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Global food prices soared to a new record high in February, led by a massive jump in vegetable oil and dairy prices as well as higher costs for grains, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The move higher in food prices comes as the Russian invasion of Ukraine sent commodity markets into disarray, which indicates prices could continue to surge and may trigger another ‘Arab Spring’. The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI), a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities, averaged 140.7 points in February, up 3.9% from January, +24.1%...

For nine years, the state of Oregon pursued our family and our little bakery, Sweet Cakes by Melissa, because we could not in good conscience create a custom cake celebrating a same-sex wedding. Over the years, the state deprived us of a fair hearing, erroneously issued an injunction limiting what we could say, improperly ordered us to pay $135,000, and violated our rights to freely exercise our beliefs. In early 2013, Aaron welcomed two potential customers, a woman and her mother, into our bakery as we welcome everyone. When he found out they were looking for someone to create a...

It’s now been 410 days since the Last Mean Tweet™How’s that working out for you?Hint: Not so well.But like the lady said: No Mean Tweets!Posted from: MOTUS A.D.

On the distorted comparison on the left between the atrocities in Ukraine and Israel's conduct in Judea and Samaria This campaign is led by a group of leftists, many of them journalists, whose alienation from Jewish history, and her constant need to portray Israel as representing evil, make her think. He arrived two or three days after the battle for Ukraine began, and he did not surprise anyone, because he always jumps at such times. This is the same instinct that exists among leftists, which makes them see a raging ruler, or an unstoppable murderer, or a country that behaves...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — They railed against politicians, conducted military-style exercises and spoke darkly of confronting tyrants scheming to seize their guns and enslave them. Yet historian JoEllen Vinyard says the “citizen militia” activists she got to know in the 1990s didn’t seem like the types who would abduct a governor or stage a coup. “I don’t think they were dangerous,” said Vinyard, an Eastern Michigan University professor emeritus and author of a book about far-right movements in the state. “They reminded me of the good old boys I knew growing up in Nebraska.” But as four men charged...

The reason we know Ukrainian officials are trying to goad the US into war is because that’s exactly what they say they’re doing. There is no ambiguity here — at this very moment, a furious multi-front lobbying blitz is underway to solicit full-fledged US military intervention in Ukraine, and therefore open warfare against Russia. To put it bluntly, a foreign country’s representatives are doing all they possibly can to instigate the closest thing anyone on Earth has ever experienced to World War III. At the forefront of this campaign is the president, Zelensky, who’s been transformed overnight into an international...

VIDEORemember how the liberal media kept screeching that President Trump was Putin's puppet? Well, the reality was quite the opposite because President Trump OPPOSED the one thing most important to Vladimir Putin, namely the completion of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. A project that President Trump knew would make Western Europe dependent on Russian energy which is why he imposed sanctions upon it.Oh, and does anybody out there really think Russia would have invaded Ukraine if President Trump were still in the White House? But, hey, at least we no longer have mean tweets.

The closure of Libya's El Feel and Sharara oilfields resulted in the loss of 330,000 barrels per day (bpd), and over 160 million dinars ($34.69 million) on a daily basis, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Sunday. Last week, two oil engineers at Libya's main Sharara field said operations had been paused after a pipeline valve was shut down, without giving further details. NOC head Mustafa Sanallah said in a statement on Facebook that shutting down pipeline valves enforced the corporation to declare force majeure on oilfields. The country's oil output has been halted repeatedly during periods of political...

Sub Headline: According to the source, lately Ukraine "has increased the geologic exploration of deep layers in the vicinity of operating uranium mines as well as the development of prospective uranium deposits"Ukraine was conducting talks with foreign companies on their assistance in creating uranium enrichment enterprises, a source in one of Russian agencies told TASS.He pointed out that lately Ukraine "has increased the geologic exploration of deep layers in the vicinity of operating uranium mines as well as the development of prospective uranium deposits," particularly, in the Nikolaev, Dnepropetrovsk and Kirovograd Regions. "Simultaneously, Ukrainian representatives initiated dialogue with foreign companies...

The prime ministers of the two countries said on Saturday that Sweden and Finland will strengthen their security cooperation in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but they are not committed to joining NATO. “Russia’s war against a sovereign European state puts the European security system at risk. In this changing security environment, Finland and Sweden will further strengthen our cooperation,” Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin told reporters in Helsinki at a joint press conference with the Swedish prime minister. Magdalena Anderson.

Sub Headline: According to its data, by implementing programs in both nuclear and rocket spheres over more than two decades, Ukraine was consistently nearing all the necessary conditions to create its own nuclear weaponsUkraine could have obtained nuclear weapons within several months, a source in one of Russian agencies told TASS."According to conclusions by Western experts, the Kiev regime was extremely close to creating a nuclear explosive device based on plutonium due to its covert obtainment from spent nuclear fuel stored in the country’s territory. Ukrainian specialists could have made such a device within several months," the source said.

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem2 Timothy 1I1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, 2 To Timothy, my dear son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.Thanksgiving 3 I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. 4 Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. 5 I am reminded of your sincere...

IRISH farmers will be asked to grow some wheat, barley and other grains to offset any potential food shortage caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The 'wartime' plan which is being drawn up as Russia continues its bombardment of Ukraine because both countries supply large amounts of grain and fertilizers around the world. Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue has created an emergency team that has been tasked with coming up with financial support to help persuade Irish farmers to grow more grains here. The nation is heavily reliant on imported grains which are used in both human and animal food. Ireland...

fights break out in stands as supporters beat up rivals and strip them NAKED At least 22 people were brutally injured in a football match in Mexico yesterday The game between Queretaro and Atlas was suspended when fights broke out Unconfirmed reports of deaths amid footage of fans bloodied and unresponsive Security opened the gates so women and children could escape to the pitch At least 22 people were brutally injured - two of them seriously - after a football match descended into carnage in central Mexico yesterday. Unconfirmed reports are circulating that up to 17 people could have died...

FORTRESS MONROE, Tuesday, March 4, Via BALTIMORE, Wednesday, March 5. Col. CORCORAN will come up from Richmond on Friday. JOHN MINOR BOTTS was arrested a day or two since on his farm by order of JEFF. DAVIS. Union sentiments are chalked over the walls at Richmond. BALTIMORE, Wednesday, March 5. A letter from Fortress Monroe, published in the American, of this city, says that yesterday's Richmond Dispatch announces that the steamer Nashville came direct from Southampton to the North Carolina coast, and approached the blockading vessel with the Union flag flying. The Nashville went directly up under the guns of...

Sen. Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) will be in the news a lot this month. Beginning March 21, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee will preside over the confirmation hearings for President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson. Mainstream media outlets have already started praising Durbin for his "historic" role in the confirmation of the High Court's first black female justice, and it's only going to get worse. Last month, the Washington Post published a lengthy profile of Durbin highlighting the career politician's determination to "make history." He could not have asked for a friendlier (as in whitewashed)...

Russia is still engaged in its invasion of Ukraine. And the US continues to import crude oil from Russia. In fact, US crude oil imports from Russia soared under Biden only to decline again in December 2021. On the sovereign bond and currency front, the 5.25% coupon Russian international sovereign bond has crashed to 22.494. And the Ruble/USD cross has crashed as well. Sberbank Bank 5 1/8% corporate bond has crashed to 25. The Russian blue-chip stock market (OTOB Russian Traded Index CRTX) has crashed by over 50% since the invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s Credit Default Swap (CDS) 5Y has...

Russian forces are firing rockets at a physics institute in the city of Kharkiv that contains nuclear material and a reactor which could lead to a 'large-scale ecological disaster' if hit, according to Ukraine's national security service. The service said on Facebook on Sunday that the Russians were firing at the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology from Grad launchers. Missiles fired from Grad launchers do not have precise targeting, raising concern that one could damage the reactor and release deadly radiation across Europe. The science institute houses the Neutron Source nuclear research facility and contains 37 nuclear fuel cells...

Musk's tweet calling for more fossil fuel production was retweeted roughly 20,000 times in 30 minutes Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk called on the United States to increase its domestic oil output in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while also acknowledging that his electric car company would be negatively affected by that move. "Hate to say it, but we need to increase oil & gas output immediately," Musk tweeted Friday. "Extraordinary times demand extraordinary measures."

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Romans 8:31-37 The big claim is Putin is insane for attacking Ukraine while ignoring our own Crazy Clown show. If you were to set them side by side minus the senility and you would have to judge the Puppet President far more irrational, then Vlad. How do you get to a position where you are buying...