Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) We’ll start with the U.S. Government’s plan to normalize the militarization of police departments throughout the country. The U.S. Government’s Defense Logistics Agency issued on 1 September 2022 a “Frequently Asked Questions relating to the 1033 Program”, which reports that In the National Defense Authorization Act [NDAA] for fiscal years […]
Tesla cut the prices for its Model Y, Model X and Model S vehicles in the U.S. by $2,000 each on Friday, according to the electric vehicle maker's website. Elon Musk's electric vehicle maker lowered the prices for its Model Y base variant to $42,990, while the long-range and performance variants are now priced at $47,990 and $51,490, respectively, the website showed. The basic version of the Model S now costs $72,990 and its plaid variant $87,990. The Model X base variant now costs $77,990 and...
China watchers are asking whether Feng’s article is a step in the evolution of differences in Chinese and Russian positions — or is it an overt signal of internal Chinese Communist Party debate over Beijing’s policy of supporting Putin’s war in Ukraine?
Dave Ramsey says you can take Social Security at 62 if you invest all of it. But most people can’t do this, and many who can probably shouldn’t. You get to choose when to claim your Social Security benefits, but the consensus among most financial professionals is that delaying your claim for as long as […]
If a belligerent state launched 185 explosive drones, 36 cruise missiles, and 110 surface-to-surface missiles from three fronts against civilian targets within the United States, Read More
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is poised to make a landmark change to the federal government's position on marijuana. According to the agency's proposal, marijuana would no longer be considered among the most dangerous and addictive substances.
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When Kema Ward-Hopper and her then-fiance Nicholas Hopper, both from the US, decided to get married in Costa Rica, they had no idea that they’d end up relocating there a few years later. But a series of devastating events led the couple and daughter Aaralyn, now 15, to a new life in the Central American country’s very own “blue zone,” one of the regions of the world where people live longest and are the healthiest. Ward-Hopper, a health and life coach, was diagnosed with breast cancer a few...
The first model for the original Star Trek (1966-1969) spaceship, the Enterprise, had been missing since 1979, but recently appeared on an eBay listing. Fans and experts immediately noticed, and once it was authenticated as genuine, was returned to the son of the Gene Roddenberry, the show's creator. — Read the rest
Iran's foreign minister dismissed the Friday morning strikes on his country, which hit near a major air base and nuclear site near the city of Isfahan, casting doubt on their origin and downplaying their impact. "What happened last night wasn't a strike," Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in translated comments during an interview on NBC News's "Top
Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities claimed Devin Nunes would be ‘fired on The Apprentice’ amid stock trading rowThe CEO of Donald Trump’s social media empire was branded a “proverbial loser” whom the former president “would have fired on The Apprentice” by a trading firm owned by the billionaire Republican donor Ken Griffin on Friday.In an extraordinary statement, Citadel Securities accused Devin Nunes, chief executive of Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), of trying to deflect blame for the...
A proposed House rule faces a crucial vote Friday in the latest showdown between Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican lawmakers. The rule would combine four Read More