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Vladimir Putin found himself facing unexpected challenges at his annual end-of-year press conference, as questions about the perceived "reality" of Russia were prominently displayed on screens throughout the venue. -snip- Among the displayed messages challenging the official narrative, one boldly questioned Putin's version of "reality" compared to the daily experiences of ordinary citizens: "Why is your 'reality' at odds with our lived reality?" Another message highlighted the escalating grocery prices in Russia, saying: "Cucumbers cost 900 roubles per kilo, tomatoes 950 roubles. It costs me 1,500 roubles to make a salad. I won't even mention fruit. Make the prices normal!"...

The Sarasota County School Board on Tuesday called on fellow board member Bridget Ziegler to resign, citing her role in a sex scandal with statewide implications and calling her continued presence a distraction to the school district’s business.

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Vladimir Putin faced humiliation today during he end-of-year press conference when questions about the 'reality' of Russia were displayed on screens. -snip- 'Why is your "reality" at odds with our lived reality?' one message displayed on the screens around the room asked the Russian president. disappeared says she 'seemed calm' but her behaviour was 'a bit off' - as search enters sixth day Another query said: 'When will the real Russia be the same as the one on TV?', and another, albeit politely, questioned: 'Hello. When will it be possible to move to the Russia which they tell us about...

This is a good discussion between Peterson and Ferguson of Germany's decline into the barbarism that led to WWII.Here are a couple of quotes from the transcript. These quotes make the discussion seem like a Captain Obvious discourse, but it isn't. The back-and-forth between Peterson and Ferguson touches on some interesting insights that are relevant to what is going on in the U.S. and world today.Ferguson: [The critical thing is that] it was the enormous power of Hitler as a demonic and charismatic leader capable of displacing Christian ethics (that led to Germany's downfall). Hitler calls on German Society to...

Hasan Bitmez, a member of parliament from the opposition Felicity Party, collapsed after delivering speech on Turkey's policy towards Israel Hasan Bitmez, 54, an oppositional Turkish lawmaker, on Thursday died in Ankara City Hospital after suffering a heart attack in front of the parliament, Ministry of Health told Turkish reporters.

A male student from Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was met with pure brutality by his peers Tuesday and it was all caught on camera. Local 10 News obtained cellphone video Wednesday depicting a fight among students at MSD at North...

An Amish wagon in Virginia was caught aggressively rocking, and observers were suspicious of what the people inside could be getting up to. A video of the moment a traditional Amish wagon jolted from side to side was uploaded in February of 2021 after a young boy witnessed the suspicious act. The wagon was still attached to its patient and obedient horse as it continued to rock wildly. According the boy who managed to capture the suggestive event on camera, the wagon was parked outside a Food Lion supermarket in Buckingham, Virginia. The hilarious video re-surfaced in November and went...

When it comes to inflation, we know that the Bureau of Economic Analysis releases two inflation reports, the CPI (fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1cCII) and PCE (fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1cCIt), each month. The two differ because they each measure a distinct basket of goods (you can read about the technicals of each here (www.clevelandfed.org/publications/economic-trends/2014/et-20140417-pce-and-cpi-inflation-difference)). These further break down into core (which omits volatile energy and food pricing) and headline inflation, which includes it. So we have headline CPI, core CPI, headline PCE, and core PCE.

See video. He's the only one talking about Jan 6 being entrapment Apart from Trump I guess...

Aclose ally of Vladimir Putin has come up with a solution for Russians who have found their travel plans curtailed by restrictions due to Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine—go to Africa. Dmitry Medvedev, who was president between 2008 and 2012, and is now deputy chairman of Russia's Federation Council, made the comments during a forum in Moscow in which he said his country's deepening ties with the continent made it an ideal vacation destination. In September 2022, the European Union suspended the visa facilitation agreement with Russia which restricted, although did not ban, the entry of Russian citizens into Europe....

SCOTUS has the ability, they are the only ones, to reset this whole mess, and restore the dignity to the Presidency and Dept of Justice. Take the name TRUMP out of the lawsuits, and it would be easy to see that the prosecutions are an injustice to this man, because, with ANY other defendant, all cases would be thrown out long ago. In short, the SCOTUS alone can bring common sense to all the arguments and issues being raised here. A 9-0 ruling to throw out all these ridiculous lawsuits against Trump and others, would go far to unite the...

One aspect of the post-Christian era in the West is that ordinary Christian views held by ordinary Christian people are almost entirely unknown to a growing portion of our populations. It should not be news that Christians in public positions hold beliefs that virtually all Christians have held for thousands of years and yet, because of the monumental ignorance of the press and several successive generations cut off from their civilizational inheritance by a derelict and deformed public school system, many seem to treat these revelations with shock.

Update on Hungarian Funds: Show Me the Money! In the past 4 hours the European Commission has decided to release the 10.2 billion Euro in aid that was still frozen 6 hours ago when we first reported. This all comes on the eve of an EU Summit at which Hungarian President Orbán had promised to block 50 billion Euro in funds promised by the European Council to Ukraine. This is just part of the 30 billion Hungary may receive contingent on meeting EU human rights requirements. Those requirements seem to be a little ambiguous: "After a thorough assessment...the horizontal enabling...

At today’s House Administration Committee hearing, Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) questioned Lonnie Bunch, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.Reviewers: That is really sad… I’m white and was raised to love my fellow Americans… no matter what color. My late father who served in the US NAVY and is buried at the National Veterans Cemetery would be disgusted with what has happened to our countryIt’s one thing to take A document down that you think might be problematic for your organization. It’s another thing to have people working there who thought it was OK to put that up. Look how much time...

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The final four-team College Football Playoff selection process has come under remarkable scrutiny after the controversial decision to include one-loss SEC champion Alabama over undefeated ACC champ Florida State, and now some powerful people in the Sunshine State are getting involved on an official basis. State Attorney General — and Florida Gators fan — Ashley Moody has launched an anti-trust investigation into the College Football Playoff to see if it engaged in anti-competitive conduct. "I'm a lifelong Gator, but I'm also the Florida Attorney General, and I know injustice when I see it," Moody said, via the Tampa Bay Times....

While Social Security is set to increase by 3.2 percent in 2024, many seniors are worried about how the limited inflation adjustment will keep them afloat. In a new report from Atticus, a majority of seniors voiced dissatisfaction with the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2024. In total, 62 percent of the 400 Americans over the age of 62 in the survey said they were unhappy with the payment bump. "About that 3.2 percent COLA increase for 2024, well, it sounds good on paper, but, honestly, it's not quite cutting it for seniors," Christopher Hensley, financial adviser and the president of...

The Council on American Islamic Relations held a news conference Tuesday calling for the firing of a doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital. CAIR took issue with comments Dr. Darren Klugman made on social media regarding the Israel-Hamas war. The council also wants the Maryland Board of Physicians to revoke his license. "Dr. Klugman's role requires him to care for all children. His views tell us he views Palestinian children as subhuman. These words reflect hate," CAIR Maryland director Zainab Chaudry. Chaudry is has come under fire for her own social media posts. She was temporarily suspended from the Commission on...