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~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Birds Eye View! PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 21, 2022) Marines of Marine Wing Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 and sailors of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 133 link up with Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 and Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 136 to conduct integrated training missions to include suppression of enemy air defense. Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open...

The value of the US housing market shrunk by the most since the 2008 as the pandemic boom (and M2 Money growth) fizzled out. After peaking at $47.7 trillion in June, the total value of US homes declined by $2.3 trillion, or 4.9%, in the second half of 2022, according to real estate brokerage Redfin. That’s the largest drop in percentage terms since the 2008 housing crisis, when home values slumped by 5.8% from June to December. Homebuyers, already facing record-high prices, took an additional hit from mortgage rates that more than doubled last year. With less competition in the...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away an Ohio man's claim that his constitutional rights were violated when he was arrested and prosecuted for making satirical posts about his local police department on Facebook. The justices' rejection of Anthony Novak's appeal means his civil rights lawsuit against the Parma Police Department cannot move forward. With its decision, the court again declined to consider revisiting "qualified immunity," the contentious legal defense that lets police officers and other government officials off the hook in civil rights cases if constitutional violations have not been "clearly established" when they occur. At issue was whether...

One mother warned people for years that a youth pastor was a danger to children. When his arrest made the news, they started listening. A mother told Channel 9 news in Charlotte that in 2011, she attended a church in San Antonio where Benjamin Damron was a youth pastor. In an interview, she said she fought for over a decade to get Damron away from children after he got “weird” with her son. Last November, eight years after the Texas mom began expressing her concerns, police arrested Damron in Charlotte for abusing multiple teenage boys at local public parks and...

In this episode we take a deep dive into the chaos surrounding the new A.I. war between Microsoft and Google.

BEIJING (AP) — A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook part of Tajikistan early Thursday near China’s far western Xinjiang region. It was 67 kilometers (41 miles) west of Murghob, Tajikistan and 20 kilometers (12 miles) deep, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The area is remote and lightly populated.

CNN’s new CEO Chris Licht is looking for a slam dunk — and he hopes to find it in Charles Barkley, we hear. But network insiders think it makes the new boss seem like a basket case. Licht — who developed something of a wunderkind reputation in the industry after he helped Stephen Colbert beat late night rival Jimmy Fallon at his last gig — took over at CNN in May 2022 after former boss Jeff Zucker was sunk by a sex scandal. But ratings at the network — which is in the midst of a another scandal after anchor...

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1627380454067142658?cxt=HHwWhICw8dL5zpUtAAAAFeb 19, 2023

Special counsel Jack Smith has served Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, with subpoenas related to the ongoing probe of the Jan. 6, 2021, incident and former President Donald Trump's efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 election.It remains unclear what information Smith may seek from the pair, though both served as key advisors to the 45th president during his official tenure.The New York Times first reported on the subpoenas citing "two people briefed on the matter."Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Smith to handle the DOJ's investigations into Trump-related matters after the former president announced his campaign to...

China's Baidu Inc will use its ChatGPT-like app Ernie Bot to create a "revolutionary" version of its popular search engine, the company's CEO said on Wednesday (Feb 22). Baidu, which has invested heavily in artificial intelligence in recent years, is regarded as at the forefront of efforts to create a Chinese rival to the AI platform developed by OpenAI and backed by Microsoft Corp. Ahead of Ernie Bot’s launch in March, Baidu CEO Robin Li told reporters on a conference call to discuss fourth-quarter results that users would be more dependent on the Baidu search engine once it was embedded...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday weighed in on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) move to hand footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol over to Fox News, calling it a “grave mistake” to give the footage to host Tucker Carlson. “The speaker is needlessly exposing the Capitol complex to one of the worst security risks since 9/11. The footage Speaker McCarthy is making available to Fox News is a treasure trove of closely held information about how the Capitol complex is protected and its public release would compromise the safety of the Legislative...

China's top diplomat told one of President Vladimir Putin's closest allies on Tuesday (Feb 21) that Beijing's relationship with Moscow was "rock solid" and would withstand any test in a changing international situation. China's "no limits" partnership with Russia has come under scrutiny in the West after the United States said it was concerned that Beijing might be considering supplying weapons to Russia a year since the invasion of Ukraine. At a meeting in Moscow, Wang Yi told Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of Russia's powerful Security Council, that he looked forward to discussions about security.

PINE HILLS, Fla. — A suspect was taken into custody after an Orlando journalist and a 9-year-old child were killed and two others were shot in Pine Hills Wednesday afternoon. According to Orange County Sheriff John Mina, deputies got reports of two shootings around 4:05 p.m. One of the shootings happened on Hialeah Street where deputies had been investigating a separate homicide earlier in the day. A woman in her 20s was shot and killed there at about 11 a.m. At that scene, deputies found the two Spectrum News 13 employees shot. One of them died and the other is...

Wow. Finally crystal clear government data shows the more you vax, the more likely you are to die from COVID. This is the OPPOSITE of what the US health authorities and medical community told us.Steve Kirsch Feb 21 **** WARNING ****The data in this article comes from the results of a New Zealand FOIA request combined with published numbers on the official website (see the entire thread here).The FOIA request does NOT ask for COVID-related deaths and the results provided were not age-stratified.Therefore, I am currently unable to replicate these results, even though the results are consistent with other data...

“Nobody is pushing this war more than Nuland,” Musk said via Twitter. Musk’s statement came in response to a US media report covering Russia’s reaction to recent comments by Nuland in support of strikes on Crimea. Nuland’s support for strikes on Crimea confirm the United States’ intimate involvement in the Ukraine conflict, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. On Tuesday, former US President Donald Trump also criticized Nuland by name for her role in promoting conflict, stressing that she and other US officials are “obsessed” with pushing Ukraine into NATO. Victoria Nuland has served in positions across the US government, including...

BLESSED BY 'TRUMP WATER': 45's visit to East Palestine, Ohio is a "self inflicted wound" for the Biden administration because of their inaction on the disaster, says Devin Nunes. | American Agenda

New Yorkers living in the suburbs outside of New York City say Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) zoning plan to override local laws would effectively demolish their communities, forcing them to accept hundreds of thousands of new housing units. After failing to impose the plan last year, Hochul is once again attempting to strip the state’s suburban communities of their zoning autonomy with a plan that would force suburbs to build a percentage of new housing and if they do not comply, the state will take control of their local land use laws.

Hunter Biden’s top financial lieutenant Eric Schwerin is expected to “soon” provide documents to the House Oversight Committee’s investigation of the Biden family for nine violations, including money laundering and wire fraud, a spokesperson for the committee told Breitbart News. Schwerin, who shared bank accounts with President Joe Biden and dubbed the family’s “moneyman,” also maintained guest lists for White House functions and negotiated the settlement with Hunter’s first wife, Kathleen. Emails from Hunter’s laptop show Schwerin was deeply embedded in Hunter’s personal life and the Biden family networks for nearly two decades and is even pictured at campaign events...

A law firm is suing Steve Bannon, former U.S. President Donald Trump's onetime top strategist, for more than $480,000 in fees for its legal work on high-profile cases. Law firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron said in a lawsuit filed Friday in New York state court that Bannon has failed to fully pay for work it performed for him from November 2020 until November 2022. Bannon has been regularly represented by the firm's partner Robert Costello. Reuters could not immediately confirm whether Costello is still representing Bannon. Bannon and Costello did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Davidoff firm...

Israel's UN envoy accuses New York Times of 'overt anti-Israel bias' By Haley Cohen February 22, 2023 Erdan called asymmetry in The Times' coverage of Israel "libelous narratives" and demanded that reporting in the paper that serves the largest urban Jewish community in the world be rectified NEW YORK –Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan on Wednesday sent a letter to The New York Times' executive editor in which he sharply condemned the newspaper's "overt anti-Israel bias." Addressed to Joseph Kahn, Erdan called asymmetry in The Times' coverage of Israel, from opinion columns to news stories, "libelous narratives"...