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How a nationwide shortage of plow drivers, could make for a long winter

Austria to put millions of unvaccinated people in Covid lockdown

New COVID variant found in France: Reason for panic or not quite yet?

Wild Bidding Wars Erupt at Used-Tractor Auctions Across the U.S.

The Labor Force Participation Rate

Microbiome discovery may open new doors to development of treatments for gastrointestinal diseases

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Excerpts From the 5th Circuit Court Judgement Against OSHA

Latvia bans unvaccinated lawmakers from voting, docks pay

Shelter inflation is running at 10%-15% a year, not the reported 3.4%, and that’s a third of household budgets

Taking into account all major tax provisions, roughly 20 percent to 30 percent of middle-income households would pay more in taxes in 2022

When All The Media Narratives Collapse

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The FBI Raid of Project Veritas Turns Into a Massive Scandal After Privileged Communications Are Leaked

FDA reports 100+ drug shortages nationwide

Urea shortage threatens South Korea’s transport, energy industries

A record 111 container ships are floating off California’s busiest ports, despite Biden’s 24/7 schedule and looming fines

Maybe I am reading it wrong because I am too tired, but it seemed like to me that the short version of this study is that masks don’t work. At least the kind that everyone uses. Airborne SARS-CoV-2 in home- and hospital environment investigated with a high-powered air sampler

Chinese Voters Came Out in Force for the GOP in NYC, Shaking Up Politics

US Government Kept a Ludicrously Irrational COVID Ban in Place for Months and Months, but Media Bashes the Supposed Irrationality of Private Citizens

CDC Hasn’t Updated COVID Vax Breakthrough Data

Gulf States in First Joint Naval Exercises With Israel

Jordan struggles with dry dams, water deficit

Study data showed the PrecivityAD test can accurately predict levels of amyloid plaques people will have on PET scans 81% of the time, which researchers say may lead to earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.

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A call to stock up on food from the Chinese government has fueled rumors about an imminent war over Taiwan.

The Mask Distraction

Meat Prices Continue to Surge With Worker Shortage

Average prices hit $4.68 per gallon today in California, beating out previous records set in 2008 and 2012.

Judge Orders FBI to Stop Search of Project Veritas Founder O’Keefe’s Phone Following Raid

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Right-to-Repair Victory Forces Subaru to Tweak Things in Massachusetts

It doesn’t just work your leg muscles—racing is rough on your intestines, too.

NJ senate president concedes to newcomer Edward Durr, cites ‘red wave’

More Than HALF Of Border Patrol Agents May Be FIRED For Being Unvaccinated

His problem is that nobody thinks there’ll be rioting if he’s convicted.

Germany urges unity as crisis worsens for migrants at Poland-Belarus border

20 Essential Studies that Raise Grave Doubts about COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

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Is Iran behind cyberattacks on Israeli hospitals?

FBI Raids Project Veritas Writers . . . Over A Missing Biden Diary?

China food security: Beijing assures public vegetable production ‘basically normal’, enough wheat for 18 months

A New Dementia Test Raises More Questions Than Answers

Hundreds of junk-science papers have been retracted from reputable journals after fraudsters used ‘special issues’ to manipulate the publication process. And the problem is growing.

Rittenhouse Trial Day 5: Alleged Victim Gaige Grosskreutz Implodes, Admits Had Glock Pointed At Kyle When Shot, Lied to Police About It

Gas Prices Plunge After Gazprom Says It Starts Sending Gas Into European Storage

“Even If We Have To Try 17 Times, I’m Not Giving Up”

Video of the Day

I don’t normally link to a twitter video but…..

Pulled it from the comments here. Wonder how long it will stay up.

In case it is not obvious, the big guy face palming is the prosecution. You should always know what your witness is going to say (and this was a prosecution witness) so I can only think they expected him to lie.

Links For Today

Apple’s New Screen Repair Trap Could Change the Repair Industry Forever

A Drone Tried to Disrupt the Power Grid. It Won’t Be the Last

GOP to force vaccine mandate vote and put squeeze on centrist Democrats

For Whom Do the Covid “Fact Checkers” Really Work?

Tension in Ethiopia as Tigrayan forces advance

Short-term impact of China’s dual-control policy and port congestions on chemical shipping