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Once upon a time in Hollywood, a tragic death changed how movies were made. Although several names probably popped into your mind, you’ll be surprised when you find out which death truly improved conditions in Hollywood. And moreover, it improved conditions using a simple, market-based solution that does not require any legislation or regulation.When I speak of a tragic death, I’m not talking about Brandon Lee, whose death was certainly a tragedy that made filmmakers more aware of how dangerous guns are but did not essentially change the film-making industry. The industry had been making movies for decades, with hundreds...

Back in the early days of talk radio, the late Bob Grant used to have a tagline: “It’s sick out there and getting sicker.” The pugnacious New York City host, who ruled the local airwaves on WABC in the ’80s and early ’90s, came to fame during the previous nadir in the city’s fortunes, the David Dinkins administration of 1990–93. Crime was out of control, murder was at record highs (2605 in 1990), and there seemed no way out of the sealed box decades of Democratic administrations had constructed for the city. Then came the Rudolf Giuliani administration (1994–2001) and...

Two lawsuits seeking $100 million each have been filed against a Michigan school district, its superintendent, and others after four students were fatally shot and others wounded at Oxford High School, a lawyer announced Thursday. The lawsuits were filed in federal court in Detroit by Jeffrey and Brandi Franz on behalf of their daughters, Riley, a 17-year-old senior who was shot in the neck in the November 30 shooting, and her sister Bella, a 14-year-old ninth grader who was next to her at the time, attorney Geoffrey Fieger said.

Woom Sing Tse arrived in America from communist China almost 50 years ago with $100 to his name and worked his way up to owning a successful restaurant. On Wednesday, a 23-year-old Black career criminal executed him on Chicago’s streets. Maybe a rival paid for this hit or maybe this was yet another example of the Black community’s incredible hostility to Asians.The core story is awful:A Chicago man who loved ones said was the “epitome” of the American dream was shot dead while walking to buy a newspaper a block from his home Tuesday.Woom Sing Tse, 71, had just finished...

This February will see U.S. participation in the winter Olympics in Beijing. The games will occur amid the knowledge that Xi Jinping is committing some of the most appalling human rights abuses on the planet. A million Uighurs are being persecuted, as are Falun Gong practitioners. Hongkongers have had their liberties crushed. Since Joe Biden’s election, Xi is increasingly menacing Taiwan. In 2018, Xi named himself “president for life,” and has been busy returning China -- an authoritarian state as-is -- to totalitarianism. Xi continues to make unwarranted claims on the South and East China Seas, militarizing these international waters....

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The president of Guatemala said that the White House had not contacted him about the migrant crisis since he had a meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris in June. President Alejandro Giammattei made the comments in an interview with John Roberts of Fox News. “Other than your meeting with Kamala Harris in June?” asked Roberts who appeared shocked. “That is the only one," replied Giammattei. “That is the only communication you’ve had with the Biden Administration about illegal immigration?” asked Roberts. “Yep," Giammattei replied. Roberts asked him if he thought that was odd, and Giammattei admitted that he had spoken...

With the passage of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, federal construction projects just received a massive infusion of taxpayer money. And, because of the high cost of building infrastructure in America, even small additions or repair jobs on roads and bridges can cost taxpayers dearly. These costs have skyrocketed over the past few decades. A team of Brown University and New York Federal Reserve Bank researchers found that the cost of constructing a, “lane mile of infrastructure increased five-fold” between 1990 and 2008, and costs have increased even more in the 13 years since the end of that period. And...

U.S. coal miners, who have already benefited from rising demand from utilities this year, are in for at least another year of strong sales and cash flows.. Much higher natural gas prices are making more power generators switch to coal.. Annual U.S. coal-fired electricity generation is set to rise this year for the first time since 2014.. ... coal is making a comeback this year as high natural gas prices incentivize more coal use in electricity generation. .. U.S. coal miners, who have already benefited from rising demand from utilities ... Annual U.S. coal-fired electricity generation is set to rise...

New York Attorney General Leticia James announced on Thursday that she is suspending her campaign for governor. "I have come to the conclusion that I must continue my work as attorney general," James said on Twitter, adding that she would instead run for re-election. "There are a number of important investigations and cases that are underway, and I intend to finish the job," she wrote.

Seventy-two senators and 302 members of the House of Representatives cashed a check from the pharmaceutical industry ahead of the 2020 election The analysis includes contributions made directly to candidates’ election committees as well as to PACs affiliated with individual candidates. For example, data visualizations include pharmaceutical contributions to the campaign committee of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and to the Believe in America PAC, a separate, Romney-affiliated campaign group. Contributions to both organizations are attributed to Romney.Several top Republicans, like Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) — the GOP leaders of the Senate and House, respectively —...

In the summer of 1561, Spanish explorers abducted a Powhatan Indian youth from the Chesapeake Bay tidewater region and brought him to the royal court of Spain. The kidnapping set off a chain of events that would alter the course of American colonial history. The abduction itself wasn’t unusual, since the Spanish in America often trained Native youth to serve as interpreters, or pressed them for information about local peoples and perhaps the whereabouts of gold or silver. But “Paquiquineo,” as Spanish officials rendered the young man’s name later that year, would in time re-emerge as Opechancanough, the most formidable...

Dr. Oz is running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania. Mehmet Oz, cardiothoracic surgeon, author and television personality, checks all the right boxes on limited government, energy independence, capitalism, the Constitution and free markets for better health care, as he told Fox's Sean Hannity last week. What’s not to like?

HONG KONG – China’s government has gone on the counteroffensive against the United States’ Summit for Democracy in a propaganda campaign replete with newspaper articles, a white paper, a video documentary and doctored images to promote so-called Chinese-style democracy. US President Joe Biden announced in August he would bring together leaders from a diverse group of the world’s democracies at a virtual Summit for Democracy, to be held on December 9-10 and to be followed in roughly a year’s time by a second, in-person Summit. On Saturday, the Communist Party of China (CPC) launched its first salvo against the Summit...

"I believe the plan is for Biden to nominate his wife Jill Biden to replace Kamala as vice president, and then succeed him as president, becoming the first female president in our history. In fact, I think the plan all along was for Jill to run for president in Joe’s place in 2024. However, last month’s election calamity has forced the Dem leadership to move up the timetable. The plan to oust Kamala has been in place for many months. With one or both houses of Congress likely to flip red, Dems must act post-haste."

Source: Credit Perdue for SenateThis 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election is shaping up to be a rough one for Republicans. Democrat Stacey Abrams is opposing Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, possibly as a steppingstone to the White House. Former Sen. David Perdue, citing concern that Kemp can't beat Abrams, is running against Kemp in the Republican primary. Former President Donald Trump endorsed Perdue this week, leading to neck-and-neck poll results for the contest between Kemp and Perdue. Both are already running ads that focus on stopping Abrams. Kemp defeated Abrams in the general election in 2018, but Abrams did not concede --...

Remember when NBC News senior business correspondent Stephanie Ruhle tried to claim Americans could afford inflation and were just bellyaching? Well, her company’s sister network doesn’t appear to agree. Ruhle claimed during the Nov. 14 edition of NBC’s Sunday Today that “the dirty little secret here, Willie [Geist], while nobody likes to pay more, on average we have the money to do so.” That's easy for her to say, since her net worth currently sits at $6 million, according to Market Realist. Her condescending comments came just after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that inflation hit a 30-year high...

OK - here is a story very few people outside the Middle East can even fathom.... where the story of the movie is even better than the movie itself! It is difficult to count the number of items in the Palestinian media in the last day around the issue of the film "Amira", a film that is expected to represent Jordan in the Oscar competition. The movie plot is about a Palestinian security prisoner in Israel who smuggles his semen to his wife. To the chagrin of the Palestinians, the movie tells how a naughty "Israeli Zionist officer," replaced the...

October-December, 2021 (Mixed cities: Lod, Acre, etc.) Oct-Dec 2021: Epidemic of racist Arab Islamic anti-Jewish attacks inside Israel: marking Jews' homes, swastikas, arson, rock throwing, beatings... Israeli security too overwhelmed w violence from Arab-Muslim sector against Jews - less time left to its racist motives. _______"Police not at the incident": Knesset discusses violent crime against Jews Knesset members from right and left discussed escalation in violence, incitement and protection against Jews since the Guardian of Walls riots By Atara German --- 08/12/2021 ... The conference was attended by many Knesset members from right and left, including Bezalel Smutrich and Shlomo...

Colorado regulators will kick off a series of hearings Wednesday that could determine how the state’s largest utility generates its energy in the coming decades — and how much it will contribute to global warming. Xcel Energy, which supplies electricity to 1.5 million people across Colorado, announced plans to phase out its remaining coal plants earlier this year and instead rely more on natural gas, renewable energy, and emerging technology such as hydrogen power. The utility’s plans came as the state, pushed by activists and environmental groups, set a goal to slash its greenhouse gas emissions by half of its...