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The Rio Times16 hours ago

Who is Roberto Ferreira Dias, arrested yesterday during the Brazil’s Covid’s CPI session?

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Covid Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPI) on Wednesday, July 7, received the Ministry of Health's former director of Logistics, Roberto Ferreira Dias. According to Senator Omar Aziz (PSD-AM), he was arrested for committing "perjury" in denying that he had arranged a meeting with state police officer Luiz Paulo Dominghetti, according […] The post Who is Roberto Ferreira Dias, arrested yesterday during the Brazil’s Covid’s CPI session? appeared first on The Rio Times. read more

The Rio Times16 hours ago

Brazil’s consumer price index rises 0.80% in first week of July -FGV (26)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index - Weekly (IPC-S) was 0.80% in the first measurement of July, after a 0.64% increase at the end of June, and is at 8.63% accumulated over 12 months. The data are from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV). Of the eight expenditure items included […] The post Brazil’s consumer price index rises 0.80% in first week of July -FGV (26) appeared first on The Rio Times. read more

All That Is Solid ...16 hours ago

Make or Break Time

Keir Starmer did well at Prime Minister's Questions this Wednesday lunch time. He asked searching questions about the "uncontrolled" removal of Covid restrictions, about projections of infection numbers and hospitalisations. He made suggestions about the next steps, and raised the likely danger of new mutations of the disease. Taking his cue from thousands of Twitter users, he accused the Prime Minister of leaving the door open for the "Johnson variant". Good stuff that won plaudits from the Labour leader's centrist media fans and yes, it was welcome. It's not a good thing that the... read more

Stranger in a Strange Land16 hours ago

Düş, Düş, Düş - MN Hopkins'ten Bir Alıntı

*Ayaklarınız Dünya'ya sağlam basarken hayal edin, hayal edin, hayal edin. Hayallerinizi hayallerinizi cihazlarını bir araya getirip, dünyanız üzerinde çalıştırarak yönlendirilen ve sunulan bu aşağı doğru sarmalı kırın.* *©* *MN Hopkins* *To read the orginal quotation in English, please click on the link below:* *https://mnhopkins.blogspot.com/2020/05/dream-dream-dream-quotation-by-mn.html* read more

Stranger in a Strange Land16 hours ago

חלום, חלום, חלום - הצעת מחיר מאת MN הופקינ

חלם, חלום, חלום בזמן שאתה רגליך על כדור הארץ. הצטרף לחלומות שלך עם חלומותיהם של אחרים ושבר את הספירלה כלפי מטה שעודד ותוגמל על ידי מי שעובד על מכשיריך הרעים על עולמך. *©* *M.N. Hopkins* *To read the orginal quotation in English, please click on the link below:* *https://mnhopkins.blogspot.com/2020/05/dream-dream-dream-quotation-by-mn.html* read more

Stranger in a Strange Land16 hours ago

حلم ، حلم ، حلم - اقتباس بقلم إم إن هوبكنز

احلم ، احلم ، احلم بينما تؤمن قدميك علواكسر هذه الدوامة الانحدارية التي شجعها ومكافأتها أولئك الذين أجهزتهم الشريرة في عالمك.ى الأرض. انضم إلى أحلامك مع أحلام الآخرين *© **إم إن هوبكنز* *To read the orginal quotation in English, please click on the link below:* *https://mnhopkins.blogspot.com/2020/05/dream-dream-dream-quotation-by-mn.html* read more

Science 2.0 blogs17 hours ago

Stop Testing For Coronavirus In Schools

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced the end of school “bubbles” in England from July 19, following the news that 375,000 children did not attend school for COVID-19-related reasons in June. Under the current system, if a schoolchild becomes infected with the coronavirus, pupils who have been in close contact with them have to self-isolate for ten days. In some cases, whole year groups may have to self-isolate. read more read more

Komando.com17 hours ago

How to make text larger on your phone, tablet and computer

Change these settings to make text larger and reading easier on any device. read more

The New Dark Age10 hours ago

Haiti News Links 7-8 July 2021

8 July 2021 • 18:15 — The New Dark Age The Assassination of President Jovenel Moise: The U.N. “Peace-Keeping” Mission Has Failed to Implant Political Stability and Security in Haiti https://www.globalresearch.ca/un-failed-implant-political-stability-security-haiti/5749605 What’s Behind The Assassination Of Haitian President Moïses? https://www.mintpressnews.com/whats-behind-the-assassination-of-haitian-president-jovenel-moises/277864/ Haiti Has Been Abandoned By The Media, The US, And The World Haiti: four dead … Continue reading Haiti News Links 7-8 July 2021 read more

From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog16 hours ago

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From Jenna Orkin New UC Berkeley Study Suggests Cell Phone Use Increases Risk of Cancer ‘Historic moment’: Legal experts unveil new definition of ecocide A Dutch journalist exposed the mob and defied death threats. Now he’s been shot in the head.Virginia ‘Bible study’ group was cover for violent militia plans, prosecutors sayFrom corporate America to conspiracy theories: How a Minnesota man made a career out of anonymously amplifying dark plotsUS forces shoot down armed drone near US embassy in Baghdad Sudden Widespread Blackouts Hit Tehran And Other Cities In Iran Trump wanted to use... read more

Age of Autism The Rebel Alliance!16 hours ago

A Polite Response to President Biden

This Tweet from President Biden scrolled down my Twitter today and I felt compelled to answer. Answer for real. Answer politely. Or rather, ask a question politely. I wasn't raised to be rude to the POTUS, elephant or donkey. The... Related Stories - Kids? You Don't Even Have to Feed Them! - Unleashing Hell - What Is Your Obligation To The Greater Good read more

Electroverse16 hours ago

Arctic Front to Buffet Europe + the Schooling System and Mindless Robots

School produces unquestioning sheep that concern themselves not with the authoritative thumb under which they find themselves, but instead with the trivial routine of the daily grind, and, in the most indoctrinated of cases, with the exaggerated 'emergencies' of the time. The post Arctic Front to Buffet Europe + the Schooling System and Mindless Robots appeared first on Electroverse. read more

naked capitalism17 hours ago

Links 7/8/2021

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Halifax Examiner17 hours ago

Pilot program would see Halifax offer financing for ‘deep energy retrofits,’ including windows and insulation

People hoping to make their homes more energy efficient may soon have help from Halifax after council’s environment committee voted in favour of a proposed pilot program offering financing for “deep energy retrofits.” Municipal staff presented the idea to councillors on the Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee during their virtual meeting on Wednesday. It’s sort […] read more

The National Interest17 hours ago

Nearly 3 Million People Recently Demanded $2000 Stimulus Checks From Congress

*Rachel Bucchino* *US Economy, America* In an updated version of the petition, Bonin also noted that the slight economic recovery “hasn't reached many Americans.” *Key Point: *Roughly 2.8 million people have signed six petitions that push Congress to pass $2,000 monthly stimulus payments until the pandemic is over. The largest petition among the half-dozen on Change.org has more than 2.5 million signatures and was created last year by Colorado restaurant owner Stephanie Bonin. The petition directly addresses the House and the Senate, urging both congressional chambers to draft ... read more

Bayou Renaissance Man17 hours ago

If you destroy private home ownership, socialism wins

A few weeks ago we examined the intervention of big US corporations in the housing market, buying up much of the available supply and renting it out at the highest rates the market will bear. A few days later, we noted that those corporations and their media allies were mounting a propaganda offensive to persuade Americans that renting was better than buying your own home. If you haven't read those earlier articles, I suggest that you do so before continuing with this one. They provide essential background information. Tom Luongo, whom we've met in these pages on several occ... read more

Komando.com18 hours ago

The money-saving trick your insurance company doesn’t want you to know

Sick of spending your whole paycheck on prescriptions? Here's a life-changing tip to use at the pharmacy. It can save you hundreds in the long run. read more

Retraction Watch18 hours ago

Researchers forfeit $10,000 award when paper’s findings can’t be replicated

The authors of a prizewinning paper on how large financial institutions hedge risk have retracted their article and have returned the award after another researcher could not replicate the findings. The paper, “Risk Management in Financial Institutions,” was published in 2019 in the Journal of Finance by a group from Duke University, in Durham, N.C., … Continue reading Researchers forfeit $10,000 award when paper’s findings can’t be replicated read more

21st Century Wire18 hours ago

Everything You Need to Know About the COVID Body Hack

*21WIRE* | Everything you need to know in one short and simple documentary. read more

Global Issues News Headlines18 hours ago

Bangladesh’s Indigenous Forest Dwellers Fear Losing Ancestral Land as Officials Grapple with Land Grabs

TANGAIL, Bangladesh, Jul 07 (IPS) - When the Bangladesh Forest Department felled Basanti Rema’s banana orchard, Rema, a Garo indigenous forest-dweller of Madhupur Forest, felt she was living a nightmare. Rema, from Pegmari village in Madhupur, Tangail district, had cultivated the banana plants on half an acre in the Madhupur Forest. But the Forest Department claimed that the land on which the bananas were cultivated belonged to the department. Read the full story, “Bangladesh’s Indigenous Forest Dwellers Fear Losing Ancestral Land as Officials Grapple with Land Grabs”, on globali... read more

Electroverse18 hours ago

Summer Snow and Sub-Zero Lows Sweep Canada, as South America continues to Freeze

A severe chill has invaded large pockets of both North and South America of late, as Greenland posts yet more historic snow and ice GAINS. The post Summer Snow and Sub-Zero Lows Sweep Canada, as South America continues to Freeze appeared first on Electroverse. read more

The New Dark Age19 hours ago

A Saigon moment in the Hindu Kush

The Taliban are on a roll. Earlier this week their PR arm was claiming they hold 218 Afghan districts out of 421 – capturing new ones every day. Tens of districts are contested. Entire Afghan provinces are basically lost to the government in Kabul, which has been de facto reduced to administer a few scattered cities under siege. read more

The New Dark Age19 hours ago

DECLARATION OF THE CRIME OF APARTHEID: ISRAEL

Over 700 scholars, artists and intellectuals from more than 45 countries have signed the following declaration calling for the dismantling of the apartheid regime set up on the territory of historic Palestine and the establishment of a democratic constitutional arrangement that grants all its inhabitants equal rights and duties. read more

Komando.com19 hours ago

Don’t make this mistake when selling your old Echo devices

Make these critical changes before selling your old Amazon Echo devices. read more

Terra Forming Terra21 hours ago

Asymmetrical tower wears core on the outside to make more room inside

I really like this approach. The core never really needed to be inside the building envelop at all. Better yet one core can support six separate petal floor plans or any odd floor plan whatsoever. It has stopped controlling the floor plan. In fact the floor plan can be in multiple blocks spiriling out from the core. Drop the height while we are at it and it gets easir. Now imagine using the outer shell to provide active arboreum space. We have been married to a simple core centered floor pan for over sixty years. It was inevitable in early days. Now we want a small floor pl... read more

Terra Forming Terra21 hours ago

'Mimic' Humanoid Encountered By Young Argentinian Man

Again all this is within the known tool kit of Dogman or the Gaint sloth. The behavior patterns are even becoming easy to identify. The advice given needs to be applied everywhere as well. They do not hesitate to mimic a local in order to entrap. Again your best protection is your gut instinct. Then go to safety and inquire from there if posxible. Their lures are not too sophisticated. It is not as if it gets beyond a simple plea for help. Recall in this case he would have walked out into a ring of ambush hunters. *'Mimic' Humanoid Encountered By Young Argentinian Man* *ht... read more

Terra Forming Terra21 hours ago

Afghan Goat Farmer Describes 'Upright Canine' to American Serviceman

Here is our freind again, the Dogman or Giant Sloth. some really interesting and conforming detail that you cannot make up. We have also had werewolves collecting bodies after D Day in france so again we add more data in eurasia.. Capturing one of these may not be overly difficult as well. at least we know they den up and that is a huge start. Even a robust cable snare could do hte trick. After all they got one for the greek ilse three thousand years ago. This may even be the legendary sphinx of ancient times. *Afghan Goat Farmer Describes 'Upright Canine' to American Servi... read more

Terra Forming Terra21 hours ago

Women and STEM

I have watched the whole education system progress now since the early sixties. When I passed through Highschool only the very few could look forward to university. Thus only the cream got in along with the rich. That cream were essentially STEM qualified. The system then expanded to draw in ultimately around two thirds of the potential market and of course that meant a vast expansion of non STEM program takers. for most, this parked them until they were ready to tackle salesmanship or business support. where maturity finally matters. By and large men and women fare equally ... read more

Global Issues News Headlines18 hours ago

Investing in Education as Driver for All Our Futures

ISLAMABAD / LAGOS, Jul 07 (IPS) - Never before have so many children been out of school. 1.6 billion children and young people – more than 90% of students worldwide – have been impacted by school closures during the pandemic. Hundreds of millions of those children have gone without any learning at all, deprived of all the benefits that being in school provides. Read the full story, “Investing in Education as Driver for All Our Futures”, on globalissues.org → read more

bilaterals.org18 hours ago

Proposed AfCFTA investment protocol should be simplified to attract foreign direct investment into Africa, says ECA's Karingi

08-Jul-2021 The Economic Commission for Africa today made a pre-launch presentation of a report which offers policy recommendations to member states wishing to take advantage of the economies of scope and scale of the envisioned AfCFTA Investment Protocol to attract investment. read more

bilaterals.org18 hours ago

ZCLCA é uma realidade com novo padrão comercial

08-Jul-2021 O secretário-geral da ZCLCA reuniu-se com o Presidente Angolano João Lourenço para discutir assuntos relacionados com os desafios e desenvolvimento da ZCLCA, cujo objectivo primordial é alcançar a integração económica continental. read more

bilaterals.org18 hours ago

AfCFTA becomes reality with new trading standard

08-Jul-2021 AfCFTA's secretary-general met with the Angolan President João Lourenço to discuss issues related to the challenges and development of AfCFTA, whose main objective is to achieve continental economic integration. read more

bilaterals.org18 hours ago

Pakistan, Uzbekistan set to sign TTA on 15th

08-Jul-2021 Pakistan is all set to sign the Transit Trade Agreement (TTA) with Uzbekistan in Tashkent on July 15, paving the way for having access for its products to the 90 billion dollars market of five Central Asian States. read more

bilaterals.org18 hours ago

Korea expresses desire to sign FTA with Pakistan

08-Jul-2021 Republic of Korea Suh Sangpyo has expressed his desire to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Pakistan, saying that a FTA is essential for the promotion of bilateral trade. read more

The National Interest18 hours ago

Is the Child Tax Credit an Experiment in Universal Basic Income?

*Trevor Filseth* *economy, Americas* Yang himself, as well as the “Humanity Forward” advocacy group he founded, have strongly supported the measure; Humanity Forward described it as “the largest UBI experiment in history” in an email, arguing that it could halve child poverty in the United States. *Key Point: *In 2019, as the campaign season for the 2020 presidential election began, a record twenty-three people ran for the Democratic nomination. One of them was Andrew Yang, an entrepreneur and political novice with an unusual signature proposal: a universal basic income (UBI) ... read more

The National Interest18 hours ago

The US Is Reaching Debt Levels Not Seen Since 1945

*Rachel Bucchino* *US Economy, * The deficit in 2020 reached $3.13 trillion and is currently at $2.06 trillion for this fiscal year, while total government debt hit $28.3 trillion, with the public holding $22.2 trillion. *Key Point: *The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Thursday estimated that the U.S. will be seeped in a $3 trillion sea of red ink by the end of 2021, a measure that’s nearly $745 billion more than the office’s forecast five months ago. The estimates released this week indicate that Congress will run a deficit that’s equal to 13.4 percent of GDP and will be t... read more

The National Interest18 hours ago

This IRS Tool Makes Getting the Child Tax Credit Incredibly Easy

*Rachel Bucchino* *Child Tax Credit, * To receive the credit, the IRS this week upgraded an online tool for families to update their bank account information so they can get the extra federal money by direct deposit. *Key Point: *The IRS is expected to send out the first advance child tax credit payment to millions of American families in roughly two weeks as part of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill. Biden’s rescue package boosted the credit from $2,000 to $3,000 and allowed parents with children under the age of 6 to qualify for $3,600. The measure a... read more

CFACT18 hours ago

Proposed Green ecocide law does not work

The things it makes illegal are already illegal. The things the greens want to make illegal it does not touch. It appears that the authors have been blinded by their green zealotry. The post Proposed Green ecocide law does not work appeared first on CFACT. read more

Virtual Mirage19 hours ago

Open Forum

It’s time for another blank slate for you to use to spout off as if you were standing in London at Hyde Park on the Speaker’s Corner. George Orwell, who once described the place as “one of the minor wonders of the world.” Orwell wrote that at Speakers’ Corner he’d listened to “Indian nationalists, temperance reformers, Communists, Trotskyists, […] The post Open Forum appeared first on Virtual Mirage. read more

naked capitalism20 hours ago

How Intel Financialized and Lost Leadership in Semiconductor Fabrication

Intel is the poster child of how stock buybacks come at the cost of technological innovation. read more

Stranger in a Strange Land20 hours ago

Сън, сън, сън - цитат от М.Н. Хопкинс

Мечтайте, мечтайте, мечтайте, докато краката ви са здраво стъпили на Земята. Присъединете мечтите си към мечтите на другите и прекъснете тази низходяща спирала, насърчавана и възнаграждавана от онези, които работят със злите си устройства върху вашия свят. *©* М.Н. Хопкинс *To read the orginal quotation in English, please click on the link below:* *https://mnhopkins.blogspot.com/2020/05/dream-dream-dream-quotation-by-mn.html* read more

Stranger in a Strange Land20 hours ago

Мечта, мечта, мечта - цитата М.Н. Хопкинса

Мечтайте, мечтайте, мечтайте, пока ваши ноги надежно стоят на земле. Объедините свои мечты с мечтами других и разорвите эту нисходящую спираль, поощряемую и вознаграждаемую теми, кто творит свои злые дела в вашем мире. *© *М.Н. Хопкинс *To read the orginal quotation in English, please click on the link below:* *https://mnhopkins.blogspot.com/2020/05/dream-dream-dream-quotation-by-mn.html* read more

Stranger in a Strange Land20 hours ago

Visează, visează, visează - Un citat de M.N. Hopkins

*Visează, visează, visează în timp ce ai picioarele sigure pe pământ. Uniți-vă visele cu visele celorlalți și rupeți această spirală descendentă încurajată și recompensată de cei care își pun în aplicare dispozitivele lor malefice în lumea voastră.* *©** M.N. Hopkins* *To read the orginal quotation in English, please click on the link below:* *https://mnhopkins.blogspot.com/2020/05/dream-dream-dream-quotation-by-mn.html* read more