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A Finnish woman fell over 3200 feet Sunday when her parachute failed to open—and survived! Wow…

I just read that about 700 people a day are dying in Moscow because of a heatwave combined with acrid smoke from wildfires. Let’s keep Russians in our prayers as they struggle to contain the wildfires.

Somalis and Kurds have been involved in a violent melee at Linnanmäki. Linnanmäki is a Finnish amusement park in Helsinki. It’s a very nice park that I had the pleasure of experiencing last year. YLE reports that dozens of people fought Sunday after Somalis denounced Kurdish women for not wearing head scarves. Battleground Finland. That [...]

Sad news this morning from Russia; Poland’s president, army chief of staff, national bank president, and deputy foreign minister, and many others were killed in a horrifying plane crash in Russia. We offer our heartfelt condolences to the Polish people.

Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed today in horrifying luge accident. Nodar lost control of his sled in a curve and was thrown out of the track and into a steel beam. I assume he was killed instantly. This accident is so horrible, so terrible. We offer our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends, and to [...]

Finnish accident investigators say the guidance system on an F-18D Hornet malfunctioned prior to a crash in Finland last Thursday. Apparently, the F-18D’s guidance system switched to a mechanical backup during a maneuver that requires computer assistance. Boeing says the F-18D carries two crewmen, a pilot and a weapons/sensor officer (WSO). The aircraft is powered [...]

Sky News reports British Police have arrested three men on an Emirates flight after an alleged bomb threat. Emirates released this update regarding flight EK004: Following remarks made as the EK004 prepared to depart London Heathrow for Dubai yesterday evening (Friday), crew alerted the Metropolitan Police who subsequently boarded the aircraft and detained three passengers. [...]

Finnish Police are searching for Ibrahim Shkupolli. Police believe he is the shooter that killed four people in a shooting rampage in Finland. YLE says, “Four people were killed in a shooting at the Sello shopping mall in central Espoo on Thursday morning. A fifth victim, a woman, related to the case was found dead [...]

Eastern Europe has once again been betrayed by the United States; this time under President Barack Obama. In the dead of night, the Obama Administration notified Czech Republic of its decision not to deploy the missile defense shield in Czech and Poland. Lies and Betrayal seem to be the keywords of our time don’t they?

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has rocked Northern Georgia. The earthquake was centered at 42.712°N, 43.483°E which is about 4 miles from Gebi, Georgia. The hypocentral depth of the earthquake was set at 6.2 miles by program. An aftershock measuring magnitude 5 has rocked the area again. No word on damage or injuries.