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The Ukrainian army has deployed some of its best brigades to eastern Ukraine, including the 92nd and 93rd Mechanized Brigades and the 1st Presidential Brigade. But these elite Ukrainian formations might not be the biggest killer of Russian troops in the east. Under-trained, under-supplied and ambivalently led, Russians in the region are freezing to death by the dozen. Shocking videos that have circulated online in recent weeks tell a tragic story. The videos, shot by the Ukrainian brigades’ hovering drones, depict Russians in the late stages of hypothermia, so cold and sick that they barely react when the drones drop...

Snow extent in the Northern Hemisphere at the end of November represents an important parameter for the early winter forecast. This year snow extent is running much higher than average and according to existing global estimates, it is now beyond the highest ever observed so far. Winter forecast, especially in its early phase and in Europe, might be strongly influenced by such a large snow extent, although many other factors need attention. SNOW EXTENT IN NOVEMBER 2022.. Northern Hemisphere snow extent is currently indeed very high, now at about 41 million square kilometers.. ... Looking at the below Rutgers Daily...

The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Appreciating and Applying God's Word ~ “GO AWAY, LORD; I AM A SINFUL MAN!” ֎ Featuring 29 Paintings, 1 Mosaic and 8 Windows ֎ L U K E CHAPTER 5 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the people crowding around him and listening to the word of God, he saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little...

Alfonso Borrego is the great-grandson of Geronimo, a prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Apache people. Geronimo was known for his fearlessness – he resisted both the Mexican and American militaries when they attempted to remove his people from their tribal lands in the late-1800s. Borrego, 66, has spent years researching what happened to his people and his great-grandfather. While speaking with EL PAÍS, he discusses the various conflicting narratives that have been pushed over the past century. Some say that the Spanish drove the Indigenous to near-extinction in the United States, while others suggest...

Now all eyes are on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. He is also coming off a big reelection win in a state that has become a symbol of his party’s governance nationwide. He and Newsom were putting themselves in position to run for president while respecting the frontrunner status of former President Donald Trump and Biden, respectively. Though weakened by the midterms, Trump has already announced he is running for president again in 2024. Biden was strengthened by them, and while a final decision is still forthcoming, he appears to be leaning heavily in favor of seeking a second term.

While Charles de Montesquieu’s The Spirit of the Laws was an oft-cited source during the federal convention of 1787, his observations weren’t limited to the balance of powers in government. He also touched on the nature of educational systems in republics and despotisms. Parents and educators form our first impressions. They prepare people for civil life in republics and for servitude in despotisms. From previous chapters, Montesquieu had explained the springs, the forces which propel nations. Public virtue is the propellant in republics, while the bayonet of fear prods despotisms. Education in despotic countries debases the mind. The mind of...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Marcy Landolfo is at her breaking point. This week marked the 15th break-in at Rains PDX within a year and a half. Landolfo said most of those repairs at the Northeast Portland location were paid for out of pocket. Other times, she just left the windows boarded up. "It’s just too much with the losses that are not covered by insurance, the damages, everything. It’s just not sustainable," Landolfo said. KATU asked why Landolfo decided to close now, instead of keeping doors open through the holiday shopping season. ... The owner at Rains tells me after five...

(Daily readings from the USCCB)Jesus said to his disciples: “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. In those days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day that Noah entered the ark. They did not know until the flood came and carried them all away. So will it be also at the coming of the Son of Man.” Matthew 24:37–39Are you awake? Spiritually speaking? As we begin the liturgical season of Advent, we are given the future coming...

OPINION: In case you’re keeping track, last week the Biden administration did something else they said they’d never do. But succumbing to pressure from Europe is expected when abdicating American leadership. Our jet-setting climate czar, John Kerry, agreed on your behalf, at a meeting of folks who specialize in bilking America, to create what amounts to a climate reparations fund. The fund is intended to compensate those nations in the developing world that have allegedly suffered the ill effects of global climate change because of productive Western economies. It seems that punishing success is more than a domestic political trend....

Died Suddenly, the mega-viral new film from the Stew Peters Network, has eclipsed 10 million views, shattering through left-wing censors to expose the global depopulation scheme at the heart of the COVID jab roll-out. Directed by award-winning documentarians Matthew Miller Skow and Nicholas Stumphauzer, with help from producers Stew Peters, Lauren Witzke, and Edward Szall, Died Suddenly has garnered massive viewership, across multiple platforms, since its Monday evening release. As of Friday, over 10 million viewers all around the globe have streamed the film, busting through left-wing censors to disrupt the globalist narrative that’s dominated the news and cultural cycle...

The passenger was reported missing by his sister around midday Thursday before the Coast Guard and neighboring vessels spotted him in the water hours later

Several tax prep services have been found sending sensitive financial information to Meta, including people’s income, filing status, and even amounts won in college scholarships. The information comes via an investigative report from The Markup, which claims that Meta Pixel implementation in tax filing services has led to unintended data collection on Meta's part. Meta Pixel is a piece of Javascript code created by Meta that lets companies track user activity as a way to “measure the effectiveness of [ads and the design]” of their websites. As it turns out, way more information than user activity was being sent, and...

The Talk Shows November 27th, 2022 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: guest-anchored by Jennifer Griffin: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.); Dmitri Alperovitch, Co-Founder and CTO of CrowdStrike Inc., (who said the DNC email hack was done by Russian hackers, not Seth Rich—RIP)); Matthew Kroenig, Professor in the Department of Government and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University; Buzz Bissinger, journalist and author, best known for his 1990 non-fiction book Friday Night Lights. Panel: Dan Hoffman, Olivia Beavers, Jonathan Swan and Whine Williams.MEET THE PRESS...

A federal judge in California denied a request by Oakland landlords to stop the city eviction moratorium. One of the reasons was because the moratorium is supposedly temporary, but after nearly 3 years it’s hard to believe that to be the case.

FALMOUTH; Va., Wednesday, Nov. 26. It is expected the railroad will be finished to-morrow from Aquia Creek to the Rappahannock, opposite Fredericksburgh. The bridge over Potomac Creek was reported this morning as nearly completed. The cars carry supplies as far as Brook's Station, six miles from Aquia Creek, which greatly accommodates our troops. Notwithstanding the late bad condition of the roads, Quartermaster's supplies have been promptly furnished. Long lines of roads have been corduroyed under direction of Col. INGALL, Chief Quartermaster of the army, and are in good condition. The camp-fires of the enemy are constantly increasing within sight of...

The culture of death on display about us mass murder does the location really matter or even who the perps are other than to say they are drunk, drugged and living in a fantasy world. What do the established forces of "Artificial Intelligence" or "Artificial Morality" on my MSN homepage offer?... And the ultimate "Live Performance Art" of Nazi Germany with the industrial scale snuff pornography of the Holocaust. The legacy of the Holocaust Oh Lord Robert Maxwell (he lost his family) would end up having a daughter Ghislaine... Now this guy's name was Andre but there's something of Adolf...

The FBI announced that it will be investigating the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh but was silent when an American was injured in a bombing. By Stephen M. Flatow November 27, 2022 The Biden administration’s Justice Department recently announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the accidental death of an Arab-American journalist in Israel. So why isn’t it investigating this week’s intentional attempted murder of a Jewish American citizen in Israel? Shireen Abu Akleh, a reporter for the Qatari media agency Al Jazeera, was accidentally shot and killed while covering a shooting attack by Palestinian Arab terrorists...

Once the government can control all money in America with the push of a button, anything approaching liberty is dead on arrival. When I first saw the acronym “CBDC,” I may have betrayed my California roots when I thought it was some new cannabis product that will join all the other CBD products sold everywhere, including at truck stops. I’m not so naïve now, and I know that CBDC, which stands for Central Bank Digital Currency, is possibly the most dangerous idea ever bandied about in American politics. The plan is that the federal government would end paper and coin...

... KAI's factory is adjacent to Sacheon Airport, which is used for military and civilian purposes. Since summer, the company has been using the airport to stage test flights for prototypes of the KF-21, South Korea's first homegrown fighter. Mass production is due to start 2026. The KF-21, developed in conjunction with Indonesia, is billed as a 4.5 generation fighter, meaning its capabilities fall between fourth-generation fighters -- the mainstream type in service globally -- and cutting-edge fifth-generation fighters. KAI is responsible for assembling the fighter, collecting data from test flights, and improving designs of the KF-21. South Korea's air...

Video Chicago, Illinois' Mayor Lori Lightfoot is facing scrutiny after a social media post on twitter regarding what happened in Colorado Springs, while seemingly denying that Chicago, IL is facing worse issues. But this goes along with how Chi town has been facing the same issues for awhile, but the voting patterns seem to be unchanged.