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A Manhattan bodega worker charged with murder tried to avoid the confrontation that led to him being thrown behind bars after he fatally stabbed a customer, new video shows.

What explains America’s hyper-ideological response to the Ukraine crisis? Less than a year before Vladimir Putin launched his invasion, Washington had wrapped up two decades of lousy regime-change wars, waged in the name of planting “freedom” in that region’s inhospitable soil. There was, or seemed to be, broad agreement that liberal moralism in foreign policy stood discredited: It had destabilized whole swaths of the Middle East and North Africa and bogged down America and its allies in the region’s bloody and intricate enmities—and to what end? Yet now, a few months later, the United States and its NATO allies are...

The following is from the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. We have a corroboration from another source of the information it contains: "Last evening we learned that President LINCOLN had gone on a visit to the Army of the Potomac, in its new position on the James River, and as he will probably be on his return by the time this reaches our readers, there is no necessity for keeping the fact from the public. The steamboat Ariel brought Brig.-Gen. ANDREW PORTER and Brig.-Gen. NAGLEE to Washington on Sunday night. Both of them were sick, and Gen. MCCLELLAN thought they would be...

A Lancaster County movie theater has canceled showings of an independent movie featuring prominent right-wing Pennsylvania figures, most notably State Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican candidate for governor, according to LancasterOnline. The movie, billed as an exploration of the populist right movement in Pennsylvania, was supposed to premiere July 16 at the IMAX theater in the Penn Cinema on Airport Road in Manheim Township. But the venue management cancelled it following pushback from members of Lancaster Stands Up, the newspaper reported. The group Lancaster Stands Up started after the 2016 election of Donald Trump as “a vehicle for everyday people...

What if the U.S. dragging Europe behind it – by the hair – and claiming that the Russian economy will eventually collapse, turns out to be like the “miscalculation” Russia made in the initial days of the war when it pounded on Kyiv’s door only to withdraw? In fact, what if it's a “lie”? ... Economic black holes are forming all over Europe - including Berlin and London. It is only natural that Germany’s crisis is voiced the most because if Germany falls, the rest will follow. The fact that it recorded a foreign trade deficit for the first time...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Investigators are seeking information on a fire that broke out at Saint Jane Frances de Chantal Catholic Church in Bethesda, Md. early Sunday morning, according to Pete Piringer, spokesperson for the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service. The fire broke out around 2 a.m. and involved several pews in the main church area, Piringer tweeted. The church is located at 9601 Old Georgetown Road. Sunday's masses are being held in the Christopher Hall Gymnasium, according to the parish website.

A Chinese man who sought treatment for a recurring urinary problem was shocked to find out that he had ovaries and had been menstruating for 20 years. **SNIP** Chen’s symptoms reportedly started soon after having corrective surgery for his irregular urination during puberty. He continued to experience symptoms for the past 20 years. Despite being treated for appendicitis, Chen’s symptoms persisted. It was not until last year that doctors finally found the cause of his symptoms: Chen reportedly had female sex chromosomes. After traveling some 930 miles from Sichuan province to Guangzhou to visit a hospital that treats genitalia issues,...

A new study from Israel reveals that there was “no increase in the incidence of myocarditis and pericarditis” in unvaccinated adults who had COVID-19 infection.This contradicts the findings of earlier studies that suggested there may be a connection between cardiac inflammation and coronavirus infections.In a study published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine, the researchers concluded that there is “no increase in the incidence of myocarditis and pericarditis in COVID-19 recovered patients compared to uninfected matched controls...”

I had an “aha” moment recently. I found myself thinking that progressives camouflage themselves by appearing stupid. It serves their purposes perfectly. We underestimate and discount them as fools, and they continue their nefarious agenda unimpeded. Look at all they accomplish! They are so far from being fools, they’re winning. We who have common sense rail at them for the nightmares of inflation, open borders, medical tyranny, supply chain problems, energy policy, violence, lack of support for the rule of law, and persecuting those they dislike but they are laughing at us. They love every glorious minute. Destroying babies, turning...

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: Philippians 1:6 (King James Version) It is obvious the Barak Obiden puppet regime is trying to overwhelm America into collapse but it is not working. Yes, the economy is in a recession if not a full-blown depression, but the character of the nation is withstanding all they are throwing at it. There are millions of Americans suffering from their war on energy being fought in the guise of saving the earth gods and goddesses, but...

A female US Army soldier took to TikTok to question her loyalty to the United States after the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade. "How am I supposed to wake up every day and put on a freaking uniform that says United States Army when the United States doesn't even give a rat's ass about me," the soldier said. In 2019, the Army advised soldiers not to use TikTok on government-owned phones, citing national security risks from the Chinese app. China-based employees also have access to US user data. Human Events host Jack Posobiec originally broke the news of...

An academic article that seeks to provide the “consciousness needed to eradicate whiteness,” was published by the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. “We must actively and collectively help to do the work of disrupting, dismantling, and eradicating whiteness,” California State University East Bay professor G.T. Reyes says in his call to teachers. Titled “A love letter to educational leaders of Color: “CREWing UP” with critical whiteness studies” the article called on scholars, including white scholars, to “fully humanize themselves by abandoning whiteness, destroying it, and sending it to its grave.” Reyes said that this is the “greatest act...

The Bible In Paintings 2 ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE KING JOSIAH FINDS GOD AND HIS WORD 2nd KINGS CHAPTERS 22-23 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, not turning aside to the right or to the left. 1 "King Josiah" 2 Source 3 Source 4 Source Hilkiah the high priest said, “I have found the Book of the Law in the temple of the LORD.” He gave it to Shaphan, who read from it in the...

Concerning shortages: Michael Snyder, editor of economiccollapseblog.com, recently reported: Greece has had rationing of sunflower oil and sugar in 2022. Spain has had sporadic shortages of eggs, milk, and dairy products. Italy may soon start rationing natural gas to some large industrial users. Germany may soon start rationing natural gas to industrial users, and that could put large numbers of employees out of work. America had a recent survey that found about 60% of Americans are living from paycheck to paycheck, and layoffs are beginning to increase. The UN has warned that the world may be facing an “unprecedented global...

The first installment in a new series highlighting our president's cognitive decline Whether he's falling off a bicycle, attempting to shake hands with a ghost, or struggling to read a teleprompter, our commander in chief continues to embarrass himself and his country on a regular basis. . Stay tuned for next week's installment in this exciting new video series.

The Biden administration sold roughly one million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to a Chinese state-controlled gas giant that continues to purchase Russian oil, a move the Energy Department said would "support American consumers" and combat "Putin's price hike." Biden's Energy Department in April announced the sale of 950,000 Strategic Petroleum Reserve barrels to Unipec, the trading arm of the China Petrochemical Corporation. That company, which is commonly known as Sinopec, is wholly owned by the Chinese government. The Biden administration claimed the move would "address the pain Americans are feeling at the pump" and "help lower energy costs."...

HIV substantially speeds up aging at the cellular level within the first few years after acquisition of the virus, researchers at the University of California (UCLA) report in iScience. These findings underscore the importance of early diagnosis and prompt treatment of HIV. The team observed that during the first two to three years after infection, HIV-positive men’s DNA showed evidence of aging up to five years faster than a comparable group of men who remained HIV negative. Elizabeth Crabb Breen, PhD, a professor emerita at UCLA’s Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology and David Geffen School of Medicine, and her colleagues concluded...

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It’s not a question of whether he was right or wrong to have done so; it’s that the Pentagon always sat silently as retired senior officers abused President Trump. The headline at the New York Post told the story: “Retired three-star general Gary Volesky suspended after tweet at Jill Biden.” Unlike Hunter, Jill’s stepson, General Volesky did not call Jill a “vindictive moron” and an “entitled c**t,” with the latter being one of the most obscene, vicious insults that can be directed at a woman. Volesky’s gentle gibe, though, was enough to get him suspended from his civilian contract job...

I've had these tiny zebras in my* home all my life. I don't know where they came from, or why there are two that are identical. When my late parents' house was emptied, my sister sent these (and other things) to me. One of the zebras had suffered from a failure in packaging. I would like to repair it, but fear making a hash of it. At the very least, I would like to know the best adhesive for the purpose, and any recommendations as to method of securing pieces together while an adhesive sets or cures. Thanks in advance!...