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In a significant turn of events. A circuit judge has overturned the Hillsborough County Commission's decision to block a crucial millage referendum from appearing on the November ballot. We are very happy that the voters of Hillsborough County will get to decide the fate of this very important referendum. Commissioners expressed concern over the timing of the tax increase amid high inflation hoping to push it back to 2026.Some might argue that it's a waste of taxpayer dollars to go forward, but I'll leave that to another day.

“She was Willie Brown's mattress.”

A year-old case in Miami Beach, Florida, has resurfaced with the recent release of intense police body camera footage. The video captured the fatal shooting of an escaped convict, Darien Young, by an officer as Young held a girl and a store employee hostage at knifepoint inside a Victoria’s Secret store. The incident unfolded on July 27, 2023, at the Lincoln Road store. Young, 29, had previously escaped from the New Hampshire Department of Corrections, where he was serving time as a minimum-security resident. In the released footage, officers are seen arriving as Young had the girl and employee in...

In 1935, the Metropolitan Museum of New York led an archaeological expedition to Egypt. In Deir Elbahari near Luxor, the site of ancient Thebes, they excavated the tomb of Senmut, the architect and overseer of royal works—and reputedly, lover—of the famed queen Hatschepsut (1479–1458 BCE). Beneath Senmut's tomb, they found a separate burial chamber for his mother, Hat-Nufer, and other unidentified relatives.Here, they made an uncanny discovery: a wooden coffin holding the mummy of an elderly woman, wearing a black wig and two scarab rings in silver and gold. But what struck the archaeologists was the mummy's expression: with the...

Former President Donald J. Trump suggested without evidence on Saturday that Georgia’s Republican governor was hampering his efforts to win the battleground state in November, a claim that carried echoes of Mr. Trump’s attempt to overturn his defeat to President Biden there in 2020. “In my opinion, they want us to lose,” Mr. Trump said, accusing the state’s governor, Brian Kemp, and its secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, who is also a Republican, of being disloyal and trying to make life difficult for him. At a rally at the Georgia State University Convocation Center in Atlanta, in a speech that...

In the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, a mazelike market stretches for a half-mile, packed with stalls selling every type of electronic imaginable. It’s an open secret that vendors here are offering one of the world’s most sought-after technologies: the microchips that create artificial intelligence, which the United States is battling to keep out of Chinese hands. One vendor said he could order the chips for delivery in two weeks. Another said companies came to the market ordering 200 or 300 chips from him at a time. A third business owner said he recently shipped a big batch of servers...

Former Trump senior advisor Christian Whiton has weighed in on why US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are at odds over their first head-to-head debate. The Harris campaign is pushing for a debate to take place on ABC News but Trump says the ABC debate has been “terminated”. Instead, the former US president is pushing for a Fox News debate with Ms Harris on September 4. “I don't know why Harris is concerned,” Mr Whiton said. “The two debate moderators who are proposed are considered very fair and frankly would throw some hard balls at Donald Trump. “So...

Nothing but the blood of Jesus saves me from my wickedness. Christ is Coming every time the Middle East heats up I go back to the preaching and messaging of my teenage years about a Second Coming of Jesus.... Well it's time for a Benjamin Netanyahu Update the pride of Cheltenham High School Class of 1967 Bibi went to high school on the doorstep of Philadelphia... And how does Israel deal with the United Kingdom and its new "Soviet" leader? Tommy Robinson has openly identified himself as Pro-Israel while Sir Keir Starmer tries to steer a less friendly course purging...

A few minutes ago, a friend of mine pointed out something that no one seems to be talking about: an apparent gunshot wound on the leg of Thomas Crooks.I saw this on bodycam footage released by local police, seen here. There are two marks, one below and to the side of Crooks’ right knee. The other is above his right knee. The marks were odd enough to draw my attention, but not enough to make me look at them more carefully, or question how they got there.At first, they might look like a digital artifact, and that was my initial...

A Government advisor has called for Sir Keir Starmer to impose "Covid-style" measures to take back control of the streets of Britain as far-right riots continue. Baron Walney, John Woodcock, told Times Radio: "I think the government and new ministers will understand the British public will back them in whatever measures they feel is necessary to get this situation under control. "Hopefully we can see this petering out now over the next few days and the extra effort which is being put on forces being able to have effect. "But if that isn't the case, I think the British public...

No relationship, even the strongest ones, exists without at least an occasional argument. What separates resilient couples from others is the way they're able to handle conflict. The way partners communicate is the most important, especially when feelings run high and tempers are heated. "Before you speak, take a beat to consider the impact of what you want to say," says Shari Foos, M.A., M.F.T., M.S., founder nonprofit group program The Narrative Method. "Try to anticipate how the information might make your partner feel, so you can show empathy to them while expressing what you want to say. Try writing...

Abstract The Human Genome Project is an ambitious research effort aimed at deciphering the chemical makeup of the entire human genetic code (i.e., the genome). The primary work of the project is to develop three research tools that will allow scientists to identify genes involved in both rare and common diseases.

A copy of DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari’s report about the Secret Service’s security failures related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill uprising has been leaked—and it’s reportedly extremely damning. ABC News, the Washington Post and other mainstream said they obtained the report, which had been suppressed by leadership at the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Secret Service.According to those mainstream news outlets, the report shows that then Vice President-elect Kamala Harris ended up within feet of a “viable” pipe bomb that had been planted the night before in the bushes right outside the Democratic National Committee’s...

George Clooney threw his support behind Kamala Harris for president just two weeks after turning on President Joe Biden by writing a scathing op-ed urging him to drop out. Last month, the 63-year-old actor and husband of prominent international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, 46, thanked President Biden, 81, for 'saving democracy' as he endorsed his vice president. Clooney stated that he was excited for Harris, 59, and her 'historic quest' to win the upcoming election. Now sources within the Democratic Party tell DailyMail.com Clooney's recent involvement in the presidential race is part of a 'calculated' effort to put himself...

The neonatal unit where Lucy Letby worked suffered an outbreak of bacteria lethal to babies, a leaked risk report shows. In August 2023, Letby was convicted of the murders of seven newborns and the attempted murders of six other infants. A retrial in July also found her guilty of the attempted murder of another child. Since the conviction, numerous scientists, statisticians and doctors have expressed their concern about the evidence presented to the jury regarding shift patterns, medical conclusions and the standard of care at the Countess of Chester. It has now emerged that at the time when infant mortality...

As the Summer Olympics continue in Paris phone line sabotage in France followed the earlier railroad sabotage on the day the games opened (July 26th). Six acts of vandalism across the country... "people who do not agree with the values of France" Disc Jockey and lesbian activist Barbara Butch slamming her critics after that controversial scene that was part of the Olympics opening ceremony. The "Festivity" scene denounced widely even by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei... Live video coming from Paris...in the video protesters gathering a small group... The French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin citing declines in violent robberies...

...there are indications that Josh Shapiro is shaping up as Kamala Harris’s VP choice. Notwithstanding the opposition from “progressive,” i.e. anti-Semitic, Democrats, which I noted here. But now, in an 11th-hour development, the ante may have been upped.... now we have this: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has had to defend his stance on Israel after an op-ed he penned more than three decades ago, in which he wrote of being an Israeli army volunteer and disparaged the Palestinian people, resurfaced. ... “[Palestinians] are too battle-minded to be able to establish a peaceful homeland of their own,” Shapiro wrote, identifying himself...

After Senator Kamala Harris admitted she smoked pot and supported marijuana legalization because "half my family's from Jamaica" during an interview last week, her father has publicly criticized her for fraudulently stereotyping Jamaicans as "pot-smoking joy seekers" and accused the 2020 presidential candidate of pursuing "identity politics." Donald Harris, a retired Stanford professor, rebuked Harris's comments linking her Jamaican heritage to her pot use during an interview with The Breakfast Club radio show last week. "My dear departed grandmothers...as well as my deceased parents, must be turning in their grave right now to see their family's name, reputation and proud...

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Bullet entered from behind just above the calf and exits forward right side of knee. Smooth folded skin entry wound. Who shot Crooks from behind? I haven't heard it mentioned or explained in any of the analysis. Just an observation.