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French President Emmanuel Macron, in a private conversation, said that in the near future, the confrontation between Ukraine and russia could end in defeat for Kyiv. Politico reported this, citing unnamed participants in a conversation with Macron. The first interlocutor of the publication said that during a private conversation in the Elysee Palace, Macron considered a quick defeat of Ukraine possible. "Ukraine can fall very quickly," Macron allegedly said.

16:55 10.04.2019(updated 16:57 10.04.2019) The alleged attack comes days after the Taliban targeted a US convoy in north-eastern Afghanistan, killing three soldiers. Taliban* militants have claimed they shot down a US B-52 heavy bomber, Syrian news site Muraselon reports. The incident purportedly took place when the aircraft was departing from the Shawrab Airbase in southern Afghanistan in the early hours of Wednesday morning. "Mujaheddin (a militia fighter) of the Islamic Emirate targeted a US B-52 bomber with heavy weapons today early morning in Lar area in the Washir district of Helmand Province," a spokesman for the Taliban was quoted as...

H/T to Mike V. at SipseyStreetIrregulars. Media gun follies: ".50 Cal. machine guns bought over the counter in the US" & Chicago Gang's pick for ATF Honcho primps for the cameras.NBC demonstrates once again that it doesn't know crap from breakfast about firearms and isn't afraid to parade its ignorance as fact. Link is here

Experts who track hate groups across the U.S. are growing increasingly concerned over violent rhetoric targeted at President Obama, especially as the debate over health care intensifies and a pattern of threats emerges.

GREEN RIVER, Wyo. - A quote in a fake news release that was intended as an April Fool's joke ended up in a front-page story in the Los Angeles Times. The story in Tuesday's editions of the Times noted how successful the reintroduction of wolves had been 10 years ago, but said the predators remained controversial.

RUSH: There was another black operation that was outed sometime within the past two years. I forget. It might have been during the '04 campaign year, sometime last year, but it was outed by Senators Rockefeller, Durbin and Levin -- and they did this in a budget debate. They outed a new black op satellite, spy satellite program that had been around since I think the 1990s, and they did this during the course of conducting debates, intelligence debates and budget debates, and they said they simply were not going to fund this, not going to pay for this, it's...

NJ has within its borders a scandal which makes the Clinton/Lewinsky matter a walk in the park. The press has danced around the real issue. It will be revealed that what has occured in the Garden State is a scandal of the greatest importance. It will lead to the resignation of its current Governor James McGreevey due to his abuse of office and the NJ tax payers to prop up Golan Cipel. The nature of their real relationship is on the verge of breaking into the spotlight. This will be earth shattering.