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The Killers is a 1946 American film noir directed by Robert Siodmak, and starring Burt Lancaster (in his film debut), Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, and Sam Levene. Based in part on the 1927 short story of the same name by Ernest Hemingway, it focuses on a detective's investigation into the execution-style killing of a former boxing champion who appears to have been unresistant to his own murder.Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner, scene from "the Killers" (1946)

SSPX parish in California freed from COVID-19 restrictionsSuperior Court issues preliminary injunction in suit against Gov. Gavin Newsom.Fr. Trevor Burfitt stands outside one of the Society of St. Pius X chapels under his charge. Fr. Burfitt secured a key victory in obtaining an injunction against California’s ban on indoor worship. (Photo courtesy of Thomas More Society) County health inspectors can no longer surveil and harass worshippers at Our Lady of the Angels Church near Los Angeles or attempt to otherwise enforce California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 regulations that banned indoor Masses and other religious services, an attorney for the Thomas...

A federal judge in Wisconsin on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against the state elections commission. The judge in the case, Brett Ludwig, who was appointed by Trump to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, held a hearing where the president’s lawyers made their arguments to set aside the result of the state’s popular election. Quote: “This Court has allowed plaintiff the chance to make his case and he has lost on the merits,” the judge wrote. In his reply brief, plaintiff ‘asks that the Rule of Law be followed’ …. It...

Pennsylvania State Senator @SenMastriano says the Pennsylvania legislature must re-assert its constitutional authority on presidential electors. Interview Video at link.

A Queens woman accused of driving into pedestrians at a protest in Midtown Manhattan was issued no more than a desk appearance ticket and released within hours of the shocking incident, police said Saturday. Kathleen Casillo, 52, was charged with reckless endangerment for the Friday incident in which she was caught on video plowing into people in the street, authorities said. She is due back in court Feb. 22.

A federal judge in Wisconsin on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against the state elections commission. The judge in the case, Brett Ludwig, who was appointed by Trump to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, held a hearing where the president’s lawyers made their arguments to set aside the result of the state’s popular election. “This is an extraordinary case,” wrote Ludwig in his decision Saturday. “A sitting president who did not prevail in his bid for reelection has asked for federal court help in setting aside the popular vote based on...

President Trump on Friday signed an order giving federal workers a paid day off work on Christmas Eve.The news was a welcome surprise for workers who expected at most a half day.Trump’s order says, “All executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty on Thursday, December 24, 2020, the day before Christmas Day.”Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton only gave half days when Christmas fell on a Friday, as it does this year.Obama allowed a half day in 2015 and 2009, GovExec reported. Clinton also allowed a half day in...

New York City's famed 21 Club restaurant will be "indefinitely ceasing operations," a restaurant union president told CNN. Bill Granfield, president of the Unite Here Local 100 labor union, says he received a letter on December 9 stating the restaurant is closing and all employees will be permanently terminated on March 9, 2021. The union represents 120 of the restaurant's approximately 140 workers, according to Granfield. The 21 Club closed on March 16 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and has not reopened. Granfield says he believes the restaurant will return in some capacity in the future. The restaurant first opened...

During a recent interview on Fox News, West Virginia's Democrat Senator Joe Manchin vowed to hold the line against the far left in the Senate should his party become the majority.

The first commercially printed Christmas card is up for sale — a merry Victorian-era scene that scandalized some who denounced it as humbug when it first appeared in 1843. The card, being sold online starting Friday through a consortium run by Marvin Getman, a Boston-based dealer in rare books and manuscripts, depicts an English family toasting the recipient with glasses of red wine.

On January 21st, 1776, Pastor Peter Muhlenberg of Virginia chose his Sunday sermon text from Ecclesiastes 3: "In the language of the Holy Writ, there is a time for all things. There is a time to preach and a time to fight. And now is the time to fight." Throwing off his black cassock, he revealed his Continental Army uniform complete with saber and flintlock and challenged his congregation: "Who among you is with me?" As drums beat a military tattoo, three hundred men of Pastor Muhlenberg's flock rose to their feet, kissed their wives and children goodbye and marched...

“[A] student-led judiciary that looks into reports of students neglecting to wear masks or socially distance” Institutionalized snitching. This is just another step towards Mao’s Cultural Revolution.

Thousands have gathered at the Supreme Court, Freedom Plaza, and elsewhere in Washington, DC, on Saturday, to show support for President Trump. Making their way around police blockades, the crowd chanted, “Whose streets? Our streets!” as they marched. LinkWhile there was a huge group of pro-Trump supporters DC police worked to keep counter-protesters from clashing with Trump supporters, including members of the right-wing Proud Boys movement, at Saturday’s demonstrations, with lines of cops blocking off groups from interacting. Video below: LinkAs Trump supporters started leaving they were met at various points by bigger groups of Antifa counter-protesters. The police were...

Nancy Pelosi has called off a dinner for new Democratic members of Congress after pictures of the event went viral and sparked anger that political leaders were openly flouting COVID restrictions.(snip) On Friday Leigh Ann Caldwell, NBC News correspondent, reported that Democratic and Republican leaders in the House were holding dinners for new members, and posted a photo of a lavish dining room being prepared in the Capitol.(snip) Yet the planned dinner angered many prominent Democrat supporters, upset that their message of respecting CDC guidelines - unlike many Republicans - was being undermined. Chelsea Clinton tweeted: 'Please cancel these in-person...

Explanation: During this northern summer Saturn and Jupiter were both near opposition, opposite the Sun in planet Earth's sky. Their paired retrograde motion, seen about every 20 years, is followed from 19 June through 28 August in this panoramic composite as they wander together between the stars in western Capricornus and eastern Sagittarius. But this December's skies find them drawing even closer together. Jupiter and Saturn are now close, bright celestial beacons in the west after sunset. On solstice day December 21 they will reach their magnificent 20 year Great Conjunction. Then the two largest worlds in the Solar System...

Virgin Galactic was to perform their first human spaceflight of their VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo vehicle from Spaceport America, just south of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, today. The spaceship and crew took off at 10:24 EST (15:24 UTC) firmly attached to their WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft from the runway at Spaceport America. The combined aircraft climbed to altitude before Unity was released at 11:15 EST (16:15 UTC). After release, Unity lit its engine but aborted one second into firing. The ship and pilots executed the proper procedures and brought Unity to a successful, unpowered descent and landing. The crew is safe...

Country legend Charley Pride — cited as an early pioneer for Black musicians in country music — died on Saturday in Dallas, Texas, at the age of 86 due to complications from COVID-19, a statement on his website confirmed. With top hits including “Kiss an Angel Good Morning” and “Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone,” Pride became the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000. He was born in Mississippi in 1934 as the son of a sharecropper. After a brief time serving in the Army and some unsuccessful attempts at becoming a professional baseball...

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The Left last lost their minds over Kyle Rittenhouse in November when he was released on $2 million cash bail. Those who want to eliminate cash bail, like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, said it was an example of our current system being for the privileged. Both Ocasio-Cortez and MSNBC political analyst Mehdi Hasan asked us to imagine if Rittenhouse were a Muslim — would he be allowed to walk free then?

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