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Sharyl Attkisson

• (VIDEO) NBC: All 27 who tested positive for Covid on cruise ship were fully

  Watch Kerry Sanders' story by clicking the box below.

• (FORUM) We shouldn't have stayed home. Did health officials ever admit

  What many scientists feared at the beginning of the Covid-19 "stay-at-home" orders proved true

• (WATCH) Sturgis: Not a super spreader event, after all

  This report first aired on Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson in March, 2021. Watch the video at the link.

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BlackListed News

Free Society Dwindles as Permission Requirements Grow

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a bonanza for government officials, allowing them to extend authority that

• Unbelievable Photo Shows Hundreds Of Afghans Escaped Taliban Aboard U.S. C-

  A startling photo has emerged of hundreds of Afghans crammed into a U.S. military C-17 that took off from

• HATE HOAX: Investigation Reveals Tennessee Vax Director Bought Muzzle She

  Tennessee's former top vaccine official Dr Michelle Fiscus claimed last month that someone tried to

• Billions Spent on Afghan Army Ultimately Benefited Taliban

  And now, here’s an actual AP headline from today, “Billions Spent on Afghan Army Ultimately Benefited

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naked capitalism

• Michael M. Thomas, R.I.P

  I am very much saddened by the death of Michael M. Thomas, from old money and high finance, and vocally

• Links 8/17/2021

• The US Is Losing Power and Influence Even In Its Own Back Yard

  Politically, economically and geopolitically, the sands are shifting in Latin America -- and not in

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NEPC - Blog Post of the Day

• Nancy Bailey's Education Website: Pandemic Learning Loss Reports That

  Nancy Bailey's Education Website: Pandemic Learning Loss Reports That Sell Online Programs Are Harmful

• Teach in a Strange Land: Mission, Vision, Purpose and Other Things Nobody

  Teach in a Strange Land: Mission, Vision, Purpose and Other Things Nobody Pays Attention to in Public

• Ed in the Apple: Can We Create Student Assessments That Are Helpful to

  Ed in the Apple: Can We Create Student Assessments That Are Helpful to Teachers? Every spring

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Energy

• NRG Energy is placing its headquarters solely in Houston

  The NRG brand is committing to Houston long-term.

• Texas power company seeks bankruptcy protection after storm

  The largest and oldest power cooperative in Texas is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing

• Oil powers ahead as critical OPEC+ meeting looms

  Oil rebounded from its biggest slump since November ahead of a key OPEC+ meeting.

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Politics, Policy, Political News Top Stories

• Disbelief and betrayal: Europe reacts to Biden's Afghanistan '

  "This does fundamental damage to the political and moral credibility of the West," says a senior

• The whole world is watching

  The fall of Afghanistan has painful implications for President Joe Biden.

• U.S. military to pick up pace of evacuation flights out of Afghanistan

  “We predict that our best effort could look like 5,000 to 9,000 passengers departing per day,” said Army

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Navajo Times

• Digital school paves way to college for Diné student

  When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, Kristen Hosteen searched online for a digital program for her

• Education Briefs: Nurse donates $10K to Diné College

  Joy Shannon Reich, a public health nurse, donated $10,000 to Diné College to provide financial assistance

• Bearsun’s effect: Why are Diné obsessed with man in bear suit?

  A man dressed in a teddy bear suit and wearing kélchí walked through Diné Bikéyah last week. The post

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Ancient Code

• Woolly Mammoth ‘Proxy’ Could One Day Roam the North American Tundra

  The woolly mammoth may have gone extinct as recently as 4,000 years ago on Wrangel Island near

• NASA’s Bill Nelson Pushes for Scientific UFO Research 1 Month into Office

  Bill Nelson, 78, the former Florida senator and spaceflight veteran, became the NASA Administrator on 

• Harry Reid: We May Be Close to Finding Out Truth About UFOs

  Former Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid continues to call for leading with science when studying UFOs

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DutchNews.nl

• Louis van Gaal confirmed as Oranje coach for third time

  Louis van Gaal has been officially confirmed as coach of the Dutch national men’s football team for a

• Decline in coronavirus cases slows down, positive test rate up

  Coronavirus cases fell by 8% in the second week of August, but the percentage of all tests that were

• Three Dutch universities included in AWRU top 100 ranking

  Rotterdam’s Erasmus University has dropped out of the top 100 of the prestigious Academic Ranking of

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BleepingComputer

• Brazilian government discloses National Treasury ransomware attack

  The Brazilian Ministry of Economy has disclosed a ransomware attack that hit some of its computing systems

• Critical bug impacting millions of IoT devices lets hackers spy on you

  Security researchers are sounding the alarm on a critical vulnerability affecting tens of millions of

• Fortinet patches bug letting attackers takeover servers remotely

  Fortinet has released security updates to address a command injection vulnerability that can let attackers

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Accuracy In Academia

• Biden fails Economics 101 during pandemic economy

  In Economics 101 college courses, students usually are warned against wantonly printing money, creating

• Target follows Walmart’s lead, offers debt-free college degrees

  In late July, retail giant Walmart announced it would offer free college tuition and books to its workers,

• Walmart offers free college tuition to workers

  In a post-pandemic economic recovery, retail giant Walmart chose to beef up its employee benefits programs

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altahrir, news of Islam, Muslims, Arab Spring and special Palestine

• Over 30,000 Palestine refugees face ‘dire’ conditions in southern Syria

  The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) yesterday warned that more than

• Hamas official: Situation in Gaza is leading to escalation

  The difficult living conditions under which Palestinians in Gaza are living will lead to an escalation of

• Israel confiscates chocolate heading to Gaza

  Israeli Defence Ministry yesterday confiscated a large number of chocolate bars which were destined for the

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BBC News - Home

• Afghanistan: Striking image captures Kabul exodus

  A photo appears to show hundreds of Afghans packed on a US military plane as they flee the Taliban.

• 'How many more American lives is it worth?'

  "How many more American lives is it worth?" asks the president, amid growing criticism over the

• How the Taliban seized Afghanistan again

  Taliban fighters have swept across Afghanistan taking control of towns and cities.

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Bartholomew's Notes

• Court Finds For Former MP in Counterclaim Against “VIP Sex Abuse” Accuser

  From the Daily Mail: A former Liberal Democrat MP is to receive libel damages from an alleged fantasist who

• Sandy Hook Conspiracism: A Note on Moon Rock Books

  From CBS News, in June: The father of a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre has won a

• BBC News Probes “Annie Tacker”

  This one is being widely reported – from Phil Kemp at BBC News: There are many unanswered questions

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CBPP Comprehensive Reports and Blog Posts

• How Many Weeks of Unemployment Compensation Are Available?

  The federal-state unemployment insurance (UI) system helps many people who have lost their jobs by

• Modernizing SNAP Benefits Will Help Millions of Families Afford Healthy

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an update to the Thrifty Food Plan, which is used

• Recovery Bill Should Restore Child Tax Credit to Children Without Social

  In upcoming recovery legislation Congress should restore Child Tax Credit eligibility to the up to 675,000

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Coyote Blog

• Afghanistan Was Always Going to End This Way

  I understand that Afghanistan is falling into what is sure to be a heart-breaking mess as the Taliban

• Crazy Government Responses to COVID Part 2: Feelz Before Facts

  Part one of this series was on government incentives.  Part two of this series was originally going to be &

• Crazy Government Responses to COVID Part 1: Understanding Incentives

  When I argue with folks about the irrationality of certain COVID NPI mandates, eg masks and lockdowns

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Dandelion Salad

• Kabul has Fallen, by Kenn Orphan + U.S.-backed Afghan Government Surrenders

  by Kenn Orphan Writer, Dandelion Salad Halifax, Nova Scotia August 16, 2021 “The Taliban is not the North

• Abby Martin: CIA Stories: The Cuban Who Conned the CIA

  Dandelion Salad Empire Files on Aug 14, 2021 Amidst Biden’s new regime change operation in Cuba, Abby

• Chris Hedges and Danny Sjursen: The Historical Myths About World War II

  Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges RT America on Aug 14, 2021 On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses

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Inter Press Service

• As the Taliban Returns, 20 Years of Progress for Women Looks Set to

  As the Taliban takes control of the country, Afghanistan has again become an extremely dangerous place to

• A New Global Agenda on Sport for 2030

  The writer, co-Founder of ENGAGE, a not-for-profit NGO in Nepal, writes on volunteerism, social inclusion,

• Poor Sales at Slated Namibian Elephant Auction

  A heavily criticised Namibian government sale of elephants has attracted only a third of its expected sales

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INTERNATIONALIST 360°

• Africa’s Ever-Deepening Imperialist Hell, and the Revolutionary Movement

  Rainer Shea Somalia (left) and South Africa (right) Africa, with its growing instability, is a later-stage

• Earthquake Devastates Haiti: Canada Shouldn’t Make it Worse

  Yves Engler With “friends” like Canada, Haiti is in deep trouble. Justin Trudeau’s statement that this

• The Anatomy of US Interventionism in Bolivia & Latin America

  Kawsachun NewsKawsachun News spoke exclusively to Juan Ramon Quintana, former Minister of the Presidency

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New Content on CO2 Science

• Crop Breeding for High Production, Water Use Efficiency & Albedo

  It's a good way to confront mankind's growing need for food and the water needed to produce it

• Biospheric Productivity (Global: The Recent Past) -- Summary

  Since 1980 the Earth has weathered three of the warmest decades in the instrumental temperature record, a

• Catastrophic Floods of Dartmoor, South West England

  Are they few and far-between? ... or are they growing ever more frequent ... and ferocious?

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MercoPress

• Paraguayan Supreme Court Justice Gladys Bareiro de Modica dies

  Paraguay's Supreme Court Justice Gladys Bareiro de Modica has passed away Monday

• Argentine relatives of COVID-19 victims stage “March of the Stones”

  Argentine relatives of people who have died of COVID-19 Monday staged the so-called

• Uruguay central bank raises “price of money” reference from 4,5% to 5%

  The Uruguayan central bank following the meeting of its Copom, Monetary Policy

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National Wind Watch: Wind Energy News

• Study: Wind farm could have ‘major’ impacts on commercial fishing #NY #RI

  Development of the South Fork Wind Farm off the coast of Rhode Island would have an overall “major

• New Bedford fishermen, officials question New York offshore wind areas as

  NEW BEDFORD – As sections of ocean off the coast of New York near auction to offshore wind developers,

• Bord na Mona accused of whitewash over Offaly wind farm opposition #IRL

  Independent TD for Laois Offaly Carol Nolan has said that there is a sense of profound and bitter

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www.thenewfederalist.eu

• The Bulletin, Vol.1 Issue 28

  - Newsletter

• The challenges faced by transgender asylum seekers in Europe

  Within modern day Europe, it is assumed and believed by many that our society is one that can be classified

• Belarus: is death the only way to freedom?

  Two months ago, in Belarus, a political prisoner Vitold Ashurak died in the colony at the age of 50 from a

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Big Picture News, Informed Analysis

• Code Red Climate Hype

  The United Nations is a hype machine. In the midst of pandemic anxiety, its adds more fear to the fire.

• Breastfeeding Infant Dies After Mom Is Vaccinated

  CDC says there's no data about COVID vaccines & nursing infants. But its own database records the

• Two Vaccine Doses, Two Leg Amputations

  Minnesota woman develops catastrophic health problems after her second COVID-19 vaccine.

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Online Cancer Blog

• The Survival Rate of Each Lung Cancer Stage

  We all know that there are many stages of lung cancer and you might be wondering how each stage is like and

• Chocolates Help Fight Cancer- Myth or Truth?

  How amazing (and difficult) is it to love something that is also supposed to do you a world of good

• Top 6 Symptoms That Indicate Breast Cancer

  Cancer is one of the fastest growing cause of deaths in the world. The most common type of cancer include &

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Signs of the Times

• Parts of South Africa and Lesotho covered in blanket of snow up to 8 inches

  Over the weekend parts of South Africa and Lesotho were transformed into a wintery wonderland as snow

• Rare blue lightning captured over Mexico, Perseid meteor smoke photographed

  Aug. 15, 2021 Rain. Clouds. Thunder. The stratosphere has none of those things. Weather up there is pretty

• New Zealand to enter nationwide lockdown after single coronavirus case

  18% of New Zealand's population is full vaccinated. New Zealand's government took drastic action

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Stuff.co.nz - Stuff

• Inquiry launched into Wellington train derailment

  Transport Accident Investigation Commission is looking into cause of Tuesday's Wellington train

• Covid-19: The narrative of the latest community case

  It's been 170 days since the last community case and more than a year since the whole country was last

• New Zealander stuck in Kabul wants to get home with husband and child

  A Kiwi woman in Kabul is desperately trying to get her young family out of the city as the Taliban take

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Freethought Blogs

• SNAP benefits to increase permanently

  In a welcome move, the Biden administration has permanently increased the amount of support families get

• Did I really need a reminder of what my day will be like?

  No, I did not. I am currently at the stage where I popped those ungodly unnatural pills, and have felt

• Also, Terry Pratchett wasn’t a bigot

  I was going to post this video, but Charly beat me to it. The YouTuber Shaun posted an excellent discussion

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