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SOMEONE SOMEWHERE21 hours ago

U.S. Shuts Down International Calls to Ban “Killer Robots” | Democracy Now!

U.S. Shuts Down International Calls to Ban “Killer Robots” | Democracy Now! https://www.democracynow.org/2021/12/3/headlines/us_shuts_down_international_calls_to_ban_killer_robots read more

SOMEONE SOMEWHERE21 hours ago

Scientists solve an important part of the mystery of ultra-rare blood clots linked to adenovirus-based COVID-19 vaccines

Scientists solve an important part of the mystery of ultra-rare blood clots linked to adenovirus-based COVID-19 vaccines https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-12-scientists-important-mystery-ultra-rare-blood.html read more

SOMEONE SOMEWHERE21 hours ago

A chewing gum that could reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission

A chewing gum that could reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-12-gum-sars-cov-transmission.html read more

SOMEONE SOMEWHERE22 hours ago

How the 700 mph #hyperloop concept could become the fastest way to travel.

How the 700 mph hyperloop concept could become the fastest way to travel | Business Insider India https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/news/how-the-700-mph-hyperloop-concept-could-become-the-fastest-way-to-travel/articleshow/79929712.cms read more

SOMEONE SOMEWHERE22 hours ago

NASA’s LCRD: How will 2-way laser communication work in space? All you need to know

NASA’s LCRD: How will 2-way laser communication work in space? All you need to know https://m.republicworld.com/technology-news/science/nasas-lcrd-how-will-2-way-laser-communication-work-in-space-all-you-need-to-know.html read more

SOMEONE SOMEWHERE22 hours ago

Finally, a Fusion Reaction has produced more energy than the fuel can absorb.

Finally, a Fusion Reaction has produced more energy than the fuel can absorb. https://www.sciandnature.com/2021/12/finally-fusion-reaction-has-produced.html?m=1 read more

Socio-Economics History Blog23 hours ago

NTEB PROPHECY NEWS PODCAST: Freedom Of Information Act Documents Prove FDA Covered Up Over 1,200 Deaths From Pfizer Vaccine In First 90 Days

NTEB PROPHECY NEWS PODCAST: Freedom Of Information Act Documents Prove FDA Covered Up Over 1,200 Deaths From Pfizer Vaccine In First 90 Days by Geoffrey Grider, https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/ On this episode of the NTEB Prophecy News Podcast, we bring you the sickening proof of the shocking but not unexpected covered up by the FDA to hide the … read more

Small Dead Animals23 hours ago

O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas

Hear my prayer. read more

SOMEONE SOMEWHERE23 hours ago

The Invitation: The Deepest and Most Powerful Poem Ever Written!

The Invitation: The Deepest and Most Powerful Poem Ever Written! – Purpose Fairy https://www.purposefairy.com/628/the-invitation-oriah-mountain-dreamer/ read more

Marjorie Cohn23 hours ago

For the First Time, Supreme Court Is Poised to Retract a Fundamental Right

For the first time in U.S. history, the Supreme Court is poised to take away a fundamental right from more than half of the people in the country. The Court’s December 1 oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization confirmed what progressives have feared since former President Donald Trump added three radical right-wingers to the court: The... Read more » read more

Small Dead Animals1 day ago

December 5, 2021: Reader Tips

This evening, SDA regular Denise is guest posting: Canada’s debt has surpassed a staggering trillion dollars. How did we get here? James Frazer provides a musical critique implicating Canada’s longest serving prime minister. You know, the man who took advice from his dead mother and his dogs all named Pat? Good ol’ Mackenzie King, arguably… Continue reading → read more

Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 213 hours ago

Must View! Greg Hunter, "Vax Causes Variants, Hospitals Murder CV19 Patients"

*"Vax Causes Variants, Hospitals Murder CV19 Patients" * By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "Dr. Elizabeth Eads is back to update us from the front lines of medicine. Dr. Eads is treating patients who have been injected with the experimental CV19 so-called “vaccines.” Dr. Eads is witnessing the horror stories of treating the unvaxed who have been made sick by the “Fully Vaccinated.” The carnage continued after the vaxed and unvaxed got together for Thanksgiving. They showed up in her North Florida emergency rooms the next day with all sorts of trouble from the injections that Eads sim... read more

The National Interest22 hours ago

The U.S. Military is Rethinking Its Entire Pacific Strategy

*Dan Goure* *Great Power Competition, Pacific* In containing China, the U.S. military needs to fight smarter - with clear and actionable goals and enough strength to back them up. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *In an address to the Navy Institute, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former Chief of Staff of the Army, General Mark Milley, warned that the U.S military faced “bloodletting” as the Pentagon struggled to fund major expansion and restructuring programs for the other Services. The rise of China is the one overarching national security challenge for the fo... read more

The National Interest22 hours ago

Omicron Variant: Origin Not Africa?

*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Coronavirus, * While the Biden administration and the nation’s top health officials work to contain any further spread, there are questions now being asked whether the variant really originated in Africa. The United States on Wednesday became the twenty-fourth country to report a case of the highly mutated Omicron coronavirus variant that was first detected in southern Africa last week. While the Biden administration and the nation’s top health officials work to contain any further spread, there are questions now being asked whether the variant really origina... read more

The National Interest22 hours ago

Will U.S. Navy Drones Be Ready For Great Power Competition?

*Kris Osborn* *Drones, * Competition with China will be nothing like the war on terror. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Simply put, the Reaper drone may not be stealthy enough, small enough or fast enough to survive a war against any major opponent armed with advanced air defenses or sophisticated air-to-air weapons. The U.S. Air Force Reaper Drones were crucial to victories in the War on Terrorism by delivering lethal, decisive and precise hellfire missile attacks upon terrorist and insurgent targets. They also provided countless hours of real-time intelligence to ground c... read more

The National Interest22 hours ago

What Happened to the Army's Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle Program?

*Dan Goure* *Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, United States* Many problems contractors experienced with the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle solicitation appear to also be infecting the RFP for the Stryker Medium Caliber Weapon System. *Here's What You need to Know: *The OMFV was one of AFC's signature programs and the top priority for the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle Cross Functional Team. Last month, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Dr. Bruce Jette, canceled one of the Army's most important modernization programs, the compet... read more

balance1022 hours ago

this is where the love-fire leads!

Look to the right not nor to the left—but up into the very face of your own I AM Presence. And there determine to follow the Lord, there determine to serve, there determine what part you will play in the building of the Inner Retreat and what part you will play in the holding of the balance in El Salvador, in Nicaragua, in Cuba, in the Caribbean and in all places where voodoo, witchcraft, superstition combine with world communism. And lulled to sleep by the capitalist monopoly the people themselves are neither here nor there. They are hardly even in the physical plane but d... read more

GREENIE WATCH22 hours ago

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* Europe’s Climate Target for 2050: An Assessment* * Richard S. J. Tol has done a scientific study of the costs of European climate policy. It is heavy with numbers, graphics and references so is much more careful and objective than the sort of handwaving we usually get. Because of the great detail in it, it is a very long article. So I reproduce below just the beginning and the end of it. His finding is that the cost is much greater than the benefit* The European Union has set ambitious targets for greenhouse gas emission reduction. Net emissions should fall to 45% of their 1990 l... read more

The Last Refuge23 hours ago

Second Sunday of Advent

Lk 3:1-6 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God […] The post Second Sunday of Advent appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more

EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL23 hours ago

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* Parents Sue After School Changed Their 12-Year-Old'S Gender Without Their Permission* The audacity of the liberal ideology is often astounding. Most heard the disparaging words of a candidate for Virginia Governor. Terry McAuliffe said that parents needed to step aside when it came to decisions and choices about their children’s education. McAuliffe’s insane notion inspired voters to overwhelming rebuke this insane insinuation. Well, it appears another school administration took things a step farther. In the Kettle Moraine School District in Wales, Wisconsin, school officials c... read more

The National Interest23 hours ago

Can Border Patrol Technology Protect Overseas Military Bases?

*Dan Goure* *Unmanned Systems, United States* The U.S. defense industrial base has tremendous experience in providing rapidly deployable security solutions for both fixed and expedient facilities. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *While the main threat to military facilities may come from enemy ballistic and cruise missiles, it is time to consider the possibility of unconventional attacks involving small drones and infiltrators. The U.S. military is looking to expand its forward deployments with a heavy emphasis on mobile operations and expedient basing. These are central to ... read more

The National Interest23 hours ago

This U.S. Army Lightweight Tank Is Designed To Outmatch Russia's

*Kris Osborn* *U.S. Army Tanks, * The U.S. Army wants to be able to take on Russia's new air transportable light tank. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *U.S. Army’s Combat Vehicle Modernization Strategy specifically cites the need to bring large caliber cannon technology to lightweight vehicles. The US Army plans to build prototypes in the next several years of a new lightweight Mobile Protected Firepower armored vehicle expected to change land war by outmatching Russian equivalents and bringing a new dimension to advancing infantry as it maneuvers toward enemy attack. Long-... read more

The Last Refuge23 hours ago

December 5th – 2021 Presidential Politics – Resistance Day 320

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the JoeBama Administration and Presidency. “This is no small thing, to restore a republic after it has fallen into corruption. […] The post December 5th – 2021 Presidential Politics – Resistance Day 320 appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more

The Last Refuge23 hours ago

Sunday December 5th – Open Thread

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL. […] The post Sunday December 5th – Open Thread appeared first on The Last Refuge . read more

PA Pundits – International23 hours ago

Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Saturday 04 December 2021

By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily wind power generation data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click […] read more

Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch23 hours ago

Persimmons and what they are good for

It’s too bad Americans aren’t more familiar with persimmons, since its botanical name means “food of the gods.”1 Highly adaptable to various climate conditions,2 those found in larger grocery stores are most likely Japanese persimmons. Persimmon is Japan’s national fruit,3 although it’s said to be native to China4 (American persimmons are mostly ornamental). Persimmon seeds … Continue reading Persimmons and what they are good for → read more

Food Safety News1 day ago

Two E. coli infections in children under investigation in Wales

Public health officials in Wales are investigating two E. coli O157 infections at different primary schools in the country. Public Health Wales, Conwy County Borough Council and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board are looking into a case of E. coli O157 at a primary school in Abergele. The same three agencies are also investigating a... Continue Reading read more

PA Pundits – International1 day ago

Boiling Frogs

By Burt Prelutsky ~ I can’t help thinking that we Americans are being boiled to death by the Communists who are calling themselves Democrats. I suspect that by this time everyone has heard that the secret to boiling frogs is to place it in a pot of water and slowly, ever so slowly, turn up […] read more

Food Safety News1 day ago

CDC declares salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry over

An outbreak of Salmonella infections traced to backyard poultry flocks that infected 1,135 people across 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico has been declared over, according to an update from the CDC. The outbreak resulted in two deaths but the ages of the victims were not reported. A fourth of the patients... Continue Reading read more

PA Pundits – International1 day ago

Editor Slams Big Tech For Continuing To Target Conservatives Online

By Autumn Johnson ~ In a scathing Twitter thread, the editor of the Daily Caller slammed Big Tech social media platforms for continuing to favor leftist viewpoints online. Geoffrey Ingersoll, the Caller’s editor-in-chief, tweeted no one should be surprised by the continued bias against conservatives, despite the claim that conservatives hold top spots at many social […] read more

Manhattan Contrarian1 day ago

Fossil Fuel Restriction Dam Starting To Break

* Somewhere a couple of decades or so ago, the rich parts of the world embarked on a program of replacing energy from fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) with energy from intermittent “renewables” (mainly wind and solar). In trendy academic, journalistic, and otherwise progressive circles, the idea took hold that this was the way to “save the planet.” * This program was undertaken without any detailed engineering study of how or whether it might actually work, or how much it might cost to fully implement. In the trendy circles, there took hold a blind faith in the complete ability... read more