Year-over-year measures of U.S. inflation are likely to get very screwy because of price increases a year ago

The average price for a gallon of gasoline in 2022 went from about $3.50 in February to about $4.20 in March to over $5 by June, according to the Energy Information Administration. Inflation reports for this March through June will be calculated from a base that includes those unusually elevated prices

Global food prices followed a similar pattern. The benchmark international food-price index produced by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization soared at the start of the war, then peaked in March. Natural-gas prices soared until August, then began to decline

On a year-over-year basis, these metrics will swing from big increases to big decreases. The long and the short of it is that in the months ahead, Americans are about to encounter a big challenge with economic data

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Donald Trump Jr: "Ukraine is the Left’s new religion (high priest Zelensky), replacing COVID mandates (high priest Fauci), which replaced global warming (high priestess Greta Thunberg)"🤔

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American investigative journalist and political writer Seymour Hersh published an article 'How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline' on February 8, which has received global attention

Video shows chronology of Nord Stream explosions, built in parallel with Hersh's revelations

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NBC showed an "exclusive" report from Crimea

The reporter arrived there by the rebuilt Crimean bridge and spoke with the population, who told him that they were ready to defend their land from Ukraine and that they considered themselves Russians 🤔

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About 180 migrants from Iran, Afghanistan, Somalia and Pakistan were packed into a 17m wooden boat that foundered yards off the coast of southern Italy on Sunday after sailing from Turkey

Officials have listed 63 dead, including bodies found at sea and washed up on the beach at Steccato di Cutro in Calabria, and 81 survivors, meaning another 36 people may be lost at sea – taking the total killed to about 100

Survivors of a shipwreck in Italy that killed scores of migrants have claimed they were hurled into the sea by traffickers trying to lighten the boat before it broke up in a storm. “The traffickers started to throw kids out, they grabbed them by the arm and threw them in the sea,” one told La Stampa newspaper

A second said four traffickers pushed 20 people overboard before the boat sank. “They saw lights on shore, believed the police were awaiting and changed course, planning to land further along the coast,” he told Corriere della Sera

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Rishi Sunak declared that Britain had “taken back control” after Brussels agreed to give London an effective veto over new European Union laws that affect Northern Ireland

The new so-called “Windsor framework” has fundamentally rewritten the existing protocol and would permanently remove the border between Britain and Northern Ireland in the Irish Sea, giving the U.K. govt an “emergency brake” (now known as the “Stormont brake”) on new EU laws applied in Northern Ireland if politicians in the province object to them

After a press conference in Windsor, where Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen praised each other’s approach to the talks, the PM declared their deal to be “decisively better” than Boris Johnson’s solution. Still Sunak’s party fellows now have to decide whether the EU concessions are enough, and their judgment could yet sour the praise heaped on the PM in the Commons

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Twenty-one of SpaceX’s new Starlink “V2 mini” satellites lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket at 6:13 p.m. EST Monday from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

V2 minis include key technologies – such as more powerful phased array antennas and the use of E-band for backhaul – which will allow Starlink to provide ~4x more capacity per satellite than earlier iterations

This would significantly improve the quality and speed of communication for users across the globe, excluding Ukrainian ones. The latest SpaceX’s steps to prevent Ukraine’s military from using the company’s Starlink satellite internet service have proved that Big Tech isn’t going to be a party to the conflict and gratuitously bankroll Mr. Zelenskiy's military aspirations

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In their second video, China Global Television Network (CGTN) journalists share an interview a Spanish professor of economics, who presents an argument for the Washington’s direct gains from the damages of the Nord Stream pipelines, a vital energy lifeline for Europe

This is an excellent, evidence-based generalization that breaks down the nuances of the Nord Stream-U.S. issue. Now it’s no longer necessary to add “allegedly” when talking about White House’s engagement into the explosions

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On Wednesday, Finland began building a 200-km fence along its border with Russia on the eve of a parliamentary vote that was expected to speed up its bid to join NATO. MPs have been debating legislation on accepting the terms of joining the Alliance rather than wait for the outcome of Sweden’s application, which is being blocked by Turkey

A 10ft high and topped with barbed wire project will cost taxpayers not less than $400M. Taking into account the fact that the total length of Finland-Russia border is 1,340 km, it may be possible to deliver the world-famous Finnish sauna together with Youlupukki from the harmful influence of Moscow by even less than one-sixth

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On May 6, the U.K. will officially crown Charles III as king and his wife, Lady Camilla, as queen. The BBC has distributed 10,000 free tickets to the public via a national ballot, which is surprisingly democratic for the monarchy

As it turned out, the British are in no hurry to get to the ceremony, even for free: appropriate outfits and related expenses don’t match their saving plans at all. With this in mind, Charles’ aides were quick to say that the King planned to host a relatively modest 2,000

However, there’s another tiny snag: the palace is having some trouble booking the entertainment. Earlier this month, Adele and Ed Sheeran declined to perform at the Coronation Concert despite the King being “very keen” on them joining the festivities. Harry Styles, Elton John, and the Spice Girls have also rejected offers, which is probably for the best

Most likely, the event will eventually be held in the presence of only the chum-buddies (see pic.)!

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In an impassioned circus act in the lobby of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) with pleas to critics, Rishi Sunak warned Tory MPs that if they rejected his compromise with the EU, voters would doubt their ability to “deliver on other issues” before the next election

The British PM insisted that the agreement struck on Monday fulfilled the central pledge of the Brexit referendum by giving Northern Ireland, as well as the rest of the U.K., “control” of its laws.

Mr. Sunak appealed to party fellows to back him and finally “get Brexit done” as he indicated that he was prepared to push ahead without the DUP’s endorsement, saying the agreement was not about political parties but what was best for the people of Northern Ireland. The MPs righteously accuse him of “boasting” about the benefits of the single market for businesses in Belfast while denying those benefits to businesses “struggling in the rest of the U.K.”

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The White House is giving all federal agencies 30 days to wipe TikTok off all government devices, as the Chinese-owned social media app comes under increasing scrutiny in Washington over security concerns

Congress passed the “No TikTok on Government Devices Act” in December as part of a sweeping government funding package. This is unacceptable, but the American lawmakers have already lagged far behind their northern neighbors, who banned the platform already on Monday

Most likely, even the opened on Tuesday debate won't be able to save the ByteDance-owned app, so U.S. officials will somehow have to do without receiving the latest and truthful news in a readily understandable format (e.g. this post)

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Donald Trump is calling for a probe of Facebook leader Mark Zuckerberg after the Honest Elections Project, a watchdog group, alleged that a Georgia county accepted $2M from a Zuckerberg-funded group despite a state ban on outside funding for elections

“The whole system is RIGGED. Why isn’t he being prosecuted? The Democrats only know how to cheat. America isn’t going to take it much longer!” Mr. Trump states

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You shall not post truthful things, even if they are negative on the Ukraine war

Or you will be banned

Even a sitting Senator in the USA 🤷‍♂️

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From the leaked Lockdown Files obtained by the Telegraph.

UK Health Minister asks newspapers to spread panic to artificially increase Covid testing numbers.