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Found variants of this on two sources on the internet and it is also what seems reasonable: “Russia claims it will stop the war immediately if Ukraine agrees to: - cease military action - change constitution to enshrine neutrality - recognize Crimea as Russian territory - recognize the Russian-controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states” So what is Ukraine’s problem? Accept the reasonable terms and move on. Reject them and face war. As long as America is sanctioning and demonizing Russia then we are weakening the dollar’s position as the global reserve currency. I want us to be...

Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan says that Islamophobia in Congress is a bipartisan affair, suggesting that in addition to Republicans, some of her Democratic colleagues hold bigoted views about Muslims

We come then to the Ukraine crisis, which is presented to us as a consequence of Vladimir Putin’s expansionist arrogance towards an independent and democratic nation over which he is trying to claim absurd rights. The “warmonger Putin” is said to be massacring the defenseless population, who have courageously arisen to defend the soil of their homeland, the sacred borders of their nation and the violated freedoms of the citizens. The European Union and the United States, “defenders of democracy,” are therefore said to be unable not to intervene by means of NATO to restore Ukraine’s autonomy, drive out the...

“I want to talk about the dead Americans, people who had myocarditis, people who had a reaction to the vaccine.” – Congressman Chip RoyTexas Congressman Chip Roy is demanding Covid hospitalization data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). His comments were made to “Fox & Friends” co-host Will Cain, who was filling in Friday on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”A goal is to determine how many deaths were “truly attributable to Covid”, observed Will Cain.The Recipe For Inflated Coronavirus DeathsAt the Coronavirus Task Force Press Briefing on April 7, 2020, Dr. Deborah Birx said:…if someone dies with COVID-19, we...

The latest from Rasmussen Reports informs us that a whopping “70% of Likely U.S. Voters believe the U.S. government should encourage increased oil and gas production to reduce America’s dependence on foreign sources of oil and gas.” Guess what percentage oppose this no-brainer? A measly 18 percent. You see, that’s what I love about reality. While the left — Democrats, the corporate media, environmental activists — try to exist in a Woke World that attempts to ignore human nature and realpolitik, the beauty of the Real World is that certain things cannot be ignored. To wit… His Fraudulency Joe Biden...

Transnistria reported two explosions on the Ukrainian side of the border on March 4, after the Russia-backed separatists in Tiraspol issued a statement reasserting the tiny republic’s independence. The explosions damaged the railway bridge across the Kuchurgan River, putting it out of operation. Earlier on March 4, the foreign ministry of Transnistria accused Chisinau of ignoring the negotiations aimed at reaching a settlement of the still unresolved Transnistria conflict with its decision to apply for European Union membership, the ministry said in a statement, that also called once again for its international recognition. The call from the separatist region —...

It's time for your red pill. Something smells rotten in Ukraine. The story is rotten, rancid, hinky; the story just doesn't add up.President Joe Biden and the media desperately want you to believe Russia is the bad guy and Ukraine is a little angel. They want you to fall in love with underdog Ukraine. They want you to support America getting involved on behalf of Ukraine.To get your support, they need the media to sell you a bill of goods. But it just doesn't add up. First, Biden is the one who funded Russia's invasion. Biden killed our pipelines, killed...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba have agreed to meet at a forum in southern Turkey on Thursday, the first potential talks between the top diplomats since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey's foreign minister, made the announcement on Monday and said he would attend the meeting in the resort city of Antalya. Russia's foreign ministry confirmed the plan. NATO member Turkey, which shares a maritime border with Russia and Ukraine in the Black Sea, had been offering to mediate between the sides. Ankara has good relations with both Moscow and Kyiv, and...

15,600,000 Bolivars. The amount of money you need to buy a 5 poundchicken in Venezuela. #Bitcoin fixes this.

FIRST WEEK OF LENT MATTHEW 25:31-46 Friends, in our Gospel today, Jesus tells the crowd that the Son of Man will welcome the righteous into the kingdom, saying, “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.” Puzzled, the righteous will ask when they did this, and he will reply, “Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.” This is a powerful...

Star Trek legend George Takei told Americans Friday that they should be willing to endure higher costs of living in order to hurt Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Americans: we can endure higher prices for food and gas if it means putting the screws to Putin. Consider it a patriotic donation in the fight for freedom over tyranny,” Takei tweeted on March 4. Takei has an estimated net worth of more than $12 million, according to Fortune. Meanwhile, there are almost 40 million Americans already living below the poverty line.

CNN went all out to hype a small decrease in gas prices in December as a sign of better days. Now that gas prices have skyrocketed, the network’s twisted coverage on the issue deserves revisiting. The national average for gas prices surged to top $4 per gallon for the first time since 2008 yesterday, and U.S. crude oil briefly topped a whopping $130 a barrel. The news follows months of CNN trying to twist its coverage of the energy crisis to somehow benefit President Joe Biden’s image on energy. But the disturbing news on energy prices skyrocketing makes CNN’s pro-Biden...

New documents obtained through a FOIA request show NBC News sought to downplay a key Biden nominee’s links to eco-terrorism. New documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by the government watchdog Protect the Public’s Trust shared exclusively with The Federalist show NBC News sought to downplay a key Biden nominee’s links to domestic terrorism. As President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Tracy Stone-Manning, faced controversy for her involvement with a 1989 Idaho tree spiking case last summer, NBC’s Josh Lederman sought comment from the Interior Department whether the administration stood...

California’s state panel on “reparations” for slavery postponed a decision on who should qualify for compensation — whether only the descendants of slaves, or all people of color, based on the idea that the United States suffers from “systemic racism.” As Breitbart News reported in 2020, the Golden State, which entered the Union in 1850 as a free state, decided to set up a committee to study reparations in the wake of national protests and riots over the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. When the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans launched in 2021,...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday urged countries uncomfortable with his proposal to establish a no-fly zone over his country – effectively requiring foreign countries to shoot down Russian planes – to consider, instead, offering Ukraine more weapons. The suggestion is a dramatic change in tone from Zelensky’s remarks on Saturday, in which he told NATO countries that Ukrainian civilians will “die because of you” and called them “weak” for rejecting the responsibility of implementing a no-fly zone.

The high wages of teachers in Boston, where nearly 3,000 are paid six-figure salaries, reflects the strength of their union and suggests that a district plagued by “chronic underperformance” may be more geared toward the adults running it than the children it serves, watchdogs say. A Herald analysis of payroll data found that 2,905 teachers earn more than $100,000 annually, compared to the average per capita income of $44,690 in Boston in 2019, the most recent year for which the U.S. Census Bureau has statistics. Those teachers earned six figures in a city where 18.9% of the population – about...

ST. LOUIS – Gerald Hunter, 56, of Los Angeles, appeared Friday before U.S. District Judge John A. Ross and was sentenced to life in federal prison. Hunter was convicted of conspiracy to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl, conspiracy to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine, and two counts of money laundering. A federal jury returned the verdicts after a week-long trial in October 2021

2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV Trail Boss General Motors has been touting its future EV efforts for years, and more recently, CEO Mary Barra has talked about the automaker's plans to overtake Tesla as the US EV leader. While GM doesn't have a whole lot to show related to those plans quite yet, it has announced major efforts that are already underway, which will boost its EV output significantly in the coming years. That said, it doesn't matter how many EVs GM – or any company for that matter – can produce unless it can actually sell them. In order for...

European natural gas futures soared Monday after reports the Biden administration was considering curbs on Russian crude imports sent shock waves across commodity markets. Brent surged to $137/bbl and quickly pared gains to trade near $125/bbl around 0630 ET. The focus is European natgas futures, Dutch gas, which jumped as high as 64% to 335 euros a megawatt-hour — the equivalent of around $600 a barrel of oil.Chaotic energy markets came after the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told NBC this past weekend that the Biden administration is in “very active discussions” with European leaders to restrict Russian oil...

Rather than making America energy independent, Biden wants to buy oil from Maduro — yet another murderous thug. Troubling pattern from this administration as they continue to embolden our enemies. https://t.co/dEfp4PqGSr— Jeanette Nuñez (@LtGovNunez) March 6, 2022