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"During a campaign event yesterday evening, Sen. Sanders experienced some chest discomfort. Following medical evaluation and testing he was found to have a blockage in one artery and two stents were successfully inserted. Sen. Sanders is conversing and in good spirits. He will be resting up over the next few days," said Sanders’ senior adviser Jeff Weaver on Wednesday in a statement. "We are canceling his events and appearances until further notice, and we will continue to provide appropriate updates.”

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) had an emergency heart procedure following a campaign event Tuesday evening, his campaign confirmed in a statement. “During a campaign event yesterday evening, Sen. Sanders experienced some chest discomfort,” the campaign said in an emailed statement. “Following medical evaluation and testing he was found to have a blockage in one artery and two stents were successfully inserted. Sen. Sanders is conversing and in good spirits.

Sweden has drawn praise for opening its doors to thousands of fleeing Middle Eastern and African refugees and migrants, in numbers comparable only to Germany: When it comes to refugees, [UN Secretary-General Antonio] Guterres praised Sweden for being "absolutely exemplary" and said Europe had failed to provide support by taking coordinated action to ensure equal distribution in the area. "Instead, Europe was totally unable to find solidarity for this kind of integrated European solution. There was no European solution.  As there was no solidarity at all, two countries, Sweden and Germany have essentially been the ones receiving the overwhelming majority of the refugees, which...

To the golf carts! Despite (or perhaps because of) impeachment proceedings launching in Washington D.C., President Donald Trump is taking his show on the road next week. Thursday finds the President in the Villages, where he will sign an Executive Order vowing to protect Medicare, a program important to residents. Trump’s visit was originally scheduled for August but was postponed after the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. Sumter County GOP chair John Temple told the Orlando Sentinel that the event will be held at 1:30 p.m. at the Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center, the same...

Have you ever seen the 1967 movie, “The Graduate,” where actor Dustin Hoffman, in the role of a young graduate, gets sage advice as to what field he should get into?  "Plastics," young man, is the future was the recommendation.  But where do plastics originate?  Plastics are characterized as polymers.  Polymers are long-chained monomers.  Some examples of monomers are ethylene and propylene.  When these monomers are polymerized they become polyethylene and polypropylene.  From where do these monomers originate?  They are products from oil and gas production. The current crop of Democratic Party presidential wannabees have drunk the Green New Deal (GND) Kool-Aid.  Stop...

MEXICO CITY – Tucked inside a narrow wedge of a traditional open-air market is one of Mexico’s most dangerous black market operations. It’s known as the Tepito. It’s a barrio where even the police mostly remain outside. Inside, it’s under the tightly controlled thumb of the Union de Tepito, otherwise known as the Union Cartel – one of the capital city’s most violent and well-financed criminal players. Cartel “hawks” – often children – are positioned in the entry to report on any unusual visitors inside the tented tunnel. Those inside worship the Mexican folklore legend Jesús Malverde, who steals from the rich to give...

With the Trump impeachment ball rolling in Washington DC, one person that’s clearly benefiting from this, according to American political analyst Don Debar, is former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton has been making rounds on US TV programmes promoting her forthcoming book, which she co-wrote with her daughter, and talking about the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump. Appearing on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday, Clinton stressed that an impeachment inquiry is "exactly what should be done," especially considering the evidence. So what’s the evidence? A whistleblower complaint about Trump allegedly inappropriately pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr...

Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib told Detroit’s chief of police that he should hire only black people as analysts to run their facial recognition software because, she claimed, non-black people think they all look alike.

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by George Bernard Shaw. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. George Bernard Shaw is one of history's original communist thugs, his writings and plays a mere denouement on his violent view on pacifists and non-progressives. All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidental spoilers. Please refrain from disclosing the full answer in comments to prevent spoilers.To solve the puzzle: Enter the letters in the top half (letter columns) of the puzzle into...

Isabel Albright of San Lorenzo was among the oldest people in America - living through two world wars, 18 presidents and seven moon landings. She was born before television came into being. Yet, ironically, she didn't outlive her satellite TV contract. And that was a problem. "Everything was fine until we went to disconnect and that's when all the surprises happened,'' said her son in law, John Manrique of Hayward. Albright died last December at the remarkable age of 102. The family has been repairing the house for sale, sifting through boxes, closing up a life that spanned a whole...

DALLAS — Prosecutors showed jurors racist and violent texts and social media posts linked to former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger as the sentencing phase began Tuesday afternoon. Following the Tuesday morning guilty verdict, the jury returned to the courtroom early in the afternoon. Jurors paid rapt attention as prosecutors displayed texts by Guyger. The first text message thread presented to the jury was from Jan. 15, 2018 during the Martin Luther King Jr. parade in Dallas. "When does this end lol," read a text to Guyger. "When MLK is dead… oh wait…” she responded. “Just push them… or spray...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds her weekly news conference. She will be joined by House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg opposes the death penalty for prisoners, even if that prisoner happens to be Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11 attacks.

Iran’s top Revolutionary Guards Corps commander, Major General Hossein Salami, claimed on Tuesday the country had “defeated” the U.S. military before the world, the official Tasnim news agency reported. Although Salami offered no direct evidence to support his boast, analysts are guessing he may be referring to Tehran’s downing of an American drone in June, or not – nobody knows. Salami’s comments, while not unusual for Iranian officials who are known to make extravagant claims of military prowess and battlefield victories, come amid heightened international tensions over Iran’s nuclear program and a series of incidents that have raised fears of...

Congressional Democrats are running roughshod over the Constitution and the rights of the president of the United States and Rudy Giuliani is sick and tired of it. And while he’s fed up with the manner in which the Garbage Party is attempting to ensnare President Trump and hamstring him on a daily basis, we’re frankly fed up with Republicans in the Senate who won’t do anything to protect him, either.

Since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced her caucus would proceed with the impeachment of President Donald Trump, it has done anything except demoralize Republicans based on the immediately fundraising efforts of the Republican National Committee. During an appearance on Huntsville, AL radio’s WVNN on Tuesday, RNC national spokeswoman Elizabeth Harrington pointed out that much like the drama of last year’s Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, Republicans have responded to Democrat efforts to “undo” the 2016 presidential election. In this case, they have done so with their pocketbooks. “We’ve seen a huge jump in our donations,” she said to “The Jeff Poor...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem (Music in The Bible) Deuteronomy 32 32 Listen, you heavens, and I will speak;     hear, you earth, the words of my mouth. 2 Let my teaching fall like rain     and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass,     like abundant rain on tender plants. 3 I will proclaim the name of the Lord.     Oh, praise the greatness of our God! 4 He is the Rock, his works are perfect,     and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong,     upright and just is he.. 5 They are corrupt and not his children;     to...

Cracks are forming in the coalition Facebook Inc. assembled to build a global cryptocurrency-based payments network. Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc. and other financial partners that signed on to help build and maintain the Libra payments network are reconsidering their involvement following a backlash from U.S. and European government officials, according to people familiar with the matter. Wary of attracting regulatory scrutiny, executives of some of Libra’s backers have declined Facebook’s requests to publicly support the project, the people said. Their reluctance has Facebook scrambling to keep Libra on track. Policy executives from Libra’s more than two dozen backers—a group called...

The Anguilla resort worker allegedly killed in a struggle with a Connecticut banker had so much cocaine in his system, he was essentially walking dead, a revised autopsy report shows. Hapgood, 44, was charged with manslaughter The Hapgood family claim Mitchel showed up unannounced to their room with a knife and demanded money — forcing the UBS financial adviser to defend himself and his young daughters. “twice that commonly accepted to have a fatal outcome,” and caused his lungs to fill with blood, suffocating him.

I’ve seen what hate is capable of when it is empowered and undeterred. On June 12, 2016, I was washing my hands at a bathroom sink inside Pulse Nightclub when a man filled with hate charged in and murdered 49 mostly queer people of color, many of whom were my friends and community members. That night I lost my two best friends, and I have spent every day since confronting evil in its purest form, as emboldened by a president who has staked his political success on demonizing our most vulnerable. Our country is facing a democratic crisis over Donald...