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‘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

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The Infrastructure Bill Requires New Cars To Come With Unproven Drunk Driving Detection Technology

Exclusive: New York Times quashed COVID origins inquiry

Viktor Orbán is winning his culture war

J&J’s COVID-19 jab holds up against Delta variant, study finds The important bit given the drum beat of calls for booster shots for the the other vaccines is “The inoculation’s durability lasts for eight months, and the study shows that boosters shots are not currently needed, said Gray, president of the South African Medical Research Council.” However, the article also lays out new health concerns for J&J.

Hawaii’s tourism agency plans to reduce visitors to Oahu

Humane, orderly? Border photos show human disaster amid overflowing toilets

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The policy went into effect January 1, and since then, 261 inmates have requested transfers, nearly all of them biological males asking to be housed with women.

If you asked public-health authorities for permission to be born and live a life, there’s no way they could just, you know, approve of that in an unqualified way. You just have to remember that you’ll never be in less danger to yourself or others until dead.

Apple’s IPhone: Now With Built‐​In Surveillance?

If Mandates Fail, What Will Politicians Do for an Encore?

Taliban takes second provincial capital

The strange case of the dead-but-not-dead Tibetan monks

Don’t want a Covid vaccine? Be prepared to pay more for insurance

15 states are keeping COVID-19 breakthrough cases under wraps

Dixie Fire becomes largest single wildfire in California history

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This is crazier then normal and that is saying something. Teachers Union Sues Mom Nicole Solas To Prevent School District From Releasing Critical Race Teaching Records

Murphy was an engineer not an MBA The company aspires to deliver these two flight engines to United Launch Alliance before the end of this year, although that increasingly appears to be a “stretch” goal. Delivery may slip into early 2022. And in order to make this deadline, Blue Origin plans to take the somewhat risky step of shipping the engines to its customer before completing full qualification testing.

VACCINE PASSPORTS AS SLAVE PAPERS:

Taliban takes full control of Nimruz province, seizes capital

‘Borderline illegal’: Courtesy tows remain Philly’s persistent parking nightmare

Safe Streets is a program trying to deal with violent crime with social workers and ex-offenders instead of coops. For the second time this year, an outreach worker for Safe Streets has been shot to death.

Worker shortage stymies vaccine mandates at nursing homes

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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

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From Slate no less…. The Noble Lies of COVID-19

Doubts raised about who was behind the assassination of Haiti’s president
True Believers, Blinded by Ideology

Global Food Prices Spike in Response to the Pandemic

U.S. Airports Are Facing Serious Jet Fuel Shortages

Apocalypse in Yakutia, Russia’s coldest region, as noxious smog from wildfires blocks sun

After 60 years, scientists find the missing link in our body’s blood pressure control

‘Made in China’ products are running into new logistics problems

“Potentially Very Bad”: Lots of New Covid Variants in New York City Rats

Seniors at risk for more falls due to less physical activity during pandemic

North Korea releases army rice reserves amid shortage

The Cuomo allegations are awful, but he still has lots of allies, a dogged will to fight

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No, Karen, we’re not masking again: A winning GOP message for 2022 & beyond

Living With Chronic Pain Can Disrupt Your Emotions at a Chemical Level, Study Hints

Craig Murray’s jailing is the national security state’s latest assault on independent journalism

Over half the deer tested in Michigan have been exposed to SARS-CoV-2

An Emerging Tickborne Disease Is Gaining Steam in New York

How Germany fails to manage care for the elderly 

Benchmark Inflation Measure Hits Highest Level In 30 Years

Here it is: The actual data on which the CDC’s new mask guidance is based

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Covid in Sydney: Military deployed to help enforce lockdown

CDC Director Says Biden Admin Is Considering a Vaccine Mandate

The New York Post’s cover today

Hot Skies Over the Taiwan Strait: The New Normal of Chinese Incursions

World’s Largest Food Company Will Raise Prices Amid Inflation

Taliban advances on Herat City

Researchers Find Signs of COVID-19 Mutations in NYC Sewage, Pointing to Possible Dog and Rat Infections