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Explanation: Bright elliptical galaxy Messier 87 (M87) is home to the supermassive black hole captured by planet Earth's Event Horizon Telescope in the first ever image of a black hole. Giant of the Virgo galaxy cluster about 55 million light-years away, M87 is the large galaxy rendered in blue hues in this infrared image from the Spitzer Space telescope. Though M87 appears mostly featureless and cloud-like, the Spitzer image does record details of relativistic jets blasting from the galaxy's central region. Shown in the inset at top right, the jets themselves span thousands of light-years. The brighter jet seen on...

Let's hope common sense will prevail in this racially charged environment in order to prevent retaliation No, I’m not trying to be an alarmist, just a pragmatist, from what I’ve heard and seen recently. There are people in our country who base their whole existence on undermining the United States, and most of them are U.S. citizens, not foreign interlopers. Starting in the 1960s, we’ve had a string of violent, anarchistic groups that have caused havoc all around the country leading up to today’s extra violent groups who are using the “race card” to foment disorder. One of the “fathers”...

That'll learn Putin to interfere with our elections.

Rusty Young, a cofounder of Poco and the band's only constant member since its formation in 1968, has died. He was 75. An official statement released by his record company notes that Young died yesterday of a heart attack at his home in Davisville, Mo. Young was born Norman Russell Young on Feb. 23, 1946, in Long Beach, Calif., but was raised in Denver. He began playing lap steel when he was young and performed in various country and psych-rock bands during his teenage years. By 1967, Young had relocated to Los Angeles, where he befriended Richie Furay, a member...

Photo via Gage SkidmoreAs we’ve reported on several recent occasions, the liberal media’s onslaught against Fox News host Tucker Carlson continues at full throttle as the left’s attempt to rid the airwaves of its most-feared — and fearless — enemy rolls on; an effort unequaled in recent times.Sure, CNN went after Sean Hannity every now and then during the Trump administration, but Hannity lacks the depth of insight and foresight, critical thinking capabilities, and intellectual chops of Tucker Carlson, not to mention Hannity served as the hood ornament of the Trump fan bus every night without for fail for more...

Yahoo made me change the pass word to my email that I've had since 1998, lost the pass word and can't get it back. I do NOT want yahoo again. Also need to know how to notify F.R. of the change.

It is pointless to seek a rationale behind the abuses that our ruling class inflicts upon us daily. The civilized instinct to understand one’s opponent, to get to know why he thinks what he thinks and maybe reach some compromise with him, is nothing more at this point than a wearisome exercise in futility. Why is COVID-19, which has a 98% survival rate, a threat great enough to bring all human life on earth grinding to a halt, whereas a vaccine against COVID-19 must be yanked from circulation if (much like birth control) it causes clotting in a small number...

The founders created the electoral college to make sure that large states did not dominate small ones in presidential elections, that power between Congress and state legislatures will be balanced, and that there would be checks and balances in the constitutional system. This spring, numerous candidates for president expressed support for either abolishing or changing the Electoral College and today House Democrats have introduced a resolution to abolish the electoral college. Twitter LinkThe National Archives reports that over the past 200 years more than 700 proposals have been introduced in Congress to reform or eliminate the Electoral College – without...

Part I: American patriots will have a very tough row to hoe, and armed conflict may be closer than I thought In recent months I have written several articles ending with the question: What are we (you) going to do about it? As the nature of our Marxist government and the capitulation of more businesses and individuals to Marxism is revealed more and more each day, we have to do something. There are those that think armed confrontation is necessary, and some day that may be the last remaining solution. The America I see today isn’t the America I grew...

Jim Jordan completely exposes FauxChi. Little Tony boy can't give direct answers to questions. FauxChi clearly states he does not care about American's liberties. He can't tell us the metrics for herb immunity or when this is over. If you want to raise your blood pressure, watch this video.

.......the confessional memoir by Presidential ne’er do well son Hunter Biden is a flop after one week. NPD Book Scan says the book, in which Hunter whines about being a drug addict who slept around and has no memory of fathering a child, has sold just 10,000 copies in its first week. For a celebrity book with so much PR, TV appearances, etc, that’s not a lot. On Amazon, it once ranked at number 130 and is now 177. Nevertheless, an early surge of sales based on Biden’s appearance on “CBS Sunday Morning” puts “Beautiful Things” at number 4 on...

Vatican to host conference featuring COVID jab developers, Big Tech leaders, Fauci and Chelsea ClintonVaccine developers, Mormon elders, pro-abortion Chelsea Clinton, population control advocate Jane Goodall, a New Age activist, a prominent UK Muslim scholar, and a pro-abortion American actress known for posing nude, are all speakers at an upcoming Vatican conference on ‘health.’ There are only two Catholic clergy listed amongst the 114 speakers. VATICAN CITY, April 15, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – The Vatican has announced its fifth International Health Conference on “Exploring the Mind, Body & Soul,” and will host scores of globalist and abortion-promoting speakers such as Chelsea...

Twitter permanently banned Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe on Thursday, accusing the controversial right-wing personality of violating the social network’s spam and platform manipulation rules — but O’Keefe says he plans on suing Twitter in response. O’Keefe’s suspension is permanent, a Twitter spokesperson told Forbes. The spokesperson cited Twitter’s platform manipulation and spam rules, which prohibit users from running fake accounts and using multiple accounts to “artificially amplify or disrupt conversations,” though the company did not point to a specific infraction. O’Keefe told Forbes in a statement he plans on suing Twitter for defamation next week, denying that he ever...

Top progressive pol Sen. Bernie Sanders is breaking with his left-wing protégés over their calls to defund the police in the wake of the killing of Daunte Wright. Speaking to CNN Wednesday, Sanders (I-Vt.) said he did not agree with Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) over her call for “no more policing, incarceration, and militarization” after the killing of Wright, a black man who died at the hands of a white police officer. “No I don’t,” Sanders replied when asked if he concurred with his fellow progressive, who has been joined in her calls by fellow Squad members Reps. Ilhan Omar...

This week, Project Veritas released a video of Charlie Chester, a CNN technical director, talking to a woman who recorded him during what he thought were "dates"; she had purposely targeted him and videoed him surreptitiously. While you might not agree with her tactics, her videos reveal that CNN was involved in what proved to be a successful media campaign to control the political process. "Look what we did, we got Trump out. I am 100% going to say it, and I 100% believe that, if it wasn't for CNN, I don't know that Trump would have got voted out,"...

Former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Brian Harrison, will send out a release Wednesday, saying he has support from over 100 former Trump officials, the Daily Caller has learned. According to a press release first obtained by the Caller, Harrison says he has picked up the endorsements or donations from over 100 former senior Trump officials who served with him in Trump’s administration. Harrison is running for the vacant House seat in Texas’ 6th district. In the release, Harrison’s campaign touts the endorsement of Ambassador Andrew Bremberg, a former domestic...

Obama’s presidency ushered in a new way of doing business between Democrats and corporate America. Donations weren’t enough. Oversight and congressional hearings weren’t enough. This time the big guy would personally inject himself into every transaction and just like any classic movie mobster, President Obama reminded them once government was on the inside there would be no autonomy. They would play by his rules, or else.

City officials have released videos and other material showing what happened the night police fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo.

Don Pietro Leone: Chains of Evil oday, Rorate would have been posting the next installment of the series from the book “The Council and the Eclipse of God” had Don Pietro not sent us his contribution to the ongoing debate on the CoronaVirus vaccination. It’s not too short and not too long and as usual beautifully written from the perspective of moral theology. Don Pietro’s love for God, Souls and Truth are paramount, as is evident in this article, a 'must read' for those seeking guidance in this important matter of the Covid 19 vaccines. Devastating is his list...

Don’t you love all of these companies who are going “woke?” Trust me, they’re all gonna go broke when this is all said and done. Americans have had it with this corporate activism. These companies will get the exact same treatment that Hollywood and sports franchises have gotten…and that’s abysmal ratings, loss of respect, and a bunch of pissed-off fans. That’s the only place this path leads to – a sad and lonely existence spread-eagle on the altar of progressivism. But they don’t care right now – all these hypocrites want to do is score some quick progressive brownie points....