Jerry West, who is considered one of the greatest players in NBA history, who is the NBA’s logo, has died, the Los Angeles Clippers announced Wednesday. He was 86. 

The 50-year-old petrodollar agreement between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia was allowed to expire. The term “petrodollar” refers to the U.S. dollar’s role as the currency used for crude oil transactions on the world market. This arrangement has its roots in the 1970s when the United States and Saudi Arabia struck a deal shortly after the […] The post Dems Did It! They Destroyed the Petrodollar Agreement appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) has reportedly fallen way behind his opponent in the Democrat Party’s primary for New York’s 16th Congressional District as he continues to embrace anti-Semitic views. Bowman said during an interview this week that he voted no against a resolution that condemned designated Islamic terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah because the resolution blamed Hamas for its unprecedented October 7 terrorist attack. Palestinian terrorists stormed into Israel from Gaza early on October 7 and went on to murder 1,200 people, wound 5,300+, kidnap 250+, and engage in a campaign of rape against women and girls. “One of the first lines [of the resolution] was ‘condemn Hamas for this unprovoked attack.’ And I stopped reading at that point,” Bowman said. “If we’re calling this an unprovoked attack, that means we’re going to ignore 18 human rights organizations calling Israel an apartheid state.” “There was no way in the world, especially based on what I’ve learned over the last few years in Congress that I was going to support what Israel was doing right now,” he continued. “Now, I am not justifying the killing of civilians by Hamas on Oct. 7th,” he added. “There’s no justification. It’s just an explanation of what the circumstances were that led to Oct. 7th. And I believed then, and I believe now, if you want to end extremism, we need a free Palestine.” #NY16 ?? Bowman says he opposed resolution condemning Hamas because it called Oct 7 an ‘unprovoked’ attack. “If we’re calling this an unprovoked attack, that means we’re going to ignore 18 human rights organizations calling Israel an apartheid state…” pic.twitter.com/4QSUNVeRnU — Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) June 10, 2024 Bowman had sought to distance himself from extremist left-wing views on Israel shortly after the massacre happened when he condemned the Democratic Socialists of America, a Marxist group that promotes the anti-Semitic B.D.S. movement, which seeks to destroy the state of Israel. However, he was secretly recorded last month admitting that he was still a member of the group and he never let his “dues lapse,” The New York Times reported. When asked about the revelation, he deflected and claimed that the media “has a tendency to talk about B.S., and not focus on the race.” Westchester County Executive George Latimer, Bowman’s opponent, said that Bowman aligns himself with “extremists.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “In our democracy, truth still matters, and Mr. Bowman needs to explain why he keeps relying on falsehoods to justify his re-election,” Latimer said. Related: Investigators Uncover Bowman Deception In Fire Alarm Probe

Pope Francis reportedly expressed his opposition to gay men becoming priests during a meeting with Roman priests this week, which comes only a couple weeks after he made similar remarks during a closed-door meeting. Francis, 87, reportedly said that “there is an air of frociaggine in the Vatican” and that those who are gay should not be admitted into seminaries. According to the Washington Post, the word “frociaggine” roughly translates to “fa***tness” in the Roman Italian dialect. The Post reported that Francis made the remarks while meeting with approximately 200 priests at Rome’s Salesian Pontifical University. While speaking about the “danger of ideologies in the Church”,  he reportedly “reiterated the need to welcome and accompany gay men in the Church” but indicated they should not be allowed into priesthood. Francis made nearly identical remarks during a private address to Catholic bishops in May while railing against the number of gay priests who were in training. He reportedly made the remarks in the context of proposals from Italian bishops about changes they want to see in guidelines determining the candidates that seminaries accept. He reportedly said that he was opposed to letting in candidates who were leading a “double life” by claiming to be celibate while secretly being gay, The Telegraph reported. He said that there was “already too much fa***try” in seminaries, according to numerous translations of his speech, which was in Italian. CNN noted that Francis in 2016 upheld the Vatican’s ruling in 2005 that the Catholic church cannot allow the ordination of gay men. In 2018, he told Italian bishops “not to accept gay candidates for the priesthood,” the report added. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP However, the Vatican backtracked on his comments late last month after they were leaked to the press and some backlash ensued online. “The Pope never intended to offend or express himself in homophobic terms, and he extends his apologies to those who felt offended by the use of a term, as reported by others,” the Vatican said in a May statement. “As he (Pope Francis) has said on several occasions, ‘in the Church there is room for everyone, everyone! No one is useless, no one is superfluous, there is room for everyone. Just as we are, everyone.’”

This video is one of the most powerful clips I’ve seen in a while. When this Oregon man was in need of saving, his dog ran to get him help. The dog rescue saved his life. All the more reason to be thankful for our favorite four-legged friends. @cbsmornings An Oregon man and his four dogs accidentally drove off of an embankment, stranding him in the woods. That’s when one of the dogs, named Blue, traveled four miles to alert the man’s family at a nearby camp site. #news #oregon #dog #dogs ♬ original sound – CBS Mornings Brandon Garrett went on a trip with his four pups and took a turn that flipped his truck far into a ravine. With the situation looking dire, Brandon’s dog, Blue, leapt out of the car. Blue wasn’t fleeing the scene, though. Instead, Blue ran four miles back to the campsite where Brandon’s family was staying. This powerful act of loyalty from Blue the Dog was paramount to saving this man’s life. This image is from TikTok. Blue and the family headed back to the ravine and, while they found the vehicle, they couldn’t get to it because of the steepness of the land. The next day, Search & Rescue joined the efforts and located him, pulled him out, and airlifted him to a nearby hospital. A dog saving a man is a thing of the movies — but Blue is a real hero. Hopefully, his dad has given him a big selection of treats! Garrett has since returned home and is safe recovering in the comfort of his family and pups. This image is from TikTok. The story was highlighted on CBS News and has taken social media by storm. Folks headed to the comment section to share their amazement with this rescue tale (or… tail?). “Wow, absolutely amazing. I am so happy they are all okay,” said one of the video’s viewers. “Blue is man’s best friend,” commented another. This accident is a thing of nightmares. But because of Blue’s devotion to his dad, Brandon made it home safe. The featured image for this post is from TikTok. The post Real-Life Lassie: Dog Runs Four Miles To Get Help After Dad Crashes Into Ravine appeared first on InspireMore.