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A vast superpower with a proud Communist history launches a brutal war on its far smaller neighbour, sending thousands of troops over the border. The objective is the utter humiliation of that country — its demilitarisation, as well as regime change and a complete overhaul of its political structure so that it becomes a client state. I am not talking here about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This brutal assault across national boundaries took place more than 40 years ago when China invaded Vietnam. But the parallels between the two wars are uncanny and, as I shall explain, they hold a...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed into law No. 7172-1 that will ban opposition parties and seize their property on Saturday. The law targets opposition parties if they deny the armed aggression against Ukraine. The law includes actions that support the Russian Federation and Republic of Belarus, the two invading countries. The news was reported the same day GOP Senators paid him a visit in Kyiv. ..... Snip..... The legislation expands the list of grounds for banning a political party through the courts. Relevant grounds are justifying, recognizing as lawful or denying armed aggression against Ukraine, including by presenting armed aggression...

Shocking video footage captured a woman punching a Philly McDonald's worker who took exception to being called a 'ho' - before the aggressor and her pals stormed the kitchen and attacked staff while shrieking with laughter. The viral video posted to World Star captures the moment the female driver leans over to hand the worker at the drive-thru payment for their order and punches her instead. She and her cronies then marched into the restaurant's kitchen to continue the violence while toting a broom and giant plastic safety cone. Just moments earlier, the driver pulls up to the drive-thru window...

(CNN)Ashley Judd and her family wanted the world to hear from them how Naomi Judd died. The younger Judd appeared in an interview with Diane Sawyer, which aired on Thursday on "Good Morning America." She said her family had agreed that she share the cause of death of her mother. "She used a weapon," Ashley Judd said. "A firearm. So that's the piece of information we are very uncomfortable sharing." She and her sister Wynonna Judd announced on April 30 that they had lost their mother "to the disease of mental illness." She was 76. Ashley Judd said she and...

Joe Biden on Wednesday traveled to Illinois to deliver remarks on inflation and food supply shortages. Biden addressed the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 40th annual conference at McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago after visiting a family farm in Kankakee, Illinois. Joe Biden began shouting out of blue (dementia) about food shortages caused by Democrat lockdowns during the Covid pandemic. Apparently Biden forgot there is also a food shortage happening under his administration. “Remember those long lines you’d see on the television – people lining up in all kinds of vehicles just to get a box of food in...

The Hollywood lawyer who allegedly loaned Hunter Biden $2 million-plus to pay off his tax debts is reportedly working on a documentary about the scandal-scarred first son’s life since he came under scrutiny for his controversial overseas business dealings. The project is apparently part of the legal and media strategy being developed by Kevin Morris amid an ongoing federal grand jury probe of Biden over potential tax fraud, money laundering and violations of lobbying laws. It was revealed by a Democratic Party source in Washington, DC, according to CBS News, which first reported on the connections between the two men....

Vicky White, who was driving the Cadillac, has been hospitalized with "very serious" injuries from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the Vanderburgh County, Indiana, sheriff's office.

Washington CNN — Connecticut Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday signed into law a bill designed to protect people who provide an abortion or receive support to obtain the procedure in Connecticut and are then sued in another state. House Bill 5414, which was sponsored by state Democratic lawmakers and cleared the state Senate and House in recent weeks, enables a person or corporation who “has had a judgment entered” against them in another state for receiving, providing or helping a person obtain legal abortion services in Connecticut to sue for damages. The law is set to take effect on...

U.S. regulators on Thursday strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine due to a rare but serious risk of blood clots. The Food and Drug Administration said the shot should only be given to adults who cannot receive a different vaccine or specifically request J&J’s vaccine. U.S. authorities for months have recommended that Americans starting their Covid-19 vaccinations use the Pfizer or Moderna shots instead. FDA officials said in a statement that they decided to restrict J&J’s vaccine after taking another look at data on the risk of life-threatening blood clots within two week of vaccination.

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday the launch of a new Justice Department office to advance President Biden’s environmental justice agenda. The new Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) will oversee climate and pollution laws. The office will also oversee compensation for victims hurt by violations of federal environmental laws, payouts that were eliminated during the Trump administration. “For far too long, these communities have faced barriers to accessing the justice they deserve,” Mr. Garland said. “In our environmental efforts, we will prioritize the cases that will have the greatest impact on the communities most overburdened by environmental harm.” The actions...

The announcement that Twitter’s Board of Directors accepted Elon Musk’s offer to buy Twitter immediately sent shockwaves through leftist circles, but beyond the burst of satisfaction that right-wing Americans feel at dime-a-dozen pink-haired freakout sessions is their deep schadenfreude at the suffering of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who has colluded with Big Tech and the mainstream media for years. A politician’s actions should speak louder than his words, but it’s often laudatory mainstream media headlines that ring loudest. Senator Schumer has long enjoyed the benefit of a gaslighting, preferential press. They’ve particularly covered up his recent (successful) efforts to...

Newly released bodycam video shows the shocking moment a man attacked a nurse and lunged at cops with a pair of scissors while he was handcuffed to a hospital bed after being arrested for stabbing a woman during a domestic dispute in the Bronx. Luis Medina, 30, was taken into custody around 11:30 a.m. Saturday for allegedly stabbing a 41-year-old woman multiple times during a domestic dispute at 65 East Gun Hill Road as crime continues to surge in the city. Medina was taken to Bronx Hospital to be treated for minor injuries and handcuffed to a hospital bed. While...

Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec BREAKING: Biden requests $33 Billion more from Congress for weapons shipments to Ukraine 10:14 AM · Apr 28, 2022

Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s (R-Alaska) said in a new interview it is possible she loses her reelection bid to a “rubber-stamp Republican.” “I may be the last man standing. I may not be re-elected,” the senator told The New York Times. “It may be that Alaskans say, ‘Nope, we want to go with an absolute, down-the-line, always, always, 100-percent, never-question, rubber-stamp Republican.’ “And if they say that that’s the way that Alaska has gone — kind of the same direction that so many other parts of the country have gone —I have to accept that,” she added. “But I’m going to...

Russian gas supplies under the Yamal contract to Poland have been halted, according to PGNiG SA, a Polish company responsible for the trading of gas from Gazprom under a long-term contract that expires this year. PGNiG received a letter from Gazprom announcing the complete suspension of supplies under the Yamal contract starting April 27, 2022 after the Polish company refused to pay for gas in rubles. PGNiG and GAZ-SYSTEM inform that currently all deliveries to customers are carried out in accordance with their needs. The companies monitor the situation and are prepared for various scenarios. Currently, the transmission infrastructure managed...

A woman suicide bomber from a Pakistan separatist group killed four people, including three Chinese nationals, in an attack on a minibus carrying staff from the Confucius Institute at Karachi University on Tuesday (Apr 26). The Baloch Liberation Army - one of several groups fighting for independence in Pakistan's biggest province - claimed responsibility, saying that it was the first suicide attack by a woman assailant. SNIP Closed-circuit television footage broadcast by local channels showed a woman standing near the gate of the institute, inside the Karachi University grounds, as the minibus pulls up.

Swapping animal products for future foods such as insect protein or cultured milk could reduce global warming, water and land use by over 80 per cent, a new study suggests. Researchers used computer modelling to find the optimal diet combination to meet nutritional needs, while also minimising global warming potential, water and land use. They found that if people in Europe replaced meat and dairy with foods produced through new technologies, such as making fake steak out of bovine cells, it could significantly reduce all environmental impacts. Not only that, but it would be nutritionally adequate and meet the constraints...

Two pictures of Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn (N.C.) shared with Politico show the embattled congressman at what appears to be a party in women’s lingerie. The political news outlet reported that it obtained the photos from a person who was previously close to Cawthorn, and his campaign. Another person who was formerly close with Cawthorn confirmed the pictures. Cawthorn is controversial figure in the Republican Party. He previously accused congressional colleagues of inviting him to orgies. Cawthorn told “Warrior Poet Society” podcast host John Lovell that lawmakers have invited him to orgies and done cocaine in front of him. He...

A 19-year-old white woman was brutally beaten by a pack of black teen girls over her hairstyle in Boston’s Downtown Crossing Monday night. According to witnesses, as many as 20 teens surrounded the white woman, punched her and kicked her and pulled her hair because she had braids. The teens called the victim “white bitch with braids” and said she’s not allowed to wear her hair in braids because she’s “not black.” The teens also attacked two good Samaritans who intervened and assaulted responding officers.

Five young teenage girls are facing charges in the brutal beating of a young woman in Downtown Crossing. According to a police report, the juveniles pounced on the victim after making a comment about her hairstyle. The attackers reportedly called the victim “white [expletive] with braids” and told her she could not wear her hair in the style because she was “not Black.”