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The latest of the commission’s reports, released Monday, alleges that an intentional detonation of planted explosives caused the April 10, 2010 crash of Soviet-made Tu-154M plane that killed Kaczynski, the first lady and 94 other government and armed forces figures as well as many prominent Poles. Their deaths were the result of an “act of unlawful interference by the Russian side,” the commission's head Antoni Macierewicz told a news conference. "The main and indisputable proof of the interference was an explosion in the left wing ... followed by an explosion in the plane's center," said Macierewicz, who in 2015-2018 served...

Some of the most popular science experiments in middle and high schools involve fire. And in many cases, under supervision and done correctly, those experiments are great teaching opportunities that really stick with the students. But one student involved in a fire-based experiment at Granbury Middle School in Texas will always remember April 1 as a horrible day, and he has a long road of recovery ahead of him. The experiment in question involved alcohol and fire. It's a common trick, often seen used on money, and sometimes demonstrated on hands. An item is coated with rubbing alcohol or some...

Paris (AFP) – France's Green party were facing a financial and political crisis on Monday after a deeply disappointing presidential election saw their candidate finish sixth and struggle to put climate change on the national agenda. Yannick Jadot from the Europe Ecology-The Greens party (EELV) was eliminated in Sunday's first round with a score of around 4.6 percent, following a campaign that never gathered momentum. Remi Lefebvre, a French political scientist at the University of Lille in northeast France, told AFP before the vote that the Greens had been "the enormous disappointment of this campaign." "The problem with the greens...

Humans have built some pretty incredible things. Washing machines now take care of our clothing, and we can even order food online directly from our fridge… but how cool are our giant robots, y’all!? From an anti-robot that could form part of a racing squad to a Russian robot that got fired, here are 15 of the most incredible giant robots in the world.

The United States Postal Service has suspended services in one neighborhood in Santa Monica, California because of repeated attacks on mail carriers since January, according to a report.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is in the middle of a “fundamental transformation” and planning a massive military buildup along Russian borders. The Telegraph reported, “Nato is drawing up plans to deploy a permanent full-scale military force on its border in an effort to combat future Russian aggression following the invasion of Ukraine, the alliance’s secretary general has revealed.” Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said NATO will undergo a major “reset” and plans to put enough troops in states that border Russia to repel an invasion. The alliance currently has 40,000 troops in eastern member states. NATO considers its forces in Eastern...

If the grand jury in Delaware investigating Hunter Biden’s business ventures does its job properly, it will be pulling on the threads that lead to the president, and already there are signs that is happening. Regardless of the extraordinary statement last week by White House chief of staff Ron Klain, that the president is confident his son has done nothing wrong, and that the inquiry has nothing to do with Joe Biden or anyone else in the White House, publicly available evidence says otherwise. It is not just the emails and other material on Hunter’s abandoned laptop that point to...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) -Due to a driver shortage, the City of Albany announced that they will have to shutdown the Blue Line public transportation. The shutdown will be between 8:45 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. and will begin Monday, April 11. The shutdown will last throughout the week, contingent upon driver availability. City officials said the riding public should consider service interruptions in their trip planning.

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority 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 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 John 5:14

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Putin stirs up fears of nuclear war by taking secret briefcase to funeral of ultranationalist Russian politician. Russian President Vladimir Putin stoked fear of nuclear war by bringing a secret case containing the codes to remotely launch a nuclear attack to the Moscow funeral of a politician on Friday. According to media reports, Putin was accompanied by a man in a dark suit carrying the briefcase – the Russian equivalent of the U.S. President’s “nuclear football” which contains launch codes for the country’s nuclear weapons – while attending the funeral of ultranationalist politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky. As Putin paid his respects...

The Russian army's losses are so high the Kremlin has resorted to recruiting soldiers that have been retired for a decade. At least 15,000 Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine, with a total 40,000 wounded, dead or captured since Putin's invasion began on February 24. Intelligence from Britain's Ministry of Defence said Ukraine has killed so many of Putin's soldiers that Moscow is scrambling for extra troops. The Kremlin has even started to recruit from Russian-occupied Transnistria, in Moldova. Britain's Ministry of Defence said: 'In response to mounting losses, the Russian armed forces seek to bolster troop numbers with...

Despite the hate spewed by the radical left, grassroots donors rallied to the side of Florida Rep. Joe Harding, R-Ocala, the main sponsor of The Parental Rights in Education Act. Last week Harding tweeted that he raised “over $70,000 in March from an unprecedented 3,700+ donors.” That averages out to less than $20 per contribution.

Russia's finance minister said the country would take legal action if it's forced to default on its external debt, the Izvestia newspaper reported on Monday. Russia is facing a historic sovereign default after the US Treasury blocked the country's dollar payment to international bondholders last week. Russia last defaulted on its foreign debt more than a century ago, in 1917 during the Bolshevik Revolution. "Of course, we will sue, because we have taken all the necessary steps to ensure that investors receive their payments," Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told the pro-Krelim Izvestia in an interview.

Politicians from both parties, as well as the punditocracy in Colorado, are shaking their heads over the stunning and never-expected outcome Friday of the Republican assembly (convention) in the Centennial State's 4th District. With 183 votes (62%) to 114 (38%) for four-term Rep. Kenneth Buck, R-Colo., political newcomer and Elbert County real estate broker Bob Lewis secured the top line of the Republican primary June 28. Buck's incumbency notwithstanding, his near-demise at the assembly was particularly surprising because he is known as a stalwart conservative from both his voting record in Congress (lifetime American Conservative Union rating: 98%) and his...

March 2022 firearm sales and National Instant background Check System (NICS) checks done by the FBI are both the third-highest on record. The NICS system started record-keeping in 1998. There are 24 years of data for March. The 2022 firearm sales and NICS checks are starting to show a trend of the third-highest after 2020 and 2021. In March of 2022, firearm sales were about 1.62 million. In March 2020 they were 2.37 million. In March 2021, they were about 2.0 million. The next highest March was in 2013, with about 1.47 million firearm sales.The NICS checks for March 2022...

IPray For The Peace of JerusalemRevelation 3To the Church in Laodicea 14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. 15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk declined a seat on Twitter’s board of directors after becoming the platform’s largest shareholder with a massive 9.2 percent stake. But this move could end up signifying an even greater play by Musk to seize control of the platform, according to CNBC. Leftist Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal tweeted late April 10 that the world’s richest man “decided not to join our board.” Agrawal seemed to admit the quiet part out loud when he said that having Musk “as a fiduciary of the company where he, like all board members, has to act in the best interests...

Suing your beloved alma mater is never easy, but that's exactly what Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich did when he saw Arizona State University abusing its tax-exempt status to let big business avoid paying taxes. With this sleazy tactic, many universities across the country are actually becoming the largest real estate developers in their states. Brnovich also sued the Arizona Board of Regents for increasing tuition by an astronomical 300% within a few years and offering illegal immigrants in-state tuition that was lower than what American citizens attending the school from out-of-state paid. He won the latter part of that...