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That was a fast turn around that I did not see coming. Ethiopia Downplays Loss of Tigray Capital to Rebel Forces

This is an autonomous kill drone by another name.

SOCOM To Test Anti-Aging Pill Next Year

Russian MiG-31s Armed with Kinzhal Missiles Arrive in Syria

June Rent Jump Is Biggest On Record

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS:

If they are broke, how well do they maintain them? The Lebanese army will start offering tourists helicopter joyrides this week in a bid to boost the coffers of one of the crisis-hit country’s key institutions.

Wind energy in crisis as expansion stalls in Germany

Lockdowns never end.

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Some used vehicles now cost more than original sticker price

Facebook’s New Announcement on Satire Doesn’t Bode Well for the Babylon Bee…

Big US banks to employees: Return to the office vaccinated

mRNA COVID-19 vaccines likely tied to heart inflammation

US-made drones downed over Yemen weren’t military’s, CENTCOM says

Venezuela’s Descent Into Anarchy Is Fueling Maduro’s Desperation

Is Tether a Black Swan?

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Science journals, Wuhan and a truly bizarre Twitter episode

You Won’t Even Believe What’s Triggering the Thought Police Now

Really funny when you understand why the consent degree was put into place. It was not police who found themselves hobbled by federal oversight. Instead, the uniformly liberal city council was. It was repeatedly blocked in its efforts to defund the police and limit the weapons that could be used for crowd control as a consequence of the consent decree.

A new study finds that lockdown orders didn’t reduce overall mortality, and may have even increased it.

The Soviets had a title and a uniform for people whose job it was to ensure the political reliability of the military. The Military Has a Watchdog for Stopping Extremism. Now, It Wants Teeth — and Independence

California, Facing Power Crisis, Frets Over Electric Car Charging Routines

It’s Too Late To Avoid A Major Oil Supply Crisis

Soviets Once Denied a Deadly Anthrax Lab Leak. U.S. Scientists Backed the Story

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The FBI has been manufacturing and directing terror plots and criminal rings for decades. But now, reverence for security state agencies reigns.

Woke up sweating’: Some Texans shocked to find their smart thermostats were raised remotely

In Oman, fungal infection detected in some COVID-19 patients

Slightly outdated article but most of the newer ones focusing on this are paywalled. We Are About to Run Out of Some Stuff

Top Obama Ethics Official Rages:

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FEAR THE FIRST STRIKE

‘Unplanned’ Outages Slam Texas Power Plants as Temperatures Soar

Mapping China’s growing global influence

‘Sangorians’ Take a Page From Insurgent Playbook in Fight Against Taliban’

Portland Police’s Entire Rapid Response Riot Team Resigns After Officer Charged, Antifa Released

The Housing Conundrum

Arizona Gov. Overrides State University’s Rule Forcing Students to Get Vaccine

New Harvard Data (Accidentally) Reveal How Lockdowns Crushed the Working Class While Leaving Elites Unscathed

Ballot Problems Persist in Atlanta, Georgia – Missing Ballots, Missing Logs, Duplicated Ballot Scans and Worse