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CINCINNATI, OH—A catcher for the Cincinnati Reds was ejected from a home game today after he was caught flashing several racist hand signals to the pitcher. "We are shocked and saddened by this overt display of white supremacy from one of our players," said MLB commissioner Rob Manfred. "This is not who we are. We stand with the BIPOC community who is no doubt feeling so much pain and trauma after being forced to see such horrific racism during one of our games." According to witnesses, Cincinnati catcher Bugs "Sluggo" O'Callahan flashed several evil hand signals during the game, including:...

Every time I turned on the television to get an update on the George Floyd murder case, the very first thing I saw was Al Sharpton at the podium playing master of Ceremonies. It made me want to throw up. What makes him think that we always want to hear his mouth every time we turn on the television set? . Sharpton never fails to turn the most sober occasion into a three-ring circus. He’s a hearse chaser who never had a real job. He’ll preach, he’ll snitch for the FBI, or he’ll chase hearses. But now he’s got the...

Of the 14 cases, one patient, who tested positive for COVID-19 three months ago, developed myocarditis after their first dose of vaccine. The remaining 13 patients developed myocarditis after their second vaccine doses. Eleven received the Moderna vaccine; three got Pfizer. Military.com reporter Steve Beynon, 30, a member of the Washington, D.C., National Guard, is among the 14 military patients who developed myocarditis after his second dose of the Moderna vaccine. He was hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in February and spent nearly three days in the ICU, but returned to work and has since performed his...

Republican and Democratic (Senate) leaders said that incidents similar to the suspected “directed” radio frequency attacks on U.S. diplomats in recent years appear to be increasing. Sens. ( Mark Warner (D-Va.)) and Marco (R-Fla.) said they’ve been aware for nearly five years about mysterious attacks targeting U.S. government (officials in Havana Cuba) and elsewhere. Some have speculated that it may be a type of “sonic weapon,” and victims are said to develop illnesses known as “Havana syndrome.”“This pattern of attacking our fellow citizens serving our government appears to be increasing. The Senate Intelligence Committee intends to get to the bottom...

Signs of our time and prophesy in the news: — Finnish MP faces 6 years in prison for sharing Bible verses on marriage, sexuality — The country’s chief prosecutor has brought three criminal charges against Finnish Member of Parliament and former Minister of the Interior, Päivi Räsänen, according to the Austria-based Christian legal group ADF International. Räsänen, A Christian member of the Finnish Parliament is facing six years imprisonment for allegedly committing three crimes, including “hate speech,” for sharing her opinion on marriage and human sexuality on social media, on television and in a pamphlet. - MP PersecutedJudge denies gov’t...

NASA has suspended work on SpaceX’s new $2.9 billion lunar lander contract while a federal watchdog agency adjudicates two protests over the award, the agency said Friday... Elon Musk's SpaceX was picked by NASA on April 16th to build the agency's first human lunar lander since the Apollo program, as the agency opted to rely on just one company for a high-profile contract that many in the space industry expected to go to two companies... SpaceX’s private Starship development will likely continue.A digital illustration of SpaceX's Starship lunar lander sitting on the Moon's surface, as proposed to NASA under its...

I'm surprised that this has not been "canceled" by the fascist brownshirt "wokesters".

Louisville, KY — This won’t be news to most of you, but the so-called “fact checkers” can’t be trusted. However, recently Congressman Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) exposed the profit motive of one of the projects of factcheck.org, that being the COVID-19 Vaccination Project which purports to be some independent “fact checkers” exposing false claims on the experimental vaccines. Who funds that “independent” project? Well, it’s the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation which holds $1.9 billion in Johnson & Johnson stock. Oh, and it’s CEO is Richard Besser, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) under President Barack Obama. On...

Rep. David Trone (D-Md) and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif) have introduced legislation that would bar employers from inquiring into the criminal history of job applicants. Specifically prohibited is asking a job applicant if he has a criminal record before offering the person a job. Waters explained that "criminals have just as much right to a job as anyone else. Yet, if potential employers are allowed to poke around for evidence of crimes that may have been committed by applicants they are apt not to hire them. This is part of the systemic racism we are trying to eliminate in this...

Nigel Farage, a former member of the European Parliament and the man who championed Brexit for a quarter century before successfully championing the breakup, reveals that he recently met with President Donald Trump in Florida and sees cause for optimism in the political climate of the United States. Writing in the Express, Farage says he believes that President Trump will run for President again in 2024, and will win the election, buoyed by a groundswell of populist support. “My first stop was to see an old friend. President Trump looked fit and well at his Mar-a-Lago base and is very...

Prosecutors brought an indictment alleging that former Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan, while working for downtown developers, set up a job for the family member of a city commissioner; had his company hire a relative of a City Council aide; and proposed a fake consulting contract with another city staffer’s mother. Such job offers, even modest ones, were a way of greasing the wheels of the city bureaucracy, prosecutors allege. Experts say indirect bribes can be more difficult to uncover than a typical quid pro quo in which someone gives money directly to a government official. In one example, prosecutors accuse...

The Biden administration on Saturday appointed Vice President Kamala Harris to chair the National Space Council, according to senior administration officials. Harris confirmed her new position on Twitter, writing: "As I've said before: In America, when we shoot for the moon, we plant our flag on it. I am honored to lead our National Space Council." According to an official, Kamala intends to put her own personal stamp on the council. Her priorities are focused on policies including the advancement of STEM education, cybersecurity, supporting the long-term sustainability of commercial space activity, and diversity in the workforce, CNN reported. The...

A new report backs up news accounts that the Iranian official who was caught on a leaked audio tape saying John Kerry told him about Israeli attacks on Iranian interests in Syria insisted Kerry was his first source of information about the attacks. Last week, The New York Times reported that Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told an interviewer conducting an oral history project that Kerry had told him Israel had struck around 200 Iranian targets in Syria. A tape of the interview was leaked. According to the translation published by The Times in a follow-up report, the comment...

A powerful teachers’ union was influencing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and their recommendations for school reopening since right after Joe Biden took office. Based on bombshell emails released through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, it seems clear that this “influence” went far beyond recommendations. They were calling the shots. All the while, we’ve continuously heard that science is guiding these recommendations. Questions being asked about the efficacy of closing down schools and keeping children at home for a disease that is far less deadly to them than the flu have been quashed. Now, it...

British businesses, schools, property, and critical infrastructure have reportedly been bought up by Chinese investors to the tune of £135 billion, doubling previous estimates. Companies or investors from communist-run China have been revealed to own stakes in infrastructure projects such as Thames Water, Heathrow airport, and UK Power Networks. The Chinese have also bought some £57 billion in shares in FTSE 100 companies as well as some £10 billion in property throughout Britain. The scale of Chinese investment in the United Kingdom has significantly ramped up over the past few years, according to an investigation by the Sunday Times, which...

We are seeing substantial inflation," Buffett said at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting broadcast exclusively by Yahoo Finance. "We are raising prices. People are raising prices to us, and it's being accepted." Buffett called out much higher steel costs impacting Berkshire's housing and furniture businesses. Subramanian thinks investors could see a "robust" rebound in inflation in coming months in the wake of the latest round of C-suite commentary. "Inflation is arguably the biggest topic during this earnings season, with a broad array of sectors (Consumer/Industrials/Materials, etc.) citing inflation pressures," Subramanian notes. Proctor & Gamble said recently it would begin...

[Catholic Caucus] Calamity: Naples' Blood Relic AGAIN Fails To Liquify (Video)The blood of San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples, has NOT liquefied on Saturday in the local cathedral. It is the second time in a row that the miracle didn't take place.The event is supposed to happen three times a year: on September 19 (Saint Januarius's Day), on December 16 (Saint Januarius's patronage of Naples), and on the Saturday before the first Sunday of May (reunification of his relics).Naples new Archbishop Domenico Battaglia, 58, the one who prefers sitting on the floor when preaching in a basilica, was appointed...

Nuts to the Natives“When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”St. Ambrose, advising St. Augustine to conform to the Roman custom of Saturday fasts (Anno Domini 390)“When in Rome, do as you like and call the Romans xenophobes.”St. Bilious, advising St. Fractious to complain about Roman customs when in Rome (Anno Diabolus 2021)This contrast occurred to me as I read this trenchant line from William Wildblood:The absurd error, so absurd it’s hard to believe it wasn’t deliberate, of multi-culturism in which incoming groups are given the same right to their own identity as the native population.It is ironic that liberals...

There, unarmed and still wearing the cape, Babbitt started to climb through a broken window and was shot dead by a plainclothes Capitol Police lieutenant. Terrell Roberts: She's not brandishing a weapon, so he's shooting an unarmed individual who is not assaulting him or threatening him. Attorney Terry Roberts represents Babbitt’s husband, Aaron. Sharyl: A prevailing sentiment that I've read is, these were insurrectionists who were going to threaten people's lives and they deserved, or she deserved what she got. Terrell Roberts: So for someone to say, "Well, she got what she deserved." without understanding what the law is, is...

One of President Joe Biden's top advisers has suggested that he's still wearing a face mask outdoors out of habit although the latest public health guidance says he doesn't need it --------- WILMINGTON, Del. -- One of President Joe Biden's top White House advisers suggested Sunday that he's still wearing a mask outdoors out of habit although the latest public health guidance says he doesn't need it. Questioned about Biden's practice, senior adviser Anita Dunn told CNN's “State of the Union” that she realized that she was also still wearing her mask outdoors even after the Centers for Disease Control...