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If Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the freshman House member from Georgia, were a Democrat rather than a Republican, she would be a party and media darling. She’s courageous, principled, and is willing to go to the mat for her constituents. However, because she’s a Republican, the media treats her like the second coming of Hitler, and quislings in the Republican party routinely denounce her to appease CNN and the New York Times. That’s why the GOP shut down Greene’s pro-American, completely non-racist, America First Caucus plan Accept that the GOP and its leadership have morphed into the conservative arm of...

Three people were killed and two others were seriously injured in a shooting early Sunday at a crowded Wisconsin bar, prompting a two-state search for at least one gunman who authorities said targeted the victims. Gunfire broke out inside and outside the Somers House Tavern in Kenosha, Wisconsin, around 12:42 a.m. when a man who had been kicked out of the bar returned with a handgun and opened fire, Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said at a news conference Sunday morning. "We don't believe this was a random act," Beth said. "From what I've been told, the three people who...

Brandon Hole, the 19-year-old who the police say fatally shot eight people at a FedEx facility on Thursday night, legally purchased two semiautomatic rifles he used in the attack more than six months earlier, according to the chief of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. In March of 2020, the police had seized a shotgun from Mr. Hole after his mother raised concerns about his mental state, records show. But, Chief Randal Taylor said, the fact that Mr. Hole was legally able to make the more recent gun purchases indicates that, despite his mother’s warning and the police seizure of a...

On ThisWeek, on ABC [Sunday morning, April.18.2021], Floyd's lawyer, Ben Crump answered Martha Raddatz question what he would say if Chauvin will be found not guilty. He spoke of "emotional protests" and had sharp words to all, including President Biden who say that it's "tragic but that riots, looting is not OK." Well, they should add that killing black people is not OK. ___ Not sure how the term 'tragic' doesn't cover that...

April 18, 2021 3rd Sunday of Easter St. John Cantius Catholic Church – Chicago, IL Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 3:13-15,17-19 ©You killed the prince of life: God, however, raised him from the deadPeter said to the people: ‘You are Israelites, and it is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, who has glorified his servant Jesus, the same Jesus you handed over and then disowned in the presence of Pilate after Pilate had decided to release him. It was you who accused the Holy One, the Just One, you who demanded the...

WASHINGTON, Wednesday, April 17, 1861. Nothing could be more untrue than all the statements that there has been any disagreement between the President and Gen. SCOTT, relative to the recent attempt to supply Fort Sumter with provisions. Gen. SCOTT, as is well known, advised that the Government had not at command regular forces sufficient to reinforce the Fort by force, because before that could be done, the battle must be fought ashore and won against all the secession batteries and troops. The President did not order an effort to reinforce it, and Gen. SCOTT was not called upon for, nor...

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it,” wrote G. K. Chesterton. Those who hold their beliefs strongly can laugh at the world, their predicaments, and themselves. Those without confidence in their beliefs cannot laugh at all, for fear the whole thing will come crumbling down. Of course the same applies to political beliefs, too, which are often now a mere stand-in for religious ideas.Comedian Samantha Bee recently remarked that she can’t make fun of Joe Biden in the same way she made fun of Donald Trump, admitting that she pulls her punches when...

There are, I think, many on the left who really don’t want to see covid hysteria end. Ever, or at least until it can be replaced by something else. Thus, deep-blue Oregon is contemplating a permanent mask-wearing requirement. A top health official is considering indefinitely extending rules requiring masks and social distancing in all businesses in the state. The proposal would keep the rules in place until they are “no longer necessary to address the effects of the pandemic in the workplace.” Michael Wood, administrator of the state’s department of Occupational Safety and Health, said the move is necessary to...

A former Hudson middle school teacher pleaded not guilty Friday to charges she repeatedly raped a 13-year-old girl a decade ago after meeting her at the school where she worked and where the child was a seventh-grader. Caitlin Harding, 37, of Wellesley, was arraigned via Zoom in Middlesex Superior Court on one count of rape of a child by force, three counts of aggravated rape of a child, and six counts of indecent assault and battery of a child under 14.

The NYPD pulled over Christopher Stoney at West 16th Street because of the air rifle atop his Hummer. A rapper and fashion mogul out of Philly found out the streets of New York are no place for a Hummer with a roof-mounted long gun — even if it’s just an air rifle that shoots promo T-shirts. ...the vehicle’s massive, four-foot-long air rifle somehow caught the eye of cops “I’m sorry to say but the NYPD is about to confiscate my cannon off my truck. This s–t is crazy right now, man. They’re taking it,” he said in the clip.

A World War II era aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in the ocean during the Cocoa Beach Air Show on Saturday. Officials said a TBM Avenger performing in the warbird parade had a mechanical issue and the pilot was able to bring the plane down close to the shore. Rescue personnel were immediately on scene and the pilot is OK, officials said.

Images of a modified Land Rover designed by the Duke of Edinburgh to carry his coffin The Duke of Edinburgh began creating his own hearse in collaboration with Land Rover in 2003, the year he turned 82. The duke, who served in the Royal Navy in World War Two, requested that the original Belize Green bodywork be switched to Dark Bronze Green, a colour used for many military Land Rovers. The Defender was made at Land Rover's factory in Solihull and the duke oversaw the modifications for several years, making the final adjustments in 2019, the year he turned 98....

The big day is nearly here for the team behind NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity, who've spent six years developing the first aircraft to fly on the Red Planet. On Monday (April 19), the ultra-lightweight robot will try taking off into the Martian sky and if it succeeds, this maneuver will be the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. Ingenuity is scheduled to take off at 3:30 a.m. EDT (0730 GMT) on Monday, but its flight controllers are wary. If Ingenuity makes it off the Martian ground, NASA will broadcast a livestream of the first test flight data as it...

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth then he rested from his work and said it is all good. Then the fall, Adam defaulted on his position of authority and Satan took authority over the world; then the sons of God looked at the daughters of men, and they produced giants who were violent. God said he would not always strive with mankind so he put a hundred and twenty year age limit to life. But he was grieved by the violence and corruption and decided to wipe out mankind. One man, Noah, found grace in the...

Don Siegel died thirty years ago - April 20th 1991- and millions of folks who care not a jot or tittle about the names of movie directors surely know at least one Siegel scene. Here is Clint Eastwood five decades ago in Dirty Harry, with one of the most quoted lines of cinematic dialogue of the last half-century:Dirty HarrySuch a scene would be unthinkable today - if only because a contemporary audience wouldn't be rooting for the cop. The whole thing would be caught on a hundred cellphones, and the punk would be George Floyd and the policeman discharging the...

A group of Catholic priests has come out in support of a bill that would require all adoption agencies that receive federal funding to place children with same-sex couples.The Association of U.S. Catholic Priests, which describes itself as “a pastoral voice of compassion, hope and joy in our pilgrim church and world,” has expressed support for the "Every Child Deserves a Family Act."According to the Lepanto Institute, a research and education organization dedicated to preserving the traditional teachings of the Catholic Church, the bill “would effectively shut down the adoption services of Catholic Charities by mandating homosexual adoptions as well...

Star and estranged wife continue to squabble over how much money De Niro should have to pay her until 2004 prenup kicks in

A new police state has been established just north of the states of Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. The Province of Ontario is home to over 38% of the population of Canada and is 55% bigger in area than the State of Texas, and it is now acting like a nightmarish police state.. ... The Ontario government is giving police temporary powers to enforce its stay-at-home order and allowing them to stop individuals and vehicles and ask their reasons for leaving their homes. Solicitor General Sylvia Jones made the announcement Friday afternoon as part of the new measures...

On Monday the attorneys will make their closing arguments and Judge Cahill will instruct the jury in the law. The jury will be sequestered during their deliberations. They will begin deliberations with the election of a foreman. I would guess that the jury will return with a verdict by Wednesday. Chauvin rested his defense on Thursday with the invocation of his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. I am not a juror in the case and am free to draw my own inferences from Chauvin’s silence. I always infer guilt from silence. I was surprised by how far the case departed...

*snip*...every time I read a story that says a “data breach’ is being weaponized for political benefit, my immediate reaction is now to dismiss the oft claimed “hackers” and focus on the most likely source of privacy weaponization: the known and intentional intrusion by government officials and contractors.