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Two are injured in a rare attack on Moscow as more heavy Russian raids target Kyiv, killing at least one person. A view shows a damaged multi-storey apartment block following a reported drone attack in Moscow, Russia, May 30, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov A multi-storey apartment block damaged during a reported drone attack in Moscow, Russia, on May 30, 2023 [Maxim Shemetov/Reuters] Published On 30 May 2023 30 May 2023 Correction30 May 2023 An earlier version of this article stated that Moscow is more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from Ukraine. This was incorrect. Moscow is a few hundred kilometres from...

U.S. tennis player Sloane Stephens says the racism she’s faced has “only gotten worse” over the years. Speaking Monday at the French Open, Stephens told reporters of being on the receiving end of racist attacks, saying, “It’s obviously been a problem my entire career. It’s never stopped. It’s only gotten worse.” “Obviously when there’s FBI investigations going on with [what] people are saying to you online, it’s very serious,” Stephens, 30, said during a news conference following her first round win against Karolina Pliskova.

Elon Musk is once again ringing the alarm on the US real-estate sector. "Commercial real estate is melting down fast. Home values next," the Tesla and SpaceX chief tweeted on Monday. The tech billionaire made the comment in response to a tweet by the Craft Ventures founder David Sacks, who said that a big chunk of commercial real-estate debt was due to mature soon. Musk has previously warned that cracks could appear in property markets following turmoil in the banking sector. For example, the clean-energy pioneer said commercial real estate was "by far the most serious looming issue," and cautioned...

Here's reason #283 to not use your phone while driving: VIDEO AT LINK.............. Tweet See new Tweets Conversation Shane B. Murphy @shanermurph #LowndesCo #GA Video shared to social media the other day shows body cam footage of a vehicle driving up the ramp of a flatbed tow truck, going airborne and flipping in the air. The occupants reportedly survived. This video was originally posted on Facebook and is dated May 25, 2023 from Lowndes County, Georgia. Not much is known about the original situation that caused the police presence or the condition of the driver, but according to WALB Albany,...

Is Michelle Obama going to replace Senator Feinstein to jumpstart a presidential run? What are the odds Gavin Newsom will replace Dianne Feinstein with Michelle Obama to start Obama’s real return to the White House? Barack Hussein Obama wants to finish off the country with a fraudulent fourth term with Michelle as the ‘president’, starting her run by being appointed to replace Dianne Feinstein. Consider the visible manifestations of the intrigue taking place behind the scenes of the fascist far left the past few days. One is the sudden re-emergence of Barack Hussein Obama and Michelle (aka ‘Big M’) along...

Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Tuesday that the "special military operation" Russia launched against Ukraine hasn't achieved the results that the Kremlin expected and that Ukraine now has one of the world's most powerful armies.Prigozhin, whose fighters have been heavily involved in the war in Ukraine, shared a 77-minute interview with pro-Moscow blogger Konstantin Dolgov, in which he launched one of his most heated attacks on Russia's military leadership since the war began.Relations between the Wagner Group head and the Kremlin have become increasingly strained as the war has gone on. He has repeatedly accused Defense Minister Sergei...

It's good times for Venezuela's vile communist dictator, Nicolas Maduro.Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro on Monday and called out US sanctions against Venezuela as "extremely exaggerated."Maduro, who is seen as a controversial leader internationally, met Lula on his visit to Brazil. Maduro was greeted by Lula with a hug and back-slap in the presidential palace of Brasilia. Effectively now, Venezuela has been welcomed back into the community of civilized democratic nations, or at least, the community of BRICs and non-aligned nations, no longer a pariah state.Joe Biden sent out some of the...

Consumer confidence fell in May as Americans became more pessimistic about the labor market, on top of elevated anxiety over inflation. The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 102.3 in May from 103.7 in April. It’s the fourth time in five months that overall U.S. consumer confidence has declined.

Critics have clearly responded to the movie with a collective “meh,” since that 67% score above is just a few percentage points away from the site’s “rotten” designation that starts at 59%. However, take a look at that near-perfect audience score. Quite a lopsided response here, don’t you think? The audience score is a very stellar 95%, based on more than 2,500 verified audience ratings (and that “verified” designation is important, which is why we’ll come back to it in just a moment).

Biden, Schumer, Yellen, and Brainard, luminaries in the leftist galaxy, spread fear of default. They focus solely on Treasury obligation default. Were they honest, these federal bureaucrats should also discuss default on exorbitant government spending on welfare and entitlement programs. Don't let them misdirect the argument to debt default only. These are two very different methods of default. It is irresponsible of these leftist luminaries not to look at both aspects of federal spending. When the Federal Reserve started printing dollars (called quantitative easing or Q.E.) in 2008, they used that $8 trillion of new money to expand federal spending...

A cursory examination of history reveals that the United States is mired in the same process that precipitated the collapse of the great empires of the past. The foibles and failures of human nature and their impact on the rise and fall of empires is amazingly consistent and the end result always inevitable. Can this nation avoid a similar fate? Empires are defined as great military and economic powers encompassing large occupied or controlled land areas. Although they vary greatly, they average around 250 years in duration. The United States will be celebrating its 250th anniversary in 2026. In 1976,...

Allies of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reportedly launched a super PAC to support his likely run for the presidency. The New York Times, citing unnamed sources, reported Monday that Christie's 2024 campaign kickoff is expected in the next two weeks. The political action committee, called Tell It Like It Is, will be led by Brian Jones, an aide who advised Sen. John McCain's presidential bid in 2008 and Mitt Romney's in 2012. In a statement to the Times, Jones said Christie "is willing to confront the hard truths that currently threaten the future of the Republican Party. Now...

On this date in 1431, 19 year old warrior maiden Joan of Arc was burned to death at the stake by English-dominated authorities in Rouen, Franc English Violence.

The 2024 election may still be over a year away but candidates are already throwing their hats in the ring. Mike Huckabee breaks down what he values in those he chooses to endorse and looks specifically at one candidate that he believes "trumps" all the rest! Don't miss Huckabee!

VIDEOS AT LINK.............. Disneyland Hires Grown Man with Moustache in Dress to Greet Little Girls at Bibbidy Bobbidi Boutique Disneyland has hired a grown man wearing a dress to greet young girls at the resort’s Bibbidy Bobbidi Boutique. In a video posted on Twitter by Jason Jones, the grown man wearing a moustache and a dress is seen greeting little girls as they walk into the dress boutique in Disneyland. Disneyland Resort states the “Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique offers magical makeovers for royalty-in-training ages 3 to 12.” Watch The video quickly grabbed the attention of Twitter users; here is their reaction:...

Temperatures as low as -2.7C in Queensland Coldest May on record for Bankstown, NSW, with 0.7C High-pressure system to ease from Tuesday SNIP

About 25 NATO peacekeepers were injured in clashes with Serbs protesting against Albanian mayors taking office in Serb majority municipalities in the north of Kosovo, the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo KFOR said in a statement. "While countering the most active fringes of the crowd, several soldiers of the Italian and Hungarian KFOR contingent were the subject of unprovoked attacks and sustained trauma wounds with fractures and burns due to the explosion of incendiary devices," KFOR said.

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Small arms, ATGMs, MANPADS, loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles, trailers and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When the...

Lowest low in the past year was $139.30 on 6/17/22 Stock on Friday dropped below this to closing of $138.93 Still dropping.

S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) today released the latest results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices. Data released today for March 2023 show a continuing recovery in housing prices, as all 20 major metro markets reported month-over-month price increases. “Two months of increasing prices do not a definitive recovery make, but March’s results suggest that the decline in home prices that began in June 2022 may have come to an end," Craig Lazzara, managing director at S&P DJI, said in a statement. "That said, the challenges posed by current mortgage rates and...