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Fifty years ago, baseball was more entertaining than it is now, in my opinion. Walks, strikeouts, and home runs may (or may not) be baseball’s only “true outcomes,” but they are less fun to watch than fielding gems, triples, and the hit-and-run. Unfortunately, the analytics revolution has made the hit-and-run nearly extinct. And its emphasis on strikeouts and home runs means fewer balls in play, and thus less excitement on the bases and in the field. Yet, as entertaining as baseball was fifty years ago, games were not that well attended — not nearly as well attended as they are...

Josh Duggar's younger sister, Jinger Vuolo, has broken her silence over his child pornography charges. * * * Jinger, 27, and her husband Jeremy Vuolo, 33, reacted swiftly to Duggar's charges after they were made public Friday. "We are disturbed to hear of the charges against Josh. While this case must go through the legal system, we want to make it clear that we absolutely condemn any form of child abuse and fully support the authorities and judicial process in their pursuit of justice," the couple wrote in a statement shared to Instagram.

SpaceX's Crew-1 Dragon spacecraft, called Resilience, is scheduled to undock from the space station at 8:35 p.m. EDT (0035 GMT) after delays due to bad weather at its splashdown site on Earth. The spacecraft will return NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, Shannon Walker and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi home after six months in space. You can watch SpaceX's Crew-1 Dragon undocking here and on the Space.com homepage, courtesy of NASA TV. NASA's livestream will begin at 6 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT) and will continue until splashdown, which is scheduled for Sunday at 2:57 a.m. EDT (0657...

If you’re going to pull up in a van to try and roll some dude pumping gas, you really should realize that your mark will be holding a weapon capable of spraying a noxious, dangerous, highly flammable liquid all over you.

And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. 1 Samuel 18:7 The Democrat Cult is proof you never want to belong to a cult. It is a manmade religion which believes in feelgoodism. If something makes you feel good then it is good and if it makes you feel bad it is a sin. The problem is man decides what is good and bad. The latest doxology of the religion which is completely impossible to keep up with is wearing the mask. The mask has no medical...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Biden administration has announced a ban on pumpkin spice-flavored beverages for the good of the white girl community, sources confirmed Thursday. Joe Biden made the announcement in his speech last night and signed an executive order banning the beverage this morning. "Look, we want the white girls to be per---pretty, to be pretty and nice and healthy and smell, you know, the thing, to smell good," Biden said in his speech, which was heralded as "clear and coherent" and a "refreshing return to normalcy" by the press. "So, we're getting rid of the pumpkin spice Fraps. You know,...

It appears that there may be yet another major cover-up going on because the people dying are alleged to be those who were vaccinated. The people seem to be rising up against those in government imposing vaccines and lockdowns...

A few days after 48 GOP senators including McConnell and former chairs of Judiciary committee voted to put her in charge of DOJ, Monaco reportedly signed off on the Giuliani warrant. As I wrote here, GOP once again handing matches to Obama/Biden arsonists: ... On Wednesday, 48 Republican senators—including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and two former chairmen of the Senate Judiciary Committee—voted to confirm Lisa Monaco as Biden’s deputy attorney general. (Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ted Cruz of Texas voted no.) Monaco, as I explained here, is an Obama confidante who played a key role in...

BUREAUCRATS in the US who have ignored evidence of UFOs must face a “reckoning”, a former British defense official has said. Former UK Ministry of Defence UFO investigator Nick Pope told Fox News’ Tucker Carlson a soon to be published report must give clear explanations for encounters. His comments come and ex-Pentagon investigator Luis Elizondo said the failure to identify the UFOs flying over the US could the country’s biggest intelligence failure since 9/11. Pope said the report, from the Pentagon, and U.S intelligence agencies could highlight "a potential catastrophic failure of intelligence". "If it happened because skeptical bureaucrats were...

It’s the good and the bad for the cruise industry in the United States this week. While the CDC pushed through significant changes to the Conditional Sail Order that will see Cruise operations from the US starting in July of this year, The US Senate blocked an attempt to see some of the Alaskan cruise season saved and allow cruise ships to bypass Canada. While it is disappointing, the news does keep the door open for the cruise industry, although chances are becoming minimal. No Changes to Passenger Vessel Services Act Senator Lisa Murkowski has been front and center of...

Details from an unpublished Israeli Health Ministry report into the side effects of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine have raised concerns that there could be a link between the second shot and several dozen cases of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, particularly in men under 30, Channel 12 reported Friday. The concerns come from an intermediate report that was presented to ministry heads and to Pfizer in recent weeks, the TV report said. Excerpts from the leaked report stressed that investigators had not conclusively proved a link, but that they had significant concerns. “The findings were presented to the Pfizer...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper granted a pardon of innocence Friday to a man imprisoned for two decades before his two murder convictions were vacated more than four years ago by a trial judge. The pardon means Darryl Anthony Howard, who is now 58, can apply to the North Carolina Industrial Commission for compensation of up to $750,000 for his wrongful convictions.

The office of D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine said that it would offer to seal the arrest records of roughly 220 people detained for violating curfew orders in June during protests over the police killing of George Floyd.Racine, a Democrat, in his announcement Thursday, said his office would send letters about the offer to those arrested in June 2020 in Washington, D.C., according to The Washington Post.Those who receive the letter already know they are not being prosecuted, and an affirmative response to the offer will result in the office filing a motion to seal the person's records.

"Yeah, he did it all the time," said Kellogg, citing "the fact that he went over there, and the fact that he talked to Zarif to send a very, very strong countermessage to what we were trying to do out there." Kellogg dismisses the defense that Kerry only shared information that was already public. "Well, you don't — even if it's public record, you never acknowledge classified operations," he said. "You don't. The press may get it, but you don't acknowledge it ... and now this is public record … you put it out there that that's what the Israelis...

Incumbent party chairman reportedly installed after upstart won do-over election. In Fulton County, incumbent chairman Trey Kelly reportedly lost his bid for reelection to newcomer Susan Opraseuth, with Ospraseuth touting her outsider status compared to Kelly's three terms in that role since 2015. Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green wrote on Twitter on Thursday that Kelly had actually won an initial election, though she claimed the final tally contained "more votes than voters," after which a second election put Ospraseuth ahead. Yet the Fulton GOP nevertheless "awarded [Kelly] his chairmanship back," Greene claimed, "on appeal of a supposed technicality of words...

OUR WASHINGTON DISPATCHES. WASHINGTON, Tuesday, April 30. Senator HUNTER, W.C. RIVES, W.D. PRESTON, Judge CAMDEN and BROCKENBROUGH have been appointed by the Virginia Convention as delegates to the Southern Congress. The report of the release of Gen. HARNEY by the Gov. of Virginia, is verified. This, however, is a matter of indifference in Administration circles. He has arrived in Washington. The Virginia Convention has passed an ordinance establishing the Navy of Virginia and authorizing the banks to issue one and two dollar notes. The Navy Department is to put sea-going vessels on their guard. The light-houses at Cape Henry and...

Okay my friends.How do we fight the catch phrases like 'income inequality'? Makes us the defensive right off the bat. They just have to point to the obvious wealth out there to say it's unfair. 'No one working 40 hours/week should live in poverty.' Blowing them off doesn't do anything for the younger generation-communist. They're lost. College loans, putting off marriage, investing in Obamacare they don't need. Major surgery is needed and the poverty pimps have an easier time stroking resentment while we quietly go about our business. What's the solution?

Conservatism’s Overdue Divorce From Corporatism & Its Sleaziest Characters[Buck Throckmorton]Why is Target’s CEO becoming such a prominent advocate for woke, left wing politics?Target CEO Brian Cornell says George Floyd “could have been one of my Target team members”Target CEO Brian Cornell says George Floyd’s murder pushed him to do more about racial equity, diversityPerhaps it’s because he is looting the company, and his becoming a prominent social justice warrior is an attempt to distract and seek protection from the redistributionists on the left.Target CEO Brian Cornell's total compensation rises to $77.5MOne of the great things about the political realignment going...

Just perfect timing for the communist MayDay holiday release. What a surprise.

Former Bruins player and color commentator Johnny Peirson has died at age 95. Peirson played in two NHL All-Star games, hit the 20-goal plateau four times, and finished his career with 153 goals and 173 assists for 326 points in 545 games. He joined the WBZ radio broadcast booth in 1969 and called games alongside play-by-play announcer Fred Cusick. They then transitioned to television together, where they announced Bruins games for 18 years.