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Despite fears that China may help Russia avoid economic sanctions and may even provide military support to Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime, China's ambassador to Ukraine told officials in the western city of Lviv this week that his country will support Ukraine both economically and politically. "We will always respect your state, we will develop relations on the basis of equality and mutual benefit. We will respect the path chosen by Ukrainians, because this is the sovereign right of every nation," Fan Xiangong, who relocated with the Chinese embassy from Kyiv to Lviv after Russian forces invaded on Feb. 24,...

Is China Next?Xi acts aggressively in pursuit of an expanded global role.The world, we’re told, has never been more divided. In recent weeks, however, united by its hatred of Vladimir Putin, the world—or at least NATO and other U.S. dependencies—has come together. The U.S., UK, and EU have slammed Russia with a wave of sanctions, designed to cripple the Russian economy, and the approach seems to be working. The ruble has collapsed, and inflation is running close to 20 percent.Right now, Russia is a dangerous country. But as far as the U.S. is concerned, China is far more problematic, and...

A New NationalismForeign threats demand a muscular domestic response.With our natural resources, our productive capacity, and the genius of our people for mass production we will…outstrip the Axis powers in munitions of war.- Franklin Roosevelt, Message to Congress, June 10, 1941War, or the threat of war, should awaken nations from their dogmatic quarrels. So too should concentrated economic threats and assaults on our political system from unfriendly powers. It is not so much a matter of good global intentions but the embrace of hard-headed national interests, not only in the realm of energy and manufacturing, that will be key in...

Sinus Anatomy New research from Griffith University has shown that a bacterium commonly present in the nose can sneak into the brain and set off a cascade of events that may lead to Alzheimer’s disease. Associate Professor Jenny Ekberg and colleagues from the Clem Jones Centre for Neurobiology and Stem Cell Research at Menzies Health Institute Queensland and Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, in collaboration with Queensland University of Technology, have discovered that the bacterium Chlamydia pneumoniae can invade the brain via the nerves of the nasal cavity. Chlamydia pneumoniae The bacterium Chlamydia pneumoniae (green) in the olfactory bulb region...

Woke Yale Law students were filmed threatening two guest speakers and staff at a free speech event where a conservative guest successfully defended a Supreme Court decision of a Colorado baker who refused to make a cake for a gay wedding ceremony. Police were forced to escort the guest speakers from Yale Law School's free speech debate after more than 100 students intimidated the conservative panelist by yelling they would 'literally fight you, b***h' and caused a riot in the auditorium by blocking the hall's exits. The chaos broke out last week at the start of a panel featuring progressive...

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Xi considered invading Taiwan this fall: FSB whistleblower Document believed to be leaked from Russian FSB claims Xi considered invading Taiwan in fall for 'little victory to get re-elected' By Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2022/03/16 11:38 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A whistleblower from Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) reported that Chinese Chairman Xi Jinping (習近平) had considered launching an invasion of Taiwan in the fall of this year before the "window of opportunity" closed with the disastrous Russian invasion of Ukraine. The head of the Russian human rights group Gulagu Net, Vladimir Osechkin, recently on Facebook began releasing...

In 36 days of fighting on Iwo Jima during World War II, nearly 7,000 Marines were killed. Now, 20 days after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia invaded Ukraine, his military has already lost more soldiers, according to American intelligence estimates. The conservative side of the estimate, at more than 7,000 Russian troop deaths, is greater than the number of American troops killed over 20 years in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.

Why have kids been masked in school? Adam Carolla has a theory, and it’s depressingly dark. We’ve long known who’s vulnerable to COVID. The CDC released survivability rates near the end of 2020 — before any vaccine had been made available:

Drivers of bigger vehicles such as pickup trucks and SUVs are more likely to hit pedestrians while making turns than drivers of cars, according to a new study. The research released Thursday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety points to the increasing popularity of larger vehicles as a possible factor in rising pedestrian deaths on U.S. roads. The authors also questioned whether wider pillars holding up roofs of the larger vehicles make it harder for drivers to spot people walking near the corners of vehicles. “The link between these vehicle types and certain common pedestrian crashes points to another...

The single infrared image of 2MASS J17554042+6551277, with a red filter applied to optimize visual contrast. Image: NASA/STScI The Webb Space Telescope has passed a critical milestone in its commissioning phase, as mission controllers fully aligned the observatory’s primary imager. Before we get into the details of today’s announcement, take a moment to bask in the glory of this new Webb image. The star is called 2MASS J17554042+6551277, and mission controllers have been using it to align the space telescope’s 18 hexagonal mirrors. But just look at it—look at how sharp it looks. And check out all those galaxies in...

Facilitating the loosening of former President Trump’s iron grip on the Republican Party are cumulative sets of actions and statements emanating from spheres of GOP influence. Meanwhile, elected leaders’ fear of Trump backlash and name-calling is diminishing — signaling the post-Trump era has begun. Trump’s unraveling is akin to a “decline by 1,000 cuts.” Let’s examine it. The players are prospective 2024 presidential candidates, officeholders, the Republican National Committee (RNC), former high-ranking Trump officials, a conservative think tank and a mega-donor kingmaker who owns a jet. We begin on March 4 at the RNC’s major donor retreat in New Orleans,...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU environment ministers will assess their progress on negotiating a raft of new climate change policies on Thursday, with countries divided over whether soaring energy prices should speed up or slow down their green agenda. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Europe's top gas supplier, has put the EU on a mission to quit Russian fossil fuels within a few years - by hiking gas imports from elsewhere, and doubling down on its plans to slash planet-warming emissions this decade. Those plans, which Brussels says will both fight climate change and help wrest countries free of Moscow's...

The Bible In Paintings 2 ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE E X O D U S CHAPTER 40 Then the LORD said to Moses: “Set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the first month. Place the ark of the Testimony in it and shield the ark with the curtain. Bring in the table and set out what belongs on it. Then bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps. Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony and put the curtain at the entrance...

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley on Wednesday slammed President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, claiming he's seen an "alarming pattern" of "letting child porn offenders off the hook for their appalling crimes." Hawley, who met with Jackson last week as part of her rounds on Capitol Hill ahead of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings next week, took to Twitter on Wednesday to levy extensive claims about the judge he said make him "concerned that this is a record that endangers our children." "As far back as her time in law school, Judge Jackson has questioned making convicts register as...

President Joe Biden will speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday for their first known discussion in months, the White House said Thursday. The announcement from White House press secretary Jen Psaki comes days after a US diplomatic cable suggested China has expressed some openness to providing Russia with requested military and financial assistance as part of its war on Ukraine. It is not yet clear whether China intends to provide Russia with that assistance, US officials familiar with the intelligence told CNN earlier this week. "This is part of our ongoing efforts to maintain open lines of communication between...

We often post stories about the dysfunctional island of Manhattan. Years of Democrat control and radical leftist policies have turned the once-proud city into a cesspool of crime and depravity. The people are confused and do not seem to have their priorities aligned with protecting themselves, let alone the city itself. It’s as if they’ve given up on normal life and accepted the defeat of crime, filth, and destitution. Long-time resident and political pundit Jedediah Bila will be leaving the city soon. But while she’s there she’s still engaged with day-to-day life in the Big Apple. Unfortunately, that life has...

President Joe Biden is frustrating members of both parties for leading from behind during the three-week long Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bypassed Biden on Wednesday and delivered an address directly to Congress asking for the U.S. to do more to aid Ukraine that what Biden has approved. "Remember Pearl Harbor, the terrible morning of Dec. 7, 1941, when your sky was black from the planes attacking you," Zelenskyy said. "Remember Sept. 11, a terrible day in 2001 when evil tried to turn your cities, independent territories, into battlefields when innocent people were attacked from the air."...

An appeals court on Wednesday lifted a ban blocking the federal government from factoring damage from rising greenhouse gas emissions into its decisions, offering a temporary reprieve for President Biden’s plans to tackle climate change. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit stayed an order issued last month by a U.S. District Court judge in Louisiana that prevented agencies from considering the harm climate change causes, known as the “social cost of carbon.” This figure is used across the federal government in rulemaking, from issuing new drilling permits to assessing the growing potential for damage...

ISLE AU HAUT — The news reports were glowing: A planned microgrid on Isle au Haut could “hold the answer to the future of electricity,” wrote ensia, an environmental media outlet based in Minnesota. It could one day “be a model for the entire nation,” according to another national broadcast. The project, depicted in 2020 as being on the verge of installation, would include solar panels to generate energy and supercapacitors and heat pumps to store it. That hardware would be accompanied by state-of-the art software that would decide when it was most cost-effective and efficient to store and release...