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“There’s plenty of money in this world, it’s just in the wrong hands.” That’s the message Mayor Bill de Blasio used this morning to announce his 2020 candidacy for President … pretty much as socialist as it gets.

GREENVILLE, S.C. — A 47-year-old man was injured by a K-9 during an arrest, and the handler has been put on leave while the incident is investigated, according to the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office. A news release said that at about 2:40 p.m. on April 28, deputies went to a home on Columbia Avenue to take Kevin Leroy Scott White into custody because he was wanted in Florida. Deputies said as they pulled up, White drove up on a moped, jumped off and ran into a wooded area. The deputies and K-9 tracked White and eventually found him hiding inside...

I am more of a cat person than dog, but that doesn’t mean I hate dogs. I prefer cats over dogs, that’s all. However, I really dislike cat hating dog people, for some unknown reason, I’ve met too many dog people condemning cats out of the blue, such as they are useless and etc. I never understood the reason why they have the urge to bad mouth cats while I pet their dog. Over the years, I’ve realized that the saying, “You are what you eat.” is true. You are more likely to be a cat person if you prefer...

From the moment former Vice President Joe Biden threw his hat in the ring, he has been the dominant front-runner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. That status was confirmed in the most recent ScottRasmussen.com poll of the race, showing Biden with 39% of vote and a 19-point lead. His nearest challenger -- Sen. Bernie Sanders -- attracted just 20% support, and nobody else reached double digits. But in a party that has become younger and more racially diverse, it's never seemed likely that two white men over 70 would have the field to themselves. The question all...

Buffalo Grove executive Scott Kennedy and his escort-turned-girlfriend were allegedly in the midst of a massive $5.8 million fraud scheme when he wrote her a lengthy email in October 2016 laying out his worries about their crumbling relationship. Kennedy already had used his company’s credit to buy his new love, Crystal Lundberg, everything she dreamed about, from extravagant Christmases for her kids to sports cars, exotic trips and fancy jewelry, according to federal prosecutors. But instead of returning the affection, Lundberg had picked up and moved to California, racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars more on the company dime,...

Maine's lawmakers passed a bill that would give the state's electoral votes to the presidential candidate who won the national popular vote, taking a step toward becoming the 15th state to enact such a law. The Maine Senate voted 19-16 Tuesday to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which would give all committed states' electoral votes to the winning popular vote candidate should the group accrue the 270 votes necessary for a majority. California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington state and the District of Columbia have all...

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio made his case for president in an appearance on ABC's "Good Morning America" after releasing a video announcing his candidacy on YouTube earlier Thursday morning. . He made it clear a large part of his strategy will be to attack President Donald Trump. "Donald Trump is playing a big con on America, I call him 'Con Don' every New Yorker knows we know his tricks, we know his playbook. I know how to take him on," he told ABC Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos. Trump wasted no time firing back. Within minutes, he tweeted de...

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Benjamin Franklin. Click image (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle.Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. He loved to fly kites in the rain, too!All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidential spoilers. Please refrain from disclosing the full answer in comments to...

Much has been written about Alyssa Milano’s call for a sex strike following the passage of a Georgia heartbeat bill, which bans abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, typically around six weeks. In addition to this sex strike, there are more liberal and mainstream media lunacy reactions surrounding the law. Such reactions come off as idiotic. They also display a fundamental misunderstanding of basic biology and serve to mislead the public.What about men?In March, when the bill was being considered in Georgia, one of Rolling Stone’s trending articles was about “Georgia Lawmaker Proposes Requiring Permission for Viagra, Criminalizing Vasectomies.”This glowing feature...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump, who is refusing to cooperate with more than 20 congressional investigations, instructed current and former aides Wednesday to ignore a House committee's request for documents in the latest act of defiance that has prompted Democrats to declare the nation is facing a constitutional crisis. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told Democrats in a closed-door caucus meeting Wednesday morning to stick to their policy agenda ahead of the 2020 election rather than initiate impeachment proceedings. And not a single lawmaker challenged her. The events underscored that Pelosi has managed to hold the line on her...

Anyone closely following the Russia hoax and its collapse understands that DC superlawyers Joe DiGenova and Victoria Toensing have by far the best track record in accurately calling out the nature of the scandal and identifying the coming revelations. *snip* Yesterday, they spent an hour with Sebastian Gorka on his Salem Radio syndicated talk show and gave us a preview of sorts about where the scandal is headed next. *snip* They also revealed the Admiral Mike Rogers is happily willing to testify about the abuses that he uncovered, which actually triggered the initiation of the Russiagate plot. Recall that when...

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May 2 - Memorial of Saint Athanasius, bishop and doctor of the Church Memorial of Saint Athanasius, bishop and doctor of the ChurchLectionary: 560 Below are the readings suggested for today's Memorial. However, readings for the Memorial may also be taken from the Common of Pastors, #719-724 or the Common of Doctors of the Church, #725-730. Reading 1 1 Jn 5:1-5 Beloved:Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten by God,and everyone who loves the Fatherloves also the one begotten by him.In this way we know that we love the children of Godwhen we love God and obey...

Jay Inslee, the governor of Washington state, is introducing a second portion of his climate change plan as most Democratic contenders for president have yet to officially roll out their own big-picture proposals. Inslee’s 38-page document is focused on creating jobs. It outlines a $9tn investment over 10 years and seeks to create 8m jobs aimed at decarbonizing the economy. In an earlier plan, he vowed to make the US carbon neutral by 2045. Inslee wants to upgrade buildings, replace water and transit infrastructure, clean up manufacturing and quintuple spending on clean energy and climate research. Many of those efforts...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blamed Twitter's character limitations -- and the reading skills of her critics -- after getting called out for spreading misinformation about the newly signed abortion ban in Alabama. The New York Democrat used the social media platform to criticize the law, which was signed by the governor on Wednesday and outlaws nearly all abortions in the state. The same law also makes performing an abortion a felony, punishable by up to 99 years or life in prison unless the mother’s health is at risk, with no exceptions for women impregnated by rape or incest. “Alabama lawmakers are...

The Harvard Lampoon student-run humor magazine recently published a photoshopped image of Anne Frank’s face on the body of a woman wearing a bikini. The caption reads: “Gone Before Her Time: Virtual Aging Technology Shows Us What Anne Frank Would Have Looked Like if She Hadn’t Died.” The caption concludes with “Add this to your list of reasons the Holocaust sucked.” The cartoon provoked a backlash that led to an online apology by the magazine’s co-presidents: “We realize the extent of offense we have inflicted and understand that we must take responsibility for our actions.” This cartoon was undoubtedly perceived...

Horrifying new footage of the jet disaster that killed 41 in Moscow has emerged amid claims pilots made basic errors during the emergency because they were incapable of landing without the assistance of autopilot. The Aeroflot plane can be seen bouncing down the runway before bursting into a deadly fireball at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport on May 5. The footage emerged as an expert claimed that the experienced captain Denis Evdokimov - hospitalised as a result of the crash - had never previously manually flown the Sukhoi Superjet 100 in so-called 'direct mode' before the crash. A lightning strike soon after...

“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved” (vv. 4–5). - Ephesians 2:1–10 Enslavement to sin characterizes all those who have not yet been transformed by God’s saving grace, and only the Son of God, by the Holy Spirit, can set people free to do what is pleasing to the Lord (see John 8:36). This complete enslavement to sin is what we are really talking about when we speak of total depravity. The...

May 2 2019 « May 1 | May 3 » Memorial of Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the ChurchLectionary: 270 Reading 1 Acts 5:27-33 When the court officers had brought the Apostles inand made them stand before the Sanhedrin,the high priest questioned them,"We gave you strict orders did we not,to stop teaching in that name.Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teachingand want to bring this man's blood upon us."But Peter and the Apostles said in reply,"We must obey God rather than men. The God of our ancestors raised Jesus,though you had him killed by hanging him on a...

“The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil” (Proverbs 16:4).