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Read very carefully. How many people have died of COVID in the Philippines? Hope in Short Supply Amid Pandemic and Economic Collapse

Most valuable lesson these kids will learn at school is don’t answer a poll even if you are told the answers will be secret. Northeastern U. threatens students who said ‘yes’ to poll asking if they would attend parties

Three Gorges dam hits highest level, anxiety grows among public

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The reporting has found that it was not Russian national Grechushkin who owned the Rhosus, but rather the Cypriot businessman Charalambos Manoli, who maintained a relationship with the bank used by Hezbollah in Lebanon. And a considerable amount of the ammonium nitrate stored in the port of Beirut appears to have gone missing before the explosion in August.

Saudi Arabia Refuses To Learn From Its Two Failed Oil Price Wars

Less then it seems from the headline. Still, they are working on it. AI wins flawless victory against human F-16 fighter pilot in DARPA dogfight

Reported Loss Of Two U.S. MQ-9 Reapers In Syria Raises Troubling Questions

How Ukraine’s audacious secret service successfully scammed Putin and his mercenaries

Inside story of US black ops in post-war Japan

How a Fake CIA Spy Fooled Everyone and Swindled Millions

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Walkies could become the law for German dog owners

Ignorance About Covid-19 Risk Is ‘Nothing Short of Stunning,’ Research Report Says; Huge Age Variance – Wirepoints

Chicks shipped by mail are arriving dead, costing Maine farmers thousands of dollars

Rutherford County Schools Tell Parents Not to Monitor Their Child’s Virtual Classrooms

A statistical study of more than 8,000 compositions shows how the flow of time distinguishes music from noise

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For those like myself who thought very highly of this video on the battle of Midway, we now have the follow up. Of necessity, the next two videos depend on the a good knowledge of the previous video for their context.

I personally would re-watch the first video if it was not still clear in my mind and then immediately watch the video on the American perspective below as I think the contrast is most interesting. The author is calling it video number 3 but I really think it should be the second one.

The last video I would watch is the one that covers the rest of battle below. It is interesting in its own right but most of the significant stuff takes place in the previous two videos.

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How bad is covid really? (A Swedish doctor’s perspective)

Scenes From The Destruction of New York City

Students at Binghamton University are calling on the school to reinstate its Safe Ride program during late night to early morning hours. The calls come just two months after the university announced plans to defund the police.

BLM mob beats white man unconscious after making him crash truck: