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The American Dream

• They Want National Internet Speech Regulations So That They Can Legally Censor You Into Oblivion

  Facebook, Twitter and other big tech companies actually want standardized Internet speech regulations.  In fact, Facebook has been spending millions of dollars on ads that openly call for more government regulation of speech on the Internet. ...

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• Is Joe Biden Just Incompetent, Or Is He Killing The U.S. Economy On Purpose?

  Joe Biden keeps telling us that he wants a strong economy, but he keeps doing things that he knows will hurt the economy.  How can we explain this?  One possibility is that he is simply extremely incompetent.  Perhaps he really does want to...

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• Are You Nauseated By How Politically Correct The NFL, The NBA And Major League Baseball Have Become?

  The forces of political correctness ruin everything that they touch, and that includes our major sports leagues.  I grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, and that was truly a golden era for sports in America.  Back in those times, men were still men...

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CNET

• Samsung's display chief to kick off CES 2022 with a 'call to action' on climate change - CNET

  The keynote will lead off the first in-person CES since January 2020.

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• Frontier Communications vs. Charter Spectrum: Which is best for your home internet? - CNET

  With footprints that cover much of the continental US, these are two of the biggest internet providers in the country. Here's how they stack up.

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• Squid Game ending explained and all your burning questions answered - CNET

  Everything you need to know about the ending, plus season 2, that creepy Red Light Green Light doll and the oh-so-breakable candy shapes.

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Dandelion Salad

• Abby Martin Confronts Nancy Pelosi Over Pentagon Spending at COP26

  Dandelion Salad with Abby Martin Empire Files on Nov 9, 2021 Abby Martin confronts Speaker Nancy Pelosi about why she presided over a massive increase to the Pentagon budget, a larger polluter than 140 countries combined and exempt from climate...

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• The Road To A Climate Hell Of >4 Degrees C Is Littered With Untruths, by Andrew Glikson + Greta Thunberg: COP26 Is A Failure

  by Andrew Glikson Guest Writer, Dandelion Salad Australia November 9, 2021 Once again the hopes of billions have been raised only to be shattered, this time by the cruel joke of cop-26, the truth being that “By 2030, governments are planning...

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• Michael Hudson: The Neoliberal Exploitation Under a Super-Imperialism Lens

  with Michael Hudson Writer, Dandelion Salad November 8, 2021 An interview on The Zero Hour to discuss the newly-released third edition of the 1971 book, Super-Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire. The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow...

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The Economic Collapse

• When It Comes To 2022, You Should Definitely Prepare For The Worst

  If you have a bad feeling about 2022, you are not alone.  As we approach the new year, it seems like things are going wrong all around us.  We are facing the most epic supply chain crisis in our history, inflation is out of control, vaccine mandates...

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• Used Vehicle Prices Hyperinflate As Inflation Begins To Spiral Out Of Control All Over America

  It turns out that all of the “doom and gloomers” that were warning that we would eventually experience nightmarish inflation were right after all.  In particular, vehicle prices have become exceedingly painful in recent months. ...

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• Where Did They Go? There Are Supposedly 107 Million Working Age Americans That Do Not Have A Job Right Now

  We are being told that we are in the midst of the worst worker shortage in the history of the United States, but the numbers that we are being given by the federal government suggest that there should be no shortage of workers.  As I will detail...

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Eurasia Review

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  Economic Bankruptcy And Extreme Poverty If Iranians: Achievements Of Religious Dictatorship Of Mullahs – OpEd

  When Khomeini made his triumphant return to Iran in 1979, the population of the country was 36 million. In the 42 years that have followed, Iran’s population has grown to more than 85 million. At that time, in 1979, due to incompetence...

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  On Pakistan-TTP Talks – OpEd

  Flashback  In a joint press conference held in Islamabad on November 14, 2020, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister [FM] Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Director General [DG] Inter-Services Public Relations [ISPR] Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar unveiled...

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  ‘Deserts’ Imagined/Reimagined: Reading Camels In The Sky – Review

  Desert travel writing tends to evoke feelings of excitement, enthusiasm and surprises. In an article in The Times Literary Supplement, Caroline Eden wrote that deserts “offer a cultural and geographical otherness that suits travel writing.”...

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Geoengineering Watch

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  Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, November 6, 2021, #326

  Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org The COP26 "smoke and mirrors" conference continues while a constant onslaught of climate catastrophes are wreaking havoc on the planet’s life support systems. From crop harvests to fisheries...

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  Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, October 30, 2021, #325

  Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org The CV-19 variants keep coming, when will it end? The medical industrial complex assures us they will continue to whip up as many different vaccine varieties as it takes, for as long as it takes, and...

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  Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, October 23, 2021, #324

  Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org US officials are continuing to tell Americans that their lives won’t get back to “normal” until they do what they’re told. What is the bottom line factor forcing the blatant desperation...

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intelNews.org

• Israel wants United States to lift sanctions on controversial cyber-spy firms

  THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL is pressuring the United States to reverse its recent decision to blacklist two controversial digital surveillance companies, which Israel sees as “a crucial element of its foreign policy”...

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• US citizen wanted for January 6 attack on Capitol seeks political asylum in Belarus

  AN AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO allegedly participated in the January 6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol appears to have fled abroad and is said to be seeking political asylum in Belarus.

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• Percentage of unvaccinated US spy agency employees remains unknown: report

  MOST AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES will not disclose the percentage of their employees who are vaccinated for COVID-19, or how many are resisting government vaccination mandates for federal workers.

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Joniopolis

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  Joni Ricardo Does Italy Part 2

           Last week I gave you a peek into our family trip to Italy, and this week the peek widens.           After touring the Vatican, I decided to surprise the family with opera tickets. They were delighted. Then I decided to...

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  Joni Ricardo Does Italy Part One

              Trouble began at the airport. St. Bob thought the announcer said “abysmal screenings” instead of “additional screenings.”  He also saw a janitor pushing a giant cart of garbage and muttered, “She’ll never...

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  Passport Pastime

          Six months ago Bob learned that his passport now needed to say Robert, instead of Bob, after all these years. No problem, we weren’t traveling to Italy until October. So in April he filled out the forms, told them our travel dates...

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Niqnaq

• suffering from the climacteric

  The first “climate change” diagnosis is here. But why? And what does that mean for the future? Kit Knightly, OffGuardian, Nov 10 2021 Doctor Kyle Merritt, an attending physician at an emergency department in Nelson BC, added “climate...

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• let the power fall

  The Middle East Powder Keg Brian Cloughley, Strategic Culture, Nov 9 2021 The funeral of Mohamed Dadis, killed by IOF in Nablus, Nov 6, 2021. Photo: Raneen Sawafta/Reuters There are several powder kegs around the world, among them the South...

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• the great and the good – toffs and fucking thieves with titles

  Elites buy us off with trivial protections, while they raid the common wealth Jonathan Cook, Nov 9 2021 In these posts I try to highlight how our social, cultural and political structures are rigged to reflect the interests of an economic elite...

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Inter Press ServiceInter Press Service

• Commonwealth Secretary-General Urges Leaders to “Dig Deeper” in Climate Talks for the Sake of Vulnerable Nations

  Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has appealed to world leaders attending the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 to close the gap in ongoing negotiations this week in Glasgow, with millions of lives and livelihoods on the...

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• Education Cannot Wait Investments Change Lives for Children, Including At-Risk Girls, Children with Disabilities and Teachers in South Sudan

  Ayom Wol sits under a tree in South Sudan in the scorching midday sun. He is a newly-trained teacher, preparing for tomorrow’s lessons. His school principal says he has to prepare while at school because there is no electricity at home. The...

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• COP26 – New Toolkit to Boost Clean Energy Investments in Small Island Nations

  A new toolkit launched in the margins of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 aims to unlock clean energy investments for small island nations, many of whom rely heavily on imported fossil fuels for power generation. Small island developing...

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The Moderate Voice

• Veterans Day 2021: A Special Tribute to Our Women Veterans

  On November 11, America will once again honor all veterans who have served in our Armed Forces. Along with Memorial Day, Veterans Day also honors and mourns those who have died serving our country. Fresh in our memory are the thirteen brave service...

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• ‘He Should Be Expelled’: Republican Paul Gosar Shares Edited Video of Him Killing AOC

  “This man should not serve in Congress,” said Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). “Fantasizing about violently attacking your colleagues has no place in our political discourse and society.” by Jake Johnson Common Dreams Far-right Republican...

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• BIG BIRD ATTACKED BY BIG TURD (Cartoon, Column and Video)

  Senator and above-ground CHUD Ted Cruz has now attacked Big Bird for assuring children they don’t have to be afraid of the vaccines for the coronavirus. After American six-year-olds, became eligible for the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus...

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Mother Jones

• A Capitol Rioter Was Just Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison

  A New Jersey man who was captured on video hitting a police officer in the head outside the Capitol on January 6 has been sentenced to 41 months in prison by a federal judge, the most serious sentence yet stemming from the attack. Scott Fairlamb...

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• GOP Megadonor Announces Plans to Fundraise for Joe Manchin

  Sen. Joe Manchin’s efforts to winnow down key parts of Joe Biden’s agenda appear to have earned him clout with a like-minded constituency: Republican billionaires. In a Wednesday morning interview with CNBC, Home Depot co-founder Ken...

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• What’s With All These Fossil Fuel Lobbyists at UN Climate Talks?

  This story was originally published by YaleE360 and is reproduced here as part of Climate Desk.  It was a statistic that shocked many in Glasgow Monday. An examination of delegation lists by the human rights group Global Witness found that...

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The Watchers - Editor's Picks

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  New lava delta forming at La Palma, over 2 600 homes destroyed since the start of eruption, Canary Islands

  New lava flows produced by the eruption at Cumbre Vieja, La Palma, Canary Islands reached the ocean near Los Guirres at 18:00 UTC on November 9, 2021, forming a new lava delta. As of 07:14 UTC on November 9, lava flows were extending across 999.6...

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  Extremely rare November tornado hits Vancouver, Canada

  An extremely rare November tornado hit the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at 17:10 PDT on November 6, 2021 (01:10 UTC, November 7). The event started as a waterspout over the Strait of Georgia which then came ashore and caused minor...

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  Extremely bright fireball over southern Croatia

  An extremely bright fireball was observed over southern Croatia at 00:05 UTC on November 8, 2021. According to Denis Vida, a meteor physics postdoctoral researcher at Western University, the fireball was brighter than -15M. It ended at the...

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WebMD Health

• Are Food and Fitness Enough to Fight Coronary Artery Disease?

  A healthy lifestyle with a balanced diet and exercise may go only so far to manage your coronary artery disease. So what might you need?

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• Roadside Shrubs Buffer Against Traffic Air Pollution

  Greenery along roadsides where buildings tower could reduce air pollution exposure for pedestrians and cyclists, but how well this works may come down to perfect plant placement.

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• Gen Z Is More Fatalistic Than Boomers About Climate Change

  The popular notion that younger people are likelier to embrace behavioral shifts against climate change may be wrong, a new survey suggests.

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WhoWhatWhy

• Seven Ways to Spot ‘Greenwashing’ by Businesses

  PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please...

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• In Oakland, Wildfire Smoke Chokes the Neediest

  As regional wildfires darkened Oakland’s skies to a deep orange, residents with breathing difficulties — many of them in poorer neighborhoods — were hit hard.

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• Congress Mandates New Car Technology to Stop Drunken Driving

  PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please...

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