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U.S. men's national team coach Gregg Berhalter reportedly almost sent midfielder Giovanni Reyna home from the 2022 World Cup due to a lack of effort in practice. Berhalter mentioned he almost sent home a player from the tournament last week. The player in question is Reyna, according to the Athletic. "In this last World Cup, we had a player that was clearly not meeting expectations on and off the field. One of 26 players, so it stood out. As a staff, we sat together for hours deliberating what we were going to do with this player. We were ready to...

A November slowdown in inflation could give consumers relief both from rising prices and rapidly rising interest rates. Consumer price index (CPI) data released Tuesday by the Labor Department still showed inflation near 40-year highs. But a slower pace of price growth may help Americans catch a break from more than a year of rapid inflation, all while giving the Federal Reserve room to hike interest rates at a slower pace. “Cooling inflation will boost the markets and take pressure off the Fed for raising rates, but most importantly this spells real relief starting for Americans whose finances have been...

Bahamian authorities have arrested Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, after he was indicted on criminal charges. News of Bankman-Fried's cuffing arrived in a tweet from the Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, at around 7:00PM local time on Monday night. ... No information has emerged regarding the charges Bankman-Fried will face, but it appears he will front a US court to defend them. ...

Is inflation “gone in November”? Nope. Slowing, yes, but at 7.1% YoY and core inflation at 6.0% YoY, it is still considerably higher than The Fed’s target of 2%. And the American middle class and low wage workers are still suffering with REAL average hourly earnings growth at -1.9% YoY. The biggest losers in the inflation report for November? Food at home up 12% YoY, Fuel Oil up 65.7% YoY and “shelter” up 7.1% YoY. I call this the household bundle … of pain. Here are Joe Biden and The Federal Reserve doing a magic tricks by turning a great...

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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 7.1% between November 2021 and November 2022, according to a Tuesday report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showing that inflation has continued to slow amid harsh contractionary policy from the Federal Reserve. The month-to-month increase of 0.1% was below analysts’ forecasts, while core inflation, which factors out the more volatile food and energy categories, rose 0.2%. An increase in food prices of 0.5% and an increase in shelter prices of 0.6% contributed to the headline number as energy prices fell 1.6%. Year-over-year inflation as of November was lower than the previous October reading...

Interesting live stream round table analyst discussion of where the Ukraine war is now and how it is likely to end. These analysts agree that there is not likely to be "big arrow" moves, but rather grinding of Ukraine with slow Russian territorial gains and continued huge Ukrainian casualties. They see no possibility of a negotiated settlement and are particularly critical of Angela Merkle's recent disclosure that the Minsk agreements were always a sham in order to buy time for Ukraine to prepare for war. They believe Russia has come to the conclusion that the West can never be trusted...

Chicago — Two men who were shot by a concealed carry holder as they allegedly tried to steal his car in downtown Chicago over the weekend were charged with felonies on Monday. Prosecutors said one of the accused men, who had been shot in the buttocks, ran from the scene and tried to get help from two women by dropping his pants and showing them the bullet hole in his butt. It all started when the concealed carry holder prepared to leave the Cambria Hotel, 32 West Randolph, around 3:40 a.m. Saturday, prosecutor Sarah Dale-Schmidt said. The victim started his...

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday put a price on how much is needed for Ukraine to survive the winter, pleading some 800 million euros (U.S.$840+ million) is necessary to help his country survive Russia’s bombing of its civilian infrastructure. The call comes as Moscow has switched tactics since October when it began airstrikes targeting Ukraine’s energy network, plunging millions into cold and darkness at the onset of winter. As AFP reports, Zelensky made the request for more cash donations to help the country’s energy sector at an international conference in Paris, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, designed to raise...

A 24 minute interview of Marty Hornick, Director of New York Citizens Audit team. To summarize; someone is creating extra voter registrations from old or slightly altered legitimate registrations. Sometimes using scanned copies of legal signatures from other documents. See the summary at 21 minutes.

Twitter announced late Monday that it has disbanded the company’s Trust and Safety Council, a board of experts that advised the platform on the “safety” of certain content, following concerns over child exploitation. “As Twitter moves into a new phase, we are reevaluating how best to bring external insights into our product and policy development work,” the company wrote in an email to board members. “As part of this process, we have decided that the Trust and Safety Council is not the best structure to do this.” “We are grateful for your engagement, advice and collaboration in recent years and...

The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Appreciating and Applying God's Word ~ JESUS CALLS MATTHEW, “FOLLOW ME” Featuring 34 Paintings and 2 Windows M A T T H E W Chapter 9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. 1 VITTORE CARPACCIO "The Calling of St. Matthew" 2 CARAVAGGIO "The Calling of Saint Matthew" 3 Detail Source 4 JUAN DE PAREJA "The Calling of St. Matthew" 5 JAN SANDERS VAN HEMESSEN "The Calling of Matthew"...

It seems like daily we have someone in the news who dies suddenly from heart related issues by otherwise healthy people. Two soccer reporters at the World Cup and now a prominent College Football Coach, makes you wonder if we will ever get a true and fair study of the negative impact of the vaccines. Prayers go out to his family and the MSU faithful.

Two men kicked off plane from Flint airport after one referenced male anatomy A man and his father in law were booted from a flight from Flint Bishop Airport for saying the word 'penis' while on board. Jayson Bauer, one of the two kicked off, said they're still trying to get their money back from Allegiant Airlines. DETROIT (FOX 2) - A man said he and another relative were kicked off a flight heading out of Flint Bishop Airport after he said the word ‘penis’ while onboard. Jayson Bauer said he and his father-in-law were flying down to Florida to...

With just weeks left in his final term, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey played a key role in blocking sweeping anti-money laundering legislation that was created to choke off the billions of dirty dollars pouring into the United States from shady operators, including drug traffickers, oligarchs and corrupt foreign leaders. The outgoing Pennsylvania Republican pushed last week to halt the reforms from being included in the nation’s annual defense spending bill in a blow to advocates who had gained bipartisan support to wage the most comprehensive crackdown on money laundering in a generation. Citing the flow of suspicious money into the...

WETUMPKA, Ala. – Two women are scheduled to stand trial in an Alabama city court where they’re accused of committing misdemeanors in their efforts to feed and trap stray cats. Mary Alston, 60, and Beverly Roberts, 84, were arrested and taken to jail by police in Wetumpka over the summer. The police chief said the women had previously been warned not to feed stray animals. A trial was set for Tuesday morning in Wetumpka Municipal Court. Both women, who were arrested on public property, face misdemeanor counts of criminal trespassing, the Montgomery Advertiser reported. Roberts was also charged with disorderly...

Look at the recent midterms. Yes, Republicans managed to squeak across the line and take the majority. And yes, Mr. McCarthy did raise a lot of money and distribute it to many needy candidates. Still, it took more than a week after the election for 218 seats to be declared to be in Republican hands. Now Mr. McCarthy has the barest of majorities, a flank absolutely opposed to him and a track record that screams: “Find another candidate!” Democrats are crowing that the overturning of Roe v. Wade gave them a chance to hang on in this election. Others say...

Prepare your budget: Cage-free egg rule starts in January by: Gabrielle Franklin Dec 12, 2022 DENVER (KDVR) — Changes are coming to a grocery store near you. The kinds of eggs available will gradually become different in Colorado, thanks to a law signed by the governor more than two years ago. Back in 2020, lawmakers put a plan in place that they say will improve the quality of eggs and the lives of hens. Colorado cage-free egg rules begin in January Starting next month, caged hens in the state will need to be held in enclosures that give them one...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday and blamed Republicans for the ongoing crisis there, despite the fact that the ongoing influx is a reaction to President Joe Biden’s policies. Millions of migrants have poured across the border since Biden was elected president, many of them traveling from around the world to take advantage of the Democrats’ deliberately lax policies. Earlier this week, 1,000 migrants crossed the Rio Grande at El Paso in one night, an unprecedented number.

Klepto-Americans are discriminated against by ignorant cis-hetero white capitalists who cling bitterly to their suitcases. In a sad act of kleptophobia that shows how far we still have to go as a society, the Biden administration fired Sam Brinton, the drag queen and kink activist whom it had elevated to the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition. “Sam Brinton is no longer a DOE employee. By law, the Department of Energy cannot comment further on personnel matters,” a spokesperson for the department told the Daily Beast. If true, this shows a high degree of ignorance...