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Democratic New York City mayor Bill de Blasio said that his 25-year-old daughter, who was recently arrested at a protest in New York, has confronted him on his “white privilege” in the past, the New York Post reported. While speaking at a TIME 100 Talks conference Tuesday, the mayor said that his daughter Chiara, who is biracial, “would talk to me about my own white privilege,” telling the audience that “she’s usually right.” The Tuesday virtual conference focused on the intersection of coronavirus and social justice issues and how leaders were responding to the issues, according to the New York...

A German chain of shops has removed miniature wooden Santa Claus figures from its shelves and destroyed them after customers complained it looked like they were giving the stiff-armed Hitler salute that is outlawed. Josef Lange, a spokesman for the Rossmann chain that has 1,200 outlets, told Reuters on Friday the figures depicting Father Christmas with his right arm stiffly upright towards the sky and holding a sack in his left hand upset some customers. "We were astonished by the reaction," Lange said. "It looks like he's just pointing up to the sky and we were surprised that anyone saw...

A hungry man who tried to eat a swan while fasting during the Muslim festival of Ramadan was today given a two-month jail sentence. Shamsu Miah, 52, killed the mute swan at a boating pond in Llandudno, north Wales, on September 25 - only the second day of his fast. It is unclear whether he bit through the swan's neck or stabbed it with a knife, Llandudno Magistrates Court heard. Miah was arrested after a dog walker spotted him carrying a dead swan in a plastic carrier bag shortly after midnight. When he was challenged by police he told them:...

Democrat Harold Ford Jr. talks to the reporters outside the Little Rebel Bar and Grill during his campaign for U.S. Senate in Jackson, Tenn. Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006. Ford is running against Republican candidate Bob Corker. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Kerry says he deserves 2nd chance in '08 1 hour, 29 minutes ago Sen. John Kerry says he deserves a second chance if he decides to take another crack at becoming president. The Massachusetts Democrat, who lost to President Bush in 2004, said it is a basic principle that "Americans give people a second chance. And if you learn something and prove you've learned something, maybe even more so. Now, I don't know what I'm going to do yet. We'll make that decision down the road." Ronald Reagan twice unsuccessfully sought the GOP nomination for president before he got it...

Politicians face all manner of peril whenever they wade into, er, festive environments. Senator John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, learned this lesson on Saturday at a tailgate party before the Iowa-Iowa State football game. A young woman hoisted a “beer bong” to his face — and the moment was duly documented by a photograph in The Des Moines Register. “Beer bong” refers to a tubular, funnel-like device deployed to “inhale” large quantities of beer in a few seconds. But did Mr. Kerry actually inhale? “Definitely not,” said David Wade, the senator’s spokesman. “Actually, since we were in Iowa, it was...

CHICAGO, June 30 (UPI) -- Chicago White Sox Manager Ozzie Guillen, fined for using a gay slur against a columnist, says he'll spend an off-day at the Gay Games on July 17. He also plans to attend sensitivity training sessions soon, the Chicago Sun- Times reported. Guillen said he had already planned to attend the Gay Games, and his visit is not related to the trouble he got into with Major League Baseball for calling Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti a "fag" during a locker room interview. Guillen has apologized.

The top stories in America this week are simply astounding. First, illegal aliens continue to invade the United States seemingly at will, as our elected clowns (aka the president and Congress) remain gutless in their attempts to stem the tide. Gonads are apparently out of stock in Washington when it comes to deporting illegals and building a barrier along the entire southern border with Mexico. Meanwhile, alligators are on the prowl in Florida, threatening anything that moves, from people to puppy dogs. As far as I can tell, the critters have no apparent new hatred for humans. They're just doing...