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Brave critics of Vladimir Putin living in Russia today spoke out to accuse him of wrecking their country and 'starting World War Three' as protesters took to the streets of more than 50 cities despite the threat of being charged with treason. Thousands marched amid claims Putin may have 'overplayed his hand' with an invasion of Ukraine his critics hope will sink him - and some were interviewed by the foreign press including the BBC despite knowing the Kremlin would be watching. One woman broke down and said she 'can't stop crying' while another protester said: 'Most Russians don't support...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was facilitated by alarmist policies enacted by the United States and Europe, meant to combat alleged runaway global warming. Germany, for example, decided to abandon coal and nuclear energy in favor of supposed climate-friendly “renewable” energy sources. And in the United Kingdom, after briefly considering allowing fracking a few years back, the government has basically doubled down on wind and solar, erecting bans or nearly insurmountable hurdles to natural gas development on the U.K. mainland. Those costly sources simply are not reliable enough to sustain the German, U.K., or the wider EU economies. Partly as a...

It takes 10 to 15 years and around US$1 billion to develop one successful drug. Despite these significant investments in time and money, 90 percent of drug candidates in clinical trials fail. Whether because they don't adequately treat the condition they're meant to target or the side effects are too strong, many drug candidates never advance to the approval stage. As a pharmaceutical scientist working in drug development, I have been frustrated by this high failure rate. Over the past 20 years, my lab has been investigating ways to improve this process. We believe that starting from the very early...

Major U.S. oil and gas industry groups urged the Biden administration Thursday to boost domestic energy production amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. On Thursday, the global price of oil surged past $100 per barrel for the first time in nearly eight years after Russia unleashed a full-scale offensive against Ukraine. Oil prices are the largest factor in determining gas prices for fossil fuel companies. Russia provided more oil to the U.S. than any other country except Canada between January 2021 and November 2021, U.S. Energy Information Administration data showed. The country, which exported nearly 65% of the 10.5...

The Bible In Paintings 2 ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE E X O D U S CHAPTERS 3-4 Now Moses came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.” When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!”...

guessed wrong on this one. I thought Putin would bluff and bluster, and then cash in his chips. I thought the weak Western powers would agree to a partition of Ukraine, with the largely Russian-speaking Eastern provinces going to Russia, along with other considerations, unrelated to Ukraine, that would be more or less secret. But Putin invaded instead, and seems bent on conquering all of Ukraine and perhaps more besides. What made Putin so bold? A key factor no doubt was the weakness of Western leaders, pre-eminently the doddering Joe Biden. But the West’s weakness is not a function of...

A squad of Chechen special forces 'hunters' has been unleashed in Ukraine to detain or kill a set of specific Ukrainian officials. Each soldier was reportedly given a special 'deck of cards' with Ukrainian officials' photos and descriptions on them, a Moscow Telegram channel with links to the security establishment reported. The list is of officials and security officers suspected of 'crimes' by the Russian Investigative Committee, the report added. It came as Ukraine's president admitted he is 'target number one' for Russian assassins in his capital, while his family is 'the number two goal' for Putin's hitmen.

Listen to this article 0:00 / 2:47 1X BeyondWords Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that he's "convinced" Russian President Vladimir Putin will attempt to overthrow the Ukrainian government. Blinken made the comments during an interview on ABC's World News Tonight with David Muir on Thursday in response to a question asking if he's "convinced Putin’s going to overthrow this government." "I’m convinced he’s going to try to do that," Blinken said, adding that Putin has alienated Ukrainians from Russia. "One of the things that Vladimir Putin has done, starting back in 2014 when they first went into Ukraine, seizing...

The leftist U.K.-based Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) is back attacking the Media Research Center and complaining that Facebook isn’t doing enough to silence those who question the left’s eco-extremist take on climate change. Liberal media outlets are boosting the foreign CCDH’s activism just as the White House was reportedly set to hold its first event tackling “climate change denial” yesterday.

VIDEOJoe Biden is so helpful. He actually handed Vladimir Putin a list of which 16 targets would cause the USA the most damage in a cyber attack. "Please don't hit me here...this is where I'm weakest and it will hurt the most!" When Putin got that list from Biden it must have taken an enormous amount of effort on his part to not burst out laughing.

“Hank the Tank” has been falsely accused of some Tahoe area break-ins, wildlife officials acknowledged on Thursday, citing DNA evidence that the 500-pound black bear isn’t the sole culprit. Officials with California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife had said that the massive bear was the source of more than 150 calls for service in the small Tahoe Keys community and had eluded efforts at capture for months. They had said he would likely be euthanized once caught, but that they were also exploring other options. Advertisement Hank’s infamy grew as international news outlets covered his story and South Lake Tahoe...

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem1 Thessalonians 412 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. 13 Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. 14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. 15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and...

President Joe Biden signed a memorandum and executive order on Jan. 27 [2021] addressing scientific integrity and science policy. In the memorandum “Restoring Trust in Government Through Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based Policymaking,” President Biden made a commitment “to make evidence-based decisions guided by the best available science and data” and to insulate scientific decision-making and the work of federal scientists from “improper political interference.” Among other actions, the memorandum: Directs the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to ensure “the highest level of integrity in all aspects of executive branch involvement with scientific and technological processes.” Requires a task...

What’s going on in the mind of Vladimir Putin? Why did he choose this moment to invade? The conditions are perfect right now for Putin and tyrants around the world to expand their power and territory. Who among the Western leaders has the moral authority to demand that tyrants like Vladimir Putin resist their dictatorial urges? For the past two plus years of the pandemic, Putin observed Western leaders repeatedly lying to their people. When they weren’t outright lying, they were hiding the data. As they pushed mask and jab mandates, Western politicians hid data on their efficacy or lack...

Fueling suspicion that SARS-CoV-2 originated in a lab in China, researchers have discovered a tiny piece of DNA in the virus that matches the genetic sequence patented by Moderna three years before the pandemic began. The odds of Moderna's sequence occurring naturally are about one in 3 trillion, according to the researchers. The code was discovered in SARS-CoV-2's unique furin cleavage site, the part of the virus that binds to human cells, allowing it to cause infection, London's MailOnline reported. Many scientists have been saying for some time that the furin cleavage structure could not have developed naturally. In the...

In the 1970s – when we had another dogma-driven nonentity in the White House -- we used to say a neo-con is a liberal who was just mugged. Today, we are all being mugged -- literally and figuratively -- by the feckless policies of a semi-sentient, septuagenarian who’s taking a wrecking ball to the economy, the culture and national security before he builds back whatever.Mugged at the pump – The price of gasoline has risen roughly $1.00-a-gallon since Biden took office. It’s expected to reach $4.00-a-gallon sometime this spring. In 2020, we were energy independent for the first time...

The American people were manipulated and turned against each other to hide government mismanagement, while many died unnecessary deaths due to suppression of early treatment options. Countless workers had to choose between losing their jobs or being coerced into accepting a medical treatment – Covid vaccination – they preferred to refuse. Businesses were disrupted, closed, and harmed, and the fabric of American society was deeply scarred.

<p>Love is in the air for Amy Schneider and "fiancée" Genevieve. Schneider, who won hearts after becoming the second all-time winner on "Jeopardy!", revealed the happy news Thursday on Twitter by sharing a photo of her and Genevieve's hands side-by-side, both with an engagement ring."I have an announcement: Genevieve is no longer my girlfriend... she's my fiancée!!! I couldn't be happier or more proud to spend my life with the very best person in the entire world," Schneider gushed Her Instagram post revealed more details about the proposal. "She said yes! Well, actually I said yes, but then I wanted to propose too, so she said yes as well lol," Schneider shared.</p>

The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention is being accused of “scientific fraud” after it admitted that it has been withholding “large portions” of COVID-19 data from the public, including the efficacy of booster shots. The New York Times revealed in a bombshell report on Sunday that, according to agency sources, the CDC has only published a small sample of the data it has been collecting due to fears that certain information could lead to vaccine hesitancy. Kristen Nordlund, a CDC spokeswoman, told the Times that the reason for the ongoing lack of transparency is “because basically, at the end...

Hacking group Anonymous has declared 'cyber war' against Vladimir Putin's government after he mounted a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The elusive computer experts issued the stark announcement on their Twitter account on Thursday evening. They said shortly before 10pm: 'The Anonymous collective is officially in cyber war against the Russian government.' Around 30 minutes later, they announced that they had taken down the website of the Kremlin-backed TV channel RT, which broadcasts in Britain and has been heavily criticised for its coverage. When MailOnline attempted to access the site this morning, it was still inaccessible and only displayed an error...