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Washington Examiner – by Christian Datoc
President Joe Biden touted his comprehensive strategy to reduce gun violence and rising crime during his Tuesday night State of the Union address.
“We should all agree: The answer is not to defund the police,” Biden said. “The answer is to fund the police with the resources and training they need to protect our communities.” Continue reading “‘The answer is not to defund the police’: Biden pushes gun control in State of the Union”
This article is prefaced with a few facts. The U.S. Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) reported 122 helicopter accidents, with 51 fatalities, in 2019. There were 92 accidents and 35 fatalities in the first year of COVID dystopia (2020) when aircraft were grounded for months. In fact there was a 107-day period in 2020 with no fatal helicopter accidents, which is unusual compared to other years. Further, small, private aircraft crash relatively-frequently, even before the COVID-19/vaccine era. But the difference since 2021 – more people are dying in said crashes. Continue reading “Mayday: Four helicopters, seven private planes crash in United States in 14 days, at least 20 people dead”
Right about the time the world was hoping to rise out of a semiconductor crisis, we’re learning that the conflict in Ukraine could plunge the world further back into a chip shortage.
Little known companies like Ukraine’s Cryoin play large roles in the global production of semiconductors, Wired noted this week. Cryoin, for example, makes the neon gas used to power lasers that make patterns on chips. Continue reading “The Little Known Ukrainian Industry That Threatens To Make The Global Semi Shortage Far Worse”
President Volodymyr Zelensky has applied for Ukraine to join the European Union in what has been hailed as a ‘historic moment’.
The leader has been calling for ‘fast-tracked’ entry into the EU to help his nation fight off Russian forces by strengthening its ties with the West. Continue reading “Volodymyr Zelensky applies for Ukraine to become member of European Union”
Ukraine has called on international financial organizations to cancel the country’s foreign debts claiming massive destruction in the country caused by the Russian military offensive that began last Thursday.
“The scale of destruction in Ukraine … is colossal! In view of this, our external creditors must be required to write off Ukraine’s debts. To date, the external debt is 1.6 trillion hryvnia, or more than $57 billion. Continue reading “Ukraine wants its foreign debt written off”
Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider is OK with Ukrainians using his smash hit, “We’re Not Gonna Take It” as an act of defiance against the Russian invasion.
Anti-maskers? Absolutely not, he says. Continue reading “Dee Snider backs Ukrainians using his smash hit as a battle cry. But he has a message for anti-maskers”
SpaceX founder and billionaire Elon Musk is providing free satellite-based internet service in Ukraine through his company Starlink, as Russia invades the nation and causes power outages.
Starlink is a growing network of small satellites that SpaceX has been building out since 2018 to supply broadband internet access around the globe. On Monday, the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and minister of digital transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, tweeted that a truck full of Starlink terminals had arrived on Ukraine soil, after he had requested them. Continue reading “Elon Musk activates free SpaceX Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine”
During an interview with CBS on Monday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responded to a question on whether the administration believes the U.S. should drill for more oil to deal with high gas prices by stating that President Biden has taken steps like “diplomatic efforts to increase global oil production” and that while every option should be considered, “we are in the middle of a long-term transformation that is already fast underway” away from oil. Continue reading “Buttigieg on Drilling to Lower Gas Prices: We’re Engaging in Diplomacy to Increase Global Production, We’re in Transformation Away from Oil”
Think about the madness of this… Joe Biden is running around trying to look tough, hitting Russia with sanctions over Vladimir Putin’s obscene invasion of Ukraine. But at the same time, we pay Russia in the vicinity of $70 million per day for oil imports.
In other words, during these seven days of Putin’s criminal war against Ukraine, we’ve sent this same Putin during those same seven days close to a half-billion dollars! Continue reading “Joe Biden’s America Pays Putin $70 Million Per Day for Oil”
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Archive: TWFTT 3-1-22
Western Standard – by Amanda Brown
Organizers hope Canadians nationwide will be joining hands, literally, across the country this Saturday to protest the federal government’s ongoing vaccine mandates.
The Freedom Chain is planned to stretch across the entirety of the country’s Trans Canada Hwy. beginning in Victoria, BC and finishing in St. John’s, NL. The highway is 7,476 km long. Continue reading “Canada-wide human Freedom Chain hopes to end federal mandates”
Ukraine has earned the nickname “breadbasket of Europe” for its rich dark soil, vast wheat fields, and other farm goods. The Russian invasion has cut off the world from cheap and abundant wheat supplies.
Ukraine and Russia are vital to the global food supply, accounting for more than a quarter of global wheat trade, about a fifth of corn, and 12% of all calories traded globally, according to Bloomberg. Continue reading ““Breadbasket Of World” Choked Off By Russian Invasion As Wheat Prices Soar”
Western Journal – by Jack Davis
Russian products are going, going, gone as stores and bars are being urged to rid themselves of anything to do with what to many Americans believe is the foul taste of the nation that invaded Ukraine.
Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas called for both substantive and symbolic actions against Russia. Continue reading “War Impacts US Stores as Products Are Pulled from Shelves”
March 1 (Reuters) – Get ready for the $10 tube of toothpaste.
Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL.N) CEO Noel Wallace said last week at an industry conference that the household goods maker sees its new Optic White Pro Series toothpaste as the type of premium product “vital” to its ability to raise prices, which will help drive profit growth this year. Continue reading “$10 toothpaste? U.S. household goods makers face blowback on price hikes”
Bill Gates is not only owning the most farmland in America… He has also taken control of the global production and warehousing of seeds… Continue reading “Warning: Bill Gates has taken control of the global production and warehousing of seeds”