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Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated that Russia's "primary objective" remains capturing Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, emphasizing that Ukraine's recent incursion into Russia's Kursk region had not hindered the Russian military's advance. Speaking at an economic forum in Vladivostok, located in Russia's far east, Putin stressed that full control over Donbas, which includes the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, is a top Russian priority. He reaffirmed his commitment to achieving this goal, despite the significant human and economic costs.

Government, by virtue of being a business that pays its employees regardless of their aptitude or work performance, naturally draws a class of people who have few employment opportunities (if any) outside the public sector. Our “public servants” are just hopelessly stupid; who would hire them except government officials and uninformed voters?Rep. Hank Johnson worried about Guam “capsizing” if too many people were on the island at one time, Jerry Brown, who said we needed “more welfare” and fewer jobs, AOC the barmaid, doesn’t understand that illegally crossing the border is illegal, we’re still saddled with bottom-of-the-class Joe Biden and...

Two men suspected in violent attacks that left multiple people injured have been found and taken into custody, according to the Oceanside Police Department Wednesday. *snip* Witnesses told police two individuals with bandanas covering their faces were seen attacking several men with baseball bats. The suspects reportedly fled the scene before officers arrived, authorities said.

California lawmakers and former top cops say Kamala Harris’s new campaign ads presenting her as ‘tough’ on drug trafficking don’t match with her record as a prosecutor – when she advocated not charging dealers until their third arrest. Harris proposed a policy in 2005 when she was San Francisco District Attorney to only prosecute drug dealers the third time they were caught selling narcotics, DailyMail.com has learned. The plan sparked a scandal and was only halted when the city’s police chief Heather Fong pushed back to prevent it. So when the Harris presidential campaign released an ad on August 7...

Eric Weinstein has quite an impressive resume. The brilliant economist, who received a Ph.D. in mathematical physics from Harvard University, coined the term “the dark web.” Weinstein is the former director of Thiel Capitol. He also the host of The Portal podcast.In a recent interview with Modern Wisdom podcast host Chris Williamson, Weinstein shares a chilling explanation of why he believes it’s entirely possible that Trump will not be allowed to be President in 2024.Eric Weinstein warns Trump may not be allowed to be President. Modern Wisdom host Chris Williamson: What are the odds that Joe Biden has a debilitating...

Elmer Fudd in A Wild Hare, public domain wikimediacommonsThe sources are from four years ago. Looney Tunes decision to remove guns from the cartoon characters Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam is not a bad idea. It is positive in ways which are the opposite of what was intended. In an interview, the new Looney Tunes executive producer, Peter Browngart, makes clear the removal of guns from the cartoons was an ideological decision. From the New York Times:“We’re not doing guns,” Browngardt said. “But we can do cartoony violence — TNT, the Acme stuff. All that was kind of grandfathered in.”Yahoo...

For second consecutive year, Harvard bottom ranked school with score of 0.00 The top five worst universities for free speech also all happen to be mostly Ivy League institutions, according to a major new student survey released today by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. Harvard, Columbia, New York University, the University of Pennsylvania and Barnard College made up the bottom five schools, respectively. Conversely, the top rated school was the University of Virginia. Last year’s highest, Michigan Technological University, came in second best for free speech. In third place was Florida State University, and fourth and fifth were...

LL Flooring - previously known as Lumber Liquidators - is shutting all its stores after going out of business after three decades. The retailer, one of America's biggest flooring suppliers, was looking for a buyer after filing for bankruptcy. Earlier in the summer it had 442 stores, but shut nearly 100 as it looked to cut costs and woo investors. No buyer could be found. In a letter to customers yesterday, bosses said: 'It is with a heavy heart that we must let you know that we are going to begin the process of winding down the business and closing...

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban warned Thursday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that Vice President Kamala Harris’ capital gains tax plan would “kill the stock market.” Cuban said, “What I told them is if you tax unrealized gains, you’re going to kill the stock market, and it’s going to be the ultimate employment plan for private equity because companies are not going to go public because you can get whipsawed.” He added, “Based off the unrealized gains, I would have had to borrow money and I effectively would have been in hawk just to pay my tax bill instead of trying to...

Review Strategic Deactivation of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines: New Applications for RIBOTACs and siRNA Therapy Nicolas Hulscher, MPH, BSc1 *, Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH1 , Diane E. Marotta, PhD2 1 McCullough Foundation, Dallas, TX, 2 Indepenent Researcher, Eagleville, PA *Correspondence: nichulscher@gmail.com (Nicolas Hulscher) Nicolas Hulscher, MPH, BSc ORCID ID: 0009-0008-0677-7386 Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0997-6355 Word Count: 4275 1 Abstract The rapid development and authorization of mRNA vaccines by Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT162b2) and Moderna (mRNA-1273) in 2020 marked a significant milestone in human mRNA product application, overcoming previous obstacles such as mRNA instability and immunogenicity. This paper reviews...

Terrifying surveillance video has captured the moment a tourist was suddenly swallowed by a sinkhole while walking down a busy Malaysia street — sending her plummeting some 26 feet below ground and sparking a frantic search for the still-missing woman. Rescue workers have been scrambling around the clock ever since Vijaya Lakshmi, 48, disappeared into the massive sinkhole in the center of Kuala Lumpur ... Chilling CCTV footage showed an unsuspecting Lakshmi, who was visiting from India, strolling along before the sidewalk abruptly gave way beneath her — causing her to drop through the huge square hole. ... At least...

A group of eminent medical experts and leading scientific researchers has announced a major breakthrough after a groundbreaking study discovered an “off switch” for Covid mRNA shots. The historic discovery, which offers hope to the billions of people around the world who have been injected with the “vaccines,” was revealed in a recent preprint study. Contrary to initial claims that the “vaccine” stays in the arm, it spreads throughout the body. The spread of the mRNA from the shots is prompting serious safety concerns from leading experts. The spike protein triggered by the mRNA from the shots has been linked...

A top Department of Justice spokesman in New York was caught on a hidden camera ripping Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for his recent prosecution of former President Donald Trump — accusing Bragg of conducting “lawfare” just to further his own political ambitions. Nicholas Biase, chief spokesman for the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office, was secretly recorded tearing into the progressive prosecutor during a recent conversation with a so-called undercover operative from conservative podcaster Steven Crowder’s “Mug Club.” “Honestly, I think the case is nonsense,” Biase was filmed saying to an unidentified woman on July 31 at what appears to be...

“I was recently made aware of a video where I regretfully made some statements in a private and social setting that don't reflect my views about two local and state prosecutions,” Biase claims. “I said these things in an effort to please and impress someone I just met, who was secretly filming me.”

He states that there will be “Rapid Approvals” for the following: —— new drillings, new pipelines, new refineries, new power and electric plants, and new reactors of all types (nuclear) —— “This will quickly reduce the prices of everything almost immediately.”

Since his selection as Donald Trump’s running mate, Senator JD Vance has performed poorly on most metrics by which we judge vice-presidential nominees. He has never been noted for his charisma, and his attacks and insults have rendered him exceptionally unpopular. But he was not picked for traditional political reasons, like electoral strength in a swing state or being the ambassador to a needed voting bloc. It may be hard to recall after weeks of talk about “cat ladies,” but Mr. Vance, as much as virtually anyone else in Mr. Trump’s orbit, has tried to put ideological and policy meat...

As farmers worldwide struggle to grow enough to meet the demand, one company looks to make coffee without beans. Atomo Coffee is made from date pits, strawberry fiber, green bananas, and other ingredients

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday appeared to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race against former President Donald Trump. -snip- According to former DIA intelligence officer and author of "Putin’s Playbook," Rebekah Koffler, "The Russians don’t really endorse anyone, in the traditional sense. "When it comes to preference, Putin and his regime prefer Kamala to deal with as a future U.S. president," Koffler told Fox News Digital. "Putin believes that he can manipulate Harris easily, unlike Trump, whom the Russians profiled as unpredictable and difficult to read.

I was trying to get a list of all the most recent trans-shooters but everything that comes up is "trans that are killed by XXX" or "mass shootings committed by white men". I have used Brave search, Duck Duck go and and they give almost the same crap results as Google. Are there any others? It's so frustrating that no matter what I search it's always the left's slant on it...

A “secret” Russian influence campaign allegedly paid $10 million to prop up a media company hosting what it saw as like-minded, right-wing commentators in the US — including popular pundits like Benny Johnson, Dave Rubin and Tim Pool.The Justice Department indicted two employees of the Russian state-controlled media outlet RT on Wednesday for acting as unregistered foreign agents and laundering $9.7 million in payments to a Tennessee media company to allegedly promote pro-Kremlin propaganda.The employees, Kostiantyn Kalashnikov, 31, and Elena Afanasyeva, 27, are at large, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, after floating...