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A reward is being offered for information leading to the arrests of those responsible in a church vandalism in Bayou Blue, according to Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre. Webre said on Monday deputies responded to a report of property damage at St. Louis Catholic Church on Bayou Blue Road. Advertisement A bathroom was found to have several areas spray-painted inside and outside. A brick wall behind the rectory and another building were also found to have been vandalized, according to Webre's report. Webre said deputies determined the vandalization occurred sometime between the evening of Dec. 5 to the morning of...

President Donald Trump said he planned to vote absentee this year, although he decries the recent push for all-mail elections. The two methods aren’t interchangeable, but are both subsets of voting by mail. Before the elections, The president reiterated his opposition to mail-in voting, tweeting: “Because of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, 2020 will be the most RIGGED Election in our nation’s history.”Because of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, 2020 will be the most RIGGED Election in our nations history – unless this stupidity is ended. We voted during World War One & World War Two with no problem, but now they are using Covid in...

Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) on Saturday said attorneys for Hunter Biden and James Biden are refusing to cooperate with senate committees. “After issuing our report on September 23 on the conflicts of interest and foreign financial entanglements of the Biden family, Senator Grassley and I have continued to seek information and testimony from the individuals involved,” Johnson said referring to the bombshell senate report on Burisma corruption. "Attorneys for Hunter and James Biden have refused to cooperate with the committees. It should be noted that, collectively, President Trump’s family and associates produced documents and agreed to...

...the President of the United States of AmericaU.S. Constitution - Article IIThe executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows: Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, ....It 'is' the President who should file the lawsuit, and claim that it was the President who was 'injured' from the fact that the 'rules' to appoint Electors were changed in such manner that was...

On Tuesday, Stern inked a new five-year deal with Sirius reportedly worth upwards of $100 million a year. One of radio’s biggest stars for decades, his 2020 net worth is estimated at more than half a billion dollars. Yet if past is prologue, former staffers say rank-and-file employees won’t see their share of the spoils — and that, besides being a penny-pincher, Stern was often a terror to work with. “Worse than Ellen [DeGeneres],” one industry insider told The Post. “The hallway had to be cleared out before he walks down,” said Melendez, whose interviews with celebrities like Gennifer Flowers...

Tweeted videos show an Antifa protester allegedly stabbing Trump supporters in Washington, D.C., on Saturday night. Additional videos show the man being captured by police after the Trump supporters retaliated and took him to the ground. Reports indicate four stabbing victims were transported to local hospitals. A pair of videos tweeted by Mauro Gomez reportedly shows a “BLM/Antifa allegedly stabs 2 Trump supporters.” Part 2 pic.twitter.com/9KZva4Ip4o — Mauro (@mauricioxgomez) December 13, 2020 People surrounding the man can be heard yelling, “Knife, knife, knife.” Photographer Shane B. Murphy reported via Twitter that four patients were transported to D.C. hospitals with varying...

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists estimates that the PLA has increased the number of ballistic missile brigades by around a third Study also estimates that country has around 350 nuclear warheads, most designed for land-based missilesThe Bulletin of Atomic Scientists estimates that the PLA has increased the number of ballistic missile brigades by around a third Study also estimates that country has around 350 nuclear warheads, most designed for land-based missiles

When leaders order shutdowns with no science to back them up, people who get no answers can lose faith that they’re being given the straight story.

The drum kit that late RUSH drummer Neil Peart used on tour and in the studio with the band from 1974 through 1977 fetched more than half a million dollars at an auction this week. The kit, which had a pre-auction estimate of $80,000-$120,000, was sold for $500,312 at a Bonhams auction in Los Angeles. It features blue drum heads stamped with the RUSH logo and one saying "neil" and the other "peart." A 14-inch tom-tom is signed by the drummer. Although RUSH had formed as early as 1968 and had even released its eponymous debut album, it wasn't until...

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Remember when Romney voted to remove President Trump for a perfectly legitimate phone call but dismissed the evidence of Hunter Biden’s serial sleazy business deals as nonsense? With all due respect, what a dumb ass.— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) December 12, 2020

The pants are down and the truth is out "The Five" of the US Supreme Court turned out in reality to be only "The Two". The "Conservative Movement" sales pitch for four "Conservative" justices (Roberts, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett) turned out to be a scam... Day 272 Of The Dictatorship of COVID-19: Trump's Shrewd Response Way back in March President Trump put Vice-President Mike Pence in charge of the coronavirus response leading the White House Coronavirus Task Force with its cast of characters including the high-profile Dr. Anthony Fauci and others like Dr. Robert Redfield of the Centers for Disease...

Jon Bon Jovi's new cover of the classic Christmas song “Fairytale of New York” has resulted in a flurry of negative comments from listeners. He performs the 1987 duet - originally sung by Kirsty MacColl and the Pogues' Shane MacGowan - all by himself, with apparent attempts at an Irish accent in some lines. He also replaced the controversial line “you cheap lousy ******” with “you’ve lost all your swagger.” The performance, taken from a three-track release titled A Jon Bon Jovi Christmas, is available below for those who wish to listen. The song currently has more thumbs-down than thumbs-up...

US Health Authorities Asked to Review Medical Evidence for Prevention and Early Treatment of COVID-19 with IvermectinThe press conference was organized in Houston and featured Professor Joseph Varon, Professor Paul Marik and Professor Pierre Kory.The three distinguished doctors had a simple and urgent message: it’s extremely important to take action to to reduce hospitalizations and deaths.This they argue needs to be done with prevention / prophylaxis and early treatment.They provided a review of existing studies, including the one in a French nursing home, that we also covered recently.Could Scabies Save you from COVID-19?They presented the i-Mask Protocol, which features as...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said in an interview that conservative voters need to head to the polls in the Georgia Senate runoffs in spite of their concerns about election integrity, to deliver a large margin of victory for GOP candidates that would erase any potential machinations on the left. “If you’re a conservative, you have to vote,” Gingrich told The Epoch Times’ “American Thought Leaders” on Dec. 11. “We need to win by a bigger margin than the left can steal. So we need to get every single conservative out.” The Senate runoff, which pits Sens. David Perdue...

Stir Crazy, which was released on Dec. 12, 1980, is a mess of a film, but well worth remembering for two reasons. The first is the comedic synchronicity of stars Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder, and the second is that it was the highest-grossing film domestically (adjusted for inflation) ever made by a black director until Ryan Coogler's Black Panther in 2018. That director was Sidney Poitier, the so-called Jackie Robinson of the film industry. Raised in poverty in the Bahamas, he served a stint working with psychiatric patients during a teenage Army enrollment in World War Ii. Poitier eventually...

Pennsylvania Republicans on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review their claims that Pennsylvania violated the Constitution by allowing anyone to vote by mail. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) and other party members, including congressional candidate Sean Parnell, filed the suit last month, over a state law enacted last year. “Act 77 is the most expansive and fundamental change to the Pennsylvania voting code, implemented illegally, to date,” the suit stated, describing the law as “another illegal attempt to override the limitations on absentee voting prescribed in the Pennsylvania Constitution, without first following the necessary procedure to amend the constitution...

Sixth-graders at Uozaki Elementary School are not allowed to talk at the lunch table to prevent the novel coronavirus from spreading, but that was tougher than usual on Nov. 27. The students could not resist oohing and aahing at the sight of the day’s fare: Kobe beef. “So fatty and it’s tasty!” a student exclaimed. “Very, very tender,” another student said, offering a five-star review. The day’s menu was a bowl of rice topped with prized Japanese “wagyu” beef--not your typical school lunch. At first, Soki Tsutsui decided to set aside the beef bowl until he finished his side dishes....

Arizona’s Republican Party says it’s going to appeal its election integrity case to the U.S. Supreme Court. This comes days after Arizona’s Supreme Court rejected their case. Dr. Kelli Ward the Chairwoman of the Arizona GOP noted that it’s only the third election-related case to go to the Supreme Court. It joins Texas and Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.). Ward announced on Nov. 11 the party would appeal its election integrity case to the nation’s highest court. “Today, it’s the day that you’ve been waiting for. Our case is going to the Supreme Court of the United States,” she said. “If...

Paine's Restaurant and Bar in Hollister is staying open despite San Benito County being in the San Joaquin Valley Region which is under a regional stay-at-home order from the state. Advertisement Restaurant owner, John Kouretas, says he’s staying open to make sure his employees remain employed and can pay their bills. "If you lock it down, they have no place to go," Kouretas said. "How are they going to survive?" Kouretas said he has spent at least $10,000 outfitting an outdoor patio and if he's forced to close, his 40 year business may go under. But he's most concerned with...