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The seeds of the conflict in the Ukraine, now the subject of both a shooting war and a ferocious propaganda barrage on both sides—and by "both sides" I mean Russia vs. the West, using Ukraine as its proxy—were sown more than 30 years ago, in the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the collapse of the Soviet Union on Boxing Day in 1991. At what seemed almost a single stroke, the goal of American foreign policy for the previous four decades had been achieved. The mother church of Marxism-Leninism had fallen, the Evil Empire destroyed,...

The Biden administration is forcefully pushing back on Russian claims that the United States is running bioweapons labs in Ukraine, with the Pentagon calling it "Russian propaganda" and "a bunch of malarkey." The Russian government and media outlets have ramped up claims in recent days that the U.S. was operating bioweapon research facilities in Ukraine, with Chinese diplomats and propaganda outlets also amplifying the claims. The allegations from Russia have stretched back years. The U.S. has consistently denied the claims, and Russia has never provided any proof. “The Russian accusations are absurd, they are laughable, and, you know, in the...

Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) on Tuesday called for the Mills administration and state legislature to cut Maine’s fuel tax in response to gasoline prices reaching record highs across the nation. LePage, who is challenging Gov. Janet Mills (D) in the state’s gubernatorial race this year, spoke about the tax at a press conference in the town of Falmouth on the same day Mills formally announced her bid for reelection.

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Spartan Fury! Marines Should Be In Charge of Naming Training Exercises! Geeky Stuff Still Sounds Tough! U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division participate in a chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear training exercise during Spartan Fury 22.1 at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, March 5, 2022. Spartan Fury is a Battalion level training exercise designed to refine long-range communications through naval asset integration, mission processing from battalion to firing sections, and 21st Century Foraging. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Olivia G. Knapp) Canteen Mission...

AMERICAN NEWS Mar 9, 2022 12:35 PM EST BREAKING: Rumble uploads Oliver Stone documentary ‘Ukraine on Fire’ after YouTube censors it We’re proud to announce the producers uploaded the film to Rumble, enabling anyone who wishes to view it,” a tweet from Rumble reads. Video platform Rumble now has the entirety of Igor Lopatonok and Oliver Stone’s critically acclaimed documentary “Ukraine on Fire”, following the decision by YouTube to delete the film. The site announced that they uploaded the film due to their belief that “the public should decide what it sees, not Google execs.” “Ukraine on Fire” provides a...

Many electric cars owners have been reveling in their purchases as gasoline prices reach record highs. The national average for a gallon of gas hit $4.25 on Wednesday, up from $4.17 the day before, and it is expected to rise as the fallout of economic sanctions levied on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine continues to trickle through the petroleum industry. U.S. electricity prices, which are heavily regulated in most states, have remained stable, however, and the cost to charge an electric car is still much lower than filling up one with an internal combustion engine, but only...

Key takeaway: The Kremlin has set informational conditions to blame Ukraine for a Russian-conducted or Russian-fabricated chemical or radiological false-flag attack against civilians as a pretext for further Russian escalation. The Kremlin is likely still evaluating this course of action but is building out the necessary conditions to justify broader violence against civilians. That risk must be addressed. The United States and NATO must “pre-bunk” such Kremlin efforts, destroy in advance Moscow’s efforts to create informational cover for escalation, and deter Russia’s potential use of a chemical or radiological weapon.

Establishment Republicans and Conservatism, Inc., are on their heels. Ignore the swamp, and fight for your home. The law of exponentiality holds that small, almost imperceptible events slowly build until what appears to be a major cataclysm suddenly unfolds. It is the building of tiny cracks over time that eventually leads to the dam breaking, causing unimaginable destruction. We are witnessing those tiny cracks now at an increasing rate in the political, economic, and cultural systems in the West, primarily the United States. They are building toward something that just a short time ago was unthinkable: the crumbling of the...

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...