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Oregon Democrats have introduced legislation that would give $123,000 in reparations to black Oregonians over the course of their lives. According to a copy of the state Senate bill, the government will pay six figures to any person who can demonstrate that they are a descendant of American slaves and have “identified as African-American” on legal documents. The text of the bill directs the state Department of Revenue to establish a reparations payment program to black Oregonians “who can demonstrate heritage in slavery” and provide documentation that they identify as “African-American” for at least 10 years. Recipients must reside in...

The upcoming Bee Gees biopic is set to be directed by award-winning actor and writer Kenneth Branagh, industry publication Deadline reported. The project took shape in 2019 when Graham King, who produced the award-winning Queen movie Bohemian Rhapsody, arranged a deal with the Gibb family, securing the services of surviving band member Barry Gibb as executive producer. Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment became a 25 percent partner and the movie house Sister – established by veterans Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone – were signed up, too. Deadline noted that Gibb was “very involved in the narrative,” which is being...

Great breakdown of the experimental vaccines for the Corona Virus. Must watch if you have yet to get the vaccine.

[Catholic Caucus] IMPORTANT! -- Francis Effect: The End of the Traditional Latin Mass in St. Peter's Basilica The Traditional Mass used to be celebrated hidden, out of sight, in the crypt of the Vatican Basilica (the Hungarian Chapel) from the days of the motu proprio Ecclesia Dei to Summorum.Since the 2007 motu proprio Summorum Pontificum, which recognized that the Traditional Mass had never been abrogated (and in fact could never be so), many priests who have celebrated in the several side altars of St. Peter's have done so by using the 1962 Missal. And it was celebrated daily in...

When I first heard the news about Milo Yiannopoulos repenting of his homosexual lifestyle, I was overjoyed because I have been praying for Milo to turn from his sin and find freedom in Christ. I also know he's been struggling with this for a long time. While I often pray generally for the lost to be saved and for Christians to turn from habitual sins, I leave it to the Holy Spirit to impress upon me the need to fervently pray for specific people when it comes to sin and salvation. Typically, I've met them, and once I got to...

The icon of 'Vertigo' — and Trump target at the 2014 Oscars — reveals what liberated her after years of studio system abuse, her bipolar diagnosis and the untold story behind her rumored romance with Sammy Davis Jr "As much as on the outside I've been vulnerable, I am, on the inside, a strong person," Kim Novak says over Zoom this month, just weeks after her 89th birthday and the publication of her new book, Kim Novak: Her Life and Art. "I've had a lot of obstacles in my life. And I'm here." Novak is not as universally known today...

Welcome to our ongoing coverage of the Minnesota murder trial of Derek Chauvin, over the in-custody death of George Floyd. I am Attorney Andrew Branca for Law of Self Defense, providing guest commentary and analysis of this trial for Legal Insurrection. As a reminder, I am “LIVE Parlering” the trial in real-time over at my Parler account, which you can find using my Parler handle: @LawofSelfDefense. Today the court moved through six prospective jurors: #42, #43, #44, #46, #48, and #49. Two of these essentially took themselves out of the running when they professed exceptional difficulties in being able to...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is quietly maneuvering to field a slate of GOP Senate candidates in critical battleground states, attempting to avoid a repeat of election cycles a decade ago when candidates emerged from primaries only to implode and deny his party the chance to take back the majority. This time around, the wily Kentucky Republican has a high-spending super PAC and he’s prepared to use it. With 20 GOP seats to defend — including five open seats where Republican senators are retiring — compared with 14 seats that Democrats have to defend, McConnell is making clear he’s not...

"Jane" is a 1979 song by Jefferson Starship from the album Freedom at Point Zero. The song peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 14, and spent three weeks at No. 6 on the Cash Box Top 100.Jefferson Starship - "Jane" (1979)

In 2017, I published a Harvard Business School report with Professor Michael Porter that addressed the unhealthy competition in politics created by party primaries and plurality voting, and first proposed this combination of open primaries and instant runoff general elections. The report made its way to Alaska and to Republican political operative Scott Kendall, who had worked for both Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski and independent former Gov. Bill Walker. Inspired, Kendall wrote a bold ballot initiative around Final-Four Voting, a close sibling to Final-Five. It passed. No more party primaries in Alaska. The effect is already evident. As one of...

For a revolutionary, the world is worthless and merits annihilation. Someone who thinks so must loathe life. “There is no greater joy, there is no better music than a crushing sound of smashed bones and lives,” a Bolshevik poet echoed in a hymn to obliteration. The Nazis “were destroyers,” argued psychologist Erich Fromm. “They hated not only their enemies, they hated life itself.” A zeal for annihilation is at the core of extremism, no matter what the orientation. Remarkably, emotional rejection of the world almost always precedes the destroyers’ ideological justification of a plan for its ruin. Nihilists at the...

On Thursday, CNN political commentator [and Self-Avowed Communist] Van Jones praised President Joe Biden’s address on the coronavirus pandemic as a calling to a “deeper patriotism.” [Self-Avowed Communist] Jones said, “I just think that he is the guy we need right now. When he talked about I’m going to heal the soul of America, a lot of people thought that was some corny stuff. But to see the president of the United States standing up there, he didn’t say you need me. He said I need you. I mean, my God, that is —isn’t that it? We need each other....

California’s proposed ethnic studies curriculum urges students to chant to the Aztec deity of human sacrifice. Next week, the California Department of Education will vote on a new statewide ethnic studies curriculum that advocates for the “decolonization” of American society and elevates Aztec religious symbolism—all in the service of a left-wing political ideology. The new program, called the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, seeks to extend the Left’s cultural dominance of California’s public university system, 50 years in the making, to the state’s entire primary and secondary education system, which consists of 10,000 public schools serving a total of 6 million...

A year into the pandemic, a lot has changed. And we're reminded of that every time we go outside (if we go outside). Masks have joined the traditional don't-leave-home-without-them trifecta of keys, wallets and phones - and they are here to stay. There are folks who hate them, who can't breathe through them, or who think they're a sign of political oppression. But for others, the widespread use of masks has made the past year one of liberation. With a mask, you can sing in the grocery store, talk to yourself on a walk, grimace in the gym, leave the...

The massive Interstate 70 construction project in central Denver is not only going to take almost a year longer than planned to complete, the state highway agency has now indicated that it’s also going to end up costing between $100 million and $150 million dollars more than the originally-planned $1.2 billion price tag. Taxpayers are only on the hook for $12 million in extra costs, thanks to a refinancing arrangement between state and federal highway agencies and the construction company working on the project that will cover the rest. Colorado Department of Transportation officials refuse to provide the precise cost...

Today, the city of Minneapolis announced a $27 million settlement with the family of George Floyd. The family had sued the city for the alleged wrongful death of Floyd. The announcement comes as the trial of Derek Chauvin proceeds through its early stages. The court is in the midst of selecting a jury. Given its timing, the announcement looks to me like an attempt to prevent Chauvin from getting a fair trial, assuming there was ever any chance of him getting one in Minneapolis. But even if I’m wrong in saying that this is the city’s motive, it is almost...

The Trojan Horse of the Amazon SynodDevolving Christianity to paganismHere in America, the ill-famed Amazon Synod may not have had the repercussions that were felt in Latin America — most especially in Brazil, whose territory includes most of the Amazonian forest. Traditionally, the largest Catholic country in the world, Brazil today is being bled white with the eruption of tens of thousands of evangelical groups, sects and megachurches. Pachamama in the Vatican The loss of faith is also a result of the loss of piety among the faithful, caused by modernist clergy.Church Militant has reported on the idolatrous, pagan rituals...

Anyone my age will remember the delightful stories of Paul Harvey, who used to explain the 'unexplained' facts of history in a very colorful way. This story was passed on to me from a dear friend, who knew my interest in how the United States and Britain were able to overcome the Germans in the 'Battle of Britain' and other critical World War II aerial battles. Here is the story, exactly as written: World War II - Aviation Gasoline It seems that the German and British aircraft both used87 octane gasolinein the first two years of the war. While that...