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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Monday, August 23, 2021

23 August - Blogs I'm Following - 2 of 5

 10 pm MDT

War News Updates6 hours ago
White House Messaging On Afghanistan Continues To Frustrate Those Who Want More Information And News
President Biden spoke briefly about COVID on Monday but refused to address the Afghanistan crisis or take reporters' questions. He walked away as journalists cried out for answers *Daily Mail: **White House refuses to address Taliban's deadline AGAIN: National Security Advisor says it's 'up to Biden' and Psaki snaps at reporter for calling Americans in Kabul 'stranded' - even though she has no idea how many are still in Afghanistan* * The Taliban's spokesman warned there 'will be consequences' if the remaining US troops aren't out by Aug 31 * But President Joe Biden refused t... read more
The Last Refuge6 hours ago
Afghan Embassy Staff Retreat After Effort to Reach Airport, Report Taliban Gauntlet Brutality
Keeping in mind that State Department personnel are delicate wallflowers prone to exaggerated proclamations of situations, a report from U.S. embassy staff in Afghanistan trying to reach the airport contrasts a different narrative than currently outlined by the White House. According to state department cables released to NBC news, some of the Afghan staff said […] The post Afghan Embassy Staff Retreat After Effort to Reach Airport, Report Taliban Gauntlet Brutality appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
The Rio Times6 hours ago
Brazil’s C6 Bank launches investment platform
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Named C6 Invest, the new feature is a project the digital bank had been developing for 2 years, gradually increasing the offer with fixed income options, equity, over 250 funds and a global account that allows investing directly abroad, in addition to its own products and services. One of the […] The post Brazil’s C6 Bank launches investment platform appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
War News Updates6 hours ago
Al Qaeda Is Back In Afghanistan
A member of Taliban forces keeps watch at a checkpost in Kabul, Afghanistan August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer *Robin Wright, New Yorker:* *Afghanistan, Again, Becomes a Cradle for Jihadism—and Al Qaeda* *The terrorist group has outlasted the trillion-dollar U.S. investment in Afghanistan since 9/11* In March, I travelled to Afghanistan and the Middle East with General Kenneth (Frank) McKenzie, Jr., the Alabama-born marine who heads Central Command. He has been overseeing the frantic evacuation out of Kabul. During one of several interviews aboard his plane, I asked him, “Do yo... read more
Snopes.com6 hours ago
Was the State Department Charging Americans $2K for Flights out of Afghanistan?
Chaotic evacuation efforts were underway amidst the Taliban takeover. read more
War News Updates6 hours ago
Tweets Of The Day
Five stories you need to know today: President Joe Biden pledged evacuation support for U.S. citizens and at-risk Afghans, at least one man was arrested for firing a gun at demonstrators in Portland, and more pic.twitter.com/1EyMyXOWDB — Reuters (@Reuters) August 23, 2021 BREAKING: U.S. regulators give full approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, a milestone that may help lift public confidence in the shots. https://t.co/TYwbNlFj06 — The Associated Press (@AP) August 23, 2021 The World Health Organization's director-general has called for a two-month moratorium on administering boo... read more
Not PC6 hours ago
This time last year ...
This time last year, I posted this: a series of quotes briefly critiquing the way we'd been locked up last year. I thought it might be useful to review them to see if we've learned anything a year on. ONE YEAR AGO, we were being given the argument that we were being locked up to *mitigate *the threat to an already overloaded health system, that we were 'flattening the curve' to buy time to build up supplies and expertise: *"This is not to say that there are not good reasons to use mitigations as a delay tactic... But mitigations themselves are not saving lives in these scenar... read more
ClimateRealism6 hours ago
CNN Promotes Fears Over Facts on Climate Change and Hurricanes
Over the weekend Google news heavily promoted a story on CNN, titled “How the climate crisis is changing hurricanes,” which claimed human caused climate change is making hurricanes worse. This is false. Real-world data show during the recent period of modest warming, hurricanes have neither become more frequent or more severe. “In the same week […] The post CNN Promotes Fears Over Facts on Climate Change and Hurricanes appeared first on ClimateRealism. read more
Children, Teens Heading Back to School More Anxious and Depressed Than Ever — Who Will Help Them?
New findings suggest a doubling of rates of disorders such as anxiety and depression among children and adolescents during the pandemic, but kids are returning to school amid a severe shortage of psychologists, counselors and social workers. The post Children, Teens Heading Back to School More Anxious and Depressed Than Ever — Who Will Help Them? appeared first on Children's Health Defense. read more
Halifax Examiner7 hours ago
Premier-designate Tim Houston announces Nova Scotia’s Back-to-School plan, and the lifting of most Public Health restrictions as of Sept. 15
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Jump to sections in this article: Back-to-school Phase 5 of reopening Overview Vaccination Demographics Testing Potential exposure advisories Back-to-school With the return to school this September, Nova Scotia students will mostly see a return to normal. And […] read more
FDA Grants Full Approval of Pfizer Vaccine, Critics Blast Agency for Lack of Data, Scientific Debate
Critics said it was concerning that full approval was based on only six months’ worth of data — despite clinical trials designed for two years — and that there was no public discussion of the data. The post FDA Grants Full Approval of Pfizer Vaccine, Critics Blast Agency for Lack of Data, Scientific Debate appeared first on Children's Health Defense. read more
FDA Renames Newly Approved Pfizer Vaccine: ‘Comirnaty’ + More
The Defender’s COVID NewsWatch provides a roundup of the latest headlines related to the SARS CoV-2 virus, including its origins and COVID vaccines. The post FDA Renames Newly Approved Pfizer Vaccine: ‘Comirnaty’ + More appeared first on Children's Health Defense. read more
Crinoids: Beauties Of Echinodermata
Crinoids are unusually beautiful and graceful members of the phylum Echinodermata. They resemble an underwater flower swaying in an ocean current. But make no mistake they are marine animals. Picture a flower with a mouth on the top surface that is surrounded by feeding arms. Awkwardly, add an anus right beside that mouth. read more read more
Pelosi Parties Maskless With Democrat Big Wigs in Napa
Legal Insurrection – by Mary Chastain Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is okay with DC police arresting people who do not wear masks on... The post Pelosi Parties Maskless With Democrat Big Wigs in Napa appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Late Cretaceous Fauna: Colinoceras Tarrantense
Previously *Calycoceras Tarrantense*, this ammonite is now *Conlinoceras tarrantense* after J.P. Conlin, a famous early 20th-century fossil collector from Texas, USA. Ammonite expert Bill Cobban used this collection to describe many Texas Cretaceous ammonites species including this species from Tarrant County, Arlington, Texas. He was a surveyor by training and kept incredibly detailed notes on the context of his fossils. read more read more
Hospital Finds an Unlikely Group Opposing Vaccination: Its Workers + More
The Defender’s Big Brother NewsWatch brings you the latest headlines related to governments’ abuse of power, including attacks on democracy, civil liberties and use of mass surveillance. The post Hospital Finds an Unlikely Group Opposing Vaccination: Its Workers + More appeared first on Children's Health Defense. read more
Living Fossils: Winning The Slow Race Of Time
Horseshoe crabs are marine and brackish water arthropods of the order Xiphosura — a slowly evolving, conservative taxa. Much like (slow) Water Striders (*Aquarius remigis*), (relatively sluggish) Coelacanth (*Latimeria chalumnae)* and (the current winner on truly slow evolution) Elephant Sharks (*Callorhinchus milii*), these fellows have a long history in the fossil record with very few anatomical changes. read more read more
CURMUDGUCATION8 hours ago
Jeb Bush Gets It Wrong
Earlier this month, Jeb Bush released an op-ed to argue against "cuts" (more on that in a moment) to federal spending on charter schools. It's loaded with specious arguments. Let's tick off the items First, Bush argues that our current education is designed as *a one-size-fits-all factory model of education, created in the 1890s to build a workforce for a factory-model economy.* The "factory model" rhetoric has been debunked many times, but Bush's variation is particularly silly. At the dawn on the 20th century, the enrollment rate for 5 through 19 year olds was around 30% for Bl... read more
Snopes.com6 hours ago
Did Stallone ‘Keep’ the Turtles from ‘Rocky’?
Red-eared sliders can live for decades, as these ones have. read more
The Rio Times6 hours ago
Brazil reaches 10 GW solar energy generation capacity
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In large plants, classified as "centralized generation," there are 3.5 GW of installed capacity in photovoltaic plants, equivalent to 1.9% of the country's electricity matrix. There are 6.5 GW in the "distributed generation" segment, which involves small and medium-sized systems installed on rooftops, façades, and on land. According to ABSOLAR, […] The post Brazil reaches 10 GW solar energy generation capacity appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
The Rio Times6 hours ago
São Paulo City Hall requires vaccination for restaurants and shopping centers, paving the way for a two-tier society
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After months of mandatory masks, isolation measures, and lockdowns, the São Paulo city hall, copy-pasting big cities like New York, San Francisco, Paris, and others, now wants to go a big step further. São Paulo Mayor Ricardo Nunes (MBD) announced Monday, May 23, that the city would require a "Covid-19 […] The post São Paulo City Hall requires vaccination for restaurants and shopping centers, paving the way for a two-tier society appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Too Hot To Work
Yet the novel coronavirus is only the latest addition to a long list of on-the-job hazards confronting outdoor workers. Each summer, the roughly 32 million outdoor workers across the United States—from construction workers to farmworkers to emergency responders—regularly face a brutal choice: risk their health by enduring dangerous exposure to heat or risk their jobs by staying home. The post Too Hot To Work appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
War News Updates7 hours ago
Pentagon Has Deployed On Two Occassions Helicopters And Special Forces Into Kabul For Evacuations
Helicopters flying over a crowd of Afghans gathered outside the airport in Kabul on Monday.Credit...Victor J. Blue for The New York Times *New York Times:* *The Pentagon deploys helicopters and special forces in Kabul for evacuations* WASHINGTON — With just eight days left before an Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline, the Pentagon is ramping up evacuations from Kabul’s airport by deploying American helicopters and troops into select spots in Kabul to extract stranded American citizens and Afghan allies. Defense officials said that as of Monday, the military has helped to evacuate 37... read more
The Last Refuge7 hours ago
Curious Timing, Acting FDA Commissioner Ruled Out As Permanent Nominee Due to Her Role in Creating Opioid Epidemic
The current head of the Food and Drug Administration, Janet Woodcock, is serving in an ‘acting’ capacity only, as her name was never nominated to the senate for confirmation. Several media outlets are now reporting her name will never be nominated because she cannot pass the confirmation process. Ms. Woodcock (pictured left) has a rather […] The post Curious Timing, Acting FDA Commissioner Ruled Out As Permanent Nominee Due to Her Role in Creating Opioid Epidemic appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Unemployment Cuts Made People Poorer Without Increasing Employment
Six academics, including Arin Dube and Suresh Naidu, released a paper last week estimating the impact of the massive unemployment benefit cuts that occurred in twenty-two states in June. The team was able to use bank transaction data and comparisons to unemployment benefit recipients in states that did not cut benefits to get precise estimates of both the employment and income effects of the policy change. The post Unemployment Cuts Made People Poorer Without Increasing Employment appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
Science Matters7 hours ago
What’s in a Name? Power.
Johathan Turley writes at The Hill The FBI comes up empty-handed in its search for a Jan. 6 plot. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and images. It may be true, as Confucius said, that “the beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name,” but it can also be the end of […] read more
The Rio Times7 hours ago
El Salvador’s president assures that bitcoin use will not be mandatory in the country
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Nayib Bukele has assured that the use of the cryptocurrency will not be mandatory for citizens, explaining further on Twitter. "This is what will happen on September 7: people will be able to download an app to receive payments or bonuses in bitcoin or U.S. dollars. If they want […] The post El Salvador’s president assures that bitcoin use will not be mandatory in the country appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Snopes.com7 hours ago
Are Toasters Prohibited at Trump Rallies?
Toast, on the other hand, appears to be allowed. read more
MJBizDaily7 hours ago
More than 70% of New Jersey towns ban adult-use marijuana retail
The number of New Jersey communities opting out of the legal marijuana industry has increased dramatically in recent weeks, reaching almost three-quarters of the municipalities in the state. According to the USA Today Network, roughly 71% of New Jersey towns – about 400 of them – have approved local ordinances that ban adult-use marijuana businesses. […] More than 70% of New Jersey towns ban adult-use marijuana retail is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs read more
War News Updates7 hours ago
Some Members Of The Media Are Now Starting To Defend The Biden Administration's Afghan Policy
Biden is projecting confidence in the rescue operation, elevating the work of military and civilian officials — Jennifer 'pro-voting' Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) August 22, 2021 *FOX News:** Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin hit for pair of pieces boosting Biden amid Afghanistan fallout: 'Sycophant'* ' Seeing anyone praise the government at a time like this is astonishing' Readers ripped Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin for publishing a pair of columns full of excuses for President Joe Biden in the midst of the chaotic U.S. troop withdrawal in Afghanistan. Republicans, Democrat... read more
Snopes.com7 hours ago
Did NBC Report Vaccinated People Have Higher Levels of SARS-CoV-2?
Memes claimed that vaccinated people were therefore contributing to the mid-summer COVID-19 surge. read more
The Rio Times7 hours ago
Brazilian EMBRAER’s Eve closes deal to supply Ascent with “flying cars”
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - EMBRAER's company Eve Urban Air Mobility and Ascent Flights Global on Monday, August 23, announced a partnership to develop a "robust ecosystem" of urban air mobility in the Asia-Pacific region. From 2026, Eve will supply Ascent with up to 100,000 flight hours in the electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle […] The post Brazilian EMBRAER’s Eve closes deal to supply Ascent with “flying cars” appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
America’s Merchants Of Death Then — And Now
The tag “merchants of death” has long since disappeared from our American political lexicon. But the problem Nye named remains. Our contemporary corporate moguls are continuing to get rich off the preparations that make wars more likely and massively multiply death counts when the actual shooting starts. America’s longest war — the war in Afghanistan — offers but the latest example. The post America’s Merchants Of Death Then — And Now appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
The Rio Times8 hours ago
Economy of Argentina recovered in June, growing by 2.5% on a monthly basis
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After four consecutive declines, economic activity recovered in June, recording a monthly growth of 2.5% (seasonally adjusted), only 2.2% below the pre-pandemic level (February 2020), according to the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) on Thursday. The monthly estimate of economic activity (EMAE) also showed a 10.8% year-on-year improvement, […] The post Economy of Argentina recovered in June, growing by 2.5% on a monthly basis appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
MJBizDaily8 hours ago
Cannabis group drops suit against Los Angeles over social equity licensing
Three cannabis companies withdrew their year-old federal lawsuit against Los Angeles over the city’s controversial social equity licensing program. ARMLA One, ARMLA Two and Gompers SocEq voluntarily dropped the suit without explanation, according to a one-page filing in U.S. District Court in central California. According to the filing, each side will pay its own legal […] Cannabis group drops suit against Los Angeles over social equity licensing is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs read more
The Duran8 hours ago
After Fall of Kabul Blair Rebukes Biden, Says Call to End ‘Forever Wars’ “Imbecilic”, Wants War Without End
After Fall of Kabul Blair Rebukes Biden, Says Call to End ‘Forever Wars’ “Imbecilic”, Wants War Without End News Topic 260 TONY BLAIR: America’s retreat is imbecilic – and tells our enemies we don’t have any interests or values worth defending TONY BLAIR: America’s retreat is imbecilic The abandonment of Afghanistan and its people is […] read more
The Duran9 hours ago
Biden claims Afghan evacuation is going smoothly, as Fog of War descends on Kabul airport
Biden claims Afghan evacuation is going smoothly, as Fog of War descends on Kabul airport The Duran: Episode 1069 Biden stands by ‘hard and painful’ evacuation from Kabul, could back sanctions on Taliban ‘depending on the conduct’ Biden stands by ‘hard and painful’ evacuation from Kabul, could back sanctions on Taliban ‘depending on the conduct’ […] read more
Medical Kidnap9 hours ago
After 1,517,211 Injuries and 9,027 Recorded Vaccine Deaths in the U.S. FDA Gives Full Approval to Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
After 1,517,211 injuries and 9,027 deaths following the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines recorded in the U.S. Government's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), the FDA today gave full approval to the Pfizer COVID-19 injections for people over the age of 16. Besides the U.S. VAERS, the British Yellow Card reporting system for injuries and deaths following COVID-19 vaccines reports 501 deaths and 293,779 injuries following Pfizer COVID-19 injections. EudraVigilance, the European Union database of suspected drug reaction reports for COVID-19 vaccines, reports 10,616 deaths and 833... read more
Talking Economics Education
Blog readers might be interested in an upcoming interview of me, at 7 pm on October 20, 2021. Information available here. read more
War News Updates7 hours ago
U.S. Vice President Harris Breaks Silence On Afghanistan Debacle But Does Not Answer The Question On Whether The Biden Administration Made Any Mistakes In Afghanistan
*Daily Mail: **Not laughing now, Kamala: Harris dodges questions on whether the Biden administration made any mistakes in Afghanistan and insists there will be 'plenty of time to analyze what happened'* * Harris arrived in Singapore on Sunday for week-long trip to Asia to meet officials * Her team pushed forward with the trip, despite criticisms of her administration's handling of Afghanistan, as the VP distances herself from the mess * Harris, addressing Afghanistan publicly for the first time since the fall of Kabul, said 'there is going to be plenty of time to analyze' f... read more
bilaterals.org7 hours ago
Uruguay propone a Georgia un acuerdo de libre comercio
23-Aug-2021 El ministro de Exteriores de Uruguay, Francisco Bustillo, propuso hoy a su homólogo georgiano, David Zalkaliani, iniciar conversaciones sobre un acuerdo de libre comercio entre ambos países. read more
bilaterals.org7 hours ago
Las tensiones entre México y Estados Unidos crecen por los conflictos sindicales y las diferencias sobre el T-MEC
23-Aug-2021 Unos 6.000 trabajadores pondrán a prueba la legitimidad de uno de los grupos sindicales de México, un proceso inédito posible por una nueva disposición en el tratado de libre comercio read more
Snopes.com8 hours ago
Igor Vovkovinskiy, Tallest Man in US, Dies in Minnesota
When he was 27, Vovkovinskiy traveled to New York City and was declared America’s tallest living person by a Guinness World Records adjudicator. read more
Organizing Notes8 hours ago
Like a snowball heading down hill....
The Afghanistan collapse is challenging the American people to admit to themselves (and each other) that the nation is 'like a snowball heading downhill'. That phrase was good writing by country singer Merle Haggard many years ago. White working class fans of Haggard (and poor people of color) are generally the ones who did the recent killing and dying in Iraq and Afghanistan. And they paid for it with their tax dollars - at a much higher rate of their income than the rich oligarchs who run the show. My step-father Wes (married my mom when I was three) was career Air Force ... read more
The Teddy Bear Needs A Drink
Everything about Blackie is fake. He shows up with a teddy bear and kneels in a graveyard, because he cares when the cameras are on him. Just ignore that the reserve doesn’t have clean drinking water. Well, at least the chiefs will get big cheques. read more
The Boy Crisis
Excellent podcast here. Jordan Peterson talks to Dr. Warren Farrell about the problems facing boys these days mainly due to a lack of fathers, but a host of other factors as well. They dive into a number of topics, gender differences, raising kids, relationship problems, divorce, single parenting, schools. Dr. Farrell has all sorts of… Continue reading → read more
The Last Refuge8 hours ago
Taliban Warns U.S. Not to Extend August 31st Withdrawal Deadline “Or There Will Be Consequences”, Pentagon Says No Idea How Many Americans Need Help
A spokesperson for the Taliban in Afghanistan has warned Joe Biden and U.S. military officials not to extend the August 31st withdrawal deadline in an interview with Sky News. According to the statement from Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen: “It’s a red line. President Biden announced that on ​Aug. 31 they would withdraw all their military […] The post Taliban Warns U.S. Not to Extend August 31st Withdrawal Deadline “Or There Will Be Consequences”, Pentagon Says No Idea How Many Americans Need Help appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Tracking Whale Migration With Barnacles
We can trace the lineage of barnacles back to the Middle Cambrian. That is half a billion years of data to sift through. If you divide that timeline in half yet again, we begin to understand barnacles and their relationship to other sea-dwelling creatures — with a lens that reveals ancient migration patterns. Barnacles are in the infraclass Cirripedia in the class Maxillopoda. They are marine arthropods related to crabs and lobsters. read more read more
The Rio Times8 hours ago
As an American first, Chinese Ali Express opens platform for Brazilian sellers
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In another attempt by Asian e-commerce platforms in Brazil, Ali Express, the world's largest virtual shopping mall, opened its platform to Brazilian sellers to offer their products. Until now, products purchased through Ali Express came from China. Brazil is the first country in the Americas to allow the registration of […] The post As an American first, Chinese Ali Express opens platform for Brazilian sellers appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Playful Waterbabies — Porpoise
These delightfully friendly and super smart fellows are Dall's porpoise. Porpoise are marine mammals who live in our world's oceans and breathe air at the surface, similar to humans. They have lungs, inhaling and exhaling through a blowhole at the top of their heads instead of through their snouts. In the Kwak̓wala language of the Kwakiutl or Kwakwaka'wakw, *speakers of Kwak'wala*, of the Pacific Northwest, a blowhole is known as a ka̱'was, whether on a dolphin (porpoise) or whale and a porpoise is known as a *k̓ulut̕a*. read more read more
Screwing Up the Retreat
Kevin Newman: The people we left behind at the gas station Despite claims of “miraculous” progress, we are still failing to evacuate our people from Afghanistan Each family included an average of 10 people — so make it a hundred — told it was time to leave for Canada. Others followed, and pretty soon there… Continue reading → read more
The hollow man, Joe Biden
Joe Biden Unfit to Lead Nation | National Review read more
CFACT9 hours ago
Outdoor Video Storytelling (ft. Madison Hughes)
"I started getting into little filmmaking in college at Florida State in Tallahassee. And there was a major there's called Digital Media Production. We learned how to shoot interviews and tell people stories. Most of them were kind of around the sporting events at the school. And when I graduated, I was interested in, like, [...] The post Outdoor Video Storytelling (ft. Madison Hughes) appeared first on CFACT. read more
Komando.com10 hours ago
Not saving your texts is a big mistake. These are the easy ways to do it
Simple ways to backup text messages you need to save. read more
Small Dead Animals10 hours ago
Justin Has Our Backs.
Blacklock reports that the prime ministers office finds it unacceptable, that the Public Health Agency gives medical advice without getting political approval first. And while our little dictator was telling us that Canadians were on their way home from Afghanistan, staff were quickly abandoning the embassy leaving Canadians stranded. Must be O’Toole’s fault. read more
Snopes.com10 hours ago
Did Taliban Recreate Iwo Jima Photo?
This photograph came from a "graduation" event of a Taliban group called Badri 313. read more
Komando.com11 hours ago
Protect your wireless account from hackers with this one step
Hackers are targeting mobile providers to steal your personal information. This simple trick will protect your account and data. read more
Residents gather at QLD/NSW border for anti-lockdown protest
A strong police presence has met a number of protesters who turned up today at the Queensland/New South Wales border to rally against ongoing closures. Roughly two thousand people showed up around lunchtime today, with some attempting to walk over the state line, before marching through the streets. [...Continued] read more
Study: Fully Vaccinated Healthcare Workers Carry 251 Times Viral Load, Pose Threat to Unvaccinated Patients, Co-Workers
A preprint paper by the prestigious Oxford University Clinical Research Group, published Aug. 10 in The Lancet, found vaccinated individuals carry 251 times the load of COVID-19 viruses in their nostrils compared to the unvaccinated. The post Study: Fully Vaccinated Healthcare Workers Carry 251 Times Viral Load, Pose Threat to Unvaccinated Patients, Co-Workers appeared first on Children's Health Defense. read more
New Yorkers Overwhelm Public Hearing to Oppose Danskammer Fracked Gas Plant
Controversial gas plant would be the first to move forward under New York’s CLCPA and under Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s incoming administration read more
Virtual Mirage9 hours ago
Moments
On a Billboard I don’t know if it’s real or a hoax, but it should be real. The Largest Insect that Ever Existed? Meganeura Meganeura is a genus of extinct insects from the Carboniferous period (approximately 300 million years ago), which resembled and are related to the present-day dragonflies. Its wingspans from 65 […] The post Moments appeared first on Virtual Mirage. read more
The Word From the Trenches – August 23, 2021
Join in on the conversation. Call (712) 770-5597 then enter 220029#, press *6 to mute and unmute. (If you are unable to get through call... The post The Word From the Trenches – August 23, 2021 appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Pups at nine weeks old
The post Pups at nine weeks old appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
‘Don’t Operate From a Place of Fear … Do Your Own Research’: Panelists Respond to Questions About ‘VAXXED II’
Children’s Health Defense last week hosted a live Q&A session during which a team of panelists responded to questions from viewers of “VAXXED II: The People’s Truth.” The post ‘Don’t Operate From a Place of Fear … Do Your Own Research’: Panelists Respond to Questions About ‘VAXXED II’ appeared first on Children's Health Defense. read more
The Peace Movement Must Press For Diplomacy, Not More War, In Afghanistan
Col. Ann Wright was in Afghanistan to open the US Embassy in 2001. She recounts how the recommendation then was to get the US military out as quickly as possible. Instead, the Pentagon spent 20 years lying to the public and causing great suffering to the Afghan people. Wright exposes the truth about why the US stayed in for so long and explains the politics of the country. She has started a campaign to push for maintaining diplomatic relations with the new Taliban government and is calling for the CIA to cease involvement with local militias that could evolve into a civil war. Des... read more
After 1,517,211 Injuries and 9,027 Recorded Vaccine Deaths in the U.S. FDA Gives Full Approval to Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
After 1,517,211 injuries and 9,027 deaths following the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines recorded in the U.S. Government's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), the FDA today gave full authorization to the Pfizer COVID-19 injections for people over the age of 16. Besides the U.S. VAERS, the British Yellow Card reporting system for injuries and deaths following COVID-19 vaccines reports 501 deaths and 293,779 injuries following Pfizer COVID-19 injections. EudraVigilance, the European Union database of suspected drug reaction reports for COVID-19 vaccines, reports 10,616 deaths an... read more
Government ‘Flying Blind’ on Breakthrough Infections, as COVID Infections Among Fully Vaccinated Soar
The CDC’s decision to stop tracking COVID in vaccinated people, unless they are hospitalized or die, means we have no full understanding on how the Delta variant spreads among the nearly 200 million partially or fully vaccinated Americans, or on how many are getting sick. The post Government ‘Flying Blind’ on Breakthrough Infections, as COVID Infections Among Fully Vaccinated Soar appeared first on Children's Health Defense. read more
Extinction Rebellion London Protests: Happening Now
A giant pink table inviting Londoners to “come to the table” and discuss climate change has been erected by Extinction Rebellion protesters near Leicester Square. The post Extinction Rebellion London Protests: Happening Now appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
They cannot arrest all of us!
A man has ridden his horse through today’s protest at the Queensland-New South Wales border, encouraging crowds to cross through checkpoints. “Cross over! They cannot... The post They cannot arrest all of us! appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
4 Steps Regulators Can Take to Protect Children, Infants and Pregnant Women From Toxic Pesticides
Why are some people more vulnerable to harm from pesticide exposure than others, particularly pregnant women, infants and children? It’s just one critical question scientists and regulators need to tackle. The post 4 Steps Regulators Can Take to Protect Children, Infants and Pregnant Women From Toxic Pesticides appeared first on Children's Health Defense. read more
FBI Paid Leader of Satanic Pedophile Death Cult $82,000 to Take Over Atomwaffen Division In Order to Brainwash, Drug and Entrap Its Young Members
Unz Review – by Eric Striker Prior to 2018, special interest groups demanding the dismantling of the rapidly growing nationalist movement in the name of... The post FBI Paid Leader of Satanic Pedophile Death Cult $82,000 to Take Over Atomwaffen Division In Order to Brainwash, Drug and Entrap Its Young Members appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
#Elxn44 Roundup
News, notes and commentary from Canada's federal election. - Heather Scoffield comments that there's reason for hope in this election based on the options available to voters. Jaime Watt concludes that Jagmeet Singh is ideally positioned to provide aspirational leadership in an election where voters are more interested in future plans than a referendum on the past. And Singh writes about the influence of Jack Layton's enduring legacy. - Bruce Anderson writes about the many unknowns thus far in the campaign, as well as the readily-available prospect of change. And Campbell Clark ... read more
Science 2.0 blogs10 hours ago
Scientization Of Politics Has New Battles, So Evolution Is Now More Accepted Than In The Past
At the turn of the century, if you denied global warming or believed that vaccines cause autism, it was easy to know which political party you were in. When it came to acceptance of evolution, though, things were muddier. Though more Democrats than Republicans accepted evolution the margin was single digits and over half of all people didn't know what to make of it or flat out denied it.(1) read more read more
War News Updates8 hours ago
U.S. Has 'Stop Letting Afghan Refugees Board Evacuation Flights Today'
General view of the crowds of people near the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 23, 2021. As many as 20,000 are waiting at the airport and 33 C-17 jets are on the way which could carry almost all of them but US officials are said to have changed the policy to only allow through US citizens *Daily Mail: **US will 'stop letting Afghan refugees board evacuation flights TODAY': 20,000 people are still waiting at Kabul airport but troops are rushing to get remaining Americans out first before August 31 deadline* * There are as many as 20,000 people at the airport in Kabul, all wai... read more
Southern African Migrants Excluded as COVID-19 Pandemic Grows
Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug 23 (IPS) - Migrants across the Southern Africa region are massively disadvantaged as they find themselves excluded from vaccine programmes – even when the global vaccine initiative COVAX often funds these programmes. Read the full story, “Southern African Migrants Excluded as COVID-19 Pandemic Grows”, on globalissues.org → read more
Afghanistan: UN agencies sound alarm over emergency aid supply logjam
UN humanitarian agencies are warning that they are unable to bring urgently needed emergency supplies into Afghanistan, and are calling for a “humanitarian airbridge” to be set up immediately, to allow the unimpeded delivery of medicines and other aid supplies to the country. Read the full story, “Afghanistan: UN agencies sound alarm over emergency aid supply logjam”, on globalissues.org → read more
War News Updates9 hours ago
President Biden Provides An Update On COVID-19 Response And Vaccinations
*WNU Editor*: No questions were permitted. No remarks on Afghanistan. read more
The Last Refuge9 hours ago
FDA Approves Pfizer Vaccine With Undefined Regime
As expected the FDA announces today that Pfizer has been granted Biologic License Application approval for their COVID-19 vaccine. [Press release Here] and you can find the Approval Letter at the following LINK HERE. The vaccine will now be known as “Comirnaty” and is approved for individuals 16 years of age and older. Unfortunately, questions […] The post FDA Approves Pfizer Vaccine With Undefined Regime appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
naked capitalism10 hours ago
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/23/2021
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War News Updates10 hours ago
US Embassy Staff Voice The 'Brutal Experience’ That They Had To Endure En Route To Kabul Airport From The Embassy
Taliban fighters stand guard at a checkpoint near the US Embassy that was previously manned by American troops, in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP *NBC News: **Afghan staff at U.S. Embassy losing faith in evacuation efforts, diplomatic cable says* *Exclusive: “It would be better to die under the Taliban’s bullet,” said one local staff member quoted in the cable. * WASHINGTON — Local staff members at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul are “deeply disheartened” by U.S. evacuation efforts and have expressed a sense of betrayal and distrust in the U.S. government, according to a State Department di... read more
The Rio Times10 hours ago
Amid institutional crisis, Brazilian state governors want to meet with Bolsonaro
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Monday, 25 governors attended the national forum of these leaders at the Buriti Palace in Brasilia. The governors announced that they would seek a meeting with Jair Bolsonaro and hope to be received by the president. The governor of the Federal District, Ibaneis Rocha (MDB), said they agreed on […] The post Amid institutional crisis, Brazilian state governors want to meet with Bolsonaro appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
MJBizDaily10 hours ago
Marijuana cultivation giant purchases gardening store in Washington state
Cannabis cultivation company GrowGeneration Corp. is continuing its shopping spree, announcing it has purchased Hoagtech Hydroponics, a hydroponic equipment and indoor gardening store based in Bellingham, Washington. Marijuana cultivation giant purchases gardening store in Washington state is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs read more
War News Updates10 hours ago
Taliban Warn There Will Be Consequences If There Is An Evacuation Extension Pass August 31
Taliban spokesman Dr Suhail Shaheen (pictured) has warned of 'consequences' if Western forces stay beyond the end of the month *Daily Mail:* *'There will be consequences': Taliban hits back at Biden and warns US to get out by August 31 or 'provoke a reaction' after President said American forces could stay beyond withdrawal deadline to complete evacuation* * President Joe Biden has set the deadline of August 31 as the cut-off for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan * Taliban spokesman Dr Suhail Shaheen said they will not allow for an extension and warned of retaliation * He wa... read more
If NDP wins a majority, Singh will formally recognize hereditary indigenous sovereigns
Jagmeet Singh, the Leader of the New Democratic Party, is promising to formally recognize the hereditary sovereigns of indigenous governments that pre-date colonial Canada, if he is given a majority government in the federal election held on September 20th. The The post If NDP wins a majority, Singh will formally recognize hereditary indigenous sovereigns first appeared on The Buffalo Chronicle. read more
"From Fake Boom to Ka-Boom!"
*"From Fake Boom to Ka-Boom!"* by Bill Bonner POITOU, FRANCE – "Whew… We were distracted last week by the collapse of the elite’s 20-year fraud in Afghanistan. Alert readers noticed that it caused us to amend our outlook… our forecast for coming events. Let’s take a look at it, so we’re all on the same page. Here it is in shorthand: (Fake) Boom… Bust… Re-Boom… Ka-Boom… Kabul! *Fake Boom: *Yes, we’re only in the boom stage now… But it’s a fake boom… like the fake “stability” in Afghanistan that disappeared in a matter of hours last weekend. The Washington Post reported on Friday tha... read more

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