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As the search for survivors of a Florida condo collapse enters its second week, rescue crews and relatives of those still missing are scheduled to meet with President Joe Biden on Thursday, in a visit many are hoping will provide some measure of comfort to a devastated community. Biden and first lady Jill Biden, who left Washington early Thursday, planned to thank first responders and search and rescue teams....

Brace for shock at the pump. WTI crude prices surged by over $2, rising more than 3% to $75.8/bbl…… the highest since 2018…… amid reports that ahead of the conclusion of today’s OPEC, JMMC and OPEC+ meetings, Saudi Arabia and Russia have agreed on a preliminary deal regarding raising oil output, one which will include a monthly oil output increase of less than 500k bpd to OPEC’s current holdback of 5.8 million barrels until December-2021, which is less than the market consensus of 500kbp/d. Reuters adds that OPEC+ is also likely to ease oil output cuts by 2 million bpd...

Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” that he was not surprised that the Trump organization was part of an indictment because he said former President Donald Trump was a “grifter from start to finish.” Discussing reports the indictments will be announced Thursday, Schiff said, “I will be looking for what kind of evidence is indicated in the indictments, how specific they are. But, look, I think this is not uncommon at all. It may be a very narrow indictment. It may be just the opening salvo in terms of...

Like death and taxes, the annual hurricane season can be counted on as a sure thing. The number and intensity of named storms may vary each year, as well as where they occur and whether or not they make landfall. But there’s no doubt that these storms will develop yearly — it’s a matter of when, not if — and some scientists see increasingly more intense and wetter storms in the future as the climate continues to warm. A report — Preventing the next Katrina — published by Munich RE in 2020 and written by Mark C. Bove, Meteorologist and...

A bartender at Tempest bar in San Francisco has been suspended following a reported attempt to lock two female customers inside the restroom. At approximately 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, customer Riana Tejada and a group of friends stepped into Tempest for the first time, hoping to grab a few drinks and a bite to eat. But the visit would be their last, Tejada told SFGATE, after she says one of the male bartenders rushed inside the restroom and closed the door behind him after Tejada and friend Kathleen Campos had just entered the lavatory.

The study of 2,000 adults revealed the hilarious things they'd do if aliens paid us a visit - including hiding under the bed, pretending to be out, or simply panicking. Other 'fool-proof' plans include calling mum and dad for advice, and putting the kettle on. Stocking up on loo roll, fleeing to the countryside, or relying on ‘the experts’ to sort it all out are also possible strategies. But a quarter have a slightly more open-ended approach in mind – they intend to panic. Commissioned by Beavertown ahead of World UFO Day on Friday July 2, the research found 63...

I am proud to be an American. Yes, I know that our system of government is not perfect, but I firmly believe that it is the best in the world. We are an exceptional country not because our people are exceptional, but because we have a different -- and exceptional -- structure of government. I am grateful that I was born an American. We declared our independence from Great Britain this week 245 years ago. It happened after years of an overreaching rule by King George III and Britain's insistence on taxation without representation. We had had enough. We were...

Over a dozen people were hurt when an LAPD bomb squad truck was blown to smithereens during a planned detonation of illegal fireworks on Wednesday night. The enormous blast came after authorities confiscated over 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks from a South Los Angeles home. One person was arrested, according to CBSLA and the LAPD. In addition to the injuries, the explosion also wrecked nearby cars and damaged homes. Seconds before things went haywire, officers on the ground quickly backed away from the squad trailer. According to CBSLA, the officer then screamed, “Fire in the hole!” The LAPD, however, in...

It is now clearly evident that neither Democrats, Joe Biden or Kamala Harris can lead or govern this great nation. They are seriously...nothing but a bad joke and the entire world is laughing at us USA fools. As they witheach passing day,destroy our once great nation republic!!! They remind me of Howdy Dooty, Buffalo Bob & Clarabell the Clown!!! The Democrat party itself must force them both to resign. They, both should be no where near or in the White House...period!!!

Books and articles – scientific as well as theological – have been written on human nature. Still, most people don't understand it, or refuse to learn from it, or worse, play to its dark side. Some politicians play to the dark side of human nature because it empowers them and extends their careers at taxpayer expense. They never have to solve a problem; they only have to appear to care about a problem. Doubt me? Then why after many years of talking, legislating, studying and spending, are so many problems unresolved? The Wall Street Journal reported on several states that...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Psalm 111Psalm 111[a] 1 Praise the Lord.[b] I will extol the Lord with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly. 2 Great are the works of the Lord; they are pondered by all who delight in them. 3 Glorious and majestic are his deeds, and his righteousness endures forever. 4 He has caused his wonders to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and compassionate. 5 He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever. 6 He has shown his people the power of his...

She’s No. 2: Report claims Kamala Harris’ staff feels they are ‘treated like s–t’ It’s like “Veep,” but real and less funny. A bombshell Politico report published Wednesday describes Vice President Kamala Harris’ office as “chaotic” with a “tense and at times dour” atmosphere — a place where, as one source memorably put it, “people feel treated like s–t.”

Today we’re doing the science of cause and effect, aimed primarily at Liberals who don’t seem to grasp even the basics of this concept. Let’s start with a simple, real world, example, in reverse order: Effect:Cause: “Indian Point Energy Center (I.P.E.C.) was a three-unit nuclear power plant station located in Buchanan, New York, just south of Peekskill. It sits on the east bank of the Hudson River, about 36 miles (58 km) north of Midtown Manhattan. The facility has permanently ceased power operations as of April 30, 2021.” - via InstapunditNot a difficult concept: if you decommission electricity generation plants...

In June, the Federal Reserve disclosed its balance sheet to have passed $8 trillion in assets for the first time in its 108-year history. The holdings illuminate the increasing role the central bank is playing the economy as the United States weathered the 2008 financial crisis and COVID-19. As the economy continues to show signs of strength the Federal Reserve signaled that a reversal in loose monetary policy may be ahead. In a hearing with the U.S. House select subcommittee on COVID-19, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell expressed that the U.S. economy is on the rise with increased hiring and spending....

As America approaches another birthday on the 4th of July, we find that there are many in our society that want to tear the flag down. This is obviously a small, vocal minority. But they certainly speak for many Americans today who hate America.Here are a few examples of the flag under attack:U.S. Olympics athlete Gwen Berry purposefully turned her back on the flag during the National Anthem at an Olympics Trial the other day. No respect for her country’s banner.Gary Bauer of American Values wrote in his End of Day Report (6/21/21): “In a recent opinion piece, singer Macy...

Marjorie Taylor Greene: The Democrats’ “Infrastructure” Bill Will ‘Enslave Us’ to Communist China Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, in an interview with Real America’s Voice host Jenna Ellis, described the so-called Biden “infrastructure” bill as a “catastrophe for our country”. Greene contends that it “basically passes the Green New Deal” because a whopping 50% of the spending in the proposal are planks of the far-left communist takeover of the American economy that has been pushed by the likes of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, an anti-American Marxist and other far-left extremist Democrats. “I can’t ring the alarm bells loud enough,” Congresswoman Greene told Ellis,...

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You’ve got to hand it to our senators and representatives in Washington, D.C. They can’t balance the budget. They can’t defend our freedoms. They can’t do a lot of things. What they can do is rapidly approve a dubious national holiday without even thinking or debating about what that holiday may be used for. Congratulations, Congress. I refer to the “Juneteenth” celebration, formerly a regional holiday, now, suddenly, a federal holiday, and if you disagree with it you’re a horrible person.

If you follow the news, you may be under the impression that nothing ever gets done in Congress and that Democrats and Republicans can't agree on any serious legislation. You aren't alone. Look at the inordinate praise the "bipartisan" infrastructure deal is getting. This widespread wonder highlights the mistaken belief that our awful hyperpartisan era brings about discord and gridlock in Washington. This common refrain is simply wrong. To be sure, Democrats and Republicans don't enjoy sharing power or being constrained in how much money they can spend or how far they can extend Uncle Sam's reach into our lives....

They loved him when things were going well. They blamed him when things went bad. And he never complained.Donald Rumsfeld fired me once.I had been his chief speechwriter for two years when he was George W. Bush’s secretary of defense and in his retirement we were working together on his memoir. Now that collaboration was ending abruptly. He didn’t enjoy firing me—“stepping back” from each other as he put it—but he delivered the decision in his usual no BS, cards-on-the-table manner.My offense was a book I’d recently written about my experience in the Bush administration that some of its leaders...