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From October of 1991, here is "The 60s Remembered," an excellent documentary about the turbulent 1960s, going year by year, focusing on events that took place in Cleveland, Ohio. Taped from WVIZ (PBS), Ch. 25, Cleveland.

Texas is generally considered a red (though leaning more and more purple) state. Republicans have been able to keep control outside of the metro areas and even in most of the metros the gab between blue and red is smaller than most other big cities. The exception has been Austin which models itself more after San Francisco and Los Angeles than Dallas or Houston. The city was among those leading the charge during 2020’s big #DefundPolice movement and the results have been bad. They’re about to get worse. According to Fox News:

In a horrifying moment, a 6'6' schoolboy who weighs 270 pounds knocked a female teaching aide unconscious and severely beat her for taking away his handheld Nintendo Switch. The 17-year-old Matanzas High School student from Palm Coast, Florida who was not named due to his age, violently attacked the teaching aide after telling another student he was 'going to kill her' for taking his game away on Tuesday. *** In surveillance footage, released by the Flagler County Sheriff's Office, the hulking student can be seen rushing up to the teacher, who was also not identified, before launching her across the...

Tragedy occurred in Pine Hills, FL after Keith Moses allegedly opened fire, killing a 9-year-old girl, a 38-year-old, Nathacha Augustin and injuring several others Wednesday morning. Fox 35 reported Moses, 19, shot the child and her mother inside their home. Hours later, he returned to the scene of the crime where news reporters were covering the incident. He then shot Spectrum 13 News reporter, Dylan Lyons, and photojournalist, Jesse Walden, while sitting inside their vehicle. Lyons later died at a local hospital. Orange County Sheriff John Mina said authorities are still unaware of the motive for the crimes. While...

A Florida man accused of dumping two glasses of water on his older brother during an argument over key lime pie — admittedly not the most heinous Florida man offence — now faces charges that could potentially put him in jail for up to 30 years. 64-year-old Lee County resident David Sherman Powelson was arrested Wednesday and charged with one count of first-degree felony aggravated battery on a person aged 65 years or older, according to court records accessed by Law and Crime.(snip) Powelson, who faces up to three decades in prison and possibly thousands of dollars in fine if...

Explanation: On February 22, a young Moon shared the western sky at sunset with bright planets Venus and Jupiter along the ecliptic plane. The beautiful celestial conjunction was visible around planet Earth. But from some locations Jupiter hid for a while, occulted by the crescent lunar disk. The Solar System's ruling gas giant was captured here just before it disappeared behind the Moon's dark edge, seen over the Río de la Plata at Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. In the serene river and skyscape Venus is not so shy, shining brightly closer to the horizon through the fading twilight. Next week...

An East Palestine, Ohio, man’s voice apparently became high-pitched since the train derailment and toxic explosion on February 3. His doctors told him he has chemicals in his body; however, no one in the area can perform the toxicological tests to determine what those chemicals are, 40-year-old Wade Lovett, an auto detailer, told the New York Post this week. “My voice sounds like Mickey Mouse. My normal voice is low. It’s hard to breathe, especially at night. My chest hurts so much at night I feel like I’m drowning. I cough up phlegm a lot. I lost my job because...

Today is the 122nd birthday of Herbert Manfred Marx (February 25, 1901 – November 30, 1979), commonly known as Zeppo. He was the youngest of the Marx Brothers, appeared on stage after older brother Gummo was drafted, and appeared on stage and in the first five Marx Brothers films.Zeppo was an essential part of the act. If you don't believe me, check out the letter scene from Animal Crackers. Only Zeppo could have pulled it off. It took a Marx Brotehr to do that to Groucho. Harpo didn't talk and if it had been Chico, it would hve descended into...

"Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come." "Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh." "Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing." "Matthew, Chapter 24 1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus...

VIDEO It is more than obvious that the reason why many Russian and Soviet flags were being waved at a recent anti-war protest in Washington, DC against sending more aid to Ukraine was in order to discredit that protest. Also obvious is the media-Deep State narrative parroted by Rachel Maddow noting those flags waved by undercover feds. The most laughably fake fed routine was when they furiously waved those flags behind the speakers at this event. Remember, you don't have to be a card-carrying member of the FBI to be an undercover fed. Just ask Ray Epps.

The company’s cloud unit has told employees that it will transition to a desk-sharing workspace in its five largest locations. Employees will be encouraged to alter the days in which they’re in the office, either Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday. Internal documents cite slow return to office patterns and the need for “real estate efficiency.” ... Some buildings will be vacated ... new seating arrangement a title: “Cloud Office Evolution” or “CLOE,” .. . The new workspace plan is not a temporary pilot ... laid off 11,000 employees in January. ... The move comes as Google downsizes its...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signaled he is somewhat open to working with China on its cease-fire plan for the war between Russia and Ukraine. “I believe that the fact that China started talking about Ukraine is not bad, but the question is what follows the words,” Zelensky said at a press conference on Friday, The Associated Press reported. China released a 12-point plan for trying to find a resolution in the conflict as the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine arrived. The plan includes points calling for respecting all countries’ sovereignty, ending hostilities, resuming peace talks and resolving...

Kenneth Glasgow, an Alabama pastor, voting rights activist and half-brother to the famous Black pastor and MSNBC host, entered a guilty plea in Montgomery, Alabama federal court Friday, the Associated Press recently reported. Glasgow’s plea deal allowed the pastor to avoid a trial for his charges that would've been held in March. The pastor will be sentenced at a later date.

From the beginning, the United States provided $5 billion to fund the Ukrainian Revolution in 2014. The US-installed interim government launched the civil war against the Donbas on US instructions. Then in 2014, Obama signed a bill authorizing lethal aid to be provided to Kiev. Then in 2015, NATO Commander General Philip Breedlove favors military aid to Ukraine. The US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, John Kerry, and General Martin Dempsey of the Joint Chiefs agreed. The West has been planning war against Russia using Ukraine as cannon fodder from the very start. The Neocons are a third party unto...

ICYMI: President Donald J. Trump Delivers Hope, Supplies to East Palestine, OhioFebruary 23, 2023FacebookTwitterMar-a-Lago, FL— On Wednesday, President Donald J. Trump visited East Palestine, Ohio to hear from the people of the community and deliver supplies to help those who are still affected by the train derailment. The East Palestine community warmly welcomed President Trump as hundreds of people lined the streets to show their support. President Trump met with local officials and residents from East Palestine. While on the ground in East Palestine, President Trump met with members of the police and fire departments, first responders, local and statewide...

[Catholic Caucus] Letter from Rome: the Roche rescript comes with all the zeal of Saul the PhariseeStill breathing threats against the Church’s ancient liturgy in a way not unlike Saul’s persecution in Acts 9:1, Cardinal Arthur Roche has now begun strong-arming bishops to “ensure the correct application” of Pope Francis’s 2021 apostolic letter restricting the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM), Traditionis Custodes.The latest crackdown by the prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has come in a rescript that severely restricts the freedom of bishops in matters of the TLM and their autonomy as “directors,...

New York has a truly asinine law on the books: It’s illegal to ship pepper spray here. But it’s not illegal to own it or use it in certain cases of self-defense. I’m calling on lawmakers, as well as Mayor Adams and Gov. Hochul: It’s time to give constituents easy access to basic self-defense. I know it first hand as a young woman living in Manhattan. Last May, I wrote about an encounter with a menacing man who chased and threatened me. I managed to scare him off by brandishing my sparkly pepper-spray keychain — which I had to purchase...

“The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad Way” honors a dishonorable man who cozied up with neo-Nazis and called Jews greedy. The New York City Council approved a plan Thursday to name a block in Harlem after National of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad. “Early on, Elijah Muhammad preached about greedy Jews and advanced the longstanding antisemitic trope that Jews turned Jesus Christ in to the authorities,” according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. “Muhammad invited American Nazi Party boss George Lincoln Rockwell to the NOI’s 1962 Saviours’ Day Convention,” where Rockwell dubbed Muhammad “the Adolf Hitler of the black man,” the center...

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East Bay residents didn’t have to brave dangerous driving conditions to get to Tahoe to enjoy some snow this week. They didn't even have to go any further than Berkeley's Tilden Regional Park to go skiing Friday morning. After a mix of rain and snow overnight, snow was accumulating in earnest by 6:30 a.m. By midmorning, there was enough to (sort of) enjoy winter sports. Twitter user Jay Sayre posted multiple videos of him skiing in the Berkeley regional park, which reaches about 1,900 feet in elevation at its highest point. exp-player-logo Sayre even managed to catch some air near...