Free Republic

A massive 7.2 magnitude earthquake has increased the risk of a volcano in Alaska erupting imminently as the aviation level was raised to red. The Shishaldin Volcano has been spewing great plumes of ash into the air since July 11, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO). A US Coast Guard overflight confirmed lava erupted the same day within the summit crater. The latest data from the AVO, as of just before midnight on July 15, showed frequent explosion signals are being detected, with some explosions sending plumes of ash as high as 20,000 ft above sea level.

"Do you see yourself perhaps with the senator, Tim Scott?" Bartiromo pressed. "I think he's a very good guy. And we did opportunity zones together. It's never been talked about. It's one of the most successful economic development things ever done in this country. And Tim is very good. I mean, I could see Tim doing something with the administration, but he's in right now campaigning…. But Tim is a talented guy, and you have other very talented people."

Mary Philbin never married her fiancee, jewish producer and talent agent Paul Kohner, who worked with many huge male and female stars. Philbin's Catholic family rejected the match. Neither Kohner nor Philbin ever married. She lived as a recluse for most of her life. They both kept each other's love letters till they died. God Bless Fidelity.

Democratic presidential challenger Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is defending himself from claims of antisemitism after a New York Post reporter falsely claimed the candidate said COVID-19 was engineered to protect Jews. The distorted remark was reported by Jonathan Levine of the New York Post, who claimed that “Kennedy floated the idea that coronavirus had been an “ethnically targeted” bioweapon — designed to spare Jews.” However, video of Kennedy’s remarks — which Levine later posted on Twitter, again with a misleading headline — show that Kennedy never actually said that coronavirus had been “ethnically targeted” to spare Jews.

Gateway Pundit reported that Russia claims Ukraine has suffered 26.000 casualities in one month of its failed “counter-offensive.” Now, even war hawk Foreign Policy magazine concedes that young men in Ukraine are being pressed into military service with no training and sent into the ”meat grinder“ in Donetsk.,/b>“On July 5, Ukrainian army generals issued a proclamation dramatically expanding the martial law prohibiting Ukrainian civilian men’s freedom of movement, calling on all those “liable for military service” to remain in their home districts“, writes Amherst professor Charli Carpenter on Foreign Policy, the magazine of the saber-rattling Council on Foreign Relations, where...

Southern California lifeguards said they spotted at least three juvenile great white sharks off the coast of Black’s Beach on Friday and are warning beachgoers to exercise caution in the area. The San Diego-Fire-Rescue Department posted a photo to the agency’s Facebook page of a sign that was to be temporarily installed on the beach warning of the marine life. According to the agency, the sharks were feeding on the carcass of a sea lion and were not exhibiting aggressive behavior. There have been no other reported sightings of the sharks that were thought to the 6, 8 and 9...

Alarm! The global credit correction has arrived. Or as Bill Paxton said in Twister, “It’s already here!” The question is, how far into the economy will it extend? US Gross Domestic Income YoY is still growing strong at 4.5%, but shrinking really fast as Fed monetary stimulypto wears off. S&P Global Ratings’ Credit Cycle Indicator – forward-looking measure of credit conditions—shows that the momentum of the correction continues. Source: S&P Global Ratings Speaking of cycles … I give you the ultimate cycle killer, the US Federal Reserve.

Obama-nominated SCOTUS justice has seen net worth spike during tenure on high court.. Sonia Sotomayor's net worth has increased significantly since joining the nation's highest court, according to financial disclosure forms amid new revelations about the Supreme Court justice's efforts to promote her books. Sotomayor's net worth has skyrocketed, putting her among the ranks of the nation's millionaires. In 2021, her investments totaled somewhere between $1.5 million and $6.4 million, .... One reason for the sharp increase in Sotomayor's investments and overall wealth is the money she's made from writing books. .. her staff has often "prodded" public institutions that...

I don't think Col Macgregor takes a blow torch to Graham but he does call him out for being part of the problem...

A viral Twitter video captured the hilarious reaction of two raccoons who were caught entering someone's yard. In the video, the raccoons appear to be startled by a noise and freeze in place. One of the masked bandits is seen standing still on its hind legs, while the other stops moving and stares in the direction of the noise made by the homeowner filming them.

...In early July, I set off eastward from Odesa to the Donbas, with the intention of taking a close look at this third phase of the war. I spent time with infantry, armored and artillery units in the frontline areas, and with various support elements. I concentrated mainly on the Bakhmut front, where the Ukrainians are currently making slow and grinding progress, reversing Russia’s declaration of the full conquest of the town on May 20. Overall, as has been widely reported, the current counteroffensive has failed to make the rapid progress that Ukrainians and Western observers had hoped for. So...

Going into the Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines on Friday, the big story was whether Donald Trump’s contemptuous decision to skip the presumably obligatory cattle call for Republican presidential candidates before a large and influential crowd of conservative evangelicals would damage his candidacy. Trump aside, however, the big question was whether one of the dark horse candidates stalking the former president and Florida governor Ron DeSantis would have a breakout moment at the day-long event. Former vice president Mike Pence, whose intimate ties with the Christian Right go back decades, and Senator Tim Scott, who has been delivering a...

Former Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ), a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that former Fox News host Tucker Carlson had always been wrong in opposing the U.S. support for Ukraine. Discussing Carlson’s questions to former Vice President Mike Pence, anchor George Stephanopoulos said, “You weren’t at the Tucker Carlson forum, but if you were being pressed on Ukraine like that, how would you have responded?”

Video at link.

16 July 202315th Sunday in Ordinary TimeBasilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Valletta, MaltaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 55:10-11 ©The word that goes out from my mouth does not return to me emptyThus says the Lord: ‘As the rain and the snow come down from the heavens and do not return without watering the earth, making it yield and giving growth to provide seed for the sower and bread for the eating, so the word that goes from my mouth does not return to me empty, without carrying out my will and succeeding in what it...

Citing insufficient research, European health bodies from Sweden to France are taking a more conservative approach to gender-affirming care for minors. … Several countries, including traditionally more progressive nations like Sweden and Norway, are changing guidelines at least in part due to questions from some doctors about the risks of such procedures. The changes in Europe are occurring more often at the health care policy level initiated by medical professionals, rather than through new or adjusted laws pushed by legislators, and experts say they haven’t been politicized to the extent they have been in the U.S. In recent years, at...

Redoubling financial backing for Ukraine in its war with Russia is the “single best” way to aid the global economy, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday. She added boosting emerging economies and tackling debt distress also have their role to play alongside sending billions in taxpayer dollars to Kyiv. AFP reports Yellen used the sidelines of a G20 finance ministers’ summit in India to reveal she would “push back” on criticism there was a tradeoff between aid to Ukraine and developing nations. “Ending this war is first and foremost a moral imperative,” she told reporters in Gandhinagar. “But it’s...

The father of Christine Chavez, 27, of Modesto, believes her death was preventable. Christopher Chavez said that while his daughter often came by his home, his daughter was homeless and often slept outside during the daytime. A spokesperson for the Modesto Police Department said that on Saturday around noon, a landscaper was cutting the grass at Beard Brook Park on a tractor with a pull behind mower when he saw a body in the grass that he had already passed through. “We’re going to try everything to get justice,” Christopher said. Gallo acquired the Beard Brook Park —where the body...

Experts have warned UK pet owners about the potential consequences of a deadly coronavirus outbreak in Cyprus that has killed 300,000 cats. It is a result of the feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) virus that they caught on the island since January, according to Dinos Ayiomamitis, head of Cats PAWS Cyprus. The main worry for British owners is the "long history" between Cyprus and ex-pats travelling to and from the island, with many people rehoming cats to the UK. But what is FIP and why have so many cats died? Coronavirus killing felines on 'cat island' Cyprus. "We have lost 300,000...

A dog's natural instinct is to chase cats, but in a hilarious turn of events caught on video, one dog defies that expectation. The video, titled "The dog said nope," has been making the rounds on Twitter.