Year: 2022

Former US president lashed out at his perceived enemies in a traditional “congratulation”
Donald Trump, the 45th US President, has wished a merry Christmas to his detractors, apparently calling his successor, Joe Biden, “mentally disabled” and claiming psychic powers for himself.
Trump has a long-standing tradition of sending public Christmas and New Year congratulations to those he calls “enemies” and “haters,” though over the four years of his presidency those messages became more targeted.

International oil prices increased shortly after the US and its allies slapped packages of sanctions on Moscow over its ongoing special operation in Ukraine. The surge was only natural, given that Russia retains its position as one of the world’s key energy suppliers.

Dominik Hasek also hit out at tennis organizations the ATP and WTA
Dominik Hasek, the Czech goalkeeper considered to be among the finest players in his position in the history of the NHL, says that sports federations should be made to “pay” for supposedly supporting Russian athletes amid the conflict with Ukraine.

Even though a good portion of the country is going through some extreme weather right now along the eastern seaboard, some Washington state residents woke up on Christmas morning to find that they were without power as well. Why? Well, the western part of Washington state did see severe cold weather this last week, but the power outage had nothing to do with that.

Three power substations in western Washington were vandalized in a way that sabotaged the power for thousands on Christmas morning.

Philadelphia Brewing Company customers will have to wait to sample the company’s Harvest from the Hood pale ale. City workers cut down the brewery’s hops after they’d been growing for six months, even though a building inspector had previously verified that it was a garden. “Regrettably, due to miscommunication and staff error, the hops were removed as they were initially marked as a violation as it appeared the lot was overgrown,” said a city spokesperson.