to use one.
There is no patent on them.
They're make shift
Depending upon time
And place.
I've seen ponchos used
And a pack
And a canteen cover
Or your hands.
You catch the guts of your buddy
As they spill out of his body
And try to stuff them back in
But they keep sliding out.
For a face blown in
For an eye blown out
For an arm blown off
For a body blown open
.........a gut catcher.

—Stan Platke
4th Infantry '68-69

A Palestinian official said on Monday that Hamas has agreed to a proposal by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff for a Gaza ceasefire, only for an Israeli official to deny that the proposal was Washington's and add that no Israeli government could accept it.

Witkoff also rejected the notion that Hamas had accepted his offer for a hostage deal and a ceasefire in Gaza, telling Reuters that what he had seen was "completely unacceptable" and the proposal being discussed was not the same as his. //

Hamas won't tell the truth. They never tell the truth. They are terrorists. And Hamas could have a cease-fire at once: All they have to do is surrender, turn over all their weapons, and return every single hostage they still hold. They could do that today. That would end this war at a stroke, and Gaza could start rebuilding, in whatever form that rebuilding would take.

Rep. Glenn Ivey @RepGlennIvey
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Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.
@CASAforall

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First, let's note that Abrego Garcia is not a constituent. Last time I checked, El Salvador is not a part of Maryland. Abrego Garcia is not a voter or a citizen in Ivey's district in Maryland.

Second, what a strange thing it is to advocate not only on behalf of someone who was an illegal alien and an alleged MS-13 member, but on behalf of a foreign national. Why should El Salvador listen to you about how they deal with their citizen? You're trying to dictate to them and throwing a fit? They might have to grant access to the lawyer, but why should they care about a member of a foreign Congress?

Third, Ivey is supposed to represent his actual constituents, the citizens of his district.

In the post on Monday on X, Scott shared a graveside picture of the family of fallen Marine Sgt. Christopher James Jacobs was taken at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on May 25, 2015.

The photo showed Jacobs' widow, Brittany Jacobs, sitting by her late husband's grave while wiping tears from her cheeks. Standing next to his father's headstone was their son, Christian Jacobs, who wore Marine dress blues as he placed his little hand and cheek on the final resting place of his father.

"If the heaviness of the sacrifice was ever captured in a photo, it's this one," Jennings captured his post. Remembering the fallen on this #MemorialDay."

https://www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Photos/igphoto/2001141435/

The culture has shifted, and it can be hard to go against the tide. However, we need people who go into the trades far more than we need college graduates. I think a revitalized America will rely far more on plumbers, electricians, and farmers rather than degreed people who can still barely tie their shoes, but can write 5,000 words on intersectionality during a two-minute commercial break. With that, I wanted to direct you to a website that I have been reading for about three years. This is a wonderful place to go, and it's full of podcasts, articles, skill-generating how-to's, and graphic novel-type illustrations that have a taste from the ol' Wayback Machine. I love it.

The Art of Manliness is not a hangout for misogynists or chauvinists, as it might sound to some, but rather a place that teaches skills, practices, and thought processes for men. Men of any age. And it's certainly not exclusive to men, because women would benefit from learning how to perform a snappy J-Turn as much as any of us who might need to get out of trouble fast. But if you want to learn how to build a campfire with one match or understand parenting styles that work, this site is a great resource. Want to know how to wear a polo without looking like a drip? Art of Manliness. Land a plane in an emergency? Art of Manliness. Develop the savoir-faire of James Bond? You guessed it....

https://www.artofmanliness.com/

https://www.artofmanliness.com/skills/manly-know-how/how-to-perform-a-j-turn/

https://www.artofmanliness.com/skills/manly-know-how/how-to-light-a-fire-with-just-one-match/

https://www.artofmanliness.com/style/clothing/how-to-wear-a-polo-shirt-without-looking-like-a-middle-manager/

https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/advice/good-life-method/

Knowing how to tie a tie is one of the most essential skills a man must know.