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Beijing and Moscow advanced a vision of a new world order Wednesday as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made his first visit to key ally China since his country launched its invasion of Ukraine. Moscow's top diplomat landed in the eastern city of Huangshan early Wednesday for a series of meetings about the future of Afghanistan, but Russia's bloody assault on its neighbor was likely to loom large over proceedings. Beijing has refused to condemn the invasion and has provided a level of diplomatic cover for an increasingly isolated Russia. U.S. officials have accused China of signaling "willingness" to provide...

Explanation: What do you call a cosmic puzzle that no one expected to see? In this case, Odd Radio Circles, aka ORCs. ORC-1 typifies the enigmatic five objects, only visible at radio frequencies, that were serendipitously discovered in 2019 using the new Australian SKA Pathfinder radio array. The final image in the featured video uses 2021 data from the South African MeerKAT array to reveal more detail. The radio data, assigned turquoise colors, are combined with a Dark Energy Survey optical/IR map. The animated artist’s illustration explores just one idea about the ORCs’ origins. If two supermassive black holes merge...

Today, the House voted 100-67 to pass Senate Bill 319, the Senate’s constitutional carry bill, with substitute language previously added in the House Judiciary Committee. It will now go back to the Senate for immediate consideration. Constitutional carry recognizes the right of a law-abiding adult who is legally allowed to carry a concealed firearm, to do so without first having to obtain government permission. This ensures that citizens have the right to self-defense without government red tape or delays. Additionally, this legislation maintains the existing concealed handgun license system, so citizens who still wish to obtain a permit may do...

[Catholic Caucus] The Dirty 5 Dozen Ride Again!This should strike fear in all of the faithful Catholics in the United States: Cardinal Cupich and club just had an invitation-only event featuring the sixty bishops who voted against discussing Eucharistic Coherence, the liberals from Rome steering the “synodal process”, and the liberal Catholic media. They had to fess up because JD Flynn and The Pillar caught wind of it, but clearly, Cardinal “We should all get together as brother bishops and discuss” Cupich has now become Cardinal “It hasn’t been going too well so we need to spin the narrative” Cupich.https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/cardinals-theologians-gather-plan-how-us-church-can-support-pope-francisCHICAGO...

"Retired four-star US army Gen. Jack Keane said Sunday he believes Ukrainians have a good chance of defeating Russia — while claiming the White House has been encouraging Ukraine to “make a deal’’ with Moscow to end the war...... ....Keane added that an “excellent source” told him President Biden’s administration has been encouraging Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to “make a deal” with the Russians, which he called “shameful.” His claim has not been independently verified.......

BERLIN, March 30 (Reuters) - Germany will continue to pay for Russian gas in euros or dollars, a government spokesman said, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin had told the German chancellor nothing would change for European partners despite his plan for rouble payments. Russia has said that because of Western financial sanctions over Ukraine, it plans to require payment for its energy exports - especially the gas that Germany depends on - in roubles rather than the usual euros or dollars from April 1. In a phone call between the leaders, Putin told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that nothing...

The UK government is to host a crisis planning meeting with farmers about rocketing fertiliser prices, as part of several moves designed to reduce the impact of rising costs on food production. Quotes for ammonium nitrate fertiliser prices have risen as high as £1,000 a tonne in recent weeks, compared with £280 a tonne a year ago. The cost of fertiliser first rose in response to the increase in wholesale gas prices, because of the levels of energy needed for production. More recently the conflict in Ukraine has exacerbated the situation, disrupting exports from Russia and further increasing production costs....

Bass player John B. Williams, who was on the receiving end of a bald joke cracked by Will Smith on The Arsenio Hall Show in 1991, calls the Oscars slap “unfortunate”Bass player John B. Williams clearly remembers the moment more than 30 years ago when Will Smith pointed him out during an episode of The Arsenio Hall Show and cracked a joke about his bald head. “I didn’t take it seriously. He was a comedian. He was the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. He was a rapper. I took it as a joke. I laughed it off,” Williams, 81, tells Rolling...

GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH (G3-CLASS): Strong G3-class geomagnetic storms are possible during the early UT hours of March 31st when a Cannibal CME is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field. During such storms, naked-eye auroras can descend into the USA as far south as, e.g., Illinois and Oregon (geomagnetic latitude 50o). North Americans should be alert for auroras after local nightfall on March 30th. The hours before dawn on March 31st are probably best for Europeans. Aurora alerts: SMS Text. X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE: Earth-orbiting satellites have just detected an X1.3-class solar flare (March 30 @ 1737 UT). The source is active...

Imagine a scenario in which your child comes home from school and tells you that they now identify as “pansexual.” Or, while telling you about the school day, your child mentions that he or she was told he or she was gay based on a test a teacher gave them. Or you discover he or she was recruited by a teacher to lead a gay and transgender student club but was instructed not to tell any parents because “what happens in the student club, stays in the club.” These are the alarming contents of a packet distributed by the California...

[H/T Red Badger]Whistleblowers claim a DoD database was changed to hide the truthEmerald Robinson8 hr ago The attorney Thomas Renz has just discovered that the Department of Defense is altering data to hide the number of our service members who have been injured by the experimental and deadly COVID vaccines.Jimmy 🩸54 @cawthormeThomas Renz - Attorney. “VaCCinE Manufacturers Hid The Risks From The Public - Millions Received The VaCCinEs Without Informed Consent” THIS IS A MUST LISTEN.. (FACT) March 25th 202224 Retweets32 LikesMr. Renz also has the sworn statements of four whistleblowers inside the DoD serving as Army medical officer who...

The ruble has recouped most of its losses and become the top-performing currency globally. It continues to gain and is up 60 per cent against the US dollar from its lows in the first week of March. The ruble appreciated to 83 to the dollar intraday on Tuesday against a record low of 139 on March 7. Thanks to the recent rally, the ruble is only about 10 per cent lower than what it was before the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24. The ruble was trading at around 76 before the invasion, according to the data from Bloomberg.

Oscars co-host Wanda Sykes slammed the Academy, calling their actions 'gross' for allowing Will Smith to remain in the theater Sunday night after he slapped Chris Rock, a display she said made her feel 'physically ill.' 'It was sickening,' Sykes said in a televised interview on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 'I felt physically ill and I'm still a little traumatized by it.' Smith, 53, stunned the audience at Dolby Theatre and millions of television viewers at Sunday night's Oscars when he marched onto the stage and slapped Rock, 57, after the comedian made a bald joke about Smith's wife, Jada...

Juneteenth to replace Good Friday for day off -- thank you Biden Heard this from a federal credit union worker.

Guest co-host on ABC's "The View" Tara Setmayer made a grim prediction Wednesday on the Democratic Party's chances in the upcoming midterm elections, arguing it was in for a "bloodbath" if it doesn't "turn things around."

President Joe Biden has very bad approval rating numbers right now, so it shouldn't be a surprise that a new Harvard CAPS-Harris poll finds him trailing former President Donald Trump in a hypothetical matchup. The poll, conducted among 1,990 registered voters March 23 and 24, finds that Trump has support of 47% voters, Biden has 41% support and 12% of voters are undecided. The poll's more startling finding comes in a hypothetical 2024 matchup between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. When pitted against one another, Trump opens up a double-digit lead, besting Harris 49% to 38%. In November, an...

Andrea Mitchell (Andrea Mitchell Reports, MSNBC) discusses the origins of 'The Birther Movement' with Ben Smith (Politico Sr. Political writer) in 2013. Ben Smith traces 'The Birther Movement' to Hillary Clinton supporters when she was losing to Barack Obama in 2008. Andrea Mitchell appears somewhat flustered and shaken by this revelation and tries to tie it to Donald Trump and Republicans. "Ben Smith, thank you so much, from Politico for...reminding us of where this all started". (She doesn't appear all that thankful). Don't just save the link. Download and save this video for future reference. Hillary Clinton starts Birther Movement...

Wood wasn’t alone. When Zero Grocery abruptly closed on March 4 — just a month after announcing it had raised $12 million and expanded to Los Angeles — it shocked Bay Area food businesses that sold their products through the plastic-free delivery service. Many were owed money and questioned what went wrong inside the fast-growing startup, which is now going through insolvency proceedings to liquidate its assets. Among Bay Area businesses, Starter Bakery appears to be owed the most money. Others including Berkeley’s Boichik Bagels, San Francisco’s Obour Foods and San Leandro’s As Kneaded Bakery have outstanding invoices ranging from...

New York gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Giuliani said he was going to be the last guy in a long time 'to look under his baby daughter's hood' and 'she's gonna stay a woman' at a campaigning rally in Long Island. The son of embattled Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani made the comments, branded distasteful and transphobic on social media, at an event over the weekend organized by the far-right group Long Island Loud Majority (LILM). 'So I have changed the diapers. I have looked under the hood. She's a woman. I'm gonna be the last guy in a long time that looks...