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The Biden administration is seeking to ease oil sanctions on Venezuela as part of a broader U.S. strategy to temper oil prices that have skyrocketed because of Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter. U.S. officials began rare face-to-face meetings with Venezuelan officials in Caracas over the weekend, with a view to allowing Venezuelan crude oil back on to the open international market, these people said.

The West is committing financial suicide. This spills over into corporations making long-term decisions based upon the demonization of Putin, ignoring even the fact that Kamala Harris publically told Ukraine to join NATO and violated the neutrality of Ukraine agreed to in the 1991 Budapest Agreement. We are witnessing the decline and fall of the world economy as we have known it. Those who have hated the dollar, always calling for its crash, will see a future where even cryptocurrencies will not survive. The false belief that somehow crypto will bypass the central banks and end fiat is such a...

German Bishops Chairman: Gay Sex Does Not Harm ‘One’s Relationship with God’ROME — The Chairman of the German Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Georg Bätzing, has urged the Catholic Church to change its teaching on sexual morality, insisting that gay sex does not harm a person’s relationship with God.Same-sex relations are okay, Bishop Bätzing told the German magazine Bunte in its March 4 issue, “as long as they are carried out with loyalty and responsibility.”“It doesn’t affect one’s relationship with God,” the bishop added.Bätzing went on to say that how a person lives their personal intimacy “is none of my business.”In...

The Ukrainian military has mounted an unexpectedly fierce defense against invading Russian forces, which have been dogged by logistical problems and flagging morale. But the war is barely two weeks old, and in Washington and European capitals, officials anticipate that the Russian military will reverse its early losses, setting the stage for a long, bloody insurgency. The ways that Western countries would support a Ukrainian resistance are beginning to take shape. Officials have been reluctant to discuss detailed plans, since they’re premised on a Russian military victory that, however likely, hasn’t happened yet. But as a first step, Ukraine’s allies...

At a time when US officials are saying virtually every day that the US is in “active discussions” to ban Russian oil imports, Germany’s economy minister said that while he regrets the country is still dependent on imports from Moscow, he warned against a comprehensive ban on energy imports from Russia. As Dutesche Welle reports, “Germany is currently still dependent on Russian fossil fuels”, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Thursday; he spoke out against a ban on energy imports from Russia in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “I would not advocate an embargo on Russian imports of...

Bill reveals the operation and engineering design underlying the famous drinking bird toy. In this video he explores the role played by the water the bird "drinks," shows what is under the bird's hat and demonstrates that it can operate using heat from a light bulb or by "drinking" whiskey. Video Here.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will seek to speed up its sanctions process on Monday via new legislation designed to allow ministers to tighten restrictions on Russian businesses and wealthy individuals. The Economic Crime Bill is being pushed through parliament next week as Britain tries to punish those with links to Russian President Vladimir Putin in response to his invasion of Ukraine. "Punishing sanctions are meaningless until properly implemented, and these changes will allow us to pursue Putin's allies in the UK with the full backing of the law, beyond doubt or legal challenge," Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. Among the...

In fresh Sunday statements, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he will not stop military operations in Ukraine until Kiev government forces stop fighting, at a moment evacuation efforts in Mariupol where there are reports that some 200,000 civilians remain have been stalled due to reported Russian shelling. The statements were issued through the Russian presidency’s press office, which reaffirmed “the Russian side’s readiness for dialogue with Ukraine’s authorities and foreign partners in order to settle the conflict.” Putin also stated of the past more than half-decade of fighting in Donbass that “13,000-14,000 of them [people in pro-Russian Donetsk and...

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https://vid8.poal.co/user/AOU/m78pTCF Here’s a fast moving video from a Citizen of Ukraine. He lives the news and sees it with his own eyes. I just finished a long thread...mostly reading why you should be on one side of this or the other.....well here’s a third side. Like the saying, “there’s 3 sides to every story, yours, mine and the truth. Listen to the Ukraine Guy.... and maybe change you mind.

The Biden Administration has sent a team of negotiators to Caracas in an attempt to restart imports of Venezuelan oil to the US. The penchant Biden has for getting crucial oil from our enemies is staggeringly ignorant. We were energy independent for 4 years. Now we are dependent on dictators for the oil to run our society. He’s obviously afraid of the leftists aka “greenies” in his administration. Venezuela is an ally, or “strategic partner” of Russia. The US believes it has begun to distance itself from Putin as the Russian economy begins to show serious repercussions from the sanctions....

In recent days with tensions of a global war running at the highest level in decades, an apocryphal story from Art Cashin has been making the rounds across trading desks: one in which the venerable trader explains why when Wall Street was gripped by a selling panic during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the right move was the buy everything: There was the lesson I learned during the Cuban Missile Crisis. At the time I was studying with “Professor Jack” under a Moosehead, in a saloon called “Eberlin’s” down the block from the exchange. The tuition was paid in scotch “old...

Ukrainian news agency Interfax Ukraine said...Around 2,000 people had taken to the streets of Nova Kakhovka to show their opposition to the invasion by waving Ukrainian flags and calling on Russian forces to leave...

https://vid8.poal.co/user/AOU/m78pTCF Here’s a fast moving video from a Citizen of Ukraine. He lives the news and sees it with his own eyes. I just finished a long thread...mostly reading why you should be on one side of this or the other.....well here’s a third side. Like the saying, “there’s 3 sides to every story, yours, mine and the truth. Listen to the Ukraine Guy.... and maybe change you mind.

Season three of the popular nonfiction series “The Food That Built America” will satisfy viewers’ appetites by sharing the origin stories of a new group of bold pioneers behind America’s most iconic food empires such as Orville Redenbacher, Ettore “Chef” Boiardi, Wally Amos, Debbi Fields, and Tom Carvel among others. Before these brands became household names, they came from brilliant – sometimes ruthless – visionaries who revolutionized food

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — In a private video call with American lawmakers over the weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a “desperate” plea to the United States to help Kyiv get more warplanes to fight Russia’s invasion and retain control of its airspace. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Washington has given a “green light” to the idea and is currently “very, very actively” looking at a proposal under which Ukraine’s neighbor Poland would supply Kyiv with Soviet-era fighters and in turn receive American F-16s to make up for their loss. However, the proposition is fraught with uncertainty

Former Fort Lauderdale police chief Larry Scirotto, 48, was fired after an inquiry found that he asked 'which one is blacker?' when considering a promotion The inquiry also claimed Scirotto once said a conference room wall of photos was 'too white' and added, 'I'm gonna change that' Scirotto has vehemently denied the accusations, and has insisted he gave promotions based on merit to staff who happened to be minorities He is also accused of working as a high school basketball referee while being on the clock as chief 'The Chief was paid by the City for these unauthorized schedule adjustments,...

HOUSTON (AP) — The nation’s largest pediatric hospital has announced it has stopped gender-affirming therapies after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the state’s child welfare agency to investigate reports of gender-confirming care for kids as abuse. Texas Children’s Hospital, located in Houston, announced that its decision to stop such hormone-related prescription therapies was made after it reviewed Abbott’s order, which came when Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton last month released a nonbinding legal opinion that labeled certain gender-confirming treatments as “child abuse.” “The mission of Texas Children’s Hospital is to create a healthier future for all children, including transgender children,...

Negotiators 'must realize that the extremist regime will not abide by international laws' The Biden administration, wrapped up as it is now in responding to Russia's war against Ukraine – and possibly other nations – is creating a threat to the Middle East with its appeasement of the Islamic rogues in Iran...

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo spoke publicly for the first time since resigning over multiple sexual harassment allegations last year He said 'cancel culture' was behind politically motivated efforts to remove him Cuomo acknowledged his behavior wasn't appropriate but quickly added that nothing he did violated the law Cuomo added that his behavior has been the same for 40 years and that he is a victim of cancel culture Cuomo then slammed the firing of his brother, Chris Cuomo, by CNN. He said, 'cancel culture mentality is growing, and it must be stopped' Cuomo used his platform Sunday mostly...