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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) - A group of demonstrators lit a small fire around the outside of the Portland Police Association building in North Portland Saturday night. The exterior was also tagged with anti-police sentiments. Portland Police and fire authorities later snuffed the fire. The “autonomous demonstration” began at Arbor Lodge Park and eventually migrated to outside the PPA building, according to Twitter posts. PPB officials said some people are blocking traffic on North Lombard Street near North Campbell Avenue.

A growing number of souls are finally seeing how far down the “slippery slope” we have come. My brother served in World War 2. In 2017 he “checked out of the grand hotel,” a phrase he coined for leaving this world, having left his “kid brother” (me) a wealth of good counsel, encouragement, and files enough to fill a basement. During my high school days he wrote a poem that hit hard and deep at the evil he sensed in his day. The sharpness of it stunned me, all the more since I was a tenderfoot in matters of such...

Until very recently, it would have been hard to imagine anything more iconic of American life than Coca Cola and baseball. Today both remind me of Benito Mussolini’s corporatist – aka, fascist -- game of merging of state and corporate power. The CEOs of these operations should hang their heads in shame and fire their public-relations teams. So should the CEOs of Delta and American Airlines, Black Rock, Cisco, American Express, and American Airlines, who have promoted President Biden’s false assertions that tightening election procedures to bring them back into line -- and in accord with those of civilized Western...

A Manhattan law firm that’s been hammering New York City restaurants and delis with wage-violation suits allegedly served up fudged work records to win money for its clients, court filings claim. In one case, Michael Faillace & Associates filed a complaint for deli grill man Luis Antonio Ortiz, alleging the worker had been stiffed on pay while logging 84 hours a week at the Prince Deli in Harlem in 2017 and 2018. But Ortiz also claimed he worked 84 hours per week during some of the same period at a Brooklyn deli, according to court papers, a claim that led...

Hunter Biden's "Book Of Fairy Tales" will be on the best seller list----for weeks and weeks----a runaway best-seller. The Bidens have hired several companies that travel state to state with a U-haul, buying up huge numbers of Hunter's books. These buy-up businesses know which book stores are used to tally the best seller list

Today we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ — the world’s greatest miracle that changed the course of human history. If you do not believe the Resurrection happened, that is your opinion, but it did happen, and what follows is supporting evidence.The Resurrection is a gift that keeps on giving from God to humanity. Jesus explained this gift: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).That familiar verse is the foundational doctrine of faith — believing in Jesus as the...

Biden’s efforts to restart the nuclear deal with Iran is fraught with unintended consequences. The Biden administration seeks to reinstate the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran and begins next week in Vienna, Austria to negotiate that resurrection through intermediaries, according to the New York Times. That’s not good news for the Middle East and America. However, the Chinese will clearly benefit, thanks to the communist regime’s growing leverage with the Islamic Republic. The 2015 nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was negotiated by then-secretary of State John Kerry, and widely viewed as President Obama’s signature foreign policy...

And he said unto them, Be not amazed: you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified: he is risen; He is not here: behold the place where they laid him.And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you. - Mark 16:6 ‘I am the resurrection, and the life: He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.’ And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? — John 11:...

The Talk Shows April 4th, 2021 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchored by Chris Wallass: National Economic Council Director Brian Deese; Sen. Roy Blunt (RINO-Mo.); Author Michael Osterholm (“Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs”). Senate Chaplain Barry Black. Panel: Doug Heye; Kristin Soltis Anderson; Whine Williams.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Hosted by Chuck U. Toad: Phony bicycle rider Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg; Sen. Roger Wicker (RINO-Miss.). Author Michael Osterholm (“Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs”). Panel: Yamiche Alcindor; María Teresa Kumar; Never Trumper Rich Lowry; Amy Walter, the Cook(ed)...

Whether you realize it or not, we are at war (and I'm not referring to my initials). American institutions, corporations, sports leagues and even the Catholic Church are at war with the American people. But they're about to learn a priceless lesson. The ignorant, politically correct, woke dunces who run these institutions are all committing economic suicide. Why would any company, sports league or religious institution get involved in politics? Why would they risk offending and losing 50 percent or more of their customer base? I'm an SOB (son of a butcher). I learned everything about business from my grandfather...

An AP-NORC poll released Friday morning shows an overwhelming majority of Americans favor requiring a photo ID in order to vote. The poll shows public support for voter reform on both sides of the aisle. Seventy-two percent of those polled supported some sort of voter identification requirements. Ninety-one percent of Republicans backed requiring all voters to provide photo ID in order to vote. Fifty-six percent of Democrats said the same. The poll also found an overall 60 percent of Americans think adults should automatically be registered to vote when they get their driver’s license or any state identification card. Forty-seven...

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Bill Gates owns a minimum of 242,000 acres of U.S. farmland in Washington, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, California and multiple other states Gates has a big vision for all that land, but unfortunately it doesn’t involve organic, biodynamic or regenerative farming methods, which are needed to heal ecosystems and produce truly sustainable, nourishing food for future generations Gates, along with Pat Brown, founder of imitation meat company Impossible Foods, supports GMOs, agricultural chemicals and technology as the future of farming Gates believes switching to synthetic beef is the solution to reducing methane emissions; Impossible Foods was co-funded by Google,...

This Easter season, Americans continue to face political upheaval and the pandemic. But there’s still reason for hope. While their actions may not make national headlines, Americans across the country are performing everyday acts of kindness for their neighbor. And, in doing so, they share a piece of the Easter story – a story of God’s unconditional love.Here are five heartwarming stories of people’s generosity surrounding the holiday, as reported by local media.Montana Couple Gifts Easter Baskets to Families in NeedShawna Morales and her husband Wes began “Operation Easter” several years ago as a way to give back to their...

Hank Aaron is one of baseball’s all-time greats, and its real homerun king. When he passed away in January, it was only natural that Major League Baseball would honor the Braves great throughout the year, and especially at the All-Star Game. It was the perfect setting – the game was set for Atlanta, where Aaron hit many of his record 755 homeruns, including his record-breaking 715th. That honor won’t happen now, as a string of lies has the cowardly MLB moving the game elsewhere thanks to Stacey Abrams, Joe Biden, and the woke mob media that couldn’t do more to...

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A MOTORCYCLE rider who had no licence used his father's details to try and fool police when he was stopped for speeding. Bolton magistrates heard how Barry Hallam, aged 38, was riding a Kawasaki KLX motorbike just before midnight on September 2 last year when police caught him doing 50mph in a 30mph limit on Bury Road, Breightmet. Hallam a produced a compulsory bike test certificate showing a provisional driving licence number. But when he later officially applied for a provisional licence police realised he did not have one at the time of the offence. Karen Hall, defending, said Hallam...

Daniel Kaluuya holding a wine glass© NBC Daniel Kaluuya made his Saturday Night Live debut a memorable one! The Judas and the Black Messiah star took the Studio 8H stage over the weekend, and set the tone for a fun night with a bold and confident monologue. "I know you're hearing my accent and thinking, 'Oh, no, he's not Black! He's British!' I'm here to reassure that I am Black," Kaluuya said with a laugh. "I'm black, and I'm British. Basically, I'm what the royal family was worried the baby would look like."

Wow. Cool to see a pastor call the Calgary Police "Nazi-Gestapo-fascist-sick psychopaths" and run them out of his Church on Passover.

SNIP “I was 14 when [Buddy Holly] died,” McLean says, “which was the same year my father died. It’s all wrapped up together. We basically had no money coming in when my dad left. We were destitute. But the thing I remember most from that time is, Buddy Holly is gone.” It inspired him to write and record his breakout hit, 1971’s “American Pie,” which went on to be named one of the top five songs of the century by the National Endowment for the Arts and RIAA. Stars on the Record Even today, far removed from the tragedy, he...