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IRAN, China and Russia will join 10 other nations in Venezuela to take part in joint military operations in a defiant message to the "unipolar world order". Army Games, organised by Russia and hosted by several countries since its inception in 2015. The exercise will see Venezuela seek to bolster ties with eastern allies amid tension with the west, and in particular, the United States. The news comes from a report by The Centre for a Secure Free Society which says: “In mid-August, Venezuela will host the “Sniper Frontier” competition with the participation of Russia, Iran, and China’s military, as...

Looks like Harley is going to have more North American competition: At a press conference late Wednesday, the CEO of Johnson Marine, makers of Johnson outboard marine engines and other recreational equipment, unveiled a new line of heavyweight cruiser style motorcycles designed to compete head to head with industry leader Harley-Davidson. Peter Long, Johnson brands marketing manager said, "We have studied the market and determined that Harley, while highly successful, has narrowly missed the mark when targeting motorcycle buyers". Long added, "We, at Johnson, are convinced our product hits the target dead center and promises to draw sales away from...

The prophets have long whispered of the return of ULTRA-MAGA King Trump. In faith, we know that his return is inevitable and that he will soon reclaim the presidency and set right what has gone awry. Here are the first 12 things Trump will do when he returns to power: Spray Febreze on the Oval Office curtains to get the old man smell out: Step one to draining the swamp is giving it a flowery scent. Make Pelosi wear a sweater on the beach: I mean, really. Welcome back Mike Pence, just to tell him he's fired: It'll be the...

On March 24, a court in the central Chinese city of Fuyang announced that a $1.5 billion (S$2.1 billion) hospital built just four years earlier had filed for bankruptcy because it was unable to pay its debts. For most of the last two years, the Fuyang Minsheng Hospital had been fully involved in mass Covid-19 vaccination and testing programmes in the city, training almost 100 staff to perform throat swabs and setting up mobile vaccination facilities to go to schools and workplaces, at the order of city officials. The diversion of resources into what China calls its zero-Covid approach to...

There may be a looming psychological health crisis for U.S. volunteers returning from Ukraine. It is apparent that a large number of U.S. volunteers — most of whom are prior military or police — have joined Ukraine in the fight against Russia. American casualties in Ukraine are mounting. Additionally, two Americans have been captured and are being held as prisoners of war. “[I’m] former U.S. Military. Seen and been around some pretty decent combat before but not like this, man. Not even close. There are jets and drones here bombing us constantly. Tanks, BTRs, BMPs, everything you can think of,...

Manny Charlton, a founding guitarist of the Scottish band Nazareth, has died at age 80. The news was confirmed by his grandson in a social media post. No cause of death was given. In addition to playing with Nazareth until 1990, Charlton produced Guns N' Roses' earliest demos. Charlton was born in Spain but his family relocated to Dunfermline, Scotland, when he was a child. He played in several bands in the '60s before one of them evolved into Nazareth, which he helped form in 1968. He played on some of the band's most successful recordings, including 1975's Hair of...

Three woman were filmed trashing a Manhattan restaurant after being asked to pay $1.75 for extra sauce. Pearl Ozoria, 27, of Manhattan and Chitara Plasencia, 25, and Tatiyanna Johnson, 23, of Brooklyn, got into a fiery rage with employees at a Ludlow Street Bel Fries, on Manhattan's Lower East Side, around 4 a.m. on Saturday, after they were told extra sauce would cost a roughly additional $2. As the women began their tirade, an employee who filmed the incident warned them 'you're gonna go to jail' as they began to cause what ultimately amounted to $250 worth of damage. As...

The Dallas Cowboys are facing a backlash after the football team announced a partnership with gun-themed coffee company a day after the deadly shooting in Highland Park, Illinois. The company, Black Rifle Coffee, says it is veteran-owned and sells products with names including “Silencer Smooth Coffee Rounds,” “AK-47 Espresso Blend” and “Murdered Out Coffee Roast.”

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The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office has made it clear on social media that the department is planning to enforce a revised law in Florida that was ruled unconstitutional in its previous form in 2012. Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Facebook warning. © Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Facebook warning. "What does this mean? It means that you will have to listen to your car radio at a volume that is NOT plainly audible at a distance of 25 feet or more," the Sheriff's Office said on social media last week, adding that Statute 316.3045 will "once again become enforceable." But some Duval...

As we get closer to the 2022 midterms, a lot of people are speculating about whether or not Trump will run for president in 2024.Bill O’Reilly recently appeared on the Eric Bolling show on Newsmax and said that if Trump does decide to run that he is likely to win.Bill also speculated that if Trump runs, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will sit out this election.Newsmax reports:Bill O’Reilly to Newsmax: Trump Favorite to Win 2024 If He RunsFormer President Donald Trump is the favorite to win his former position in 2024 if he decides to run once more, legendary TV host...

The ultra-progressive mindset maintains its grip on institutional power, but in terms of what people actually believe, it’s on the downswing. About a decade ago, something began building steam in America’s elite cultural and intellectual institutions—universities, national newspapers and magazines, museum boards, award committees. Callout culture, cancel culture, identity politics, social justice, critical race theory, postmodern neo-Marxism, wokeness: whatever you want to call it, it was happening. Wokeness developed new and previously extreme ideas around race and gender, and especially around how people ought to conduct themselves in their everyday interactions when race and gender were considered (and race and...

Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to a drug charge Thursday in a Russian court. "I'd like to plead guilty, your honor. But there was no intent. I didn't want to break the law," Griner said in court. "I'd like to give my testimony later. I need time to prepare." "If she wants to return home and she believes they're working on a prisoner swap, the faster that this proceeding ends, the faster she can get home," said William Pomeranz, an expert on Russian law. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said members of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow attended...

Experts have revealed how shoppers have to 'build a relationship' with luxury watch brand Rolex by spending up to £100,000 on less desirable timepieces in order to pick up the latest models - as the brand tries to maintain exclusivity in the Instagram age. While the uninitiated might assume that the luxurious fashion brand would happily take anyone's money, industry insiders have explained how the process of buying an expensive watch from the designer might be slightly be complicated than that. Experts said that with demand outstripping supply, the brand has had to place limits on who can buy what...

The detained American basketball star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to drug charges in a court near Moscow on Thursday, her lawyer said. “I’d like to plead guilty, your honor. But there was no intent. I didn’t want to break the law,” Ms. Griner said in English, which was then translated into Russian, Reuters reported. Ms. Griner has been detained in Russia since Feb. 17, accused by the Russian authorities of having a vape cartridge with hashish oil in her luggage at an airport near Moscow. Aleksandr Boikov, her lawyer, said cartridges appeared in Ms. Griner’s luggage “because of carelessness.”

Mick Mulvaney, the White House chief of staff under former President Trump, appeared Wednesday on CNN Tonight and spoke about his old boss possibly making another run at the presidency in 2024. Mulvaney made headlines recently for being one of the few Republicans urging others to pay attention to the Jan. 6 Committee hearings, and has said they could mean trouble for the ex-president. “What you’re seeing, I think, is folks, especially in my party, are looking at Donald Trump as damaged,” Mulvaney said, “and something that might weigh down the party going into the midterms and into 2024.” Though...

Mortgage rates are falling … to pieces. Along with the US economy. As the US approaches recession and the Atlanta Fed real-time GDP tracker falls to -1.9%, we are seeing mortgage rates falling to 5.30%. Real Q2 GDP? Still in the doldrums at -1.9%. Biden is likely walking after midnight trying to find someone to blame for his declining economic prospects ahead of the midterm elections.

University of Otago-led research has uncovered the strongest evidence yet that household overcrowding is a major risk factor for acute rheumatic fever and streptococcal infections of the skin. Lead researcher Professor Michael Baker of the University of Otago, Wellington, says it is the first time researchers have investigated risk factors for Group A streptococcal infections of the throat (strep throat) and skin (strep skin) that can cause rheumatic fever. The studies found that both rheumatic fever and strep skin were linked with barriers to accessing primary health care and a family history of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, a...

FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME MATTHEW 10:7–15 Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus sent the twelve to evangelize the countryside. To evangelize is to proclaim Jesus Christ crucified and risen from the dead.When this kerygma, this Paschal Mystery, is not at the heart of the project, Christian evangelization effectively disappears, devolving into a summons to bland religiosity or generic spirituality. When Jesus crucified and risen is not proclaimed, a beige and unthreatening Catholicism emerges, a thought system that is, at best, an echo of the environing culture. Peter Maurin, one of the founders of the Catholic Worker movement, said that the...

A star of a Netflix series about young cheerleaders was sentenced on July 6 to 12 years in prison. Jerry Harris, 22, was ordered imprisoned for 12 years, followed by eight years of supervised release. U.S. Judge Manish Shah, an Obama appointee, handed down the sentence in federal court in Chicago. Harris, a surrogate for then-candidate Joe Biden, was arrested in 2020 after authorities said he sent explicit videos and photographs to a young boy and solicited explicit materials from the male. Pleaded Guilty Harris pleaded guilty in February to one count of receipt of child pornography and one count...