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PrairiePundit16 hours ago
Polling suggests broad resistance to Biden spending spreeWashington Examiner: ... The November dataset from I&I/TIPP found that 84% of respondents think that "over the next year prices for gasoline, food, and other household products" would continue to increase. Additionally, nearly half of all respondents, 48%, expected prices in 2022 to be "much higher" than the current levels. Furthermore, a poll published Monday from *Politico *and Morning Consult showed that 43% of respondents believed the budget reconciliation proposal will specifically increase inflation, compared to just 26% who believe it will slow or reverse the inflationar... read more
PrairiePundit16 hours ago
Biden's Keystone XL move comes back to bite him*Washington Examiner:* *Manchin urges Biden to reinstate Keystone XL pipeline: 'Hard-working Americans should not depend on foreign actors'* Biden should also lift the restrictions on drilling on federally controlled sites instead of begging OPEC. The Democrats,other than Manchin have a totally unrealistic attitude toward energy and what they proposed to replace fossil fuels with. read more
PrairiePundit16 hours ago
Jan. 6 Commission accused of fabricating subpoena materialNational Pulse: Tollbooth records belonging to former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik place him 300 miles away from the infamous January 5th meeting at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., with a legal letter (below) seen by The National Pulse accusing Rep. Bernie Thompson’s commission of fabricating the evidence. Thompson’s Jan. 6th commission recently subpoenaed Kerik, a close associate of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Their letter asserted: The Select Committee’s investigation and public accounts have revealed credible evidence of your involvement in the e... read more
Small Dead Animals16 hours ago
Truckers vs. Biden: Who will blink first?Interesting times the incompetent Biden regime has found themselves in: Millions of truckers are balking at President Joe Biden’s workplace vaccine mandate, which would be catastrophic for the nation’s supply chain problem if it is enforced, an American Trucking Associations executive told House members this week. “We’ve tried to be very clear to the administration… Continue reading → read more
Small Dead Animals17 hours ago
Presidential Clown ShowHow long before his handlers end his public appearances. read more
Science 2.0 blogs17 hours ago
Science Tips For Managing Stress At ThanksgivingSometimes people ask me if there is an evidence-based way to manage the stress of dealing with difficult relatives at Thanksgiving, and my short answer is "chloroform." In modern hippie dippie wellness culture, that may not be the response people are seeking, they may want validation of essential oils or an app, but one thing most people don't realize is that stress is not about fads or even other people. We manage stress, we only think it manages us. read more read more
Komando.com19 hours ago
Google searches reveal the states with the most sleep problemsDo you have trouble sleeping? These Google searches reveal which states have insomnia the most. read more
Komando.com19 hours ago
Quick photo tip: Digitally restore old photosDo you have old photos that you'd love to keep forever? Here are simple tricks to restore them like new. read more
PrairiePundit14 hours ago
Rittenhouse meets with President TrumpWashington Examiner: Former President Donald Trump described Kyle Rittenhouse as a "nice young man" who endured "prosecutorial misconduct" after having met with him. The meeting happened at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, and Fox News host Sean Hannity showed a photo at the tail-end of an interview with the former president that aired Tuesday evening. Rittenhouse, whose actions last summer got mixed into the 2020 election discussion, made headlines earlier this week after putting President Joe Biden on notice for what he views as defamation. "He came over with his mother,"... read more
The National Interest16 hours ago
Today’s Assault Ships Owe Much to Yesterday’s Helicopter Cruisers*David Axe* *Assault Ships, * Ungainly and in many cases conceptually flawed, the helicopter cruisers nevertheless represented an important leap forward for naval technology. *Here’s What You Need to Remember: *Today, the half-cruiser-half-carrier of the mid-Cold War is a historical curiosity. The carrier half of the concept rightly took over. Starting in the 1960s, the world’s leading navies experimented with a new kind of warship. Heavily armed and sporting huge flight decks for helicopters, the vessels were hybrids—not quite cruisers, not quite aircraft carriers. Ungainly an... read more
The National Interest16 hours ago
The Polls Are Clear: Americans Didn’t Like Biden’s Afghanistan Pullout*Peter Suciu* *Joe Biden, United States* The Biden administration needs to do more than make snap judgments. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Presidents can't dictate policy based on polls of course, but Biden has only doubled down in his opinion that he's the smartest guy in the room at all times. Biden has been far more concerned with the timetable of the exit from Afghanistan instead of how it is being accomplished, which explains why his approval rating has sagged beneath the fifty percent mark. During the Tet Offensive in February 1968, then-President Lyndon B. Johnson se... read more
The National Interest16 hours ago
Why Did the U.S. Military Retire Flamethrowers?*Peter Suciu* *U.S. Military, United States* The Department of Defense effectively retired flamethrowers from combat use in 1978, but flame as a weapon has been used throughout history. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *There are no specific international bans on the use of flamethrowers; however, there are the international humanitarian law treaty norms, which specifically regulate incendiary weapons. The idea of using fire as a weapon likely occurred as soon as the first human settlement was attacked by a rival tribe. The problem is that fire doesn’t know friend from foe and... read more
Covert Geopolitics16 hours ago
‘I wish my tribal ancestors had not helped the Pilgrims survive their first year’It’s unlikely the Pilgrims would have survived without the help of the Wampanoag in 1621. Now one ancestor of the Indigenous tribe tells RT of her regret at the assistance given, and of the problems her people continue to face. Paula Peters has a message she wants to send to every American ahead of November … Continue reading ‘I wish my tribal ancestors had not helped the Pilgrims survive their first year’ → read more
Turcopolier16 hours ago
Thanksgiving in the Field – 1863 from “Death Piled Hard” reposted 2021One of my pre-occupations is the cycle of novels that I wrote concerned with what I think I learned in life. It is set in the American Civil War and called “Strike the Tent.” Why? If I knew why perhaps I could … Continue reading → read more
musingsofanoldfart16 hours ago
Travel safely, be well, respect flight attendantsHere in the US, my favorite holiday is upon us, Thanksgiving. I encourage everyone to travel safely, use meditation and patience to remain calm and be well. A little more walking or aerobic activity to counter vent the calorie intake … Continue reading → read more
Snopes.com16 hours ago
On the Road Again: Travelers Emerge in Time for ThanksgivingMore than 2.2 million travelers streamed through airport checkpoints last Friday, the busiest day since the pandemic devastated travel early last year. read more
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education16 hours ago
Dr. Freeman Hrabowski Receives Dr. John Hope Franklin AwardHrabowski reflects on his career at University Maryland, Baltimore County and receiving the Dr. John Hope Franklin Award... read more
No More Mister Nice Blog17 hours ago
BACK IN A FEWI'm going to be celebrating Thanksgiving like a semi-normal person, so I'll be away from here for a few days. I think there'll be posts here while I'm away, so stop by. Have a great holiday, try not to rise to your right-wing relatives' bait, and I'll see you on Saturday. read more
The Rio Times17 hours ago
Argentina province of Salta on alert due to increase in salmonella infectionsRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The National Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Public Health of Salta issued an epidemiological alert due to the increase in cases of paratyphoid fever -caused by salmonella bacteria- in Salta. It was also reported that 63% of the infections were recorded in children under 15 years of age. […] The post Argentina province of Salta on alert due to increase in salmonella infections appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Age of Autism The Rebel Alliance!17 hours ago
The Really Big Lie Grows Bigger
Photo from Kildare Now https://www.kildarenow.com/news/local-news/692998/kildare-school-celebrates-new-asd-bluebells-classroom-sensory-room-and-playroom-in-rathangan.html By Anne Dachel “The Really Big Lie” is something I’ve written about a number of times over the last 15 years. Usually I specifically talk about “The Really Big Lie about Autism,” namely the eternal... Related Stories - “Neurodiversity is the new normal” - The British Island of Misfit.... Children - There is No Problem—This is Normal read more
Halifax Examiner17 hours ago
Nova Scotia Power increases use of biomass for generating electricityA boiler owned by Nova Scotia Power on the grounds of the Port Hawkesbury paper plant is burning 35% more woody biomass this year than last. The year-to-date figures show 126,810 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity was generated over the first nine months of 2021 compared to 93,934 MWh for the same period in 2020 […] read more
Halifax Examiner17 hours ago
CCPA-NS report: Child poverty rate down just 0.1 of a percentage point in 30 yearsNova Scotia has reduced its child poverty rate by just 0.1 of a percentage point in 30 years, making it the province with the worst child poverty reduction record in Canada. That’s one of the takeaways from the 2021 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia. Released today by the Canadian Centre […] read more
The New Dark Age18 hours ago
Russo-Uzbek ties a factor of regional stability23 November 2021 — Indian Punchline by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev (L) met Russian President Vladimir Putin (R), Moscow, November 19, 2021 The visit of Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Moscow on November 19 at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin resulted in a joint statement on information technology and a slew of … Continue reading Russo-Uzbek ties a factor of regional stability read more
The New Dark Age18 hours ago
Books: A chicken can’t lay a duck eggHow often are we told that the market must be part of the solution to the climate crisis? The efficiency, the focus, the discipline embedded in the pursuit of profit, the refinement of responding to consumer demands, each of us maximizing our individual utility, those are the values that will get us all pulling in the same, sustainable direction. read more
The Aviationist18 hours ago
British F-35B Crash In The Med Possibly Caused By ‘Rain Cover’ Left On During Launch[image: F-35B crashed in the Med] According to the UK media outlet The Sun, the recent crash of a British F-35B during take off from HMS Queen Elizabeth was caused by a rain cover not removed before take off. An F-35B [...] The post British F-35B Crash In The Med Possibly Caused By ‘Rain Cover’ Left On During Launch appeared first on The Aviationist. read more
Electroverse18 hours ago
New Peer-Reviewed Study: Climate Models Overestimate CO2’s Impact On Global Temperatures By A Factor Of 5"We have a contradiction with the results of climatological models in the analysis of the Earth’s greenhouse effect." The post New Peer-Reviewed Study: Climate Models Overestimate CO2’s Impact On Global Temperatures By A Factor Of 5 appeared first on Electroverse. read more
Cairns News19 hours ago
Melbourne rally 200,000 protesters – Premier Dangerous Dan in safe house, too many threatsThe biggest protest in Australian history? Reliable estimates put the crowd at 200,000 people in Melbourne November 20th rally 2021 . More Australian Freedom Rallies are planned around the nation this Saturday. read more
Cairns News19 hours ago
Gunner running dirty, illegal military operation against NT indigenous peoplesBy TONY MOBILIFONITISNORTHERN Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner – stop your filthy pharma-funded war on the indigenous people of the territory you are supposed to be serving! Once upon a time in the colonial yesteryear it was blackfella poisonings and forced family separations. But this time the poisoning it at the end of a needle, […] read more
The National Interest17 hours ago
Would Destroying Russia's Base at Kaliningrad be Worth the Cost?*David Axe* *Kaliningrad, Europe* “We think through those plans all the time, and… if that would ever come to fruition, we’d be ready to execute.” *Here’s What You Need to Remember: *One possible part of the multi-domain plan for attacking Kaliningrad played out in the wide open when the U.S. Air Force in early March 2019 practiced a cruise-missile strike on the exclave. The mock attack was part of the flying branch’s deployment of five B-52 bombers from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana to the United Kingdom. The Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, which lies between Poland and... read more
PrairiePundit17 hours ago
Republican governors work on supply chain problemsEpoch Times: Fifteen Republican governors, led by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, have launched “Operation Open Road,” an initiative that seeks to ease the U.S. supply chain crunch through a range of state and federal measures, including calling on the Biden administration to remove “burdensome” regulations on the trucking industry and to suspend President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for private employers. Lee announced the start of the operation in a statement on Nov. 22, the same day that he signed an executive order (pdf) deregulating critical trucking functions in Tennessee. “Repu... read more
Global Issues News Headlines17 hours ago
Ongoing Pandemic Push Africa's Children Out of SchoolNairobi, Nov 24 (IPS) - Kenya’s secondary schools’ administration has been in the eye of a storm since schools reopened in October 2021. Since then, students have set on fire 35 schools and counting, forcing the government to announce an unscheduled break from school – ahead of the planned December 23 closing. Read the full story, “Ongoing Pandemic Push Africa's Children Out of School”, on globalissues.org → read more
Global Issues News Headlines17 hours ago
Feminism Weaponized Against Trans PeopleNEW YORK / KAMPALA, Nov 24 (IPS) - There is a resurgence of anti-trans sentiment right now. It’s not only Dave Chapelle’s toxic rants in his most recent Netflix special: we see it across social, political and cultural arenas including in JK Rowling's ongoing embrace of trans exclusionary radical feminists (TERFs); the introduction of bills designed to harm trans kids in the US; Uganda's Sexual Offenses bill, which violates international human rights; and “gender-critical” academics like Kathleen Stock profiting from their inflammatory rhetoric. Read the full story, “Feminism Weapo... read more
Global Issues News Headlines17 hours ago
Feature: Violence against women must stop; five stories of strength and survivalConflicts, humanitarian crises and increasing climate-related disasters have led to higher levels of violence against women and girls (VAWG), which has only intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing into sharp focus the urgent need to stem the scourge. Read the full story, “Feature: Violence against women must stop; five stories of strength and survival”, on globalissues.org → read more
Global Issues News Headlines17 hours ago
Yet Another Scourge: A Third of All Women are Subjected to ViolenceMADRID, Nov 23 (IPS) - Thirty percent of women and girls suffered physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, most frequently by an intimate partner. And more than 70 percent of all sold, bought and enslaved victims of human smuggling and trafficking are women and girls -- three out of four of them are sexually exploited. Read the full story, “Yet Another Scourge: A Third of All Women are Subjected to Violence”, on globalissues.org → read more
PrairiePundit17 hours ago
Woke crime laws bite Californians in the pocketbookWashington Examiner: Retail stores already under siege from pandemic restrictions and supply chain hiccups are increasingly facing another threat to their bottom lines: organized theft. The problem was on vivid display over the weekend when dozens of looters stormed into a Nordstrom department store outside San Francisco wearing masks and wielding crowbars. As many as 80 suspects snatched armloads of products and sped away in more than 20 waiting cars on Saturday. Police have so far arrested just three suspects in connection with the raid. Thieves smashed the windows and looted ... read more
naked capitalism17 hours ago
Links 11/24/2021PrairiePundit18 hours ago
'Climate change ' warning of ice-free polls still wrong
*Telegraph:* *Dozens of ships stuck in Arctic as ice freezes early in reverse of recent warming winters* *Shipping firms blame the Russian Met office for a forecast that failed to predict the early ice* I blame Al Gore and the other global warming proponents who predicted ice-free poles. See, also: Andrew Bostom, MD, MS @andrewbostom Also: Antarctica's winter of 2021 was the second-coldest on record, with the "temperature for June, July, and August 3.4 degrees Celsius (6.1 degrees Fahrenheit) lower than the 1981 to 2010 average at -62.9 degrees Celsius (-81.2 degrees Fahre... read more
The National Interest18 hours ago
The U.S. Army's Precision Strike Missile Keeps Breaking Records*Mark Episkopos* *Precision Strike Missile, Americas* Lockheed Martin added that the new missile “provides the Joint Force Commander with increased range, lethality, survivability and missile load out.” *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The PrSM is projected to reach initial operating capability by 2023. The missile will then receive a series of spiral upgrades in coming years, including an enhanced multimode Land-Based Anti-Ship Missile seeker, “increased lethality,” and, finally, a substantial range boost by several hundred kilometers. The U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missil... read more
The Watchers » Latest articles18 hours ago
Historic hailstorm hits Alicante, SpainA massive hailstorm hit the Spanish city of Alicante, Valencia on the morning of November 23, 2021. The hailstorm was preceded by large amounts of rain in a very short period. According to AEMET, a weather station in Alicante registered 46 mm (1.8 inches) of rain in...... Read more » read more
The National Interest18 hours ago
The Lives of World War II Russian Pilots Were Terrifying and Short*David Axe* *World War II, Europe* Fighting in the air was awesome... and brutal. *Here’s What You Need to Remember: *For individual pilots and ground personnel, the war was an uncomfortable routine punctuated by moments of sheer terror and — all too often — violent death. The Eastern Front was the decisive theater of World War II in Europe. German premier Adolf Hitler’s disastrous 1941 order to invade the vast Soviet Union mired Nazi Germany in a bloody, grinding conflict it could not win. And as Germany bled itself pale in Russia’s rubble-heaped cities and seemingly endless p... read more
The National Interest18 hours ago
In 2010, U.S. Submarines Sent a Strong Message to China*David Axe* *Ohio-class Submarines, Asia-Pacific* “Three SSGNs surfaced nearly simultaneously in Western Pacific and Indian Ocean waters.” *Here’s What You Need to Remember: *America’s intent in the aftermath of the Chinese tests was to signal U.S. strength with just the right amount and kind of potential force. Submarines seemed to fit the bill, as if Washington were saying to Beijing, “Sure, you might surprise us with your missiles. But we remember we have plenty of missiles of our own — and they’re not far from you.” Nuclear powers rarely go to war with each other, but that d... read more
The National Interest18 hours ago
Would the U.S. Be Doomed If Its ICBM Silos Were Destroyed?*Kris Osborn* *ICBMs, * There's a reason the U.S. has a nuclear triad. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The U.S. Air Force and Navy just tested an aircraft-mounted ICBM launcher able to fire off a massive nuclear attack from the air, using a technology called the Airborne Launch Control System. Imagine if America’s land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch silos were destroyed, its nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines have been found and neutralized, and its nuclear bombers cannot get over enemy airspace. All the while, during this nightmare, the cont... read more
Halifax Examiner18 hours ago
29 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Tuesday, Nov. 23Jump to sections in this article: Overview of today’s cases Vaccination Demographics Testing Potential exposure advisories Nova Scotia announced 29 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, Nov. 23. By Nova Scotia Health zone, the new cases break down as: • 21 Central • 6 Northern • 2 Western • 0 Eastern Another staff member at […] read more
The Duran18 hours ago
Short term fix: Biden releases US oil reserves, begs China for energy help
Short term fix: Biden releases US oil reserves, begs China for energy help The Duran: Episode 1151 Biden orders US strategic oil reserves released Biden orders US strategic oil reserves released US President Joe Biden has ordered the release of 50 million barrels of crude from the country’s emergency stockpile to battle rising gasoline prices. […] read more
Real Climate Science18 hours ago
Arctic Sea Ice The Same Thickness As 1940By 1940, the Arctic had warmed six degrees and lost one third to one half of its ice, which averaged two meters thick – same thickness as it is now. 23 Feb 1940 – THE NORTH POLE. – Trove FullSize_CICE_combine_thick_SM_EN_20211123.png … Continue reading → read more
MJBizDaily18 hours ago
Oregon marijuana industry wins regulatory relief, receives surprise licensing newsThe Oregon marijuana industry was victorious in the state’s 2021 legislative session with the passage and signing of Senate Bill 408. The omnibus bill rightsizes regulatory enforcement and eliminates red tape across an array of cannabis industry issues. Oregon marijuana industry wins regulatory relief, receives surprise licensing news is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs read more
Bayou Renaissance Man18 hours ago
Blogger edit function is unavailableI'm unable to edit new or existing Blogger posts at present - I have no idea why. As soon as functionality is restored, I'll put up today's posts. Peter read more
Retraction Watch18 hours ago
Nanotech paper retracted for duplicated imagesResearchers in the United States and Singapore have lost a 2016 article in Science Advances after some of the group learned that one of their colleagues appears to have used duplicated images in the work. The article, “A universal cooperative assembly-directed method for coating of mesoporous TiO2 nanoshells with enhanced lithium storage properties,” was written … Continue reading Nanotech paper retracted for duplicated images read more
The Reference Frame16 hours ago
Responding to a bunch of Coronazi demagogiesI just saw a very disappointing article written by a person whom I believed to know better. Except for the disappointment, it doesn't seem to matter who wrote it because the fans of Covid fascism seem to parrot the lies (and all the blackmail and insults) they heard from their comrades virtually verbatim. The title says Everyone has the right to have his opinions but not his facts. This slogan is not new, it has been popular among the extreme leftists for many years. The problem is that people don't agree what are "facts", either. Another problem is that almost all the "facts" sprea... read more
GREENIE WATCH18 hours ago
Untitled* Reporters Exploit Normal Weather to Fan Climate Fear* Exaggeration of weather events to sell climate crisis is not something new. In the case of a Sky News account of flooding in one Indian city, my own observations — backed up by independent data — are absolutely contrary to the news report. Chennai — my home state’s capital, formerly known as Madras — is prone to floods, whose severity I’ve personally witnessed. In fact, the last time Chennai was flooded, I narrowly escaped by fleeing the city at the last hour. But, for me, that trauma does not make any more reasonable the me... read more
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT18 hours ago
Booker On David KingBy Paul Homewood We’ve been talking about Sir David King again this week. It is informative reviewing what Christopher Booker wrote about him in 2008: One of the fond delusions of our age is that scientists are a breed apart from ordinary mortals, white-coated custodians of a mystery, with authority to pronounce […] read more
Mining Awareness +18 hours ago
Referendum am 28. November: Wird die Schweiz „die Festung der Direkten Demokratie“ Bleiben?“Referendum am 28. November: Wird die Schweiz „die Festung der direkten Demokratie“ bleiben? November 22, 2021 Europäische Belange Globale Agenda … Continue reading → read more
Mining Awareness +19 hours ago
Vote du 28 Novembre : La Suisse Restera-t-Elle « Le Dernier Bastion de la Démocratie? »“Vote du 28 novembre: La Suisse restera-t-elle « le dernier bastion de la démocratie? » novembre 22, 2021 Actualités – Europe Agenda … Continue reading → read more
EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL19 hours ago
Untitled* Social and Emotional Indoctrination in Schools* Social and emotional learning is the latest trend at your child's school. SEL sounds beneficial, but that's a disguise. In truth, it indoctrinates kids with extremist ideas many parents don't condone. On Nov. 22, the Hartford Courant reported that West Hartford, Connecticut, elementary school parents are in an uproar. They're complaining that teachers are putting words such as "nonbinary" on the chalkboard and telling kids, including kindergarteners, they can live life as a gender different from what they were assigned at birth. Par... read more
Mining Awareness +19 hours ago
Voto del 28 novembre: la Svizzera rimarrà il Bastione della Democrazia?“Voto del 28 novembre: la Svizzera rimarrà il bastione della democrazia? Novembre 22, 2021 Agenda globale Covid-19 Euro News Events … Continue reading → read more
naked capitalism19 hours ago
The “Tesla Financial Complex”: Financial Times Details Wildly Outsized Speculation in Tesla OptionsThe Financial Times provides insight as to why Tesla stock is so frothy. read more
Jennifer Marohasy19 hours ago
Heron Island Photo CheckI am seeking feedback, including comment and corrections, on this draft blog post. I have previously sent an email to Richard Vevers (1 October 2021) and placed a request for more information at the Catlin Survey website (20 April 2021), without receiving any response from either. Irus Braverman was kind enough to reply to my [...] The post Heron Island Photo Check appeared first on Jennifer Marohasy. read more
Mining Awareness +20 hours ago
WEF’s Klaus Schwab Started Visiting China at Least Once Per Year in 1979; in 2007 WEF Started a Yearly “Summer Davos” in China; Schwab Given China Reform Friendship Medal in 2018Chinese President Xi Jinping gave a China Reform Friendship medal to Klaus Schwab, the founder and Executive Chair of the … Continue reading → read more
21st Century Wire20 hours ago
Dr Vernon Coleman: ‘This is the Moment the Jabbing Has to Stop’
*Dr Vernon Coleman* | Why aren't governments taking this issue seriously? read more
The Rio Times20 hours ago
Chile firm Genesis Ventures signs agreement with MIT Capital Partners for technology startupsRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Chilean venture capital fund, Genesis Ventures, signed a strategic alliance with MIT Capital Partners, an entrepreneurship consulting firm formed within the ecosystem of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge, United States, to search for technology-based startups in Latin America. MIT Capital Partners supports investment processes of global […] The post Chile firm Genesis Ventures signs agreement with MIT Capital Partners for technology startups appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
The Rio Times20 hours ago
Covid-19: Carnaval 2022 is canceled in many São Paulo state countryside citiesRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - At least 70 cities in the interior of the state of São Paulo have canceled Carnaval 2022, which is scheduled to take place between February 19 and March 6. Even with the majority of the population with the complete vaccination cycle against Covid-19, the cities want to avoid crowds and […] The post Covid-19: Carnaval 2022 is canceled in many São Paulo state countryside cities appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Mining Awareness +20 hours ago
Researcher Blows the Whistle on Data Integrity Issues in Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA Covid Vaccine Trial (BMJ 2 Nov 2021)“Covid-19: Researcher blows the whistle on data integrity issues in Pfizer’s vaccine trial BMJ 2021; 375 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n2635 (Published 02 … Continue reading → read more
Virtual Mirage20 hours ago
MischiefOn page 1,957 of the reconciliation bill, Democrats included a $1.67 billion special tax handout to media companies, under the guise of helping “local” journalists. Journalists do so very much these days to keep the democrat party going. It’s important to recognize their efforts (zerohedge). The provision is a product of the DC lobbying […] The post Mischief appeared first on Virtual Mirage. read more
Need To Know21 hours ago
Biden Issued Another Vaccine Mandate that Will Affect Truck Drivers – 37% of Truckers to Reject JabA survey showed that 37% of truck drivers will refuse the jab. The Fifth Circuit Court of appeals and OSHA halted the implementation of Biden's vaccine mandate for private businesses, but White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has urged employers to move forward with mandates anyway. read more
Terra Forming Terra21 hours ago
How the Western Diet Has Derailed Our EvolutionI would like to pull a takehome out of this but it is that our original biodiversity is sharply reduced with our diet of refined food. We all need to get off them as much as possible. None of this is helped by the fact that we replace all our volitiles with sugar as well. Not a plan but inevitable when simple heating eliminates a lot of taste and storage does the rest. We are getting better, but for most it is potential rather than action.. *How the Western Diet Has Derailed Our Evolution* *Burgers and fries have nearly killed our ancestral microbiome.* *BY MOISES VELASQUEZ-MAN... read more
Terra Forming Terra21 hours ago
Justinianic Plague Was Nothing Like Flu And May Have Struck England Before It Reached ConstantinopleIt was bubonic plague and considering the impact it had during the Black Death, it is reasonable to infer a similar impact during the fifth century. I also want to remind folks that communications were better under the Roman Empire. A wonderful network of roman roads sped couriers everywhere and easily transmitted fleas. It can not then be a surprise to find it in rural england. Literary sources merely echoed an event that struck everywhere and often went unremarked. We think that this plague eliminated a quarter of hte population at the time as we suspect from the Black Death ... read more
Terra Forming Terra21 hours ago
Genetic Changes In Bronze Age Southern Iberiaagain this conforms to the spread of the dairy culture throuhout Europe which sustained the leadership while rapidly increasing fertility allowing the incoming dairymen to absorb local populations. Recall also 2400 BCE saw the building of the Great Pyramid which supports the initial rise of the Atlantean maritime trade culture which became global. All this also suggests a dominant culture ruling an initial population unable to keep up in terms of population growth. *Genetic Changes In Bronze Age Southern Iberia* *11/17/2021 06:00:00 PM* https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogsp... read more
Terra Forming Terra21 hours ago
Were The Ancient Maya An Agricultural Cautionary Tale? Maybe Not, New Study SuggestsThis properly questions the long accepted narritive regarding hte Maya. A better narritive could be the advent of plague conditions contemporaneous across North America around the time of Viking penetration. This may not be true either, but radical climate disruption creates other signatures such as major migration. And in the tropics, there is always somewhere to migrate to. Recall the dorian invasion after 1159 BC. Or the fall of the Westyern Roman Empire in the fifth centiury. People move and quickly. A real population decline usually means plague or economic disruption ... read more
Is the BBC biased?19 hours ago
The lens of raceI doubt he's a BBC favourite, but Fox News's Greg Gutfeld puts the reporting of the Waukesha, Wisconsin parade killings like this: It's stories like these that show you how the media works. They use the lens of race on every story, until the colours change. And that's because the lens of race only curves in one direction. Which makes one think that maybe the lens shouldn't be used at all. Because when a story like this appears involving a black suspect they turn the race filter off. Which shows you that they don't report reality, they only create it when it suits them. The BBC... read more
Global Issues News Headlines19 hours ago
No Vaccine for the Pandemic of Violence Against Women in Latin AmericaLIMA, Nov 24 (IPS) - Despite significant legal advances in Latin American countries to address gender-based violence, it continues to be a serious challenge, especially in a context of social crisis aggravated by the covid-19 pandemic, which hits women especially hard. Read the full story, “No Vaccine for the Pandemic of Violence Against Women in Latin America”, on globalissues.org → read more
The Watchers » Latest articles19 hours ago
Record sea-effect snow in northern JapanA potent storm system is moving over the Sea of Japan bringing heavy sea-effect snow to parts of Japan, and in some areas breaking all-time 24-hour snowfall records. Shumarinai recorded 77 cm (30 inches) of snow over the past 24 hours, setting its new all-time...... Read more » read more
New Mandala20 hours ago
Indonesia’s Jalan tengah in the new age of great power rivalriesIndonesia’s decision to gamble with a degree of its strategic autonomy should thus be regarded as the latest reinterpretation of jalan tengah. The post Indonesia’s Jalan tengah in the new age of great power rivalries appeared first on New Mandala. read more
The National Interest20 hours ago
American Stryker Vehicles Have Bolstered Germany's Drone Defenses*Kris Osborn* *Air Defenses, Europe* These Strykers come with advanced Short Range Air Defense missiles. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The operational concept is to bring short-range air defense back to ground war, as it is something senior Army leaders say “atrophied” to a certain extent during years of counterinsurgency missions during which enemies presented little or no air threat. Hellfire, Stinger and Javelin missiles will deploy with new drone-killing, counter-air mission possibilities now that the Army is sending its first Stryker M-SHORAD (Mobile Short Range Air D... read more
The National Interest20 hours ago
What's the Deal With U.S. Air Force's Hypersonic Tests?*Mark Episkopos* *Hypersonic Missiles, Americas* ARRW, which is poised to become the U.S. military’s first hypersonic weapon system, is a major part of Washington’s ongoing efforts to catch up with Russia and China in the realm of hypersonic technology. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The B-52H bomber carrying a prototype ARRW boost vehicle was unable to complete its launch sequence and subsequently returned to Edwards Air Force Base in California. It remains to be seen exactly how this string of high-profile failures will affect the ARRW’s testing and delivery timeline, wit... read more
The National Interest20 hours ago
Mock Combat: A French Fighter Pilot Once ‘Killed’ an American F-22*David Axe* *F-22, * The simulated shoot-down is still a big deal for a couple reasons. *Here’s What You Need to Remember: *Gruene said the Raptor excels at fighting from beyond visual range with its high speed and altitude, high-tech radar and long-range missiles. But in a slower, close tangle — what pilots call a “merge” — the heavier F-22 is at a disadvantage. “As soon as you get to the merge … the Typhoon doesn’t necessarily have to fear the F-22,” Gruene said. Past evidence seems to confirm that a French fighter pilot once “killed” an American F-22 Raptor stealth fighter in... read more
The Rio Times20 hours ago
Brazil’s PSDB hires new company to develop voting app after Sunday’s suspensionRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The PSDB has decided to hire a new company to complete the voting system for its presidential prelims. Last Sunday, the party was forced to suspend the process of choosing its candidate for the Presidential Palace after a series of glitches in the app developed by the Support Foundation of […] The post Brazil’s PSDB hires new company to develop voting app after Sunday’s suspension appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
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