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he much-anticipated recession of 2023 has yet to materialize. Some of the latest economic data point to more signs of strength than weakness. One strategist has a term for what that says about the state of the US economy. "We're calling that a rolling recession," David Bailin, chief investment officer at Citi Global Wealth Investments, told Yahoo Finance. He explained how some sectors of the economy are already in decline, while others, like travel and leisure, are still strong. "Clearly commercial real estate is in recession," he said. "Some of our manufacturing, basic consumer manufacturing is in recession right now."

Libyan TV Show Host Afaf Abdel Mohsen Praises Palestinians For Having Many Children, Pushing Them To Become Martyrs; Palestinian Journalist Muhammad Abd Al-Haqq: They Have Nuclear Bombs, We Have 'Offspring Bombs'.

The administration of US President Joseph Biden unofficially says that the Ukrainian counteroffensive started slowly and its results in the first few weeks "sobering", but they are not in a hurry to draw conclusions.Source: The New York TimesQuote from NYT: "In Washington, officials in the Biden administration are publicly urging patience even as they privately fret that the initial progress has been slow. One senior administration official called the results of the first couple of weeks ‘sobering,’ adding, ‘They’re [Ukrainians] behind schedule’.The senior U.S. military official also acknowledged the slower-than-hoped-for pace of operations but added that this was not unexpected...

A Planned Parenthood organization has been banned from schools in a Canadian province after children were offered an 'A to Z' guide that included descriptions of extreme sex acts. Planned Parenthood Regina, in Saskatchewan, delivered a seminar to Grade 9 students at Lumsden High School before children were able to take the card game that included a series of explicit terms and definitions.

The four fish traps discovered by mountain hiker Reidar Marstein last summer consist of long poles that have been driven into the seabed. They form the pattern of a fence that has guided the fish into a chamber. From there, Stone Age folks could easily use a fishing net to catch the fish they needed.Each chamber consisted of around 40-50 poles, and the archaeologists have found remains that are as much as 80 centimetres long. They are so well preserved that they 'might as well have been cut last year', they write enthusiastically on KHM's Facebook page.In the Norwegian mountains,...

Synodal working document is deeply rooted in Vatican IIHelena Jeppesen Spuhler, center, talks with Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, right, and Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops Cardinal Mario Grech at the end of a presentation of the new guidelines for the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican June 20.The first two things that jump out when reading the working document, or instrumentum laboris, for the forthcoming synod, which was released June 20, are how much the document charts a new approach to a working document for an ecclesial synod and how deeply the document is in continuity with the teachings...

"And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. "But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first." "For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name." Matthew, Chapter 19 1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished...

JIM Bob and Michelle Duggar's Arkansas home was visited by cops in the early morning hours as part of a follow-up investigation. According to online records, the local sheriff's department paid a visit to the Duggar family compound in Arkansas on Sunday at 8:26am for a follow-up to a previous investigation. It was not immediately clear who the call was for, or if it involved Jim Bob or Michelle Duggar directly. The call to the home was first reported by Without a Crystal Ball. This is yet another run-in with the law and the Duggar family, whose eldest son Josh...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre threatened to abruptly end Monday’s press briefing after Today News Africa White House correspondent Simon Ateba interrupted her. Ateba once again lamented over Jean-Pierre refusing to call on him for the past nine months, right after she publicly condemned the harassment of journalists. “You’ve been discriminating against me for the past nine months,” Ateba said. “Stop,” one reporter said. “How is she discriminating?” “She called on you. She just gave you a few questions. Please, allow me to do my job and ask my question,” he replied. Jean-Pierre called on another reporter, but Ateba...

Windows 10 just loves to create Log files. Those take up space on hard drive. In 28 years of using Windows, I never have found any use for these log files. May be Bill Gates looks at them from your PC. To me they are totally useless, taking up space and slowing down my PC by few micro-seconds for each access. I created this program to delete every one of those log files. Simply double click on the shortcut Logs-Del on your main desktop window and the program does the rest. This program deletes only LOG files, nothing else. Create...

Volodymyr Zelensky told the BBC he will cancel elections next year in Ukraine if the country is still at war with Ukraine.DC Draino reported:Zelensky has banned opposition political partiesHe arrested political opponentsHe banned all unfriendly mediaHe shut down Orthodox churchesAnd now there will be no Presidential election next yearAt what point we call him what he is?A dictator? pic.twitter.com/jFSathORbT— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) June 25, 2023In May 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed into law No. 7172-1 that will ban opposition parties and seize their property. The law targets opposition parties if they deny the armed aggression against Ukraine.The law includes actions...

The latest brand to face calls for a boycott after announcing their new "inclusive artists project." Consumer power has been demonstrated in many forms recently as the likes of Bud Light and Target have faced customer boycotts, seemingly resulting in massive losses of earnings. Bounty is facing the ire of many social media users after its "decision to exclude white artists" from a new art campaign. Newsweek contacted Bounty representatives and they replied that over the years, the brand has partnered with artists representing a variety of backgrounds. Earlier this year, Bounty launched a new campaign, Bounty Prints, to "use...

While visiting the US-Mexico border, Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis released his border security plan which calls for an end of birthright citizenship and for him to be able to send the US military into Mexico if necessary. “Joe Biden has failed to meet the most basic responsibility of ensuring the territorial integrity of our country,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said as his plan was unveiled in Texas. “Biden’s gross dereliction of duty has left the southern border in shambles.” The plan, which mirrors many immigration talking points laid out by other Republicans, including GOP rival Donald Trump, also promised...

RNC Research @RNCResearch BIDEN (last week): "I sold a lot of state secrets and a lot of very important things..." 4:01 PM · Jun 26, 2023

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin allegedly tried to call Putin en route to Moscow during his mutiny after 'realising he had gone too far' and that he did not have the support of the Russian army. At around mid-day on June 24, while Wagner soldiers were on their way to Moscow from Rostov-on-Don, Prigozhin allegedly attempted to contact the Kremlin directly. He 'tried to call Putin, but the president didn't want to speak with him', according to sources close to the Kremlin who spoke to media outlet Meduza. These sources also believe that Prigozhin likely realised he had 'gone too far'...

Week for Life: Break between Catholics and Protestants? With the annual "Week for Life" campaign, the two major churches have been advocating for the protection of life since 1994. The Catholic Bishops' Conference has now confirmed that the Protestant Church has withdrawn from the project. But the Protestant Church is keeping a low profile.

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, two doomsday scenarios have come to capture the imagination of the West. One is that, thanks to climate change, our planet will explode into a retributive blaze reminiscent of the Book of Revelation. The other is that we are on the cusp of inventing an artificial intelligence that will opt to destroy humanity after performing some impenetrable cost-benefit calculation.Our attitude to the threat posed by Vladimir Putin’s Russia, by contrast, borders on the flippant. It is striking that the Wagner Group’s abortive coup was greeted with neither trepidation nor a sober assessment of...

[Catholic Caucus] Who is this bishop investigating Bp. Strickland on behalf of Pope Francis?In order to understand the gravity of this situation, you need to know about former Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson, Arizona, and the controversy that's surrounded him for many years.By now you’ve all heard the news of the Vatican’s investigation into Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler Texas, a bishop who has – at least for orthodox Catholics in America – taken on the mantle of Bishop Fulton Sheen as “America’s Bishop.”For those who have been aware of Pope Francis’ reign of terror in the Vatican and seen,...

As the Biden family’s corruption scandals heat up, an increasing number of Republicans are calling for Joe Biden to be impeached, including Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the chairman of the powerful House Judiciary Committee. During an appearance on Sunday Morning Futures with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo, Jordan said impeachment was definitely on the table. “We’re driven by the facts and the Constitution. If the facts show there were high crimes, misdemeanors, bribery, treason, whatever—if the facts show there’s a crime there that warrants impeachment, our duty compels us,” Jordan said. “But first we have to first get all the...

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