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Federal regulators on Friday issued a draft environmental impact statement saying there were significant benefits to a plan to demolish four massive dams on Northern California’s Klamath River to save imperiled migratory salmon, setting the stage for the largest dam demolition project in U.S. history.

Video, You Tube link to follow. A 30-second video released on Friday went viral, after it shows a Ukrainian citizen trying to stop a Russian armored convoy moving towards a Ukrainian city at risk of of his life. The video was shared on social media by Ukrainian news network HB, and soon garnered millions of views worldwide, with many comparing the brave Ukrainian citizen to a Chinese student standing in front of tanks in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 1989. The video shows the man, whose identity is unknown, standing in the middle of the road while the Russian armored...

Listen in on Russian HF military communications, both in the clear and coded.

KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainian forces and thousands of freshly recruited volunteers regained control of Kyiv’s streets after Russian troops and undercover units in civilian clothes tried to enter the city in the early hours of Saturday, while Russian airstrikes, airborne landings and armored advances continued throughout the country. On the third day of the war that Russian President Vladimir Putin unleashed with the aim of overthrowing Ukraine’s elected government and ending its alignment with the West, Ukrainian forces fought fiercely on all fronts, with each side asserting it had inflicted heavy losses on the other. President Volodymyr Zelensky recorded a video address...

Both CDC and Pfizer have recently issued a public warning about “blood clots.”Last February 10, the CDC issued a warning normalizing the idea that young adults and healthy athletes develop blood clots.Of course, no one has ever heard of this frequent phenomenon before the COVID vaccines.“#DYK [do you know] that anyone can develop a blood clot? Whether you’re an athlete or a fan, don’t let a blood clot ruin the big game this weekend. Learn how to protect your health: https://bit.ly/2lOpGEB,” CDC tweeted out.#DYK that anyone can develop a blood clot? Whether you’re an athlete or a fan, don’t let...

I’ll be in Shamrock, TX on the overpass, taking a break from the Convoy this morning to get batteries charged. Will meet the convoy and rejoin in Shamrock, next destination Elk City, OK. Some thoughts along that track. This is important. This is historic. I spent some time yesterday chatting with Couy Griffin. The Cowboys for Trump organizer and main inspiration who spent a couple of weeks in Gitmo on the Potomac in solitary confinement. He has to be in the New Mexico GOP event today, or he would be along. I talked last night with a film producer about...

For the average investor, there seems to be a future in Big Pharma. The world is engulfed by Pandemic Panic Theater as new jabs, boosters, and pills continue to roll out to fight Covid. Mandates are still in place for millions of people and threats of more still loom. This week, a national vaccine passport quietly moved forward.But the elite investors are inexplicably pulling out. Stock prices for the major vaccine manufacturers are plummeting as a result, leaving many smaller investors wondering if this is a long-term trend or a blip. According to The Deseret Review:Wall Street investors are dumping...

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican liturgy chief: Latin Mass just a ‘pastoral concession’ not aligned with post-Vatican II ChurchArchbishop Roche described the Traditional Latin Mass as not being ‘the norm’ in the Church’s life and somehow out of step with the ‘mandate given to the entire Church by the Second Vatican Council.’ VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — The Vatican’s liturgy chief, Archbishop Arthur Roche, has described the Traditional Latin Mass as being merely “a pastoral concession” granted by Pope Francis, suggesting it was not in line with the fundamental changes the Second Vatican Council introduced to the Catholic Church.In a recent interview with...

A new study, published in Frontiers in Virology found that the DNA of the coronavirus bears an uncanny resemblance to a genetic code patented by Moderna in 2016. This was prior to the pandemic. The researchers estimated the odds against this being an innocent coincidence are three trillion to one. Dr. Anthony Fauci, foremost scientist in the world, insisted that "this proves nothing. One chance in three trillion is NOT zero. There are trillions of stars that are trillions of miles from Earth. On the trillions of planets that orbit these stars there are trillions of cells. Some of these...

Pentagon Hosts Event Promoting SocialismThe National Defense University (NDU) is a specialty academic institution founded by the US Department of Defense and funded by the US taxpayer. NDU’s aim is to provide advanced education for senior leaders in the field of national security.So naturally their big focus now is making the world safer… through Socialism.Earlier this month, NDU hosted an event called, “Responding to China: The Case For Global Justice and Democratic Socialism.” During the event, French economist Thomas Piketty who argued that global security requires “promoting a new emancipatory and egalitarian horizon on a global scale, a new form...

After several days of following the People’s Convoy and getting a taste of many of the things that made America great long before Donald Trump, I can admit to a bit of nostalgia creeping in. Doors are held open, regardless of sex coming through; taking turns; giving each other respect; working issues out without lawyers or counselors over hurt feelings. This is one of the reasons I moved to Texas, because I felt at home there while at work. Then, I’d come back to Colorado and nearly get into a fight in the parking lot over stupidity. There, I’d go...

A federal judge Friday ruled that admissions changes at the nation’s top public high school, which were put in place to pursue “equity,” are discriminatory against Asian Americans. “The undisputed evidence demonstrates precisely how the Board’s actions caused, and will continue to cause, a substantial racial impact,” U.S. District Court Judge Claude Hilton wrote in his decision. “The Board instituted a system that does not treat all applicants to TJ [Thomas Jefferson High School] equally.”

Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine will, of course, have consequences well beyond the borders of Ukraine or Russia. While it's very early in this terrifying moment, some have argued that Putin’s war will fundamentally alter – and not in any good way – the post-World war 2 architecture. “The law of the jungle has returned.” The conflict, which is likely to be prolonged, will also impact energy prices and its access across the world; has already shaken global financial markets; is likely to push inflation higher up; worsen supply chain problems. It could also impact a basic human need...

The protests are pouring in. Hundreds of liquor stores and bars across the U.S. and Canada are removing Russian vodka and other Russian-made alcoholic beverages from their shelves in protest of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. After weeks of warnings from Western leaders, Russia unleashed a three-pronged assault of Ukraine from the north, east and south on Thursday, in an attack that threatened to upend Europe's post-Cold War order. Liquor stores in the provinces of Manitoba and Newfoundland said they were removing Russian spirits, while Ontario, Canada's most populous province, also directed the Liquor Control Board Of Ontario to withdraw all...

During my nearly 20-year ownership of Chelsea FC, I have always viewed my role as a custodian of the Club, whose job it is ensuring that we are as successful as we can be today, as well as build for the future, while also playing a positive role in our communities. I have always taken decisions with the Club’s best interest at heart. I remain committed to these values. That is why I am today giving trustees of Chelsea’s charitable Foundation the stewardship and care of Chelsea FC. I believe that currently they are in the best position to look...

Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad tells his Russian ally Putin the assault on Ukraine is justified and aimed at ‘restoring’ post-Cold-War balance.

Future headline: Russian Tennis Player Andrey Rublev Has Not Been Seen In Months...

Vox senior politics correspondent Andrew Prokop is rather upset. Why? Because as he wrote, "Donald Trump may be about to escape legal peril yet again."Prokop explains in more detail the reasons for being bummed out about Trump possibly escaping "legal peril again" on Wednesday in "New York investigation into Trump’s business looks imperiled after prosecutors quit."

Naturally, the PBS NewsHour was delighted with President Biden's nomination of radical Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Friday night. David Brooks touted how Jackson brings “a new lived set of experiences. It can't help but have a humanizing aspect.” He put her in the mainstream….of the Democrats. That might be correct, but the Democrats are far to the left!

I'll go first. 1.) The Whole Enchilada I am not qualified to comment on the righteousness/outrageousness of this invasion. I don't know if Russia has legitimate claims to regions in Ukraine or even the entire county. A Freeper posted that Ukraine has been a part of Russian off and on for the past 400 years, and of source that has to enter into the equation. But I have learned not to believe anything I read or see on the news until additional information becomes available, and refuse to jump on the hate Russia bandwagon being whipped up by the same...