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NEW YORK, July 16. /TASS/. Ukraine has lost about 20% of military equipment and weapons since it started its counteroffensive, the New York Times reported on Saturday, citing US officials. Equipment losses have recently dropped to 10% as Ukrainian troops essentially stopped advancing in many areas, the report said. The newspaper said US officials agreed to disclose only the percentage of losses, declining to provide hard numbers of destroyed equipment.

As I recall from Gibbon, the Western Roman Empire went out with more of a whimper than a bang. By the time of Alaric and his Visigoths in 410 AD, Rome was so corrupt and weak there was little to stand in their way. In broad strokes it is fair to say that Roman society declined simultaneously with government. Long before the fall, Roman republican citizenship was a precious possession, a jewel of unsurpassed value. As such it was held closely and kept in short supply, for among other privileges, the Roman citizen wasn’t taxed. He was exempt from the...

Prayer for January 6 prisoners and their families.

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The Ukrainian civilians woke long before dawn in the bitter cold, lined up for the single toilet and were loaded at gunpoint into the livestock trailer. They spent the next 12 hours or more digging trenches on the front lines for Russian soldiers. (snip) Nearby, in the occupied region of Zaporizhzhia, other Ukrainian civilians dug mass graves into the frozen ground for fellow prisoners who had not survived. One man who refused to dig was shot on the spot — yet another body for the grave. Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are being detained across Russia and the Ukrainian territories it...

Russia sacked two generals in the past week, as Moscow’s Ministry of Defense reportedly continues to purge its top officers, pointing to a growing disarray in the military leadership following the aborted rebellion by the Wagner mercenary group. Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu canned Maj. Gen. Vladimir Seliverstov, commander of the Tula Airborne Division, this week, according to Belarusian news outlet Charter97. The governor of the Tula region, which borders Moscow, Alexei Dyumin, tried to stand up for Seliverstov, who was involved in the battles in Bakhmut, but to no avail, according to the Russian publication VChK-OGPU. Seliverstov’s reported...

@ChuckCallesto Retired Colonel Douglas Macgregor takes a blow torch too Lindsay Graham — He does what his billionaire donors tell him to — Likens Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates to western oligarchs. (Video @ Link). He also says THIS: @DougAMacgregor The rest of the world looks upon us as the aggressor in Ukraine. If Russia were the aggressor that place would look like a parking lot and the Russians would be well on their way to the Polish border.

@shadeofsatoshi Piers do you regret getting the covid vaccine ? @piersmorgan No. Given how rough I had covid after having the jab, incl 7 months of long covid, it may have saved my life. The vaccines weren’t perfect (none are) but they saved a lot of lives and anyone who disputes that is a conspiracy theorist numpty.

On an unrecorded date in 995, Norwegian slave Tormod Kark became the first person beheaded under King Olaf I of Norway. A subsidiary character in a long and brutal struggle for supremacy in Norway and its neighbors to the east and west, Kark had betrayed his lord, the de facto Norweigan ruler Haakon Jarl (“Earl Haakon”), as Olaf Tryggvason’s army searched for him. Haakon had holed up on a farm with Kark and at least one other trusted associate, but when Kark heard of the reward for Haakon’s, he thought it more opportune to kill his lord than to wait...

The wickedness of the perverted is so base most of us can’t imagine the level of their depravity. We literally can’t imagine. What they are doing to children, babies, tiny little humans knows no bounds. A Reviewer

While everybody else is distracted, the globalists are making absolutely enormous moves. Previously, I have written about the UN’s new worldwide system for cracking down on “misinformation” and about their desire to implement a global system of digital identification that is tied to our bank accounts. I realize that these things sound really wild, but they aren’t being done in secret. In fact, the globalists are very proud of what they are doing. But only a small percentage of the population is even aware of this insidious agenda that they are pushing through, and so there is very little debate...

Born on the 16th 0f July in 1944, actress Barbara Stanwyck's had a wonderful way with words: "Actors only look at themselves." "Eyes are the greatest tool in film. Mr. Capra taught me that. Sure, it's nice to say very good dialogue, if you can get it. But great movie acting - watch the eyes!" "Egotism - usually just a case of mistaken nonentity." "[on the Golden Age of Hollywood] The amount of security that the star had - Crawford, Gable, Tracy, Taylor - was wonderful. Two or three pictures a year written for them by the top writers. It...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum threads labeled “Prayer” are closed to debate of any kind.

M7.4, 9km depth. Tsunami Warning east toward Kodiak, etc. https://www.tsunami.gov/?p=PAAQ/2023/07/16/rxvmwl/2/WEAK51

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Oregon voters in November narrowly passed Measure 114, which requires residents to undergo safety training and a background check to obtain a permit to buy a gun...The legislation also bans the sale, transfer or import of gun magazines with more than 10 rounds...

Portland's woke school board has refused to fire a black dance teacher caught ringing in sick to take private lessons and judge a contest - after claiming that doing so would be racist. Keller repeatedly pretended to be sick so he could skip work for his side gig teaching dance lessons. After being told his contract wouldn't permit him to take Wednesdays off to teach private lessons, Keller rang in sick on the day multiple times. He's also accused of ringing in sick after his request for unpaid leave so he could judge a dance contest in North Carolina was...

Hundreds of Muslim residents came to downtown Mississauga, west of Toronto, Canada, to demonstrate against LGBT policies led by the Trudeau government. Similar demonstrations by Muslims have been held recently in Ottawa and Calgary. About two months ago, the Muslim leadership in Canada signed a statement renouncing the government's LGBT policy and demanded that this policy not apply to the Muslim community. The demonstrators carried banners that read: "Leave kids alone," "Parents are legally responsible for their children, not state institutions," "God determined my gender, don't confuse me," "Protect our children. No gender indoctrination," "Education, not indoctrination," "Please don't confuse...

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Saturday wished Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a speedy recovery, after Netanyahu was hospitalized at Sheba Hospital. “Prime Minister Netanyahu is a fighter. Please join me in praying for him and for Israel,” tweeted McCarthy. Former US Vice President Mike Pence also sent Netanyahu well wishes via Twitter. “Praying for a swift recovery for my Friend and a Great Friend of America, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. G-d Bless Netanyahu,” he wrote. Netanyahu was evacuated to the emergency room after he felt ill. Later, he published a video clip in which he explained, "Yesterday I went...

Boston’s Democrat Mayor Michelle Wu is facing criticism for compiling a list of her ctitics and handing it over to the police. You know, for all of the Democrats’ talk about authoritarians and fascism, they sure seem to like using those concepts as political tactics. It’s all projection, of course. FOX News reports: Boston mayor Michelle Wu under fire after sending list of critics and protesters to police Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, a Democrat, is facing criticism for “Nixonian tactics” after her administration admitted to creating a list of her most vocal critics and providing it to local authorities. “The...