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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Makes Sad, Laughable Attempt to Stop Omicron via Mask Mandate

China Develops Humanized Pigs to Simulate COVID-19 Infection for Future Testing of Vaccines and Drugs

Austria says only the rich can go unvaccinated for £12,000 a year

COVID vaccines only partially effective against omicron

Hospitals Abandon Covid-19 Vaccine Requirement to Ease Staffing Shortages

Shortage of snowplow drivers hampers states as storms arrive

Fear doesn’t monger itself, you know

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At least 70 are killed by EIGHTEEN tornadoes in Kentucky’s deadliest storm in 130 years: More than 100 deaths expected across six states as twisters level entire towns

Has the Cleveland Clinic Made the Right Call?

Amid violent threats, lawmaker ditches bill to make unvaxxed pay hospital bills. “We just can’t have a reasonable conversation anymore,” Illinois Rep. Carroll said.

Does China own more of America than we thought?

Minnesota Bistro Owner Sentenced With 90 Days in Jail and $1,000 Fine For Defying COVID Lockdown Order

Omicron looking less deadly, but South Africa has a lot of natural immunity

“What is wrong with physicians?”
CDC: About 75 Percent of Omicron Cases Are in Fully Vaccinated People

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Throws Out Mask Mandate For Public Schools

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Cold snap this winter could zap New England power grid

San Francisco’s vaunted tolerance dims amid brazen crimes

Jussie Smollett is part of a larger trend of fake hate crimes

China’s Coming Property Correction

Serbs vote to leave key institutions in secession move

Pentagon Considering COVID-19 Booster Mandate for Troops

Recently uncovered software flaw ‘most critical vulnerability of the last decade’

Double Standards for Nadia Murad and Shamima Begum

As hot as 6.8% year over year inflation is, Friday’s report is probably the best the Biden administration could have hoped for.

Safety Concerns Mount Over Damaged Fuel Rods at China’s Taishan Nuclear Plant

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Governor Kathy Hochul announces statewide mask mandate for New York effective December 13 for all businesses and venues

Colorado’s Democratic governor: I’m not mandating masks. The COVID emergency is over.

When the Crime Wave Hits Your Family

Palestinian factions discuss ‘escalation’ following delay in commitments from Egypt

The Covid Chaos in Russia

It Will Make Scientific Sense To Offer Booster after Three Months

The Pandemic of the Vaccinated Is Here

Inflation Continues to Soar in Latin America, Even As Central Banks Intensify Their Rate Hikes

In 2017, Bob was informed that he was breaking the law. His crime? Teaching horseshoeing to paying students who had not completed high school, a GED, or a government exam.

The California Air Resources Board on Thursday voted to require that new, small off-road engines – like the ones found in leaf blowers and lawn mowers – meet zero-emission standards starting in 2024.

Understanding just how big solar flares can get

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New York school spending hits record high

San Francisco Sees 3,000 Car Break-Ins in 1 Month; ‘It’s Out of Control’

Study can’t confirm lab results for many cancer experiments

Judge halts Biden vaccine mandate for federal contractors nationwide

Ministers are expected to sign off new rules to impose home working and vaccine certification across England

Apple wins Epic court ruling: Devs will pay up for now as legal case churns on

FDA Doubles Down: Asks Federal Judge to Grant it Until at Least the Year 2096 to Fully Release Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Data

China is imposing quarantines of up to 7 weeks for cargo ship crew, and it’s bad news for the supply chain

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New report sheds light on Apple’s supply chain issues, highlights pre-pandemic problems

Pfizer says third COVID shots may protect better against omicron

Houthis Claim Drone Attacks On Saudi Oil Facilities

The kingdom has reportedly ‘pleaded’ with the US for a resupply of Patriot interceptor missiles which cost $1 million a piece to defend against airstrikes by Yemen’s Ansarallah

Dems begin souring on vaccine mandates

Stores in Germany now have signs saying “Unvaccinated Not Welcome”

De Blasio Imposes New Vaccine Mandate And New Yorkers Scream “Enough!”

Publishers against the People of the Book

Field sources in the strategic province say that Saudi-led coalition troops in Marib have suffered “major collapses” in their ranks

Links For Today that I forgot to post last night.

Apple CEO Tim Cook “secretly” signed an agreement worth more than $275 billion with Chinese officials, promising that Apple would help to develop China’s economy and technological capabilities

3D-printed suicide pods are now legal in Switzerland

More than 100 drugs face supply chain shortages, FDA says

Florida Continues to Record Lowest Coronavirus Cases Per Capita

According to the revelations British authorities prioritized the evacuation of animals over human beings

Taking Viagra slashes Alzheimer’s risk by two-thirds, research suggests.

California District Tells Students How To Use Witchcraft On People Who Say ‘All Lives Matter’

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Amazon is making its own containers and bypassing supply chain chaos with chartered ships and long-haul planes

After being criticized by human rights groups, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz has stopped the Shin Bet’s tracking of Omicron-infected Israelis.

How looting turned the most upscale part of San Francisco into a ghost town

China Evergrande shares hit record low as it edges closer to default

Cellular providers will shut off call and data functions to older phones over the course of 2022, paving the way for more advanced network services like 5G.

Saudi Arabia intercepts ballistic missile over Riyadh

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Good news about the omicron variant?

Brutal, brazen crimes shake L.A., leaving city at a crossroads And this might be related.

How an Air Force Recruiting Commercial Became a Popular VR Game

Finally, a Fusion Reaction Has Generated More Energy Than Absorbed by The Fuel

In more normal times, when nuclear-powered submarines and multibillion-dollar contact cancellations didn’t dominate the news, plans to increase the US military presence operating out of Australia would be big news.

Homework in the Middle Age Russia.

Bank of America execs warn junior staffers to ‘dress down’ as NYC crime surges

What sort of system nurtures a decades-long programme of deliberately infecting children and prisoners with a dangerous disease?

Well let’s talk facts eh? None of these are in dispute, by the way.

The end of the apartheid alibi

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Utility Bills to Rise up to 10 Percent to Green NYC Electricity Grid

Russia is Planning a Military Offensive Against Ukraine in Early 2022

14 California Looters Arrested by Police Have Been Released Due to the State’s Zero Bail Policy

Biden Hasn’t Fixed The Port Crisis — Ships Are Just Being Counted Differently

The Pivot to Forever Masking Is Starting. Let’s Kill It with Fire

Chicago Public Schools Making Bathrooms Gender-Neutral