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A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a defamation suit filed by a woman who accused former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly of harassment. Rachel Witlieb Bernstein, a former Fox News producer, said in court that O'Reilly and Fox News defamed her in interviews they gave following her allegation that O'Reilly screamed at her, in addition to allegations from other colleagues, according to Variety. O'Reilly claimed that he was the victim of "political and financial hit job" …(snip) ... U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts said that Bernstein did not prove that she suffered harm from statements made by O'Reilly or Fox,...

On the heels of an expanded investigation brought by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., famed attorney Alan Dershowitz warned Tuesday that House Democrats may have gone “too far” and could face lawsuits for allegedly abusing their oversight powers. “Congress has a legitimate oversight function to perform but it has to make sure it doesn’t go too far. It can’t use that oversight function, which is really designed to help get legislation, in order to really prevent a president from finishing out his terms and acting. They’re interfering with the executive branch if they do so,” Dershowitz said on...

President Trump and Eric Trump fulfilled a terminally ill Connecticut man's dying wish with a phone call on Tuesday evening -- and all it took was a little help from the man's sister, an elected Democrat. 44-year-old Jay Barrett, of West Haven, who has cystic fibrosis, left a hospital to begin palliative care at his sister's home last weekend and asked for some sort of contact with the president before he dies. His sister, West Haven City Councilwoman Bridgette Hoskie, who describes herself as "100 percent Democrat," went on social media to help make it happen. Friends and other supporters...

UK: Muslims tell Muslim cop she is not a “proper Muslim” because she was wearing uniform This is yet another example of why in many areas of the UK and elsewhere in the West, few Muslims assimilate and adopt Western values. There is enormous pressure from other Muslims to conform to Islamic mores. “Heroic British Transport Police officer slammed for not being ‘proper Muslim’ – because she wears uniform,” by James Rodger, Birmingham Mail, March 5, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): British Transport Police has revealed how one of its officers was told they were not a “proper...

NEW YORK (AP) — A lawsuit accused a Russia-born businessman and convicted felon with ties to President Donald Trump of hacking into a Hollywood friend's electronics and accessing confidential information about her celebrity contacts and Hollywood projects. Felix Sater denied those allegations Monday, telling The Associated Press they had absolutely no truth to them. Stella Bulochnikov Stolper, a former manager for the singer Mariah Carey, sued Sater and his personal assistant in New York on Friday, alleging they created an electronic backdoor to tap into her computers, smart phones and other devices.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has restored part of a rocket test site it began to dismantle after pledging to do so in a first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump last year, while Trump’s national security advisor warned that new sanctions could be introduced if Pyongyang did not scrap its nuclear weapons program. South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency and two U.S. think tanks reported on Tuesday that work was underway at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station at Tongchang-ri, even as Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a second summit in Hanoi last week.

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Back in 2015, a new M.P. from Streatham was among those running to replace Ed Miliband as leader of the Labour Party in Great Britain. This was Chuka Umunna, who suddenly pulled out, explaining that he didn’t want to put his wife through the ordeal of the campaign and his possible win. He worried, he said, about her loss of privacy. He was also 36 at the time, and may have felt unready; he knew he had plenty of time to prepare for a run. As it happens, the Labour Party then elected, by a landslide, the far-left ideologue Jeremy...

ROME - Italy has planned to sign a memorandum of understanding to become part of China's Belt and Road Initiative. "The negotiation is not over yet, but it is possible that it will be concluded in time for (Xi's) visit," the newspaper reported, quoting Michele Geraci, the undersecretary in the Italian economic development ministry. The United States said the project was unlikely to help Italy economically and could significantly damage the country's international image, the paper reported. "We view BRI as a 'made by China, for China' initiative,"the report quoted Garrett Marquis, White House National Security Council spokesman, as saying....

UK: Muslim man threatens Muslim woman for wearing Western clothing Mohammed Amin appointed himself the Sharia police in Sadiq Khan’s multicultural London. Khan has been cracking down on “Islamophobic hate speech” on the internet while actual crime soars. And now Amin felt free in Khan’s London to threaten a woman for not abiding by the Sharia dress code. Today he was sentenced to an 18 month community order after being convicted of two counts of racially/religiously aggravated Section 4 Public Order Act offences against NHS staff on February 7. This light sentence will likely not faze Amin, as he was...

Islamic State jihadi returned to Sweden for medical care, then went back to the jihad “We give care to rich and poor, to murderers and people sitting in prison. If people need to be punished, there are other parts of society that can do it. Healthcare should not become part of the apparatus of punishment.” Right. But he should have been arrested when he returned to Sweden, or not allowed to return in the first place. He joined an entity that is at war with Sweden. That should disqualify him from receiving any Swedish benefits. “Isis jihadi ‘returned to Sweden...

France: Muslim prisoner screaming “Allahu akbar” stabs guards with knife wife smuggled in during conjugal visit “It was truly a murder attempt. There was blood everywhere. The family-visiting unit was a battle scene.” Before too long, all of France will be a battle scene. “Islamist inmate screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ stabs two guards in ‘terror incident’ during wife’s conjugal visit to French prison where he is serving 28 years for killing Jewish Holocaust survivor,” by Ross Ibbetson and Peter Allen, Mailonline, March 5, 2019: A radicalised Islamist inmate screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ stabbed two guards in a ‘terror incident’ during a conjugal...

Beijing has snatched another patch of the South China Sea, with its “militia” seizing control of a string of sandbars and denying fishermen access. This island off the Philippines coast is significant. It’s a prosperous fishing spot. And it’s another potential territorial marker in the hotly contested international waterway...Now, China has physically staked its claim over the sandbars that surround it. Filipino fishermen say they are being driven away from their traditional fishing grounds, by Chinese boats. the Chinese Communist Party’s fishing ‘militia’ is pushing out its boundaries. Mayor Roberto del Mundo of Kalayaan, a Philippines Palawan town which administers...

Abortionist Leroy Carhart addresses Presbyterians Affirming Reproductive Options in 2010. AbortionWiki.org Phoyo caption left because of fascinating context Late-term abortionist says protecting babies born alive after failed abortions is ‘ignorant’ Abortion, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, Late-Term Abortion, Leroy Carhart NEBRASKA, March 5, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart broke a decade of silence to condemn the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, saying that the bill’s sponsor – fellow Nebraskan Sen. Ben Sasse – is “ignorant and doesn't understand what he is talking about, or even worse, he's lying.” This was Carhart’s first television interview in nearly ten years....

March 6 2019 Ash Wednesday Reading 1 Jl 2:12-18 Even now, says the LORD,return to me with your whole heart,with fasting, and weeping, and mourning;Rend your hearts, not your garments,and return to the LORD, your God.For gracious and merciful is he,slow to anger, rich in kindness,and relenting in punishment.Perhaps he will again relentand leave behind him a blessing,Offerings and libationsfor the LORD, your God. Blow the trumpet in Zion!proclaim a fast,call an assembly;Gather the people,notify the congregation;Assemble the elders,gather the childrenand the infants at the breast;Let the bridegroom quit his roomand the bride her chamber.Between the porch and the...

Last year's harvest was just 4.95 million tonnes, the United Nations said in its Needs and Priorities assessment for 2019, down by 500,000 tonnes....It was "the lowest production in more than a decade", the UN's Resident Coordinator in the North Tapan Mishra said in a statement...."This has resulted in a significant food gap."..As a result 10.9 million people in the North needed humanitarian assistance -- 600,000 more than last year -- with a potential for increased malnutrition and illness. It is equivalent to 43 percent of the population. The impoverished North has been frequently condemned by the international community for...

Republican lawmakers Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows requested a slew of Obama era documents and communications Tuesday related to “attempted interference in the” 2016 election from Department of Homeland Security Kirsjen Nielsen. In a letter the lawmakers noted “then-DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson briefed Members of Congress about attempted Russian interference. During the briefing – which also included President Obama’s National Security Advisor Lisa Monaco and then-FBI Director James Comey – the Obama Administration assured Members that it was adequately addressing any attempted interference in the election.” Jordan, R-Ohio, and Meadows, R-NC, both members of the House Oversight and Government Reform...

New Traffic Laws in CA Driving in CA is more expensive for people who do CA stops at signs, among other violations. Special reminder: California's new traffic fine rules were released on January 1, 2019: • Forgot to carry your driver's license $214 • Forgot to change the address (more than ten days) $214 • Uninsured car in an accident $796 and Driver's license revoked for 4 years. •Failed to stop at red light or turning right at No Turn on Red $533 • Crossing a double yellow line $425. • Violation of the turn or U-turn $284. • Speeding...

LAS VEGAS - Democratic Senate Majority Leader Kelvin Atkinson wept as he resigned from the Nevada Legislature during Tuesday's Senate floor session. He said he let himself and his family down and he was "truly sorry" for his actions. He is accused of misusing campaign funds and plans to plead guilty to federal charges.