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Bellamy Mansion Slave Quarters

On the northeast corner of the lot stands the original brick slave quarters, a rare survival of a once important urban building type, and one of the best preserved examples in the country. Such buildings were generally referred to as servants’ quarters or “negro houses.” A March 1860 deed cited the John D. Bellamy “kitchen or negro house” at the corner of the Bellamy property. The neatly but plainly finished brick building typifies urban slave quarters in the late antebellum South—one room deep and three rooms wide, with stepped parapets rising above the roof and a windowless back wall along the property line.

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"We The People Have The Power"

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Just curious. What would you do?👭🥂 Rest assured that if we open will be be putting into place social distancing + cleaning protocols. We hope you feel we are sensitive and understanding of everyone’s beliefs❤️We just want to provide our services to those who want it🇺🇸#maydaymayday #covid_19 #💵#emandtess #avenidadelmar #bestofsanclemente2016thru2019

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Gallup Poll: Fueled by Independents, Donald Trump Approval Rating Bounces Back to 49 Percent

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A Gallup poll reveals President Donald Trump’s job approval rating bounced back to 49 percent in late April.

The poll conducted from April 14-28 showed Trump’s overall job approval at 49 percent; up six points from a 43 percent rating in early April.

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BJ Baldwin of Baldwin Motorsports Involved in Justified Homicide in Las Vegas

 

Baldwin says he doesn’t hold a grudge against the man who attacked them.
“This person that I got into a gunfight with, his name is Joey and he’s not a bad person,” said Baldwin. “He just got caught up doing some bad stuff and I happened to be in his line of fire.”
“Think about that, okay. Somebody comes up to my girlfriend and putting a gun to my face, with no demands with what appeared to be the intent to kill, murder, rob. He has my respect.”

I think he's nuts 

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BJ Baldwin of Baldwin Motorsports has been cooperating with police after getting into a gunfight with an armed assailant. His attacker was killed in what police say was a justified self-defense shooting, according to KSNV News.

Baldwin and his girlfriend were having a meal in the parking lot of a local In-N-Out Burger when the couple was approached by two men. One of the men drew a gun on Baldwin’s girlfriend and opened fire.

Baldwin, who has a concealed-carry permit and was armed, returned fire while his girlfriend took cover. Police say at least 15 shots were fired in the ensuing shootout.

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Cop Needs 17 Center Mass Hits w/ .40 S&W to Stop Assailant

 

We’re not trying to pick on the .40 S&W.  I swear.

It’s just coincidence that last week we came across a story about a woman’s breast implant deflecting a .40-caliber projectile and now, this week, we found another article detailing a head-turning situation involving the popular self-defense round.

Published in lawofficer.com is a story called “Officer Down: The Peter Soulis Incident,” which ran back in February.

It details a harrowing gunfight where a wounded officer needed as many as 22 rounds of .40 to bring down an armed assailant — 17 of which struck center mass.  

You should read the whole thing if you have a moment. But here is the gist from author Brian McKenna:

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CHURCH LADIES WITH TYPEWRITERS

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They're Back! Those wonderful Church Bulletins! Thank God for the church ladies with typewriters. These sentences actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced at church services:   -------------------------- The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals. --------------------------  Scouts are saving aluminium cans, bottles and other items to be recycled Proceeds will be used to cripple children.  -------------------------- The sermon this morning: 'Jesus Walks on the Water.'The sermon tonight:'Searching for Jesus.'  --------------------------  Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands. -------------------------- Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help. --------------------------  Miss Charlene Mason sang 'I will not pass this way again,' giving obvious pleasure to the congregation. --------------------------  For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs. --------------------------  Next Thursday there will be try-outs for the choir. They need all the help they can get. --------------------------  Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.  --------------------------  A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow --------------------------  At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be 'What Is Hell?' Come early and listen to our choir practice. -------------------------- Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones. --------------------------  Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered. --------------------------  The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility.  -------------------------- Pot-luck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and medication to follow. --------------------------  The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.  --------------------------  This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.  --------------------------  The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the Congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday. --------------------------  Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM . Please use the back door.  -------------------------- The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy. --------------------------  Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use large double door at the side entrance.  -------------------------- And this one just about sums them all up The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new campaign slogan last Sunday: 'I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours.'

Michigan Doctor Says Coronavirus Similar to Flu, Calls for Lifted Restrictions

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A Michigan doctor has published an open letter to the public and Michigan legislators, saying that the coronavirus is no worse than the common flu and that shelter-in-place orders and other treatments should be restricted by region and industry.

“All available data suggests the mortality rate of COVID-19 in the general population will approximate that of the seasonal flu in the long run,” said Dr. Rob Steele, a doctor of internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology and echocardiography. “It is the same patients in danger from either infection with similar hospitalization and mortality rates.  Seasonal influenza is dramatically more dangerous for those ages 2 and under than COVID.”

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A.G.Barr: Memorandum on Public Safety v Civil Rights

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