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General Hospital star Stuart Damon has died aged 84, his son has confirmed. The actor, who devoted over 30 years of his life to playing Dr. Alan Quartermaine on ABC's General Hospital and spinoff Port Charles, had been battling renal failure over the past few years. Stuart's son Christopher announced his passing to ABC7 reporter George Pennacchio and said General Hospital was his father's 'favourite place to be'.

Former President Donald Trump seized on the very public mistakes made by the New York City Board of Elections in premature release of early ranked voting results in a naked effort to create more confusion and uncertainty about his 2020 general election loss to President Joe Biden The New York City Board of Elections rolled out a new ranked-choice elections strategy for the mayoral primary race earlier this month, on Tuesday released preliminary results that caused a rather significant shockwave in political circles. The early results showed Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who had previously been considered a heavy favorite...

A Wisconsin county's Republican Party chapter came under fire after its chairman posted a meme saying having a job, a good credit rating, and being able to read were all signs of white supremacy. Ed Hudak shared the post on his personal Facebook page June 22, then shared it on the Winnebago Co. Republican Party's page on June 23. It showed a photo of a white man in a t-shirt with the caption: 'Know the warning signs of white supremacy'. '1. Full time employment, 2. Literacy, 3. Professional or technical degree, 4. Regular church/temple attendance, 5. Auto insurance, 6. Good...

In Maine, the Governor signed suppressor, (gun muffler, silencer) reform into law. The change in law took effect on 8 June, 2021. It is now part of Chapter 112, Public Law. When the Maine legislature reformed Maine’s ban on hunting with suppressors, the law required a hunter to obtain a special permit to hunt with suppressors. It was an added bureaucratic burden which did not good. It increased useless paperwork and wasted everyone involved’s time.Here is how the old law read. From mainlegislature.org:2. Permit. In accordance with this subsection, the commissioner may issue a permit to a person allowing that...

Kuala Lumpur (AFP) - Five Asian countries are responsible for 80 percent of new coal power stations planned worldwide, with the projects threatening goals to fight the climate crisis, a report warned Wednesday. China, India, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam are planning to build more than 600 coal plants, think-tank Carbon Tracker said. The stations will be able to generate a total of 300 gigawatts of energy -- equivalent to around the entire electricity generating capacity of Japan. The projects are being pursued despite the availability of cheaper renewables, and they threaten efforts to meet the Paris climate deal goal of...

In recent years, our nation’s most treasured sporting events have become consumed by players, leagues, and corporations abusing their platforms to advocate left-wing political causes—but when it comes to athletics, just as in foreign relations, politics has historically stopped at the waters’ edge. As the world gears up for this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, however, there are signs that the left’s insufferable wokeness is already destroying yet another once-great institution—the unifying patriotism and extraordinary excellence of Team USA. Hammer thrower Gwen Berry turned her back to the flag as the National Anthem played while she was on the medal...

The issue of critical race theory is raising a more fundamental question about our nation: education. Education is about more than teaching children to read and write. It is about transmitting values, transmitting a worldview, that will define how our youth think and how they will live. Per the Department of Education, in 2020, 56.4 million children were enrolled in K-12 education. Of these, 50.7 million were in public schools, and 5.7 million were in private schools. So, government plays a substantial role in the education of our children. Per the Department of Education, "Each educational institution that receives federal...

Mayor Bill de Blasio was mocked on Twitter after he posted and then removed a photo that showed a woman’s t-shirted chest reflected in his sunglasses. The mayor came back in a second post soon after without the reflection that read: “The future of New York City is so bright I gotta wear shades!” But Twitter users didn’t skip a beat. Twitter user @z00mz00mer responded with a TikTok video zooming in and out of the reflection with the song ‘A Pimp Named Slickback’ in the background. He tweeted, ‘bill, why did you delete the first one? it was so pimp!’...

Professor Ibram X Kendi is the unremarkable, unapologetically racist “academic” who has become the go-to-guy for guiding woke public sector leaders on how to recognize racism and the through line between systemic racism yesterday and today. In an environment where Kendi’s woke disciples initiate daily reports of racism everywhere, it is a useful skill to be able to recognize racism and any through lines. Why not test your skills? Keep in mind that racism is discrimination based on race, religion, or ethnicity. --snip-- If you answered yes to all questions but 16 and 17, you know more about racism than...

In a hitherto unheard of action, retired military leaders and veterans are publicly stating that the Secretary of Defense is endangering the effectiveness of the US military. The Committee to Support and Defend has initiated a petition to the Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to “honor his oath” to “support and defend” the Constitution of the United States. The petition “respectfully insists” that Austin immediately countermand orders he has issued since taking office that have eroded military cohesion and readiness. The petition argues that Critical Race Theory is a toxic Marxist ideology with anti-Constitutional objectives. Ordering its teaching in the...

Author and historian Garry Wills is accusing the Catholic Church of being wishy-washy on abortion. Instead, he says, those who stubbornly advocate for life belong to a “cult of the fetus.” His words are misleading – at best. Here’s why. On June 27, the New York Times published an opinion piece claiming, “The Bishops Are Wrong About Biden — and Abortion.” Wills, an emeritus history professor at Northwestern and the author of numerous books (including one called “Why I Am a Catholic”), took the opportunity to criticize Catholics and evangelicals who recognize abortion as the “worst crime a society can...

Don’t you dare question the integrity of the 2020 presidential election because Democrats can always be trusted to run fair, honest and transparent elections. Don’t you dare question the integrity of the 2020 presidential election because Democrats can always be trusted to run fair, honest and transparent elections. That’s the narrative and you’re expected to stick with it, even in the face of then nation’s biggest, richest, most sophisticated city obviously bungling the race to elect its next mayor. It’s so blatant that even the New York Times recognizes the problem and applies the word “chaos.” Katie Glueck writes: The...

Moral legitimacy is a valuable commodity — one our elite betters seem to have lost their respect for. Consider these three statements: (1) I will judge others not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. (2) I will treat others as I would have others treat me. (3) I will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. The first moral statement comes from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963. The second is the Golden...

Liberals just cannot believe that their true religion of saving the world with politics and government hasn’t yet delivered the equality and equity that they know is just around the corner. Some of us remember the good old days of pigskins and leather helmets, when White folks called “Come On Team!” in educated tones from the sidelines. This “Go Team” culture filtered downstream into politics. We have, for instance, the line from President Biden: “C’mon Man!” It still carries the faint aroma of racist white team sports, only it means: “You can’t be serious, pal. Get with the program.” There...

We have another demonstration of MSM bias. When on March 30, 2021, NBC News anchor Lester Holt received the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism from Washington State University, he argued "That fairness is overrated." Holt remarked: "The idea that we should always give two sides equal weight and merit does not reflect the world we find ourselves in... Decisions to not give unsupported arguments equal time are not a dereliction of journalistic responsibility or some kind of agenda. In fact, it's just the opposite, Providing an open platform for misinformation, for anyone to come say whatever they...

*I don’t spell the memes I simply post themWow! And that was way back when Old Joe was just a lecherous old Gingerman,Rather than the half-baked Snickerdoodle he is todayThis Pepperidge Farm memory was brought to you by the Candy Man.AKA the “Big Guy”Posted from: MOTUS A.D.

So far, the Justice Department has charged more than 450 people with taking part in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. You hear a lot about the cases of those accused of violent acts or conspiring to take part in an "insurrection." But recently, we saw the resolution of a much more pedestrian case, one that is likely representative of the rioters who ended up inside the Capitol, but did not take part in any violence. On June 22, a 28-year-old Tennessee man, Bryan Wayne Ivey, pleaded guilty to his role in the riot. The charge he pleaded guilty to, "Parading,...

Back in 2014, the political leadership of California became alarmed at the rapidly rising prison population in the state. The state was also under court order to reduce the overcrowding in state prisons. The people of California set a grand objective to reduce the number of convicts in the state. Fewer people going to prison has to be a good thing -- right? The first thing they did was pass Proposition 47 -- the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act. That sounds like something everyone would want. 58% of Californians voted in favor of the measure. There was just one problem....

Would carrying a gun make you feel safer? Robert Nash and Brandon Koch thought so. But the state of New York denied them gun permits, saying they hadn't demonstrated a "special need." Why did they have to prove such a "need"? The Supreme Court ruled more than 10 years ago that all Americans have a right to keep and bear arms, no matter where they live. "Many other courts have thumbed their nose at that Supreme Court ruling," Alan Gottlieb of the Second Amendment Foundation tells me. He's excited that the Supreme Court will soon rule on Nash and Koch's...

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that previously deported illegal aliens again facing deportation who claim a fear of persecution if they are removed to their country of origin may be indefinitely detained by the government. Over the dissent of its three Democrat-appointed justices, the high court found that those noncitizens aren’t entitled to a hearing about whether they should be released while the government processes their claims. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the court’s opinion in Johnson v. Guzman Sanchez, which was made public on June 29. Oral arguments took place telephonically on Jan. 11. Before that, both the trial court...