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The Biden administration publicly warned Wednesday that Russia might seek to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine as the White House rejected Russian claims of illegal chemical weapons development in the country it has invaded. This week, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova — without evidence — accused Ukraine of running chemical and biological weapons labs with U.S. support. White House press secretary Jen Psaki called Russia’s claim “preposterous” and said it could be part of an attempt by Russia to lay the groundwork for its own use of such weapons of mass destruction against Ukraine. “This is all...

The White House on Wednesday warned of “severe consequences” for the country’s COVID-19 response after Congress stripped funding to fight the virus out of a government funding package. The Biden administration warned that without the additional funding, testing capacity will start declining this month, potentially requiring months of ramp up if a new variant causes another surge.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear force should the West get involved in the war a “bluff.” The Ukrainian leader has ramped up his calls for the West to impose a no-fly zone over the country as Russian aerial attacks have intensified and amid warnings that Moscow may be prepared to use weapons of mass destruction on its neighbor.

Many electric car owners have been reveling in their purchases as gas prices reach record highs. -My text- They used the price of gas in California ($5.57 per gallon) for one car, figuring annual cost of fuel, versus costs of recharging at a charging station.

Far-left Hollywood actor Sean Penn, who was once an anti-war activist, is now agitating for World War 3 over the Russia/Ukraine conflict. Penn spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, and relayed war propaganda on behalf of Ukraine from his Twitter account.I JUST got off a call with President Zelensky’s Chief of staff, Andriy Yermak. Somewhere in the bureaucratic chain between our White House & the Polish Gov., the desperately NEEDED jets are not yet delivered to Ukraine. Public outcry may find the bottleneck. pic.twitter.com/jFfRQTuT1K— Sean Penn (@SeanPenn) March 9, 2022

[Catholic Caucus] Francis Removes a 57-year-old American Bishop Named by Benedict XVI with no Explanation For a bishop named in 2010, and now very healthy and still only 57, to be removed, there must be a serious reason. Abuse? Cover-up? Embezzling?Yet the bishop of Arecibo (Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, United States), Chicago native Daniel Fernández Torres, was simply removed by Francis today, after being ordered by the Vatican to resign.You will find several explanations online -- that he was supportive of religious objections to COVID vaccines; that he was "conservative"; that he was not very well liked by his...

It was just last June when we asked if “ESG will trigger energy hyperinflation“, explaining that the progressives’ ESG agenda, “is unwinding the shale oil revolution. As recent events at Exxon and Shell have shown, the pressure on oil companies to reduce oil and gas exploration and adapt their business models has increased significantly over the past few months” (incidentally the answer to our rhetorical question was “yes”). We added that “ESG is a negative supply shock that internalizes the climate cost of the production of goods and services. This negative supply shock will be inflationary until technological progress absorbs...

Beto O'Rourke, candidate for Texas Governor, received recognition from the Texas Hispanic/American Association. Beto spoke to the group and explained how he is part of the Texas Hispanic culture. Beto explained that his great grandfather changed their surname from Gonzales-Rodriquez to escape discrimination. As poor cotton share croppers their family faced adversity with the Hispanic surname. All O'Rourkes were required to speak English only, at home and in public. Prior to running for the Senate, Beto came out of the cultural closet and dropped the name Robert for Beaner, but soon realized that it would identify his Hispanic roots but...

Former President Donald Trump’s plane experienced engine failure and had to make an emergency landing Saturday in New Orleans, where he had just delivered a speech at a Republican National Committee-hosted event, according to reports.​​ The plane​ ran into trouble over the Gulf of Mexico after leaving New Orleans en route to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. and the pilot decided to turn around, Politico and the Washington Post reported Wednesday. ​Audio between the pilot and air traffic control indicated that the landing was described as “emergency in nature,” Politico reported, citing a source who had been briefed...

[Catholic/Orthodox Caucus] Bishop Schneider: Pope Francis should grant SSPX the faculties to celebrate MassBishop Athanasius Schneider, who has said there are no 'weighty reasons' to deny the SSPX full canonical recognition, recently shared his hope that the Vatican give them faculties to offer Mass. Tue Mar 8, 2022 - 9:46 pm EST (LifeSiteNews) – Bishop Athanasius Schneider on Friday reiterated his call for Pope Francis to restore faculties to priests of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) to offer Holy Mass.Schneider expressed his hope that Pope Francis would continue steps toward “fuller canonical regularization” for the SSPX in a...

Peters, a pro-Trump Republican running for Colorado secretary of state this year, has publicly asserted that the investigation was partisan and politically motivated. In a statement on her campaign website Wednesday, she said the grand jury indictment was "one of the last cards the Democrats have to play here." "Using legal muscle to indict political opponents during an election isn't new strategy, but it's easier to execute when you have a district attorney who despises President Trump and any constitutional conservative like myself who continues to demand all election evidence be made available to the public," she said. CNN has...

A court order forced Pfizer to release 55,000 pages of documents about its Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) “vaccine,” and already the bombshells are dropping. Naomi Wolf of DailyClout.io spoke with Steve Bannon on his “War Room: Pandemic” program to reveal that members of the “posse,” meaning the worldwide movement of volunteers poring over the released documents, have learned that the Pfizer injection does not stay in the bicep muscle as claimed. “Already what I saw that people have submitted looks like Pfizer knew that the injection material, which includes lipid nanoparticles, wouldn’t stay in the bicep,” Wolf explained. “All these doctors...

ABC legal analyst Sunny Hostin confronted former President Donald Trump’s press secretary and guest co-host Stephanie Grisham Wednesday on ABC’s “The View.” Hostin asked, “I have to ask, why did it take an insurrection to get you to quit?”

South Koreans elected right-wing candidate Yoon Suk-yeol as their new president on Wednesday, Yonhap News Agency reported on Thursday local time in Seoul. Yoon ran a successful campaign for the presidency as the official nominee of South Korea’s right-wing, opposition People Power Party (PPP). The Korea Herald described Yoon as “the South Korean Trump,” referring to former United States President Donald Trump, in a profile of the conservative politician on March 2. The newspaper offered several parallels between Yoon and Trump that may have contributed to their comparison, including the following:

[Catholic Caucus] "Synodality": Francis REMOVES Bishop As If He Were an Altar BoyFrancis removed the irreprochable Arecibo Bishop Daniel Fernández Torres, 57, Puerto Rico, on March 9.In an August 17 statement, Fernández had defended the human right to object to unsafe Covid injections. Days later, he refused to sign a statement of the other six Puerto Rican Covid bishops who claimed that to be injected is "a duty."After complaints from the Covid bishops, the Nuncio requested Fernández to resign as if the bishop were only administrators and not fathers of their diocese. Fernández refused on grounds of conscience. So, he...

AccuWeather's expert team of meteorologists says a powerful and far-reaching storm will form at the end of the week and unload everything from heavy rain and gusty thunderstorms to high winds, snow and a rapid freeze-up across the eastern third of the United States. "Confidence is growing for a significant storm that will bring wide-reaching impacts," AccuWeather Meteorologist Alex DaSilva said. The end-of-the-week storm will form along the central Gulf Coast as frigid Arctic air dives southward and collides with warm, moist air across the South. From there, the storm is expected to ride north-northeastward along the leading edge of...

CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner said Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead” that he recommended people continue to wear a mask in crowded indoor settings. Anchor Jake Tapper said, “Hawaii just announced it is dropping its mask mandate, becoming the last state in the United States to do so. The CDC says 90% of people in the U.S. can take their masks off now. Who should still be wearing a mask and where?”

... This is where we have arrived. Here we are. Article 28 (3) of the Charter of the United Nations stipulates: “The Security Council may hold meetings at such places other than the seat of the Organization as in its judgment will best facilitate its work.” What is its work? And what is, at this point, the most appropriate place? The Security Council's work is “to ensure prompt and effective action by the United Nations (…) for the maintenance of international peace and security.” More: it is for this purpose that all UN members “confer on the Security Council primary...

A Queens man was arrested for allegedly fighting officers and even shoving one over a ledge during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, officials announced Wednesday. Ralph Joseph Celentano III was allegedly caught on video on the west terrace of the US Capitol pushing an officer “from behind in a ‘football-type tackle,'” causing him to fall from a ledge onto the terrace below, according to court papers filed with a criminal complaint. The officer — an Iraq war veteran — says he feared for his safety amid the mob of protesters, thinking to himself, “I didn’t survive a war to go...

Elon Musk is doing good stuff for Ukraine.