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Wow, look what is replacing the once booming timber & oil mining county. Data centers that will stress the power grid and divert the water resources. “Mingo County, West Virginia, was once thriving, but the coal industry’s decline left it one of the poorest counties in the US. Now, multiple data centers could be built …
by Michael As grocery prices have risen, demand at food banks throughout the country has surged to very alarming levels. At the end of 2024, I wrote about how demand at food banks had risen to record levels all over the United States. Unfortunately, demand has continued to rise in 2025, and now the government shutdown …
When will the madness end? “I have no desire to put them in jail” Wtf is that saying? h/t Limpan
Standing knee-deep in an emerald expanse, a row of trees offering respite from the sweltering heat, Rosa Morales diligently relocates chipilín, a Central American legume, from one bed of soil to another. The 34-year-old has been coming to the Campesinos’ Garden run by the Farmworker Association of Florida in Apopka for the last six months, …
by Michael If your family was on the verge of starving to death, to what extremes would you be willing to go in order to get food? Some of the things that I am going to share with you in this article may make you cringe. But you need to understand what people are willing …
Wild bull on beach in Cabo, Mexico. Harassed by dogs, then chases a woman.pic.twitter.com/H1GhbJlKpg — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) May 15, 2024 Wild video from La Fortuna. Wild bull on popular beach in Mexico attacks woman who doesn't recognize danger.pic.twitter.com/GKyqI9ecMQ — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) May 15, 2024
Ilhan Omar’s daughter, Isra Hirsi, complains that her anti-Israel protest group “is 100% targeted” by university administration Ilhan Omar's daughter, Isra Hirsi, complains that her anti-Israel protest group "is 100% targeted" by university administration pic.twitter.com/PuOd4g7KWA — Julia 🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) April 22, 2024 Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter Isra Hirsi, 21, says she is now homeless and …
Haiti ‘will go hungry soon’, it has been warned, as looting sparks a food shortage in the Caribbean country where out-gunned police are battling rampaging gangs. Despite Haiti’s government on Thursday extending a state of emergency and nighttime curfew by a month to try and curb the violent gang attacks, US government officials fear that …
via Mike Shedlock A Bloomberg op-ed proposes the government will kill the 401K, and also that it should. Your 401(k) Will Be Gone Within a Decade Please consider Your 401(k) Will Be Gone Within a Decade If you are among the 56% of US workers with a retirement plan, I have some bad news for you: …
UK has nothing left in it’s military stockpiles after arming Ukraine In part of a continuing trend of major Western publications belatedly admitting that all is not well with Ukraine policy and the state the war, The Times of London reported Sunday that the UK has “nothing” left it its own military stockpiles after being among Ukraine’s biggest weapons suppliers for …