Month: May 2022

Biden Signs $40 Billion Ukraine Aid Package Into Law

President Joe Biden on May 21 signed a $40 billion aid package for Ukraine. Biden signed the bill, H.R. 7691, while traveling in Asia. The legislation primarily features money for military assistance but also makes available $8 billion for economic support for both Ukraine and countries “impacted by the situation in Ukraine, including for programs…


Russia Shuts Off Gas Exports to Finland

Russia has cut off gas exports to neighboring Finland on Saturday after the Nordic country refused to pay Russian gas supplies in roubles. The move also comes at the same time as Finland is applying to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). On Friday, the Russian state-owned energy company Gazprom gave notice to its Finnish equivalent…


Netflix Pays $59 Million to Settle Tax Dispute in Italy

MILAN—Netflix has agreed to pay more than 55.8 million euros ($59 million) to settle a tax dispute, Milan prosecutors said Friday. The payment covers taxes, penalties and interest from October 2015 through 2019. The streaming service also established an Italian legal entity this year, which will determine its Italian tax burden based on subscriptions to…


Trump Lawyers Demand Intelligence Agencies Punish Ex-employees Who Claimed Russians Were Behind Hunter Biden Laptop

The former employees at the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies should be punished for claiming stories about emails on a computer belonging to President Joe Biden’s son were part of a Russian scheme, lawyers for former President Donald Trump said. Top officials at the CIA, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI),…


5 Simple Drinks to Clear Acne and Inflammation, Boost Immune System

Inflammation within our bodies is the root cause of many frustrating skin conditions, including acne, eczema, and dermatitis! So to really understand what role different food ingredients can play, today Fel shares with you her favorite natural drinks to really help clear the skin and get rid of acne and blemishes from the inside out!…


The Pandemic of Fear

“Fear,” Dr. Mark McDonald says, “is the mechanism by which people lose their ability to think rationally.” In this recent episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek sits down with Dr. Mark McDonald to discuss the physical and psychological damage done to the American people by COVID-19 rules and regulations and what we as…


Top 7 Ways to Protect Your 401(K) From a Stock Market Crash

If you have a 401(k), any other retirement plan, or anything that ties into the stock market in general, then this article is for you. I’m going to tell you seven ways to protect your 401(k) from a stock market crash so that if it does happen, at least you will be prepared. What Is…


Probe of NSBA ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Letter Ends In Apology, Pledge to ‘Ensure This Does Not Happen Again’

Top officials at the National School Boards Association (NSBA) have apologized for a controversial letter that called on the Justice Department to probe parents under domestic terrorism laws, blaming a “concerning lack of internal process and accountability” on the part of the association and vowing policy changes “to ensure this does not happen again.” The…


Film Review: ‘The Race to Alaska’: ‘Mad Max’ Meets the Iditarod on Water

NR | 1h 39min | Documentary, Sports | 20 May 2022 (USA) Everyone knows one or, at least, knows someone who knows one (or maybe, it’s you): the people that regularly participate in “extreme” sporting events. Apart from the microscopic number of those who engage in these activities as a profession, the remainder do so for the sheer thrill of it…


Moral Tales for Children From McGuffey’s Readers: The Fireside

This is the third instalment in our McGuffey Readers series, in which we reproduce some of the best moral tales from the classic 1800s schoolbooks that sold an estimated 122 million copies by 1960, the largest circulation of any book in the world next to the Bible and Webster’s Dictionary. McGuffey’s Readers played an important…