22 April - iG Tab 11

 Australian Food News

• Doshii signs up three new POS partners

  Australian middleware cloud platform and hospitality marketplace provider Doshii has signed on three new Point of Sale (POS) partners, giving more venues the opportunity to cut through the app chaos and streamline their operating systems...

  8 days ago

• Edmonson Park Welcomes Max Brenner

  The internationally acclaimed chocolate brand, Max Brenner, will officially open its doors at Ed Square Shopping Centre, Edmonson Park on Saturday 1st May 2021. To celebrate the launch of the official opening of its 23rd Chocolate Bar in...

  8 days ago

• Aussies prepare for the great Australian staycation, research shows

  While vaccination programs roll out worldwide, international border closures have catapulted ‘Staycations’ to the top of bucket-lists for travel-hungry Aussies.  For many, that means a trip to support regional Australia, and towns...

  22 days ago

The American Dream

• Why Have UFO Sightings More Than Doubled Over The Last Two Years?

  Did you know that the number of reported UFO sightings has increased dramatically over the past two years?  I didn’t realize this either until I looked up the numbers.  Of course the skeptics will always find a way to explain away any facts...

  15 hours ago

• Trillions Of Microplastic Particles Are In Our Air, Our Water And Our Bodies And They Are Literally Destroying The Earth

  No matter where you go, you won’t be able to escape the nightmarish plague of microplastics that is absolutely devastating our environment.  Microplastics are in the air that you breathe, they are in the water that comes out of your faucet...

  2 days ago

• We Must Boycott The European Super League, Because The Future Of European Football Depends On It

  Greed is one of the seven deadly sins, and what the wealthiest football clubs in Europe are trying to pull off stinks of pure greed.  I don’t normally write a lot about sports, because in the grand scheme of things there are so many other topics...

  3 days ago

CNET

• The first Apple AirTag accessories are here, and the prices range from $13 to $349 (really) - CNET

  Looking for the best keyring or holder for your new AirTag or AirTags if you purchased the 4 pack?

  20 minutes ago

• Justin Bieber and Bill Nye team up for Earth Day The Musical (sort of) - CNET

  Facebook Watch's Earth Day special mixes comedy with a serious discussion of climate change issues.

  25 minutes ago

• The 6 best Chromebook deals for students - CNET

  These models boast big screens and each costs less than $450.

  an hour ago

Dandelion Salad

• Ditch The Draft, Once and For All, by Rivera Sun

  by Rivera Sun Writer, Dandelion Salad April 22, 2021 It’s outdated. It’s dysfunctional. It’s hated by most of the populace. No, we’re not talking about the line at the DMV. We’re talking about the Selective Service and the military...

  2 hours ago

• Chris Hedges: Brazil Politics: Crypto-fascism, Corruption, Democracy

  Dandelion Salad Note to DS readers and writers: having computer problems at the moment; nothing serious, need to have a fan replaced and waiting for the delivery at the computer shop. Will not be publishing until later next week. Thanks for...

  5 days ago

• Chris Hedges: We Must Build A New Party

  Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges The People’s Party on Apr 8, 2021 The People’s Podcast host Nick Brana speaks with Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and host of the Emmy award-winning show, On Contact. Hedges’ fierce...

  8 days ago

The Economic Collapse

• Food Prices Are Rising Aggressively, And Even The Corporate Media Is Admitting That It Is Only Going To Get Worse

  Food prices are outrageous now, but they are only going to go higher.  Earlier today, I came across an NBC News article entitled “Get ready for higher grocery bills for the rest of the year”. I thought that it was strange that a piece put out...

  9 days ago

• Could The U.S. Could Soon Be Involved In Wars In Taiwan, Ukraine And The Middle East Simultaneously?

  Warmongers are now firmly in control in Washington, and they are pushing us toward war a little bit more each day.  A military conflict with Russia, China or Iran would be a nightmare scenario, but there is also a possibility that we could end...

  10 days ago

• Russia Has Moved Missiles That Can Carry Nuclear Warheads Into The Conflict Zone With Ukraine

  How close can Russia and Ukraine come to war without actually going over the precipice?  Over the weekend, more forces on both sides continued to pour into the conflict zone.  And on the line of separation in eastern Ukraine, there are regular...

  11 days ago

Eurasia Review

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  A Future With High Public Debt: Low-For-Long Is Not Low Forever – Analysis

  Many countries are experiencing a combination of high public debt and low interest rates. This was already the case in advanced economies even prior to the pandemic but has become even starker in its aftermath. A growing number of emerging...

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  2021 Elections In Albania: Edi Rama’s Political Capitulation – Analysis

  Albania has entered the final phase of the election campaign for the parliamentary elections, scheduled to take place on 25 April 2021.  Once again the elections will be a confrontation between two old rivals. Specifically, the Socialist...

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  Democrats Must Stop Sacrificing Good American Nuclear Jobs For Cheap Chinese Solar Panels – OpEd

  The Biden Administration is promoting the participation of Chinese President Xi Jinping in a White House climate summit at a time when Congress is considering whether or not to halt the import of solar panels from China for human rights...

  2 hours ago

Geoengineering Watch

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  Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, April 17, 2021, #297

  Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Screening out unpleasant and unwanted realities has become the norm for far too many in first world populations.  A constant stream of carefully crafted power structure propaganda has been used...

  5 days ago
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  Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, April 10, 2021, #296

  Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Official narratives on many fronts are breaking down. Will a larger percentage of the population finally begin to consider the totality of what they are not being told on countless issues? Or will...

  12 days ago
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  Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, April 3, 2021, #295

  Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Climate engineering operations continue to be ramped up all over the world as environmental collapse accelerates. The CV-19 scenario is also expanding, transforming and taking a tremendous...

  19 days ago

intelNews.org

• Mexican drug cartel uses explosives-laden drones to attack police force

  ONE OF MEXICO’S MOST powerful drug cartels has reportedly used drones to attack police officers with explosives, according to local media reports. If confirmed, this incident will mark the first recorded use of drones by a Mexican drug...

  15 hours ago

• Chinese technology firm denies it had access to Dutch government’s phone calls

  A LEADING CHINESE TELECOMMUNICATIONS firm has strongly denied a claim by a newspaper that its service personnel could listen in on calls made by Dutch telephone users, including senior government officials...

  2 days ago

• Czechs ask EU and NATO to expel Russian diplomats in solidarity against Moscow

  CZECH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SAID they would welcome the expulsion of Russian diplomats from European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries, in support of Prague’s ongoing diplomatic spat with Moscow...

  3 days ago

Joniopolis

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  Invisible Ink?

             St. Bob and I finally got both of our vaccine shots. And at my second appointment, the nurse said, “Don’t laminate your card because a lot of people are finding that it makes the ink disappear.”          WHAT?  So...

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  People Who Live in Glass Houses

             I have to join Witsec. Again.  This time a workman saw me in my underwear. MY UNDERWEAR!  How did this happen, you ask?          First, I was gardening. During unseasonably hot weather (my mistake, granted). Soon I was a...

  9 days ago
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  Alexa Lays an Egg

              I just read an article in Consumer Reports that said bird songs can lift your mood, according to a study done of 655 hikers in Colorado.Well, hot-diggity dove! I immediately asked Alexa to play some, to see if it worked. It started...

  16 days ago

Niqnaq

• various updates

  NATO deploys Polish troops to Turkey for war with Syria Rick Rozoff, AntiBellum, Apr 22 2021 NATO announced the deployment of Polish troops to Turkey as part of the military bloc’s six-year Tailored Assurance Measures for Turkey mission...

  5 hours ago

• the flu

  Covid’s IFR just keeps DROPPING Kit Knightly, OffGuardian, Apr 21 2021 With every new study, with every new paper, the “deadly” pandemic gets less and less, well, deadly. The most recent data review, published in late March, puts the...

  11 hours ago

• south front for apr 21/22

  Syria To Pay For “Planned Explosion” In Israeli Weapon Factory South Front, Apr 22 2021 https://southfront.org/wp-content/uploads/video/22.04.2021_IMR_Middle_East.mp4 On Apr 20 a large explosion took place in central Israel...

  12 hours ago

Inter Press ServiceInter Press Service

• Towards a More Democratic & Inclusive UN this International Day of Multilateralism

  One of the most recently established international UN days is the day of multilateralism and diplomacy for peace. First observed on 24 April 2019 to promote UN values and to reaffirm the faith of people in the purposes and principles of the UN...

  2 hours ago

• Press Freedom under Lockdown Across Two-Thirds of the Globe

  May 3 is World Press Freedom Day. This feature is part of a series highlighting the current state of media freedom globally The post Press Freedom under Lockdown Across Two-Thirds of the Globe appeared first on Inter Press Service...

  5 hours ago

• Pacific Women Triennial – Flashback

  SPC hosted the first triennial conference of Pacific women more than 40 years ago with the purpose to create a space where Pacific women could meet, share their experiences and identify measures for the advancement of women. The Triennial...

  7 hours ago

The Moderate Voice

• Tucker Carlson (Cartoon)

  The post Tucker Carlson (Cartoon) appeared first on The Moderate Voice.

  5 hours ago

• Commentary: Plastic: What we eat and breathe

  Take a deep breath, drink a glass of water, eat a snack. If you do any of these things, it’s likely that you are also inhaling and ingesting tiny particles of plastic, as much as a credit card’s weight each week. Plastic pollution is everywhere...

  5 hours ago

• On Asian fetishization and the humanity of migrants

  by Donald H. Harrison At the end of last month, we ran an article by Korean-American Kelsey Kloza about what she described as “Asian fetishization” by which American males tend to construe any Asian woman as an “exotic and erotic two-dimensional...

  a day ago

Mother Jones

• House Passes a Bill to Make DC a State

  For the second time ever, the House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make Washington, DC, the 51st state. The bill, HR 51, which would finally give the more than 700,000 DC residents full voting representation in Congress, passed...

  3 hours ago

• Biden Calls to Cut US Emissions in Half by 2030

  President Biden today addressed 40 world leaders at a virtual climate summit, emphasizing the urgency of the climate crisis and announcing plans to reduce US emissions by 50 to 52 percent by 2030.  “By maintaining those investments and...

  4 hours ago

• When Will the US End Magdalena Hernández’s Family Separation Nightmare?

  In the summer of 2019, Magdalena Hernández Pérez and I were outside her home on the edge of Cubulco, a small city four hours north of Guatemala City. As her grandkids played on the patio, Hernández, looking burdened beyond her 39 years, sat...

  9 hours ago

The Watchers - Editor's Picks

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  Earth-grazing fireball recorded over Spain

  An Earth-grazing fireball was recorded over Span at about 20:10 UTC on April 16, 2021. The event lasted for almost 50 seconds and was seen over much of the country. According to an analysis by Dr. Jose M. Madiedo of the Institute of Astrophysics...

  4 days ago
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  Peter Mungo Jupp: The Black Death and Cosmic Chaos

  Archaeologist and Thunderbolts colleague Peter Mungo Jupp presents a radical idea that civilization-destroying plagues may be governed by electromagnetism such as cosmic rays. Nature often uses triggers based on hard to pinpoint factors...

  8 days ago
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  Study reveals anomaly in pre-seismic atmospheric radon associated with inland earthquakes

  Previous studies have shown elevated levels of radon in the atmosphere prior to the mainshock of a huge inland earthquake. However, in a new study, researchers revealed an anomaly in this phenomenon as they found that the concentration of...

  9 days ago

WebMD Health

• 'Disrupted' Sleep Could Be Seriously Affecting Your Health

  Disrupted sleep may actually increase your odds of dying early from heart disease or any other cause, and women seem to be harder hit by these effects than men.

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• Chocolate, Butter, Sodas: Avoid These Foods for a Healthier Middle Age

  A new study looks at how combinations of foods affect long-term health outcomes.

  3 hours ago

• Brain Study Suggests Autism Develops Differently in Girls Than Boys

  Research conducted mainly with boys might not apply to girls, a new study suggests.

  3 hours ago

WhoWhatWhy

• Apple Targeted in $50M Ransomware Attack Resulting in Unprecedented Schematic Leaks

  Reading Time: 2 minutes The Invention of Whiteness ; The Blue States That Make It Hardest to Vote ; and More Picks 4/22 The post Apple Targeted in $50M Ransomware Attack Resulting in Unprecedented Schematic Leaks appeared first on WhoWhatWhy...

  2 hours ago

• The Money Movement Exposes Fossil Fuel Financing

  Reading Time: 3 minutes Is your bank helping to fund climate change by loaning money to fossil fuel companies? Bank.Green can help you find out. The post The Money Movement Exposes Fossil Fuel Financing appeared first on WhoWhatWhy...

  4 hours ago

• How We Turned the Amazon Into a Net Greenhouse Gas Emitter

  Reading Time: 5 minutes The Amazon Basin has always slowed climate change. Now, the area affectionately named “The Lungs of the Earth” is a net greenhouse gas emitter. The post How We Turned the Amazon Into a Net Greenhouse Gas Emitter appeared...

  8 hours ago