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Paul Sorvino, an imposing actor who specialized in playing crooks and cops like Paulie Cicero in “Goodfellas” and the NYPD sergeant Phil Cerretta on “Law & Order,” has died. He was 83. His publicist Roger Neal said he died Monday morning in Indiana of natural causes. “Our hearts are broken, there will never be another Paul Sorvino, he was the love of my life, and one of the greatest performers to ever grace the screen and stage,” his wife, Dee Dee Sorvino, said in a statement.

The COVID-19 pandemic is by no means over, but as time goes on, scientists are learning more and more about the virus – and the various ways that we can protect against it, including new and improved face masks. A new membrane-based respiratory mask developed by researchers can capture and deactivate SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins as it comes into contact with them. These spike proteins are what allow the virus to enter host cells once they're in the body. As per tests, almost 99 percent of targeted airborne particles can be filtered out by the new mask, giving wearers a vital...

1/5'Full Frontal with Samantha Bee': TBS cancels late-night show after 7 seasons "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee," a late-night talk show hosted by Samantha Bee, was canceled at TBS after seven seasons. File Photo by Gregg DeGuire/UPI | License Photo July 25 (UPI) -- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee has been canceled. Deadline reported Monday that TBS canceled the late-night talk show after seven seasons. The series was hosted by actress and comedian Samantha Bee. Bee's reps confirmed to Variety that Full Frontal "will not return to the network in the fall." "As we continue to shape our new programming...

Former Indiana Republican Rep. Stephen Buyer has been charged with insider trading, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday. Buyer, who left Congress in 2011, is accused of buying more than $1.5 million worth of stock in Sprint and Navigant Consulting based on on non-public information he received as a consultant after he left office. Buyer allegedly used seven different accounts to hide the stock purchases. They included accounts he shared with his wife, his son, his cousin, and one that belonged to an unidentified woman who was romantically linked to Buyer. WASHINGTON -- Former Indiana Republican Rep. Stephen Buyer...

This is the text from a screenshot posted to a popular forum today. Parasites feed on hormones. Their growth is hyper-accelerated by testosterone and estrogen treatments (see transgender people), which is why the infected demon doctors/media are pushing for LGBTQ sex changes. Those kills will be assimilated into the parasite hive mind without exception. The rest of us can't avoid exposure because T. Cruzi and Toxoplasma are just so prevalent in our eco system, which most mammal bird and shellfish populations showing 30-60% population prevalence. All species are basically the same thing, cross reactive with any other animal. Each of...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is taking heat from her own on the left for “doing performative resistance art for the cameras” and “not doing healthcare.” That’s a reference to last week when AOC was caught pretending the be handcuffed during her pr-baby killing protest outside the Supreme Court. Apparently, pretending to be handcuffed for the cameras to burnish her outlaw legend is something AOC has all kinds of time for. A meeting about health care in the middle of two pandemics? : “A couple of the most highly respected health policy academics recently set up a meeting with AOC’s office to...

Myocarditis Young Man Heart Disease Concept Revolutionary findings by UH researchers have the potential to become a powerful clinical method for treating heart disease. A “powerful clinical strategy” for treating heart disease may result from the recent discovery. Robert Schwartz Robert Schwartz, Hugh and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of biology and biochemistry, led the studies published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Aging. Credit: University of Houston University of Houston researchers have developed a groundbreaking technique that, in mice, not only restores the heart muscle cells after a myocardial infarction (or heart attack) but also helps the cells regenerate. According...

A year ago President Biden went on TV to tell Americans "you're not going to get Covid if you get vaccinated." Today, it was announced that the fully vaxxed and twice-boosted Biden has covid. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said "his doctors describe his symptoms as very mild. He is still able to eat and sleep with the same vigor he has demonstrated since he took office in January of 2021. He is careful not to infect others—as was demonstrated by his thoughtful fist-bumping during his trip to Saudi Arabia. He continues to be an inspiration to us all."...

Dallas police are responding to Dallas Love Field Airport for reports of an active shooter at a terminal, the department said. A 37-year-old woman was shot by police after allegedly firing a handgun inside Dallas Love Field Airport Monday morning, police said. The shooting took place near a ticket counter and the woman was apparently aiming her gun at the ceiling when she fired, authorities said. PHOTO: Dallas police respond to Dallas Love Field Airport on July 25, 2022. Dallas police respond to Dallas Love Field Airport on July 25, 2022. WFAA An officer shot the woman in the lower...

Russia has charged dozens of Ukrainian soldiers with 'crimes against humanity' and wants them tried by an international tribunal led by Syria and Iran, the country's top investigator has said. Alexander Bastrykin, who heads the Russian Investigative Committee, said 92 Ukrainian 'commanders and subordinates' have been charged with 'crimes against the peace and security of mankind' over the war. Another 96 people, including 51 of Ukraine's top commanders, have been put on a wanted list which includes politicians and 'nationalists', Bastrykin added. The 68-year-old said it is 'extremely doubtful' whether the men could be prosecuted by the United Nations, due...

Russia’s top diplomat has admitted that the Kremlin’s overarching goal in Ukraine is to boot out President Volodymyr Zelensky “The Russians are using the scorched-earth tactics across the entire Donbas. They fire from the ground and from the air to wipe off entire cities,” Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said in televised remarks.Lavrov argued that Russia was ready to negotiate a deal to end hostilities in March when Kyiv changed tack and declared its intention to rout Russia on the battlefield. He said the West has encouraged Ukraine to keep fighting.“The West insists that Ukraine must not start negotiations until Russia...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) quietly killed a $100 million project to build a National China Garden in Washington, D.C. just two miles from the U.S. Capitol as the intelligence community becomes increasingly concerned that Chinese investments in the U.S. are being is to increase their spying capabilities. In 2017, local Washington officials and Chinese leaders celebrated a deal to build an ornate Chinese garden in the National Arboretum. The plan was to transform a 12-acre field in the arboretum with temples and pavilions and native Chinese shrubbery. It was believed that Chinese officials were eager to foot the...

The White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director has a new Deputy National Cyber Director: Camille Stewart Gloster, a former Google executive who specialized in removing “disinformation” from the tech giant’s app store, and in her spare time rants about “systemic racism” in America. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) accused the Biden administration of appointing a leftist “social justice warrior” to run the cyber office. “The Big Tech, Big Government alliance continues,” said Sen. Hawley. Gloster is a prime example of the extensively documented revolving door between Google and Democrat administrations. Prior to working for the tech giant, she was...

In October 2020, President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating a new class of civil servant that would no longer enjoy civil service protections from firing. The stated reason was to remove incompetents, who can be difficult to fire. The real reason was to eliminate government employees who were insufficiently loyal to Trump’s policies. Snip Trump was especially blunt about the executive order’s intent. Here’s what The Washington Post reported him saying shortly after the executive order was issued: You have a lot of people from past administrations, and they’re civil service. I fired some. I say some, just...

Russia's top diplomat said Moscow's overarching goal in Ukraine is to remove from power its "unacceptable regime," expressing the Kremlin's war aims in some of the bluntest terms yet as its forces pummel the country with heavy bombardment. The remark from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov comes amid Ukraine's efforts to resume grain exports from its Black Sea ports, something that would help ease global food shortages, under a new deal tested by a Russian strike on Odesa over the weekend. After the failed attempt to seize much of the country amid its February invasion, Moscow officials have stated that...

“The Republican National Committee’s partnership with the Georgia GOP and county parties is touting major strides in its ground game,” writes Emma Hurt at Axios. “By the November 2018 election, the group had just barely hit 1 million door knocks. This year, the partnership known as ‘Georgia Victory’ hit that milestone in mid-July.” The GOP’s 2022 efforts include major outreach to black, Asian, and Latino voters all over the state. The Republican National Committee has 75 dedicated field staff and is increasing its presence in Georgia. Additionally, Gov. Brian Kemp’s campaign has raised its ground game, while former senator Kelly...

The Jan. 6 committee has released more evidence showing then-President Donald Trump's reluctance to harshly condemn the violent mob of his supporters the day after their deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol. (snip) Among the lines crossed out were a reference to how he was “sickened” by the violence and a call by Trump for the Justice Department to prosecute the rioters.

Republican lawmakers are questioning the constitutionality of a Biden State Department program to fund the spread of atheism and humanism internationally. At the end of June, a group of 15 Republican members of Congress wrote to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken about a State Department funding program from April 2021 that "would award grants of up to $500,000 to organizations committed to the practice and spread of atheism and humanism, namely in South/Central Asia and in the Middle East/North Africa." Noting that both atheism and humanism "are official belief systems," the GOP legislators wrote, "Any such...

I was struck with a memory of the first "Hunger Games" movie. This memory came while I was wondering about how foolish and corrupt Washington D.C. and the media seem to me. These are actually my people- I'm a multi-degree former Democrat. I was thinking about how to tell folks in the academic and urban bubble what they look like to folks who live and work where I live and work. Maybe I could help them understand why much of the country is so disgusted by our government and much of media which purports to cover our government. The movie...

VIDEORevenge of the Nerd?Was all this toxic Klaus Schwab megalomania which has plagued the world caused by the fact that the poor schmo is a pathetic nerd? I was wondering why Schwab's early life has been shrouded in such a mysterious cloak of secrecy. Apparently Schwab suddenly appeared in public in 1971 when he founded the European Management Forum which later morphed into the World Economic Forum. Before that not only is there very little record of Schwab's life but I found no photos of him. The earliest photo I found of him was from his mid 30s displaying the...