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Do masks reduce risk of COVID19 by 53%? How about 80%?

The War Nerd: The Tigray-Ethiopia War

Negative Vaccine Effectiveness Isn’t a New Phenomenon – It Turned Up in the Swine Flu Vaccine

New mRNA anti-tick vaccine may protect from more than just Lyme disease

This makes me so mad because of what it does not mention. “Nothing has changed” – Syracuse hospitals and EMT’s still in crisis mode ahead of winter

If Ansarallah controls Marib, it will control all of Yemen and some of the world’s most strategic waterways. No wonder its adversaries are shaken.

Biden Calls On FTC To Investigate Oil Companies And High Gas Prices

New Details Shed Light on Lukashenko’s Human Trafficking Network

OSHA Suspends Enforcement of Biden’s Vaccine Mandate

Newport News Shipbuilding parent company announces suspension of vaccine deadline

Even the Washington Post Wonders if the Justice Department Went Too Far in Raiding Project Veritas

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Doe v. Gerken: A Lawsuit Against Yale Law

Is the Government Getting Your COVID Test Results Before You Do? Why?

Felony assault on a police officer is taken by prosecutors about as seriously as shoplifting or turnstile-jumping — petty offenses which also are ignored, but which don’t directly threaten the public order.

China Deploys Long-Range Bomber Along Indian Border

Has China Really Solved Its Power Crisis?

Rising Inflation Is Beginning to Worry Pentagon Leaders

Empty Containers Pile Up at Port of Los Angeles as Ocean Liners Add ‘Sweeper’ Ships to Clear Backlog

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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