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Amazon is making its own containers and bypassing supply chain chaos with chartered ships and long-haul planes

After being criticized by human rights groups, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz has stopped the Shin Bet’s tracking of Omicron-infected Israelis.

How looting turned the most upscale part of San Francisco into a ghost town

China Evergrande shares hit record low as it edges closer to default

Cellular providers will shut off call and data functions to older phones over the course of 2022, paving the way for more advanced network services like 5G.

Saudi Arabia intercepts ballistic missile over Riyadh

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Good news about the omicron variant?

Brutal, brazen crimes shake L.A., leaving city at a crossroads And this might be related.

How an Air Force Recruiting Commercial Became a Popular VR Game

Finally, a Fusion Reaction Has Generated More Energy Than Absorbed by The Fuel

In more normal times, when nuclear-powered submarines and multibillion-dollar contact cancellations didn’t dominate the news, plans to increase the US military presence operating out of Australia would be big news.

Homework in the Middle Age Russia.

Bank of America execs warn junior staffers to ‘dress down’ as NYC crime surges

What sort of system nurtures a decades-long programme of deliberately infecting children and prisoners with a dangerous disease?

Well let’s talk facts eh? None of these are in dispute, by the way.

The end of the apartheid alibi

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Utility Bills to Rise up to 10 Percent to Green NYC Electricity Grid

Russia is Planning a Military Offensive Against Ukraine in Early 2022

14 California Looters Arrested by Police Have Been Released Due to the State’s Zero Bail Policy

Biden Hasn’t Fixed The Port Crisis — Ships Are Just Being Counted Differently

The Pivot to Forever Masking Is Starting. Let’s Kill It with Fire

Chicago Public Schools Making Bathrooms Gender-Neutral

Links For Yesterday (Forgot to post)

Three Teens Who Escaped From Aussie COVID Camp All Have One Thing in Common, and It’s Not the Virus

PCR Tests and the Rise of Disease Panic

Mumps cases in vaccinated people increasing, reason why is unclear

Loudoun County asks parent to pay $36K for FOIA request for documents regarding ‘sexual assault’ or ‘rape’

Why Has the Press Ignored Retailers’ Crappy Black Fridays, as Experts Warn of Coming Bankruptcies?

Russia issues threat to GPS satellites

UK Grim Prospects Over Surging Energy Bills Just Got Worse

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Russian troops mass on Ukraine’s border. West worries this isn’t like the last time.

Vaccine Mandates: Unscientific, Divisive, and Enormously Costly

Vermont: Highest Vaccination Rate, Record-Breaking COVID Numbers

As Turkey’s economic crisis deepened, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan replaced his treasury and finance minister, a skeptic of the president’s unorthodox economic policies, with Nureddin Nebati, a champion of his low-rates policy.

Water agencies in drought-stricken California that serve 27 million residents and 750,000 acres of farmland won’t get any of the water they have requested from the state heading into 2022 other than what’s needed for critical health and safety, state officials announced on Wednesday.

Esmail Ghaani implied that Iran is able to strike at the US in ways it once could not.

Turning The Tables: The UK’s Case For Buying The Bayraktar TB2

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Widespread Manhunt Underway For Three Men, Possibly Aborigines, Who Escaped Australian Involuntary Quarantine Camp

Mass vaccination fails to halt Covid transmission rates

Leading Cardiologist Says Researchers Are Refusing to Publish Supporting Study Results That Show Covid Vaccine’s Link To Massive Increase In Heart Attacks

Greece will mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for anyone over 60, or make them pay fines