Gas prices in Eastern Maine today.... Masterful gambit Mr. Trump.
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Not the only one..... I'm told. Passed the bar, spending my life in public defense. Likely thinking about cats at all times.
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After Bradeen expressed his concerns, Bickford made other unilateral decisions about the child's participation in church activities, and she took steps to hide the scope of the child's involvement from Bradeen. For example, Bradeen learned that the child was scheduled to be baptized only when he was informed by a third party. Bradeen then called Bickford to ask about the baptism, and she placed him on speakerphone in front of the child On another occasion, Bickford took the child out of school for a day, explaining to Bradeen that they were visiting the state capitol. Although this was partially true, she did not tell Bradeen that they were going to the state capitol to participate in a political rally with other church members.
Most recently, Bickford allowed the child to stay overnight at someone else's home as part of a church-sponsored retreat for teenagers; the child, who was eleven vears old at the time, was not allowed to have her cell phone. Bickford did not tell Bradeen about the retreat, and he learned about it only through the church's Facebook page. Whenever Bradeen expressed a concern to Bickford about one of these events, she "double[d] down" by sending the child to Bradeen's house with new clothing and accessories bearing religious images and messages](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kbitk3u6wu5ifwlcwj5we2dd/bafkreidpmtfdnzv5vanbmrkfp7k2aktnzhg4rkq5yr224zi4ionaunfbuq)
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On the evening of August 28, 2024, following the first day of the hearing on the motions to modify, Bickford took the child to a service at the church. Bickford knew in advance that Carey intended to discuss this litigation as part of the service, and she encouraged him to do so. At the opening of the service, Carey offered a six-and-a-half-minute-long prayer focused exclusively on this case. *3
In the prayer, Carey:
• introduced these proceedings as a "custody battle,'" with Bradeen on one "side" and Bickford on the other;
• referenced the parties and the child by name almost thirty times;
• described Bradeen as in need of salvation;
noted that the church had "been praying for [Bradeen] and his salvation for a long time";
*3:
Bradeen viewed a recording of the prayer on the church's Facebook page and created recording of it; the recording was admitted in evidence at the hearing on November 27.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kbitk3u6wu5ifwlcwj5we2dd/bafkreierqlf3daa4sbmdicl6vysxalvzkaoxgijfhjnrl4jgtilegiduq4)
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• stated that "[Bradeen's] side" had retained an expert witness for purpose of "find[ing] any dirt they can on Calvary Chapel, on [another pastor] and on myself, and on [the child's] faith and [Bickford's] faith"
• described these proceedings as not "really an attack on [Bickford], [the child], or Calvary Chapel,'' but as "really an attack on God's Word";
• asserted that the outcome of this case would depend on no more thar "who appointed [the] judge"' and "where this judge stands with God and His Word";
• described this case as an example of "the enemy seek[ing] to ... crush and quench and strangle the church"
• stated that "[i]t's hard to imagine, though, when you're eleven years and vou're dealing with the level of persecution that [the child] is dealing with";
and
• prayed, regarding the outcome of this case, that God "bring to nothing the plans and the snares and the tricks of the enemy."
Bickford did not attempt to remove the child from the service at any point during the prayer, and she later affirmed her belief that it was "appropriate"
for the child to sit through the service.
The "tenor and content" of this prayer were
not atypical for Carey, who consistently characterizes "those who challenge the
church's beliefs--including [Bradeen]--as the 'enemy."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kbitk3u6wu5ifwlcwj5we2dd/bafkreiaju4bldgnf5njkm3ac2aq2pgl3ynlk3jpm2nnz5dervg4wvzdkjm)
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"One editor of a gooner music video page on X tells WIRED he gets requests from MAGA porn creators to have their work featured in his widely shared clips. "You'd see [these pages] once upon a time, and they were irrelevant. They'd have like 10 followers Now they have much bigger audiences,' he says. "People are always asking me to make a MAGA edit and I always tell them no, because I don't want any of that mess over here. I just think those people are fucking morons." (The editor asked that WIRED not publish his name because he doesn't want to be associated with the trend."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kbitk3u6wu5ifwlcwj5we2dd/bafkreid5yv33py7zca25r5l3rmeli3crp2vzzoyxxv5ue5eq7h5yldid2i)
![Wikipedia screenshot:
Atlantic yellow-nosed albatrosses nest on islands in
the mid-Atlantic, including Tristan da Cunha (Inaccessible Island, Middle Island, Nightingale Island, Stoltenhoff Island) and Gough Island. At sea they range across the south Atlantic from South America to Africa between 15'S and 45'S [9]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kbitk3u6wu5ifwlcwj5we2dd/bafkreicejtstohcfsdyw3446zjbt5pgnqvhvss2irapnztoyqttf3vbyb4)
