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Fox News star Greg Gutfeld revealed on the air that his mother-in-law is stranded in Ukraine as the embattled country is invaded by Russia. Gutfeld, a co-host of The Five, told his colleagues on Wednesday that the mother of his wife is currently in a hotel in Lviv, a town in western Ukraine that lies about 43 miles from the border with Poland. During a segment with on-site reporter Lucas Tomlinson, Gutfeld, who was broadcasting from the network’s Manhattan studios, told him: “Well thank you Lucas, you’re in Lviv, so is my mother in law.” He added: “I think she’s...

The tragic events of the past week highlight the wisdom in maintaining a fiscally sound house, rather than a highly indebted government, before emergencies strike. Russia's barbaric invasion of Ukraine and the West's response will likely drive inflation even higher. At home, expect calls for more government spending to help Ukrainians defend themselves and enable us Americans to better deal with supply-chain disruptions. No matter what lawmakers decide, they'll be hindered in one way or another by past fiscal mistakes. The United States finds itself with an inflation rate not seen since the early 1980s, thanks to too much COVID-19...

It sounds simple, but to treat someone you suspect has COVID, you need to confirm they are actually infected with the coronavirus. In the UK, it is easy to take this for granted – we've had a reliable detection method for diagnosing infected patients widely available since early on in the pandemic. This allowed for people to be treated and cared for promptly, saving lives. The main technique for identifying whether someone has COVID is called reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction testing – or RT-PCR. This process can tell whether the coronavirus's genetic material is present in a sample taken...

Establishment Republican Congressman Van Taylor (Texas — 3rd District) is dropping out of his re-election race after NATIONAL FILE exclusively broke the story that Van Taylor had an extramarital affair with an ISIS bride, abusing his power by requesting a “slow rim job” from the woman and trying to keep her quiet with lavish money offers. Van Taylor was held to less than 50 percent of the vote in his primary on Tuesday night and forced into a runoff against second-place challenger Judge Keith Self and now the Republicans do not see any path forward for the sitting Congressman. Van...

Study the chart on Kinross Gold, which has about 12-20% of its gold mining operation in Eastern Russia. It seems rather odd that the stock hit $7 in December and suddenly plummeted starting December 9, 2022 all the way down to $5.04 per share for no real supposed reason by December 15, 2022. The Russians invaded the Ukraine February 24, 2022.

Col Macgregor's comments from 13FEB22 on Sky News. Interesting to compare Col Macgregor's predictions with the results on the ground two days into the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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An Estonian-owned cargo ship has been sunk off the coast of Ukraine after hitting a mine. Four crew members are still missing and two are in a life raft at sea following the explosion near Odeasa. Igor Ilves, managing director of Tallinn-based manager Vista Shipping Agency, said the ship likely struck a mine, adding: 'The vessel has finally sunk. Two of the crew are in a raft on the water and four others are missing. I don't know where they are at the moment.' Estonia is a member of NATO and the EU, and while an official reason has yet...

The special forces of Ukraine are bragging publicly about their intent to commit war crimes against captured Russian forces, in the latest instance that shows the globalist-backed Ukrainian puppet government might not be the good guys in this conflict. “From now on, there will be no more captured Russian artillerymen. No mercy, no “please do not kill, I surrender” will not pass,” the Command of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated. “Each calculation, no matter: commander, driver, gunner, loader – will be slaughtered like pigs. Piss in your pants, we’ve already come for you. Call...

Russian President Vladimir Putin -- he's crazy and delusional. For many troubling reasons this diagnostic narrative has emerged as a common media theme, a narrative to help explain in personal terms Russia's senseless invasion of Ukraine and Putin's irrational threat to wage nuclear war. From the right (e.g., Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and The Epoch Times), from the left (CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, etc.), from the street (Ukrainian women crossing the Polish border), people express doubts about Putin's mental state. It's an insistent topic, one with characteristics of a weaponized narrative employed in "narrative warfare." A...

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The International Federation of Cats (FIFe) has banned cats from Russia from participating in international exhibitions until at least May 31, the organization’s Russian branch told RIA Novosti. It is noted that the decision was made against the background of Russia’s special operations in Ukraine. Cats born in Russia can not be moved to another country, registered in the pedigree book issued under the auspices of FIFe.

Washington -- I hate Russian President Vladimir Putin! I would put him in a category with Fidel Castro, Adolf Hitler, and his countryman, J.V. Stalin. It took Castro, Hitler and Stalin years to achieve their distinction, at least with me. KGB Col. Putin moved more rapidly, but now he has arrived. He is a full-blooded tyrant. People throw the term "hate" around very cavalierly, at least in politics. I recall former President Donald Trump introducing me to one of his acquaintances thus: "You know how I hate the Clintons. Well, let me introduce you to a guy who hates the...

First Lady Jill Biden joined President Joe Biden on Wednesday for a trip out of Washington, DC, taking the stage for an unusually defensive speech about her husband. The First Lady began her speech recalling Inauguration Day when she watched Joe Biden take the oath of office just a year ago.

The US still has a steeply upward-sloping yield curve, but Russia has the exact opposite: a steeply downward-sloping or inverted yield curve. Here is a comparison of the US Treasury Actives curve (steeply-upward sloping) compared to Russia’s sovereign curve (steeply-downward sloping). Russia’s technical default on international bonds has led to its 5.25% coupon international bond (denominated in Euros) to plunge from 131.6 in September 2022 to only 21.75 this morning. Between Biden’s anti-fossil fuel executive orders and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, gasoline futures are up 126% since the start of January 2021. Biden is tapping the US strategic oil...

KHARKIV, Ukraine — In a downtown government office building, men and women in military fatigues carried rocket-propelled grenades through hallways lined with ornate white crown molding. Others had AK-47s with loaded clips slung over the shoulders. Sandbags rested along windows as protection in case of potential blasts. A public bus pulled up to the building. There were hundreds of boxes of bullets inside. This was the scene of the makeshift headquarters of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces in the eastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday morning, right around the time artillery strikes from the Russian military hit the area for...

CNN is set to launch its streaming service CNN+ later this year, and the network has now revealed the subscription rates. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, the streamer will launch at $2.99 a month, which will be locked in for life for early subscribers, so long as their accounts remain active. This promotional deal will only be available for the first month of CNN+’s launch; after that, subscriptions will cost $5.99 a month or $59.99 a year. There is also expected to be a cheaper, ad-supported tier and a CNN+/HBO Max bundle, according to the Los Angeles Times. Further...

The Bible In Paintings 2 ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE E X O D U SCHAPTER 12-13 During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “UP! LEAVE MY PEOPLE, YOU AND THE ISRAELITES! GO, WORSHIP THE LORD AS YOU HAVE REQUESTED. Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me.” The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country. “For otherwise,” they said, “we will ALL die!” So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs...

In the West Bank there has been an explosion of attacks by Palestinians throwing Molotov cocktails at vehicles driven by Israeli civilians. There were 75 Molotov cocktail attacks on Israeli civilians in 2020 and 1,022 in 2021. It’s a constant danger for Israelis driving in Judea and Samaria who could, were an attack successful, be burned alive. A report on the death of a Palestinian boy who was hurling a Molotov cocktail, and the predictable UN expression of disapproval of Israel, is here: “UN upset by IDF killing of Palestinian teenage Molotov cocktail thrower,” by Tovah Lazaroff and Khaled...

President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union address on March 1st. The president’s speech was filled with sound bites that could have been taken from focus groups and polls. Biden squandered a primetime opportunity to level with the American people about the abysmal state of the union that his progressive policies have brought about. He could have presented pragmatic proposals to turn things around. Instead, aside from sound bites presumably intended for the ears of Independents and Republicans, Biden praised his failed policies and offered a repackaging of more of the same. For example, President Biden...