Year: 2022

Newsweek

Nearly 30,000 NATO troops have begun previously planned military drills in Norway as tensions between Russia and the West increase over the former’s assault on Ukraine.

The military exercise was organized before Russia invaded Ukraine. The purpose of the drill is to see how Norway would manage its reinforcements in line with Article 5 of the NATO treaty, which says an attack against one alliance member is considered an attack against all of them.  Continue reading “NATO Military Drills Start in Norway Less Than 200 Miles From Russia Border”

ABC News

HONG KONG — China is facing its worst COVID crisis since early 2020, when the world first witnessed an entire population locked down to contain the coronavirus in Wuhan and its surrounding province.

Two years on, it’s now sending tens of millions of people into lockdown in the entire northeastern province of Jilin, where 24 million people live, and the southern cities of Shenzhen and Dongguan, with 17.5 million and 10 million, respectively. Continue reading “China orders 51 million into lockdown as COVID surges”

ABC News

SAN DIEGO — Maksim Derzhko calls it one of the most terrifying experiences of his life. A longtime opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he flew from Vladivostok to the Mexican border city of Tijuana with his 14-year-daughter and was in a car with seven other Russians. All that separated them from claiming asylum in the United States was a U.S. officer standing in traffic as vehicles inched toward inspection booths.  Continue reading “More Russians find ways around sweeping US asylum limits”

The Stream – by Mind Matters

Recently, we looked at a new idea governments are looking at — programmable digital currency. It’s all digital, issued by government, constantly trackable, and can’t be spent on items not approved by government (or only with penalties). The Federal Reserve Board (the United States’ central bank) explains, bureaucratically,  Continue reading “Government Control of What You Buy Grows More Popular”

Jonathan Turley

In World War II, Winston Churchill famously declared that “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” It appears that there may be even fewer to count on if a recent poll out this weekend is accurate. The Quinnipiac University poll asked Americans “what would you do if you were in the same position as Ukrainians are now, stay and fight or leave the country?” Only 55 percent said that they would stay and fight for this country. That included only 40 percent of Democrats. Overall 38 percent of Americans said that they would flee. It appears that this country is facing an existential crisis of faith and we should have a frank discussion about why so comparably few Americans are now willing to pledge their lives in defense of this country.  Continue reading “Almost 40% Of Americans Would Rather Flee Than Defend The US; New Poll Finds”

Zero Hedge – by Isabel van Brugen, The Epoch Times 

As sanctions cripple Russia’s aviation industry, President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Monday allowing foreign-owned aircraft to be re-registered as Russian for domestic use, according to state-run news agency TASS. Continue reading “Putin Signs Law To Seize Foreign Aircraft Amid Crippling Sanctions”

Washington Examiner – by Zachary Halaschak

Producer prices increased a blistering 10% for the year ending in February, according to a report Friday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the highest on record.

The inflation rate in Tuesday’s producer price index report was up 0.2 percentage points from the previous month and is the highest in the gauge’s 11-year history. Continue reading “Inflation rises to 10% in producer index, highest on record”

Summit News – by Paul Joseph Watson

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Facebook for its role in helping him win the propaganda war after the platform announced it would permit calls for violence against Russians.

Following its move to allow praise for the pro-Ukraine neo-nazi Azov Battalion last week, Facebook said they would permit ‘calls for violence against Russians’. Continue reading “Zelensky Thanks Zuckerberg For Helping Him Win the Propaganda War”

Sputnik

CAIRO (Sputnik) – At least 10 people were killed and over 20 were injured when two bombs exploded near a hotel in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday, a source in the local authorities said.

“More than 10 people were killed, more than 20 were injured when two bombs exploded in front of a hotel … in Sanaa,” the source said.

Continue reading “At Least 10 Killed, Over 20 Injured as 2 Bombs Explode Near Hotel in Yemen’s Sanaa – Source”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Oil, which earlier tumbled below $100 (for WTI) amid speculation that a Ukraine ceasefire is imminent (it isn’t) and that Chinese oil demand will collapse due to the Shenzhen lockdown (it won’t), dropped over a dollar moments ago when Reuters reported that a new source of oil may be about to emerge: Venezuela, which like Russia, is currently sanctioned by the US (but not for long). Continue reading “Oil Drops On Report Chevron Set To Start Trading Venezuelan Oil Once US Relaxes Sanctions”

Wayne Dupree – by Sophie O’Hara

There is something very odd going on at Fort Bragg.

So, incredibly odd, that an investigative reporter and the contributing editor of Rolling Stone Magazine wants to know what the heck is going on. Continue reading “There’s A Lot of Young, Healthy Servicemen Suddenly Dying in Their Bunks, and The Military Won’t Talk About It”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

After unexpectedly sliding last month in what was the largest monthly decline since 2013, the latest NY Fed Survey of Consumer Expectations found that the median inflation expectation at the one-year horizon rebounded sharply higher from 5.79% in Jan – the lowest since October – back to 6.00%, matching an all time high, while the median point prediction surged to 7.5% from 7.1%, also the highest on record. Continue reading “US Households Expect Record Spending Increases As All Prices Soar”

The Blaze – by Samuel Mangold-Lenett

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his top aide while out of office are receiving millions of dollars worth of security from the State Department due to “serious and credible” threats from Iran.

The Associated Press reported that the U.S. State Department is paying more than $2 million per month to provide Pompeo and his former aide, Brian Hook, with 24-hour security.  Continue reading “Mike Pompeo receives millions of dollars in security each month due to ‘serious and credible’ threats from Iran”

Breitbart – by John Binder

Illegal aliens in the sanctuary state of New Jersey could get another round of stimulus checks, paid for by the state’s taxpayers, in addition to the checks they received last year.

Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) is proposing another $53 million in the state budget to fund one-time $500 stimulus checks for more than 100,000 illegal aliens. Nearly half a million illegal aliens currently live in New Jersey. Continue reading “Sanctuary State New Jersey Seeks More Stimulus Checks for Illegal Aliens”