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These are samples of British English.

Families don't have an age.
Do the farmers have to be very good?
Does it have to be a holistic view?
What else does us down?
The new generation is the younger generation.
Both barriers and challenges.
Both current and past generations.

Hopefully for these young families.
The farmers have been very good.
And having a holistic view.
Everything we do needs to makes us healthier not do us down.
The new generation coming through the younger generation.
The barriers and the challenges.
Like current generations and past generations.

This is me talking about the language tree. 4-2-25

The Costa Rican police are commenting on Miller Gardner.

Carbon monoxide poisoning may have led to the death of the 14-year-old son of former Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department (OIJ) said in an update. Investigators detected high emissions of carbon monoxide contamination in the hotel room where Miller Gardner and his family were staying, OIJ director Randall Zuniga said during a video press conference, citing the results of testing last Friday. The hotel room is next to a specialized machine room, which could have led to the contamination, Zuniga said. “[That] leads us to a line of investigation in which it seems that this person may have died from inhaling these very dangerous gases,” Zuniga said in Spanish. Miller’s cause of death will not be verified until officials receive the final forensic toxicology results, according to officials. OIJ is working closely with the U.S., Zuniga said. Costa Rican National Police previously ruled out asphyxiation as a cause of death after initially citing it as a possibility. Miller died in his sleep on March 21 after he, among other family members, fell ill during the vacation, according to a statement by Brett Gardner and his wife, Jessica. “We have so many questions and so few answers at this point,” the family said in their statement.

The death of Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, is being investigated as related to possible carbon monoxide poisoning, Randall Zuniga, director of Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Department (OIJ), said in a news conference Monday. An OIJ spokesperson confirmed to ESPN by text message that investigators believe the death to be accidental rather than the result of foul play. "Furthermore, this investigation has been closely coordinated with the FBI in the United States," Zuniga said at the news conference. Zuniga also said that tests were conducted in "the room the family was staying" on Friday -- a week after Miller Gardner was found in his hotel room in a popular resort district -- when "high emissions of carbon monoxide contamination were detected." He said this suggested the death might have been from "inhaling hazardous gases." He said these were initial findings and that the results of forensic toxicology are still to come. The room that was tested, according to Zuniga, was adjacent to "a machine room," which investigators believe is a source of the contamination. "Levels of up to 600 parts per million were found, when the correct level should be zero in this specific case," Zuniga said. The OIJ spokesperson, Juan Pablo Alvarado Garcia, said no additional information about who else was in the room or how the carbon monoxide affected others in adjacent rooms was immediately available. The OIJ told ESPN last week that asphyxiation -- once investigated as a potential cause of death -- had been ruled out. Miller Gardner's air passages were not obstructed, but there were traces of vomit, the OIJ said. A spokesperson for Arenas del Mar Beachfront & Rainforest Resort told ABC News on Tuesday that "the high levels of carbon monoxide were in a mechanical room that guests do not occupy." The spokesperson added: "The levels in the hotel room were non-existent and non-lethal." The hotel also said that the results of forensic tests, which Costa Rican authorities told ESPN could take two to three months, "will objectively, clearly, and conclusively clarify the causes of this unfortunate incident." The presence of carbon monoxide was the latest turn in the investigation into death of the former outfielder's youngest son, which the family said posed many questions but provided few answers. Brett Gardner and his wife, Jessica, announced their son's death on March 23 in a statement released by the Yankees. The statement said Miller had fallen ill, along with several other family members, while on vacation.

Reports about Lithuania.

Germany has deployed its first permanent military brigade abroad since World War II, sending 5,000 troops to Lithuania as part of NATO's bolstered presence on the alliance's eastern border. This marks a significant move for Berlin, which has traditionally avoided long-term foreign military commitments, according to Politico. The newly formed 45th Armored Brigade was officially activated in a ceremony near Vilnius, with Brigadier General Christoph Huber taking temporary command. The German forces are expected to become fully operational by 2027, at which point they will relocate to a permanent base in Rudninkai, situated south of the Lithuanian capital. By the end of 2024, approximately 500 German troops are anticipated to be stationed in Lithuania. This deployment is regarded as a strong political and strategic message, particularly given the ongoing war in Ukraine and the shifting security landscape across Europe. For Lithuania, which shares borders with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad and Belarus, the presence of German troops is critical to its national security. It also serves as a reaffirmation of NATO’s commitment to the region. The historical significance of this deployment cannot be overstated. The Baltic states have long been influenced by both Russian and German powers. From the Middle Ages, the Teutonic and Livonian Orders—military and ecclesiastical structures of German origin—ruled parts of what are now Lithuania and Latvia, bringing Christian and feudal systems to the area. Over time, the region was controlled by various powers, but German influence remained strong, especially among the ruling elites and in urban centers.

MOSCOW, April 2. /TASS/. Lithuania's authorities have handed over six air defense systems to Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky said. "There are new air defense systems from Lithuania - six of them," Zelensky stated in a video address posted on his Telegram channel. He did not specify whether the systems had already been delivered to Ukraine or which type of systems they were. Earlier, Zelensky mentioned that he had reached an agreement with Western partners to obtain licenses for the manufacture of air defense systems. Forbes previously reported that the Ukrainian army, along with its allies, began searching for ways to replace US-made air defense weapons following US President Donald Trump's controversial meeting with Zelensky at the White House.

The German army entered another country Germany today permanently deployed a 5,000-strong armored brigade to Lithuania, the first official German deployment of military forces abroad since World War II. The newly created 45th Armored Brigade, commanded by General Christoph Huber, was officially activated during a ceremony outside Vilnius, and a temporary headquarters was established. Huber said that the mission of this brigade is to ensure "the protection, freedom and security of our Lithuanian allies on the eastern flank of NATO", reports Politico. "By doing this, we are also protecting NATO territory and Germany itself," the general said. Berlin has promised a long-term deployment of the military in 2023, ending decades of a defense policy that avoided permanently stationing combat troops abroad. For NATO, the deployment is a critical part of the alliance's transition to advanced defense deterrence, and Lithuania also welcomed the move due to the insecurity of the Baltic region since the start of the war in Ukraine, the Brussels paper said.

This is me talking about the army base. 4-1-25

This is me talking more about the navy. 4-1-25

This is me talking about the navy. 4-1-25

Elon is making jokes about the think tanks.

WASHINGTON, April 1. /TASS/. The US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by entrepreneur Elon Musk, has been able to recover the data deleted by United States Institute of Peace (USIP) employees. "They deleted a terabyte of financial data to cover their crimes, but they don’t understand technology, so we recovered it," Musk wrote on the X social media platform.

Miriam went to a mental hospital but it seems like she couldn't get better. Maybe she has a mental disorder that is environmental. Kind of violent criminal women.

The video ends abruptly as Yarimi is removed from her bed. She was taken to Coney Island Hospital and kept there against her will for two weeks, according to the notice of claim filed by her lawyer. After the video ends a text message appears, reading “My ex called them to tell them I’m gonna kill myself”. After being taken to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn in stable condition, Yarimi was transferred to the psychiatric ward of Bellevue Hospital, law enforcement sources said. Her arraignment is pending in Brooklyn Criminal Court.

I think we went a whole week looking for one truck. Now we're looking for a second truck.

“Three US army soldiers assigned to 1st Armored brigade combat team, 3rd infantry division were found deceased in Lithuania today, 31 March,” US Army Europe and Africa’s public affairs office said in a statement. The soldiers’ identities were being “withheld pending notification of next of kin”, it added. The command said that during the effort to pull the vehicle out, it began to lose traction, so additional heavy bulldozers were brought in and attached to provide additional grip. The vehicle was pulled free after about two hours.

The US navy dive team is searching the area using radar for the missing fourth soldier.

Search and recovery operations continue to find the fourth soldier, the statement said. The four soldiers were assigned to the 1st Armored Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division out of Fort Stewart, Georgia. Their identities are being until their families are notified.

The soldiers and vehicle, an M88 Hercules, have been missing since the early morning of March 25 when they were conducting a maintenance training mission, recovering another US vehicle in a Lithuania training area. The M88 was found the morning of March 26; US and partner military forces have been working around the clock since to pull the nearly 70-ton vehicle out of the bog.

VILNIUS, March 31 (Reuters) - Three of the four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing in Lithuania last week when their vehicle sunk in a peat bog have been found dead at the site, while the search for the remaining soldier is ongoing, U.S. and Lithuanian officials said on Monday.

This is me talking about Lithuania. 4-1-25

US armored vehicle missing in Lithuania pulled from swamp but fate of 4 soldiers is still unknown Lithuanian officials say a U.S. armored vehicle that went missing during a training exercise has been retrieved from a swamp after a six-day search but there is still no information about the fate of the four American soldiers who were on board VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A U.S. armored vehicle that went missing in Lithuania has been retrieved from a swamp after a six-day search but there is still no information about the fate of the four American soldiers who were on board, Lithuanian officials said Monday. "The armored vehicle was pulled ashore at 4:40 a.m., the towing operation is complete, Lithuanian Military Police and US investigators continue their work,” Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė said Monday morning in a post on Facebook. The soldiers were on a training exercise at the massive General Silvestras Žukauskas training ground in the town of Pabradė when they and their vehicle were reported missing in the early hours of Tuesday morning, the U.S. army said. “Until the investigators have more details, we need to stay calm and focused, and keep in mind the sensitivity of the situation and the concerns of the soldiers’ families,” Šakalienė posted on Facebook. She made clear to reporters that the first information about fate of the soldiers will be delivered by the U.S. army. The soldiers, all from 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, were conducting tactical training when they went missing. Hundreds of Lithuanian and U.S. soldiers and rescuers took part in the search through the thick forests and swampy terrain around Pabradė, which lies just 10 kilometers (6 miles) west of the border with Belarus. The M88 Hercules armored vehicle was discovered on Wedneday submerged in 4.5 meters (15 feet) of water. A large-scale recovery operation got underway but “water, thick mud and soft ground around the site have complicated recovery efforts and have required specialized equipment to drain water from the side and stabilize the ground” in order to pull the 70-ton vehicle ashore, the army said.

His mom was an elected member of the Nevada state legislature. The Yankees maybe are using illegal bats.

The man who was fatally shot at a casino in North Las Vegas earlier this week has been identified as the son of former North Las Vegas state senator and mayoral candidate Pat Spearman. Na’Onche Osborn, 23, was fatally shot inside the Aliante Casino and Hotel in the early hours of Thursday, officials said. North Las Vegas police officers responded to the area around 4:30 a.m., the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. North Las Vegas is located 10 miles north of Las Vegas. The suspect, later identified as 19-year-old Aerion Warmsley, was arrested on Friday after a high-speed chase. He was charged with open murder with a deadly weapon and robbery with a deadly weapon, officials said. The victim died from multiple gunshot wounds, the Clark County Coroner’s Office announced Saturday.

Yankees share mixed feelings on perfectly legal ‘torpedo’ bats: ‘I know I’m bought in’ Some Yankees have been swinging unique lumber lately, but nothing illegal. The Bombers’ bats drew attention on Saturday, as the team set a franchise record with nine home runs in a 20-9 win over the Brewers. Early in the game, YES Network broadcaster Michael Kay highlighted a few Yankees using new bats, including Anthony Volpe and Jazz Chisholm Jr., who both went deep. The bats have barrels that are closer to the hands. Traditionally, bats have barrels closer to the end. “It’s actually a little bit lower than the barrel,” Kay continued. “The Yankee front office, the analytics department, did a study on Anthony Volpe, and every single ball it seemed like he hit on the label. He didn’t hit any on the barrel, so they had bats made up where they moved a lot of the wood into the label, so the harder part of the bat is going to actually strike the ball.”

This is me talking about Belarus. 3-31-25

Which one is Ukrainian?

Машина едет по улице.
Машына едзе па вул.
Машина їде по вул.
Samochód jedzie ulicą.

This is me talking more about Lithuania. 3-30-25

WIESBADEN, Germany — More assets have been brought in to support the ongoing recovery operations for four missing U.S. Soldiers. The recovery team was joined by Polish engineers and a specialized U.S. Navy dive team to recover the M88A2 Hercules found on March 26, which remains submerged under at least 15 feet of water, clay-like mud, and silt. Today’s focus is on continued efforts to remove water and mud from the site, shore up the ground around the site to support heavy equipment, and site preparation for dive operations. Early this morning, specialized divers from U.S. Navy Commander, Task Force 68 arrived on a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules at the Vilnius airport from Rota, Spain. They and their equipment were then moved to the mission site by U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters from the 1st Armored Division’s Combat Aviation Brigade to begin diving operations. Their focus is finding lift points on the M88A2 and bring to bear highly specialized equipment and training that will allow them to navigate the challenging environment around the Hercules.

This is me talking about Lithuania. 3-30-25

Francisco Lindor was born in Puerto Rico but they moved to Florida when he was twelve. They arrived in Florida as a group. His dad had four kids. He plays for the Mets, but I think his pregnant wife and two kids live in Orlando.
This weekend, he had eleven at bats in Houston. He didn't get on base even once. He has a zero batting average after playing in three games.

He is a foreign born player who maybe is no longer good enough to play in MLB. But he's still on the Mets roster and he travels with the team.

A bank wire scam involving Jamaican Americans.

Jamaican-American singer Sean Kingston and his mother, Janice Turner, were convicted on Friday of all charges they faced in their $1 million federal fraud case out of Florida. The 34-year-old “Beautiful Girls” singer, born Kisean Anderson, and his 61-year-old mom were found guilty after just three-and-a-half hours of jury deliberation, reported NBC6 South Florida. The mother and son were each indicted last July on five counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in what authorities said was an organized scheme to defraud multiple luxury companies out of high-end goods. “The defendants unjustly enriched themselves by falsely representing that they had executed bank wire or other monetary payment transfers … [then] retained or attempted to retain the vehicles, jewelry and other goods despite non-payment,” federal prosecutors said at the time. “Through the execution of this scheme, the defendants obtained in excess of $1 million in property.”

All children are young, Jessica.

The Audi driver, identified as Miriam Yarimi, 32, had to be extricated from her vehicle by firefighters, and was in stable condition at NYU Langone Brooklyn. The 62-year-old driver of the Toyota Camry and his four passengers, a woman and three kids, were taken to Kings County Hospital and treated for minor injuries, according to NYPD Chief of Department John Chell. A mother and her two young daughters were killed Saturday afternoon in Brooklyn when an Audi sedan crashed into a TLC vehicle and careened toward the family as they were crossing the street, officials said. The three victims, as well as a third child, were walking in the crosswalk on Ocean Parkway near Quentin Rd. in Midwood just after 1 p.m. when the driver of a blue Audi A3 traveling north on Ocean Parkway crashed into the rear bumper of the driver of a 2023 Toyota Camry with TLC plates while he was making a right turn onto Ocean Parkway, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference at the scene hours later. “The impact caused the Camry to be pushed aside while the Audi continued forward and struck four pedestrians in the crosswalk, a mother and her three young children, before overturning,” Tisch said.

This is me talking about the NYPD. 3-30-25

Can she talk or not?

Caused by someone who shouldn't be on the road. A mother and two young children killed. Another child. Excuse me another child.

У вас есть друзья в Дублине.
You have friends in Dublin.

This is me talking more about the Yankees. 3-29-25

This is me talking about the Yankees. 3-29-25

Claro, Houston está cerca de México. El hombre es de Puerto Rico. México es un país grande y, a veces, pobre.
Of course, Houston is near Mexico. The man is from Puerto Rico. Mexico is a big country and sometimes it's a poor country.

I think Francisco has a wife who is pregnant, and two kids. They live in Orlando. And so this group emigrated as a group from Puerto Rico.
Last night, he played for the Mets against the Astros in Houston. He didn't get a hit.
What if he isn't good enough to still be in MLB?
Somehow it's hard to fire some of these guys even if they don't seem with the group.

Lindor was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, on November 14, 1993, the third of four children of Miguel Angel Lindor and Maria Serrano. Lindor moved to Central Florida at the age of 12, with his father, stepmother, and youngest sibling, and was enrolled at the Montverde Academy prep school. After he signed with the Cleveland Indians in August 2011, his mother and two older siblings joined him in Florida.

This is me talking more about the Mets. 3-29-25

Nobody not on the list had an at bat last night for the Mets.
Lindor and Acuna were born abroad and they didn't get a hit last night.

This is me talking about the Mets. 3-29-25

Америка страна иммигрантов.
America is a country of immigrants.

Селин говорит по-французски.
Дженнифер говорит по-испански.

Do the Communists tell each other that either the Americans or the British aren't good at foreign languages?

When items are translated into English, the English phrase they use isn't precise. In this example, the French translated the sign, "Chahinez, we won't forget you." I think a better translation might be "Rest in Peace.", "You are here with us still.", or "Our hearts will go on." Because in the original sentence there isn't a Greek or Latin verb 'to forget'.

Chahinez, on ne t'oublions pas.
Chahinez, we do not forget you.

Rest in peace.
You are here with us still.
Our hearts will go on.

Forget
Oblivisci Latin
Забывать Russian
Zapominać Polish

This is me talking about France. 3-29-25

Suspicions about Russian influence in Africa.

Launched in September, the Sudanese army’s offensive in Khartoum is a turning point in its war against RSF. The militia controlled certain strategic sites in the capital, including the international airport, the presidential palace and several military bases. “Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s return to the presidential palace is a very important symbol within the country as well as abroad,” said Marc Lavergne, Sudan expert with the Paris-based French National Centre for Scientific Research. The balance of power between the two warring sides in Sudan has long been relatively stable, despite the Sudanese army’s notable advantage of possessing military aviation. More established in urban combat, the RSF also possesses an arsenal of drones and missiles provided by the United Arab Emirates, their main supporter, although Abu Dhabi denies any implication in the conflict. Pressured by losses suffered on the ground, Hemedti embarked on a regional diplomatic tour in Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya. In a quest for legitimacy, he even announced the creation of a “parallel government” during a February visit to Nairobi, to govern the areas under RSF control. The initiative was firmly rejected by SAF leader Burhan who accused Kenyan President William Ruto of supporting his rival. “The eastern African countries that hosted Hemedti could have maybe weighed in his favour during a negotiation phase. Yet on the military side, I don’t see how RSF could inverse the balance [of power] today,” said Lavergne. While in Khartoum the army is celebrating the end of fighting, certain observers fear that RSF’s retreat to Darfur, which it still controls, will provoke a new wave of violence against the non-Arab communities, which are often targeted by the paramilitary forces. The United States accused the RSF and allied militias in January of committing genocide, through the systematic murder of “men and boys – even infants – on an ethnic basis”.

Chahinez Daoud: French court sentences man to life in prison for burning wife alive A French court on Friday sentenced a French-Algerian man to life imprisonment for burning his wife, Chahinez Daoud, alive after shooting her in both legs with a rifle. The violent case has shocked France and raised questions over whether Daoud's previous complaints about her husband were taken seriously by police. A French court on Friday condemned a man who burned his 31-year-old wife alive to life imprisonment, in a case that shocked the country and sparked criticism of police for failing to protect her. Mounir Boutaa, 48, will have to serve a minimum of 22 years behind bars, after which a sentencing tribunal will decide if he can be released. "It's an extremely severe sentence in that he has almost no chance of one day leaving detention," said Anais Divot, one of his lawyers. A lawyer for the victim's family, Julien Plouton, said that "the sentence takes into account the seriousness of the facts and the personality of the accused".

Inside Bamban's underbelly In February 2024, Philippine police received a report about a Vietnamese national who had escaped from the captivity of Zun Yuan Technology Incorporated, a company operating out of a walled compound in Bamban. On the evening of 12 March, police officers and soldiers gathered nearby to plan a raid on the site, located just a minute's walk from Guo's office in the Municipal Hall. One officer who was there, Marvin de la Paz of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), told the BBC that around midnight, police informants sent word that people were leaving the compound in buses. Suspecting that their plans for a raid had been leaked, Mr de la Paz and his colleagues raced straight for the compound. On the way, they saw people fleeing in the other direction, and some officers in the convoy had to peel off and chase them down. When they arrived at the site, they found one of the largest scam hubs ever uncovered in the Philippines, containing 36 buildings and spanning almost 20 acres. "We were amazed," Mr de la Paz said, "That was our first time seeing such a grandiose entrance [to a scam compound]... Somehow you feel like you're small in this compound." It later emerged that the compound was built on land which Guo had previously owned – and that, as mayor, she had granted Zun Yuan a business permit. Her name also appeared on an electricity bill found at the site. Alice Guo's lawyers did not respond to the BBC's request for comment.

NYPD detectives on Friday released images of an unhinged man wanted for randomly shoving an 86-year-old woman to the ground inside an Upper East Side supermarket, breaking the woman’s teeth, officials said. The attacker was inside a Morton Williams supermarket on Third Ave. near E. 61st St. at about 1:30 p.m. Sunday when he approached the senior and forcibly shoved her from behind, forcing her to fall face first on the floor. The woman broke several teeth and suffered a black left eye in the fall, cops said. The shover, who was wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt, gray sweatpants, and a gray and burgundy jacket, ran off.

We told them they had to do this and that.

Secretary -General Mark Rutte signaled earlier Wednesday that the soldiers were dead. While speaking with reporters during a trip to Warsaw, Rutte said he received word that they had been killed, but it was “still early so we do not know the details.” “This is really terrible news and our thoughts are with the families and loved ones,” he said at the time. A NATO spokesperson said Rutte was referring to “emerging news reports” and not confirming the fate of the four soldiers, “which is still unknown.” U.S. Army Europe and Africa said the missing troops were part of the Army’s 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division and were training close to the Lithuanian city Pabradė, less than 6 miles west of the border with Belarus. The Army said the armored vehicle carrying the four soldiers during a training exercise had been found submerged in a body of water. Recovery efforts are underway.

Lithuanian, Polish troops aid in 'search and recovery' for 4 missing US soldiers from Fort Stewart Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė says her country has 'given everything' to the operation

This is me talking about Lithuania. 3-28-25

Foreign born baseball players and team wins.
Yesterday the Yankees won and the Mets lost.
In that example, it's an indirect relationship between wins and foreign born players.

This is me talking about the Yankees. 3-28-25

The Uzbek economy.

The Cadastre Agency reports that officials are dismantling ATMs installed without authorization. They are carrying out the work systematically, but they have not disclosed the exact number of removed devices. Land control remains one of the Cadastre Agency's main responsibilities. Inspectors identify illegal structures, issue warnings, and take legal action. Initially, authorities planned to dismantle illegally installed electric charging stations, but they have now decided to regulate the documentation of their owners. What about ATMs placed on the streets without permission—will officials disconnect them from the network? Agency officials say they will continue identifying and removing illegal ATMs. For reference, in 2024, authorities recorded more than 66,000 violations of land legislation, including unauthorized ATM installations and other infractions. As of March 1, Uzbekistan has 32,265 ATMs and info-kiosks in operation.

The Head of state was presented information on the progress in implementing highway construction projects. The total length of highways in Uzbekistan is more than 184 thousand kilometers. According to estimates, 25 percent of roads of international importance in the country are operated with high load. For example, the “Tashkent-Samarkand” highway, designed for 32 thousand vehicles per day, now serves 45 thousand vehicles, and the travel time takes up to 6 hours. By 2030, it is expected that the traffic intensity may exceed 80 thousand vehicles per day.

In January-February 2025, around 1.33 million foreign tourists visited Uzbekistan, marking a 37% increase compared to the same period in 2024. The largest influx of visitors came from Afghanistan, Turkey, and China.

A report about the Baltic States.

NATO: They died; The search for the bodies is underway The search for four US Army soldiers who went missing during an exercise near Pabrade, Lithuania, has shifted from a rescue to a body recovery mission, Lithuania's defense minister said. The soldiers went missing on Tuesday, the military said, and the M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle the soldiers were using at the time was found submerged in water in the training area on Wednesday. “The vehicle was discovered submerged in a body of water in a training area after a search by US Army, Lithuanian Armed Forces and other Lithuanian authorities,” the statement on Wednesday said. “Recovery efforts are underway by US Army and Lithuanian Armed Forces and civilian agencies.” "Most likely, the M88 ran into a swamp," said Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė. "It has the capacity to swallow large objects ... this vehicle, weighing up to 70 tons, may have just gone diagonally to the bottom. The vehicle could be 5 meters below the surface," Šakalienė said. "Hundreds of people are working around the clock - the US armed forces, our rescue services and private companies," Šakalienė said. "We have helicopters in the air, divers, firefighters, trenchers - hundreds and hundreds of people. Our army divers are there, but even they are struggling," she said. "We've narrowed down the location... but we still have to dig. We brought in a huge long-range excavator and a ditch cleaner to move the silt and water. Then we have to hook the vehicle, pull it out and see if there are bodies inside." Dovilė Šakalienė said Lithuanians will remain committed to finding the bodies. "Working with American soldiers has always been close to our hearts. They are not just allies - they are our family," she said.

They are from Venezuela, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic.

This is me talking about the baseball game. 3-27-25

I like that they call it Signalgate.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, the American far-Right politician and conspiracy theorist, told a British reporter to “go back to your own country” in a confrontation in front of cameras. The Republican representative from Georgia, who is one of Donald Trump’s most outspoken supporters, questioned Sky News’s Martha Kelner about her nationality when Ms Kelner asked about the accidental leaking of Houthi attack plans in “Signalgate”. “We don’t give a cr-p about your opinion and your reporting. Why don’t you go back to your country?” Ms Taylor Greene said after finding out Ms Kelner was British.

This is me talking about dating apps. 3-27-25

Reports about food safety and road safety in Europe.

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) has issued a warning urging consumers not to purchase meat, milk, or any related products from unregulated markets or sources of unknown origin, both within Bulgaria and abroad. The appeal comes in response to the growing threat of infectious diseases, particularly foot-and-mouth disease and animal plague, which are becoming more prevalent across Europe. In the past week, three new outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease have been reported in Slovakia, near the Hungarian border. This brings the total number of outbreaks in Europe since the beginning of the year to five, with additional cases detected in Germany and Hungary. In light of this, the BFSA has called on livestock farmers to adhere to strict biosecurity protocols.

A new provisional agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU will make penalties for speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and causing accidents or fatalities enforceable across the European Union. This agreement aims to combat reckless driving and ensure that penalties for such offenses are recognized throughout the EU. Currently, penalties for offenses such as speeding or drunk driving apply only in the country where the violation occurs and are not typically enforced in the country that issued the driver's license or in other EU states. Under the new rules, the country that imposes the penalty will notify the issuing country of the driver's license, which in turn will alert all other EU member states. This will ensure that sanctions apply across the EU.

That Long Island is a strategic port.

An Air Force airman used TikTok and the children’s video game platform Roblox to chat up a 9-year-old Long Island girl and persuade her to record sexual videos for cash, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. David Ibarra, 31, an active-duty senor airman stationed at the Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, met the young victim through TikTok in August of last year and pretended to be a 13-year-old Texas boy named “Dave,” the feds allege. He asked the girl to communicate using Roblox, then got her phone number so they could text each other, according to a criminal complaint. “Can we be a little dirty before we go to sleep? Pls and I’ll send money,” he wrote in one message Aug. 29, according to prosecutors.

Three U.S. Postal Service employees dragged an unconscious colleague from an after-work birthday party at a Manhattan post office and into the back of a postal truck, where one of them attempted to rape her, prosecutors said Wednesday. The victim was celebrating a colleague’s birthday party and having a few drinks at the post office on Fourth Ave. at E. 11th St. in the East Village on the evening of June 8, 2023, when she suddenly became disoriented, unable to control her body and lost several hours of memory, prosecutors said. Surveillance footage from inside the post office shows the victim, clearly incapacitated, being supported by colleagues Kirt Alcala, 38, Edward Chou, 40, and Daniel Jean, 38. The video captures Jean slapping and groping the woman’s backside as he and Alcala struggled to keep her upright, her head rolling limply on her shoulders, according to prosecutors.

This is me talking about Joe Gato. 3-27-25

This New Yorker wants to go to a mental health facility but he's got an ex-wife and two kids. He's supposed to be working.

The Impractical Jokers star, 48, will be entering an in-patient facility after multiple women came forward and accused him of sexual assault and sexual harassment, PEOPLE can exclusively confirm. "Having taken some time to reflect, l've decided to voluntarily enter an inpatient program to continue working on myself,” the married father of two said in a statement. "I just want to thank my friends, fans and especially my family for all of their support — never more so than over the last few days."

Joseph Anthony Gatto Jr. is an actor, producer, and improvisational comedian from Staten Island, New York City. He is best known for his work on the hit TV shows Impractical Jokers and The Index.
Born: 1976 (age 48 years), New York, NY
Spouse: Bessy Gatto (m. 2013)
Height: 5′ 10″
Children: 2

Colin James Farrell is an Irish actor and advocate who has starred in blockbusters and independent films since the 2000s.
Born: 1976 (age 48 years), Castleknock
Children: James Padraig Farrell
Upcoming movie: The Batman Part II
Height: 5′ 10″

This is me talking more about Senator Bennet. 3-26-25

What does the White House want to do now about the ceasefire?

Vladimir Putin refused to implement a new ceasefire deal in the Black Sea unless Donald Trump gets international sanctions on Russia lifted. Russia demanded access to global food and fertiliser markets, and its reintegration into international banking systems, as its price for a maritime truce with Ukraine. The White House announced the Black Sea ceasefire on Tuesday after 12 hours of talks between Russia and the US in Saudi Arabia on Monday and a long silence from both camps.

The 22-year-olds, who work at RAF Odiham, in Hampshire, stole a newly-installed Paddington statue after breaking it from a bench while on a night out in Newbury, Berkshire on March 2.

This is me talking about Senator Bennet. 3-26-25

The Bulgarian economy.

Bilateral trade between Bulgaria and Turkey reached a record high in 2024, totaling 7.7 billion euros, marking a 15.6% increase compared to the previous year. Economy and Industry Minister Petar Dilov highlighted these figures at the opening of a Bulgarian-Turkish business forum in Sofia, alongside Turkish Trade Minister Ömer Bolat. The event brought together over 120 business representatives from both countries.

The White House ceasefire deal.

MOSCOW, March 25. /TASS/. The Kremlin has posted on its website the list of Russian and Ukrainian installations covered by a temporary moratorium on strikes, agreed between Moscow and Washington. The list comprises refineries, oil and gas pipelines and oil storage facilities, including pump stations, power generating and transmitting infrastructure, specifically power plants, substations, transformers, distribution switchgear, nuclear power plants and dams of hydropower plants.

MOSCOW, March 26. /TASS/. Any violation of the moratorium on strikes against energy infrastructure in Russia or Ukraine by either side automatically renders the agreement void, the Kremlin said in a statement.

The Congress seemed out of line yesterday.

Hegseth trashed Goldberg and claimed he didn’t share any “war plans,” even though other officials confirmed that he shared details of military assets and timing of the attacks, which were deemed a success.

This is me talking about Brett Gardner. 3-25-25

This is me talking more about the Washington Nationals. 3-25-25

This is me talking about the Washington Nationals. 3-25-25

Nil aon ostan eile againn.
There aren't hotels to be used by normal people.

Nil aon means there are no.
Ostan is hotel.

And then how can we translate eile againn?
I guess what buildings used to serve as hotels are now refugee centers.

This is me talking about Jessica Aber. 3-25-25

Do they have to prove a conspiracy?

Two Bulgarian women who were involved in a Russian spy network operating from the UK have been identified for the first time through a BBC investigation. Cvetelina Gencheva and Tsvetanka Doncheva participated in surveillance operations targeting individuals of interest to the espionage cell. Gencheva, an airline industry worker based in Sofia, used her position to obtain private flight details of those under surveillance. Spies then followed their targets onto flights, securing nearby seats to observe them closely. In one instance, they were able to see a journalist’s phone screen and even identify a PIN code. Gencheva was part of a team that traveled to Berlin to spy on Russian journalist Roman Dobrokhotov and was also involved in gathering travel data on investigative journalist Christo Grozev and Russian dissident Kirill Kachur. Doncheva was based in Vienna, where she conducted surveillance on Grozev by setting up a camera opposite his residence. She was also involved in an anti-Ukraine propaganda campaign, distributing stickers at various locations, including Vienna’s Soviet war memorial, in an effort to portray Ukraine supporters as extremists. Additionally, she gathered intelligence on Austrian officials and journalists, including Anna Thalhammer, an editor at the Austrian news magazine Profil.

A report about Daniel Mitov.

In 2024, actions were successfully carried out to counter human trafficking, illegal migration, terrorism, smuggling, trafficking in cultural property, money laundering, tax evasion, social security fraud, and misuse of EU funds. The employees of the GDCOC have proved that they can be responsible, they work effectively and set an example of good cooperation between institutions, said Interior Minister Daniel Mitov at the presentation of the report-analysis. He outlined several government priorities for the service to continue working on - fighting drug trafficking and distribution in the country, neutralizing hybrid threats and strengthening cyber security, countering corruption, money laundering, smuggling of risky goods and cargo.

The Uzbek economy.

Uzbekistan collects 16 trln uzs from shadow economy In 2024, the General Prosecutor’s Office recovered nearly 16 trillion sums from the shadow economy. A special commission has been tasked with further reducing unregulated economic activity. A meeting of the Special Commission on Reducing the Shadow Economy was held, led by Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Kuchkarov and Prosecutor General Nigmatilla Yuldashev. Officials highlighted efforts in 2024 to generate additional budget revenue by addressing unreported transactions and utilizing untapped reserves. As a result, over 747,000 unaccounted transactions were identified, adding 15.9 trillion soums to the budget. More than 15,000 informal jobs were legalized, and 9,000 shadow entrepreneurs transitioned to the official sector. However, officials noted that despite these efforts, the overall situation has not significantly improved. The commission has instructed authorities to improve tax and customs administration, reduce the tax burden, and promote fair competition by removing bureaucratic barriers. Measures will also focus on digitizing the economy and combating corruption in key sectors such as pharmaceuticals, transportation, construction, and agriculture.

Student visas in New York.

A Columbia University junior who participated in pro-Palestinian protests is suing to block her imminent arrest and possible deportation after federal agents searched her dorm room. Yunseo Chung, 21, was born in South Korea and after a decade in the U.S. became a lawful permanent resident in 2021. Earlier this semester, she participated in a hours-long takeover of the library at Barnard College, a women’s college affiliated with Columbia, and was arrested for not cooperating with police during a bomb threat. She was suspended on an interim basis. Days later, Chung was told by the Trump administration that her lawful permanent resident status was revoked, and there was an administrative warrant for her arrest, according to Manhattan federal court documents. Agents visited her residence hall on March 13 and have showed up at her parents’ house, her lawyers said. “The government’s retaliation against Ms. Chung comes in a broader context of retaliation against other noncitizens who have exercised their First Amendment rights,” read the complaint. “Officials at the highest levels of the federal government have made clear that they intend to use immigration enforcement to punish noncitizens who speak out in support of Palestinians and Palestinian rights.”

A Cornell University Ph.D student claims he was ordered to surrender to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after filing suit against the Trump Administration to continue his studies in Ithaca after spending five minutes at a pro-Palestinian demonstration. A lawyer for Momodou Taal claims his client — who holds U.K. and Gambian citizenship — sued to block the administration from enforcing crackdowns against international students opposing Israeli military activity in Gaza on March 15. The 31-year-old academic was soon after told to report to immigration officials, according to attorney Eric Lee. “If the First Amendment does not protect the right to attend a demonstration, what’s left?” Lee asked. “Not much.”

This man died on the way home to New Jersey from the Bronx.

Minutes before his disabled car was rear-ended in a hit-and-run crash that killed him, nightlife impresario Darryl Mathis Jr. was posting video to Instagram on the misfortune of being stranded on a Bronx expressway in the middle of the night. “Had a great night tonight with the gang,” said Mathis, 39, who was on his way home to New Jersey from an event with rapper Rick Ross in the Bronx when he was killed about 3:30 a.m. on Saturday. ”I’m trying to go home and my car dies while I’m on the highway. How the f–k am I in the Bronx and my car just died? You can’t make this s–t up. I just want to go home, yo. I just want to go home. I just want to go home.” About 30 minutes later, Mathis was back on the phone, according to a friend, telling an associate that he had gotten hit from behind — and was in pain and couldn’t breathe. “The battery died and he called up a few friends to let them know what was going on,” said Cornelius “Big Grim” Whitaker, a friend and business associate. “He called to get a jump, and after that, he got hit from behind, a hit-and-run. They were on their way to come give him a jump and he got hit waiting for them. And then he called to let them know, I’ve been hit. I can’t breathe. His friends called the ambulance when they arrived.” The driver of the Mercedes-Benz who plowed into Mathis’ Ford sedan in the southbound lane of the Major Deegan Expressway has not been caught.

This is me talking about Conor McGregor. 3-24-25

This is me talking about Bulgaria. 3-24-25

The King's English. How can we describe the cause of death for Jessica Aber?

Here's a more detailed explanation: 1. The King's English (Book): Authors: Henry Watson Fowler and Francis George Fowler. Publication Date: 1906. Content: A guide to English usage and grammar, focusing on vocabulary, syntax, and punctuation. Relationship to Modern English Usage: "The King's English" predates Henry Fowler's "Modern English Usage" by 20 years. Current Status: While considered outdated in some respects due to the evolving nature of language, it remains a benchmark for usage and a valuable resource for word lovers.

A woman’s body was found in the waters off Fort Totten in Queens on Sunday, and investigators are looking into whether a knife in a bloody car found nearby is linked to the victim’s death, cop sources said. A 911 caller spotted the body about 11:15 a.m. Police are working to determine the woman’s identity. Cops found a car in a nearby parking lot with blood on the driver’s seat and a knife on the passenger’s seat, police sources said. An NYPD harbor unit brought the body ashore, and the city medical examiner will determine the cause of death.

Police said an investigation into her death was underway and Virginia's chief medical examiner will determine the cause. A friend of the family told the BBC's US partner CBS News that Aber's death is "believed to be the result of a longstanding medical issue". Ms Aber graduated from the University of Richmond in Virginia in 2003, before attending William & Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia. She clerked for then-Magistrate Judge M. Hannah Lauck of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia from 2006 to 2007.

A joke if the Bulgarian tv host knew the rules of the lotto game.

Immediately after the mistake, a second draw was conducted within the live broadcast to correct the error. BST later explained that the mistake was due to "loading a different set of balls into the gaming facility" during the Second Toto Chance – 5 out of 35, leading to the erroneous draw. To comply with game regulations, the initially drawn combination of "31, 35, 29, 28, and 41 with additional numbers 3 and 1" was annulled and replaced with the correct combination: "2, 8, 14, 22, 29 with additional numbers 1 and 1." The organization apologized to participants, emphasizing that such technical issues are not uncommon in live broadcasts.

Minister of Youth and Sports Ivan Peshev ordered an immediate check into the work of the State-owned enterprise Bulgarian Sports Totalizator in connection with the game "Second Lotto Chance - 5 out of 35" and the compromised draw of March 23, the Ministry said in a press release in the early hours of Monday. "The situation where thousands of players were misled by an incorrectly drawn number, is highly disappointing and calls into question the performance of the Totalizator's management. The error, in which the last number drawn from the winning combination turned out to be 41, is unacceptable and calls into question citizens' confidence in the sports gaming system," the press release reads.

A joke if the White House isn't great at foreign policy.

Namely, American President Donald Trump, after a recent telephone conversation with Russian President Putin, suggested that the United States of America could take control of Ukrainian nuclear power plants, including Zaporozhye, in order to protect them from further Russian aggression. Currently, the Zaporizhia power plant is not operational and faces challenges such as a lack of cooling water, which hampers any plans to restart it. These proposals have caused concern and criticism in Ukraine, where some believe that such moves could threaten the country's sovereignty and thus exploit its current vulnerability due to the conflict with Russia.

WASHINGTON, March 24. /TASS/. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed by phone on Sunday military actions that Israel had resumed in the Gaza Strip, Tammy Bruce, a spokesperson for the US Department of State, said in a statement.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the ongoing talks between Ukrainian and U.S. delegations in Saudi Arabia as constructive and beneficial. In his evening address, he stated that discussions had yielded progress on key issues, with negotiations still ongoing. Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, who led the Ukrainian delegation, emphasized that the meeting involved military, diplomatic, and energy representatives. He noted that discussions were focused and meaningful, particularly on energy-related matters. Zelensky’s Chief of Staff, Andriy Yermak, echoed these sentiments, highlighting that the talks contributed to advancing Ukraine’s strategic goals.

This is me talking more about Jessica Aber. 3-23-25

This is me talking about Jessica Aber. 3-23-25

Jessica Aber, the former US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), was found dead at her home on Saturday, officials said. The body of the 43-year-old lawyer, who resigned after US President Donald Trump took office in January, was discovered at her home in Virginia's Alexandria.

Jessica Aber, former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), was found dead Saturday morning, the Alexandria Police Department said. She was 43 years old. The cause and circumstances of Aber’s death are still under investigation and will be determined by The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia, according to APD. After receiving a report of an unresponsive woman, police responded to the 900 block of Beverley Drive at around 9:18 a.m., where they found Aber deceased. Aber began her service for EDVA as an assistant U.S. attorney in 2009. She also served on a detail assignment as counsel to the assistant attorney general for the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice from 2015 to 2016. She then served as the deputy Chief of EDVA’s criminal division.

A former federal prosecutor was found dead Saturday morning at a home in Alexandria, Virginia, authorities said. Officers with the Alexandria Police Department were dispatched to the home at 9:18 a.m. Eastern Time on a report of an unresponsive woman. They arrived to find 43-year-old Jessica Aber, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, dead at the scene, police reported. It was not immediately clear if the home belonged to Aber, or who had contacted police.

This is me talking about Moldova. 3-22-25

Fiat justitia ruat caelum.
Allow justice and the fires and heavens.

Что вы хотите смотреть по телевизору?
What do you guys want to watch on television?

This is me talking more about Conor McGregor. 3-22-25

These are reports about maybe Italian-American economic issues.

Trump awards Boeing $20 billion contract to build next-generation F-47 fighter jets US President Donald Trump on Friday awarded Boeing a $20 billion contract to build the US Air Force's most sophisticated fighter jet, which will be called the F-47. The win marks a reversal of fortune for Boeing, which has struggled on both the commercial and defense sides of its business. US President Donald Trump on Friday awarded Boeing the contract to build the US Air Force's most sophisticated fighter jet, handing the company a much-needed win. The Next Generation Air Dominance program will replace Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor with a crewed aircraft built to enter combat alongside drones. The plane's design remains a closely held secret, but would likely include stealth, advanced sensors, and cutting-edge engines. Trump, the 47th president, said the new jet will be called the F-47. "We've given an order for a lot. We can't tell you the price," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "Our allies are calling constantly," Trump added, saying foreign sales could be an option. "They want to buy them also." Shares of Boeing rose 5% after the news. The Seattle-based company beat out Lockheed Martin for the deal. Lockheed's shares fell nearly 6%. Reuters reported Boeing's victory before the official announcement. "Compared to the F-22, the F-47 will cost less and be more adaptable to future threats -- and we will have more of the F-47s in our inventory," said Chief of Staff of the Air Force General David Allvin. Boeing and Lockheed did not immediately respond to requests for comment. For Boeing, the win marks a reversal of fortune for a company that has struggled on both the commercial and defense sides of its business. It is a major boost for its St. Louis, Missouri, fighter jet production business. The engineering and manufacturing development contract is worth more than $20 billion. The winner will eventually receive hundreds of billions of dollars in orders over the contract's multi-decade lifetime. NGAD was conceived as a "family of systems" centered around a sixth-generation fighter to counter adversaries such as China and Russia. Boeing's commercial operations have struggled as it attempts to get its best-selling 737 MAX jet production back up to full speed, while its defense operation has been weighed down by underperforming contracts for mid-air refueling tankers, drones and training jets. Cost overruns at the KC-46 mid-air refueling tanker program have surpassed $7 billion in recent years, while another fixed-price contract to upgrade two Air Force One planes has created a $2-billion loss for the top 5 US defense contractor. Lockheed, which was recently eliminated from the competition to build the Navy's next-generation carrier-based stealth fighter, faces an uncertain future in the high-end fighter market after the loss. Billionaire and presidential adviser Elon Musk has voiced skepticism about the effectiveness of crewed high-end fighters, saying cheaper drones were a better option. While Lockheed could still protest the award to Boeing, the fact that Trump announced the deal in a high-profile Oval Office press conference could reduce the possibility of a public airing of arguments against the agreement from the Bethesda, Maryland-based defense firm.

Conor McGregor's Fiancée Dee Devlin Breaks Silence After He Loses Rape Civil Case Conor McGregor's fiancée Dee Devlin—with whom he shares kids Conor Jr., 7, Croía, 5, Rían, 3, and Mack, 11 months—said their family "stands strong" after his loss in a rape civil case in Dublin.

Elon Musk meets defence officials in Pentagon visit Tech billionaire and senior Trump adviser Elon Musk has visited the Pentagon for briefings that have sparked debate after US media reported that he would be given an overview of American plans in the event of war with China. President Donald Trump denied the reports, saying "China will not even be mentioned or discussed". Musk himself called for the prosecution of officials he said had leaked "maliciously false information" to the New York Times, which first reported the story.

These are reports about New York City. Notice this second guy, Soso Ramishvili, was stealing small scale construction tools.

Part-time ‘Law and Order’ actor Isaiah Stokes gets 25 years in Queens revenge murder A part-time actor with credits on “Blue Bloods” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” played a real-life role torn from a crime drama script on Friday when he ]was sentenced to 25 years to life for shooting and killing a man who threw him out of a birthday bash. A Queens jury needed less than two hours to convict Isaiah Stokes, 45, of second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon earlier this month in connection with the shooting death of Tyrone Jones, 37, who was killed in Feb., 2021 as he sat in his car on a St. Albans street, months after the two men clashed at Jones’ birthday party at a Queens night spot. Prosecutors said Stokes seethed for months after the diss, plotting his revenge through the holiday season and into the next year. Court papers said the victim tossed Stokes from his birthday party in 2020 after he behaved inappropriately with several women at the club. Months later, on Jan. 29, 2021, prosecutors said, Stokes placed a GPS tracking device underneath Jones’ vehicle and used the signal to track Jones’ car. Days later, on Feb. 7, while Jones sat in a rented Jeep near the corner of Linden Blvd. and 200th St. in St. Albans, Stokes got out of a parked SUV, walked past the Jeep, doubled back, and opened fire. “For days, for weeks, for months, you stalked my son,” the victim’s father, Tyrone Jones Sr., said during the sentencing at Queens Criminal Court. “What did TJ do to you that you had to murder my son.” Cops said Jones, who was getting ready to meet a woman at a lounge, was struck in his face and head numerous times and never had a chance. He died at the scene, where police recovered 10 shell casings from a 9mm weapon. “This was a calculated murder,” Queens DA Melinda Katz said in a statement after Stokes was convicted. “The defendant, a part-time actor, stewed for months after being thrown out of a birthday party for his own inappropriate behavior.”After the murder, the suspect was later seen on video getting into a rented Audi that was eventually tracked to an assigned parking spot where Stokes lives in Rego Park, enabling police to learn his name. He was arrested five months later. Cops used a search warrant to find documents that connected Stokes to the GPS tracking device found beneath the victim’s vehicle, officials said. Stokes offered an apology before complaining about a legal motion he said was not addressed.

A 32-year-old man died in police custody Friday morning while waiting to be arraigned in court in Brooklyn after being arrested for shoplifting three days earlier, according to police and a joint statement from two public defenders organizations. Soso Ramishvili was found dead inside a holding cell in the Kings County Criminal Court building on Schermerhorn St. in downtown Brooklyn around 8:30 a.m., cops said. “Earlier today, we were notified that a person, who had been arrested on charges of a low-level crime, passed away in NYPD custody at Kings County Criminal Court,” the statement by The Legal Aid Society and Brooklyn Defender Services read. “This person, who should have been granted a desk appearance and released based on the offense, languished in pain in custody for three days and was deprived of medical care despite repeated pleas from defense lawyers and other personnel to secure them needed care. This level of indifference is unconscionable.” Ramishvili was arrested March 18 after allegedly trying to shoplift about $213 worth of power tools and other items from Home Depot, according to the criminal complaint against him obtained by the Daily News. He was charged with petit larceny, possession of stolen property and drug possession, according to the complaint.

This is me talking about Conor McGregor. 3-21-25

Nancy is from Westchester.
No, I'm not.
Her aunt is from there.

If you buy more stock shares then you're less vulnerable to fluctuations in the price.

The police started to group (1) to buy jewelry, (2) they don't want to pay the tolls, a violent robbery in Harlem (3) maybe the police aren't doing the patrols there, (4) they want twelve hour shifts, and (5) Rikers Island is reporting overcrowding.

A Ponzi schemer’s “extraordinary” cooperation with authorities wasn’t enough to spare him federal prison time, after one of his many victims spoke out in court about the enormous human cost of his multimillion-dollar scam. Gregory Altieri, a former Long Island jewelry business owner, was sentenced to two and a half years behind bars Thursday, after he snared investors in Queens, Staten Island, Long Island and elsewhere into raising tens of millions to buy jewelry at closeout prices to resell for big profits. He started the scheme in 2015. Two years later, he began pulling several active and retired cops and firefighters into his web through his relationship with a retired officer-turned-investor, according to court filings. And though Altieri started buying jewelry at first, by May 2018 he was paying old investors with money from new ones. His scheme started teetering in September 2019, when he threw a dinner at Calogero’s Restaurant in Garden City to calm about 150 worried investors. By January 2020, the house of cards came down, when he bounced $74 million in checks.

With one day left to go on the Trump administration’s March 21 deadline for New York to end its congestion pricing toll, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy posted a “30-day extension” notice to social media Thursday afternoon. While Duffy restated the administration’s demand for Gov. Hochul to end the tolling program, which charges most motorists $9 a day to drive south of 60th St. in Manhattan, he also extended the window 30 days as talks are ongoing.

A man posing as a mourner planning a memorial at a Harlem mortuary waited for his accomplice to burst into the funeral home, before the two men beat up the director and threatened him with a machete during a terrifying, caught-on-camera robbery, police said Thursday. One of the men entered the Daniels Wilhelmina Funeral Home on W. 131st St. near Malcolm X Blvd. about 3 p.m. Monday claiming he wanted to make funeral arrangements. Wearing a cream-colored overcoat with a gold badge on his belt, he asked to see the 66-year-old funeral director, cops said.

Union officials say the city is holding a new contract with NYPD sergeants hostage unless the union agrees to work 12-hour tours — a nonstarter the Sergeants Benevolent Association says would endanger both their members and the public. After two years of negotiations, the SBA leadership had signed a memorandum of agreement on a contract with the city they were preparing to put out to members for a vote. But at the eleventh hour the city announced that the new contract couldn’t go forward unless NYPD sergeants agree to 12-hour tours, President Vincent Vallelong told the Daily News.

A 54-year-old woman serving a year on Rikers Island for misdemeanor assault died early Thursday, with her son charging the notorious Queens detention center “killed her.” The death, an apparent suicide according to sources, took place in West Facility and is the fourth fatality connected to New York City jails since Feb. 19. It comes amid growing concern as the city’s jail population has crested over 7,000.

A report about Suffolk County:

A Long Island man charged with murdering his father, a retired Suffolk County cop, admitted “he shot his father four times with a shotgun before driving the pointed end of the weapon into his head to finish him off”, prosecutors said Thursday. Christopher Miller, 43, appeared in Suffolk County First District Court, charged with the murder of John ‘Jack’ Miller, 75, a retired Suffolk County Police detective. Miller, wearing a white Tyvek suit and handcuffs, told the judge he wanted a different lawyer to represent him before he blurted out he was “not guilty by insanity”. “Well, we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it,” replied Judge Eric Sachs. John Miller reported on Tuesday that his son, who works for the Suffolk County Water Authority, was missing — not realizing the younger man had been involved in a car crash the day before, on St. Patrick’s Day, and then was hospitalized after a fight with the other motorist, police said. When Miller was released from the hospital and went home the next morning he and his dad got into an argument during which the son killed his father, prosecutors said. Assistant District Attorney Eric Aboulafia said after John Miller was “gunned down” in the kitchen of the home father and son shared on Bruno Lane in Dix Hills Wednesday morning, the suspect ran. “Video surveillance from the block captured the sound of those four gunshots, as well as this defendant fleeing the home moments after he took his father’s life,” Aboulafia said. “This defendant then made efforts to steal a landscaping truck and when unsuccessful, hid in a shed on a residential property on Seaman Neck Road, just down the block from the home.” Prosecutors said the cop that responded to the home where Miller was spotted by its owners taking cover in the shed was the same officer who had spoken to Miller’s father the day before when the dad made a report that his son was missing. The officer had told John Miller his son had been in the wreck on St. Patrick’s Day. “The victim was relieved and was thankful as he had been worried about his son’s welfare, a man who would take his life the following day,” said Aboulafia. The responding officer, recognizing the man in the shed as Miller, told him his father was worried about him and offered him a ride home in his squad car. “Little did that officer know that he’d be driving to a murder scene with a killer in his vehicle,” said Aboulafia. Body camera footage captured Miller and the officer’s arrival at the house on Bruno Lane and the moment the officer discovered John Miller’s body on the floor in a pool of blood, prosecutors said. John Miller worked for the Suffolk Count Police Department for 24 years before retiring in 1995, authorities said. Miller was immediately arrested and later made a videotaped confession to the killing, telling police he had laid out the shotgun and an AR-15 on his bed the night before, Aboulafia said. Miller was ordered held without bail. Dan Russo, Miller’s defense attorney, said that it was unusual for a client to attempt to plead not guilty due to insanity during his first court appearance. “It’s rare for anybody to say anything at an arraignment,” he said. “I did not talk to him beforehand. He didn’t want to speak to anybody,” said Russo. “It’s somebody who’s obviously going through something traumatic. I don’t know if it’s psychiatric or some other health concern but he’s certainly going through something.” When approached after the arraignment, the Miller family declined to speak to reporters. Miller is due back in court March 24.

This is me talking about Long Island. 3-21-25

Buducnostsrbijeav
U razgovoru sa generalnim sekretarom NATO pokazano je veliko poštovanje prema Srbiji i zahvalan sam na tome. Razgovarali o svim važnim pitanjima, sa osnovnim ciljem očuvanja mira i stabilnosti regiona, što je za nas od presudnog značaja. Verujem da su današnji razgovori bili korisni za obe strane.
I spoke with the NATO general secretary about regional affairs and issues. We spoke about this and had diplomatic talks about regional stability and our individual points of interest. These were enjoyable and helpful times.

This is me talking about the Department of Education. 3-20-25

This is me talking about the phone calls. 3-20-25

How the phone calls maybe are not great about security awareness.

The teen victims of a former Brooklyn private school teacher recounted in court Wednesday how he ruined their lives, left them “sick with guilt and anger” and shattered their ability to trust other people when he fooled them into sending him nude photos. Former St. Ann’s School teacher Winston Nguyen, a former winner on “Jeopardy!,” was forced to hear the impact statements from two of his young victims before a Brooklyn Supreme Court judge ordered him locked away for seven years Wednesday. “Knowing is not enough. I hope you’re haunted by the pain you’ve caused me and the people around you every single day,” said one victim in a statement read by assistant D.A. Daniel Newcombe in Brooklyn Supreme Court Wednesday. Another victim said she opened up to Nguyen, but his actions left her “sick with guilt and anger” not knowing how many people have seen the photos of herself she sent to him.

NEW YORK, March 20. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump described his recent conversations over the phone with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky as very good.

A worker at a Harlem deli was stabbed in the neck Wednesday during a clash with a shoplifting customer, police and workers said. Cops called to the Food Market at the corner of Third Ave. and E. 116th St. and found the 24-year-old victim stabbed in the neck, according to police. The attacker, who wore a blue jacket, surgical mask and do-rag, was caught on the store’s surveillance camera holding a long, thin knife in his fist, workers said. The bloody assault was caught on camera, they said.

Reports about New York City. A suicide, a woman arrested for drunk driving, and a middle aged man living with his dad.

A Queens auto shop owner found dead in a pool of blood inside his closed repair shop committed suicide, the city medical examiner’s office determined Wednesday. Michael Koloniaris, the owner of Mekniko Autoworks on Cross Island Parkway near 149th St. in Whitestone, died of “sharp-force trauma” to his neck and left arm, an autopsy revealed. Koloniaris, 65, was found dead in his auto shop lying near a power tool at about 3:15 p.m. Monday, officials said.

Lumberton, New Jersey mayor Gina LaPlaca was charged with DUI and child endangerment after allegedly driving drunk with her 2-year-old son in the car on St. Patrick’s Day. LaPlaca was arrested at her home Monday after admitting she had drank alcohol before picking her son up from day care. An open container of alcohol was also found in the 2019 BMW, according to ABC 6. A video taken by a witness showed the mayor driving “erratically” and swerving between lanes before “nearly hitting a utility pole” while her son was in the backseat. That motorist provided police with the license plate number, which allowed police to locate LaPlaca quicker. LaPlaca was charged with reckless driving, child neglect and endangerment, driving under the influence, driving with an expired license and related offenses. She is scheduled to appear in court on April 28, according to ABC 6.

A Long Island man fatally shot his father, a retired Suffolk County detective, on Wednesday in the Dix Hills home they shared, police said. Retired detective John ‘Jack’ Miller, 75, reported on Tuesday that his son, Christopher Miller, 43, who works for the Suffolk County Water Authority, was missing — not realizing the younger man had been involved in a car crash and was hospitalized, police said. After the crash, Christopher Miller got into a fight with the other driver involved and wound up at the hospital, police said. When Miller was released from the hospital and went home, he and his dad got into an argument — and the son fired off a shotgun, striking his dad multiple times, police said. Christopher Miller then fled to a neighbor’s shed, where he hid until police, responding to a 911 call around 7:25 a.m., found him and took him back to the home he shared with his dad on Bruno Lane in Dix Hills, police said. It was there officers discovered John Miller’s lifeless body. The son was arrested and charged with murder. At the scene of the shocking slaying later Wednesday, Detective Lt. Kevin Breyer of the Suffolk County Police Department told News12 Long Island that Christopher Miller had “recently moved into the house with his father following a divorce.” A spokesperson with the Suffolk County Police Department declined to provide any further information.

This is me talking about the Russian list of demands. 3-19-25

Uzbek immigrants in Sofia.

Bulgaria has seen a record influx of workers from non-EU countries in recent years, yet the demand for labor in various industries remains unmet. Since the start of the year, 4,202 third-country nationals have been registered for seasonal employment alone, already making up 40% of all seasonal workers recorded for the entire year of 2024. This information was provided by Minister of Social Affairs Borislav Gutsanov in response to a parliamentary inquiry. Among the nationalities represented, the largest group came from Uzbekistan, with 10,514 workers arriving between 2019 and 2024. They predominantly work in seasonal jobs, construction, and the processing industry. Turkish workers made up the second-largest group, totaling 10,441 people. They primarily arrived as seconded specialists, engineers, and middle-technical personnel, working mostly in construction and seasonal roles.

The Russians are insisting that other people do this and that.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made the cessation of Western military aid to Ukraine a key condition for agreeing to a ceasefire, with a particular focus on halting U.S. arms supplies, Bloomberg reported, citing sources in Moscow. According to these reports, Putin sees stopping all Western weapons deliveries as an ideal outcome but considers suspending U.S. assistance as a minimum requirement. The Kremlin insists this halt would be temporary, claiming that military aid to Ukraine could resume after a peace deal is signed—one in which Ukraine would agree to restrictions on its military capabilities. Putin reportedly conveyed this demand during a recent visit to Moscow by Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump's Special Envoy to the Middle East. During their discussions, the Russian leader emphasized that the condition was essential for any ceasefire agreement. The Kremlin has also confirmed that Putin is scheduled to speak with Trump later on March 18 to further discuss the proposal. Ukraine and its European allies remain skeptical of Russia's conditions. A European official, speaking anonymously, warned that agreeing to suspend arms supplies during a truce could give Moscow the opportunity to rearm while denying Ukraine the ability to do the same. The European Union has no intention of pausing military support for Kyiv and is actively looking for ways to strengthen its assistance amid uncertainty over continued U.S. involvement.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation on March 18, during which they discussed the ongoing war in Ukraine, the possibility of a ceasefire, and broader geopolitical issues. The Kremlin’s readout of the call stated that Putin had agreed to a 30-day pause in strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure following Trump’s proposal for both sides to refrain from targeting such facilities. According to Russian state media, Putin immediately ordered the Russian military to implement the decision. Despite this agreement, Putin did not consent to a broader 30-day ceasefire, a key objective of the U.S. administration. Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized that Washington’s primary goal was to halt hostilities before engaging in negotiations for a lasting settlement. However, shortly after the call, Russia launched a drone assault on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, highlighting the Kremlin’s reluctance to commit to a full cessation of violence. The Institute for the Study of War noted that Putin appeared to be leveraging the ceasefire proposal to extract concessions from the U.S. before engaging in substantive peace talks. In its statement, the Kremlin reiterated that a key condition for preventing further escalation and pursuing a diplomatic resolution was the complete cessation of foreign military assistance and intelligence sharing with Kyiv. Moscow also called for Ukraine to halt its military mobilization and rearmament, demands that Kyiv and its Western allies are unlikely to accept. Trump’s administration has shown a willingness to explore a wider reset in U.S.-Russia relations, with discussions reportedly covering economic cooperation, geopolitical stability, and even cultural exchanges.

This is me talking about the phone call. 3-18-25

The ceasefire isn't our priority we're alright to keep fighting.
Anyway they say he's a draft dodger.
It's a false about stop fighting.
But then maybe the Crimea will be separate.
And our allies are accusing him of assisting the Russians.

You live long enough you see more. That was pretty out there when the Secretary of State started yelling stop shooting.

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The ceasefire in Isreal.

CAIRO, March 18. /TASS/. The de facto prime minister of the government in the Gaza Strip, controlled by the radical Hamas movement, Essam al-Daalis, was killed in one of the air strikes carried out last night by the Israeli Air Force on the blockaded enclave, Al Arabiya TV channel reported.

Israel responsible for violation of ceasefire agreement — Hamas The movement also urged the League of Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation 'to assume the historical responsibility by supporting the firmness and brave resistance of our Palestinian people and breaking the tough blockade of the Gaza Strip'

The ceasefire in Ukraine.

NEW YORK, March 18. /TASS/. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that there is a lot to be worked on before a peaceful settlement in Ukraine is achieved, though it has become closer. "I think what we have seen is that we’re closer [to settlement of the Ukrainian conflict] - we’re not close to peace. I mean, I think there’s a lot to be worked on, but we’re closer than we were two weeks ago or closer than we were six months ago," he said in an interview with Fox News Radio. The US administration expects to get more information after telephone talks between American and Russians presidents, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, Rubio added. "Ambassador Steve Witkoff, our special envoy, met with Putin himself last week; had a productive meeting. It wasn’t a waste of time, came back with some information, but we’ll know more tomorrow after the President speaks to Putin," he said.

MOSCOW, March 17. /TASS/. More than 460 people have been evacuated from the Sudzha district in Russia’s borderline Kursk Region, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said. "Thanks to the joint efforts of officers and employees of the Russian emergencies and defense ministries and other agencies, 465 people have been evacuated, including 42 in the past day. Rescuers accompany people to temporary accommodation centers, help them with documents and the search for their relatives," it said. According to the ministry, people are provided with drinking water and food, as well as medical and psychological support. Apart from that, the ministry’s employees hep the evacuated people get in touch with their relatives to tell them that they are safe.

US President Donald Trump is reportedly considering recognizing Crimea as Russian territory as part of a potential peace deal to end the war. According to Semafor, citing two senior officials, the administration is exploring various options, including an appeal to the United Nations to formalize such recognition. However, no formal decision has been made, and Trump continues to push for a ceasefire agreement between Ukraine and Russia. US National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes denied any commitments on Crimea, emphasizing that the administration would not negotiate through the media. He highlighted progress in ceasefire talks, crediting Trump’s leadership for bringing the sides closer to an agreement. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Advisor Michael Waltz have both suggested that Ukraine may have to make territorial concessions in exchange for security guarantees. Trump has also stated that significant progress has been made in peace negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Writing on Truth Social, he claimed that many elements of a final agreement had been agreed upon, although key aspects remained unresolved. Trump estimated that 2,500 soldiers from both sides were being killed each week, though he did not cite a source for this figure. He announced a scheduled call with Putin on March 18, following what he described as "good and productive discussions" on March 13. The Kremlin has reportedly sent additional signals to Trump through US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff. Tensions between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have also surfaced. Trump confirmed that a tense exchange during Zelensky’s visit to the Oval Office was part of an effort to pressure Ukraine into accepting a peace deal. Speaking to reporters, he argued that the US had to ensure Ukraine was making the right decisions, insisting that a ceasefire was the priority. When asked about the temporary halt in US arms and intelligence support for Ukraine, Trump downplayed any negative impact, stating that the pause had "no consequences" for Ukraine’s military operations. He claimed the move was intended to prevent further loss of life, portraying his involvement as an effort to address the humanitarian toll of the conflict. The fallout from Trump's meeting with Zelensky continues, with reports indicating that the Ukrainian leader left the White House ahead of schedule following their dispute. Trump later accused Zelensky of showing disrespect to the US and being "not ready for peace." European and EU leaders, in contrast, have reaffirmed their support for Ukraine. In an interview with Fox News, Zelensky rejected claims that Ukraine had acted inappropriately, emphasizing the country's position in the ongoing negotiations.

This is me talking about Finland. 3-17-25

Maybe these are Russian peace demands.

MOSCOW, March 17. /TASS/. Russia will be insisting on the provision of security guarantees in order to ink a peace treaty and they include the neutral status of Ukraine and its refusal to join NATO, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said.

WASHINGTON, March 17. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he intended to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 18. "I'll be speaking to President Putin on Tuesday. A lot of work's been done over the weekend," Reuters news agency quoted Trump as saying to reporters on Air Force One flight to Washington.

An ominous report about food security in New York City.

A man stabbed two brothers during a heated argument on a Manhattan street Sunday — an attack one witness alleged was in retaliation for a fight a third sibling had with the knifeman a day earlier. The brothers, aged 24 and 27, clashed with the knife-wielding man outside The Heights Deli & Mini Mart at the corner of W. 190th St. and Audubon Ave. in Washington Heights just after 12:40 p.m., cops said. The fight stemmed from a beef the day before between the knifeman and the pair’s youngest brother, whose age was not immediately released, according to an employee at the bodega. “The middle and big brother had the fight today,” said the worker, who asked not to be named. “They’re a good family.” As the men skirmished, the 24-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen and the back, and the older brother was knifed in the abdomen, according to cops. When the knifeman fled west on W. 190th St. on foot, the wounded brothers staggered into the bodega for help. “The younger brother was bleeding a lot,” said the employee. “He couldn’t stand up after that. He was laying on the floor, bleeding.” The worker dialed 911 as the victims’ mother arrived at the bodega, her sons bleeding on the floor. Officers who responded to the scene, along with the victims’ distraught mother, applied pressure to the men’s wounds while medics raced to the bodega. Both brothers were taken to Harlem Hospital, where they were expected to survive. No arrests were made as police worked to locate the suspect. A bodega employee alleged the suspect and his friends were “troublemakers” in the neighborhood. “I deal with them all the time in the store,” the exasperated worker claimed. “Fighting, asking for credit, they don’t want to pay.”

A fireman was injured in Brooklyn.

An FDNY firefighter was critically injured after suffering a medical episode while battling a two-alarm blaze in Brooklyn on Sunday, officials said. The fire broke out in a four-story building on Lafayette Ave. near Bushwick Ave. in Bushwick around 11:30 a.m., the FDNY said. More than 100 firefighters and EMS members from 25 units raced to the scene, where the fire had spread to numerous floors and to the cockloft of the building. Firefighters brought the blaze under control just before 1:25 p.m., but during the battle, one of New York’s Bravest suffered a health emergency, plunging him into cardiac arrest, officials said. Medics rushed him to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in critical condition; he was later transferred to Lenox Hill Hospital. Officials did not immediately release his name or what company he was with.

This is me talking about Usha Vance. 3-16-25

This is me talking about fake news. 3-15-25

Maybe the reports about Kursk are fake news and both the White House and the Kremlin are talking about fake news.

Elon Musk got duped by misinformation on his own platform, retweeting then deleting a fake headline about the British PM Turns out, even the owners of social networks aren’t immune from misinformation that can be propagated on the site. Case in point: Elon Musk and X. On Thursday, Elon Musk retweeted a fake headline from the Telegraph claiming British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was considering building “emergency detainment camps” on South America’s Falkland Islands, a British overseas territory, to hold prisoners from the wave of riots sweeping the country fueled by anti-immigration sentiment.

Ukraine denies Trump claims that ‘thousands’ of its troops are surrounded Ukraine’s military was forced on Friday to dismiss Donald Trump’s claim that thousands of its troops were encircled in Russia’s Kursk region as “false”. Its general staff instead accused Russia of fabricating reports for “political manipulation and to exert pressure on Ukraine and its partners”, while Volodymyr Zelensky said Vladimir Putin was lying about the battlefield situation. Putin claimed on Thursday night that his forces had encircled thousands of Ukrainians in the western Kursk region, which Ukraine invaded in August, warning they would have to “surrender or die”. His words were seized upon by Mr Trump, who made an appeal to the Russian president to spare their lives. “At this very moment, thousands of Ukrainian troops are completely surrounded by the Russian military, and in a very bad and vulnerable position,” the US president wrote on his Truth Social platform. “This would be a horrible massacre, one not seen since World War II,” Mr Trump warned. Russian reports ‘fabricated’ His comments prompted a direct response from the Ukrainian military, which insisted its soldiers had regrouped but were at “no threat” of being surrounded.

This is me talking more about Kursk region. 3-15-25

How the White House is out of touch or something.

March 14 (Reuters) - Russia will spare the lives of Ukrainian soldiers in its western Kursk region if Kyiv tells them to surrender, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump urged him to avoid a "horrible massacre" there. Ukraine denied its men were encircled, describing that as a Russian fabrication, but President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called the situation "very difficult". Trump, in a social media post, said he had asked the Russian president to spare the lives of thousands of Ukrainians who he said were "completely surrounded" and vulnerable. "I have strongly requested to President Putin that their lives be spared. This would be a horrible massacre, one not seen since World War II," he said. Putin, addressing his Security Council, said he had read Trump's appeal. While accusing Ukrainian troops of carrying out crimes against civilians that he said amounted to "terrorism" - something Kyiv denies - Putin said he understood the call by Trump to take humanitarian considerations into account. "In this regard, I would like to emphasize that if (the Ukrainian troops) lay down their arms and surrender, they will be guaranteed life and decent treatment in accordance with international law and the laws of the Russian Federation," Putin said. "To effectively implement the appeal of the U.S. president, a corresponding order from the military-political leadership of Ukraine is needed for its military units to lay down their arms and surrender." The deputy chairman of Russia's security council, former President Dmitry Medvedev, posted on social media that the flipside for Kyiv was that "if they refuse to lay down their arms, they will all be methodically and mercilessly destroyed".

This is me talking about Kursk region. 3-15-25

1) The French president is pointing out that the peace needs to be what everyone can agree to
2) I guess the Russians responded to the Zelensky meeting at the White House with this incident in Kursk region
3) Reports about New York City

J’ai échangé aujourd’hui avec le Président @ZelenskyyUa puis avec le Premier ministre @Keir_Starmer à la suite des avancées permises par la réunion entre les États-Unis et l’Ukraine à Djeddah mardi. La Russie doit maintenant accepter la proposition américano-ukrainienne d’un cessez-le-feu de 30 jours. L’agression russe en Ukraine doit prendre fin. Les exactions doivent cesser. Les déclarations dilatoires aussi. Ce mardi, la réunion de Paris a réuni une quarantaine de chefs d’état-major des armées. Demain, nous continuerons de travailler au renforcement du soutien à l’Ukraine et à une paix solide et durable, en visioconférence avec le Premier ministre Starmer, le Président Zelensky et tous nos partenaires.

The offices of the Ukrainian president and 10 Downing Street have discussed peace terms in Ukraine. The Russian advance in Ukraine continues. Maybe there can be talks in Paris about the major armies. The peace in Ukraine and the Black Sea needs to be both long lasting but what everyone can agree to.

Putin orders army to drive remaining Ukrainian forces from Russia's Kursk region Europe Dressed in military fatigues for a surprise visit to soldiers in the Russian region of Kursk on Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces to swiftly recapture the rest of the area taken by Ukrainian troops in a shock counter-offensive in August. President Vladimir Putin donned military fatigues for a surprise visit to troops in Russia's western Kursk region on Wednesday where he ordered them to press their lightning advance and swiftly retake the rest of the area from Ukrainian forces. Putin made his visit after Washington asked him to consider a 30-day ceasefire proposal backed by Ukraine, and after Russian forces retook a swath of territory in Kursk, forcing Ukrainian troops to fall back and cede control of the town of Sudzha. kraine sprang one of the biggest shocks of the war on August 6 last year by storming across the border and grabbing a chunk of land inside Russia in the hopes of gaining a potential bargaining chip in any future negotiations. But after clinging for more than seven months to a gradually shrinking area, Ukraine has seen its position worsen sharply in Kursk in the past week after its main supply lines were severed. Putin make it clear he was considering setting up a new buffer zone inside Ukraine's Sumy region, which is adjacent to Kursk, to guard against any future potential Ukrainian incursions. He also said foreign citizens fighting with Ukrainian forces captured in Kursk were not entitled to enjoy the protection of the Geneva Conventions, and that Ukrainian soldiers captured in Kursk should be treated as "terrorists". "Our task in the near future, in the shortest possible timeframe, is to decisively defeat the enemy entrenched in the Kursk region and still fighting here, to completely liberate the territory of the Kursk region, and to restore the situation along the line of the state border," Putin said.

A Connecticut woman already wanted for leading police in a pursuit last week attempted a chaotic retreat Thursday when cops closed in on her outside a Norwich area gas station. Connecticut State Police located Electra Chiulli traveling eastbound on Route 2 in a black Subaru Legacy with no front license plate that was swerving between lanes. A trooper then followed the suspect to a Route 97 service station in Norwich, where other officers soon arrived.

A 31-year-old man was shot in the head outside a fruit stand in the Bronx Friday afternoon, police said. Officers responding to a 911 call around 2:30 p.m. found the victim with a gunshot wound to the head in front of Richard Fruit & Vegetable at the intersection of Brook Ave. and E. 148th St. in Mott Haven, cops said. “There were two people arguing by the red car,” a witness who declined to give his name said. “One of them pulled a pistol. It was three shots. He shot him in the head.

NYPD officer struck and pinned by out-of-control Dodge Charger in Manhattan

This is me talking more about the Kremlin. 3-14-25

The White House is talking to the Kremlin.

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said that Russia is likely to accept the proposed 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine but may attempt to delay the process. Her comments followed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statement that he generally agreed with the idea, though he raised several conditions. Putin questioned how the ceasefire would be monitored and insisted that any truce must contribute to a lasting peace by addressing what he called the root causes of the conflict.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on March 13 that Moscow is willing to accept the U.S.-proposed ceasefire in Ukraine but demands certain conditions before agreeing. During a press conference with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Putin insisted that the truce must include guarantees that Ukraine will not mobilize troops, train soldiers, or receive military aid during the ceasefire period.

The insanity of New York City.

Rivas is not listed in the NYPD’s gang database, but detectives are exploring whether the shooting was linked to an internal feud within the violent Trinitarios street gang, according to police sources. Prior to his death, the victim was being sought for questioning in connection with a February 2024 robbery in East New York, Brooklyn, where two men on a red moped stole a man’s cellphone and $80 in cash, according to sources. Rivas also witnessed the fatal shooting of 26-year-old Erickson Rivera on Dinsmore Place near Chestnut St. in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, in April 2023, and police were seeking to question him about it, sources added. The Dominican Republic native had three young daughters, with the eldest just 2 years old, the Daily News previously reported. Rivas lived in Cypress Hills with Davis and his family, who took him in when the victim fell on hard times a couple of years ago, the teen said. Police are still searching for the gunman.

A sex trafficking operation in Danbury, Conn., where men paid to have sex with 15-year-old girls, was busted Tuesday night, according to police. Five men were arrested in the raid at what authorities described as a brothel, the Danbury News-Times reported. One man, Oswaldo Ordoñez-Ortega was charged with sex trafficking, while four others were accused of paying to have sex with the underage girls. Two 15-year-olds, who have not been publicly identified, were found in the residence, according to the News-Times. One of the girls had been reported missing out of Manhattan, and the other was from Queens.

Reid had not seen his son outside of video chats since moving in 2020 to Pennsylvania, where he has a wife and two other kids. Reid was arrested last year on a parole violation and spent six months on Rikers Island. Upon his release six weeks ago, Reid said, he went to visit Kannon but the boy’s mother refused to let him see his son. He suspects that might have been the last time anyone spoke with Watkins or saw her alive. A woman found dead in her Brooklyn apartment along with the decomposing body of her autistic 7-year-old son — who cops suspect may have starved to death — shut out the outside world after discovering her grandfather dead in the same apartment, relatives said Thursday. The decomposing bodies of Sara Watkins, 33, and her son, Kannon Reid, were discovered in their East New York NYCHA apartment at about 3 p.m. Wednesday. Kannon was autistic, nonverbal and being home-schooled by his reclusive mother, police sources said.

A 20-year-old Long Island man is accused of beating his 2-month-old daughter to death in Nassau County. Marlon Rabanales-Pretzantzin was arrested on Wednesday after his daughter was found in cardiac arrest at their apartment in Inwood. She was taken to a hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. According to police, officers responded to the residence last Friday for reports of a baby choking. They arrived to find her not breathing and suffering “severe injuries,” including abrasions and broken bones, Pix 11 reported. A 1-year-old boy was also removed from the apartment and taken to a hospital for evaluation. According Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder, the suspect is originally from Guatemala and entered the U.S. through Texas. “The individual will answer to his crimes here in Nassau County,” Ryder said. “After he’s done with his sentencing, then there will be a determination of deportation or being held here.”

This is me talking about the Kremlin. 3-14-25

Брад Англичанкен и он пожарный. Наверное он не очень умный о компьютере. Ему надо много помочь.
Brad is from England and he is a fireman. Probably he is not very smart about computers. He needs a lot of help.

A report about the Ukrainian refugees.

Staff shortages are worsening as more hotels and restaurants open in coastal resorts and staff demand better conditions and pay, according to Pavlin Kossev, chairman of the Varna branch of the Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association. This is especially true for positions that require professional training, said Kossev and pointed out that the industry is tackling the problem by importing staff, mainly from Asia - including Sri Lanka, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, India and others. Part of the problem has been alleviated by the arrival of Ukrainian refugees, many of whom are young and adapt quickly. This information was provided by BNR's correspondent in Varna, Daniela Stoynova.

This is me talking more about the White House. 3-13-25

The foreign policy machine of Donald and JD Vance.

The decision now rests with Vladimir Putin, on whom it depends whether a ceasefire will be reached after more than three years of war, which could turn into a permanent peace. The whole process will take place in four stages, during which Russia and Ukraine would have to stop operations that are now the most common - mass drone attacks. On Tuesday, Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire, and America announced a meeting with Putin, after negotiations between the Ukrainian and American delegations in Saudi Arabia. The talks lasted more than seven hours, but ended positively, according to Kyiv and Washington.

During the meeting with Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin, Trump pointed out that "the ball is in Russian President Vladimir Putin's court" and that the American delegation is traveling to Russia "right now" to talk with Russian representatives about the draft proposal that was presented yesterday in Jeddah, reports CNN. ''We will have to see. Now it's up to Russia. I hope we will get a ceasefire from Russia. If it comes to that, I think we are 80 percent to ending this terrible bloodshed,'' Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

A 21-year-old man fatally shot in the head as he brought his BMW to a Brooklyn auto shop was a beloved father of three, his distraught longtime friends said. Joharis Rivas had just rolled his black BMW sedan up to Robel Auto Repair shop on Meserole St. near Union Ave. in Williamsburg when he was shot about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, cops and witnesses said. Rivas had three daughters and the eldest is only about 2, friends said. Junior Davis, whose family welcomed Rivas into their home a couple of years ago, promised to care for the girls in the wake of the slaying.

This is me talking about the White House. 3-12-25

If Subbarayudu Konanki wants to order around the police.

Riibe was seen with the still-missing student on surveillance footage as they walked with friends toward the beach area around 4:15 a.m. Thursday, according to the Dominican Republic National Police. Footage obtained by Noticias SIN showed Konanki seemingly clinging to Ribe, a fellow guest at the Caribbean resort, as the group walked onto the beach. Local authorities have speculated that the spring breaker from Chantilly, Virginia, likely drowned after jumping into the ocean. Her father, Subbarayudu Konanki, called on authorities Monday to expand search efforts over his “growing suspicion” that she was kidnapped, since her body never washed ashore.

This is me talking more about Belgrade. 3-12-25

Because of their lifestyle habits they think dollar isn't worth much.

The impact is so drastic that Bowser questioned whether it was a mistake — a “$1.1 billion mistake,” she said — and called on federal lawmakers to make a simple change to resolve it, by restoring a long-standing provision allowing D.C. to continue spending its current budget. Republicans did not do so.

During layoff seasons, remote workers, middle managers, and new hires are often more vulnerable to job losses compared to other employees, according to experts, along with employees in industries like technology, construction, real estate, and manufacturing.

This is me talking about Belgrade. 3-12-25

How Belgrade lets everyone visit.

Он не когда не работает и всегда со девушкой. Наверное он преступление и наказание.
He never works and is always with a girl. Probably he is crime and punishment.

Donald Trump's son landed in Belgrade - he meets with Vučić The son of US President Donald Trump Jr., Donald Trump Junior, landed in Belgrade.

A 23-year-old man shot in the first-floor hallway of a Brooklyn apartment building was an aspiring artist from Baltimore who came to New York to pursue his dreams, his family says. Kyle Smith was shot multiple times near the lobby of a building he was visiting on Herkimer St. near Nostrand Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant about 6:15 p.m. on Friday. No arrests have been made. “He’s an artist,” the victim’s mother, Charmaine Little, told the Daily News in a phone conversation from Maryland. “He made music. He drew. He did a lot of art. He had a clothing designer line.” The victim relocated to New York in 2021 to pursue his creativity, moving in with an aunt. “I got the call around 8:30 that night,” Little said of the night her son was slain. “My sister called me because he was staying with my sister and she broke the news to me."

Martuscello said the 2,000 or so officers who were fired were those who remained on strike Monday morning. He said in all, there are roughly 10,000 officers now on the job, compared with 13,500 before the strike — a 26% decline likely to make preexisting staffing problems even worse. The National Guard will remain on hand in the prisons for an undetermined period of time, as part of the plan. More than 6,000 members of the Guard have been deployed to facilities across the state.

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch leveled criticism Tuesday at what she dubbed a “revolving door” in the city’s criminal justice system. But Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark, for one, angrily retorted that “now is not the time” to return to broken windows policing. Clark came out swinging Tuesday, blasting her critics, including Tisch, and insisting that the path to public safety lies in identifying the root cause of crime — not in stepping up broken windows policing.

This is me talking about Ukraine. 3-11-25

Maybe neither Keir or Marco are well spoken.

"I warmly welcome the agreement today in Jeddah and congratulate [US] President Trump and President [Vladimir] Zelensky for this remarkable breakthrough. This is an important moment for peace in Ukraine and we now all need to redouble our efforts to get to a lasting and secure peace as soon as possible. As both American and Ukrainian delegations have said, the ball is now in the Russian court. Russia must now agree to a ceasefire and an end to the fighting too," Starmer said in a statement. The UK prime minister also said he would hold a summit on March 15 to discuss the situation in Ukraine. "I will be convening leaders this Saturday to discuss next steps. We are ready to help bring an end to this war in a just and permanent way that allows Ukraine to enjoy its freedom," the statement said.

“Ukraine is ready to start talking and stop shooting,” Rubio said in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. American diplomats will now take the proposal to their Russian counterparts.

This is me talking about Gerrit Cole. 3-11-25

Reports about New York City:

The victim, an illegal migrant from Paraguay, thanked prosecutors and jurors, but was too overcome with emotion to finish her statement. Officials said Jose Espinoza, 63, coerced the woman into having sex for money — sometimes in front of her special needs daughter — if she agreed to clean apartments in the Flatiron building where he was the super.

The NYPD and Adult Protective Services are investigating Wendy Williams’ guardianship after performing a wellness check at her adult care facility in Manhattan on Monday that ended with her hospitalization. Police responded to the assisted living facility around 11:16 a.m. They determined that Williams did not need any help but remained at the scene as EMTs arrived and Williams threw notes out a window to the assembled press. The city’s Adult Protective Services is also looking into the circumstances of Williams’ stay at the facility, where she is reportedly in a memory unit and barred from leaving, according to TMZ. She was transported to Lenox Hill Hospital for an independent cognitive examination around 2 p.m. A police source told The Daily News that Williams called 911 herself and said she needed to see a doctor.

The Yankees’ worst nightmare has come true, though there were certainly signs that foreshadowed their most devastating injury yet this spring. Their ace, Gerrit Cole, will undergo Tommy John surgery on Tuesday after seeking multiple opinions on his right elbow. That means the 34-year-old will miss the entire 2025 season and then some. “RHP Gerrit Cole was seen earlier today at Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles by Dr. Neal ElAttrache and is now scheduled to undergo ‘Tommy John’ surgery tomorrow,” the Yankees said in a statement on Monday. “Dr. ElAttrache will perform the surgery. Further updates will occur post-surgery.” Cole’s elbow began acting up following his spring training start against the Twins last Thursday. His fastball reached 97.6 mph and averaged 95.7 mph, but he allowed six earned runs and two homers over 2.2 innings before soreness set in at home.

The translator was charged with bank fraud:

Ippei Mizuhara was the interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, a Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Mizuhara translated Japanese to English for Ohtani's media appearances and interactions with teammates. What happened to Mizuhara? Mizuhara was fired from his role as Ohtani's interpreter after media reports of his gambling activities. He pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud charges. In February 2025, he was sentenced to 57 months in prison. He was also ordered to pay back nearly $17 million to Ohtani and $1 million to the IRS. How did Mizuhara defraud Ohtani? Mizuhara stole money from Ohtani's bank account to pay off debts to a bookmaker. He also lied on tax records to hide his actions. How did Ohtani react? Ohtani said he never bet on sports and had no knowledge of Mizuhara's gambling. He said, "Now that the investigation has been completed, this full admission of guilt has brought important closure to me and my family".

Cole will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery on his right elbow Tuesday, Greg Joyce of the New York Post reports.

Gerrit Cole New York Yankees #45 Starting Pitcher
HT/WT 6' 4", 220 lbs
Birthdate
9/8/1990 (34)
BAT/THR
Right/Right
Birthplace Newport Beach, CA

Dr. Neal ElAttrache is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles.

Shohei Ohtani's Tommy John surgery and subsequent shoulder surgery were performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache, the team's head physician and a renowned sports medicine specialist at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic. Here's a more detailed breakdown: Tommy John Surgery: Dr. ElAttrache performed two Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgeries on Ohtani, the first in 2018 and the second in September.

This is me talking about JD Vance. 3-10-25

Maybe he's describing a bad defense contract in Ukraine.

US Vice-President JD Vance's cousin has criticised him and President Donald Trump for "belittling" Volodymyr Zelensky during the three men's Oval Office showdown in February. "There's a certain level of decorum that I expect from political leaders, especially in front of cameras," Nate Vance - who spent three years volunteering with the Ukrainian military after Russia's full-scale invasion - told the BBC.

This is me talking about tax season. 3-10-25

This is me talking about the Kremlin. 3-10-25

These are tales about student visas.

Federal immigration authorities arrested a Palestinian graduate student, who had been a prominent figure in last spring’s anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, according to his attorney — a move that left students on edge and deepened tensions on the Ivy League campus in upper Manhattan. Mahmoud Khalil was in his university-owned residence Saturday night near Columbia’s Morningside Heights campus when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered the building and took him into custody, his attorney Amy Greer told The Associated Press. Greer said she spoke by phone during the arrest with one of the ICE agents, who said they were acting on State Department orders to revoke Khalil’s student visa. Informed by the attorney that Khalil was in the United States as a permanent resident with a green card, the agent said they were revoking that, too, according to the lawyer. It is against the law for an ICE agent to seize a green card without going through proper legal channels. While an agent may confiscate the card during an arrest, or if a deportable offense is suspected, the actual revocation of a green card requires a formal legal process, typically involving an immigration judge or a hearing.

Authorities in three countries are investigating the disappearance of a University of Pittsburgh student who went missing last week while on spring break in the Dominican Republic. Sudiksha Konanki, 20, went for an early-morning walk March 6 on the beach in Punta Cana, where she and five friends had traveled to spend a week soaking in the sun during their academic break. The University of Pittsburgh junior was last seen on the beach at 4:50 a.m. that day at Riu Republica Resort, according to an Instagram post and missing-person flyer. Konanki, an Indian citizen, lives with her family in Virginia’s Loudoun County. Her family reported her missing to the Loudoun County sheriff’s office on Thursday and officials “immediately followed up with federal law enforcement, the U.S. State Department and contacts in the DR,” a spokesman told the Daily News. “We have confirmed that there were six female students of the University of Pittsburgh traveling in Punta Cana, at least two of whom are residents of Loudoun County (Va.), one of whom is the missing person who is also a citizen of India.”

The Kremlin is getting ready for Victory Day.

Vučić spoke with Putin: "Very good conversation and confirmation of the upcoming meeting on May 9 in Moscow" Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

UK coaches Ukrainian officials ahead of talks with US — media The Times noted that Powell advised Zelensky to conduct negotiations with the United States in a way that would create the impression that Russia was obstructing peace

A nationwide strike by German airport workers led to the cancellation of 12 flights between Bulgaria and Germany on Monday, according to Vasil Levski Sofia Airport. The affected flights were operated by Lufthansa and included routes to and from Frankfurt and Munich.

He seemed to think it was safe to walk to this bar because he lived near there.

The gunman wanted for fatally shooting a 45-year-old man in the head on a Brooklyn street fled in a Cadillac, cops said Sunday as they released a photo of the suspect. Just moments before Steven Battle was shot in the middle of the street on Rockaway Ave. near Somers St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant at about 2:40 a.m. Saturday, he caused a stir inside the trendy Daily Press coffee shop and bar, where he told staff he lost his phone earlier in the evening. Daily Press bartender Nick Feder said Battle ordered a drink but left after getting involved in a fight that spilled outside. “There was a whole fight before he got shot,” Feder said. “It started with just raised voices, and then it carried outside and got physical.”

This is me talking about the White House. 3-9-25

The Secret Service shot a man during an armed confrontation near the White House Sunday, the agency announced. In a statement, the Secret Service said that earlier on Saturday police shared information about a suicidal individual who may have been traveling to Washington, D.C., from Indiana. At around midnight, members of the Secret Service encountered the man’s parked car near 17th and F Streets, NW, and saw a person matching his description nearby.

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This is me talking about Wall Street. 3-9-25

This is me talking more about Long Island. 3-8-25

How Long Island is a part of American history.

The Long Island Central Pine Barrens is a large area of publicly protected pine barrens in Suffolk County, New York, on Long Island, covering more than 100,000 acres.

The New Jersey Pine Barrens, also known as the Pinelands or simply the Pines, is the largest remaining example of the Atlantic coastal pine barrens ecosystem, stretching across more than seven counties of New Jersey.

Perez Diaz allegedly kept the victim’s body in their apartment until he dragged her out in a red suitcase and eventually dumped it in Tibbetts Brook Park, in Yonkers. After Perez Diaz returned from disposing of the body, he found that Alcantara’s family and friends were looking for her and told them he hadn’t see her. Then “he intentionally misled police,” prosecutors said.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency with the wildfires in the Pine Barrens. “I am issuing a State of Emergency as Suffolk County fights brush fires in the Pine Barrens. I have spoken to @ExecEdRomaine and offered any necessary State resources,” she said in a post on X.

This is me talking about Long Island. 3-8-25

What if Melissa arrested Mark?

The NYPD Special Victims detective whose racy music video of her gyrating and twerking on a stripper pole went viral never told anyone she was a cop — and may have a future in modeling, the director said. “She was one of the stars,” director Pitch Perfect said about Bronx detective Melissa Mercado, who set hearts racing as she danced in a black bra, matching G-string and glitter boots in rapper S-Quire’s video “Doin that.” Before it was learned Mercado was one of New York’s Finest, the detective was already making waves in the hip hop world, the director told TMZ.

A Manhattan banker raped a 25-year-old woman at her apartment while calling her a “f–king bitch” and telling her “you had this coming,” prosecutors said. Mark Harris, 38, was arraigned on rape and sexual abuse charges in Manhattan Criminal Court Thursday for the alleged Feb. 25 attack inside the woman’s Midtown apartment.

This is me talking more about Boiler Room (2000). 3-8-25

This is me talking about Boiler Room (2000). 3-8-25

This is me talking more about Travis Kelce. 3-8-25

This is me talking about Travis Kelce. 3-8-25

This is me talking about Marco Rubio. 3-7-25

How trade with the far east is making us sick.

At least 12 people wounded in Toronto pub shooting, police searching for three men Americas A shooting at a pub in Scarborough in eastern Toronto, Canada has wounded at least 12 people, police said Friday night. Police are searching for three male suspects.

Polish PM Tusk plans mandatory military training for men

A Hong Kong-based company has agreed to sell most of its stake in two key ports on the Panama Canal to a group led by US investment firm BlackRock. The sale comes after weeks of complaining by President Donald Trump that the canal is under Chinese control and that the US should take control of the major shipping route. Through a subsidiary, CK Hutchison Holding operates ports at the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean entrances to the canal. It said Tuesday that it would sell its interests as part of a deal worth $22.8bn (£17.8bn).

The Cook Islands may be small but the ambitions of its leader are mighty. A range of deals Prime Minister Mark Brown signed with China without consulting the public or New Zealand – an ally to which the Cooks is closely tied – has caused increasing irritation and concern. The agreements are the first of their kind with a country that is not a traditional ally. They cover infrastructure, ship-building, tourism, agriculture, technology, education and, perhaps crucially, deep-sea mineral exploration.

Marco Rubio unleashes his fury on Elon Musk in heated cabinet meeting, report says Trump silently watched much of the exchange between his Secretary of State and DOGE leader, the report says.

This is me talking about Fort Totten. 3-7-25

This is me talking about downtown. 3-7-25

Employees of the U.S. DOGE Service, the organization overseen by Elon Musk that is tasked with slashing the size of the federal government, successfully gained access to the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) headquarters in downtown Washington on Thursday, a day after the small aid agency blocked the group from entering. The DOGE employees returned to the USADF offices around 10:30 a.m. Eastern time, according to several agency officials with firsthand knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to prevent professional retribution. About an hour later, Pete Marocco — director of the State Department’s Office of Foreign Assistance and acting deputy administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) — arrived with five U.S. Marshals and a handful of DOGE employees, according to several USADF staffers outside and video obtained by The Washington Post. Much like the scene Wednesday, the group demanded access to the 10th floor where the foundation’s offices are.

DOGE wants them ‘gone’ but makes it hard for federal workers to move on Many federal workers are unable to get unemployment benefits because of the wording of their firings, and others are uncertain whether they can seek new jobs.

This is me talking about the Bronx. 3-7-25

Yeah but what about Russian intentions toward the Black Sea?

LONDON, March 7. /TASS/. Russia is ready for negotiations regarding Ukraine’s future, but will not accept a temporary ceasefire, Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrey Kelin told Sky News. "We are prepared to negotiate and to talk," he said. "We have our position." The ambassador emphasized that "we need a very serious approach to that and a very serious agreement <…> about security in Europe." He dismissed the idea of a temporary ceasefire, previously put forward by French President Emmanuel Macron in cooperation with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, as "senseless" and "not for reality."

America raised B-52 bombers; Will it attack? The Israeli Air Force held a joint exercise with the US Air Force this week. During the exercise, pilots practiced operational coordination between the two armies to improve their ability to respond to various regional threats. The Israeli F-15I and F-35I fighter jets that flew with the American B-52 bomber participated in the exercise, the "Times of Israel" reports.

The Justice Department and if they can use Rikers Island to house the migrants.

Manuel Castro, commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, said on Thursday his office has been kept in the dark on the mayor’s promised executive order allowing ICE to operate on Rikers Island. The commissioner, under questioning during a City Council budget hearing, said that he has not seen a draft order and doesn’t know its status.

A Bronx woman missing for days since she failed to show at church was found dead Thursday, her body stuffed in a bag in a shallow creek off the Saw Mill River Parkway, leaving her family distraught and looking for justice. Pamela Alcantara, 26, was last seen around 2 a.m. on Sunday in her apartment that she shared with her boyfriend on Morris Ave. near E. 179th St. in Morris Heights, police said. The boyfriend was taken into custody, but no charges have ben filed.

This is me talking about the vice president. 3-6-25

This is me talking about Jenna Dewan. 3-6-25

This is me talking about the Kremlin. 3-6-25

These are problems associated with the post-Soviet era, (1) the Russians used to have a mandatory retirement age, and (2) alcohol and drug use.

Who is Alexander Darchiev actually? He is an experienced diplomat who graduated from Moscow State University (MGU) in 1983 and holds a doctorate in historical sciences. He speaks English and French, and has been employed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1992. From October 2014 to January 2021, he was the Russian ambassador to Canada, and from January 2021, the director of the Department for North America. Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed the previous ambassador, Anatoly Antonov, on October 10, 2024. He has held that position since 2017.

The pension age of 62 years for men and 57 years for women. Some categories of citizens qualify for early old age pensions. For persons holding public office of the Russian Federation, pension age will be increased annually by 6 months, up to 65 years for men or 63 years for women, starting from 01.01.

Alex Ovechkin has played in the NHL for 20 seasons, since the 2005–06 season.

He passed Gordie Howe for second place in 2022-23, breaking Gretzky's record for the most 40-goal seasons in the process.

Darchiev, 64, has served two long spells in Russia's Washington embassy and was ambassador to Canada from 2014 to 2021.

Aug 23, 2019 — NHL player Evgeny Kuznetsov tests positive for cocaine after video showed him with white powder.

This is me talking more about JD Vance. 3-5-25

This is me talking about JD Vance. 3-5-25

Russian economic policy in the far east.

-monger
/ˈməNGɡər/ combining form suffix: -monger denoting a dealer or trader in a specified commodity. "fishmonger" a person who promotes a specified activity, situation, or feeling, especially one that is undesirable or discreditable. "warmonger" Origin Old English mangere, from mangian ‘to traffic’, of Germanic origin, based on Latin mango ‘dealer’.

prof·it·eer
/ˌpräfəˈtir/ verb verb: profiteer; 3rd person present: profiteers; past tense: profiteered; past participle: profiteered; gerund or present participle: profiteering make or seek to make an excessive or unfair profit, especially illegally or in a black market. "they claim he has illegally profiteered from his businesses in a number of ways" Similar: overcharge racketeer make a fast/quick buck make a quick killing Extortion racketeering exploitation Rachmanism noun noun: profiteer; plural noun: profiteers a person who profiteers. "a war profiteer"

This is me talking about trade mongering. 3-5-25

Zelensky sent a letter to the White House but they haven't stopped firing.

On Ukrainian settlement The US leader said his country had received "strong signals" from Russia during the talks that it was ready to reach an agreement on a peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian crisis. According to Trump, Zelensky’s letter also said that he and his team "stand ready to work under President Trump strong leadership to get a peace that lasts." The US president also added that his predecessor Joe Biden was easily persuaded to part with colossal US budget funds to provide military aid to Ukraine: "We’ve spent perhaps $350 billion, like taking candy from a baby. That’s what happened." On new missile defense shield Trump said that the US government plans to develop and deploy a new missile defense shield: "As commander-in-chief, my focus is on building the most powerful military of the future. As a first step, I am asking Congress to fund a state-of-the-art Golden Dome missile defense shield to protect our homeland, all made in the US."

BELGOROD, March 5. /TASS/. The Ukrainian military attacked Russia’s borderline Belgorod Region with 36 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and 36 munitions over the past 24 hours, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on his Telegram channel on Wednesday. MOSCOW, March 5. /TASS/. Air defenses shot down eight Ukrainian drones over four Russian regions overnight, the Defense Ministry reported. "During the past night, on-duty air defenses intercepted and destroyed eight Ukrainian drones: three over the Belgorod Region, three over Crimea, and one each over the Kursk and Bryansk Regions," the ministry said.

This is me talking about Ash Wednesday. 3-5-25

1) You wonder about Russian foreign policy
a. Trade Mongerism, for example in Myanmar
b. Religious stuff like Catholic holidays
2) Two mentions of bad defense contracts in the Balkans, Moldova and Serbia
3) An incident in the Serbian parliament

MOSCOW, March 4. /TASS/. Myanmar Prime Minister Min Aung Hlaing praised Russia as a country that plays a crucial role in providing balance in international relations. "Russia is a most important country for ensuring balance at the global level. That’s why Myanmar, for its part, fully supports Russia," he said following talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin.

Trump emphasized that the US had allocated "$32 million for a left-wing propaganda operation in Moldova." Among other "flagrant waste of taxpayer dollars" that is no longer compatible with the US policies, the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, discovered "$10 million for male circumcision in Mozambique," "$20 million for the Arab ‘Sesame Street’ in the Middle East," and well as "$8 million for making mice transgender."

Trump then began to list all the projects abroad on which America "threw" money, and he also mentioned our country. "$14 million to improve the public procurement process in Serbia," said Trump.

After setting the agenda, the opposition MPs set off smoke bombs in the assembly hall, injuring three female MPs. In addition to smoke bombs, they threw eggs at MPs and members of the government, and at one point, they activated the fire extinguisher. During the whole day, the MPs of the opposition blew their whistles and vuvuzelas, they did not participate in the debate which the MPs of the majority continued despite all the incidents.

This is me talking about the vice president. 3-4-25

In the Balkans, if the Serbians and Russians can keep trading with the far east.

Good morning.
Добро јутро.

The search lasted all night A search dog found the two-year-old girl Dunja Marković, who disappeared yesterday around 2:00 p.m. on Ub, said today the rescuer of the Mountain Rescue Service, Aleksa Gluščević. Gluščević emphasized that the girl was found after a search that lasted all night, stressing that she is feeling well. "After the overnight search, we searched the field all night. In the morning, when we were finishing the last zone, our search dog found the girl and marked her. The girl is fine and now we are leaving it to the doctors to determine what will happen next. She was found several kilometers from here," said Gluščević.

Law enforcement authorities from the General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime, Border Police and the Customs Agency intercepted over 50 kg of cocaine and synthetic cannabinoid, the Interior Ministry said Monday. The operation was conducted on March 1 at Kapitan Andreevo customs office on the border with Turkiye, with the officers seizing 23.900 kg of cocaine and 27.240 kg of synthetic cannabinoid (MDMB-4en-PINAKA). The van, in which 47 packages were found in special caches, was identified in the course of an investigation by the General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime of persons involved in drug trafficking from Western Europe to Turkiye via Bulgaria. Pre-trial proceedings on the case have been launched under the supervision of Haskovo District Prosecution Office. The driver of the van, a Turkish-born German citizen, 39, was arrested and his detention was extended to 72 hours. He has been charged with drug trafficking. The drugs are worth a total of BGN 4,628,880 at prices for the needs of court proceedings, the Customs Agency said.

Environmentalists Protest in Sofia, Urge Government to Ratify UN Global Ocean Treaty A large pink inflatable octopus was placed in front of the Council of Ministers on Tuesday morning. With it Greenpeace Bulgaria called on the Government to ratify the UN International Ocean Agreement. "Protect the oceans, Mr [Prime Minister Rosen] Zhelyazkov" and "Bulgaria Stands for Oceans Protection".

Dragi Karov, a Macedonian Bulgarian from Veles, faced police questioning on March 3rd, Bulgaria's National Liberation Day, over accusations of "hate speech," reports BGNES. Karov's troubles stemmed from a month ago when he criticized a local television director for spreading anti-Bulgarian propaganda. The director filed a complaint against Karov for hate speech, which led to the police's intervention. During his questioning, Karov firmly denied the accusations, stating that he has never spread hate speech. Instead, he believes that certain forces in Macedonia, including "Serbo-communist Titoist bandits," are working against Bulgarian interests, particularly through alliances with Serbia and Russia. Karov expressed his strong opposition to these entities, asserting that he would defend Bulgaria with his life. Karov's critique is focused on those he believes undermine Bulgarian identity, particularly those in political and media positions who, according to him, aim to suppress Bulgarian culture and history in North Macedonia. He emphasized his commitment to Bulgaria, citing the suffering his family has endured since 1945, under what he sees as continuous repression by Serbo-communist elements.

This is me talking about Serbia. 3-4-25

Trump Lashes Out At Ukraine's Zelensky: 'You Don't Have The Cards Right Now With Us!'

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Born: 5/09/1984 in Ontario, CA
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Debut: 6/13/2005

This is me talking about the White House. 3-3-25

I think this is an example of the Serbians mistranslating stuff. Zelensky said a word that is a short form of the word dog. That's maybe not profanity.

The height of arrogance: Swearing in front of Trump; The world media is buzzing only about that VIDEO A video of the conversation in the Oval Office was published on the X social network, and the description of it states that Zelensky cursed in front of Donald Trump and JD Vance.

Собака
Dog

This is me talking about the NYU film school. 3-3-25

Now the White House is stuck with this stunt. Is that worth money? Because now they're calling other eastern European governments. It seems awkward.

Putin congratulates Gunba on his election as President of Abkhazia — Kremlin Allied and friendly relations between Russia and Abkhazia will be strengthened under the newly elected President, Russian leader said

Trump to discuss cutting off aid to Ukraine with team on Monday — newspaper It is reported that the package of measures may include the suspension or cancellation of military aid to Kiev agreed during the previous US administration

Putin-Trump summit being expedited now — CNN On February 12, Putin and Trump talked over the phone

On behalf of the American people, U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Bulgaria on its National Day, March 3, and wished the Bulgarian people happiness and prosperity. The United States and Bulgaria have a long history of working together as friends and allies, the US President wrote in his letter to the Bulgarian Head of State. Donald Trump notes that Bulgaria, as a valuable partner, plays an important role alongside the U.S. in advancing efforts to achieve a sustainable end to the war in Ukraine and in ensuring secure, reliable and affordable energy supplies.

The US Department of State congratulated Bulgaria on March 3. On behalf of the United States of America, please accept my warmest congratulations on your Day of Liberation, reads the congratulatory message published on the Department of State website. ''After 122 years of diplomatic relations, the friendship and close cooperation between our governments continues to grow. Constructing new, American-designed nuclear reactors will make Bulgaria’s energy supply more stable and secure and strengthen our bonds. Our defense cooperation, including Bulgaria’s recent investments to modernize its armed forces, enhances Bulgaria’s security and demonstrates its valuable contribution to NATO, bolstering our collective security. We look forward to continuing our strong friendship and wish all Bulgarians the best as you celebrate your national day'', the press statement said.

An example of bad English:
If this and that, were…preesedent.

An example of Texas English:
Anymore, because of Scottie I do that to the DISD crowd.

This is me talking more about Channing Tatum. 3-2-25

Houston jokes:

I know you hear that all of the time.

They aren't smart about security.

This is me talking about Channing Tatum. 3-2-25

Настя на самолете ездила в Мексико с мальчиком и там фотографии.
Nastya in the airplane went to Mexico with her boys and there were photos.

This is me talking about Inka Williams. 3-2-25

I wish that I could fly
Into the sky
So very high
Just like a dragonfly

I'd fly above the trees
Over the seas in all degrees
To anywhere I please, oh

I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah, yeah, yeah

I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah, yeah, yeah

This is me talking about 10 Downing Street. 3-1-25

Does Keir know they don't have elections in Ukraine?

Presidential elections were scheduled to be held in Ukraine in March or April 2024. However, as martial law has been in effect since 24 February 2022 in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, no elections were held because Ukrainian law does not allow presidential elections to be held when martial law is in effect. Martial law has been extended in 90-day intervals since the full-scale invasion with parliament's approval, and has most recently (as of February 2025) been extended for the 14th time until 9 May 2025. Incumbent President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not confirmed if he will seek reelection. When asked in a January 2025 interview, he said that seeking a second term was not his current goal or focus, but his decision would depend on the outcome of the war.

This is me talking more about Irish language examples. 3-1-25

Probably Dmitri studied computer engineering at the institute in Saint Petersburg.
Вероятно, Дмитрий изучал компьютерную технику в институте в Санкт-Петербурге.

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Il y a un agresseur : la Russie. Il y a un peuple agressé : l'Ukraine. Nous avons tous eu raison d'aider l'Ukraine et de sanctionner la Russie il y a trois ans et de continuer à le faire. Nous, c’est les Américains, les Européens, Canadiens, Japonais et plusieurs autres. Merci à tous ceux qui ont aidé et continuent. Et respect à ceux qui, depuis le début, se battent. Parce qu'ils se battent pour leur dignité, leur indépendance, pour leurs enfants et pour la sécurité de l'Europe.

1) My translation
Russia is the belligerent nation, instead of Ukraine. Our reasons for the sanctions and war efforts are sound. America, Europe, Canada, and Japan are all the same country. It's one big earth continent. This is an important issue in Europe about Ukrainian independence.

2) The French translation
There is an aggressor: Russia. There is a victim: Ukraine. We were right to help Ukraine and sanction Russia three years ago—and to keep doing so. By “we,” I mean the Americans, the Europeans, the Canadians, the Japanese, and many others. Thank you to all who have helped and continue to do so. And respect to those who have been fighting since the beginning—because they are fighting for their dignity, their independence, their children, and the security of Europe.

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Дмитрий Медведев @MedvedevRussia May 9, 2024 С Днём Великой Победы!

Дмитрий Медведев @MedvedevRussia Mar 17, 2024 Поздравляю всех врагов России с блестящей победой Владимира Путина на выборах Президента Российской Федерации! Друзьям – спасибо за поддержку

Теперь Х? Отлично, там, где Х, там V и Z!