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While one could heatedly debate the merits and failures of Trump's presidency so far, there is no denying that the president has been hugely successful in one particular area: Driving some liberal celebrities completely off the deep end and into crazytown.
The ministry issued the sobering statement during a Wednesday briefing.
More than 120 civilians have died over the past month alone as the result of airstrikes on Syrian settlements in eastern Syria.It added that Kurdish fighters sometimes come under the coalition's fire. "Low effectiveness" and the "nonselective character" of coalition strikes are to blame for the death toll. What's even more concerning is that the bombardment is being done with the use of "munition banned by international conventions."
Civilian casualties aside, Washington's "poor" strategy - as well as that of its allies - only let Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) reclaim some of the territories lost earlier, the Russian military noted. This includes Hajin, As-Susah, As Safana and Al Marashda. Meanwhile, the terrorists are still being supplied with modern weapons, the MoD said, without pinning blame directly on the US-led coalition. The routes for such supplies are being tracked down and investigated.
A massive and highly sophisticated cross-border underground tunnel was recently discovered near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif., situated along the porous U.S.-Mexico border, sparking alarm among America's border control and immigration agencies responsible for policing the southern border.
The tunnel began in a home in Jacume, Mexico, which is less than 100 yards from the U.S. border, and was likely designed to transport drugs and other illegal contraband into the United States, Border Patrol officials stated.
"Sophisticated tunnels take a lot of time and money to make," Border Patrol Agent Tekae Michael told The Los Angeles Times, noting that such tunnels are common in the area. "When we find them, they're a pretty big deal."
The discovery once again underscores the harsh reality of America's immigration crisis, as illegal aliens and illegal contraband continue to flood across the southern border.
Bentley-Law's recent blog post explaining why she was leaving Los Angeles' KNBC-TV hit home for many colleagues. While President Donald Trump's attacks on the media are usually centered on national outlets like CNN and The New York Times, the attitudes unleashed have filtered down to journalists on the street covering news in local communities across the country.
When a president describes the press as enemies of the people, "attitudes shift and the field crews get the brunt of the abuse," she wrote. "And it's not just from one side. We get it all the way around, pretty much on a daily basis."
Speaking with co-host Chris Cuomo on Monday night, Lemon discussed a fatal shooting of two black people in a grocery store in Kentucky, a raft of pipe bombs mailed to Democratic figures, and Saturday's shooting dead of 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The Kentucky and Pittsburgh shooters were white males, while Cesar Sayoc, the mailbomb suspect arrested in Florida last Friday, has identified in the past as Native American.
Lemon's initial message was one of tolerance and openness. "I keep trying to point out to people and not to demonize any one group or any one ethnicity," he told viewers.
Then, as if completely forgetting the last sentence, Lemon switched to what sounded a lot like open racism.

White & Colored segregation signs at a US National Historic Site.
Krizia Egipto and her family were shopping in Wellington when they were approached by the angry woman who told them they "weren't welcome here."
"The lady said, 'Don't come back here any more. This is only for white people. This country is for white people only,'" Egipto wrote in a Facebook post which has since gone viral.
Egipto and her family left the store where the initial altercation took place, but the woman approached them again elsewhere in the city. The 18-year-old then began to record the woman on her phone - a video that has now been watched over 57,000 times.
In the footage, the woman can be heard telling Egipto to "go home. You have a country."

Prof Rosa Freedman says Reading University has been 'faultless' in supporting her, while others fear being seen as illiberal.
Last Tuesday morning, an angry student shouted at Prof Rosa Freedman outside the students' union at Reading University. She was a "transphobic Nazi who should get raped", he yelled.
Freedman packed up and went home. She felt shaken and, "for the first time on campus, afraid of physical violence".
The abuse didn't come out of the blue. Freedman, professor of law, conflict and global development at the university, is one of a number of feminist academics expressing concerns about proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act that would make it easier for trans people to have their preferred gender legally recognised. Freedman says she has been treated like a "pariah" by some academics, students and trans activists as a result.
Comment: The voice of reason has no place in a mad society.
- Feminist Camille Paglia: 'Transgender mania is a symptom of West's cultural collapse'
- Who are the rich people institutionalizing transgender ideology?
- More Transgender Rights? No, It's Only the Death of Meaning, Dear!
- The transgender zealots are trying to destroy truth itself
The experienced divers had to spend three days in a compression chamber before they could begin the journey into the dark void using a diving bell, operating from the Igor Belousov navy rescue ship, the Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.
During their mission, the frogmen surveyed the area and practiced connecting oxygen lines to a submarine model. The men also unfurled the Russian flag to celebrate their record-breaking dive.
Comment: Russia is proving itself as one of the world leaders in everything from technology to agriculture to diplomacy:
- Russian farmers are now feeding half the world as grain harvest sets new record
- Again! Russian stocks smash another record high with surging oil prices
- Why is Russia growing gold reserves to record levels?
- Here be monsters: Deep sea Java expedition uncovers over 800 bizarre new species
- Russia, China will merge satellite tracking systems into one global navigation giant

FSB HQ, Arkhangelsk
Local Governor Igor Orlov told reporters that an unknown device went off and its type is being determined. He also elaborated on the number of casualties.
"Three are in hospital. There is one dead, the person is being identified," Orlov said.
The terrifying incident, which was caught on video, happened in Uspenskoye, a town of some 12,000 residents, located in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia. The footage, filmed by one of the spectators, shows the lioness lying on the floor after instructions from the tamer. She then suddenly rushes across the arena and reaches out at a small girl standing with her back to the animal at the first row of seats. Cries of horror are heard as circus workers rush to save the child.
The girl, with claw and bite wounds on her face and chest, was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery. According to medics, her life is not in danger, but she is to be transferred to the regional capital, where a better child trauma center will continue her treatment.
Comment: Those who visit circuses that beat animals into submission to be used for entertainment shouldn't be surprised to find that the animal is still actually wild. Although it does seem that animals are going on the attack more frequently these days:
- Elephant tries to say goodbye to the circus, attacks car in Denmark
- Tiger pounces on circus trainer before attacking him in front of shocked spectators in China
- Tiger kills animal keeper in Malaysia
- 9,191 people died of animal attacks across India in 2017-18 - the highest in 5 years
- Caught on video, dog severely mauling girl in Haryana, India
- Surge of vicious raccoon attacks on people in the United States













Comment: Unfortunately fake news doesn't translate to fake attacks. The angst of the public is taken out on accessible targets - the crews assigned to the stories, the expendable and replaceable - never the decision makers.