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  • DeSantis says Trump leads in the polls thanks to indictment ‘sympathy’

    07/16/2023 4:51:08 PM PDT · by McGruff · 70 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | July 16, 2023 | Ramsey Touchberry
    Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday attributed Donald Trump’s dominance in the polls to voters’ sympathy over the former president’s criminal cases in New York and Florida. “At the end of the day, the [Manhattan District Attorney Alvin] Bragg indictment just elevated him,” Mr. DeSantis said on Fox News’ “MediaBuzz.” “I think a lot of people, including me, believe that it was a miscarriage of justice.” The White House hopeful continued: “I think there was a lot of sympathy. But then, I think just dominating the media coverage.”
  • Facing an energy crisis, Germans stock up on candles Planet Money

    12/21/2022 10:44:16 AM PST · by Red Badger · 49 replies
    NPR ^ | December 20, 2022 - 6:31 AM ET | WILLA RUBIN
    It's a great time to be a candlemaker in Germany. "Candle demand is very strong right now," says Stefan Thomann, Technical Director of the European Candle Manufacturers Association. The candle boom began during the pandemic, after the government imposed lockdowns and Germans began spending a lot more time at home. The industry expected the boom to end once the nation opened back up, Thomann says. "But then the war (in Ukraine) started." Prior to Russia's invasion, Germany was getting more than half of its natural gas from Russia. It was Russia's biggest natural gas customer in the European Union, and...
  • Transgender Navy SEAL Detransitions: Going Trans ‘Destroyed My Life’

    12/12/2022 6:02:03 AM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 23 replies
    Slay ^ | 12/12/22 | Frank Bergman
    A retired U.S. Navy SEAL, who became famous after coming out as transgender, has announced he has “detransitioned” while revealing that going trans has “destroyed my life.” Chris Beck, formerly known as Kristin Beck, made headlines nearly 10 years ago after coming out as transgender. Beck’s story was celebrated by the liberal corporate media and used as “woke” propaganda to push for transgenders in the military. However, Beck now says the move was a big mistake and he’s calling on Americans to “wake up” about how transgender health services are hurting children. “Everything you see on CNN with my...
  • There Are No US-born Black players on expected World Series rosters: First Time Since Jackie Robinson

    10/26/2022 9:32:19 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 98 replies
    Associated Press ^ | 10/26/2022 | Ben Walker
    Looking around Memorial Stadium before Game 1 of the 1983 World Series, Philadelphia Phillies star Gary Matthews saw a lot of Black talent. Joe Morgan. Eddie Murray. Garry Maddox. Ken Singleton. Al Bumbry. Disco Dan Ford. And plenty more that night in Baltimore. “There were quite a few of us,” Matthews recalled. When fans watch the Houston Astros and Phillies line up this week to begin the Fall Classic, it will be a much different picture. To be sure, Houston’s Jose Altuve and Philadelphia’s Jean Segura are among scores of Latin players helping keep big league rosters diverse. But for...
  • German Energy Prices Jump Due to Wind Drought

    07/12/2022 1:50:12 PM PDT · by grundle · 33 replies
    National Review via yahoo.com ^ | July 11, 2022 | Caroline Downey
    German energy prices surged on Monday due to insufficient wind generation.In April, Germany unveiled the Easter Package, a plan to expand renewable energies through onshore and offshore wind development in line with the European Union’s REPowerEU Action Plan, a plan to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels before 2030. The Easter Package target goal is to transition 80 percent of Germany’s electricity to renewables by 2030. Wind droughts, such as that which plagued Europe in summer and fall of 2021, have been exacerbating the continent’s current energy crisis, already severe because of the disturbance to global energy markets from...
  • Europe braces for gas 'nightmare' as pipeline from Russia shuts off

    07/11/2022 12:49:29 PM PDT · by Mariner · 72 replies
    The Washington Post via Yahoo ^ | July 11th, 2022 | Loveday Morris,Reis Thebault and Amanda Coletta
    BERLIN - The main natural gas pipeline between Russia and Germany shut down for scheduled maintenance Monday, raising concerns that Moscow could use the repairs as a pretext for a longer shutdown as it wields energy supplies as leverage in the Ukraine war.European ministers warned that it was unclear whether Moscow would turn the taps on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline back on after the 10 days of scheduled work. Germany's economy minister, Robert Habeck, said Berlin was concerned about a "nightmare scenario" this winter if Russia decides against doing so."Everything is possible, everything can happen," he told Deutschlandfunk radio...
  • The Ontario Superior Court of Justice asked self-custody wallet provider @nunchuk_io to disclose user information and freeze user’s bitcoin.

    02/20/2022 4:33:13 PM PST · by Texas Fossil · 93 replies
    Numchuk Bitcoin Wallet Team via Twitter ^ | February 19, 2022 | The NumChuk Team
    This was the team’s response. ---- Me at 10:40AM to Monique Dear the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Numchuk is a self-custodial collaborative-multisig Bitcoin wallet. We are a software provider, not a custodial financial intermediary. Our software is free to use, It allows people to use single points of failures and store bitcoin in the safest way possible, while preserving privacy. We do not collect any user identification information beyond email addresses. We also do not hold any keys. Therefore: * We cannot "freeze" our users' assets. * We cannot "prevent" them from being moved. * We do not have...
  • President Trump’s border wall could carve path through Native American lands

    09/16/2017 4:14:18 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 89 replies
    KVOA-TV ^ | September 16, 2017 | NBC News
    Tohono O’odham Nation Chairman Edward Manuel is determined to prevent President Trump's proposed border wall from carving a path through his tribe's lands — a move which he said would separate members from much needed resources and disrupt the community’s way of life. The nation, which is about the size of Connecticut, is a federally recognized tribe that has land and members on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border. “Walls are made to keep animals in or out, walls cannot contain people,” Manuel said. “People are too intelligent. They can always find a way to get over the wall, under...
  • Trump Blocked Me on Twitter and It’s Costing Me My Career

    07/17/2017 4:04:02 PM PDT · by NohSpinZone · 109 replies
    Fortune ^ | 7/14/17 | Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza
    Most of my writing is about the Trump administration. In fact, my mandate from Pacific Standard is “Trump and the law.” On Twitter, the bulk of my recent follower growth and new relationships with others in the politico-legal sphere have come out of responding quickly when the president tweets and engaging the threads of conversation that flow from those tweets. So when President Donald Trump blocked me in June, apparently for suggesting that Russia influenced the outcome of the 2016 election, he harmed me professionally. Even though I knew @realDonaldTrump was important to my career, it still took me at...
  • 34,000 Vets Lost Healthcare Eligibility

    07/27/2015 5:17:02 PM PDT · by Harmless Teddy Bear · 14 replies
    Military.Com ^ | July 27,2015
    Scott Davis, a program specialist at the VA enrollment center in Atlanta, says 34,000 veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan lost their eligibility for healthcare after the VA sat on their applications until they expired.
  • THE IMPOSSIBLE WIIL COME ALIVE IN 2005

    02/10/2005 6:27:02 PM PST · by Quix · 7 replies · 1,381+ views
    BILL SOMERS' WHAT'S NEW PROPHETIC SITE ^ | 28 JAN 2005 | TIMOTHY SNODGRASS
    A Glimpse Ahead Timothy Snodgrass The Impossible Will Come Alive In 2005 01/28/05 In January of 2004, as we began to intercede for the New Year the Holy Spirit gave us the prophetic slogan, "The Seas will Roar in 2004". This year we were given a new slogan, "The Impossible will come Alive in 2005". As the veil of darkness begins to come down over nations and regions, along with great shakings will come great breakthroughs; signs, wonders, healings and a spectacular release of miracles in impossible circumstances. This year, although we are ultimately poised to gain much ground, there...
  • Hillary Clinton 2008 Confirmed?

    01/17/2005 4:38:09 PM PST · by yoe · 51 replies · 6,759+ views
    National Ledger ^ | Jan. 16, 2005 | Staff
    New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) has long been rumored as desperately seeking the democratic nomination for president in 2008. And while many political observers fully expect the power hungry former First Lady to hit the campaign trail within only a few months of being re-elected as a US Senator in 2006, US News & World report claims to have a confirmation of sorts. From USNews.Com's Washington Whispers: Hillary's in… You don't have to take it from us about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton 's desire to run for president. Her brothers, Hugh and Tony Rodham, say it's true. Friends...
  • Back to work for less

    07/30/2004 5:05:51 PM PDT · by Archangelsk · 78 replies · 822+ views
    CNN/Money ^ | July 30, 2004 | N/A
    Survey: 57% who lost full-time jobs 2001-2003 and found full-time work again are earning less. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Judging from the latest government data, more than 50 percent of workers who lost or left full-time work between 2001 and 2003 and were lucky enough to have found another full-time job by this year were earning less than they used to. From January 2001 through December 2003, 5.3 million long-tenured workers were displaced from full-time or part-time jobs they had held at least three years, according to a new report released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics....