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In Lebanon Hezbollah says it's transitioning to 'a new and escalatory phase' in the conflict with Israel... A judge in Texas agreeing to a request from state legislators to pause the execution of Robert Roberson... US federal charges against a former Indian intelligence officer over an alleged assassination plot involving a Sikh... Russian Aerospace Forces continuing attacks in Syria on jihadists... The United States sanctioning two Chinese companies along with a Russian company and its leader...linked to... Five Israeli soldiers killed, three others seriously wounded in fighting with Hezbollah... A 52-page report saying the United States Secret Service has "deep...

Israel's security cabinet met tonight regarding the planned attack on Iran... 16 reported dead due to Hurricane Milton... In Colorado an accident at a gold mine tourist attraction one dead... Police shooting a man who set fires at multiple locations in the German city of Krefeld... 22 killed and 117 wounded in fresh Israeli airstrikes in Beirut... Toronto Dominion Bank commonly called "TD Bank" pleading guilty to US Justice Department charges... In the Netherlands an emergency shelter for overflow at an asylum seekers center won't open as planned following a bomb explosion... US inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index...

The US Federal Aviation Administration with a new safety alert for Boeing 737 and 737 MAX aircraft... After compliance with the orders of controversial Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes... An Israeli media report speaks of a US diplomatic initiative for a ceasefire on 'all war fronts'... Tomorrow's planned visit to Washington by Israel's Defense Minister...postponed... In Germany six arrests in connection with a multinational child pornography ring... A censure motion against the government falling well short in France's National Assembly... Seven killed and 11 wounded in an Israeli airstrike in Damascus... "take back your country" Israeli Prime Minister...

On Wednesday Hezbollah sent a ballistic missile into the biggest population centre in Israel - and millions of israelis heard the sound of that missile being intercepted above Tel Aviv. The solitary missile would have been launched with the knowledge that it would most likely be shot down - if Hezbollah had sent a barrage of missiles designed to overwhelm defences, resulting in mass casualties, there would have been a devastating response from the Israeli military, says the BBC's Middle East bureau chief Jo Floto. Still, the missile symbolises a significant escalation in the conflict, our correspondent says. Israel has...

In Bolivia former Leftist President Evo Morales demanding... In Israel early Tuesday rocket fire from Lebanon rockets landing... Telegram CEO Pavel Durov saying the social media app will share phone numbers and IP addresses with authorities when presented with a valid legal request. Durov currently under the pressure... A police internal investigation order in Israel that's after confrontation between religious Jews (Haredi) and police... The US moving additional troops to the Middle East... The US sanctioning Chinese technology for cars as well as car technology from Russia... At least 30 bodies have been discovered on a boat drifting off the...

There were idols for me to put away... The feds rolled out their case against Sean Diddy Combs this week but when "Diddy" or anyone else is accused of a crime isn't there a notion of: Innocent Until Proven Guilty... God Bless You Ammon your story as it played out in 2016 led this blog into its being... Diddy Do It I Asked Earlier But Make No Mistake Israel Did It! It's time for our Israel Update John Williams... A lot of smarty pants humor about male parts being lost in the explosions but... Benjamin Netanyahu using the election here...

The Arizona Supreme Court ruling that 98,000 people whose citizenship documents aren't confirmed can vote... In Brazil the "X social media platform naming a legal representative. This meets... US Central Command announcing destruction of a Houthi ... South Carolina executing Freddie Owens... The US Navy announcing that Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Lisa Franchetti was treated for Stage 1 breast cancer... US Army Private Travis King who defected to North Korea getting a one-year sentence and a dishonorable discharge... A fire explosion and evacuation of civilians in southern Russia after a drone attack... 16 Ukrainian drones destroyed by air defenses...

Your host back with you again it's good to be moving forward a mature adult in the room with you more grown up. "Puff the Magic Dragon" the little boy leaves childhood fantasy... I got the newsgathering instinct back then would write down what I heard and take it to school to tell others at the lunch table about what I heard from the other places. And here I am your host... Obsession with politics leads to other kinds of obsession frankly... I was one within 24 inches of Taylor Swift early in her career she was working the autograph...

Four days of maneuvers in the South China Sea involving three Italian warships a US Navy vessel and... In Australia COVID freedom activist Monica Smit winning a court fight over two of her arrests during COVID lockdowns... Explosions in the Odessa region of Ukraine... A North Dakota district judge ruling against a six-week abortion law in the state... Turkey's Justice Minister says international arrest warrants will be issued for the killing of Turkish-American citizen by Israeli soldiers... US politics four national polls today... Russian President Vladimir Putin says that any decision to use long-range missiles by the US and other...

A high-rise residential fire in the southeast suburbs of Moscow as a Ukrainian drone... US Central Command reports destruction of a Houthi drone over the Red Sea along with... Late tonight a deadly Israeli strike in a Gaza... Leaders of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party in Pakistan arrested by police... Israel's Jewish Strength (Otzma Yehudit) party condemning the call by President Isaac Herzog for a "unity government"... In northern Israel today two soldiers hurt in Hezbollah drone strikes... Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green holding a hearing on treatment of January 6th prisoners... Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wants controls...

Qatar is said to be updating Iran on the talks for a deal involving the Israel-Hamas conflict... "Attacks by settlers against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank are unacceptable and must stop" From White House Statement Tonight...A 'settler riot' in Israel tonight as a Palestinian community was attacked...A Palestinian dead... Venezuela's opposition leader Marina Corina Machado rejecting a proposal from Brazil's leftist President for new elections... British politics new polling showing a decline in support for the Labour Party... The Biden Administration cutting a deal that cuts the cost.. A new more infectious form of 'mpox' first reported in Congo...

Well, here we are its vacation week your host on the road thankful and grateful to the Lord giving me another day to keep the road trip moving forward some of the geography I've visited reflected in the music above. Gasoline Prices In The USA At the start of the week gasoline in Somerset, Pennsylvania 375.9 a gallon. At the week's end gasoline on west side of Knoxville, Tennessee 275.9 a gallon. In Taxylvania our gasoline tax can be bumped up by a decline in wholesale gasoline prices... On a brighter note I visited this place during the week... RFK...

Breaking News Newsdump Alert Assassination Attempt On President Donald Trump... "The World Disorder" Visible palpable political instability in our midst a new untested British government, confusion in France's legislature with strong power of the French Presidency the only certainty. Then there's Joe Biden and someone tried to kill Donald Trump... Newsdump Update: "'Shocking and brutal massacre': World reacts to Israel's al-Mawasi attack..." Bibi Netanyahu the Machiavelli of Our Times.... China and Russia got beat around at the NATO Summit this week but the presence of those leaders from Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand clearly shows an expansion of...

Late tonight interception of an aerial target over the southern Israeli port city of Eilat... hostage families in Israel say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is derailing talks with Hamas... In Poland's parliament an effort by the secularist leftist government to liberalize abortion law failed... Polish border guards and soldiers clashing with migrants trying to cross the border from Belarus... US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaking with his Russian counterpart... The US has frozen aid to the nation of Georgia... US Central Command says three Houthi drones have been destroyed... The International Court of Justice will issue an opinion next Friday...

Sometimes your host shows up for work dressed in black I am a janitor... Yes, indeed a song about maturing growing up something that seems relevant to me these days... The Nigel Farage Update Theme Tom T. Hall "I Like Beer"... This week Nigel a great lover of beer brewing up change... The songs for the other parties as well heck the Conservatives are deserving of a song synonymous with the closing of those classic... And the British Labor Party Theme. Labor led by Leftist in a Moderate Wrapping Sir Keir Starmer... Why A July 4th British Election?... Republicans And...

Good to be with you again well there's Ray Stevens singing "Everything Is Beautiful" isn't everything out there created by the Higher Power for the Higher Purpose... Thank the Lord I don't have to live in anger and resentment and pretending I'm God and all the other folks out there are beneath me.... "Donald Trump's chances of winning the election have improved despite coming face-to-face with porn star Stormy Daniels"... What Do Donald Trump, Joe Biden And Banjamin Netanyahu All Have In Common?... You think the game in Washington the Uniparty plays is about "Saving Israel" well it's something else...

Rush Limbaugh always had something to say about the X-Rated President of the United States Bill Clinton why not a Bill Clinton Update... 3 Communist Things come to mind with President Bill Clinton Sending Elian Gonzalez back to Communist Cuba the Feds barged into that home in Miami April 26, 2000 24 years ago this coming Friday... My Own Humble Opinion "I don't endorse the notion of Russia taking Ukraine per se. Russia has its attitude in the matter but what matters as an American is what's going on over here on our side of the fence... Newdump Alert: US...

The messaging from media in Israel and Mainstream Media in the US tonight points to some sort of conflict between Israel and Iran...a critic of Israel's government leftist Journalist Seymour Hersh speaking...Netanyahu is 'willing to risk war with Iran' to remain in office...Scott Ritter saying Iran should withhold fire... One killed, one wounded in a knife attack in Bordeaux, France tonight... Three people shot and five arrested following a shooting incident in Philadelphia... Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appearing before an inquiry into foreign interference in Canadian politics... China's President Xi Jinping and former Taiwan President Ma Ying-Jeou reaffirming their...

An Israeli warship firing missiles destroying an unidentified aerial target... Joe Biden given the lead in a head-to-head contest with President Trump...In a multi-candidate field Trump and Biden at 38 percent each... A week ahead of a trial in New York brought by Democrat prosecutors, President Donald Trump... A wanted terrorism suspect from Tajikistan arrested in Rome... Hamas reported rejecting a Gaza ceasefire deal from US CIA Director William Burns... Canada unveiling a new defense strategy today...But in the end defense spending will top off at 1.76 percent of GDP short of the 2 percent expectation... Israel says it struck...

Federal Funding Equals Federal Control Is The Bottom Line Why Pretend To Impede Federal Power In An Election Year... Political drama does not distract me very much I am focused on the read situation on the ground. Even when they talk about the border in the "Conservative Media" notice how they slip in lines about Chinese nationals or even Chinese drugs coming across our border they're leading you to what's coming... "Fighting a proxy war with Russia in Ukraine, which is a non-NATO member nation, is not protecting America's national security interests. It doesn't protect the United States of America....