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Zoe's Insights

• Global Sea Ice Area 2

  I found two more sources of sea ice concentration data. One is the Hadley Centre, in the UK (Description

• Global Sea Ice Area

  According to many sources (including National Snow and Ice Data Center), global sea ice has been

• Real Global Snowfall Trend

  In a previous post, I tried measuring the global snowfall trend over the last 41 years using a pixel color

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Most recent blog entries

• "No One Cares Mandates Are Killing Us"

  Law of Markets , one of the best blogs around, leads with this soul-crushing item  [more links in the

• A Tale of Two Suicide Notes

  "I didn't know" is the motto of killer cogs, cretins and empty souls everywhere. It is

• Pearl Harbor Betrayal

    Could only take so many of the court histories mis-marking the 80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. No,

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Sharyl Attkisson

• Trump congratulates Melania on new NFT business

  December 17, 2021   Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America

• (READ) Fifty percent of US adults do not support requirement of vaccine

  An official NBC News Survey by Hart Research finds that 50% of American adults oppose the

• Convicted of Murder, Pardoned by Trump-- The Nick Slatten Story (PODCAST)

  Three trials amid prosecutorial misconduct and disputed accounts ended with former military sniper Nick

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BlackListed News

• Appeals Court Allows Biden Private Business Covid-19 Vax Mandate To Take

  A federal appeals court late Friday in a split decision ruled that the Biden administration’s vaccine

• WATCH: NY Cops Arrest Multiple “Unvaccinated” for Trying to Eat Dinner

  Despite multiple claims from heads of state, mainstream media and other local government officials that US

• Bill Gates Calls For Governments To Censor Social Media And Celebrates ‘The

  Perpetual doomsayer Bill Gates has called for censoring social media in his latest effort to combat so

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naked capitalism

• Links 12/18/2021

• The Magnificent History of the Maligned and Misunderstood Fruitcake

  Does the fruitcake get a bum rap?

• How a Group of Starbucks Workers Emerged Victorious in Their Union Fight

  How Starbucks, long hostile to unions, lost a fight with workers in Buffalo despite management pulling out

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Energy

• Texas pipeline company charged in California oil spill

  A Houston-based oil company and two subsidiaries were indicted for a crude spill that fouled Southern

• Exxon Mobil rolls out plan to cut emissions in Permian Basin

  This is the first tangible commitment the company has made to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.  

• ConocoPhillips completes $9.5B acquisition of Shell’s Permian assets

  Report: The majority of Shell’s Midland-based Permian employees and many Houston-based employees were

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Politics, Policy, Political News Top Stories

• White House not budging on Feb. 1 end to student loans forgiveness

  At a meeting with Biden officials Wednesday, advocates tried to "sound the alarm to them about what we

• Cruz secures vote on Russian pipeline sanctions in deal with Schumer

  Cruz agreed to lift his holds on 32 nominees in exchange for the Senate voting in early January on his

• ‘Let’s get a drink’: Dems confront prospect of a 2022 hurricane

  Staring at the possibility of major midterm losses, Democratic leaders are just hoping to limit the damage.

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Navajo Times

• Police searching for missing UNM student

  The New Mexico State Police and the University of New Mexico Police Department are asking for the public’s

• ‘More than an attorney’: Nation mourns former legal counsel Karis Begaye

  Those who knew her best remember attorney Karis Begaye as an even-tempered negotiator who used her legal

• Hardship checks uncashed, unclaimed or unresolved

  On Dec. 7, Acting Controller Elizabeth Begay reported to the Budget and Finance Committee that thousands of

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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

• Dutch health experts recommend hard lockdown, leaving only essential shops

  Dutch government health advisors are recommending a hard lockdown, with all but essential shops and

• Westerschelde fishers warned not to eat their catch

  The public health institute in Zeeland has warned amateur fishers at the Westerschelde estuary not to eat

• Omicron is a major cause for concern, Dutch health minister says

  Health minister Hugo de Jonge has declined to comment on the likelihood of new coronavirus regulations

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BleepingComputer

• Upgraded to log4j 2.16? Surprise, there's a 2.17 fixing DoS

  Yesterday, BleepingComputer summed up all the log4j and logback CVEs known thus far. Ever since the

• The Week in Ransomware - December 17th 2021 - Enter Log4j

  A critical Apache Log4j vulnerability took the world by storm this week, and now it is being used by threat

• TellYouThePass ransomware revived in Linux, Windows Log4j attacks

  Threat actors have revived an old and relatively inactive ransomware family known as TellYouThePass

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Accuracy In Academia

• Maryland school depicts pilgrims as oppressors

  A Maryland public high school permitted a video that disparaged Pilgrims as oppressors, which was produced

• Utah approves “educational equity” rule in schools

  The Beehive State, Utah, has been a conservative bastion for many years. But, due to an influx of West

• North Dakota superintendent blasts “woke” indoctrination in schools

  The reply-all email is a bane of the existence of any office worker or working professional, and it

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

• DRFM elections committee continues ballot recount to choose Gaza leadership

  Gaza-Gaza Post – The Elections Committee of the Democratic Reformists within Fatah

• Extremist settlers assault, injure Palestinians in Jerusalem

  Jerusalem – Gaza Post – Dozens of Palestinians on Friday evening were attacked in the Old

• Fatah calls on Palestinians to unite against settler attacks

  The Palestinian secular group Fatah on Friday called on Palestinians to unite and defend their land, homes

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BBC News - Home

• Covid: Dutch go into Christmas lockdown over Omicron wave

  Non-essential shops, schools, bars, restaurants and other public venues will be closed until at least mid

• Covid-19: More than 10,000 new Omicron cases found in UK

  A major incident has been declared in London as another 90,418 daily UK cases are reported.

• UK troops will not be deployed to Ukraine to defend against Russia

  Britain's defence secretary says this is because Ukraine is not a member of the Nato military alliance.

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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

• In Case You Missed It...

  This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, state budget and taxes, health, Social Security, and

• Georgia’s Plan to Exit Marketplace Will Leave More People Uninsured, Should

  The Biden Administration, which is currently re-examining Georgia’s waiver, should stop the state from

• 5 Reasons Why Congress Should Quickly Pass Build Back Better

  The package — which is fiscally sustainable, based on solid research, and builds on successful existing

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Coyote Blog

• An Open Letter to California Public Recreation Officials

  New California rules are set to effectively end the ability of RVers to use generators to produce power in

• If Fauci Were A Scientist

  I am not blogging much due to some overwhelming work circumstances in my real life.  However, I cannot

• A Few Thoughts on Yale Law School

  I won't go into all the details (one of many articles on this incident here), but the Yale Law School

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Dandelion Salad

• Chris Hedges and Nils Melzer: The Trial of Julian Assange: A Story of

  Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges RT America on Dec 17, 2021 On the show, Chris Hedges discusses The Trial

• Chris Hedges: The Spoils of War – Power, Profit and the American War

  Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges RT America on Dec 16, 2021 Chris Hedges discusses with Andrew Cockburn

• Envisioning A World With No Bosses, by Pete Dolack + Michael Albert: What

  by Pete Dolack Writer, Dandelion Salad Systemic Disorder, Dec. 15, 2021 December 16, 2021 Many people

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Inter Press Service

• Trafficked and Trapped in Libya: A Nigerian Woman’s Story

  Miriam* hoped for a better life in Europe. Instead, her journey ended in Libya, where, double-crossed by

• Nature-Based Solutions for Enhancing Coordinated Action Around Climate

  A key outcome of COP26 climate summit is the enhanced focus on “nature-based solutions” – the plans for

• The Future of an Entire Generation Hangs in the Balance

  COVID-19 has upended our world, threatening our health, destroying economies and livelihoods, and deepening

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INTERNATIONALIST 360°

• Canadian Military’s Ties to USA So Deep One Must Question Their Loyalty

  Yves Engler Who are they “standing on guard” for, really? The Canadian military has deep ties to their US

• The Fall of the Dream of Elections in Libya

  Dr. Mustafa Al-Zaidi Many, including myself, did not believe that the international community managing the

• Militias Threaten Military Escalation to Postpone the Libyan Elections

  Editorial Comment: The Dabaiba government, following orders from Turkey, failed to prepare the security

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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

• Uruguay does not sign joint declaration at Mercosur Summit

  Uruguay stood out for its dissenting stance at the 59th Summit of the Common Market

• President wants Buenos Aires to no longer be capital of Argentina

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday said he was entertaining the idea that

• Police report says Bolsonaro did spread fake news regarding voting system

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was said to have had a “clear purpose” of

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www.thenewfederalist.eu

• A Walled Europe

  Taking into account the large and increasing number of migrants in the world, on 18 December 1990, the UN

• No more boss after working hours: Portugal's new ‘right to disconnect&#

  Remote workers in Portugal could see a healthier work-life balance under new labour laws approved by the

• Interview with Marcel Kolaja, Member of the European Parliament: “The

  In October earlier this year, elections were held in the Czech Republic leading to the fall of Prime

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Big Picture News, Informed Analysis

• Retired Doctor Explains: Why I Won’t Take a COVID Vaccine

  Human rights are not negotiable.

• 2021: The Year Freedom Died

  The right to make our own medical decisions vanished in 2021. What are we teaching the children? Obey the

• New COVID Strategy Desperately Needed

  More Americans have died of COVID this year than last. The vaccines don't stop this disease from

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Signs of the Times

• Mass evacuations as super Typhoon Rai slams into Philippines with wind

  Red Cross says millions at risk as 'one of the world's strongest storms of 2021' makes landfall

• BEST OF THE WEB: Alarming safety, ethical, and efficacy concerns surround

  Plasmodium parasites are as stealthy as pathogens come. The malaria-causing single-celled organisms have

• Wisconsin woman dies saving son from pit bull attack

  The family of a 35-year-old Shawano County woman is calling her a "hero" after she saved her 4

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Stuff.co.nz - Stuff

• Tauranga cafe customers 'close contacts' and must isolate, test

  Five new locations of interest for Covid-19 in the New Zealand community have been released on Sunday.

• Front on its way bringing rain and gales to southern and central regions

  A weather front hitting the south-western South Island on Sunday will bring rain and gale force winds to

• Wellington Phoenix coach Ufuk Talay searching for first win against '

  The chance to get one over his former club will serve as extra motivation for Phoenix coach Ufuk Talay

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Freethought Blogs

• ‘Tis the season for returning stuff

  Retailers have realized that people are more likely to buy something if they can return it later if they

• Nice Try, BBC

  [CONTENT WARNING: transphobia, sexual assault, the BBC] The BBC Complaints Team got back to me! I apologize

• Straining at a gnat while swallowing a camel

  Take a look at this graph that disaggregates the rates of covid-19 deaths according to vaccination status.

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