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The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has issued a warning about a potentially large-scale Russian airstrike that could occur at any moment within the next few days. According to Censor.NET, this was stated in an official message published by the U.S. diplomatic mission. "The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has received information about a potentially significant air attack that could take place at any time over the next several days," the statement reads. The Embassy urges U.S. citizens to be prepared to immediately seek shelter in the event of an air raid alert. The Embassy’s website contains recommended safety actions and emergency...

Ukrainian President Zelensky and the leaders of several NATO countries spoke on Saturday with President Trump and stressed they are ready for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire starting Monday, Ukraine's foreign minister said. -snip- Trump called for a 30-day ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war earlier this week. While Ukraine agreed, the Kremlin hasn't given a clear answer so far. -snip- The leaders of France, U.K., Germany and Poland visited Kyiv on Saturday and met with Zelensky to discuss the ceasefire plan. At the end of the meeting Zelensky and the European leaders called Trump and briefed him on their position. "Ukraine...

A powerful figure has emerged in the Muslim world, and his newly founded religion is gaining followers worldwide. Shockingly, on Easter Sunday, his followers declared him to be the new pope, and the next day, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had passed away. Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq, commonly known as Abdullah Hashem, was born in 1983 in Indiana to an Egyptian father and an American mother. He is an Egyptian-American and the founder of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL), not to be confused with the Ahmadiyya community discriminated against in Pakistan. He claims to be the...

An unmanned Ukrainian sea drone shot down a Russian SU-30 fighter jet near the port of Novorossiysk - home to the Kremlin's Black Sea Fleet. The downing of the £38 million jet was carried out by Group 13 on May 2, a special unit within Ukraine's military intelligence. The sea drone was reported to be equipped with a R-73 air-to-air missile, which struck the jet in midair. The SU-30 crashed into the sea. Reports suggest that the crew were able to eject from the stricken jet and were later picked up by a civilian cargo ship. In a statement confirming...

VICE President JD Vance has fumbled college football's biggest award.

A Food and Drug Administration official involved in development of Covid-19 vaccines resigning... In Ukraine tonight a deadly... The message from Russian media...Ukraine is using women... Late tonight in Spain's Catalonia region the top court overturning a rape conviction involving Brazilian soccer player... Utah Republican Governor Spencer Cox allowing a law regulating flags in public schools and... In Israel members of the medical corps refusing to return to combat duty... A federal appeals court ruling in favor of the dismantling of "USAID"... Elon Musk's xAI taking over his X social media platform... ...getting more details...operation to lift a sunken US...

Let's open with a "China War Update" this famous theme song of the Cultural Revolution revering Chairman Mao "The East Is Red"... Well to the music three 1973 hit songs Helen Reddy with this Number 3 song related to my experience this week I went into tears... A lot of change in government people losing their jobs that's for sure. Is the spending really being cut?... Your host the winner of the Daughters of the American Revolution American History Award considering the files of recent history the JFK, MLK assassinations not to mention Jeffrey Epstein... As far as the Kennedy...

When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered up to 200,000 soldiers into Ukraine, his aim was to sweep into the capital, Kyiv, in a matter of days. He wanted to overthrow the pro-Western government and return Ukraine to Russia's sphere of influence. Putin failed, but more than three years on a fifth of Ukrainian territory is in Russian hands (Excerpt)

Over the last 2 and 1/2 weeks I've been getting about 3 spam calls per day. The numbers all show as local and they aren't the same so blocking one doesn't help. They all begin the same way, someone says "hello" and if I answer they start their spiel (a recorded spiel) about having sent me mail about medicare. If I hang up then the next one will be sometime in the next couple hours. If I don't answer it goes to VM and they don't leave a VM, still doesn't matter as I can expect another either that day...

In Israel a 12-year-old-boy killed, two other people wounded in a shooting attack... Four police guards lightly wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack... British farmers brought tractors to protest at Parliament...opposing new inheritance taxes... Brazil's President Lula da Silva will require more surgery tomorrow... During their raid of presidential offices in South Korea police were kept out of the personal office of President Yoon Suk Yeol... Meta social media apps...impacted by a mass global outage... FBI Director Christopher Wray says he'll resign... Real estate brokers Tal and Oren Alexander along with their brother Alon alleged to be involved in sex...

Vice President-elect JD VANCE, a prominent GOP skeptic of U.S. aid for Ukraine, met with a delegation of senior Ukrainian officials and other members of President-elect DONALD TRUMP’s inner circle in Washington on Wednesday, two people familiar with the matter confirmed. The Ukrainian delegation traveled to Washington to meet with Vance as well as Rep. MIKE WALTZ (R-Fla.), Trump’s pick to be his national security adviser, and retired Gen. KEITH KELLOGG, Trump’s pick to be special envoy for Ukraine and Russia. The meeting, according to these people, was meant to be a meet and greet for both sides to get...

Police appear to be closing in on the identity of the man suspected of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan, sources told ABC News.Authorities on Thursday released images of the suspect taken from a surveillance camera at the HI New York City Hostel at West 103rd Street on the Upper West Side, where it appears the suspect shared a room with two other men, according to police sources.Detectives canvassed other hostels in the area and showed people the suspect's picture, sources said. Police have determined the suspect checked into an Upper West Side hostel using a...

Donald Trump announced Saturday he would impose a 100% tariff on BRICS nations if they try to replace the dollar in international trade, impacting a group of major developing economies whose members include Russia, India, China and Iran, among others, marking the latest threats by the president-elect to impose tariffs on imports from several countries. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the 100% tariff would affect all BRICS countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates—until they commit to not creating a new BRICS currency or back another currency that could replace...

MOSCOW, Russia — Russia strongly condemns Israel’s killing of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, its Foreign Ministry says, calling on Israel to stop hostilities in Lebanon. “This forceful action is fraught with even greater dramatic consequences for Lebanon and the entire Middle East,” the ministry says in a statement.

This seems like a scam: I received an e-mail stating "Greetings myWaIgreens Member,Your myWaIgreens points total of $564.54 is set to expire and should be redeemed by September 9th.Click here before September 9th to retain your myWaIgreens points for 2024.We appreciate your participation.Best wishes, WaIgreens TeamSuspicious, eh?

There are plenty of good web browsers to use, and Firefox and its Waterfox spinoff, most of the time, are good. But I noticed something the other day about both of them. I was trying to log onto this Conservative shopping site called “Patriot Depot”, and when I would put the web address in, it would automatically re-direct to Google. This was true for both of them. I tried this with my other browsers, and the site came on just fine with them. Perhaps some lefty programmer at Firefox put a re-direct as a practical joke. If true, given that...

Vladimir Putin has sought to shift blame for Ukraine's surprise incursion into the Kursk region, as evidence emerged that his country's handling of the offensive was damaging the Russian leader's image. At a virtual meeting held by Putin Thursday on the situation in Russia's Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions, which border Ukraine, the president told regional officials that the "security issues" in Kursk "are problems that are the responsibility of the security agencies." -snip- "I hope that, as was reported today, interaction between local and regional authorities, the government, and security agencies has been established, and this will also play...

How many of ya'll like SPAM? Me, love it. But, I have to boil it to bring out all that salt/sodium. Just too damn salty. For whatever reason, it seems less salty when uncooked. Thoughts/personal recipes?

THIS IS the moment Ukrainian soldiers shot down a Russian Su-25 attack jet. The incident occurred near Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, the Khortytsia group of forces said on July 23. Anti-air units shot the plane down as it was attempting to fire on Ukrainian positions, the statement by the group forces said. The Khortytsia group of forces also shared a video that showed an anti-aircraft missile being launched and striking a plane in the distance. The Soviet-designed Su-25, nicknamed "Frogfoot" by NATO, is a heavily armored ground-attack aircraft.

Sean interview rules: Sean gets to say a whole paragraph, his guest gets to say one sentence. It's always about Sean. He always has a personal experience that's bigger and better than his guest. OOh, and did you know he is a martial arts expert??