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A new economic outlook revealed that Russia expects to sell gas to China at a steeply discounted rate over the next three years, far below the price European buyers will pay, according to a Bloomberg report.

Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A 7-year-old girl on a birthday trip to Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas found a big present -- a 2.95-carat diamond. Arkansas State Parks said Aspen Brown of Paragould, Ark., was visiting the park with her family to celebrate her birthday when she spotted the diamond in the park's north search area. Officials said the 2.95-carat diamond is about the size of a green pea, with a golden-brown color. The diamond is the second-largest found by a park visitor this year, officials said. The largest was a 3.29-carat brown diamond found in March. The...

On September 5, U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly sentenced the last of five members of the Proud Boys convicted by a D.C. jury of various crimes, including seditious conspiracy, earlier this year. Kelly imposed the longest sentence to date in any January 6 case by ordering Enrique Tarrio, the group’s ex-leader, to serve 22 years in prison even though Tarrio was not in the Washington, D.C. that day. Similar to his decision on the fate of Tarrio’s co-defendants, Kelly consented to the Department of Justice’s request to add a terror enhancement to Tarrio’s sentence, which dramatically elevated the base...

Family-run fishing businesses face a fraught and competitive environment, even independent of burdensome regulations. But one such outrageous regulation is now before the Supreme Court, in a case with significance far beyond our nation’s fisheries. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), part of the Department of Commerce, promulgated a rule that pertains to most herring boats, such as those portrayed in the Oscar-winning movie CODA. If a vessel is determined to need a federal monitor and has not already been assigned one under a federally funded program, it must pay for the monitor itself. The cost of doing that for...

Commissioners of Lake Worth Beach, Florida vote unanimously to declare itself a sanctuary city for LGBTQ people: “The City of Lake Worth Beach shall now and forever be considered a safe place, a sanctuary, a welcoming and supportive city for LGBTQ individuals and their families to live in peace and comfort.” Residents in Tallahassee, Florida are pushing for a similar declaration.

Today in History 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Makes its Debut The comedian was a correspondent for the Daily Show and the host of the Colbert Report on Comedy Central before he took over David Letterman as the host of The Late Show on CBS. The first show featured Presidential hopeful and former Governor of the state of Florida, Jeb Bush and actor George Clooney. 1991 The republic of Macedonia Declares its Independence From Yugoslavia The landlocked Balkan country became independent after a referendum for independence from Yugoslavia was approved by about 96% of the voting public. 1986...

ORANGE, Calif. (KABC) -- The Orange Unified School District became the latest in Southern California to adopt a policy requiring school staff to notify parents if their child starts to identify as transgender or gender non-conforming. The board voted to approve the policy after angry protests and heated exchanges during a meeting Thursday night. The vote didn't take place until shortly before midnight, and it happened after three board members who were against the policy walked out.

Photo: AlamyPresident Trump unveiled his plans to guarantee America has the “#1 Lowest Cost Energy and Electricity on Earth.” He released a video to Rumble on Thursday, addressing current energy issues. He noted, “We have to have affordable energy.”President Trump said that windmills are not as helpful for the environment as believed or as efficient. He said, “The windmills rust, they rot, they kill the birds.”He decried Biden for reversing his American energy policies and stated, “Biden’s war on American energy has sent prices soaring, and his latest actions will make it catastrophically worse.”This new plan works to oppose Biden’s...

People are discovering why I have said for several years that Texas is a Red State citizenry led by a majority of Blue cloaked politicians. The establishment Republicans are thick in Texas, led by the Bush tribe and Karl Rove – the exact same group that supports the con that is Ron DeSantis.The third day of the Senate impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton continues today, with the group of deputy attorneys in his office (the Bush Clan) admitting they went running to the FBI for investigative support against Paxton, despite having no evidence of wrongdoing. WATCH:Notice how all...

A New York City man was killed “instantly” when his Peloton exercise bike toppled over and severed an artery in his neck in the middle of a home workout, his mother alleged in a newly reported lawsuit. Ryan Furtado,32,was found dead by cops in his downtown Brooklyn apartment on Jan. 13, 2022, according to the suit filed in Kings County Supreme Court. Furtado’s mom alleges that the exercise giant instructs riders to “use the bike for stretching” during its classes — but that “applying pressure on the bike in a pulling and pushing fashion” causes the equipment to “destabilize and...

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade, whose Saturday time slot was bumped this week in favor of another hour of Mark Levin, reportedly texted the wrong number when he meant to message Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott about the decision. The network announced on Thursday that Levin’s program “Life, Liberty & Levin” would expand to an additional night per week, taking over Kilmeade’s slot on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET. This lineup change will become official on Sept. 16. According to journalist Marisa Kabas, Kilmeade sent the message by mistake to a different Suzanne, who he used to work with.

KEY POINTS * Former President Donald Trump’s net worth was inflated by billions of dollars each year more than the New York attorney general’s office originally estimated, the office alleged in a new court filing. * Attorney General Letitia James’ office found that Trump’s net worth in any given year between 2011 and 2021 was overstated by $1.9 billion to $3.6 billion. * Her sweeping fraud lawsuit alleges Trump, his adult sons and his businesses made fraudulent financial claims to obtain better loan terms and manipulate taxes for the Trump Organization. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Former President Donald Trump’s net worth was inflated...

Work is in progress on Bagster's new watch, standing guard over those who have gone before us. I hope to post the new content next thread.Have you seen President Trump's powerful 4 minute video message? Don't miss it!A NATION IN DECLINEQ has reminded us repeatedly that together, we are strong. As the false "narrative" is destroyed and the divisive machinery put in place by the Deep State fails, the fact that patriotism has no skin color or political party is exposed for all to see. 3038 Mar 12, 2019 2:55:14 PM EDTQ !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: 4fe510 No. 5643022>Decide for yourself (be...

Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks after special grand jury report is released

A Harvard Law School alum has come forward to accuse Biden of plagiarizing an article he wrote more than two decades ago. Roger Severino .. was working .. at the Harvard Journal of Legislation in 2000 when he found multiple instances of copying in an essay Biden] had lifted language straight out of a [federal court] opinion, changed a couple words and called them his own. There were no quote marks and no footnote or anything else attributing the court as the source, ... When asked why he decided to come forward with the claims 23 years after the fact,...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to say whether the administration will decouple hurricane relief funds to Florida from Ukraine aid during a Wednesday briefing. “[Republican Florida] Sen. Rubio, whose state is recovering from [Hurricane] Idalia, says the $16 billion in additional disaster relief should be decoupled from the additional funding [sic] for Ukraine. Of course, that’s part of their request which seems to be opposed by many Republicans. Is the administration willing to separate these requests and seek the FEMA disaster aid independently to ensure it gets to the hurricane victims [and] Hawaii wildfire victims as quickly as...

Explanation: Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, the star factory known as Messier 17 lies some 5,500 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation Sagittarius. At that distance, this 1/3 degree wide field of view spans over 30 light-years. The sharp composite, color image highlights faint details of the region's gas and dust clouds against a backdrop of central Milky Way stars. Stellar winds and energetic light from hot, massive stars formed from M17's stock of cosmic gas and dust have slowly carved away at the remaining interstellar material, producing the cavernous appearance and undulating shapes. M17 is also known as...

A New York judge said Wednesday that 10 employees fired by the New York City Department of Education for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine must be reinstated with back pay. In a major victory for vaccine mandate opponents, State Supreme Court Judge Ralph J. Porzio held that the city's denials of religious accommodation to certain employees were unlawful, arbitrary and capricious. The case, DiCapua v. City of New York, concerned school principals, teachers and other educators who sued after city officials rejected their claims for a religious exemption to the vaccine mandate. "This Court sees no rational basis for not allowing...

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accused the DNC of disenfranchising Democratic voters from choosing the party's presidential nominee and how the party's rules are designed to hurt his campaign."It's pretty clear that the DNC does not want a primary. I don't want to say that they want a coronation but that's I think that's a fair way to put it actually. Essentially they are fixing up the process so that it makes it almost impossible to have democracy function. They're effectively disenfranchising the Democratic voters from having any choice in who becomes president, the Democrat nominee.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she will seek reelection in 2024, despite stepping down from her leadership position last Congress. 'Now more than ever our City needs us to advance San Francisco values and further our recovery,' Pelosi wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, Friday. 'Our country needs America to show the world that our flag is still there, with liberty and justice for ALL. That is why I am running for reelection — and respectfully ask for your vote.' San Francisco is experiencing a major crime wave including smash-and-grab robberies and carjackings. In August, the San Francisco...