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A furry critter in a western Pennsylvania town has predicted six more weeks of winter during an annual Groundhog Day celebration. People gathered Thursday at Gobbler’s Knob as members of Punxsutawney Phil’s “inner circle” summoned the groundhog from his tree stump at dawn to learn if he has seen his shadow — and they say he did. According to folklore, if he sees his shadow there will be six more weeks of winter. If he doesn’t, spring comes early. The “inner circle” is a group of local dignitaries who are responsible for planning the events, as well as feeding and...

<p>Gangsta Boo, a former member of Memphis hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia and a pioneer of female Southern rap music, has died, a representative for the musician announced. A cause of death has not been revealed. Gangsta Boo, who was born Lola Chantrelle Mitchell, was 43 years old.</p>

The Landlady's Tale By SWORDMAKER copyright 2000Preface The following story was told to me by the woman who rented my parents their first home in California when they moved to Sacramento in 1939. A devout Catholic (so much so that although she had been divorced by her husband, she did not consider the divorce valid and did not remarry until her husband died many years later) the landlady swore on her Bible, in front of my sister and me after she told us the story, that it was absolutely true. She was quite serious about it.In the 1970s, I personally...

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi made what is being described by some media outlets as a surprise appearance at NYC’s Global Citizen music festival on Saturday. She was introduced by actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas, a co-host of the event.Who can blame the audience for booing an 82-year-old politician rambling on about climate change and carbon pollution when they were there to hear music? She was harshing their buzz while they just wanted the Jonas Brothers and other bands to play. Priyanka Chopra Jonas, by the way, is married to one of the Jonas bros.@JackPosobiec I was at the global...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was not so warmly received when she made a surprise guest appearance at the Global Citizen’s music festival in Central Park Saturday night. Pelosi, wearing a white pantsuit and matching scarf, appeared to be booed as she took the stage to speak briefly, social media video shows. The house speaker was discussing climate change and cutting carbon emissions in the speech and some booing was audible from the start, videos show. “As speaker of the house, I am here to thank you for your dazzling advocacy, entrepreneurial thinking, and determination as global citizens,” she told the...

While Biden Worries About Ukraine, 13,000 Russians Invaded U.S. BorderAre the Russians invading the Ukraine or the United States? Currently, it seems like a lot more of them have been crossing our border.The current data seems to suggest we've had 13,420 Russians show up in 2021.More than 800 people from India also illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border into Yuma, Arizona, in December.Nearly 5,000 Turks. Turkey is a state sponsor of Islamic terrorism.23,000 Chinese, 5,100 Romanians, and a mass migration of others from around the world.https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/2022/01/while-biden-worries-about-ukraine-13000-russians-daniel-greenfield/

The social media posts started in May: photos and videos of smiling people, mostly women, drinking Mason jars of black liquid, slathering black paste on their faces and feet, or dipping babies and dogs in tubs of the black water. They tagged the posts #BOO and linked to a website that sold a product called Black Oxygen Organics. Black Oxygen Organics, or “BOO” for short, is difficult to classify. It was marketed as fulvic acid, a compound derived from decayed plants, that was dug up from an Ontario peat bog. The website of the Canadian company that sold it billed...

Alex Jones breaks down how Bill Gates and Dr. Fauci are in hot water now that their sinister links to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and COVID-19 are laid bare. Meanwhile, another massive migrant caravan making its way to the collapsed U.S. southern border, dovetailing with the United Nations Replacement Migration strategy to collapse the West with millions of third-world economic migrants. Show...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi set a deadline of October 31 for lawmakers to pass President Joe Biden's $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package after delaying the vote on the legislation for a third time. In a letter to fellow Democrats on Saturday, Pelosi (D-Calif.) said 'more time was needed to reach our goal of passing both bills' after party leaders scrambled for the past two days to try and secure votes. Pelosi aims to pass the legislation by the end of the month when the 30-day reauthorization of federal highway programs — among other extensions...

(President Trump's Operation Warp Speed Update) (New Cases jumped over 26K for the second day, highest in six weeks - Hospitalizations slightly rising, Deaths also now seem to have turned back upward - Over 1/3 billion vaccine doses administered in the USA, more than one for every resident - Vaccination slow but steady on this report) Total Vaccine Doses Delivered: 386,985,420 (21,435,300 J&J) Administered: 333,565,404 (12,791,315 J&J) People Vaccinated, At Least One Dose: 183,836,917 Fully Vaccinated: 158,954,417

It's a moral duty. https://youtu.be/ypTbsWPsSws

Moments before Super Bowl LV kicked off Sunday night, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden made a pre-recorded appearance to honor the more than 463,000 people who have died from COVID-19 by asking for a moment of silence - instead they were booed by some of the crowd. 'Before kickoff we wanted to thank all the frontline healthcare heroes both at the game and watching across the country. You put yourself at risk to keep the rest of us safe. You and your families carried us through this year with courage, compassion and kindness. We couldn't have made...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol complex temporarily locked down Monday during a rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration after a fire in a homeless encampment about a mile away sent a plume of smoke into the air and caused security concerns.

It’s just the flu, bro. The left is using Wuhan Flu as a pretext for socialism. The mantra this time is “we must save people’s lives”. The most recent pretext for socialism before this one is global warming. With global warming the pretext is that “we must save the planet”. In either case, the validity of the pretext is irrelevant. What matters is the effectiveness at tugging at people‘s heartstrings. With both Global warming and Wuhan flu the call is for massive government expenditures and increased control over people’s lives. The disaster with Wuhan flu is that people believe they...

...[PREDICTION for bookmark: Upon return in January Speaker Pelosi will refuse to allow impeached President Trump to deliver a State of the Union address in the House.]

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Boo! Post your spooky stories. My dog visited me a few times after she died. Twice, after working in the garden where she is buried, she followed me back into the house. I heard her drinking at her water bowl and a couple of very audible dog sighs like when she'd lay down.

I know a Washington team is not very popular here on FR. Regardless of the classless fans on Sunday night, the Washington Nationals team won. Beating in succession three very good teams. Congratulations to the Washington Nationals!

Alabama Republican Roy Moore has announced he is running for U.S. Senate again in 2020 after failing to win the seat two years ago amid sexual misconduct accusations. Moore announced his campaign Thursday, seeking an eventual rematch against Democratic Sen. Doug Jones. The announcement upends an election viewed by Republicans as a top priority in 2020 and ignores President Donald Trump's warning that he "cannot win."

PELHAM, New Hampshire — Cory Booker took a veiled dig at Democratic presidential candidates such as Joe Biden on Saturday, who err on the side of pragmatism. "There's one word I can't stand: it's 'realistically.' And the reason why I can't stand is because I was the mayor of a city that had decades of crime and corruption as its reputation," the New Jersey senator and former Newark mayor told voters in Pelham, New Hampshire, a Republican-heavy town in the Granite State. Booker then detoured into steps he took as chief executive of the state capital from 2006 to 2013...