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Pelosi appears to take new jab at Ocasio-Cortez, says ‘a glass of water’ with a ‘D’ could win their districts House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Monday made a point to heap more praise on Democrats who flipped Republican seats in the 2018 midterms and downplayed representatives like herself and freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who carried districts where a "glass of water" with a "D" next to it could win. “When we won this election, it wasn’t in districts like mine or Alexandria’s,” Pelosi said. “[S]he’s a wonderful member of Congress as I think all of our colleagues will...

HAZARD, Ky. (WKYT) - An eastern Kentucky man has filed a lawsuit against Hampton Inn and his boss after he says he was punished for not undergoing an exorcism. The lawsuit was filed in Perry Circuit Court in March, and the plaintiff is Jason Fields of Leslie County. The defendants are Hampton Inn, Employee Resource Group and Sharon Lindon. Fields states in the lawsuit he started working at Hampton Inn as a front desk employee beginning in 2016. Sharon Lindon, his manager, learned Fields was going through a divorce and believed his marital problems were because he had demons. Lindon...

The Attorney General's reference to the Vietnam War period is central to todayA most amazing thing. The Attorney General advises the Senate that he intends to look into whether government intelligence services improperly targeted a presidential candidate’s election campaign, and a Senator felt the need to ask him: “And can you share with us why you feel the need to do that?” What a strange question for a senator to ask! As if the targeting of a presidential candidate by government services is an everyday and acceptable occurrence, not worthy of attention. Then, in reply, Barr said something which has...

A new dollar coin designed to commemorate 50 years of homosexual rights has sparked a dual backlash — from both members of Canada's LGBT community and from a social conservative group. The loonie, to be launched April 23 at an invitation-only event in Toronto, will feature a stylized depiction of two overlapping human faces within a large circle, the dates 1969 and 2019, and the word "equality" in English and French. The Royal Canadian Mint is keeping tight-lipped on details until next week's official reveal. York University historian Tom Hooper said the coin commemorates a "myth," since the sweeping changes...

In a departure from a long tradition in U.S. Middle East policy of linking the Arab (Palestinian)-Israeli conflict to other regional issues, the recent administration’s moves of recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the moving of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and more recently, recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, underlines a U.S. policy that is no longer afraid of Arab reaction. Previous administrations, whether Republican or Democrat, were always cognizant of the purported “need” not to alienate the Arabs. The recent Trump administration moves show that America can side with Israel without “losing” the Arabs....

First lady Melania Trump says she is happy to support her husband through another term as president if he is successful in his 2020 bid to recapture the White House. Speaking alongside Karen Pence—the wife of Vice President Mike Pence—on a visit to a middle school at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Melania gave students an insight into her day-to-day life(snip) “I love what I do,” she told the children at Albritton Middle School. Asked whether she and Karen Pence wanted their husbands to serve another term in office, Melania replied, “I think our husbands are doing [a] fantastic job and...

The heroes of World War II - and the privileged “Zombies” who dodged the conflict. In April of 1945, the conflict in Europe was winding down but the peril was far from over for the inmates of the Westerbork transit camp in Holland. There the Nazis kept Dutch Jews before sending them to killing centers in other parts of occupied Europe. From July 1942 until September of 1944, the Nazis deported 97,776 Jews from Westerbork. A full 54,930 were shipped to Auschwitz, 34,313 to Sobibor, 4,771 to the Theresienstadt ghetto and 3,762 to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Most of those...

An interactive map marking every spot in San Francisco where human waste has been reported since 2011 has emerged as the city continues to grapple with its growing homeless population. In total, there have been 118,352 instances reported over the last eight years with the map showing a blanket of brown pins which almost covers the city entirely. Most were found in one of ten neighborhoods; Tenderloin, South of Market, Mission, Civic Center, Mission Dolores, Lower Nob Hill, Potrero Hill, Showplace Square, North Beach and the Financial District.

Candace Owens, a prominent conservative commentator and political activist, was met with fierce protests before delivering a fiery anti-leftist speech on campus Monday night. At the April 15 event in College Hall, which was co-hosted by College Republicans and conservative group The Statesman, --SNIP-- Minutes before the event, leftist and anti-fascist protestors voiced their disapproval of Owens' presence. About 20 anti-fascist protestors from Philadelphia Antifa wore ski masks and bandanas and gathered on College Green, shouting "F**k Candace Owens" and "F**k the police." PAGE protestors also gathered in a silent demonstration against Owens inside College Hall.

Why One-Third Of Biologists Now Question Darwinism Dedicated Neo-Darwinists often say ‘no serious scientists disagree’ with Darwinism, or ‘only creationists have problems.’ These contentions are increasingly disproven. By Benjamin R. Dierker While Christians have long challenged Charles Darwin’s theory of undirected evolution, few appreciate the true extent of the challenge beyond the church. Current estimates are that approximately one-third of professional academic biologists who do not believe in intelligent design find Darwin’s theory is inadequate to describe all of the complexity in biology.Ben Stein documented a crackdown within the academy on criticism of Darwin in his 2008 documentary “Expelled: No...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem (Old Testament) 2 Samuel 5 David Conquers Jerusalem 6 The king and his men marched to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who lived there. The Jebusites said to David, “You will not get in here; even the blind and the lame can ward you off.” They thought, “David cannot get in here.” 7 Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion—which is the City of David. 8 On that day David had said, “Anyone who conquers the Jebusites will have to use the water shaft to reach those ‘lame and blind’ who are David’s enemies.[a]” That is...

Chocolate has been described as ‘a poor man’s Champagne’, and that’s certainly true if you’re talking about the confectionery you find in the supermarket. However, more than 1,000 years ago, the ancient Maya regarded chocolate as the ‘food of the gods’. In fact, the Maya even used fermented and dried cacao beans as a form of currency, trading the beans like coins. Today, chocolate is available all around the world – although its quality and price varies considerably. While some chocoholics are satisfied with any brand as long as they get their fix, true devotees liken it to vintage wine...

Notre Dame's three medieval stained-glass windows all survived last night's devastating fire, the Archbishop of Paris has said, as detectives probe the renovation work which may have led to the blaze. The first daylight pictures inside the wreckage of the Paris landmark today showed the roof destroyed, the 850-year-old church exposed to the elements and the floor covered in charred debris. However the three 'irreplaceable' Rose Windows, which date to the 13th century and were last night feared to have melted or exploded, are all still believed to be intact. Attention has now turned to what may have caused Notre...

It’s just a fact of life that handguns are now permanent legal fixtures in the American landscape. We have to live with that. But the freedom to own a firearm doesn’t mean it has to be free of charge. It doesn’t mean that owners can’t be a tiny bit inconvenienced. And someone’s right to own a gun certainly does not trump the safety rights of the rest of us. This is what the pro-gun people don’t seem to understand. Gun rights advocates in Illinois are in an uproar over legislation that is being debated in the General Assembly. The bill...

“All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits” (Proverbs 16:2).

“‘Whoever says, “You fool,” shall be guilty enough to go into fiery hell’” (Matthew 5:22). No one wants to be called a fool, and on the other side of the coin, no one should fix that label on someone else. That’s especially true when we realize that the word in this verse translated “fool” is from the Greek word from which we get moron. The word also denotes one who is stupid or dull. Greek literature sometimes used it to refer to a godless or obstinate person. And it was perhaps parallel to a Hebrew word that means “to rebel...

This will make your blood boil… Posted by Kane on April 16, 2019 12:32 am Categories: Breaking Infuriating clip from CBS 4 Texas local coverage… This is infuriating! These illegals say there are 24/7 advertisements on the news, & in newspapers telling them that if you come to America, we will take care of them & give them free stuff. The Democrats behind this should go to prison for treason! pic.twitter.com/hSmjz3mbOc

A New Orleans-area woman, who beat up her ex-boyfriend with his own prosthetic leg earlier this year because he tried to break up with her, was arrested last Wednesday, police said. On Feb. 11, Michelle Jackson, 58, was drinking with her now ex-boyfriend when he told her he wanted to see someone else, Capt. Jason Rivarde said. The man went to sleep without incident but awoke the next morning with an injured hand and a large cut on his head that was dripping blood, The Times-Picayune reported. Jackson, who had left before authorities arrived, allegedly told a relative she had...

FULL TITLE: Jerusalem's revered Al-Asqa Mosque was struck by blaze that broke out the same time Notre Dame was devastated by inferno A fire broke out on the compound of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Monday, just as a huge blaze ripped through the Notre Dame cathedral 2000 miles away in Paris. Smoke and fire was seen billowing from the roof of the Marwani Prayer Hall - also known as Solomon's Stables, located at the bottom of stairs which lead down from the revered Al-Aqsa Mosque. 'The fire broke out in the guard's room outside the roof of the Marwani...

AMPA — A former administrator for the nonprofit that manages the national laboratory of the International Space Station has been indicted on federal charges that he used government funds to pay for high-end prostitutes. Charles R. Resnick faces a 10-count indictment that includes charges of wire fraud and making a false tax return. Resnick, 68, who lives in Tampa, was a consultant and later the director of economic evaluation and chief economist for the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, known as CASIS. It’s a nonprofit funded by NASA to manage the ISS National Laboratory of the International...