2 weeks agoUSA UpdateComments Off on Five Dollar Tree items for $1.25 to elevate your holiday decor – and shoppers call them a ‘simple’ upgrade
DOLLAR TREE fans can elevate their holiday decor for just a few dollars with these five budget items.
With the holiday season now in full swing, many of us will be avidly decorating our homes ahead of friends and family coming over for Christmas.
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However, with money tight for many this year, Christmas can often come with an overwhelming price tag.
Fortunately, Dollar Tree have plenty of budget solutions, to make sure your home looks stylish and festive for just a few dollars.
One of the simplest ways to update your decor for the holidays is to update your throw pillows.
Christmas pillows can be pricey in stores, but one Dollar Tree fan shared how you can easily make your own using budget buys.
To make your pillowcases, all you need is some Christmas ribbon, a snowflake ornament, burlap gift bags, twine, and a hot glue gun, each of which are priced at just $1.25 from Dollar Tree.
Star Pillow
To make a silver star pillow, simply wrap ribbon around your pillow case like a present, and glue it in place with the glue gun.
Then, secure the star ornament on top with glue, and voila, a gorgeous Christmas pillow.
DollarTreeTo make a silver star pillow, simply wrap ribbon around your pillow case like a present, and glue it in place with the glue gun[/caption]
Present Pillow
To create a chic pillow that looks like a Christmas present, wrap two pieces of ribbon around the pillow, and then secure it with a hot glue gun.
DollarTreeTo create a chic pillow that looks like a Christmas present, wrap two pieces of ribbon around the pillow, and then secure it with a hot glue gun[/caption]
Cut a tag shape out of a burlap gift bag, and then glue the snowflake ornament to the tag.
Next, cut a slit at the top of the tag and loop a piece of twine through it, before glueing the tag to the ribbon.
Finally, create a festive bow using the rest of the ribbon, and glue it to the pillow.
Once the holiday season is over, you can simply take the items off the pillows, and then re-use the decorations again next year.
And these aren’t the only Christmas bargains Dollar Tree is selling over the holiday season.
Dollar Tree shoppers can now pick up a Christmas buy that will have your guests feeling festive before they even walk through the door.
Dollar Tree dupes
Savvy shoppers have scoured Dollar Tree to find dupes of their favorite products
Shoppers found a perfect replica of a $150 set of Pottery Barn plates and bowls. Plus, Dollar Tree has matching mugs.
2 weeks agoUSA UpdateComments Off on Tyrant Assad breaks silence after fleeing Syria & says Putin FORCED him into cowardly escape…saying ‘I wanted to fight’
BASHAR al-Assad has broken his silence and claims Vladimir Putin forced him into a cowardly escape from Syria – but he wanted to stay and fight.
The ousted leader has released a statement from Moscow saying he had to flee after the Russian base he was hiding in began to be bombed.
Bashar al-Assad says Vladimir Putin forced his escape from Syria on himAPAn opposition fighter steps on a broken bust of the late Syrian President Hafez Assad[/caption]
Assad dished out fighting talk from the Russian capital saying the only course of action was to stay and fight – before he then left.
The statement was published today on the Syrian presidency’s Telegram channel and was Assad’s first in public since he was toppled more than a week ago by a lightning fast rebel offensive.
Assad said he stayed in the capital until the early hours of Sunday December 8 before “terrorist forces infiltrated Damascus”.
He then claims he moved to the Russian air base in Lattakia, named Khmeimim, to oversee his army fighting the rebels.
But just house later the base itself came under drone strikes.
Assad said: “Upon arrival at the Khmeimim airbase that morning, it became clear that our forces had completely withdrawn from all battle lines and that the last army positions had fallen.”
Assad then claims that as those inside could not safely leave the base and remain in Syria, Russia called for it to be evacuated.
He said: “At no point during these events did I consider stepping down or seeking refuge, nor was such a proposal made by an individual party.
“The only course of action was to continue fighting against the terrorist onslaught.”
Assad goes on to say that he refused to negotiate on the war to keep himself in power.
In a bizarre section of the statement, he begins to speak about himself in the second person as he boasts about his loyalty.
Assad said: “He is the same person who, during the darkest years of the war, did not leave but remained with his family alongside his people, confronting terrorism under bombardment and the recurring threats of of terrorist incursions into the capital over 14 years of war.
“The person who has never abandoned the resistance in Palestine and Lebanon, nor betrayed his allies who stood by him, cannot possibly be the same person who would forsake his own people or betray the army and nation to which he belongs.”
Assad said, despite being in Moscow, that he had not lost or diminished his sense of belonging to Syria.
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Incredibly, the ousted dictator left the door open for a return saying he hoped Syria would be “once again free and independent”.
It is not yet clear exactly how Assad made it out of Damascus, but Reuters reported that the tyrant kept his escape plan secret.
He continued to act like he would stay and fight – even meeting with army chiefs hours before he escaped telling them to keep fighting and that Russia was coming to help.
ReutersAssad’s ‘People’s Palace’ was trashed by rebels after his overthrow[/caption]
Assad told his staff at the end of Saturday when he finished work that he was going home.
He even told his media adviser to come to his home and write a speech.
But, when she got there, she didn’t find the tyrant who had instead fled to the airport.
It appears that Assad then spent several hours at the airport in Damascus before he flew to the Russian airbase.
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Assad’s maternal cousins, Ehab and Eyad Makhlouf, were also left in the dark Damascus fell to the rebels.
The pair tried to flee in a car, but rebels ambushed them and shot dead Ehab and wounded Eyad.
A fully kitted-out kitchen complete with Pepsi cans and Tetley tea, a modern sitting room and bathroom, and discarded shopping bags could be seen in the unsettling clip.
Syrians ride on a statue of HafezAFPAssad said he would never be disloyal to his country[/caption]
Maher wound up flying a helicopter himself to Iraq as he also fled the country.
Assad sent tonnes of cash to Russia in the years before his his overthrow, reportedly valued at £200m in hard currency.
Records show tonnes of cash being sent from Damascus to Moscow between 2018 and 2019, the FT reports.
The payments came at a time when Assad’s regime was being propped up by Russia’s fighter jets and the Wagner mercenary group.
Once the cash was shifted, Assad’s family also began buying up luxury properties in Moscow as well as paying for food and military help.
One book appeared to show the names of 29,000 people killed at the “slaughterhouse” Sednaya prison.
Dozens of dead bodies were also discovered by rebels when they overtook the military prison.
Rebels opened the gates and set detainees free but found some locked away in secret cells.
The Assad Dynasty
THE Assad dynasty in Syria began with Hafez al-Assad – who seized power in 1971 through a military coup and established an authoritarian regime.
His rule focused on centralised government control, military strength, suppression of dissent, aligning Syria closely with the Soviet Union, and an anti-Israel stance.
He established a cult of personality and corruption flourished as loyalty to Hafez became the most important value.
Bashar was not the first choice to succeed his father, with his elder son Bassel groomed to take over the role.
Bashar was working as an ophthalmologist at Western Eye Hospital in London when Bassel died in a car crash in 1994.
Suddenly, Bashar became the heir apparent and was called back to Damascus to be groomed for leadership.
He spent six and a half years learning the ropes from his father and working in the military.
Hafez died from a heart attack in 2000 and, with the loyalty of his party, transferred power to Bashar establishing the first Arab dynastic republic.
Initially, there were hopes for liberal reforms under Bashar, but hopes faded as he instead continued his father’s repressive policies.
When protesters rose up in 2011, Assad brutally sought to crush them with harsh violence.
But, he lost the support of many of his people and brought about the Syrian Civil War.
In 2013, the cruel dictator even used chemical weapons on rebel areas as he did anything to stay in power.
The civil war dragged on killing hundreds of thousands, destroying cities, and opening the way for ISIS to flourish.
Eventually, Assad gained the upper hand after Iran sent in Hezbollah crack forces and Russia sent in jets to bomb rebels and mercenary group Wagner to fight them.
It appeared that Assad was on the brink of winning the war earlier this year with the rebels confined to an area in the northwest of the country.
Assad chose not to negotiate with the rebels and instead sought to defeat them completely.
But the rebels launched a surprise offensive on November 27 and swept aside Assad’s corrupt and disloyal army.
After seizing Damascus in a swift and decisive offensive, rebel forces declared victory and announced that the city was “free of Assad.”
The dictator fled Syria in total humiliation – having to issue a statement through the Russians he had resigned the presidency and left the country.
Bashar has now been given refuge in Moscow and is currently under Russian protection.
The collapse of the 54-year-old Assad dynasty ignited celebrations across Syria.
In the capital, thousands poured into the streets, waving rebel flags and lighting flares.
Statues of Assad and his late father, Hafez, were toppled in symbolic acts of defiance.
APAssad has been given asylum by Putin in Russia[/caption]
Rebel fighters pose after beating the regime’s armed forces
2 weeks agoUSA UpdateComments Off on Who is Anna Woolhouse? Popular Sky Sports presenter for boxing and darts
ANNA Woolhouse is now a well recognised face of Sky Sports coverage, after joining the company in 2012.
She famously presents high-profile boxing shows and some of the biggest darts events in the calendar. Here’s what we know about her.
Anna Woolhouse is one of Sky Sports’ most popular presentersInstagram @woolyanna1
Fan favourite Anna is the main host for Darts and Boxing coverage on the channelInstagram @woolyanna1
Anna Woolhouse is also hugely popular on social media and has around 170k followersInstagram / woolyanna1
Here Anna Woolhouse stands with Eddie Hearn (right) and Lawrence Okolie (left)Instagram @woolyanna1
Who is Anna Woolhouse?
Born in Market Deeping in 1984, Anna graduated from Leeds University where she achieved a BA Honours degree in music.
As a result, music and dance are among her hobbies.
Anna later gained a post-graduate degree in broadcast journalism and pursued a career in the media.
Anna began her career in radio, before she joined Sky Sports in 2012.
She has also presented Netball, Ice Hockey and F1 shows – where she gained experience on the ‘Midweek Report’.
Anna is a fitness fanatic and regularly posts workout pictures and videos online.
Anna is a well-known presenter on Sky Sports’ boxing coverage
She is frequently ringside as she presents Sky’s pay-per-view and regular boxing coverage.
During her time on the channel, she has fronted the coverage for a number of high-profile fights, including Anthony Joshua v Daniel Dubois for the IBF heavyweight title at Wembley.
She often presents alongside former WBO cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson, who regularly provides expert analysis.
Woolhouse is also a regular on Sky Sports’ coverage of the darts – and she will be at Alexandra Palace for the World Darts Championship in the coming weeks.
Anna Woolhouse has become a huge asset to Sky Sport’s coverage at home and abroad
The former Sky Sports News presenter has become a big fan with boxing and darts TV viewersInstagram @woolyanna1
2 weeks agoUSA UpdateComments Off on Romualdez asserts House Quad Comm ‘blue ribbon’ probes in aid of legislation
House Speaker Martin Romualdez defended from critics on Monday the separate House investigations into Vice President Sara Duterte’s utilization of confidential funds, and the alleged killings in the Duterte administration’s drug war, saying these are all in aid of legislation.
2 weeks agoUSA UpdateComments Off on Chinese at kinakasama arestado sa ikinasang buy-bust operation ng PNP sa Navotas
Isang Chinese at kinakasama nito ang arestado sa ikinasang buy-bust operation ng mga pulis sa Navotas. Bitbit ng suspek, na supplier umano ng iligal na droga sa CAMANAVA area, ang higit dalawang kilo ng hinihinalang shabu.
2 weeks agoUSA UpdateComments Off on Unang araw ng Simbang Gabi dinagsa; mga simbahan may paalala para mapanatiling taimtim ang misa
Dinagsa ng mga Katoliko ang unang araw ng Simbang Gabi na bahagi na ng tradisyon ng Paskong Pinoy. May paalala naman ang mga simbahan para mapanatili ang seguridad at taimtim na selebrasyon ng misa.
