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Strap yourself in: Solar Power and batteries made a whole town 100% renewable (for 80 minutes). It’s an Australian first! Put out a press release. No seriously, they did: Solar and battery microgrid takes WA town to 100% renewables in Australian first Western Australia has again demonstrated its remote renewable energy generation chops, after successfully powering the Pilbara town of Onslow entir
[audio mp3="https://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode404-lq.mp3"][/audio]With all these decades and—in the case of the oldest democracies—centuries of broken political promises, you'd think that the public would have caught on to the game by now. But, if anything, recent events have revealed that people are becoming more addicted to this politician-peddled hopium even as the lies and broken promi
Democrats and the mainstream media have been aggressively denouncing the Maricopa County, Arizona election audit from the beginning. At first I didn't understand why. I thought that it was because they were afraid of what the results would be, but I now believe it's something far worse. The Democrats aren't "just" afraid of the outcome - but they're afraid that the audit results will be irrefutabl
It's finally on its way, folks YouTube will allow iOS free users to keep consuming content in the background — at least, kind of. It comes in the form of a picture-in-picture (PIP) feature, where you'll be able to exit the YouTube app and still have your video play in a smaller screen that remains on the screen. This is different from the previous minimize feature, where users can make their curr
He was a good boy. On Saturday, President Biden announced on Twitter that his family's beloved dog, Champ, had passed away at 13 years old. Our family lost our loving companion Champ today. I will miss him pic.twitter.com/sePqXBIAsE — President Biden (@POTUS) June 19, 2021 Biden isn't the only one mourning. "Champ" quickly became a trending topic on Twitter, with people expressing their condolenc
An absolutely enormous 1,098-carat diamond has been unearthed by the Debswana Diamond Company. The impressive stone - which is thought to be the third...
Congress has introduced a bill that aims to stop facial recognition being used by law enforcement agencies. In this day and age, it's near impossible ...
Via: Wall Street Journal: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s chips are everywhere, though most consumers don’t know it. The company makes almost all of the world’s most sophisticated chips, and many of the simpler ones, too. They’re in billions of products with built-in electronics, including iPhones, personal computers and cars—all without any obvious sign they came […]
Former Speaker says party has become reactionary and xenophobic under its current leadership • The blue wall: what next for the Tories after shock defeat? John Bercow, the former Tory MP and Speaker of the House of Commons, has delivered an extraordinary broadside against Boris Johnson and the Conservative party as he announces he has switched his political allegiance to Labour. In an explosive i
Kilt-wearing fans helped tidy up Leicester Square, where many gathered to cheer on Scottish team Scottish football fans who had descended on London were photographed helping to clear the city’s streets before Friday night’s much-anticipated Euro 2020 game between Scotland and England at Wembley stadium. Fans wearing kilts and draped in Scotland flags picked up rubbish in Leicester Square, where m
The divergence of the conservative American church from Francis’ agenda is now so obvious as to be unremarkable, even when U.S. bishops ignore a Vatican warning.
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley said he won't adhere to rules that set out different guidelines for those who have been vaccinated.
The older of two German shepherds belonging to President Biden and first lady Jill Biden has died, they said Saturday. Champ joined the family at the start of Joe Biden's tenure as vice president. (Image credit: Adam Schultz/White House)
The divergence of the conservative American church from Francis’ agenda is now so obvious as to be unremarkable, even when U.S. bishops ignore a Vatican warning.
New findings published this week in Physical Review Letters suggest that carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen cosmic rays travel through the galaxy toward Earth in a similar way, but, surprisingly, that iron arrives at Earth differently. Learning more about how cosmic rays move through the galaxy helps address a fundamental, lingering question in astrophysics: How is matter generated and distributed acros
The Hubble Space Telescope, which has been peering into the universe for more than 30 years, has been down for the past few days, NASA said Friday.
People living across Europe around 1,400 years ago had a habit of reopening graves and taking out objects for reasons that archaeologists are trying to understand.
Plus: Airbnb's safety squad, a fake pharmacy crackdown, and more of the week's top security news.
A hydrogel that forms a barrier to keep heart tissue from adhering to surrounding tissue after surgery was developed and successfully tested in rodents. The team of engineers, scientists and physicians also conducted a pilot study on porcine hearts, with promising results.
Scientists have developed a new technique that could revolutionize medical imaging procedures using light.
Cynthia Chung “Know Thyself, Nothing to Excess, Surety Brings Ruin” – inscribed at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi Many are aware of the Apollo at Delphi inscription and associate it as words of wisdom, after all, the Temple at Delphi was at the center of global intelligence. Kings, emperors, statesmen, generals from all quarters […]
by Jack Heart & Orage for VT Before 1933 when Hitler assumed power, not a single “god” among IG Farbens “council of gods” supported the National Socialist party. In fact, four of the twelve men making up the council that called themselves gods were Jews. (60) All of them knew full well it was Feder’s […]
After an unsuccessful summit last week this week has seen a successful one, this time in Geneva Switzerland.
Iran’s hardline judiciary chief, Ebrahim Raisi, was elected president with 61.95 percent of the vote, according to figures released by Iran's Interior Minister.
MSN: A video showing a Montreal police officer kneeling on the neck of a Black teen — nearly a year after the city called for a ban on the use of neck restraints — has sparked outrage and comparisons to the death of George Floyd. The 14-year-old, who has not been publicly identified because he […]
If you don’t think Marine guards rape prisoners, you obviously weren’t in the corps Every perversion from Abu Ghraib has gone on at Gitmo every single day for decades And is going on now, as you read this and in secret prisons around the world still operated by the DOD, CIA, DHS, MI 6 and […]

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In this week’s “OMKalen,” Kalen is joined by stylist Ty Hunter and pop artist VINCINT for his second annual Juneteenth roundtable. They discuss their experience as members of both the Black and LGBTQIA+ communities, how the HIV/AIDS epidemic affected their lives as Black queer men, and how they celebrate, embrace, and love who they are, and who they’re becoming. #TyHunter #VINCINT #OMK From: TheE
Bobby Bones meets stunt performer Janeshia Adams-Ginyard, and must work with her to create an action sequence that includes falling off a rooftop and getting an arm set on fire. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe Get More National Geographic: Official Site: http://bit.ly/NatGeoOfficialSite Facebook: http://bit.ly/FBNatGeo Twitter: http://bit.ly/NatGeoTwitter Instagram: http://bit.ly/NatGe
Rapper D Smoke talked with guest host tWitch about his new song, "Kinfolk," which he describes as a "celebration of Blackness," and features his nephew. He also revealed his recent engagement, talked about receiving support from "Rhythm + Flow" judges Cardi B and T.I. after his win on the competition series, and how as a former teacher he shared that victory with his former students. #DSmoke #The
While many leaders lined up to congratulate Raisi on his victory, some groups criticised his human rights record.
From his time at the seminary in Qom to hardline president-elect, Ebrahim Raisi has come a long way.
Unsurprisingly, the reluctance of Western governments to deliver its pledge of an annual $100 billion transfer fund to more than 100 developing countries is threatening to unravel COP26.
What bothers me is the alarmist language attached to (1) such a tiny number, and (2) the likelihood that no one will bother to mention the authors attribute part of the change to a natural climate cycle, the PDO.
A bizarre incident made Director Craig Zobel ask, "What part of human nature lets this happen?'" from Feb 9, 2014 by Doug Plumb (henrymakow.com) "Compliance" is a gripping film about our mindless obedience to authority which flopped badly, proving Americans have little appetite for reality. It grossed only $319,000. On the other hand, t he movie was a hit with critics getting an 81% rating at Rot
Editor's Note: This article was provided by Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, a nonprofit dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. “It’s like having gasoline out there,” said Brian Steinhardt, forest fire zone manager for Prescott and Coconino national forests in Arizona, in a recent AP story about the increasingly fire-prone West. Now 

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