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The United States government illegally intercepts the private electronic communication of every American including emails, text messages, phone calls and social media content postings and comments. The NSA unlawfully secures that library of data in order to maintain an electronic record uniquely identifying every American in a searchable database. The government unlawfully allows the database to be searched for domestic threats as defined by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security, the Dept of Justice and the FBI. By mutually beneficial arrangement, access portals to search the NSA/FBI database are included as workspaces inside the law offices of Perkins Coie, the...

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has called for there to be a “drag queen in every school.” Yes, really. Nessel made the comments during a civil rights conference in Lansing after she has falsely claimed that critical race theory being taught in schools is a hoax. “You know what’s not a problem for kids who are seeking a good education? Drag queens,” said Nessel.

The Russian energy giant said it was cutting supply volumes to Germany through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline by roughly another third, after an initial reduction on Tuesday. Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Wednesday it would further reduce the capacity of gas supplies via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to 67 million cubic meters (2,366 million cubic feet) per day. The decision comes into effect at 01:30 a.m. Moscow time on Thursday (2230 UTC on Wednesday), Gazprom said, adding that the halt was due to the "technical condition of the engine" at a compression station. The company had announced...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is reportedly preparing to discipline border agents who were falsely accused of having ‘whipped’ Haitian illegal immigrants for “administrative violations.” The reports of coming administrative punishment comes despite the agents having been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing. Not to mention the photographic evidence indicating they had done nothing wrong during the incident. Fox News is reporting that an announcement on the disciplinary actions for the border agents will be incoming soon.

June 16th 2022 Thursday of week 11 in Ordinary Time Detail of High Altar and Mural in St. Casimir Church Cleveland, Ohio. Altar made in Rigalico, marble and onyx effect, specially designed and executed in the studios of Daprato Statuary Company, Chicago Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingEcclesiasticus 48:1-15 ©The spirit of Elijah fills ElishaThe prophet Elijah arose like a fire, his word flaring like a torch.It was he who brought famine on the people, and who decimated them in his zeal.By the word of the Lord, he shut up the heavens, he also, three times, brought down fire.How...

With international attention focused on the war in Ukraine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to be in a good geopolitical position to launch a new military operation against the Kurds in northern Syria. Despite US warnings, Erdogan has threatened an offensive on two strategic Syrian towns near Turkey’s southern border. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again started threatening a new military operation in northern Syria in a bid to create his much-wanted buffer zone along the Turkey-Syria border. Erdogan’s plan, which he was forced to shelve last year, has resurfaced in recent weeks as Ankara has calculated...

Safety in exchange for freedom is the government’s oldest con game. We may have been shocked to see the Uvalde cops protecting a school shooter from parents (and that is what they were doing) but we shouldn’t be surprised: It will always be easier, when you have a gun, to point it at someone who doesn’t have a gun. That goes for school shooters, policemen, and everyone else—including the government. That’s point number one. Point number two is that no one will fight as hard for your life, your family, or your property as you will. Jacob Albarado is the...

The duel between Emmanuel Macron's incumbent majority and Jean-Luc Mélenchon's pan-leftist NUPES coalition duly dominated the spotlight on Sunday after the first round of France's legislative elections. But far-right National Rally flagbearer Marine Le Pen had a red-letter night at the ballot box. Even at the low end of seat projections for next Sunday's run-off, Le Pen will have shored up party finances, seen off a pesky political foe and guaranteed herself a gilded soapbox for five more years. The far right is rarely a focal point in French parliamentary polls. It has long been a political truism in France...

A Lehigh County farmer recently called Kyle Kotzmoyer and said something like “I’ve got a tractor hooked up to my corn planter out here, no diesel fuel, and I can’t afford to get any.” Kotzmoyer, who recalled the conversation Tuesday, said he responded to the request for advice with a joke. Kotzmoyer, who recalled the conversation Tuesday, said he responded to the request for advice with a joke. That’s about all he could do, he said, because the crushing reality of record diesel fuel prices is pushing farmers to the brink and may affect food availability. “We have reached that...

A real committee would also investigate the other, far larger and more lethal riots on iconic federal property months earlier. Congress should investigate fully the January 6 riot at the Capitol—and similar recent riots at iconic federal sites. But unfortunately, it never will. Why not? The current committee is not bipartisan. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) forbade Republican nominees traditionally selected by the House minority leader to serve on the committee. No speaker had ever before rejected the minority party’s nominees to a select House committee. Pelosi’s own cynical criteria for Republican participation were twofold: Any willing minority Republican members...

LONDON — There are increasing signs that Western unity over the war in Ukraine could be starting to crack as the conflict drags on and leaders face public discontent over rampant inflation and the cost of living crisis. There are widespread concerns over how long the war could continue, with some strategists saying it has all the hallmarks of a war of attrition where no side “wins” and the losses and damage inflicted by both sides, over a protracted and prolonged period, are immense. The U.S., U.K. and eastern Europe appear staunch in their position that Russia must not be...

South Carolina legislators losing their re-election bids include a Republican chairwoman and former budget chief pummeled by allegations the GOP-dominated House isn’t conservative enough. Education Chairwoman Rita Allison and Rep. Brian White — the chamber’s former Ways and Means chairman — were among seven House incumbents ousted by the June 14 primaries, a significant replacement of numbers. White, an Anderson Republican, said he fears ginned-up rancor over national politics is turning the General Assembly, where members have prided themselves on the ability to disagree agreeably, as polarized as Washington. “They’re just angry,” he said of voters. “They’re mad at government....

Abbott Laboratories said it has paused baby-formula production [again] at its plant in Sturgis, Mich., after recent thunderstorms flooded part of the facility, causing another setback for the company’s efforts to help alleviate a nationwide formula shortage. [Snip] The halt will delay distribution of new product by a few weeks, the company said. [Snip] The Sturgis factory had produced roughly one-fifth of the infant formula in the U.S., leaving many store shelves bare when its operations stopped and formulas made there such as Similac were recalled.

The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) announced on Tuesday that it will officially rename the monkeypox to address concerns about the stigma and racism associated with the word. Monkeypox has thus far infected over 1,600 people in more than two dozen countries, first breaking out in the United States this past May in Massachusetts and possibly having originated in Canada. W.H.O. director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Tuesday that the organization will be “working with partners and experts from around the world on changing the name of monkeypox virus, its clades, and the disease it causes.”

Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me. This well-known saying used to be taught to young children to help them better cope with bullying. I remember learning this phrase myself not too long ago. But most kids nowadays have never heard this. In fact they are frequently taught the opposite. Many kids are now told words are “literal violence.” Being subjected to ideas that are contrary to their own beliefs is now considered significantly harmful. Relying on your intuition and using a male pronoun to refer to an obvious man is even referred to...

Pensioner, 87, drilled holes through his neighbour's garden wall claiming it jutted onto his land by 'TWO INCHES' and put up signs warning, 'You and your cowboy builders are thieves' Ewen Taylor, of Cardiff, launched his campaign after neighbours built extension The 87-year-old claims the new wall encroaches onto his property by two inches After being fined by police, he began putting up accusatory signs in his garden Family, who deny it encroaches on his land, say his actions have been distressing A pensioner drilled holes in his neighbour's garden wall claiming it encroaches on his land by two inches...

A contracted mercenary has no legal recognition or protection as a prisoner of war. Two American mercenary soldiers have been captured by Russian forces and now present a rather unique issue for the Biden administration. The traditional end result for captured mercenaries is execution; however, Russian President Vladimir Putin may not want to hang these two State Dept. conscripts. (Via Telegraph) – Two former US servicemen have been captured during fighting with Russian forces in Ukraine, The Telegraph has been told. The pair were taken prisoner during a fierce battle outside the north-east city of Kharkiv last week, according to...

Only if we can bring the perpetrators of COVID to justice. Many Americans are hopeful that the instigators of the gain-of-function, human-engineered COVID-19 virus and experimental vaccines will be held accountable for their actions that have caused millions of deaths and widespread suffering worldwide. Punishing these people for their actions is essential to hopefully serving as a deterrent to prevent future human engineered viruses, such as an extremely lethal "weaponized" bird flu, from being inflicted upon the peoples of the world. Whereas the COVID-19 virus has a worldwide mortality rate of less than three percent, bird flu's mortality rate among...

U.S. stock index futures were under pressure Thursday, putting the major averages to give up the solid gains made in the previous session. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.9%, or 575 points. S&P 500 futures were down 2.3%, while Nasdaq 100 futures shed 2.8%. All three futures contracts had earlier been trading in positive territory. Those moves come after the Federal Reserve implemented its largest interest rate hike since 1994 on Wednesday. The Fed raised rates by 75 basis points, as was widely anticipated. “Clearly, today’s 75 basis point increase is an unusually large one,...

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