Wednesday, December 09, 2020

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  Australian Food News

  • National Health and Medical Research Council confirms new national guidelines for reducing the health risks from drinking alcohol. The guidelines are the result of four years of...

  • When thinking of affordable Asian food in Melbourne, what comes to mind are no-frills venues with quick, indifferent service from no-nonsense waiters. Not so at Chinatown’s newest...

    • Guras Cacao has just launched beautiful bespoke chocolates, hampers and confectionery to enjoy with our loved ones this Christmas.  Wow your family, friends and colleagues (and...

  • Whether you are a Republican, a Democrat or someone that doesn’t identify with either major party, you should care deeply about the integrity of our elections.  Because if we don’t...

  • Could it be possible that the phrase “dark winter”  has some sort of deeper meaning that most of us are not meant to understand?  We have heard that phrase over and over again in...

    • International travel will soon look far different than it once did.  Now that multiple vaccines for COVID-19 have been rushed through the development process, it is just a matter...

  • If Congress approves a new direct payment, you could very well get less money. Here's what we know right now.

  • Having air on-demand can save you from a trip to the gas station or a hefty roadside assistance fee.

    • Reported to launch as early as January, the Mi 11 and Mi 11 Pro are rumoured to charge from 0 to 100% in just 35 minutes.

      Dandelion Salad

  • by Finian Cunningham Writer, Dandelion Salad Ireland Crossposted from Sputnik, Dec. 7, 2020 December 8, 2020 The US-led NATO military alliance is like a war junkie – it needs to...

  • by Rainer Shea Writer, Dandelion Salad Rainer Shea: Anti-Imperialist Journalist, Dec. 1, 2020 December 7, 2020 Whenever I hear about an instance of imperialist online censorship...

    • Dandelion Salad theAnalysis-news on Nov 30, 2020 Peter Carter of the Climate Emergency Institute says “net zero” carbon emissions by 2050 and targeting 2 degrees Celsius warming...

  • If nearly 40 percent of the entire nation anticipates spending the next 12 months in “survival mode”, that is not a good sign for what the coming year will bring.  Traditionally...

  • The outbreak of a mysterious new disease in India is creating quite a stir, because so far medical authorities have not been able to identify what is causing it.  Hundreds of very sick...

    • We already knew that this was going to be the worst winter for the U.S. economy since the Great Depression of the 1930s, but now a new round of lockdowns threatens to rip the guts out of...

  • By Jonathan Power* Top of President-elect’s Joe Biden’s foreign policy list must be Russia. Not China, not Europe. Russia has been the West’s mortal enemy since shortly after...

  • By Mahendra Ved* For observers of South Asia with its rich crop of women politicians - from Sri Lanka’s Sirimavo Bandaranaike and Chandrika Kumaratunga to India’s Indira Gandhi...

    • By Wendy Cutler* As the incoming Biden administration considers the state of the World Trade Organization (WTO), it will find an organisation in disrepair. Trouble was already brewing...

  • Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org While ever increasing weather disasters take their toll on populations and crop yields, a new wave of CV-19 lockdowns are being...

  • Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org An ever increasing number of law enforcement agencies are refusing to carry out state government ordered CV-19 lockdown mandates. Is...

    • Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org The holidays are nearly upon us, complete with CV-19 and its related protocols. How is Thanksgiving going to go for the many that have...

  • A LAWSUIT FILED IN a United States court by a Saudi former senior intelligence official, accuses Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman of planning an illegal assassination...

  • BELGIUM’S LARGEST MOSQUE has been infiltrated by Moroccan intelligence, according to the Belgian minister of justice, who allegedly consulted the country’s spy services...

    • A NEW REPORT BY the United States National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, has found that the so-called ‘Havana Syndrome’, which afflicted American and Canadian...

      Joniopolis

  •            In high school I was given a key chain that said, “Lucy,” because I would get into so many Lucy Ricardo situations. Our daughter says traveling with me through Europe...

  •            You will not believe what just happened to me. Okay, maybe you’ll believe it if you are a regular Joniopolis reader, because crazy things happen here. I just had a spider...

    •            Pretend you have a new product to sell. You have a Zoom conference with everyone involved, including the package designer. And this is the single best thing you can say...

  • “Human Nature”: Documentary explores CRISPR, the groundbreaking development in genetics James Hohmann, WSWS, Nov 8 2020 NOVA: “Human Nature,” directed by Adam Bolt and...

  • US Sec State hypocritically sanctions Chinese officials over Hong Kong human rights Peter Symonds, WSWS, Dec 8 2020 Trump & Pompeo at a press briefing in Mar 2020. (Photo: Evan...

    • Biden’s Choice For Pentagon Chief Further Erodes a Key US Norm: Civilian Control Glenn Greenwald, Dec 8 2020 Gen Lloyd Austin III as CENTCOM chief on Oct 17 2014. (Photo: Paul J Richards/AFP)...

      Inter Press ServiceInter Press Service

  • In just over a day, on 9 December, Indonesia holds 270 simultaneous local elections for executive office. This involves nine of the republic’s 34 governors, 224 of 416 bupati (district...

  • After ten years without a strong La Niña weather phenomenon in Colombia, the climate pattern, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, could create a vacuum in food production and supply...

    • Cristian Alonso is an economist in the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department; Siddharth Kothari is an economist in the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department’ Sidra Rehman is an economist...

    The Moderate Voice

  • The United States Supreme Court has now basically told President Donald Trump to take a hike. It’s hard to imagine the court ruling on Trump’s side — let alone even taking up some...

  •   By Steve D. Stones This Kino Video DVD collection of 10 short silent era Christmas holiday films is an interesting treat, considering that most of the films are over 100 years old...

  • CovidGlobe

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    • All rights reserved. Copyright Donar, Political Graffiti https://toons.to/go/daviddonar The post CovidGlobe appeared first on The Moderate Voice.

  • This is so, so dumb: The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed an economic relief package that would offer far skimpier federal unemployment benefits than what has been proposed...

  • While it may have sounded like good news, it was alarming for wolf advocates: In late October, the Trump administration announced the “successful recovery of the gray wolf,” and...

    • Joe Biden will be inaugurated the 46th President of the United States on January 20, but this hasn’t stopped the 45th President and his allies from filing an increasingly deranged...

      The Watchers - Editor's Picks

  • A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2020 XK1 flew past Earth at a very close distance of just 0.05 LD / 0.00014 AU (20 943 km / 13 013 miles) from the center of our planet at 16:15 UTC...

  • The Martinique volcanological and seismological observatory of the IPGP has raised the alert level for Pelée volcano to Yellow (2 of 4) on December 4, 2020. The last eruption of this...

    • A bright daylight fireball exploded over northern New York, U.S. at 17:10 UTC on December 2, 2020, creating a bright flash in the middle of the day. Witnesses from parts of upstate New...

  • About 32% of respondents reported binge drinking during the pandemic, and binge drinkers had increased their alcohol intake during this time versus before the lockdown...

  • The coronavirus pandemic makes the holidays even more difficult for caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, an expert says...

    • During those three periods -- from conception to birth, from ages 15 to 19, and after age 65 -- people undergo "dynamic" brain changes that may be particularly sensitive to the harmful...

  • Reading Time: 2 minutes How to Save Democracy From Technology ; CA Bets Civilian Oversight Can Help Reform the Police ; and More Picks 12/8 The post Millions of Hungry Americans Turn...

  • Reading Time: 12 minutes A conversation with Gene Sperling, one of the few progressive economists advising Joe Biden. The post Whose Economy Is It Anyway? appeared first on WhoWhatWhy...

    • Reading Time: 6 minutes Voting-rights groups face pushback from the Republican secretary of state in Georgia as the nationally important Senate runoff campaigns go into the final...

     

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