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Preach it. Though I have to say that I suspect the the deaths wrongly attributed to COVID are balanced out by deaths due to COVID but not caught. Eight Reasons to End the Lockdowns Now

Article draws the wrong conclusions from a valid question. No one complained about the lack of evidence for 20-second hand-washing. So why did we treat face masks differently?

Similar story to one already posted, but this time from the UK instead of the US. Intensive care doctors question ‘overly aggressive’ use of ventilators in coronavirus crisis

Good to see this getting major media exposure, but other then that, nothing really new. Alex Berenson has been analyzing the data on the crisis on a daily basis for weeks and has come to the conclusion that the strategy of shutting down entire sectors of the economy is based on modeling that doesn’t line up with the realities of the virus.

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What Everyone’s Getting Wrong About the Toilet Paper Shortage

France’s coronavirus death toll jumps as nursing homes included

Coronavirus update- TB vaccine in childhood may offer Covid-19 protection: Researchers

Coronavirus cases are increasing so rapidly that one New York nursing home CEO is advising families to take their loved ones home if possible.

Saving Citizens, Killing the Poor: India and COVID-19

what does Iceland‘s unique dataset tell us?

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South Korea has tested 140,000 people for the coronavirus. That could explain why its death rate is just 0.6% — far lower than in China or the US.

The ‘Million Dollars Per Person’ Affair Is Telling

Why Everyone Is Arguing Over Who Broke the F-35’s Computers

China coronavirus quarantine hotel collapses with 70 people trapped under rubble

Saudia Arabia arrests two princes over coup attempt: reports

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NASA Curiosity rover delivers insanely high-res Mars panorama

Albany’s Dead-Of-Night Coronavirus Vote Gives Cuomo Sweeping New Emergency Powers

Connected Cows

Trump Solves Problem Caused by Obama-Era Regulation Which Was Stalling Ability to Test for Coronavirus

The Idlib Turkey Shoot: The Destruction and Capture of Vehicles and Equipment by Turkish and Rebel Forces

COVID-19 Isn’t As Deadly As We Think

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Real ID starts to bite. The Washington Post reported in August that 8,000 Maryland licenses have been suspended. Three months earlier, MVA announced that 66,300 people were at risk of having their driver’s license or identification cards revoked for failure to comply with MVA demands. As Maryland ramps up enforcement, the number of suspended licenses is probably far higher now but MVA spokespersons failed to respond to repeated press inquiries seeking the latest number. Maryland police are seizing the license of any driver who they stop whose only offense was failure to hustle to show Maryland bureaucrats their birth certificate, passport, utility bills, Social Security card, or other proof of their identity.

The real scandal is that a tech executive is using WhatsApp. You would think he would know better. Jeff Bezos, blackmail and the Saudi crown prince

Not my area of expertise, but it sounds all to familiar to all NY State Employees. You Blew It, Andrew Cuomo

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A scandal in Oxford: the curious case of the stolen gospel

The title is overdone. It has long been known that Israel shot down some soviet planes that soviet anti-air batteries were a big problem for Israel. Better to say undereported then nobody knew. The Secret Israel-Soviet Union War Nobody Knew About

2019: A Year the News Media Would Rather Forget

This is a good overview for those who are not familiar with structure of Iran’s military. However, it does not make it as clear as I would like how the Revolutionary Guards Corps function as a state within a state. However, the information is all there if you pay attention. Persian Might: How Strong Is Iran’s Military?