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European natural gas inventories rose by +16.3 BCF for June 14. EU has restocked 50% of nat gas used over the winter. 3000 BCF at start of winter, down to 1000 BCF at end of winter. Right now at 2000 BCF. Restocking at 16 BCF daily. On pace to nearly fill storage before winter.

As a prepper, you might sometimes need to look more intimidating, such as when you’re trying to scare off a potential attacker. Even under normal circumstances, you can benefit from knowing how to look intimidating, like if you want to be taken seriously at work. (h/t to TheSurvivalMom.com) Body language and how it affects how people perceive you You’re always communicating, even if you’re not saying a word to another person. Consciously or unconsciously, you say things through your gestures, movements and facial expressions. Other people also perceive attitudes, personality and character qualities from these actions. In fact, nonverbal communication...

They insure funds at bank 'A' for up to $500,000 for a husband and wife. I assume that's for $500k total funds the couple have at that bank? $200k money market. $200k CDs. $100k other. Or, is it $500k per account? Also, do they insure different banks for the same couple? 500k bank 'A.' Another 500k bank 'B.' Etc. Thanks.

This morning the CPI (Consumer Price Index) report came out and was higher than expected (Inflation stayed red-hot in May as CPI spiked 8.6% — highest since 1981). (Article by Stan Szymanski republished from EncouragingAngels.org) It is kind of like telling someone who is buried on the beach up to their neck in sand that the tide is coming in but not as fast as you think it is. Most of the food prices I see are up at least 15-33% from what I was used to paying. I know that the standard government numbers say that food inflation is...

Former Department of Energy (DoE) Under Secretary Paul Dabbar and Columbia University energy researcher Matt Bowen have published a report warning that America’s energy crisis could soon get a whole lot worse if Russia stops selling enriched uranium to nuclear power plants. If supplies get cut, they say, then many United States nuclear power generation facilities would be forced offline within a year. The result would be much less energy availability and sky-high prices even beyond current inflation figures. Nuclear power accounts for more than 20 percent of all U.S. electricity generation capacity, and nearly half of the country’s 56...

On June 12, 2022, a group of 10 Republican and 10 Democrat senators agreed on an “outline” on a proposed gun control bill. Significantly, 10 Republicans are needed to overcome the filibuster in the Senate if all 50 Democrats join in passing a particular bill.Few details have been seen about the “outline.” The details are critical. Broad “outlines” are not legislation and have no force of law.Senator Murphy of Connecticut appears to be the prime mover on this push. He is quoted by voanews.He said the agreement would provide unspecified “major funding to help states pass and implement crisis intervention...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will inaugurate a task force on Thursday to curb online harassment, fulfilling one of the Biden campaign's promises in the wake of a mass shooting that highlights a link between online abuse and violence. The task force will be co-chaired by the White House Gender Policy Council and National Security Council, according to senior administration officials who previewed the announcement in a call on Wednesday evening. "It's imperative that we commit to better understanding and addressing the nexus between online misogyny and radicalization to violence," a senior administration official said. One in three...

Apparently not content with its efforts so far to make gun ownership more difficult and expensive for America’s 100 million firearm owners, a source tells TTAG that the Biden administration is taking steps to constrict the availability of .223/5.56 ammunition available to the average shooter. A person with knowledge of the situation tells us that, more than just “considering” the move, Winchester, which operates the US Army’s Lake City ammunition plant, has been informed that it may no longer sell M855 and SS109 ammunition produced in excess of the military’s needs on the civilian market. How would that affect the...

Like in the movie The Poseidon Adventure, we can all sing “The Morning After.” On the heels of The Fed’s 75 basis point surge in the target rate, the US Treasury yield jumped +11.5 BPS as of 8:30 AM EST. The S&P 500 E-mini futures contract is down -1.8%. As investors brace for a recession, mortgage rates dropped to 6.03%. On the housing front, US housing starts plunged -14.4% MoM in May, the biggest decline under Biden. While housing starts were down -14.4% MoM in May, single-family detached home were down only -9.16%. It was 5+ unit (multifamily) starts that...

The Bible In Paintings 2 ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE 1st KINGS CHAPTER 11 King Solomon loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. They were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines. 1 JAMES TISSOT "Solomon and His Harem" 2 Source 3 Source 4 Source 5 Source His wives led him astray. As...

A month after the end of the siege at Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks, which marked the Russian capture of the coastal city, life continues without access to basic amenities. Those who were left behind are largely cut off from the outside world with limited mobile phone and internet connection. “It was worse than hell there. There are no words to describe it,” said 55-year-old Vladimir Korchma, who had lived all of his life in Mariupol where he worked as a machinist at a local factory. “We had no gas or electricity. Only the lucky ones had water,” said Korchma, who left...

A South Florida Jewish congregation has challenged a new state law that blocks abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, contending the measure violates privacy and religious-freedom rights. The lawsuit, filed Friday in Leon County circuit court by Congregation L’Dor Va-Dor, seeks to block the law from taking effect July 1. Abortion clinics also filed a lawsuit this month in Leon County challenging the constitutionality of the restriction. Both cases include allegations that the law, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in April, violates a privacy right in the Florida Constitution that has long played a pivotal role in abortion cases in...

Cosmetics maker Revlon has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, succumbing to a rising debt load, online competition and supply chain woes. Why it matters: While corporate bankruptcies remain at some of their lowest levels since 2010, the lipstick and nail polish maker could foreshadow more upheaval in the consumer discretionary sector as the U.S. braces for a possible recession. Details: The company plans to receive $575 million in debtor-in-possession financing from its existing lenders, which will allow it to continue operating. Revlon said its estimated liabilities were between $1 billion and $10 billion, according to a court filing. What...

IPray For The Peace of JerusalemGenesis 21Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away 8 The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast. 9 But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking, 10 and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.” 11 The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son. 12 But God said to him, “Do not be so distressed about the...

Sometimes when I am grocery shopping, even if I am there just for broccoli, I’ll swing by the aisle where they stock feminine products. Because, even though most of the things that disappeared during the pandemic like toilet paper, yeast, and flour have returned to the shelves, tampons are still in short supply. It’s become a strange fascination of mine, to see the large gap on the shelf, like a missing front tooth, where tampons are supposed to be. In the last few months, I’ve visited stores in New York, Massachusetts, and California—no tampons. And it’s not just me. Dana...

CNN anchor Brian Stelter is set to be axed in a matter of “weeks if not days” as the network’s new owners push to rid the cable news outlet of its far-left propaganda reputation. Jon Nicosia, President of News Cycle Media, has been the first to report on numerous stories about the dysfunction at CNN. Nicosia had the inside scoop leading up to the collapse of the Chris Wallace-led streaming service CNN Plus. Now Nicosia says Brian Stelter has “weeks if not days” left at the network. The news of Stelter’s downfall comes as another report from Mediaite claims CNN...

A Silk Road stopover might have been the epicentre of one of humanity’s most destructive pandemics. People who died in a fourteenth-century outbreak in what is now Kyrgyzstan were killed by strains of the plague-causing bacterium Yersinia pestis that gave rise to the pathogens responsible several years later for the Black Death, shows a study of ancient genomes. “It is like finding the place where all the strains come together, like with coronavirus where we have Alpha, Delta, Omicron all coming from this strain in Wuhan,” says Johannes Krause, a palaeogeneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in...

“‘Do not judge so that you will not be judged’” (Matthew 7:1). Believers are not to make unrighteous and unmerciful judgment on others because it manifests a wrong view of God. With the phrase “so that you will not be judged,” Jesus reminds the scribes and Pharisees that they are not the final court. To judge another person’s motives or to stand in the place of condemnation is to play God. “For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son” (John 5:22). During the millennial kingdom Christ will share some of that judgment...

The Justice Department official who investigates attacks on reproductive health care facilities has been a staunch critic of pro-life crisis pregnancy centers, dozens of which have been vandalized by abortion supporters over the past month. Civil rights division chief Kristen Clarke criticized the centers following a Supreme Court decision issued in their favor in 2018. Clarke said the centers, which counsel pregnant women on alternatives to abortion, were "harmful" and "predatory" against women of color. She also referred to them with the hashtag, "ExposeFakeClinics." Clarke’s stance on the centers offers a potential explanation for the Justice Department’s refusal to investigate...

No one loves the media as much as the media love themselves Professional journalists are notorious for their preternatural levels of self-regard. They are, for example, supremely confident in their ability to accurately report on the most important stories of the day. Members of the public are far more skeptical, according to the results of a recently published Pew survey. Roughly two-thirds of journalists said news organizations do a good job of "covering the most important stories of the day" and "reporting the news accurately," the survey found. Normal, well-adjusted Americans disagreed. Just 41 percent of non-media respondents said professional...