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The proposed plant would operate like Poseidon Water’s site in Carlsbad, where ocean water is put through a process that includes using thousands of pressure vessels and reverse osmosis to remove the salt. Poseidon officials say that from the time the water comes in from the ocean, it takes just about two hours to get it to the point where people can drink it. In California, where water sources are shrinking, proponents of the project say the plant will provide a great drought-proof source of water. In Huntington Beach, about 107 million gallons of seawater a day would be used...

Key Points: - The consumer price index accelerated 8.3% in April, more than the 8.1% estimate and near the highest level in more than 40 years. - Core CPI, which excludes food and energy, also was higher than expected, rising 6.2%. - Shelter costs, which comprise about one-third of the CPI, rose at their fastest pace since 1991. - Inflation-adjusted earnings continued to decline for workers, falling 2.6% over the past year due to the surging cost of living.Inflation rose again in April, continuing a climb that has pushed consumers to the brink and is threatening the economic expansion, the...

Convicted transgender child sex molester James “Hannah” Tubbs, who was given a light juvenile sentence by George Soros-backed Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, has been booked for murder in Kern County to the north.

This column is co-written by John Hantz.In a September 1, 1935 article entitled Notes on the Next War published in Esquire magazine, American literary icon, Ernest Hemmingway, wrote: “The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.” Considered a socialist politically, the above quote shows promise – leads us wishing Hemmingway’s writings explored economics in greater depth and/or he had lived long enough for us to have invited him to dinner. Renowned economist...

President Milos Zeman has approved 103 Czech citizens to join the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Czech citizens are banned from serving in a foreign army. If they want to join it, they must ask the President of the Republic for an exception. According to available information, Czech volunteers have already taken part in the fighting in Ukraine, details of their number are not available.

The House on Tuesday night voted 368-57 to pass nearly $40 billion in additional military, economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine to fight against Russia's invasion.

it will be Alaska’s first ever statewide mail-in primary election. That is, there will be no in-person voting at all. Every single voter on the state’s bloated and error-riddled voter rolls was automatically mailed a blank ballot. What’s more, there will be no verification requirements for these mail-in ballots. Voters will simply need to fill out their ballot and have a witness observe them sign the envelope. The state’s Division of Election has explicitly said it will not verify the authenticity of the signatures on the ballots.

NEW YORK - The NYPD is hunting for a man on a motorcycle accused of ripping necklaces off of women across New York City. According to authorities, on May 2, a 22-year-old woman was walking at the corner of Grand Concourse and East 150 Street in the Bronx when the suspect, riding a red and black motorcycle, snuck up on her from behind before grabbing her gold necklace valued at $800 and escaping.

Green Beret Peter Chambers has been giving vaccine-injury cases directly to Sen. Ron Johnson to aid Wisconsin Republican's efforts against military vaccine mandate. Agroup of military doctors alarmed by reported spikes in service members' miscarriages, myocarditis, cancer and other serious issues in the first year of COVID-19 vaccine availability no longer trust the military's medical database, one of them told Just the News. Lt. Col. Peter Chambers said he was now giving potential vaccine-injury cases, from his own practice and that of colleagues, directly to Sen. Ron Johnson for the Wisconsin Republican's ongoing pressure on the Department of Defense (DOD)...

The Bible In Paintings 2 ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE 1st SAMUEL CHAPTER 16 The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king. You are to anoint for me the one I indicate.” Samuel did what the LORD said. He consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab...

Dinesh D'Souza just exposed the treachery of the corporate media "conservatives" ============================================================= Fox News has been on a collision course with its own audience since the stolen 2020 election — and you can almost feel the impact coming. The network has made so many dumb bets lately that it’s like watching a busload of trailer park residents get offloaded to play the nickel slots in Reno. All you can do is shake your head as you think: I know they’re all going bankrupt, and they’re already bankrupt. It’s been perfectly obvious for years now that Rupert Murdoch and his feckless...

Much of the black Democratic leadership in this country has been on a 40-year crusade to destroy Justice Clarence Thomas, calling him an "Uncle Tom" because his views are supposedly anathema to most black Americans. But in fact, they are the ones out of step with black Americans. This was on full display when I testified last month before Congress at a hearing on the Supreme Court. At the hearing, I asserted that "the Left hates Justice Thomas because he is a black conservative who has never bowed to those who demand that he must think a certain way because...

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper implied in a new book former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressured then-President Donald Trump to launch a military strike against Iran. Quotes in his book, A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times, were redacted after the Department of Defense prohibited their publication.

New York (CNN Business)US inflation took a breather last month for the first time since August. Prices still increased, but at a slower pace than in previous months. The Consumer Price Index was up 8.3% in the 12 months ended in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday, slightly higher than economists had predicted. It was a decrease from the 8.5% recorded in March, which had been the highest level in more than 40 years.

Back in December, Twitter censored and suspended a Twitter account that was following the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell and providing detailed coverage. Apparently, liberals working behind closed doors at the tech giant weren’t happy about this activity on the social platform. One person said, “It is also ‘interesting’ that the account tracking the ’s trial got banned when it gained traction. Lovely people indeed.” “Where is their “client” list? Shouldn’t at least one of them go down!?” Musk wrote. Here’s a look at the conversation:

When I was in high school I worked at my local library (I know — nerd alert). I loved being able to be one of the first to see new books when they came in and learning about new authors, but one nice advantage as a teenage boy was to get to see the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue before most subscribers received it in their mailboxes. For nearly 60 years, Sports Illustrated has entertained millions of men with its yearly swimsuit edition. Readers anticipate the swimsuit issue for the beautiful women, but I’d wager that they don’t approach it for...

11 May 2022Wednesday of the 4th week of Eastertide St. Gangolf altar, Wolpertswende Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 12:24-13:5 ©'I want Barnabas and Saul set apart'The word of God continued to spread and to gain followers. Barnabas and Saul completed their task and came back from Jerusalem, bringing John Mark with them. In the church at Antioch the following were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. One day while they were offering worship to the Lord and keeping a fast, the Holy...

Global stocks of refined petroleum products have fallen to critically low levels as refineries prove unable to keep up with surging demand especially for the diesel-like fuels used in manufacturing and freight transportation. The result has been a surge in prices refiners receive for selling fuels compared with prices they pay for buying crude and other feedstocks, boosting their profitability significantly. In the United States, refiners currently receive roughly an average of more than $150 per barrel from the sale of gasoline and diesel at wholesale prices, while paying only around $100 to purchase crude. The indicative 3-2-1 margin of...

FORTRESS MONROE, Friday May 9, via Baltimore, Saturday, May 10. The Merrimac remained off the point all night. The Monitor went up this forenoon and fired a few above into Sewall's Point. The Rip Raus battery also opened briskly, a large number of the shots striking in the wood. Many comparison are drawn between the enterprise of the naval fleets here and at New-Orleans. U.S. FLAGSHIP MINNESOTA, HAMPTON Roads, Va., May 9, 1862. His Excellency the President of the United States: Sir: Agreeably to a communication just received from Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, I have the honor to report that...

“‘They love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full’” (Matthew 6:5). In Jesus’ time, the synagogues were the likeliest and most appropriate places for sincere public praying. Devout Jews also offered many prayers on street corners, if that’s where they were at the appointed hour of prayer. But the word Jesus uses here indicates a major street, and therefore a major street corner where a bigger crowd would likely be. By inference the hypocrites were at...