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Russia's invasion of Ukraine has triggered the most serious crisis in relations between Russia and the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.Russia on Tuesday said that the United States, the world's top military power, was directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine because US spies were approving and coordinating Ukrainian missile strikes on Russian forces."It is the Biden administration that is directly responsible for all Kiev-approved rocket attacks on residential areas and civilian infrastructure in populated areas of Donbas and other regions, which have resulted in mass deaths of civilians." - Russian Defense MinistryRussia's defense ministry, headed by a...

Candidates endorsed by President Donald Trump reigned supreme in Tuesday’s Republican primary elections, reminding the nation that he is the leader of the GOP. The 45th president celebrated the ongoing victories in a series of posts on Truth Social.

Harvey Marcelin, 84, was twice convicted of murdering two women, one in 1963 and one in 1984. He was paroled in 1984 and then again in 2019. He then went on to murder another woman this year. In 1963, Marcelin was arrested for shooting his then-girlfriend Jacqueline Bonds three times inside their Manhattan apartmet. He was sentenced to 20 years to life and was paroled in 1984. After his release, he went on to stab another female sexual partner to death, stuffing her corpse in a garbage bag and then dumping it on the street near Central Park. He declared...

EIGHTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME MATTHEW 15:21–28 Friends, a long tradition stresses the perseverance of the Canaanite woman we meet in today’s Gospel. Augustine says that we pray in order to expand our will to accept what God is going to give us. Another reading shows how the woman exemplifies the proper attitude toward God, a combination of humility and boldness, of deference and defiance. We are creatures and God is God; nevertheless, God invites us into intimacy with him. But I want to emphasize the reading conditioned by the "other." The Old Testament speaks insistently of the "stranger, the...

Picture of Old Groaner skull, left side, from Tongass Historical Society. The left eye arch is intact. Picture courtesy Hayley Chambers.In the previous article, the story of Old Groaner, as told in 1936, was recounted. The bear was killed as it attacked the dog Slasher and Bruce Johnstone in the middle reaches of the Unuk river, in November of 1935. This correspondent differentiated speculation from claimed fact. The bear's head was brought back to Ketchikan. If the skull had been complete, it would have been a world record. The original article was written by F. W. Gabler.In the image above,...

WASHINGTON — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged governments on Wednesday to tax excessive oil and gas profits as the world grapples with an energy crisis triggered in part, by Rusisa’s war in Ukraine. “It is immoral for oil and gas companies to be making record profits from this energy crisis on the backs of the poorest people and communities,” Guterres said in a speech before the international forum

The Details of the ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Are PublicThe details of the Democrats’ “Inflation Reduction Act” that Sen. Joe Manchin agreed to support are finally public, and one thing is clear: not since Peter Minuit handed over $24 worth of junk jewelry for Manhattan Island has anyone been so swindled. (I refer, of course, to Peter Minuit.)I already told you that an analysis found the bill would actually raise inflation for a couple of years, then reduce it, for a net impact on inflation of zero. It will also raise taxes, add 80,000 IRS agents to beef up audits, and...

Taipei, Aug. 3 (CNA) A total of 27 Chinese military aircraft flew into Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Wednesday, of which 22 crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, according to the Ministry of National Defense (MND). The incursions took place a day before China's military is set to launch live-fire military drills in six maritime areas near Taiwan, widely seen as retaliation for a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan. MND data showed six Shenyang J-11 and 16 Sukhoi SU-30 fighter jets flew across the median line of the Taiwan Strait, while five...

Blake Masters has won Arizona’s Republican U.S. Senate primary, according to a projection early Wednesday morning from Cook Political Report’s Dave Wasserman.“I’ve seen enough: Blake Masters (R) wins the #AZSEN GOP primary and will face Sen. Mark Kelly (D) in the fall. @CookPolitical November rating: Toss Up,” Wasserman tweeted.I’ve seen enough: Blake Masters (R) wins the #AZSEN GOP primary and will face Sen. Mark Kelly (D) in the fall. @CookPolitical November rating: Toss Up.— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 3, 2022Masters, a former Silicon Valley venture capitalist who grew up in Arizona, earned nearly 37 percent of the vote at the...

Leftwing populist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is the Democrats’ best hope of defeating a potential run by former President Donald Trump in 2024, Democrat consultant Michael Starr Hopkins penned in the Hill on Tuesday. While Trump overcame the Republican establishment in 2016 to win a historic election over Hillary Clinton, the Democrat Party has not undergone the same reforms away from the establishment. Both Hillary Clinton and President Joe Biden are establishment figures who defeated socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in 2016 and 2020 respectively, keeping the populist left out of the Oval Office. Hopkins explained that Ocasio-Cortez, “the future...

Ammo Companies Say Packages Shipped With UPS Mysteriously Go “Missing”Bearing Arms reported several firearm-related companies had their corporate accounts canceled by UPS.Not only that, but some of these companies also have had packages damaged or lost while in transit to customers.One ammunition distribution company called “The Gun Food” reported out of a recent 18,000 rounds of ammunition shipped with UPS, only 6,000 made it to the end destination.Collins, who owns the ammo company, remains suspicious that many packages he shipped via UPS have been damaged or lost. He said UPS had pinned the mishaps on his company for not correctly...

We’ve all known the type: they always want to pick a fight. Hot tempered, always willing to “settle the score.” this kind gives you that shove with the elbow as you’re walking by just to let you know they’re ready. Our current President, the Scranton Scrapper, Joe Biden, is like that. If you watched the few time he came out on the campaign trail, you saw the anger flash. Most of the time, we’re not allowed to see that side of him. But it is there. From the moment he walked into the Oval Office, he’s started one fight or...

I've had a clean driving record for close to 30 years. Every few years a cop will latch on and give me a driving test which I have passed. I thought I would report on today's test. It is clear in my mind I was clearly getting stalked. After the traffic light changed to green, the police car was slow to respond to the traffic light and didn't keep up with traffic flows. The question I have are police officers immune from distracted driving laws?

The world’s largest chemical company, Germany’s BAS, recently announced its plans to scale down on ammonia production. The price of ammonia — a key ingredient in many fertilizers used worldwide — is tied closely with that of natural gas. “We are reducing production at facilities that require large volumes of natural gas, such as ammonia plants,” BASF CEO Martin Brudermueller said in a July 27 media call after the company’s second quarter financial report became available. The company had previously announced a reduction in its ammonia production last year. In September 2021, BASF cut ammonia production at its headquarters in...

The Geopolitical Futures model argues that the northern tier of entities are the center of power in the global system and define how the system works at any given moment. The anchors of the northern tier are China, Russia, the European Union and the United States. These four entities collectively make up over 60 percent of global GDP, the measure of economic production. They also collectively contain a majority of global military power. They’re each different in the amount of economic and military power they contain. Russia has a relatively low GDP but significant military power. The EU members are...

Showtime’s series “The First Lady,” starring Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, has been canceled and will not air for a second season after massively bad reviews and widespread ridicule from viewers.

Trump-endorsed John Gibbs is projected to upset establishment Republican Peter Meijer (R-MI), who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump.Meijer, one of three impeachment Republicans on Tuesday’s ballot and the sixth to leave Congress after voting to impeach Trump, was projected to lose to Gibbs early Wednesday morning by David Wasserman of the Cook Political Report with 44 percent of the vote reporting. Gibb’s projected victory is an underdog upset.Meijer’s voting record likely played a large part in his defeat. After voting to impeachment Trump in 2021, Meijer was censured by the Calhoun County Executive Committee of the Republican Party....

Republican Eli Crane, backed by former President Donald Trump, won the GOP nomination for Arizona’s Second Congressional District and will face Rep. Tom O’Halleran (D) in November.David Wasserman from Cook Political Report called the race at 11:37 p.m eastern while also noting that the congressional district is rated a “likely” Republican district.I've seen enough: Eli Crane (R) wins the #AZ02 GOP primary and will face Rep. Tom O'Halleran (D) in the fall. @CookPolitical November rating: Likely R.— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 3, 2022Crane, a political newcomer was endorsed by Trump two weeks ago, right before the former president held a...

Bryan Griffin, deputy press secretary for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), revealed on Monday a staffer from "The View" reached out to their office to see if DeSantis would be interested in being interviewed on the daytime talk show, going as far as to say the show "would be honored" to have him on. Griffin posted the email he sent back to the staffer on Twitter, showing the office will pass on the show's offer given previous hyperbolical and absurd statements from the show's hosts about DeSantis. "But are the hosts of The View really interested in hearing from Governor...

This is an election year. But the issues this year are not about Democrats and Republicans. The big issue is whether this nation has degenerated to a point of no return -- a point where we risk destroying ourselves, before our enemies can destroy us. If there is one moment that symbolized our degeneration, it was when an enraged mob gathered in front of the Supreme Court and a leader of the United States Senate shouted threats against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, saying "You won't know what hit you!" There have always been irresponsible demagogues. But there was once...