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Follow the money but drop the “conventional wisdom”, which as is often the case is anything but wise. In understanding why Putin hasn’t given a rip about financial sanctions from the west in his quest of conquering Ukraine, it’s because most people have been looking in the wrong place.

The average age of the fallen is 47, the average tour of duty – 16 years. In addition to losing 51 law enforcement professionals in the line of duty this year, there are 31 widows and 110 children who’ve lost a parent.     

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Independent of other factors – like changes in refining and transportation costs (which will also rise to some degree due to the increased cost of energy), we’re starring at a minimum of a 33 cent per gallon increase a month from now – or an average Florida gas price around $3.81 cents per gallon

What do you think the conversation between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping was prior to the start of the Olympics? Think they were making bets about how many medals each country would win or do you think there’s a chance they were discussing a business arrangement of sorts?

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A peaceful protest. That’s all the Russian confiscation of two Ukrainian territories has been. As Putin told us, this is really just a peacekeeping mission. And look, just as we were regularly informed by our news media, the BLM protests were peaceful protests.

A new annual report from TaxWatch shows Floridians who’ve changed jobs over the past year have earned 8% more than a year ago compared to 5.9% for the average employee who has stayed with their same employer.

There are no proposed “cuts” in the Houses’ budget even for the 12 districts which are under consideration for penalties. There’s a reduction in the rate of the increase in funding for these districts.

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