Free Republic

Colon, now 48 years old, hurled a complete game on Sunday for the Acereros de Monclova of the Mexican League on just 90 pitches. He surrendered two runs on five hits while notching seven strikeouts and walking one. SNIP Through five starts this season, Colon is 3-1 with a 3.56 ERA. SNIP Colon has maintained a determination to pitch in the majors again, citing a desire to surpass Hall of Famer Juan Marichal for most innings thrown by a Dominican-born player. At 3,461 2/3 innings, Colon stands 46 innings shy of Marichal.

ELEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME MATTHEW 5:43–48 Friends, today’s Gospel tells us to love our enemies so that we may be like the Father. What is the Father of Jesus Christ like? Well, listen: “He makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.” The Father of Jesus Christ is love, right through. That’s all God is; that’s all he knows how to do. He is not like us: unstable, changing, moving from one attitude to another. No, God simply is love. In every case, his grace comes...

SNIP Novak Djokovic took another step towards cementing his GOAT status with an incredible five-set win over Stefanos Tsitsipas to claim Grand Slam title No. 19. But the real highlight was a young fan’s reaction when the Serb gave him his racket after the match. The boy was overwhelmed with emotion, absolutely losing it as the cameras zoomed in. “He was in my ear the entire match, basically, especially when I was two sets to love down,” Djokovic said at his post-match press conference. “He was encouraging me, he was actually giving me tactics as well. SNIP Footage of the...

The coronavirus pandemic has worsened corruption across the European Union, Transparency International said on Tuesday. In its annual Global Corruption Barometer report for the EU, the anti-graft watchdog called health care a “hotspot for corruption,” adding that graft is of “particular concern during the current COVID-19 pandemic, when citizens urgently need medical support and vaccinations.” […] The survey found that 29% of the bloc’s residents have used personal connections such as well-connected friends or family to receive medical attention and 6% of people paid an outright bribe to receive health care. […] Beyond the coronavirus pandemic, the survey found that...

Solid S2 coming from one of our readers. They’re better organized than they’re given credit for and the real commissars have a lot of training. Read the original here. - NCS ANTIFA COMMAND STRUCTURE ANTIFA COMMAND & CONTROL STRUCTURE IN FIELD ACTION. STRUCTURE, INSIGNIA AND OTHER IDENTIFIERS. Antifa tactical units are organized into standard ‘company structure’ of up to 20 individual soldiers under the immediate control of a company commander. While there are ‘special units’, most notable the ‘reconnaissance & coordination’ teams of bicyclists, the base of the C&C structure for Antifa is the company. Company commanders are ‘first lieutenants’...

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday rolled out what it said is a new strategy to counter domestic terrorism: a series of changes to elevate the federal government's response to an urgent problem, with renewed efforts to deter, detect and prosecute those who would use violence in pursuit of political aims.SNIPIn a statement Tuesday morning, President Joe Biden said, "[O]n my first day in office I directed my national security team to confront the rise in domestic terrorism with the necessary resources and resolve. Today, I am releasing the first-ever National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism. SNIPThe new strategy...

Monica Lewinsky and her company Alt Ending Productions agreed on a producing deal Monday with 20th Television. The activist, editor, and television personality inked the agreement ahead of the latest installment of FX’s American Crime Story anthology series detailing former President Clinton’s impeachment in 1998. The 47-year-old is serving as a producer for the series as it focuses on the scandal. Actress Beanie Feldstein is starring as the former White House intern. Other cast members include Clive Owen as Bill Clinton, Edie Falco as Hillary Clinton, Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp, Margo Martindale as Lucianne Goldberg, and Billy Eichner as...

The founding member of the rock band, 77, revealed the social media company asked to use the 1979 song, "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2," for an Instagram ad. "It arrived this morning, with an offer for a huge, huge amount of money," Waters revealed. "And the answer is, 'F—k you. No f—in' way.'"

Former White House senior adviser on the COVID-19 response Andy Slavitt said Monday on ABC’s “The View” that Republicans “ought to be careful about trying to take down” National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr. Anthony Fauci. Co-host Joy Behar said, “Republican Senators Marsha Blackburn, Marco Rubio, and Tom Cotton are calling on Dr. Fauci to resign after his emails released showed he had doubts that covid was leaked from a lab. The man doesn’t have a crystal ball. He works with what he can. What do you think this is really about? Why are they attacking Fauci...

The liberal media have tried to divert blame away from President Joe Biden for the skyrocketing inflation occurring under his leftist agenda. But Americans aren’t buying it. A newly released poll by the Trafalgar Group — in partnership with Convention of States Action — revealed that a bipartisan 39 percent plurality of Americans held Biden as “most responsible for rising inflation.” The demographics within the poll of 1,073 likely voters were very telling: 39.3 percent of respondents were Democrat, while only 35.6 percent were Republican, and 25.1 percent were “Non-Partisan/Other.” So much for The Hill’s recent attempt to spin concerns...

The company used their solid propellant Minotaur I rocket to place the payloads into a low Earth orbit with a liftoff from Pad-0B at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia occurring on Tuesday, June 15 at 13:35 UTC (09:35 EDT). Due to the classified nature of the launch, nothing is publicly known about the payloads. However, the mass must be less than 580 kg, which is the max payload capacity of the Minotaur I. In keeping with NRO tradition, the mission patch consists of a whimsical piece of artwork, a mission motto, and some clues as to the...

The Steamship Authority's website is up and running again and customers can book reservations for vehicle travel and fast-ferry travel online, the agency announced Saturday. The Authority was the target of a ransomware attack on the morning of June 2. The attack caused delays and affected operations. The extent and origin of the attack is still under investigation. The FBI is leading the investigation, and is working in conjunction with the Coast Guard and the Massachusetts State Police Cyber Security Unit, according to an email received from Coast Guard First District Petty Officer Amanda Wyrick. The safety of vessels was...

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is finally changing his tune as the findings from the audit in his state are revealed, particularly pertaining to the massive fraud center of Fulton County. “Restoring confidence in our elections is going to be impossible as long as Fulton County’s elections leadership continues to fail the voters of Fulton County and the voters of Georgia. They need new leadership to step up and take charge,” he wrote in a Twitter post. “New revelations that Fulton County is unable to produce all ballot drop box transfer documents will be investigated thoroughly, as we have...

This was written two years before Blue's Clues had a drag queen / Pride parade. "Last month, the CBC—Canada’s public television network—ran a lavishly publicized documentary about “four kid drag queens as they prepare to slay on Montreal stage.” This was marketed as child-friendly content. Indeed, the CBC promoted the documentary, titled Drag Kids, on its “CBC Kids News” channel as a fun look at children who “sashay their way into the spotlight.” For me, as a gay man, watching the documentary was traumatic."

The scientist who led the international MOSAiC expedition to the North Pole on Tuesday warned that the point could have already been reached at which irreversible global warming is triggered. During its expedition, the German research vessel “Polarstern” drifted through the Arctic on an ice floe for a year to also be able to research the winter at the North Pole, and the effects of climate change. “The disappearance of summer sea ice in the Arctic is one of the first landmines in this minefield, one of the tipping points that we set off first when we push warming too...

ABC legal analyst Sunny Hostin told her co-hosts Monday on ABC’s “The View” that Republicans trying to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for her tweet was the “height of hypocrisy.” Co-host Whoopi Goldberg said, “Republicans are calling for a censure of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar for tweeting, and I quote, ‘We must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity. We’ve seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan and the Taliban.’ She clarified she was referring to an investigation by the International Criminal Court that names all of them. What do...

Fear of being called racist and Islamophobic kept many Jewsish Democrats from condemning Ilhan Omar's comparison of Israel and America to terrorist groups.It doesn’t take much courage for an American politician to publicly oppose antisemitism. But only under certain circumstances.If the person or group that stands guilty of hatred of Jews is a conservative, a Republican, or someone who can be tied to the political right, it’s open season on them. But if it’s a Democrat or someone who can hide behind the label “person of color” or a potential victim of “Islamophobia,” then she can count on woke mobs...

Mr. Gatto (along with Charlotte Thompson Iserbyt), blew the whistle on deliberate dumbing down (on the Prussian model, crushing the imagination of children because it caused them to lose to Napoleon). Mr. Gatto said that the children of the elites have no advantage over ghetto kids "who have never eaten off a tablecloth". The opposite: elite prep schools, the Groton, Brook, St. Albans, Episcopal High & Andover, produce the idiots who presume to rule us. (Thomas Sowell waxed eloquent about how stupid top experts are.) Point in fact (from Samuel Blumenfeld, "Crimes of the Educators"): John D. Rockefeller Jr. funded...

I believe femininity to be a lost art. Indeed, it is an art. Femininity is in stark contrast to feminism in that it requires care, finesse, and confidence in who you were created to be to achieve it. Feminism, not so much. I find femininity to be effortless. Unlike the constant and incessant haranguing of feminists to prove their place in the world, women who are feminine present no such display of posturing. The differences between femininity and feminism are, in my humble opinion, obvious; however, for those who remain confounded by its mystique, indulge me in this “Compare and...

Former President Barack Obama is planning his first post-2020 fundraiser for Democrat redistricting efforts June 28. The invitation says the virtual event features former Attorney General Eric Holder and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to benefit National Democratic Redistricting Committee. The initiative comes as Democrats face a difficult midterm election to hold the House, as many Democrat-laden states, such as New York and California, are losing at least one House district to red states like Florida and Texas. For Democrats to maintain their slim majority in the House, they must raise money to mount legal challenges to any redistricting that...