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Forbes pointed to misleading data and claimed on Monday there had been over 330 “mass shootings” in the United States so far in 2023. They labeled their report “breaking” news. Writing at Forbes, Ana Faguy relied on the Gun Violence Archive (GVA), a pro-gun-control database which abandoned the long-standing definition of a “mass shooting” as four or more deaths in a single incident by a single gunman and replaced it with “a minimum of four victims shot, either injured or killed, not including any shooter who may also have been killed or injured in the incident.” GVA’s new definition allows...

On the day celebrating the American colonies’ separation from Great Britain, Hawaii is relatively quiet in contrast to the continental United States, where fireworks light up neighborhoods across the country. In Hawaii, July 4 is not a joyous occasion for some residents. This is because July 4 is also the day a group of businessmen self-declared the Islands to be the Republic of Hawaii in 1894, before imprisoning Queen Liliuokalani. Later, July 4, 1960, was chosen as the day the 50th star was added to the U.S. flag.

A Texas man who found a deceased woman in her backyard claims it took several phone calls for Austin police to respond. Retired Austin policeman Robert A. Gross’s letter to Mayor Kirk Watson regarding the woman who had been dead for two days was shared online by another retired officer identified as Dennis Farris, Fox News reported Monday.

Two drag performers and roommates are removing their damaged items from their North Seattle townhome after it went up in flames Saturday due to somebody else’s illegal fireworks. "This isn’t just our home, it’s also our place of work. We get ready here," said Sreya, who preferred to go by their drag name. "And I design for other performers.” No injuries were reported, but residents of three townhomes were displaced. Investigators ruled the fire was accidental and likely caused by fireworks. They estimated the loss to be $100,000. At 12:38 a.m., more than an hour after the fire was first...

Looking through my small library of American History I came upon this in the America,by Eric Sloane from 1992. These are a few actual toasts used on July 4th,1822. TO THE PATRIOTS OF '76-May we ever cherish their principles and imitate their virtues. TO INDEPENDENCE-May we not lose its substance and court its shadow. TO OUR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE-A beacon to the friends of liberty and a terror to monarchs. TO THE NEXT CONGRESS-May they encourage domestic manufacturers and be contented with forty two dollars a week.

The Biden Justice Department is reportedly preparing a superseding indictment of 30-45 more charges against former President Donald Trump, fearing a Trump-appointed judge might rule unfavorably against it. The scope of the charges could potentially bring the presidential documents case to another jurisdiction and include charges against Trump-tied associates, sources told The Independent. According to the report, the DOJ fears Southern District of Florida Judge Aileen Cannon – randomly selected for the case – might give deference to the former president. Trump is already facing a 37-count federal indictment delivered by special counsel Jack Smith. Among the charges are 31...

Independence Day makes Progressives squirm. They despise the principles of the American Revolution. If they could, their scotus judges would gut the Declaration as thoroughly as they have the Constitution. To them, our Noble Declaration, this expression of God-given reason subverts social justice; they are right. Since the Declaration is indeed hostile to their moral relativism, the Left has long attempted to minimize our founding to a fuzzy faith in the people. The “deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,” and “all men are created equal,” translates in their Marxist minds as widespread democracy accompanied with equal...

It's a shame we don't have more honorable upstanding men in the USA instead of all the wimps today. The following from a Brazilian. Amazing Grace - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89g9yMGFGlM The Star Spangled Banner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W5i4KrghDw Apology (warning) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQdFynZxSUQ

In honor of Willie Nelson who woke up proclaiming he's still not dead today, yet again, despite what tablet doth say. 🤣 Willie Nelson - Still Not Dead His older sister did die in June of 2023 at the age of 91. Willie is only 90. 🤣

The Continental Congress chose Thomas Jefferson instead of John Adams to write the Declaration of Independence, because they wanted to solidify the southern states participation in the revolution.Jefferson suffered through Congress remaking his work. His draft at 1704 words was 366 words longer than the final. The Congress added 253 words, and removed or rephrased 792 words, thereby transforming over 60% of his work. Among passages removed was a 168 word section complaining the mercantile system, imposed on the colonies by commercial charter, mandated the importation of slaves to the New World. Such is my analysis, but you can find...

California's controversial Reparations Task Force has called on the state legislature to end child support debt for black residents claiming that the nation's laws have hindered their growth and have torn African American families apart

Elon Musk spent the weekend further alienating Twitter users with more drastic changes to the social media giant, and he is facing a new challenge as tech nemesis Mark Zuckerberg prepares to launch a rival app this week. Zuckerberg's Meta group, which owns Facebook, has listed a new app in stores as "Threads, an Instagram app", available for pre-order in the United States, with a message saying it is "expected" this Thursday. The two men have clashed for years but a recent comment by a Meta executive suggesting that Twitter was not run "sanely" irked Musk, eventually leading to the...

As more and more evidence emerges revealing the depth and breadth of the Biden family's corruption, a "fed up" President Joe Biden has warned his top aides to refrain from advising him to create some political distance between Hunter and himself. "Why should I," Biden demands to know. "He hasn't done anything wrong. As his father I have the obligation to protect him. As the president I have an unlimited power to pardon him for any alleged crime he is accused of." The contradiction between Attorney General Merrick Garland's assertion under oath that US Attorney David Weiss "had a completely...

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Small arms, ATGMs, MANPADS, loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles, trailers and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When the...

4 July 2023 Tuesday of week 13 in Ordinary TimeRichmond, London. The Roman Catholic Church of St Elizabeth of PortugalReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingGenesis 19:15-29 ©The destruction of Sodom and GomorrahThe angels urged Lot, ‘Come, take your wife and these two daughters of yours, or you will be overwhelmed in the punishment of the town.’ And as he hesitated, the men took him by the hand, and his wife and his two daughters, because of the pity the Lord felt for him. They led him out and left him outside the town. As they were leading him...

A Palestinian Terrorist has injured 7 in an attack in Tel Aviv. The terrorist used a car to ram people, and then exited the vehicle to carry out a stabbing rampage. If not for an armed Israeli civilian who shot the Palestinian attacker, it could have been even worse. This is the kind of violence and threat Israelis face every day from radical Islamic elements who don’t believe they even have a right to exist. This time, a good guy with a gun was on scene to limit the carnage. . . .

Came on tablet news 11am. Saw him 1985 bn Toledo.

I went through the SCOTUS decisions 2022-2023, and tallies

A man was left unconscious when a firework exploded in his face, Illinois cops say. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said the 58-year-old man purchased “commercially rated fireworks” before a gathering Sunday, July 2, in Cary. He was detonating the fireworks outside a home, but one did not discharge as expected, the sheriff’s office said. The man was looking into the firework tube when it ignited, exploding in his face, police said. The explosion caused major injuries to the man’s head, authorities said. Deputies found him “in and out of consciousness” and he was taken to a hospital, where he...

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