Monthly Archives: December 2021

Links For 12/14 (Forgot to hit publish on the proper day)

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New York Won’t Force Counties to Comply With Mask Mandate

Amtrak will revise its vaccine mandate for workers, reverting to its previous requirement that allows employees who are not vaccinated to get tested. Additionally, the rail company no longer expects service cuts in January as previously expected.

Missing Workers by Age Group

On the heels of last Friday’s Consumer Price Index release for November — in which inflation faced by Americans hit a 12 month high not seen since 1982 — the Producer Price Index smashed through it’s all-time record when it came in even higher than expected on Tuesday.

But does lumping generators in with lawnmowers and leaf blowers make sense, especially in a state with so many power outages?

Covid vaccines may not improve your chances of staying alive at all even in a pandemic

Japan’s Vaccination Policy: No Force, No Discrimination

it is jarring to hear a Navy Flag Officer, nominated to be the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, say that “gender advisoers” for combat troops are critical to mission success.

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Makes Sad, Laughable Attempt to Stop Omicron via Mask Mandate

China Develops Humanized Pigs to Simulate COVID-19 Infection for Future Testing of Vaccines and Drugs

Austria says only the rich can go unvaccinated for £12,000 a year

COVID vaccines only partially effective against omicron

Hospitals Abandon Covid-19 Vaccine Requirement to Ease Staffing Shortages

Shortage of snowplow drivers hampers states as storms arrive

Fear doesn’t monger itself, you know

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At least 70 are killed by EIGHTEEN tornadoes in Kentucky’s deadliest storm in 130 years: More than 100 deaths expected across six states as twisters level entire towns

Has the Cleveland Clinic Made the Right Call?

Amid violent threats, lawmaker ditches bill to make unvaxxed pay hospital bills. “We just can’t have a reasonable conversation anymore,” Illinois Rep. Carroll said.

Does China own more of America than we thought?

Minnesota Bistro Owner Sentenced With 90 Days in Jail and $1,000 Fine For Defying COVID Lockdown Order

Omicron looking less deadly, but South Africa has a lot of natural immunity

“What is wrong with physicians?”
CDC: About 75 Percent of Omicron Cases Are in Fully Vaccinated People

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Throws Out Mask Mandate For Public Schools

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Cold snap this winter could zap New England power grid

San Francisco’s vaunted tolerance dims amid brazen crimes

Jussie Smollett is part of a larger trend of fake hate crimes

China’s Coming Property Correction

Serbs vote to leave key institutions in secession move

Pentagon Considering COVID-19 Booster Mandate for Troops

Recently uncovered software flaw ‘most critical vulnerability of the last decade’

Double Standards for Nadia Murad and Shamima Begum

As hot as 6.8% year over year inflation is, Friday’s report is probably the best the Biden administration could have hoped for.

Safety Concerns Mount Over Damaged Fuel Rods at China’s Taishan Nuclear Plant

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Governor Kathy Hochul announces statewide mask mandate for New York effective December 13 for all businesses and venues

Colorado’s Democratic governor: I’m not mandating masks. The COVID emergency is over.

When the Crime Wave Hits Your Family

Palestinian factions discuss ‘escalation’ following delay in commitments from Egypt

The Covid Chaos in Russia

It Will Make Scientific Sense To Offer Booster after Three Months

The Pandemic of the Vaccinated Is Here

Inflation Continues to Soar in Latin America, Even As Central Banks Intensify Their Rate Hikes

In 2017, Bob was informed that he was breaking the law. His crime? Teaching horseshoeing to paying students who had not completed high school, a GED, or a government exam.

The California Air Resources Board on Thursday voted to require that new, small off-road engines – like the ones found in leaf blowers and lawn mowers – meet zero-emission standards starting in 2024.

Understanding just how big solar flares can get

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New York school spending hits record high

San Francisco Sees 3,000 Car Break-Ins in 1 Month; ‘It’s Out of Control’

Study can’t confirm lab results for many cancer experiments

Judge halts Biden vaccine mandate for federal contractors nationwide

Ministers are expected to sign off new rules to impose home working and vaccine certification across England

Apple wins Epic court ruling: Devs will pay up for now as legal case churns on

FDA Doubles Down: Asks Federal Judge to Grant it Until at Least the Year 2096 to Fully Release Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Data

China is imposing quarantines of up to 7 weeks for cargo ship crew, and it’s bad news for the supply chain

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New report sheds light on Apple’s supply chain issues, highlights pre-pandemic problems

Pfizer says third COVID shots may protect better against omicron

Houthis Claim Drone Attacks On Saudi Oil Facilities

The kingdom has reportedly ‘pleaded’ with the US for a resupply of Patriot interceptor missiles which cost $1 million a piece to defend against airstrikes by Yemen’s Ansarallah

Dems begin souring on vaccine mandates

Stores in Germany now have signs saying “Unvaccinated Not Welcome”

De Blasio Imposes New Vaccine Mandate And New Yorkers Scream “Enough!”

Publishers against the People of the Book

Field sources in the strategic province say that Saudi-led coalition troops in Marib have suffered “major collapses” in their ranks

Links For Today that I forgot to post last night.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook “secretly” signed an agreement worth more than $275 billion with Chinese officials, promising that Apple would help to develop China’s economy and technological capabilities

3D-printed suicide pods are now legal in Switzerland

More than 100 drugs face supply chain shortages, FDA says

Florida Continues to Record Lowest Coronavirus Cases Per Capita

According to the revelations British authorities prioritized the evacuation of animals over human beings

Taking Viagra slashes Alzheimer’s risk by two-thirds, research suggests.

California District Tells Students How To Use Witchcraft On People Who Say ‘All Lives Matter’