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Ravil Maganov, the chairman of Russia’s biggest private oil company, Lukoil, died after falling through the window of a hospital in Moscow, Russian media reported on Thursday, a death which comes under mysterious circumstances just months after his company emerged as a rare high profile voice of dissent against the invasion of Ukraine.

Accelerating demand for renewable energy and electric vehicles is sparking a high demand for the batteries that store generated energy and power engines. But the batteries behind these sustainability solutions aren’t always sustainable themselves. In a paper publishing September 1 in the journal Matter, scientists create a zinc battery with a biodegradable electrolyte from an unexpected source—crab shells.

Sen. Mitch McConnell. The second: a Republican majority, led by Florida Sen. Rick Scott. Theirs is a fight that’s been publicly brewing since (at least) McConnell’s December declaration that there would be no 2022 GOP agenda. After another month of missteps, however, their battle might have real-world consequences. Despite D.C.’s always useless conventional wisdom about the GOP Senate leader’s endless savvy, McConnell has given up on the duties of his job, turning on both his voters and his party. Scott, by contrast, is clearly aiming for the job — and is working hard to show he deserves it. Who gets...

Asia Data Confirm Progressive Global Flood by Tim Clarey, PhD 7-3-2022 The Institute for Creation Research’s Column Project team recently finished a two-year study of Asia. We have now accumulated column data across five of the world’s continents, with Australia in progress and Antarctica in the future. Our results reinforce earlier findings of a progressive global flood (Figure 1).1-3 We compiled a total of 784 stratigraphic columns across the Asian continent and surrounding offshore regions. The columns were derived directly from oil industry wells, published cross-sections, surface outcrops, and seismic data.

Jeremy Boland, Assistant Principal of Cos Cob Elementary School in Greenwich, Connecticut, has been placed on administrative leave after a Project Veritas video showed him confessing to illegally discriminating against prospective teachers who were Catholic or over 30https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD2kM39S4d4https://www.yahoo.com/news/connecticut-teachers-union-circles-wagons-170559875.htmlConnecticut Teachers’ Union Circles the Wagons after Undercover Video Reveals Anti-Catholic DiscriminationBy Caroline DowneySeptember 1, 2022The Connecticut chapter of the largest teachers’ union in the country urged its district leaders to stonewall “unvetted” reporters who ask about a viral video which shows a Greenwich assistant principal admitting to discriminating against Catholic, conservative, and elderly job applicants.After the video was released by Project Veritas...

It's like rolling the dice for what you get in your vial. Both the FDA and EMA knew this but kept this out of the public view because if it were known, nobody would take the vaccines.Steve KirschAug 31 One of my readers has been trying to get my attention for 8 months on the EMA data leak that happened nearly 2 years ago.He recently posted this substack article documenting his attempts to get visibility on what the EMA document leak revealed.The gem in the article is this video which was posted 18 months ago that few people have seen....

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen declares an energy emergency. The crisis will not be contained to Europe. EC President Seeks 'Emergency Intervention' in Electricity Market Please note Ursula von der Leyen Calls for 'Emergency Intervention' in Electricity Market. "The skyrocketing electricity prices are now exposing, for different reasons, the limitations of our current electricity market design," the European Commission president said on Monday while addressing the Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenia. "[The market] was developed under completely different circumstances and for completely different purposes. It is no longer fit for purpose. "That is why we, the Commission, are...

President Donald Trump met with Wendy Bell on her radio show today where they discussed the January 6 political prisoners, the border and skyrocketing energy costs. Many of Trump’s supporters have criticized him for leaving the January 6 political prisoner to be mentally and physically abused in prison while facing liberal judges who refuse to give them fair trials. During the interview, Trump explained to Bell that he is financially supporting some of them and if he decides to run and is re-elected he will consider giving them full pardons.

With 12 days to go until the Republican Senate primary in the general election battleground state of New Hampshire, former President Donald Trump says he’s seriously considering endorsing one of the two polling front-runners in the race. "I'm looking at that race very closely," Trump said Thursday on conservative radio host John Fredericks' nationally syndicated radio program. The race is the final high-profile and competitive GOP Senate nomination contest this election cycle. The winner of the Sept. 13 primary will face off in November against former Democratic governor and first-term Sen. Maggie Hassan — whom Republicans view as very vulnerable...

First lady Jill Biden tested negative for COVID on Monday after a rebound case of the virus and will return to Washington on Tuesday. The news was announced by her communications director, Elizabeth Alexander on Monday, the Associated Press reported. The first lady had been isolating at the Biden family home in Delaware since testing positive on Aug. 24, while experiencing no symptoms. She had first tested positive on Aug. 15, while she and President Joe Biden were on vacation in South Carolina. Like her husband, Jill Biden was prescribed the Pfizer PFE, +3.10% antiviral Paxlovid while she was ill...

LOCK HAVEN — The Clinton County Republican Party opened its headquarters this week and welcomed special guest, Senatorial candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz. Oz stopped by the headquarters, the former Walkers Hardware Store, at 7 First St., Lock Haven, during its grand opening on Tuesday night. Even with the rain, roughly 300 local supporters turned out to meet Oz, along with Stephanie Borowicz, Republican candidate and 76th District State House Representative incumbent; Congressman Fred Keller and Senator Cris Dush. Oz spoke to the crowd for about 20 minutes, referencing his opponent — Democrat John Fetterman — as being “the most radical...

A 93-year-old grandmother with dementia died after being ‘accidentally poisoned’ when care home staff served her washing up liquid instead of juice. Gertrude Elizabeth Murison Maxwell suffered ‘severe blistering of her mouth, throat and oesophagus’ after she was fed the corrosive liquid, reports suggest. The mother-of-eight, who had 20 grandchildren, is one of three residents at Atria Park Senior Living Facility in San Mateo, California who were mistakenly given the ‘caustic’ liquid instead of grape juice and rushed to hospital, according to NBC. Staff have been suspended while police investigate the tragedy, which happened on Saturday. According to the New...

The Florida Highway Patrol has arrested a 28-year-old woman who they say intentionally struck her ex-boyfriend with her vehicle and then fled from Collier County back in 2018. Tania Mercedes Lazo Gutierrez, who is an undocumented immigrant, was booked into Collier County jail on Wednesday. She faces a charge of using a deadly weapon and operating a motor vehicle without valid license. According to a Florida Highway Patrol arrest report, the crash happened on Highlands Drive, just west of 12th Street North, on Oct. 11, 2018. Jose Geovanny Quiroz Ortiz, who was 32 at the time, was riding his bicycle...

Democrats are entering the homestretch before November’s election in better shape than earlier this year, boosted by gains among independent voters, improved views of President Biden and higher voting enthusiasm among abortion-rights supporters, a Wall Street Journal poll shows.

HARRISBURG, Pa--Pennsylvanians with minor, nonviolent marijuana criminal convictions could be pardoned beginning Thursday in a period until the end of the month under a joint effort from Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman. The so-called "one-time, large-scale pardon effort" will allow anyone who has been convicted of possession of marijuana or small amount of personal use to apply. There is no limit to the age of conviction. The application is free, and entirely online...

NBC tech and culture reporter Kat Tenbarge tweeted how the ongoing water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, is the result of "environmental racism" but became upset when users pointed out Democrats have been in control for decades and it appears local politicians ignored warning signs. "I’s the largest city in Mississippi. It’s 80% Black. Their water system is failing because of years of neglect. This is environmental racism," Tenbarge tweeted. When conservative commentator Stephen L. Miller said Republicans haven't controlled the city for a long time, Tenbarge said, "Oh, that's where all the racists in my mentions came from."

Joe Biden is going deliver a speech about “the soul of the nation” on Thursday night to a national audience. He is expected to target and declare war against his political enemies in the speech. Biden specifically is going to target those Americans who want to “Make America Great Again” and label them a domestic threat. The regime will not tolerate dissent. This looks to be a speech for the ages, right up their with Chavez, Castro, Stalin and Marx.

As it becomes more likely Pennsylvania senatorial candidate John Fetterman may not be able to continue his campaign as he tries to recover from stroke, PA democrats are beginning to whisper that perhaps Fetterman is not up to the job as he has great difficulty putting together a cognitive sentence. The question, then, is what do PA dems do to replace Fetterman ? Do they wait to see if he recovers sufficiently ?....or pull the plug soon in the event a replacement is in place with time to campaign. We're reminded that neighboring Jersey simply plugged in a retired senator...

Explanation: Framing a bright emission region, this telescopic view looks out along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the nebula rich constellation Cygnus the Swan. Popularly called the Tulip Nebula, the reddish glowing cloud of interstellar gas and dust is also found in the 1959 catalog by astronomer Stewart Sharpless as Sh2-101. Nearly 70 light-years across, the complex and beautiful Tulip Nebula blossoms about 8,000 light-years away. Ultraviolet radiation from young energetic stars at the edge of the Cygnus OB3 association, including O star HDE 227018, ionizes the atoms and powers the emission from the Tulip Nebula. Also...

[H/T Fractal Trader]I had a nice chat with Jessica Rose today on her Substack article about how the vaccine is causing your blood to perform unnatural acts.Steve KirschAug 31Recently, Jessica Rose published a very long, but very important Substack article, “Is the spike protein acting as a prion with regard to hemoglobin molecules? And is porphyria being induced?”The short answer is yes, it appears so, according to everything we know.Here’s a key paragraph from that article:So the bottom line of all of this information is this: the virus infects the RBCs using spike protein via the CD147 receptor on red...