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There was a glimmer of hope for Joe Biden today, who is increasingly cornered by soaring inflation in general and the relentless surge in oil prices in particular, when Russia’s chief negotiator in talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal between world powers and Iran said on Friday that he thought a deal was possible in the middle of next week. “As far as I know, the Iranians are not ready for direct talks (with the United States),” Mikhail Ulyanov told reporters, cited by Reuters. “We will have a deal maybe in the middle of next week. We are talking...

Like Trudeau, Zelenskyy is an acolyte of the World Economic Forum. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was one of the reasons he got into politics. After leaving his career as a comedian and entertainer and becoming Ukraine’s president in April 2019, Zelenskyy hailed Trudeau as “one of those leaders who inspired” him “to join politics,” when he became Ukraine’s president in 2019. While Zelenskyy has shot to stardom from relative obscurity from the perspective of the West since the Russo-Ukrainian conflict became international news last week, his admiration for Trudeau comes as less...

Post your favorites. Shame we can't embed. But whatever.Ashley Campbell w/ her God-Father Carl JacksonAshley Campbell - Pancho and Lefty Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Jerry Reed and others...ELO - Mr. Blue Sky

State Sen. Kelly Townsend announced Friday she is withdrawing from the race for the Republican nomination for Arizona's new 6th Congressional District because former President Donald Trump hasn't endorsed her. Despite encouragement and repeated assurances, “the promised formal endorsement has still not materialized," leaving her unable to unify the conservative vote in the August primary, Townsend said in a statement. Townsend said she knew a Trump endorsement might be jeopardized by her recent criticism of state Sen. Wendy Rogers. Rogers has already been endorsed by Trump in her re-election race. Townsend didn't refer to Rogers by name in her statement.

Gas prices at the pump were soaring long before Russia invaded Ukraine. The conflict has produced the prospect of a shortage of commodities, especially energy products, and sent Brent and WTI well over the $110 mark in recent days. Russia is one of the world’s largest crude oil suppliers. The spillover effects of the Biden administration sanctioning the country into oblivion have resulted in one of the most significant daily jumps of gasoline on record. According to new AAA fuel data, the current national average gas price is $3.837, up almost 11 cents overnight, the second biggest move on record...

A San Diego County man pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal misdemeanor for taking part in the breach of the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. Philip James Weisbecker, who lived in Ocean Beach at the time, is set to be sentenced in June for joining the mob that entered the Capitol building. While in the Capitol, Weisbecker entered House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office and took selfies amid the throng of rioters, according to court documents. An arrest warrant declaration states anonymous tipsters contacted authorities saying they knew Weisbecker and provided photographic evidence of him being present inside the...

To hear the Biden administration tell it, the Ukraine crisis is the product of one man: Vladimir Putin. Putin fears that if Ukraine joins NATO and becomes a pro-Western democracy, Russians will want the same for themselves and thus rise up against his tyrannical rule. The idea that Russians genuinely think NATO poses a security threat is transparent bunk. The Biden narrative isn’t entirely false. Putin surely does fear that a democratic, pro-Western Ukraine could inspire popular uprisings in his country. But it is partially false because it suggests that were Putin not in power, Russia’s government would have no...

The United States is experiencing a third Red Scare. Russia is being accused of undermining US elections, running armies of “Russian bots” to influence discussion on social media, and bribery or undue influence over American officials, including President Trump. Vladimir Putin is no angel, but it’s obvious that most of these claims are overblown, if not outright fabrications. This Red Scare is being perpetrated to discredit Donald Trump and force him into a corner on foreign policy. Why do the globalist elites hate Russia so much? This article examines three recent events where Vladimir Putin challenged the globalists, which has...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky lashed NATO on Friday for ruling out a no-fly zone over his country saying the Western military alliance knew further Russian aggression was likely. Earlier Friday, NATO rejected Ukraine’s request to impose a no-fly zone to halt Russia’s bombing, but Western allies did warn President Vladimir Putin of fresh sanctions if he does not stop the war. “Knowing that new strikes and casualties are inevitable, NATO deliberately decided not to close the sky over Ukraine,” Zelensky said in a video published by the presidency. “We believe that the NATO countries themselves have created a narrative that...

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) on Friday expressed support for Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) call to see Russian President Vladimir Putin assassinated following Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine, though the NeverTrump lawmaker did pour cold water on the idea that the United States should be the country that kills Putin. Kinzinger made his comments on an episode of TMZ Live.

Joe O'Biden to Make Guest Appearance in Sequel to 2019's Irishman Gangster Movie (satire and pic)The 2019 gangster movie Irishman directed by Martin Scorsese was a fan favorite, but not a commercial success. The story is based on a Irishman (played by Robert De Niro) who worked for the Mafia and had Jimmy Hoffa assasinated With a huge budget of $159 million, Irishman's U.S. box office was only $8 million, so the the chance of a sequel to Irishman looks rather slim. Yet a reported 17 million Americans saw the movie within the first week of its release, suggesting there's...

President Joe Biden left the White House for his home in Delaware on Friday afternoon, despite an escalating Russian invasion of Ukraine. The president plans to spend the weekend at home, even though some criticized him for the optics of not caring about the ongoing conflict or the current state of the country by leaving Washington, DC.

Some 90s angst, gritty pop-rock for you tonight. This song really speaks to me for some reason. The video might cause seizures though if you're one of those who get affected by changing lights and scenes.

What is the "People’s Convoy,” headed for Maryland and Virginia this weekend? The movement’s website, which tells the whole story from its beginning last month in Adelanto, Calif., boasts a slogan that is telling enough: “End Mandates Everywhere.” But the succinct, if off-point, description provided by one of the organizers is: “The largest convoy in global history.” The caravan was about eight miles long as it moved from Indiana into Ohio, and it's sure to grow as it nears the Capital Beltway. The convoy is expected to arrive outside of Washington on Saturday; organizers announced Thursday that the convoy would...

Russian-backed grocery app Buyk abruptly furloughed the vast majority of its staff on Friday as sanctions against Russia left the company without funding. Buyk, which was founded by two Russians and has sizable operations in New York and Chicago, is furloughing about 98% of its employees until it can secure funding from American sources, CEO James Walker said in a statement to The Post. The news comes about a week after The Post reported that Buyk employees were scared that an economic war between the US and Russia would cost them their jobs.

The George W. Bush Institute, the Chamber of Commerce, and the billionaire Koch brothers’ network of donor class organizations are banding together with other mass migration groups to demand President Joe Biden expand overall immigration to the United States. The groups, along with others, have teamed up to create the Alliance for a New Immigration Consensus that will lobby Biden and members of Congress to pass amnesty for illegal aliens, increase security at the southern border, and increase the ability of businesses to import foreign workers. AD “Employers are also struggling to find workers to fill jobs in many industries,”...

A New York City good Samaritan proved that chivalry isn’t dead after she discovered a wallet containing thousands of dollars in Times Square — and got it back to its rightful owner. The noble deed occurred Wednesday morning while Honduras native Eduardo Martinez was walking through the tourist-inundated area to get to work, NBC New York reported. During his commute, the man reportedly dropped his wallet, which contained $4,000 cash along with standard wallet items, near Broadway and 49th Street. Upon realizing what had transpired, the panicked man returned to the crowded area, whereupon he was approached by two police...

As war rages in Ukraine following the invasion by Russia, the realities on the ground are difficult to assess—it is estimated that thousands have been killed, including hundreds of civilians, and up to a million forced to flee their homes. Although Russian President Vladimir Putin is rightly deserving of blame, top U.S. officials over the past decade have played important roles in critical events that undermined U.S. relations with Russia and resulted in the destabilization of Ukraine. The deterioration in our relations with Russia, in many ways started with President George W. Bush in 2008 when he dangled before Ukraine...

Earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin directed his military to move to heightened readiness to launch nuclear weapons because of "aggressive statements" by NATO countries. Russian TV host Dmitry Kiselyov boasted "our submarines can shoot more than 500 nuclear warheads. This would guarantee destruction of the USA, and all other NATO countries." In answer to a reporter's question "should Americans be worried about nuclear war?" President Biden responded with a firm "no. Look, surveys show that less than 25% of Americans can find Delaware on a map. We're counting on Putin doing even worse. As long as I stay...

Administration has held secret talks with Russians to preempt future Trump-like exit from accord, experts and former officials warn.President Biden condemns Russia's invasion of Ukraine and publicly threatens Moscow with escalating punitive measures, his administration is quietly collaborating with the Russians to revive the Iran nuclear deal and undermine future U.S. presidents who might withdraw from it, according to experts and former U.S. officials."The U.S. has partnered with Russia to get a new nuclear deal with Iran," said Fred Fleitz, a former CIA analyst who also served as a senior staffer on both the House Intelligence Committee and the National...