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Although Russia and Ukraine have captured the world’s attention, it’s hard to get an accurate picture of what exactly is going on. But despite the info ops, elitist jibber-jabber, and declarations that Russia has lost, we can know one thing for sure: This war is nowhere close to being over. That hasn’t stopped the self-appointed “experts” in foreign policy and media from making sweeping declarations about the outcome, namely that Russia is losing or has already lost, just a few days in.“Russia has proved unable to secure air superiority over the tiny Ukrainian air force — despite having the second-largest...

Remember that “horse dewormer” that the FDA, CDC, NIH, CNN, and Sanjay Gupta all told you not to use? A new paper recently published in the Journal of the AMA (JAMA) shows that Ivermectin works way better than the COVID vaccine in keeping you from dying from COVID. This was an open-label randomized trial done in Malaysia with around 250 patients in each arm. One arm got IVM + standard of care, the other arm got the standard of care. Of course, JAMA never would have published this if they thought that people would actually look at the data. The...

For the first time in over a year, Joe Biden’s Justice Department has nothing to say about a January 6 defendant. Matthew Perna’s heartbroken family will say goodbye to him this week. After more than a year of enduring nonstop torment by the U.S. Justice Department, the D.C. District Court, and the news media over his minor involvement in January 6, Perna, 37, hanged himself in his garage on Friday night. His funeral is scheduled for Wednesday. In a loving yet raw obituary, his family minced no words about who they hold responsible for his suicide: Matthew Lawrence Perna died...

That’s one of the many troubling findings in the report submitted Tuesday by a state-appointed special counsel to the Wisconsin Assembly. Nearly $9 million in Zuckerberg grant funds directed solely to five Democratic strongholds in Wisconsin violated the state’s election code’s prohibition on bribery. That conclusion represents but one of the many troubling findings detailed in the report submitted today by a state-appointed special counsel to the Wisconsin Assembly. Last August, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos authorized the Office of Special Counsel, headed by retired state Supreme Court justice Michael Gableman, to investigate concerns about election integrity and the 2020...

As hacking by nation-states has grown more pervasive in recent years, Microsoft has long called for the creation of a new Geneva Convention governing cyberspace. But now, for the first time, the tech giant appears to be suggesting that cyberattacks tied to the war in Ukraine could potentially be considered war crimes under existing international law. On Monday, Microsoft (MSFT) said that in the hours leading up to Russia's invasion, it detected a new form of "offensive and destructive" software targeting Ukrainian institutions. Microsoft also said it has observed a barrage of cyberattacks zeroing in on Ukraine's agricultural, commercial, finance...

MADISON, Wis. — The special counsel investigating Wisconsin's 2020 election said Tuesday that the state Legislature should "take a very hard look at the option of decertification of the 2020" presidential election. The release of investigator Michael Gableman's 136-page "interim report" comes amid a nationwide GOP effort to reshape elections following President Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump. The report was met with bipartisan criticism. Republican Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke immediately rejected the call to decertify the election, saying it was a "fool's errand." "Still not legal under Wisconsin law," Steineke tweeted. "Beyond that, it would have no practical...

President Biden said Monday that Americans should not fear Russia’s invasion of Ukraine developing into a global nuclear war despite Moscow putting its nuclear forces on high alert following harsh US sanctions. “Should Americans be worried about nuclear war?” a reporter asked the president following a Black History Month event at the White House. “No,” Biden replied.

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Do you remember the good old days when the leading pharmaceutical companies that were producing the vaccines were rushing through their clinical trials at the behest of the federal government and asking for emergency FDA approval of the vaccines for children ages five through twelve? And do you remember how any parents (including the ones who were vaccinated themselves) who were hesitant about having their young children get the shots until there was more data available were pilloried as being anti-vaxxers and “part of the problem?” Ah… good times. Sadly, a new study conducted in New York that measured the...

The TV tower in Kyiv has been hit. The Office of the President of Ukraine has reported that broadcasting equipment has been hit. The office stated that TV channels will temporarily be unavailable but reserve broadcasting capacities will be deployed as soon as possible. Additionally, several channels can be streamed via YouTube and the Megogo service.

The United Methodist Church is going to split. No one knows the exact contours of the split, but everyone seems confident that it is coming. There is a gulf between traditionalists and progressives in the UMC regarding same-sex marriage, and that gulf is widening: several Methodist bishops have performed same-sex weddings, defying official UMC teaching; and Karen Oliveto was elected as the first Methodist bishop in a same-sex relationship. At the root of these divisions is the fact that the UMC has always been made up of believers with distinctly different theological trajectories. The UMC was formed as an experiment...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi assured Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba that China is ready to make every effort to end the war on Ukrainian soil through diplomacy in its capacity as a permanent member of the UN Security Council. Source: Interfax-Ukraine with reference to information received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Details: According to the report, Kuleba particularly noted that China is distancing itself from the Russian President's decision to bring Russian army forces into a special combat duty regime. The Chinese Minister reaffirmed that China is strongly supportive of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity and stressed the...

The United Kingdom will not send soldiers to wage war upon Vladimir Putin’s forces in Ukraine, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday. Appearing in Tapa, Estonia alongside NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and Estonian PM Kaja Kallas, Boris Johnson said that while the past week had brought with it “scenes we hoped we would never see again” in Europe, he would not send British forces into the fray in Ukraine.

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In war, your plans should be as impenetrable as night - at least according to famed Chinese general Sun Tzu. But it seems Belarus dictator Alexander Lukashenko isn't much of a scholar, at least if his latest stunt on state TV is anything to go by. Addressing his security council today, the strongman appeared to be standing in front of a battle map showing Russia's attack plan in Ukraine. The map showed Russian lines of attack heading into Ukraine, some of which have materialised in the first few days of the invasion - such as forces storming towards Kyiv from...

DES PLAINES, Ill., March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Cities across the United States have experienced an unprecedented rise in auto thefts and carjackings in recent years. David Glawe, president and CEO of the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), provided comprehensive expert testimony today before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary regarding this complex issue. Cities across the United States have experienced an unprecedented rise in auto thefts and carjackings in recent years In his testimony, Glawe spoke on the staggering increase in auto thefts and carjackings plaguing many states and major cities throughout the United States, the apparent connection...

Those vatniks in the SUV are thankful those citizens didnt have molotov cocktails

Millions of Russian citizens are already feeling the fallout of their nation's invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, with lengthy queues forming outside banks as people scramble to withdraw money. As missiles and shells rained down on Kyiv and Kharkiv, Muscovites were seen standing in huge queues reminiscent of the bread and meat lines of the Soviet Union while the rouble plunged to its lowest-ever levels. The United States, Britain, Europe and Canada announced a raft of new sanctions in recent days - including blocking certain Russian lenders' access to the SWIFT international payment system - while the US effectively blocked Russia's...

At a time when we’re dealing with a war in Europe plus all sorts of issues in this country including crushing inflation that the war will only make worse, we have in charge Joe Biden, who frequently seems to not understand what is going on. He came back from Delaware on Monday and attended a Black History Month event with his wife and Kamala Harris. We reported earlier about how Jill Biden called Harris “president.” Meanwhile, Harris had her own creepy cringeworthy moment and appeared to make a swipe at Biden. But when Biden started talking, he managed the trifecta...

In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Q ~ Trust Trump's Plan ~ 02/28/22 Vol.395, Q Day 1585, genetic homophobe wrote:Apologies if this has already been posted. Lifted from Sundance over at CTH. Interesting, US expat living in Ukraine.https://youtu.be/1vdiEABLFoo*The transcript below hi-lights information I'm seeing that shows Putin has already accomplished far more of his true agenda than the MSM wants us to know. He is not trying to destroy the nation or harm the populace, so evaluating his conduct thus far against the wrong objective will certainly make it look like he's failing.The Ukraine fell in a coup...