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(There's a video at the site)Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday said Russia has already experienced a “strategic defeat” in its invasion of Ukraine. “If you step back and look at this, this has already been a dramatic strategic setback for Russia, and I would say a strategic defeat,” Blinken told co-anchor Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union” when asked about additional sanctions the U.S. may impose on Russia. Blinken said Russia has already failed in the three main goals it had at the start of its invasion of Ukraine. “They had three aims going into this....

Sweeping social transformations occur during times of crisis. We are in such a predicament now, and transformative change may be coming to America whether we want it or not. It could define who we are as a nation for the remainder of the 21st Century. Whether America reaffirms itself as a beacon for freedom for the world or whether we become just another plot of ground in the new world order remains to be seen. The consequences for all Americans could be enormous, and especially so for Millennials. What crisis are we in, you ask? Well, consider the staggering debt...

Comet ELENIN is coming, and some conspiracy theorists believe it will brng much gloom, is THIS what NASA's head guy warned us about 3 weeks ago??

I read Le Roy Barnett's letter ("Muslims, speak up," June 26) about Muslims' opinion on Abdul Rahman's conversion to Christianity. Islam is not only a religion, it is a complete way of life. Islam guides Muslims from birth to grave. The Quran and prophet Muhammad's words and practical application of Quran in life cannot be changed. Islam is a guide for humanity, for all times, until the day of judgment. It is forbidden in Islam to convert to any other religion. The penalty is death. There is no disagreement about it. Islam is being embraced by people of other faiths...

Casey Files: Government Debt – Termites in the HouseAs I write, gold has rebounded handsomely over the $600 mark, perhaps putting a stake through the heart of the recent steep correction. Or, perhaps not.After all, it isn’t the fundamentals, per se, that are currently causing gold to spike. It’s largely just the chattering of the trading community based on their reading of the tea leaves revealed in the Fed’s latest press release.In order to make any real sense of where gold should be trading, and will be trading soon enough, you have to look deeper, much deeper, into the...

Prison Escapees Found Dead In Local Landfill Pair Escaped From KSR Wednesday POSTED: 6:04 pm EDT July 14, 2005 UPDATED: 11:27 pm EDT July 14, 2005 TRIMBLE COUNTY, Ky. -- Hours after police confirmed a body found in an area landfill was that of one of two prison escapees, they said a second body found was the other inmate. Video State Trooper Describes How Body Was FoundSecond Escapee Found Hours After First Michael Talbot was identified at the Valley View Landfill in Trimble County Thursday shortly before 6 p.m., WLKY NewsChannel 32's Stephanie Segretto reported. The confirmation took place hours...

The last hours of Saddam Hussein's reviled regime may finally be at hand. But there is considerable confusion about whether Republican Guard units guarding the southern approaches to Baghdad have been defeated or have simply retreated into the city to regroup. If this is the case, U.S. and Iraqi forces may finally meet on more or less equal terms in a bloody battle that will involve tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians and imperil their lives. "Marines take the fight that they are given," said Lieutenant- Colonel Stacey Clardy, commander of the Third Light Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion. "We will take...