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Mistress Velvet championed many causes as an activist, including Black and transgender liberation, sex workers' rights and anti-sexual violence. They died May 8. CHICAGO — Music, tears and laughter filled the halls of First Lutheran Church of the Trinity in Bridgeport on Saturday, where loved ones of well-known dominatrix Mistress Velvet shared stories celebrating the trailblazing activist’s life. Visitors created artwork and lit candles in Velvet’s memory, and the church was decorated with altars covered in flowers, photos and knickknacks from the iconic dominatrix’s apartment. Friends sang and danced to a playlist of Velvet’s favorite music — a mix heavy...

In this article we are going to show you the worst Linux distributions you can start with as a beginner. Now lets say from the beginning of the article that this distributions are not bad, they are bad for beginners. And you who are reading this, if you are new to Linux it will be better to avoid them for now and maybe check them later. But wait, what’s the difference? Aren’t all Linux distributions alike? Well the simple answer is – no. Some are more user friendly, others are more specific like for servers or corporate and other stuff....

A four-year-old boy was found stabbed to death on a Dallas street after he was allegedly abducted from his bed by a teen now facing charges for kidnapping. A jogger came across the body of Cash Gernon in the city's Mountain Creek neighborhood at around 7am Saturday, Assistant Police Chief Albert Martinez said, adding that it appeared the child suffered a violent death from an 'edged weapon'. Darriynn Brown, 18, was arrested in the case hours later and was charged with kidnapping and theft. Police said they also anticipate additional charges pending the results of a forensic analysis.

It marked the first time the Lone Star State reported no coronavirus deaths in about 14 months ================================================================= Texas reported zero deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, just two months after Gov. Greg Abbott drew heat from the White House for rolling back business restrictions and lifting the state's mask mandate. It marked the first time the Lone Star State reported no coronavirus deaths in about 14 months, according to state health data. Abbott said the case numbers reported on Sunday – 388 – were the lowest in more than 13 months, while the number of hospitalizations was the lowest in...

Eye surgeons treating cases of mucormycosis are also having to to take tough decision to remove the patient’s eye to save the patient's life. This is a fallout of late reporting due to ignoring early symptoms.

Considered one of the most successful combat generals in US history, Gen. George S. Patton died on December 21, 1945, 12 days after breaking his neck in a car accident near Mannheim, Germany. Sadly, a few hours after that tragic car accident, Patton was due to return back to the US. While leading troops during World War II, Patton purchased an English bull terrier puppy that he named Willie. Willie was known to follow Patton everywhere, and the two were seldom separated while in England. According to some accounts, Willie would enter a room and alert soldiers in there that...

The survivors retreated to their camp where they fled in the middle of the night, carrying mostly their prized loot. The next morning, Charles was deeply concerned that his enemies were setting up an ambush, trying to get him to march downhill to more open fields.

During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday, Hogan was asked if he shared Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-Wyo.) view that Trump is an “ongoing threat to American democracy.” “I think he’s toxic for the Republican Party and for the country,” Hogan responded. “And I think we’ve got to find a way to get the Republican Party back to the party of Lincoln and Reagan, get back to the more traditional big-tent party that can appeal to a majority of people.” He added, “Otherwise we simply aren’t going to have control, we’re not going to get the White House...

Newly discovered emails show that Hunter Biden and an associate discussed plans to include then-Vice President Joe Biden in future business plans. The bombshell emails lend credence to those who say Joe Biden was part of a pay-for-play scheme. “In order to develop this as a platform for both JRBs I think it is imperative we (the three of us) have full control come 2016 when JRB1 comes on board,” Hunter Biden wrote to Jeff Cooper back in 2014. "JRB" is referring to Joseph Robinette Biden, the current president. “I think we can pull this off,” Cooper replied.

Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday he will formally sign an executive order eliminating New Jersey’s 10-month-old outdoor public mask mandate — but he doubled-down on keeping the state’s indoor public mask mandate in place to help protect against the coronavirus despite neighboring states adopting new federal guidance. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced an hour earlier on Monday that his state will follow new federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention guidance that says fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear face coverings or socially distance in most circumstances both indoors and outdoors. The CDC announced its update on...

The Biden administration is reversing a rule initiated by former President Donald Trump that defined “sex” as biological, in an effort to prevent “discrimination” against (transgender) people in health care practices, the Department of Health and Human Services announced on Monday.The notice of enforcement, while not a binding federal rule, signals that the federal government will begin interpreting Section 1557 — the non-discrimination provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — to include a ban on discrimination based on sexual identity, rather than simply banning discrimination based on biological sex, as the Trump administration had. The change will...

A Kinsley gaffe is when a public figure unintentionally mixes up private & public talk, letting the cat out of the bag about something that's not supposed to be talked about. What is it now? Freedom of expression in the U.S. is now considered treasonous, the same as it has been for long in the land of the Magna Carta. A long standing difference between the U.S. & Britain stems from the time in the 1800s, prior to railroads (usually it's expressed as "prior to the civil war") when most Americans were beyond the reach of central govt., Wall St....

PHOENIX - Arizona State Treasurer Kimberly Yee announced she is running for governor. Yee announced on May 17 she has launched a campaign to become the next governor of Arizona.

The new American Middle East policy is an extension of the new American domestic policy. By Victor Davis Hanson More than 2,500 rockets have landed in Israel over the past week. Some Arab Israeli citizens are terrorizing Jewish Israelis. Apparently, as the rockets fall, these citizens are to be Arab Islamic nationalists first, and Israelis last—even if they wisely prefer to live on the Israeli rather than the Palestinian side of Israel’s hated wall. The usual Hamas sympathizers are promising death to the Jews on social media (so much for the idea that Twitter and Facebook are “shocked, shocked” by...

Democrats in the Senate constantly repeat dishonest rhetoric about voter integrity laws. Ted Cruz calls them out on it.

Humans (particularly men) have a bit of a tendency to believe they are tougher than they actually are, at least if quick glances at any YouGov poll are to be believed.Take for example the 12 percent of men who think they could win a point in a match against Serena Williams, as if when a ball is being hit towards them at over 100 mph they could hope to achieve anything other than shielding their crotchA new poll has looked at what animals humans think that they could beat in a fight while unarmed, with much the same overconfidence shining...

Matt DePerno just dropped a BOMB at his Antrim County Michigan press conference. DePerno and his team say the tabulator machines can be reopened after the election. The machines can then run more ballots through the tabulator, print off a new tabulator tape with new ballots, and then backdate that tape to November 3rd. This is shocking news! If this can be replicated in other jurisdictions it should invalidate the voting machines from every election moving forward. Matt DePerno: And I’ll tell you something we discovered this weekend. We can now show that after the election is done, someone, anyone...

DELANO, Calif. (KABC) -- A Kern County man is in custody after he was allegedly caught on video throwing a Molotov cocktail at some parked cars. Delano police say the video helped them find the suspected arsonist they believe is responsible for setting multiple fires in the downtown Delano area last month. In the most recent incident, on the afternoon of April 26 video captured a man on a bicycle lighting and throwing an incendiary device at two parked cars, setting a fire in the outdoor parking lot. Firefighters put out the flames and police were able to obtain video...

TV personality Piers Morgan criticized Prince Harry’s thoughts on the first amendment in an op-ed published Monday in the Daily Mail. “Like so much of the absurd Meghan-inspired psychobabble that spews out of [Harry’s] mouth, none of this makes any sense, and he clearly doesn’t understand what he’s saying either,” Morgan wrote. Prince Harry expressed confusion over America’s first amendment during an appearance on Dax Shepard’s podcast “The Armchair Expert,” calling it “bonkers.” “I’ve got so much I want to say about the First Amendment as I sort of understand it, but it is bonkers,” Prince Harry said. “I don’t...

Jared said he filmed the incident on his camera phone and believes the cougar was trying to protect her cubs. A hiker in Utah's Salt Lake City had a terrifying experience with a wild animal when he went out all by himself on the Broads Fork Trail in Big Cottonwood Canyon on 13 May. Jared Smith was hiking without any worry when he suddenly came across a cougar out in the trail. The big cat didn't run away immediately but proceeded to stalk him for five minutes. But Jared stayed calm and kept backpedaling slowly until the cougar gave up...