“But along with another storm of comparable strength in 1921, researchers today recognize the Carrington Event as an ominous warning of future catastrophes. Both storms, however, pale in comparison to an ancient event discovered in 2012: a historic megastorm of humongous proportions that occurred around A.D. 775, which was likely 10 to 100 times stronger.”

Say what? Some farmers no longer have plows? Tillage isn’t an option for every farmer. Some sold machines used to till the fields since the no-till movement took hold several decades ago.

Hospital Staff Caught Plotting to ‘Scare’ the Public on COVID-19

Long-Secret FBI Report Reveals New Connections Between 9/11 Hijackers and Saudi Religious Officials in U.S.

Massachusetts National Guard Activated To Help Deal With School Bus Driver Shortage

Dubious climate science about the Texas cold disaster

Producer inflation accelerated in August, as wholesale prices rose record 8.3% from a year ago

Protests Break Out in Europe As Electricity Prices Soar and related but they will never understand how…. European Oil Majors Could Soon Face An Avalanche Of Lawsuits

‘Havana syndrome ’ and the mystery of the microwaves

Kentucky Lawmakers Override Governor, Expel School Mask Mandate

Is Lead Ammo About To Be Banned?

Megan Rohrer, 41, has become the first openly transgender bishop with the pronouns “they/he” at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.

The Bizarre Civil War-Stoking Impulses of the Professional-Managerial Class in the US

How Sri Lanka’s overnight flip to total organic farming has led to an economic disaster

LEARNING FROM OUR DEFEAT (1): THE ASSUMPTIONS OF DONALD RUMSFELD

City student passes 3 classes in four years, ranks near top half of class with 0.13 GPA

Update: Framing Lumber Prices Up Year-over-year

NEW DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT CORONAVIRUS RESEARCH AT CHINESE LAB

Carranza’s nepotistic amore is par for the course for corrupt de Blasio regime

Top House Republican Says Taliban Holding 6 Planes With Americans, Afghans ‘Hostage’

Rutgers bars unvaccinated students from attending virtual classes

YouTube Suppressing Any Mention of Ivermectin

As US Prepares to Ban Ivermectin for Covid-19, More Countries in Asia Begin Using It

Gavin Newsom recall election is turning into landslide, poll shows

Why You Can’t Find Everything You Want at Grocery Stores: Labor shortages, raw materials’ scarcity make supermarket supplies unpredictable; some executives say problems are worse than spring 2020’s dearth.

Pakistan’s Support to the Taliban is One of the Greatest Feats of Covert Intelligence

Waiting for Biden

Despite 95% vaccination rate, Cornell today has five times more COVID cases than it did this time last year

Licenses of doctors who spread harmful COVID-19 information should be at risk

Virus czar calls to begin readying for eventual 4th vaccine dose

I want to push back against the broader implication of the piece, which was summed up well by the editor-at-large of Newsweek, MSNBC’s Naveed Jamali, who argued this morning that “the pro-life movement has always been about white supremacy.”

The O.MG Cable is built for covert field-use, with features that enhance remote execution, stealth, forensics evasion, all while being able to quickly change your tooling on the fly. And, of course, it works just like a normal USB cable when not deploying payloads.

It’s still not OK to kiss your chickens or your ducklings — you could catch a salmonella infection from barnyard birds.

Rolling Stone Issues ‘Update’ After Horse Dewormer Hit-Piece Debunked

Biden’s top-down booster plan sparks anger at FDA

The Militiamen’s UCAV: Mohajer-6s in Iraq

Man Can Change His Pupil Size on Demand, Something Scientists Thought Was Impossible

Social Security trust funds now projected to run out of money sooner than expected due to Covid, Treasury says

Osama bin Laden’s security chief triumphantly returns to hometown in Afghanistan

Apparently, ABC thought it was a very touching Facebook post as well. So, they did something unthinkable, according to Paul Szoldra, the editor in chief of Task and Purpose, and Duffel Blog. They stole the post, used Capt. Ball’s name and published it as an op-ed by him, titled “My fallen Marines will always be my heroes: Opinion.” They even created an “author” profile for him on their website. All without his permission.

PENTAGON BRUSHES OFF CONCERN THAT AMERICANS ARE STRANDED IN AFGHANISTAN

California Vaccine Verification Bill Dies for Now

REPORT: 3 in 4 smear campaigns against college faculty for their expression result in punishment

Mouth-to-mouth bystander CPR is the preferable method for pediatric cardiac arrest, study says

Does Hurricane Ida Mean Higher Gas Prices?

The Semiconductor Heist Of The Century | Arm China Has Gone Completely Rogue, Operating As An Independent Company With Inhouse IP/R&D

Ever wonder how they decided how much vitamin C you need? New analysis of landmark scurvy study leads to update on vitamin C needs

COVID: Why are infections rising in Israel?

Lumber Prices

Children Are Lonelier Than Ever. Can Anything Be Done?

Biden Admin Admits It Does Not Know How Many Americans Are Trapped In Afghanistan, Could Be 10,000

Skull-Stomping Sacred Cows: Afghanistan

Pentagon rushes more reinforcements to Kabul airport as panic disrupts evacuations

This Video of Afghans Desperately Clinging to a US Plane Is Horrifying. We’ll All Forget About It Soon Enough.

Haiti: Death toll from weekend earthquake nears 2,000

How Belarus Is Funneling Refugees into the EU

When given the choice between a free meal and performing a task for a meal, cats would prefer the meal that doesn’t require much effort. While that might not come as a surprise to some cat lovers, it does to cat behaviorists. Most animals prefer to work for their food — a behavior called contrafreeloading.

Archaeologists Claim They’ve Discovered the Trojan Horse in Turkey

‘New York vaccine mandate could destroy my restaurant’

‘There is a real cost’: As Covid shows, barring bedside visitors from ICU deprives patients of the best care

Eric Topol Discusses Covid Vaccines Not Meeting Expectations, Breakthrough Cases Sicker

Not Realistic’: Denmark, Iceland Say Vaccination Has Not Led to Herd Immunity

After 6 years of litigation, Federal Court Permanently Enjoins ACA Abortion/Transgender Mandate

Thankfully, a new tactic in the fight to rapidly decarbonize is quickly emerging. Activists and young people are going to the courts and suing governments and fossil fuel companies. They are successfully arguing that polluters threaten their future and hence their human rights.

A controversial decision by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to cut bread subsidies despite an earlier promise not to tamper with the price of subsidized loaves has raised concerns that this move may trigger a wave of unrest reminiscent of the bread riots of 1977.

This is why I don’t use IRAs. It is ready pool of money ripe for the taking that you know that people can afford to lose in the short term. The trick used in other countries was to replace the savings with “more secure” government bonds. Right now they are only talking about the rich but that gets defined down in a pinch. Dems should keep their grubby paws off Americans’ retirement savings

China’s Commodity Stockpiles Remain A Complete Mystery

COVID-19 Vaccine Seems to Protect Against Variants Better Than Previous Infection

France expands locales requiring a Covid-19 ‘health pass’

Scores Soon To Be Settled

Pentagon to require COVID vaccines for all service members

Fifth northern Afghan capital falls to the Taliban

COVID19 mini-update, August 5, 2021: delta sitrep from Israel

Well, Duh. This Is Why It Was Stupid

Shock poll shows Gavin Newsom losing recall vote by double digits

Johns Hopkins Professor Says COVID Infection Provides More Immunity Than Vaccines

Shipping Container Crisis Could Derail Holiday Toy Sales

Professor suggests it should be a federal hate crime to criticize Fauci and other government-funded scientists