Is the West’s Ukraine response about to fracture?
Presenting the rising cost of living as a necessary price to pay for Ukrainian freedom is a surefire recipe for trouble
Wars aren’t always decided on the battlefield. As bravely as Ukrainian soldiers defend their homeland from Russian invasion, their heroics won’t suffice without continuous military and financial support from the West. American and European leaders have so far stood firmly behind Ukraine. Public opinion, however, is starting to dwindle. The most important fight for Ukraine could ultimately take place in the homes, streets and squares across Europe.
How long will Canadians put up with Trudeau using the Ukraine conflict as cover to inflict his economically ruinous Green-Scam agenda on them?
Germany’s love-hate relationship with nuclear power
It all began with an “egg”: Germany’s first nuclear reactor went online in October 1957, in Garching, near Munich. Given its shape, it was nicknamed the “atom egg” and belonged to Munich’s Technical University. It was a landmark in nuclear research and a symbol of a new beginning after WWII. The research reactor operated until 2000.
Most illegal immigrants do not qualify for US asylum
The arrival of busloads of migrants into New York City has raised questions about the administration’s border policies. Here are the facts about our increasingly dysfunctional immigration system:
Under US law, most migrants coming here without permission must be expelled. The only exceptions are migrants fleeing torture or racial, religious, ethnic, political or social-group persecution. “Economic refugee” is a contradiction, and “seeking a better life” means nothing if a migrant lacks permission to enter.
China Is Winning the Economic Race with the US – The Consequences Will Be Profound
China has closed the gap with the U.S. “in most economic races, even overtaking it in some,” according to a recent report from Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. The report, “The Great Economic Rivalry: China Vs. the US,” predicts that at the current rate, China will overtake the US economically within a decade.
Measured by purchasing power parity (PPP) — which compares national economies in terms of how much each nation can buy with its own currency at the prices items sell for in its market — China has already surpassed the US to become the world’s largest economy.
DHS Whistleblower Leaks New Joint Intelligence Bulletin On ‘Domestic Violent Extremists’ Sent In Wake Of Mar-A-Lago Raid
“The threats we have observed, to date, underscore that DVEs [Domestic Violent Extremists] may view the 2022 midterm election as an additional flashpoint around which to escalate threats against perceived ideological opponents, including federal law enforcement personnel.”
“Information contained in this intelligence bulletin is for official use only. No portion of this bulletin should be released to the media, the general public, or over nonsecure Internet servers. Release of this material could adversely affect or jeopardize investigative activities.”
Saudi woman given 34-year prison sentence for using Twitter
A Saudi student at Leeds University who had returned home to the kingdom for a holiday has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for having a Twitter account and for following and retweeting dissidents and activists.
The sentencing by Saudi’s special terrorist court was handed down weeks after the US president Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia, which human rights activists had warned could embolden the kingdom to escalate its crackdown on dissidents and other pro-democracy activists.
‘Act of sabotage’ as Ukraine hints at secret bombings behind enemy lines in Crimea
Elite special forces reported to be behind fireball blast at ammunition dump in Russian occupied territory
Ukrainian special forces are reported to be behind a series of mysterious explosions behind enemy lines in occupied Crimea.
Blasts at an open-air ammunition dump and an electrical substation in the north of the Russian-held peninsula were the work of an elite military unit, according to an anonymous Ukrainian official.
Footage shared on social media showed a huge fireball sent into the sky by the explosion at the ammunition dump, followed by secondary blasts as munitions cooked off.
Explosions at a munitions dump in Crimea. The detonations have allegedly damaged a cable, disabling Russian communications.#russiaisaterrorisstate #WarInUkraine #StandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/2ovloxoZ5v
— Stepan Stepanenko (@StepanenkoSF) August 16, 2022
Freeing of terrorist who killed Australian soldiers shows how the US gave Taliban leverage despite allies’ objections
Many of the Taliban freed under the Doha Agreement took up arms, providing a deadly illustration of how the US-Taliban deal undermined the viability of the Afghan republic.
Hekmatullah, a Taliban infiltrator serving as a sergeant in the Afghan National Army, was involved in a so-called “green on blue” turncoat attack that killed three Australian soldiers in Uruzgan in 2012.
Why Are the Man Suspected of Raping a 10-Year-Old and His ‘Wife’ Represented by Prestigious Law Firms?
The suspect in the Ohio rape case, Gerson Fuentes, who is charged with raping a 10-year-old child whose story was used to push a pro-abortion narrative, has deeper pockets than one would expect for an illegal alien from Guatemala who reportedly worked at a coffee shop.
Why is ArriveCan still mandatory, and what is Ottawa’s plan for the app?
OTTAWA – The glitch-prone app touted as an efficient border tool early in the pandemic has become a punching bag for critics who question its utility — but ArriveCan may be here to stay.
The government insists it’s a useful tool. Critics say it has outlived its use, if it ever had one.
Here’s a quick lowdown on what we currently know about it.
Putin revives Mother Heroine award for women who have ten children
President Putin has revived a Soviet-era award for women who have ten or more children as Russia faces a demographic crisis that has been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine.
Joseph Stalin established the “Mother Heroine” title in 1944 to encourage large families after the death of tens of millions of Soviet citizens during the Second World War. More than 400,000 women received the award before it was scrapped after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Road to war: U.S. struggled to convince allies, and Zelensky, of risk of invasion
On a sunny October morning, the nation’s top intelligence, military and diplomatic leaders filed into the Oval Office for an urgent meeting with President Biden. They arrived bearing a highly classified intelligence analysis, compiled from newly obtained satellite images, intercepted communications and human sources, that amounted to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war plans for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
#Ukraine: The crew of a Russian BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle decides to take the safest route – right between two previously destroyed Russian BMP-1AM and BMP-2 in Yakovlivka, #Donetsk Oblast – and surprisingly they blow up on an anti-tank mine. pic.twitter.com/2E2cNs0sbF
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) August 15, 2022
Atlantic Changes Headlines After Backlash over Catholic Rosary Smear
The Atlantic changed headlines multiple times in response to massive backlash over an op-ed that compared the Catholic rosary to an “assault weapon.”
Authored by Daniel Panneton, the article, originally titled, “How the Rosary Became an Extremist Symbol,” featured a rosary that had bullet holes in place of beads and argued that the Catholic sacramental had become a tool of violent militants.
Asian Americans are buying guns in record numbers. What’s caused this surge?
More than 5 million people became first-time owners during the pandemic as gun sales to the community rose by about 43%
Vivian Moon, a real estate agent and artist, had never felt particularly afraid as a woman living alone in Buena Park, a small California city outside Los Angeles. But when violent attacks against Asian women and seniors increased across the US early last year, she became disillusioned with the police’s ability – and willingness – to protect people who looked like her.
So, like many other Americans of Asian descent, she decided to buy a gun. “I realized I have to take ownership of how I want to live my life,” said Moon, 33.
In the year since, Moon said she’s made an effort to reach out and teach her friends, many of whom are women of color, about gun safety. As a Korean woman who grew up in the 1990s, Moon is also inspired by the legacy of the Los Angeles uprising and the armed Korean immigrants who defended their businesses on rooftops when riots broke out in South Central. “Back then Korean Americans took a stand and took their safety into their own hands,” she said.