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The economic meltdown that is coming should not be a surprise to anyone. Throughout U.S. history, there have always been signs that a major downturn was coming, and that is precisely what we are witnessing right now. Tax revenues are way down, demand for trucking services is way down, demand for cardboard boxes is way down, the money supply is shrinking at the fastest pace in modern history, and the Conference Board’s index of leading economic indicators has already declined for 15 months in a row. At this point, anyone that cannot see what is coming has got to be...

That "leaks" suspect, Massachusetts Air National Guardsmen Jack Teixeira, indicted by a federal grand jury. The indictment follows the appearance of negative stories... At least 15 dead in Canada following a collision between a tractor trailer and a mini-bus carrying seniors... The US, UK, Denmark and the Netherlands rushing air defense missiles and systems to Ukraine... "The New York Times" reporting that the US and Iran are closing in on a deal that's being called a "political ceasefire"... Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit France and Germany next week... Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a potential political opponent to...

Welcome to Your Weekend and another attempt at Media Excellence you currently sober drunk host at the keyboard. And the music segments feature 'The Music of My Life'. My Father Sought 'Financial Sobriety' And Passed It Onto Me... I guess the drunks run this nation Big Government spending rivers of borrowed money propping up Big Business as well heck the stock markets linked to this wasteful spending and ever deepening national debt?... So much was censored regarding the COVID vaccines but one item that deserved discussion was the use of aborted baby cells to develop those COVID shots. A Marine...

Lita Grey would have turned 115 years old today. If she had lived long enough. She didn't. But she survived marriage to Charlie Chaplin. Read what this babe said about his sense of humour here ........

The official anniversary of the Yellow Vests protest is November 17, 2018 and there were observances on Thursday including this one in Paris at a replica of New York's Statue of Liberty... The protests began in response to the decision of the government of President Emmanuel Macron to raise gasoline taxes in France as a means of fighting "climate change"... The issue of the "Ocean Viking" migrants continued this week... On Friday the notion of electricity being cut in France starting in January was unveiled... And from Paris today live video from the Yellow Vests protest. A large crowd in...

In Ukraine a warning from the electricity provider tonight... Canada's economy intricately linked to that of the United States. Today a stark warning from Canada's Finance Minister. "Our economy will slow. That will be the case with the U.S..." Those words from Chrystia Freeland speaking to an auto industry conference in Windsor, Ontario across from Detroit... The price of oil moved upwards today even as the Biden Administration moved to release more oil... Tonight a parade for peace in Munich, Germany as almost nightly protests continue across the country... Some new messaging from Israel regarding Ukraine today... Outspoken Conservative Cabinet...

Crime here in Pennsylvania convenience store chain "Wawa" closing down two Center City Philadelphia locations... A federal judge dismissing one of the five charges against Igor Danchenko the primary source of the "Steele Dossier"... At least 25 dead and dozens still trapped following an explosion at a coal mine in Turkey... US Politics the Harvard-Harris poll shows Donald Trump leading for President in 2024 45 to 43 percent... The evening in Georgia a debate between Democrat US Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker... "these wackadoodles wanted a total police state in Ottawa after just 6 days" The reaction...

Newsdump Alert: 30 Dead, 88 Wounded In Ukrainian Attack ON Convoy Entering Russian Zaporozhye Region in Ukraine... Keeping Cuba Communist: A Referendum On Gay Marriage... News Update: And Whoa Cuba asking the US for help over the power grid damage from Hurricane Ian with protests underway over the power outage... The "enemies" of the USA are sanctioned heck North Korea, Iran, Russia and China. Individuals are sanctioned among these nations. So the challenge for Presidential candidates and heck this could apply to candidates running for office here in 2022... Upset With Edward Snowden New Russian Citizen Well I Put Things...

Alaska Politics the Democrat turned Republican Nick Begich refusing a request by Sarah Palin to drop out of the race for the US House seat in Alaska in the Ranked Choice Voting system. The results of the recent Primary and Special Election showed Palin beating Begich in the first votes cast. As it stands now Begich and Palin will end up splitting votes and support in the face of Democrat Mary Peltola who won the Special Election and led in Primary voting results. In Canada one of the brothers-suspects in the mass murder stabbing attacks is dead... The OPEC+ group...

Details of the 19 serious adverse events reported for children ages five and younger who have received COVID-19 vaccinations being withheld by the US Centers for Disease Control... The Internal Revenue Service says it unintentionally posted some private individuals tax information on its website... The US announcing military sales to Taiwan worth 1.1 billion dollars... Politics in the USA the Republican Trafalgar Group poll for the Washington State US Senate Race showing it surprisingly close... Eight police officers killed in a bombing-shooting attack in Colombia today... The ousted former President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa returning to his homeland... As...

Politics here in Pennsylvania marijuana pardons being offered this month by Democrat Governor Tom Wolf and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman who's the Democrat candidate for US Senate... Pennsylvania's Republican candidate for Governor Doug Mastriano suing the Democrat run January 6th House Committee... The national political war and Joe Biden taking aim at President Trump in Philadelphia this evening. Recently an Emerson Poll showed Trump beating Biden by five percentage points here in Pennsylvania... In Argentina tonight what appears to be an assassination attempt on Vice-President Cristina Fernandez Kirchner. A man pointing a gun a foot or less from her face...

The word tonight is that Mary Peltola the Democrat candidate in the Special Election in Alaska is declared the winner over two Republican candidates Governor Sarah Palin and Democrat turned Republican Nick Begich. The election held back on August 16th but votes received up until today were allowed to be added to the count. The Ranked Choice Voting system came into play with the final sorting of the vote putting Peltola just slightly ahead of Palin. The US Food and Drug Administration approving the new COVID shots from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech... Seven unvaccinated cadets disenrolled and removed from the campus...

This morning I have tried to help a guy in poverty in Melbourne, Australia, find the right people to help him sell some amazing sporting memorabilia. And the police became involved. Ridiculous? Yes. But life in Australia is like that now. He wants $20,000 for one item. It is an autographed football which he tells me his father gave him. Some of the names are icons of the multi-billion dollar industry which is the Australian code of football now. I put him in contact with someone I considered a wonderful human being at what I still think is probably a...

US soldiers have been wounded in rocket attacks in eastern Syria tonight... "A new Republican leader in the Senate should be picked immediately!"- President Donald Trump Statement Wednesday 8/24/2022... In Uvalde, Texas this evening the school board voting to fire Police Chief Pete Arredondo... "It's time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks. It's the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down" The woman that spoke those words last summer the Republican Governor of Alabama Kay Ivey over COVID vaccinations. Today reporters with questions for Governor Ivey about her health... In the Australian state of Queensland 900...

New polling in the US Senate race here in Pennsylvania... And in the contest for Governor here in Pennsylvania a tighter race is shown... The man who succeeded Mike Pence as the Republican Governor of Indian visiting Taiwan. Eric Holcomb appeared at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this year speaking about Indiana's investment in: "advanced manufacturing"... Pakistan's Government Acts Against Former Prime Minister Imran Khan... Wellington New Zealand Protest Planned For Tuesday, Roadblocks Go Up, Streets Closed (LATE UPDATE: Roadblocks erected Sunday night with some streets closed around New Zealand's Parliament in Wellington ahead of the planned Tuesday...

President Trump post on his Truth Social Media today saying legal action is coming in response to the FBI raid on his home... In Grand Rapids, Michigan today the defense resting its case at the federal retrial of two men accused of being involved in a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer... Here in Pennsylvania Republican candidate for Governor State Senator Doug Mastriano taking aim at his Democrat opponent state Attorney General Josh Shapiro.... Summing up Shapiro Mastriano said: "the guy's a loser"... Joe Biden announcing more military support for Ukraine... Wall Street moving sharply downwards today... Russian energy...

In Washington DC tonight the nightly protest continues outside the jail where January 6th prisoners are held... A joint Russian-Syrian military patrol hit by a roadside bomb (IED) early today. The incident south of Damascus in the Daraa region... Meanwhile the military government of the African nation of Mali says France has been supporting Islamic terrorists in the country... The legal wrangling related to the FBI raid on President Trump's home and to a Democrat-led Manhattan, New York prosecution of President Trump's business... 80 percent of rail service shut down in the UK today due to a strike by rail...

Argentina Street Protests Mass protests on the streets of downtown Buenos Aires today. Thousands demanding higher wages and lower prices... Former New York Mayor and lawyer for President Trump Rudy Giuliani testifying in Atlanta before a Democrat grand jury trying to criminalize Mr. Trump's efforts to uncover voter fraud in connection with the 2020 election... Wall Street going downwards today... The Reserve Bank in New Zealand hiking the prime lending rate .50 percent to 3.0 percent today... An update on the economic turmoil in the Central American nation of Panama... In Australia an increasing shortage of medicines with doctors and...

Fines have been issued to New Zealand freedom activist Brian Tamaki and his wife Hannah over a July 23rd protest on a freeway in Auckland... The scene in Lutherstadt-Wittenberg, Germany this evening. The Monday walks for "peace", "freedom" and "self-determination" continuing in numerous German cities and towns... The Justice Department wants to keep documents related to the FBI raid on President Trump's home secret... "Wow! In the raid by the FBI of Mar-a-Lago, they stole my three Passports..." President Trump says the FBI stole passports belonging to him... With a majority of Kenya's electoral commmission dissenting (4 of 7 members)...

FBI Director Christopher Wray lashing out against criticism of the agency's raid on President Trump's home. Mr. Wray claiming there are violent threats online that he characterizes as: "deplorable and dangerous"... The FBI reported delivering subpoenas and visiting the offices of Republicans in the Pennsylvania State Legislature... A nationwide curfew in the West African nation of Sierra Leone tonight following deadly protests against inflation and the high cost of living... Food prices in the US rose 13.1 a year last month... Inflation in the US is still raging the annual rate measured last month 8.6 percent... The US Postal service...