The era of expense-account excess is officially over. Welcome to the era of travelscrimping. It is the growing trend of cutting costs on the road. Cracker Barrel just announced that employees traveling for work must eat at Cracker Barrel. Shrink that expense account but enjoy the biscuits!
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Lead: Iran Signals Progress on Nuclear Talks While U.S. Meets with Israeli Generals
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Al Jazeera reports that Iran and the U.S. will send delegates to Istanbul on Friday to hold talks on a nuclear treaty.
Many intelligence sources were bracing for a U.S.-led attack on Iran over the weekend but thankfully that did not come to pass. Now Iranian officials are signaling that they "expect progress" on "a framework to restart nuclear talks." They say that they are examining proposals from several countries in order to agree to a meeting this week.
The U.S. has made no such concessions. Instead, the U.S. reportedly held talks with Israeli generals in Washington
The U.S. has made no comparable overtures. President Trump did say he would be open to “a deal,” but instead, the U.S. reportedly held talks with Israeli generals in Washington.
Israeli leaders claim to have been there to discuss the Israeli military’s “operational readiness for any possible scenario.”
They don't have to imagine a scenario. Iran is not threatening to attack! The U.S. and Israel are the ones threatening to attack! The hypothetical trigger is in their hands! Let's don't find out if they are going to pull it!
When the Facts Point to Israel, the Media Looks to Russia
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The media is now trying to manufacture a link between Jeffrey Epstein and the Russian KGB. It would be funny if it weren’t so transparent.
Epstein had ties to multiple foreign interests, but his closest and most documented connections were to Israel and Israeli intelligence. The released documents make that unmistakably clear. So why the sudden fixation on Russia? Take a guess.
Yes, Epstein had a well-documented affinity for Russian women. A search of the database for “Russian girls” returns more than 150 pages of results. In 2016, Page Six reported that
“Epstein apparently has contacts in Moscow who provide matchmaking services” for both his Caribbean island—jokingly referred to as “Little St. Jeff’s”—and his Manhattan townhouse.
How those women obtained U.S. travel visas is a fair and important question. But that inquiry does not erase, or even meaningfully complicate, Epstein’s far more troubling role as an intelligence asset tied to Israel.
Isn't it odd how far backwards the media will bend to avoid reporting Epstein's ties to Israel? Curious, right?
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