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One of the greatest songs by the stones in the greatest year of music, 1966.

Since she lost her job as a customer service coordinator at a department store, Mary Baker has cut down on everything she can to make ends meet while she searches for a new job. The San Antonio resident has unsubscribed from cable, stopped paying for some of her medications and cut down significantly on her air conditioning. But her roughly $3,000 monthly unemployment payments still don’t stretch far enough... Critics of Abbott’s move say tens of thousands of desperate Texans shouldn’t have to choose between scrambling to find a job in the next few weeks or living with $1,200 less...

The attorney representing the family of Ashli Babbitt, the woman shot and killed by U.S. Capitol Police during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, plans to sue the agency for more than $10 million and has already put officials on notice, demanding accountability for the slain Air Force veteran.“Right now, we have no accountability — zero accountability — they give no explanation to justify the shooting and they do not even identify the officer. That is what they do in autocratic countries, not in the United States,” said Terrell N. Roberts III, a Maryland-based attorney.Mr. Roberts takes issue with...

The $450 million Alamo revitalization effort remains very real, its centerpiece a new museum to be built around the collection of artifacts and documents that rock star Phil Collins donated to the state in 2014. Everyone involved — George P. Bush, the General Land Office, the city of San Antonio, and the Alamo itself — has a lot riding on this. Finally, they promise, the Alamo will be a “world-class destination.” There’s just one problem. According to a dozen prominent antiquities dealers, collectors, and archaeologists, not to mention the Alamo’s longtime official historian, the Collins collection is not what it’s...

… US President Joe Biden has pledged to help organize efforts to rebuild Gaza. Speaking from the White House on Friday, Biden promised a “major” aid package for the Palestinian Authority, the Western-backed group that administers parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, to ensure the Islamic militant group Hamas was not able to restock its military arsenal.Buildings in the Gaza Strip were hit by a succession of Israeli airstrikes and missiles, launched in response to Hamas-fired rockets, during 11 days of deadly fighting. […] Biden used the cease-fire as an opportunity to call for “a two-state solution,” saying: “It is...

Exposes identity politics, intersectionality, woke, etc. "...everybody's now fascists, everybody's now racist, everybody's now Hitler..." Murray says we're winning... Travis made the film and is in Portland... Peter Boghossian is former philosophy prof. Dedicating his life to getting rid of woke-ism...

“We've seen a number of officers that have left in the recent months and that is leaving particularly our patrol ranks short,” he said during a press conference on March 30... Starting June 1st, The DWI unit will be temporarily suspended. On August 1st, The Detective unit will be downsized. The email states current detectives won’t be moved to patrol but 18 officers will have their promotion to detective temporarily put on hold, as well as other who may be promoted in the future... “People are going to find themselves stuck on those roadways behind a Collison scene, much more...

TOMSK, Russia – Every year, a small group of locals travels the 550 kilometers northwest from this Siberian city to Nazinsky Island, in the middle of the Ob River, to place a wreath at the foot of a wooden cross. It is a gesture of remembrance for the victims of the horrific events that unfolded there in the summer of 1933. "Every year in June, we place a wreath at the cross that was placed on the island in 1993," Valeria Shtatolkin told RFE/RL. "But this year, we couldn't go. The water was too high, and the island is almost...

What's Higher Than These? Nothing Is. By JAG May 22, 2021 Saturday There's nothing towering above these truths so I'mon live and die on the highest pinnacles in the upper atmosphere where the "Well Done's" grow while ever aspiring to soar with the Eagles till it's time to cross the Jordan. Start here: Love {and honor} the Three Persons of the Father, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit with all your heart ~ ~ love Them deeply because They are always absolutely loveable. And love other people more than you love yourself because that's what Jesus did. Do all this and you...

They're trying to toss out the school board. He's making himself a nuisance at meetings on a regular basis. Neighbors are supportive.

Same man picked up on Tucker more recently. Deserves yet another thread.

The late Dr. Kary Mullis, the inventor of the PCR test, has been blowing the whistle on Fauci and big pharma for thirty years Report ...

At the height of the frenzy of China’s Cultural Revolution, victims were eaten at macabre “flesh banquets”, but 50 years after the turmoil began, the Communist Party is suppressing remembrance and historical reckoning of the era and its excesses. Launched by Mao in 1966 to topple his political enemies after the failure of the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution saw a decade of violence and destruction nationwide as party-led class conflict devolved into social chaos. Teenaged Red Guards beat teachers to death for being “counter-revolutionaries” and family members denounced one another while factions clashed bitterly for control across the...

Seventh Week of Easter John 21:20–25 Friends, in today’s Gospel, when Peter asks about the destiny of the beloved disciple, Jesus says: “What if I want him to remain until I come? What concern is it of yours? You follow me.” Here at the close of John’s Gospel we can take this command to heart. What does following Jesus involve? True conversion—the metanoia that Jesus talks about—is so much more than moral reform, though it includes that. It has to do with a complete shift in consciousness, a whole new way of looking at one’s life. Jesus offered a teaching...

The attorney representing self-proclaimed “QAnon Shaman” Jacob Chansley for charges related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot prides himself on being a “bit egotistical,” and having a “big mouth.” St. Louis-based lawyer Albert Watkins stirred controversy this week for saying that the rioters who stormed the Capitol were “short-bus” and “retarded” people with “brain damage,” who were led astray by former President Trump’s claims of fraud in the 2020 election and his call for them to walk toward the Capitol building as lawmakers met to certify President Biden’s win. Watkins is no stranger to controversy. He previously defended Mark and...

Biden says 'no shift' in commitment to Israel © Getty Images President Biden said Friday there is “no shift” in his commitment to the security of Israel and reiterated his support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. “There is no shift in my commitment to the security of Israel. Period. No shift,” Biden told reporters at a press conference following a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Biden was asked about his message to Democrats who want him to be more confrontational with Israel and those who are critical of a recent U.S. arms deal with Israel....

“No, no, no, bro, that’s my daughter!” Those were the words of Dartavius Barnes captured by a Springfield, Illinois police body cam after officers allegedly mistook the ashes of his 2-year-old daughter for drugs. Barnes is now suing the department over the April 6, 2020 traffic stop. Video obtained by WICS first shows Barnes, handcuffed, sitting in the back of a squad car, give officers permission to “process” the vehicle. “This was in the center console,” says one officer after searching the car, unscrewing a cylinder and showing it to another officer. “At first I thought it was heroin,...

A number of 49-year-olds who turned up at Croke Park for Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) Covid-19 vaccine appointments on Saturday were turned away due to being under the age of 50, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has confirmed. A HSE spokeswoman said the National Immunisation Advisory Committe (Niac) guidelines stipulate these vaccines are “not recommended for this age group [under 50] at present”. “When this error was identified we immediately made every effort to contact those affected by phone and text to advise them not to attend their appointment today… We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused,” she added. Niac...

Former Secretary of State Pompeo pointed to the remarks as a reason why the US should not lift Iranian sanctions The head of the Palestinian resistance movement thanked Iran for supplying military support and financial backing during the recent conflict with Israel in a televised address Friday. Just hours after Israel and Palestinian authorities agreed to a ceasefire, Ismail Haniyeh, a chief figure in Hamas, gave a warning that it will continue to "defend" Jerusalem. "Jerusalem remains the center of the conflict," he said according to a report by the Jerusalem Post, suggesting fighting in the region will continue. Haniyeh...

Radical MSNBC host Tiffany Cross on Saturday appeared to advocate mass violence as a reaction to the American law enforcement system. Talking to a panel, she ranted, "It feels like it's just time to burn it down." Cross reinforced her implicit call to violence moments later, saying: "I have to say, as a people, for my people, I am up for the most radical of things to make sure that we live." Get the rest of the story and view the video here.