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Chalk up another for an Indian-American – and for the IIT brand. The Thiruvananthapuram-born, IIT-Mumbai-educated Raj Subramaniam has been named CEO of FedEx, the storied American transportation services company, taking over from the company’s founder Fred Smith. This makes him one of half a dozen PIOs to have crashed through the global corporate glass ceiling in recent months, joining the likes of Arvind Krishna at IBM, Parag Agrawal at Twitter, and Leena Nair at Chanel. Any report about a person of Indian origin becoming CEO of a global company produces two extreme reactions from readers. One is an over-the-top, rah...

Some say it's sad that the flowers wither. I say it's a good thing. Flowers are a kind of reminder, a timer for our love. By the time they fade it's a reminder it's time to say "I love you" again.

At one recent rally, some of Trump's supporters said Putin should have free rein, while others advocated sending in U.S. troops. ...COMMERCE, Ga. — As former President Donald Trump tries to refine his message about Russia's war against Ukraine, his base is splintered over the question of America's engagement in Eastern Europe. "It's not our business," Peggy Bright, 57, said shortly before Trump spoke to an unusually restless and muted crowd here Saturday night... ...Alina Roberts, a Trump voter who was born in Latvia and lives in Atlanta, said at Saturday's rally that Putin cannot be stopped without direct U.S....

WANTED BY NYPD: 73-year-old victim shoved to the ground, assaulted during robbery attempt in Midtown Manhattan Sunday. pic.twitter.com/ri7GwrI1JW— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 29, 2022

'The Democratic Party gets a lot of mileage out of blaming problems in the Black community on White people,' says the Manhattan Institute's Jason Riley ..."There's a racial spoil system in place... It's very lucrative..." ...But now, the tide appears to be turning as President Biden loses support among Blacks and Hispanics, which gives Democrats incentive to change their messaging. "Joe Biden's numbers among blacks and Hispanics have really fallen off considerably. To a point where Democrats can't win elections if they're only getting 65 70% of the black vote," Riley said....

Canada needs wartime #censorship of internet, @MelanieJoly tells MPs: "My mandate as @CanadaFP Minister is really to counter propaganda online" mindingottawa TwitterMélanie Joly (Canada government official) Twitter

An examination of forced-reset triggers shows they enable the weapon to fire a second round without having to release the trigger, which, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, subjects them to more restrictions under the National Firearms Act and the Gun Control Act. Guns that use forced-reset triggers are subject to GCA prohibitions regarding the possession, transfer, and transport of machine guns and NFA restrictions on registration, transfer, taxation, and possession. Anyone who violates the GCA's and NFA's rules can be fined up to $250,000 and sentenced to up to 10 years in prison, the letter...

[…]Furthermore, the secretary of defense himself told every service member, in his Aug 24, 2021, memo, that the only vaccines for use will "receive full licensure from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in accordance with FDA-approved labeling and guidance."To date, however, there are no FDA-approved, fully licensed vaccines available to the military on any military installation in the U.S. or overseas.Yet even in 2022, service members are still being punished for refusing vaccines that are not FDA-approved, but only available under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).Army Command Policy is outlined in Army Regulation 600-20. This regulation is backed by U.S....

“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance” (Proverbs 29:2-3).

Washington (CNN)Numerous members of the Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee expressed support during a virtual meeting on Monday for a draft proposal that would dramatically remake the party's 2024 presidential nominating process, signaling that the committee could pass the measure when it meets again in April. The draft proposal would end the Democratic Party's current nominating process structure -- where the Iowa caucuses go first... ...The new structure would require states to apply to hold early nominating contests and the rules committee would select "no more than five states....

Palestinians celebrating the ISIS attack in Hadera, Israel. pic.twitter.com/jgOF8WB6sI— On the Ground News (@OGNreports) March 28, 2022

Speaking during a rally in Georgia on Saturday, former President Donald Trump suggested that his supporters would boycott the state's midterm election if incumbent Governor Brian Kemp wins the Republican Party's primary race. At the event, the former president supported several GOP primary candidates, including gubernatorial Republican candidate David Perdue, who is challenging Kemp. Trump has repeatedly criticized the governor after he refused to cave to pressure to investigate the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. "David Perdue, who is a wonderful man, and incredible family, and who really got screwed by Kemp, is the only candidate in...

On my way back across the border, I met two German foreign fighters in their mid-fifties, who were also traveling back to Poland. They’d been at the Yavoriv base earlier the previous morning, when it was bombed. “The international legion is young guys who are hungry for an adventure. They’re cannon fodder,” said one. “They won’t come back from the front lines. They should leave.” He described weapons trainings done with YouTube videos. I heard from Mamulashvili that he was sending his men to the front. “We are just soldiers, and we are fighting,” he told me. I stayed in...

President Joe Biden once again referred to a printed cheat sheet sheet as he doubled down on his unscripted weekend claim that Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.” On Monday Biden, 79, told reporters he made “no apologies” for his remarks — made off the cuff and not part of his prepared speech in a nationally televised address from Poland Saturday — and did not view it as a provocation to Russia. “It’s more an aspiration than anything. He shouldn’t be in power. There’s no — I mean, people like this shouldn’t be ruling countries, but they do. The fact...

Thousands of restaurants and bars have closed amid Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s COVID-19 shutdowns and restrictions. Many restaurant and bar owners across the state are expressing outrage after the Ohio Restaurant Association announced it is endorsing DeWine and Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted for re-election. “They have betrayed the very businesses they claim to represent,” said Aaron Crater, a professional bartender who founded an advocacy group for the hospitality industry called Ohio Barhop in the summer of 2020. “Gov. DeWine destroyed our industry, shutting it down without any regard to actual data and science.” As of March 2022, more than 3,000...

Join together with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Author-ity in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

See Link He was speaking word per word He also said he didn’t see ANY of the SCOTUS Hearing Q / A s - and the White House said the day before that he was impressed with her responses!

If you’ve ever wondered why Bill Gates owns more farmland than any other private citizen in the United States, we may know the answer… To control meat consumption. If livestock owners don’t have places to grow food for their animals to eat, they can’t keep the animals… and when the animals go bye-bye, in walks the “fake meat industry.” “This is a conversation we need to have. Bill Gates owns more farmland in the US than any other, and in a time of dwindling supply, he’s pushing the idea of meat elimination. The words of a delusional man.”

What are you giving up for Lent? California State University is giving up academics — at least where standardized testing for admission is concerned.The school’s Board of Trustees issued the decision Wednesday.Due to the pandemic, CSU had temporarily axed ACT and SAT considerations. Now it’s been made permanent.Why would a school terminate tests which determine how good a student is at school in order to decide whether they should be let into a school that doesn’t let everyone in? Well, maybe the school lets everyone in. But according to CSU acting Chancellor Steve Relyea, it’s about leveling the playing field....

Tension begins to show as the war in Ukraine goes into day thirty-three. Both the Ukrainians and Russians are beginning to come to terms with the fact that neither one is going to get exactly what they want. Both sides are now searching for what they can declare as sufficient victory to end the conflict.Exploring peace shifts to talks being hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey. Erdoğan has been in contact with Putin even as his country supplies drones to Ukraine. So far, it’s not a very promising week. Russia continues to rule out Putin meeting with Zelenskyy,...