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Over the last year, the Ukraine war has played out both on the battlefields of Ukraine, and on global markets where energy warfare, sanctions, and industrial mobilisation efforts went head to head. Russia wanted to freeze Europe, while the Western allies sought to strangle the Russian economy with sanctions. A year on - I want to look at how successful these competing economic campaigns have been. Setting the stage to look at battlefield developments, attrition, and force regeneration in the near future.

CAIRO, Aug 14 (Reuters) - An electrical fire swept through an Egyptian Coptic Christian church during Mass on Sunday, causing a stampede and killing at least 41 people, most of them children and many suffering from smoke inhalation. The blaze started just before 9 a.m. in the Abu Sifin church in the city of Giza where about up to 1,000 people had gathered. The fire blocked an entrance to the church, causing the stampede, the two sources said, adding that most of those killed were children.

Nicholas John Roske was arrested today and charged with attempted murder when agents of the FBI took him into custody. He has been charged with the attempted murder of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Initial indications are that Roske is not entirely cogent with his crime. Yes, it is serious no matter the condition of the alleged perpetrator, and there was premeditation during his confession to police during the initial interview by the arresting officer. In no means is this an excuse to his behavior, and he should be looking at both serious criminal ramifications and punishment, in addition to...

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A Chicago woman is charged with stealing more than $17,000 in goods from the Neiman-Marcus department store at Oakbrook Center in Oak Brook. Bail was set Sunday at $50,000 for Terri Collins, 21, of the 100 block of West 110th Street, according to a news release from the DuPage County state's attorney's office. Collins is charged with felony burglary and felony retail theft. Authorities allege that around 2:54 p.m. Saturday, Collins and several other people entered the store and met with two men in the store. They all went to a coat section, cut security wires off 14 Moncler brand...

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The media has been abuzz lately with calls to revive the "Fairness Doctrine". CNN, MSNBC, CBS, along with a number of other major media outlets including the New York Times and Washington Post are now demanding that something be done to stop what they call, 'disinformation". What disinformation is seems to be defined by anything they don’t like and is almost exclusively conservative content. Online, the attack against opposing ideas has been even more aggressive with Big-tech companies selectively banning people and arbitrarily removing anything to which they are opposed. Following a number of successes in having conservative outlets defunded,...

Just like the COVID vaccines, use of masks (instead of respirators) to block transmission of a virus was only authorized as experimental use. As such, according to law, it must be optional. If we are going to passively allow governors and governments to make this medical device mandatory, what is to stop them from making the vaccine mandatory?As I've mentioned before, both the FDA and OSHA have made it clear over the years that only respirators, not masks, are considered valid PPE to block transmission of a respiratory virus. Which is why mask manufacturers must continue to place a disclaimer...

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Why is Earth pulsating every 26 seconds, and why canÂ’t scientists explain it after 60 years? This is an enigma wrapped in a periodically predictable mystery motion. It could be a harmonic phenomenon, a regular seismic chirp caused by the sunÂ’s energy, or a beacon drawing scientists to its source to begin a treasure hunt. âž¡ The world is weird. We'll show you how it works. In the early 1960s, a geologist named Jack Oliver first documented the pulse, also known as a "microseism," according to Discover. Oliver, who worked at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory at the time, heard...

  CHICAGO — A former Illinois accountant has been sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison for misappropriating more than $77 million from individuals and financial institutions.SULTAN ISSA, 47, of Hinsdale, pleaded guilty earlier this year to wire fraud affecting a financial institution.  U.S. District Judge Andrea R. Wood imposed the 200-month sentence Monday in federal court in Chicago.  Judge Wood also ordered Issa to pay more than $72 million in restitution to the victims.The sentence was announced by John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; and Emmerson Buie, Jr., Special Agent-in-Charge...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) - Children or young people who get COVID-19 in most cases don’t have severe symptoms or are asymptomatic. But in rare cases, there’s a COVID-related condition that could cause serious complications, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children or MIS-C. "Two of the four deaths that we've had from the syndrome in Louisiana were preciously health kids, who did not have underlying health conditions," said Dr. Joseph Kanter of the Louisiana Department of Health and Office of Public Health. Kanter says the syndrome has been found to impact coronavirus patients who are younger than 21-years-old. He says the...

Assistant U. S. Attorneys Matthew Brehm (619) 546-8983 and Shital Thakkar (619) 546-8785NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – June 8, 2020SAN DIEGO – Juan Marquis Holiday of San Diego was sentenced in federal court today to 85 years in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of robbing and attempting to rob 10 local businesses by brandishing a firearm during the robberies and, on five occasions, discharging a firearm.During the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Battaglia noted that Holiday’s crimes were “violent and aggressive” and “caused fear in the hearts of victims.” He added: “The community should not...

The South Lawn12:05 P.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT:  Hi, Mike.  Hi.  David, hi.  Please, thank you.  Everyone is very far away from each other.  That’s good.  We’re learning, right?  Hi, Kevin.  That’s really nice.  Well, this is great to be here.  And we’re doing something I love doing: planting trees.  I’ve always loved it.  And we get great trees.The First Lady and I are very grateful to be here on the South Lawn of the White House as we celebrate the 50th annual Earth Day, National Park Week, and the upcoming Arbor Day.  And that’s going to be — tell me,...

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of StatePress Briefing RoomWashington, D.C.March 5, 2020 SECRETARY POMPEO:  Good morning, everyone.  I know you’re happy to see me twice in two weeks.  (Laughter.)QUESTION:  More.  More.SECRETARY POMPEO:  More, yes.  (Laughter.)MS ORTAGUS:  You never say that about me.QUESTION:  All the time, Morgan.SECRETARY POMPEO:  I just returned from Doha.  I’ll talk about that in just a minute.  Then tomorrow I’ll be in New York at the United Nations.  I wanted to give you an update on a number of situations where America is once again serving as a force for good around the world.Let’s start with our efforts,...

Remarks as Prepared for DeliveryGood morning.  Thank you for coming from all over the country to attend this important summit. That so many of you have taken the time to be here is a testament to the gravity of this topic.  I am honored to be here speaking to you, as we discuss the Department of Justice’s efforts to address our nation’s opioid crisis.Since 2000, more than 400,000 people have lost their lives due to opioids.  This staggering number of deaths has pushed drug overdoses to the top of the list of leading cause of deaths for Americans under...

Q is the result of the sacrifices and commitment of countless patriots to win back our captured country from the Deep State and achieve the transformation President Trump promised in this campaign video. President Trump has said the awakening of the public is key to this transformation. Q describes this awakening as follows: "The Great Awakening ('Freedom of Thought’), was designed and created not only as a backchannel to the public (away from the longstanding ‘mind’ control of the corrupt & heavily biased media) to endure future events through transparency and regeneration of individual thought (breaking the chains of...

Full Title: Press Briefing by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin on Iran Sanctions James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 10:27 A.M. EST SECRETARY MNUCHIN: Good morning, everybody. Thank you for being here today. I’d just like to make a brief comment before we talk about Iran sanctions. I’m sure everybody saw that the DOW hit 29,000. The President’s economic plans are clearly working. We’re looking forward to the China signing, USMCA, and a very strong economy this year. As previously announced by the President, we are announcing additional sanctions against the Iranian regime...

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 10, 2019 United States and Croatia Sign Bilateral Agreements Enhancing Law Enforcement Cooperation On Tuesday, United States Attorney General William P. Barr and Croatia’s Minister of Justice Dražen Bošnjaković signed an extradition and mutual legal assistance agreement on behalf of their nations at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, DC. Attorney General Barr signed the bilateral U.S.-Croatia extradition and mutual legal assistance instruments, which were negotiated this year by the Department of State’s Office of the Legal Adviser and the Criminal Division’s Office of International Affairs. Croatia...