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The impact of inflation, particularly in fuel, transportation and food, will increase crime. Criminals will use rising prices as a justification to shoplift, siphon gas, and steal cars. I am willing to bet that leftist cities will continue their trend of not prosecuting crimes. They have basically given permission to that 15 year old inner city kid steal a car after he was just told by his momma that she can't afford to give him a ride. Those food stamps (EBT cards) don't go as far as they used to, and to some that is an open invitation to stuff...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rising gas prices pose a fresh election year challenge for President Joe Biden. He’s balancing concerns about costs at the pump in the U.S. against calls from both parties to step up penalties on Russian President Vladimir Putin following his invasion of Ukraine. In announcing a ban on U.S. imports of Russian oil on Tuesday, Biden was blunt in warning that while the move would hurt Putin, “there will be a cost as well here in the United States.” He sought to avoid being blamed for that by dubbing it “Putin’s price hike.” Later, while arriving on...

Actor George Takei took to Twitter on Friday to tell Americans that they “can endure higher prices for food and gas” if it means retaliating against Russian President Vladimir Putin. The actor went on to call the raising prices “a patriotic donation.” “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 wrote. The actor was quickly slammed in the comment section of his post, with one Twitter user proclaiming, “Unnecessary pain/suffering by the middle class isn’t ‘patriotic’ you...

The authors say the arachnids are harmless to people and pets and may even eat pests like stink bugsLast year in Georgia, the non-native Joro spider population exploded. Golden webs draped porches, powerlines and mailboxes across at least 25 counties in the state, per the Hexapod Herald’s Michele Hatcher. “I have several hundred, and they actually make the place look spooky with all the messy webs—like a scene out of 'Arachnophobia,'” entomologist Will Hudson of the University of Georgia Extension told the Herald last fall. The spiders are large and eye-catching, about the size of a human adult’s palm, with...

Lardass Bill Barr was announced as the winner of the coveted Progressive Judas Award. As a result of winning the Judas Award, Barr will receive the "Thirty Pieces of Silver" 5 million dollar book deal. Although the book will probably only sell a couple hundred retail copies, libraries and colleges will be coerced into buying millions of copies. Former 2021 Judas award winner John Bolton was a bit snippy about Barr's win. John said Bill had not exaggerated or created mistruths or lies of a level justifying the award.

On “CNN Newsroom,” White House National Economic Council Director Brian Deese argued that the situation in Ukraine underscores the need for “true energy independence, and that’s about reducing our dependence on fossil fuels.” And that we have to decrease dependence on oil and gas “so that we and our allies, like those in Europe” aren’t as vulnerable to changes in the global price of oil. Deese stated that the ban on importing Russian oil “will have an impact” on gas prices. And “what we’re focused on is trying to make sure that we can bring — in the short term...

Members of the Senate Government Organization Committee declined to advance a bill saying that if employers have vaccine requirements then evidence of natural immunity or antibodies would suffice. The bill was supposed to go for consideration by the Senate Health Committee next. But on a 6-8 vote, members of Senate Government Organization stopped it. Much of the committee’s discussion Monday afternoon focused on whether the bill would actually be workable in real-life situations. Members noted that the bill doesn’t define an appropriate level of antibodies for the range of diseases that might be covered. And it doesn’t define what methods...

The police of the state of Berlin is a very diverse force. Of course, it also offers Turkish citizens professional prospects. And for these people – as for everyone else – freedom of opinion, art and religion applies. Tolga K. also belongs to this diverse force. He is a police officer with the Central Property Protection. A “German” police officer, mind you. Even if you don’t notice it in his YouTube videos and publications on social networks: he prefers to salute the Turkish flag rather than the German one. On the one hand, he took an oath on the Basic...

Prices at the pump have now soared to $4.173 per gallon for regular gasoline, according to Price Information Service (OPIS). This firm collects and calculates US pump prices for American Automobile Association (AAA). On Monday evening, prices surpassed the previous record high set in 2008 and continue marching higher Tuesday. As gasoline prices increase and inflation reaches the highest levels in four decades, times are becoming much harder for the average consumer, experiencing a persistent rise in the prices of many goods and services. Steeper gas and food prices have forced millions of people to rejigger household budgets. The latest...

Last weekend, U.S secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Poland was in preparations to send their MIG fighter planes to Ukraine, and the U.S. would be replacing them. It was a stunning statement considering that Poland is a NATO ally, and Russia would certainly see this effort as increasing direct confrontation. However, a few hours later Poland issued a statement essentially refuting the claims by Secretary Blinken and saying they had no intent to send fighter jets into Ukraine. Essentially the government of Poland called Blinken a liar. In a stunning exhibition of poor diplomacy, with very serious consequences, the...

With the rampant spread of the Omicron variant around the world, many ask whether primary vaccination doses or boosters are still needed if a person is infected with Covid-19. In theory, infection can induce antibodies that may result in so-called natural immunity. But key questions remain. Can they replace vaccination? And can they protect a person from being infected again? We examine what the regulators and scientific studies tell us. Does someone who has already been infected need to be vaccinated? If they are vaccinated, should they get boosters? The answer is yes, and yes. According to the United States...

Hyderabad: The natural immunity gained by individuals across the country through Covid infection during the successive Delta and Omicron waves is enough to thwart or dilute any future surge, developers of the noted SUTRA mathematical model for pandemics said. By rough estimates, close to 90% of the population in the country are likely to have developed natural immunity to the existing variants of SARS-CoV-2 through the process of natural infection. The researchers from IIT-Kanpur and IIT-Hyderabad who developed the highly accurate SUTRA model said the impact of Omicron in South Africa and other countries was similar to that of India...

Lieawatha Pushes Conspiracy ‘Gouging’ Causing Bidenflation On MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) reacted to President Joe Biden’s ban on U.S. imports of Russian oil and gas by stating that Congress should monitor the profits of oil companies and “profit margins should not go up. That’s just oil companies gouging when they do that. So, we’re going to be on them on this.” After Warren praised the Russian oil ban as “the right thing to do” to put economic pressure on Putin, host Andrea Mitchell stated, “Now, to try to soften the blow at the pump, the blow...

close Fox News Flash top headlines for March 8 NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Listen to this article 0:00 / 1:30 1X BeyondWords The Biden administration has made it clear that the U.S. will not fight in Ukraine, opting instead to provide assistance in the form of arms to the Ukrainians, but Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., argues that even this is too much. In a Twitter post Tuesday morning, the Minnesota congresswoman claimed that it would be difficult to know where American weapons might end up. "The consequences of flooding Ukraine with billion dollars in [American]...

Heard this today and though it was appropriate to post. Always admired how Greg Lake was able to sing these great songs in concert and chew gum at the same time

Coca-Cola announced Tuesday that it is suspending business in Russia. The Atlanta-based company had faced backlash for not pulling out of Russia after its invasion of Ukraine. “Our hearts are with the people who are enduring unconscionable effects from these tragic events in Ukraine,” the company said in a news release. “We will continue to monitor and assess the situation as circumstances evolve.”

While speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) reacted to the Biden administration reportedly looking to increase energy imports from Iran and Venezuela by calling for a return to prior energy production policies to boost domestic energy production. CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Manu Raju asked, “So, should the administration ease restrictions on production?”

While Queens’ favorite socialist wanted Biden to push the Green New Deal, however, we craved a little more common sense from our Commander-in-Chief. Releasing oil from the strategic reserve is barely a short-term gesture against rising energy prices. If you really want to help Americans — and stick it to Vladimir Putin — uncancel the Keystone pipeline and reduce punitive federal restrictions on fracking. Make America energy independent. It will cushion consumers from fluctuating prices, and the totalitarian whims of Russia and the Middle East.

Incoming CNN boss Chris Licht plans to nix the network's left-leaning commentary when he assumes the role of president this May, insiders say, and has already engaged in talks with rival Fox News about halting its aggressive coverage of them. Former CBS exec Licht, 50, who headed Stephen Colbert's Late Show for six years until it was announced he was replacing ousted boss Jeff Zucker last month, has already begun closed door conversations with key figures close to the conservative news network, two sources close to the matter told The Daily Beast Tuesday. Licht reportedly told certain Fox reporters and...

Celilo Miles, a wildlands firefighter with the Nez Perce Tribe, had all but given up on her dream of modeling when she got an Instagram message from a casting agency asking her to apply for a mysterious modeling gig. Miles had been home on the tribe’s reservation in Lapwai in North Central Idaho for the last two years. She had given up modeling in New York City, where she had lived for nearly four years. Miles had no idea that moving back home would open the door to the biggest fashion campaign of her career. Months later, after sending an...