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There is no encirclement of Kiev. To storm the city by the Russian Federation, you need to throw all available human resources here, - Chairman of the VA Zhirnov The forces of those who are trying to take Kiev should be 5-7 times greater than those who are defending themselves. The enemy must create an inner and Outer Ring of encirclement. This was stated in an interview with the publication "NV" by the head of the military administration of the capital Nikolai Zhirnov. No with reference to the press center of the General Staff. "As the head of the military...

It’s hard finding an American, anywhere, who believes Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a good thing. I’m no exception. War is ugly, and innocent people suffer as the pseudo-elites play their geopolitical chess games driven by power-lust, pocketbook and politics. This also isn’t about rooting for the “good guys.” For Vladimir Putin cannot be counted among them, and, for that matter, neither can ex-actor and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy or our globalist “leaders.” Rather, this concerns something else. When I was on some medication a while back and wanted to take Benadryl as well, for a more frivolous reason, I...

The Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether moguls Barry Diller, David Geffen and Alexander von Furstenberg violated insider trading laws by buying Activision Blizzard options shortly before the video game company announced an acquisition by Microsoft, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday—but Diller says they didn’t have prior knowledge of the impending deal. [archived version] https://archive.ph/EfWpu#selection-3339.0-3347.80

Perhaps the most notable achievement of the war criminal Vladimir Putin is his gift for disinformation and deception, the creation of an alternative reality. His shameful mastery is illustrated by his justification not simply of his aggression against the independent country of Ukraine, but of the brutal attack on the hospital and maternity ward in Mariupol by the allegation that neo-Nazis, with Nazi flag and photos of Hitler, were hiding in the medical facilities of the city which in fact had been without water, electricity, and heat for a week. Putin informs us that Russia is bringing justice by a...

Former CIA Director David Petraeus on Sunday weighed in on the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Petraeus told John Catsimatidis, host of New York WABC 770 AM radio’s “The Cats Roundtable,” that “everybody involved” was “losing” as a result of the war. He pointed to Russia, which he said was heading toward a recession because the United States was “strangling their economy.”

Sick of the news? How about some sports? The NCAA just announced the March Madness brackets: it seems to me everyone’s still in it, no wonder it takes forever to declare a winner. He sits. He stays. He shoots. He scores!To bad we don’t have ESPN’s coverage of Barack’s bracket picking to look forward to anymore. That was always newsworthy back when being President was fun.But I’m pretty sure we discontinued the Presidential Brackets “tradition” once Trump was president.In other sports news: the major league baseball lockout is over! Yeah, I know: I didn’t know there was one either. But...

A new species of giant tortoise has been discovered in the Galapagos after DNA testing found animals living on one island had not yet been recorded, Ecuador's environment ministry said. Researchers compared the genetic material of tortoises currently living on San Cristobal with bones and shells collected in 1906 from a cave in the island's highlands and found them to be different. The 20th-century explorers never reached the lowlands northeast of the island, where the animals live today, and as a result, almost 8,000 tortoises correspond to a different lineage to what was previously thought. "The species of giant...

Amazon is closing one of its Seattle offices due to an uptick in violent crime, the company told KOMO News. It comes after a wave of deadly shootings in the city’s downtown area, forcing police to set up a temporary precinct and patrol the area on bicycles. “We are hopeful that conditions will improve and that we will be able to bring employees back to this location when it is safe to do so,” it said in a statement. The move will affect about 1,800 employees, though the company said many are working remotely and will be given a temporary...

With sanctions levied and financial assets seized, Russian oligarchs have been scrambling to get their super yachts out of Western ports in search of safer harbours. One yacht, said to belong to Russian President Vladimir Putin himself, abruptly left port in Hamburg, Germany, just weeks before the Russian invasion of Ukraine prompted wide-reaching sanctions. Others were not so quick to leave European ports. Authorities in La Ciotat, on France's Mediterranean coast, seized a yacht they say is linked to sanctioned Russian oligarch Igor Sechin, the CEO of state oil company Rosneft. He was Russia's deputy prime minister from 2008 to...

For nine years, Shawn Stanford has called Dean’s Diner her second home. On a recent grey Tuesday afternoon, the petite 30-year-old in a crisp white uniform offered an infectious smile and warm greeting to anyone who walked in the door. At the heart of the reason she loves her job is a sense of community — “outside of the money,” Ms. Stanford said, laughing. “There is a great mix of regulars who I know what their order will be as soon as they walk in the door as well as travelers passing through on the highway looking for some good...

This week marks the two-year anniversary of the COVID lockdowns. I join the American people in mourning the lives lost to this virus. I also mourn those we lost to the crushing and overbearing lockdowns and mandates that were based on junk science. The toll of COVID doesn’t stop there. We lost more than individuals. We lost our freedoms. Our liberties. Our vibrant small town Main Streets. Our children’s growth and learning. For two years our lives were held captive by petty tyrants and power-hungry bureaucrats. We’ve learned a lot over the past two years, but one lesson in particular...

Actress Taraji P. Henson compared Jussie Smollett’s fake hate crime sentence to the lynching of Emmett Till in a celebrity-endorsed plea for early release. Henson, who co-starred with Smollett on the Fox show “Empire,” took to Instagram in a display of hashtag activism to make her case. Rather than argue on the merits of innocence or guilt, Henson claims Smollett is facing excessive punishment. “I am not here to debate you on his innocence,” Henson wrote, “but we can agree that the punishment does not fit the crime.” 0:10 / 50:16 1 seconds... Henson then proceeded to compare the sentence...

As thousands of would-be fighters from outside the country volunteer to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia's invasion, some may also face legal consequences in their home countries. Citizens of Canada, Georgia, India, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States are among the volunteers, Reuters and other media organizations have reported. Below is a summary of some of the laws governing foreigners who have signed up for Ukraine's "international legion."

The family of disgraced former Empire actor Jussie Smollett says he has been put in a psychiatric ward and considered a suicide risk, despite being mentally sound. It’s the latest twist in the fate of Smollett, who was convicted in December of faking a 2019 hate crime against himself, in what police said was an attempt to build public sympathy. “What’s very concerning is that there was a note attached to his paperwork today saying that he’s at risk of self-harm,” his brother Jocqui Smollett said in a video posted to Jussie’s Instagram account on Saturday. “He is in no...

Sen.​ Rand ​​Paul ​said he will introduce ​an ​amendment to ​remove ​Dr. Anthony Fauci as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases​ — saying no one should be “dictator in chief.”​​ Paul (R-Ky.), who often feuded with Fauci at Senate hearings over the administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, said ​American ​”​lives were held captive by petty tyrants and power-hungry bureaucrats.​” over the past two years. “​​We’ve learned a lot over the past two years, but one lesson in particular is that no one person should be deemed ​’​dictator in chief.​’​ No one person should have unilateral...

Men’s suits have been officially banished from the basket of goods and services in the country that invented them. The U.K. Office for National Statistics said on Monday that men’s suits are being removed from the calculation of its consumer inflation gauges, along with doughnuts and coal. Products that are being added include meat-free sausages, canned pulses, sports bras, pet collars and antibacterial surface wipes. COVID-19 and the work-from-home revolution ended up being the final nail in the coffine for what’s been a slow decline for men’s suits, as casual wear had begun to permeate the office environment even before...

President Joe Biden and members of Congress reauthorized a little-known program that peddles United States visas, and eventually naturalized American citizenship, to China’s wealthy real estate investors. Lawmakers in the House and Senate passed a government funding bill late last week, later signed by Biden, that renews the EB-5 visa program where wealthy foreign nationals can claim to invest at least $800,000 in U.S. development projects and receive green cards for themselves and their family members with eventual pathways to citizenship. Most significantly, the program is a boon to China’s elite who secure green cards to the U.S. for themselves...

"And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost." "And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Approximately two dozen Portland Public Schools students rallied outside the district's headquarters Friday morning over its decision to make masks optional once the statewide mandate is lifted this weekend.

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