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Amazing that as Russia has invaded Ukraine, Joe Biden has fled Washington DC for his compound in Delaware. Call him “Runaway Joe.” Biden’s green energy policies make the US more energy dependent on foreign countries such as … Russia. Now we see the folly of Biden’s energy policies. For example, gasoline futures are up 99% since December 31, 2020. Some of the recent increases in gasoline futures can be attributes to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but the price surge started when Biden entered the White House and killed off energy exploration. Way to go Joe! Is Swedish climate activist...

“LGBT+ rights” are the most important “values and hard won freedoms” distinguishing “us” from Russian President Vladimir Putin, Richard Moore, chief of MI6, the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service, wrote on Friday. He wrote, “With the tragedy and destruction unfolding so distressingly in Ukraine, we should remember the values and hard won freedoms that distinguish us from Putin, none more than LGBT+ rights. So let’s resume our series of tweets to mark #LGBTHM2022.” Moore highlighted an “LGBT+ support group” within MI6 to illustrate his emphasis of “LGBT+ rights” as the primary philosophy distinguishing “us from Putin.” He added, “Introducing P: ‘I...

Ukraine appears to be keeping its grip on Kharkiv despite Russian troops storming into the city centre this morning, as troops in Kyiv continue to defy Vladimir Putin's army - despite another night of heavy shelling in the capital. Footage shared on social media Sunday morning showed Russian trucks rolling through the city - Ukraine's second largest with a population of 1.4million - which sits in Eastern Ukraine close to the border with Russia. Soldiers were also seen marching through Kharkiv on foot, with a very dramatic clip showing Russians slowly advancing along a road before running and firing their...

In a hopeful sign of de-escalation, Ukrainian officials said they will meet Russian counterparts at the Belarus border, shortly after Vladimir Putin said he is putting Russia’s nuclear forces on higher alert. In a Facebook post, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Ukraine has agreed to talks with Russia on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border. “We have agreed that the Ukrainian delegation will meet with Russian without prior conditions on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, in the area of the Pripyat River,” Zelenskiy said. A delegation has already left Kyiv, Fedir Venislavskyi, a member of Zelenskiy’s party, said in televised comments. The Ukraine foreign minister...

I pulled the trigger, yesterday. Been wanting to sign up and have been doing all the research. I just joined their very BASIC program; $3+ a week for 2 months and then three free or some such deal. Affordable. On-line. Self-directed. No mandatory meetings. My Mom always used Weight Watchers when she wanted to shed some pounds, and I've spent 3/4 of my LIFE maintaining my weight to strict Army standards. Not FUN - but I also used to get a LOT more exercise than I do now, at age 62. Also, no longer working a job where I was...

The thirteen Ukrainian soldiers who were defending Snake Island immediately catapulted themselves into the history books when they told the crew of a Russian warship to go eff themselves after being ordered to surrender. President Volodymyr Zelensky lifted them to hero status with a posthumous award for valor, but according to a recent report, he may have been a bit premature in doing so. (With extra emphasis on “may.”) The Ukrainian State Border Guard indicated that all of the soldiers may have survived the shelling of the island and been taken prisoner by the Russians who allegedly transferred them to...

VIDEOFor years, nominees for federal offices as well as witnesses appearing before the Senate were advised by their handlers to preface their answers to questions with "Thank you for the question, Senator." Was it be be polite? Not really because they frequently hated answering the questions. The real purpose of that reply was simply to burn up time so they could answer fewer of the questions. As a technique it worked... until recently when Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana absolutely DESTROYED that technique with a simple but obvious reply--- "You're welcome!"As a result anybody who tries to use that age-old...

It's a typical Friday at Orange Tree Imports, a gift shop on Madison's Monroe Street — employees work and customers browse donning masks in a reality they've grown accustomed to the past two years. Madison and Dane County will let its months-long coronavirus mask mandate expire. But Orange Tree will keep a mask requirement for staff and shoppers, said co-owner Carol "Orange" Schroeder. Other Madison businesses appear ready to embrace what local health experts say could be the pandemic's next chapter, even after a harsh winter caused by the highly transmissible omicron variant. Huge COVID case spikes this past winter...

On Sept. 25, 2015, at the UN, the nations voted 193-0 for “a new universal agenda” called The Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Three days later, Pres. Obama spoke at the UN and said, “Global integration (the merging of nations) is an agenda that transcends the narrowly defined interests of nation states.” As I understand it, Obama said merging the nations into a world government is more important than their national sovereignty. These UN Sustainable Development goals, which every nation will be required to keep, are a major step toward the globalist desired world government by...

#Putin had no victories over the last 4 days. This means he will be raising the stakes. Right now a massive pack of #Russian troops is moving towards #Kyiv https://twitter.com/kiraincongress/status/1497934981091500039

From London to Berlin to Tokyo to Vilnius, hundreds of thousands of protesters have gathered in cities across the world to demand an end to the war Russia's Vladimir Putin has waged on Ukraine. Thousands gathered in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on Sunday morning for an anti-war rally amid international rage at the invasion of Ukraine even as Russia's troops pressed towards the capital, Kyiv. Police said large crowds have filled the area originally planned for the demonstration, around the Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin, and that they were allocating additional space to accommodate the protesters. Sunday's protest was...

A photo of a saint holding a Javelin, an anti-tank missile launcher, in her arms is going viral on social media. As Russia continues to wage war on Ukraine, the photo, being hailed as ‘St Javelin’, has become a symbol of Ukraine’s resistance. Snip Javelin is an anti-tank-guided munition that can be carried and launched by a single person. Designed by the US defence firms in the late 1980s, the Javelin weighs about 50 pounds. Javelin can be fired from the soldier and does not need any millie launcher. According to reports, Ukrainian defence is largely depending on the Javelin...

WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Feb. 26. THE TREASURY NOTE BILL. The President has approved of the United States Note bill, and it is, therefore, a law. WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Feb. 26. The following is a copy of the letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying the bill submitted by him, authorizing the issue of certificates of indebtedness to public creditors, and which bill was yesterday promptly passed by Congress, and has received the approval of the President: TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Feb. 25, 1862. SIR: Notwithstanding all possible exertions on my part to provide means of satisfying the just demands of public creditors, and,...

What do mask mandates, global shutdowns, and gender-neutral “theybies” have in common? They’re all new ideas, born of a new America — and they’ve come at a cost. The decline of our country escalated with the Covid pandemic and Biden’s presidency. Family and friends are encouraged to snitch on one another, pledging loyalty not to each other, but instead to the state. Lockdowns and constant fear-mongering have caused suicide and overdose rates, even among children, to skyrocket. Inflation is at an all-time high, and America is once again kowtowing to China. It’s difficult to look at the Brave New World...

ATLANTA — Early Sunday morning, another group of street racers stopped traffic at the 10th Street and Piedmont Road intersection so they could burn rubber on top of Atlanta’s “Rainbow Crosswalk”. They cleared the area before Atlanta police arrived but left more damage at the busy intersection just a few days after it had been cleaned up. Atlanta Police are offering a $2,000 reward for anyone with information on the street racers who have been disrupting Atlanta’s streets and leaving damage at one of the City’s better known landmarks. Last Sunday morning, APD responded to reports of street racers doing...

Due to the recent developments, the Department is issuing this Guidance to reiterate that regulated entities should fully comply with U.S. sanctions on Russia, as well as New York State and Federal laws and regulations, including Department cybersecurity and virtual currency regulations set forth in 23 NYCRR 500 and 23 NYCRR 200, respectively. CYBERSECURITY The Russian invasion of Ukraine significantly elevates the cyber risk for the U.S. financial sector. Russia’s ongoing cyber-attacks against Ukraine could spillover and damage networks outside of Ukraine – as has happened in the past. Escalating tension between the U.S. and Russia also increases the risk...

Source: Townhall MediaFacebook (Meta), Twitter, and other legacy social media platforms were once powerhouses of Free Speech. Opinions from various sources and perspectives made the platforms lively, engaging, exciting, and for many, profitable. Many were made millionaires and billionaires during the ascension of social media into our lives. Yet, today, those who built these platforms seem intent on destroying them by limiting the Free Speech that made them great in the first place. The ban on Donald Trump was a big step in the slide, but far from the only reason why Meta and Facebook are failing. Meta lost nearly...

A Story About Greed. Some years ago, our home school group was going to Silver Dollar City for a field trip. One girl had a very plump friend visiting and at lunch time she ate a lot of food and I gulped when I was expected to pay for it all. At Silver Dollar City, we went to see Grandpa's House; the one where the furniture was upside down on the ceiling and the walls and floors were not flat, plumb or square. It was a fun adventure, and I was first down the stairs to the basement, where the...

FILE - Russia's President Vladimir Putin appears on a television screen at the stock market in Frankfurt, Germany, Feb. 25, 2022. Russia is revving up its sophisticated propaganda machine as its military advances in neighboring Ukraine. Analysts who monitor propaganda and disinformation have seen a sharp increase in online activity linked to the Russian state. In 2014, Russia flooded the internet with fake accounts pushing disinformation about its takeover of Crimea. Eight years later, experts say Russia is mounting a far more sophisticated effort as it invades Ukraine. Armies of trolls and bots stir up anti-Ukrainian sentiment. State-controlled media outlets...

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: Matthew 6:19 The World Communist Party is making a move to enslave the workers of the world. The last two moves are to have the two friendlies of the DNC take over their neighbors while they feign outrage while giving the backdoor approval. Since when has the leaders of America’s Communist Party not taken bribe after bribe from worldwide freedom’s biggest enemies. The vilification of Putin is incredible since the media ignores the Hunter Biden payments from both the...