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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

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Three Teens Who Escaped From Aussie COVID Camp All Have One Thing in Common, and It’s Not the Virus

PCR Tests and the Rise of Disease Panic

Mumps cases in vaccinated people increasing, reason why is unclear

Loudoun County asks parent to pay $36K for FOIA request for documents regarding ‘sexual assault’ or ‘rape’

Why Has the Press Ignored Retailers’ Crappy Black Fridays, as Experts Warn of Coming Bankruptcies?

Russia issues threat to GPS satellites

UK Grim Prospects Over Surging Energy Bills Just Got Worse

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Russian troops mass on Ukraine’s border. West worries this isn’t like the last time.

Vaccine Mandates: Unscientific, Divisive, and Enormously Costly

Vermont: Highest Vaccination Rate, Record-Breaking COVID Numbers

As Turkey’s economic crisis deepened, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan replaced his treasury and finance minister, a skeptic of the president’s unorthodox economic policies, with Nureddin Nebati, a champion of his low-rates policy.

Water agencies in drought-stricken California that serve 27 million residents and 750,000 acres of farmland won’t get any of the water they have requested from the state heading into 2022 other than what’s needed for critical health and safety, state officials announced on Wednesday.

Esmail Ghaani implied that Iran is able to strike at the US in ways it once could not.

Turning The Tables: The UK’s Case For Buying The Bayraktar TB2

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Widespread Manhunt Underway For Three Men, Possibly Aborigines, Who Escaped Australian Involuntary Quarantine Camp

Mass vaccination fails to halt Covid transmission rates

Leading Cardiologist Says Researchers Are Refusing to Publish Supporting Study Results That Show Covid Vaccine’s Link To Massive Increase In Heart Attacks

Greece will mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for anyone over 60, or make them pay fines

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The ‘soul-destroying’ impact of the pig crisis – and why it’s happening

What Happens If Europe Runs Out Of Gas?

Ports of LA, Long Beach, delay container fee for 4th time

Biden’s ‘Infrastructure’ Bill Contains Backdoor ‘Kill Switch’ For Cars

Incoming chancellor Scholz wants vaccine mandate in Germany

B.C. Forced To Extend Fuel Rationing As Pipeline Shutdown Continues

Auto chip shortage shows sign of easing as inventories rise

NATO Eyes Russia’s Ukraine Buildup Amid Invasion Fears

Iraqi Kurdistan continues repatriation flights from Belarus

There Is Something Wrong With Our Giant Institutions

Moroccans march against normalization with Israel

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Omicron — Probably has been circulating and developing in Africa for months

U.S. Strategic Oil Reserves Could Fall By 50% Over The Next Decade

Prices for the biofuel have surged, rekindling a debate about whether it’s contributing to pain at the pump

Never heard of this company before (the company in Binghamton I mean, Henery is a well known maker of lever guns). I wonder what else they make? Custom made in the USA by Binghamton Knitting Co in Binghamton, NY.

Coming soon to a country near you? Road blockades set up across Lebanon in protest against economic meltdown

San Francisco TV Reporter Cautions Against Use of Word ‘Looting’

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Goldman Slams Omicron Panic: “This Mutation Is Unlikely To Be More Malicious; No Reason For Portfolio Changes”

Swiss reject plan to abolish COVID health pass

Protests against Covid rules and lockdowns erupt across Europe

Two Minneapolis Best Buys Robbed On Black Friday As ‘Flash Mob’ Thievery Spreads Beyond California

‘Ridiculous demands’ and ‘impossible requests’: Life outside Cuomo’s pandemic war room

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Gov. Kathy Hochul orders halt on elective surgery amid COVID spike, Omicron Just as a reminder— No cases of the newly identified variant have been detected in New York or the rest of the United States, for that matter

Senior U.S. General Says Iran ‘Very Close’ to Building a Nuclear Bomb, ‘Variety’ of Military Options on the Table

New Variant, New Travel Restrictions, New Lockdowns

South Africans fear renewed restrictions more than omicron variant

Pandemic skyrockets in Europe; COVID is the No. 1 cause of death

Biden Announces Travel Ban That Blows up His Own Prior Words and Those of Fauci

A frightening new potential explanation for vaccine-driven myocarditis and other problems

Coming near to a place near you…
PPL, up from 7.544 cents to 9.502 cents per kWh (26%);Pike County Light & Power, up from 6.5234 cents to 9.796 cents per kWh (50.2%);

Study: COVID-19 protection wanes after two doses of Pfizer vaccine