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The total number of Russian deaths in Ukraine is likely to have exceeded all fatalities in 16 of the nation's military actions since the Second World War, it has been claimed. The rate of soldiers being killed per month in the first year of the war was 25 times higher than in Chechnya and 35 times higher than in the Soviet Union's ten-year war in Afghanistan, a US think-tank said. It is thought Russian troops are dying at five times the rate of Ukrainians, at a total of around 70,000. The Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said Russia...

SpaceX says satellite communications service ‘never, never meant to be weaponised’A senior Ukrainian presidential aide has reacted with anger after Elon Musk’s SpaceX said it had taken steps to prevent its Starlink satellite communications service from controlling drones, which are critical to Kyiv’s forces in fighting off the Russian invasion. Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s chief operating officer, said at a conference in the US that the surprise decision had been taken because it had never been the company’s intention to allow Starlink to be used “for offensive purposes”. That prompted an immediate complaint on Thursday morning from Mykhailo Podolyak, a senior...

I managed to slip away from business long enough mid-day Friday in Madison to visit the capitol in the daylight, and capture the scene inside at the moment Governor Walker signed the bill eliminating collective bargaining for some classes of Wisconsin public employees. Below is another quickly-edited, four-minute highlight reel. The scene is really rather feeble, as you will see, but nonetheless conveys the infantilism of the modern left. This time I offer some voice-over commentary of my own, but couldn't resist calling in reinforcements from Monty Python on a couple of points.

First, five syllables Then followed by seven more And ending with five. Sunday morning post Freepers may not be amused Must drink more coffee. Founding fathers claim "Natural Born Citizen" The pretender laughs. Three thousand perished. The shadow muslim exalts Mosque at Ground Zero. Sarah tweets insight Cockroaches cower in fear The storm is coming. Angry little man Harry Reid slithers like snake. Nevada wake up. In Colorado Dan Maes defeats McInnis. Denver Post prevails. Tancredo declares, I alone shall be your king. Hickenlooper wins. Up in Wasilla Levi Johnston runs for mayor. Put a sock on it. Al Gore...

WILLIAMS ANNOUNCING ON NBC, TWO WEEKS SUSPENSION

MACON, GA (LAZNEWS) – A lawsuit launched to reclaim damages suffered by the owners of slaves and their descendant has moved to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. The suit names the United States Government, the NAACP, and several companies that supported Abolition in the 1800’s, most notably Con-Edison and the various Bell companies, which descended from the Morse Telegraph Company. Con-Edison was formed from Edison Company, and the Bell Telephone descended from the Morse Telegraph Company – both staunch opponents of slavery in the nineteenth century. "The robbery of our legal property will never be forgotten, never forgiven," remarked...