Tuesday, August 09, 2022

8 August - Blogs I'm Following - 4 of 4

 The Rio Times

19 hours ago
Resistance to inflation and rip-off: 75,000 Britons refuse to pay electricity bills
In the UK, the cry “We are the people” also seems to be echoing ever louder through the streets. People are increasingly demonstrating against the sharp rise in energy prices, and now a boycott movement is spreading. The group “Don’t Pay the UK” wants to get at least one million Britons not to pay their […] read more
Will Fighting in Gaza Trigger a Wider War? | Inside Story
Click on image for article. [image: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/analysis/analysis-deal-of-century-and-the-plan-to-relocate-palestinians/1716084#]https://www.aa.com.tr/en/analysis/analysis-deal-of-century-and-the-plan-to-relocate-palestinians/1716084# [image: https://www.yenisafak.com/en/columns/hayrettinkaraman/the-jews-were-not-exiled-to-madagascar-however-the-palestinians-may-be-driven-to-2047013]Click on image for article. [image: https://www.jns.org/report-netanyahu-offered-obama-administration-palestinian-state-in-sinai/]Click on image for article. [image: https://www.middleeas... read more
Organised crime reforms in Victoria allow police to seize digital assets
Victorian police will soon be able to seize digital wallets from criminals found in possession of drugs or guns to help 'crack down on black market organised crime'. read more
Vox - All16 hours ago
An end-of-life doula’s advice on how to make the most of your time on earth
[image: Cartoon of an older woman happily swinging on a swing.] Denis Novikov/Getty Images Life is short. Here’s how to cherish every day of it. “I want a party in the woods with an all-night campfire. I’ll be off to the side in a sleeping bag, nice and cozy. There will be s’mores and cocktails. My friends can come and go, saying goodbye however they want, or just sitting quietly with me and holding my hand. Nobody should touch my feet, though. I *hate* having my feet touched. A playlist of my favorite songs should be on repeat. I’d like to die as the fire burns out at dawn. Light... read more
Snopes.com16 hours ago
Albuquerque Police Seek Car in Killings of 4 Muslim Men
Albuquerque police said they released photos of the vehicle suspected of being used in the four homicides, hoping people could help identify the car. read more
The Rio Times17 hours ago
Brazil elections 2022: Lula da Silva closes alliance and expands it to eight parties
The former Brazilian president and candidate, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, formalized a broad alliance of eight parties to dispute the October elections, although he did not resolve a political crisis in Rio de Janeiro; while the president Jair Bolsonaro will seek reelection with the support of a coalition . . . To read the […] read more
Vox - All17 hours ago
School vaccine mandates for Covid-19 are not happening
[image: A high school student wearing a black mask cleans out a blue locker, alone in a long hallway of lockers. She’s kneeling on the floor and putting folders and books in a pair of yellow tote bags.] Most US school districts are going mask-optional this coming school year. | Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The enthusiasm for requiring kids to get their shots has mostly evaporated. For the third summer in a row, school leaders are facing the question of what — if anything — they’re going to do to stop the spread of Covid-19 when students return to classroom... read more
Do You “Announce” Autism for Safety?
I purchased these stickers from Amy Yardley a few weeks ago. This one is on my front door, slightly doctored to reflect 3 residents, in case of emergency. I used to hesitate to "advertise" my daughters' autism like this. How... Related Stories - Travel Mask Mandate In Our Future? - If Doctors Said EVERY Cancer Diagnosis is Likely Terminal What Would Patients Do? - Emergency Alert Autism Sticker for Car & Home read more
Bacon's Rebellion18 hours ago
Newport News School Officials Should Be In Trouble
by Kerry Dougherty Sue them. Sue them all. This is my unsolicited advice to the parents of two Newport News high school students who were shot last September by a violent criminal who should never have been allowed in their … Continue reading → read more
MJBizDaily18 hours ago
Marijuana MSO Parallel faces financial hurdles after $1.9B SPAC deal collapses
William "Beau" Wrigley Jr. and his Parallel marijuana company face litigation over a failed merger with Scooter Braun's Ceres Acquisition Corp. Marijuana MSO Parallel faces financial hurdles after $1.9B SPAC deal collapses is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs read more
Mining Awareness +18 hours ago
Remembering Chris Hedges’ Role in Leading the US into the Second Iraq War
Chris Hedges’ articles in the New York Times were used as justification for going to war in Iraq in 2003, … Continue reading → read more
Survival Garden Begins
The start of my Survival Victory garden. Continue reading → read more
Mining Awareness +19 hours ago
Russian Troops Again Opened Fire on Zaporizhzhia NPP; Worker Injured; Rockets Hit Close to Spent Fuel Dry Storage
Zaporizhzhia NPP Spent Fuel Dry Storage (lower left in picture). “No one in the world can feel safe when terrorist … Continue reading → read more
The Rio Times19 hours ago
100,000 ‘volunteers’ from North Korea for Ukraine front?
The war in Ukraine, which has been going on for months, is also draining the resources of the Russian army. On Russian television, in response to reports that Pyongyang might send 100,000 troops to support Russian soldiers in Ukraine, anchorman Igor Korochenko said that manpower for reconstruction was also needed. According to a report by […] read more
The Rio Times20 hours ago
Analysis: Hungary’s Viktor Orban envisions leading the West’s conservative counterrevolution
What Orban has done is draw attention to that which practically no Western leader or their perception management proxies dares to talk about, which is the undeclared ideological civil war that’s raging within their civilization between liberal-globalist members of the establishment and conservative-sovereigntist populists. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addressed this year’s Conservative Political Action […] read more
Vox - All18 hours ago
How effective altruism went from a niche movement to a billion-dollar force
[image: An illustration showing people falling around the Earth floating in space along with various forms of money, fragments of US political buildings, and symbols that represent effective altruism (such as light bulbs and pencils). The colors in this composition blue and grey, with little accents of yellow and red.] Effective altruism has gone mainstream. Where does that leave it? Seven years ago, I was invited to my first EA Global, the flagship conference of the effective altruism movement. I was fascinated by effective altruism (EA), which defines itself as “using evidence a... read more
The Rio Times18 hours ago
Private investment continues to rise, Brazilians believe in the future of their country
In the first quarter of 2022, private investment accounted for 17.39% of GDP, while public investment was 1.61%. This percentage represents an increase from the same period in 2021, when private investment accounted for 15.92% of GDP, while public investment accounted for only 1.61%. Investments are essential to promote the economic development of the country. […] read more
The Rio Times18 hours ago
Extreme poverty in Brazil is declining and is well below the world average -IPEA
According to a study by Erik Figueiredo, president of Ipea, the percentage of families in extreme poverty will be 4% by the end of the year. In 2019, before the pandemic, it was 5.1%. The study, which Pode360 had access to, was presented by Figueiredo at a meeting with the government on Friday. It has […] read more
Retraction Watch19 hours ago
Company’s Alzheimer’s treatment study earns a flag
A journal has issued an expression of concern for a federally-funded paper on Alzheimer’s disease after a sleuth on PubPeer noted potentially duplicated figures in the article. We shouldn’t forget to mention, as the paper did, that one of the authors – a prominent scientist who happens also to be a co-editor in chief of … Continue reading Company’s Alzheimer’s treatment study earns a flag read more
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From Jenna Orkin New Cancer Study Results Confirm Lasting Effects on 9/11 First RespondersChina expands military drills, escalates threats against Taiwan Why the Chair of the Lancet’s COVID-19 Commission Thinks The US Government Is Preventing a Real Investigation Into the Pandemic Japan Needs to Look at Links Between Church and StateChina IPO Market Trounces the World With Record $58 Billion BoomRecord coral cover on parts of Great Barrier Reef, but global heating could jeopardise recoveryThieves steal at least 20 whole briskets worth thousands of dollars from famous Texas barbecue ... read more
CFACT20 hours ago
The scientific evil and good we do lives on
The global warming movement has damaged scientific integrity. Can we get it back? The post The scientific evil and good we do lives on appeared first on CFACT . read more
Virtual Mirage20 hours ago
Finding the New Enemy
It could be DeSantis or somebody else. It really doesn’t matter to the woke. The plutocrat-controlled news media is gearing up for the next, boringly predictable, round of mouth-foaming, epileptic histrionics. Even though President Trump is predictably the next Republic candidate for President in two years, God willing, the news wants their inner-city zombies […] The post Finding the New Enemy appeared first on Virtual Mirage. read more
Memes that made me laugh 120
Gathered around the Internet over the past week. Click any image for a larger view. More next week. Peter read more
bilaterals.org20 hours ago
Vietnam, Israel make progress in FTA negotiations
08-Aug-2022 Vietnam and Israel have made progress during the recently eleventh round of negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries. read more
Need To Know21 hours ago
Lauren Boebert: Why Do IRS Agents Need $700K in Ammunition?
Representative Lauren Boebert tweeted this message: “The Internal Revenue Service bought nearly $700K in ammunition earlier this year which begs the questions, why do their agents need guns to do their job and who are the IRS arming their agents against?” read more
Indigenous Women at the Forefront of Transformational Change
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 08 (IPS) - The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, commemorated annually on August 9, is a day to celebrate the many contributions of the 476 million Indigenous peoples worldwide. Read the full story, “Indigenous Women at the Forefront of Transformational Change”, on globalissues.org → read more
From the Field: Outreach across the Horn of Africa
In July, a UN human rights officer embarked on an outreach visit to the Horn of Africa’s Sool and Sanaag regions, a seven-day round-trip of more than 1,600 kilometres by road. Read the full story, “From the Field: Outreach across the Horn of Africa”, on globalissues.org → read more
Need To Know21 hours ago
Unbelievable News Out of Spain — Air Conditioning Cut in the Height of Summer
Spain’s socialist government is actually imposing a decree that bans air conditioning below 27°C (80.6°F) in all public and commercial places including airports, public transport, restaurants, cinemas and more. read more
China says Australia can’t trust Japan because they bombed Darwin 80 years ago
All socialists – whether they're the blue-haired gender queer climate activist at your local university campus or a ruthless dictator from Russia or China – share one thing in common. They all construct their own realities to benefit their political causes and the acquisition and maintenance of power. read more
Silent War: China is Deadly Serious About Infiltrating America
I understood this was happening from the get go in 1980 as it could be expected behaviour. I took specific comfort in knowing that I would not be alone in knowing this. This has always been the task of MIL INTEL and that is why the Q feed was so important in terms of general disclosure. The CCP is joined at the Hip with the global Luciferians and all are now going through their death throes while we all look like we are losing. full disclosure is accelerating as well. It take much longer than i anticipated. Understand that the Q feed was informed from our near future and not ... read more
The Earth Had Its Shortest Day in Recorded History
just is case you thoughjt that we ever had perfect knowledge. Here are some more scientific excuses. Recall that the Sun - Earth Moon is clearly designed with the precission of a gear sprocket set and the Moon itself looks like a machine used to TERRA FORM Earth. I meant that it is machine and a powerful gravity machina at that. After all it arrived here and moved into the gravity well of Terra. rotated back at least a billion years in TIME, then peeled a layer of the crust of half of Terra to create our ocean basins. It then moved back up to establish its highly convenient o... read more
Notre-Dame Cathedral Will Reopen by 2024
This is lovely news. We also need to see a global movement to build cathedrals all over wherever a human population can honour it. This sounds almost insane, but these structures are all built to stand for at least a thousand years and really for thousands of years. Our human destiny is to create Heaven on Earth for millions of years, so why should our spirit not be uplifted in our wonderful architecture as well. when Heaven on Earth exists, our children need a place to gather where they can see that they are one with us and where the spirit can be uplifted. .So yes, Notre Da... read more
Has Drug-Driven Medicine Become a Form of Human Sacrifice?
It appears that the whole massive pharma MEME is completely captured by the Luciferian MEME and this is what we are experiencing. we also understand this as BAAL worship in our oldest scrtiptures and there has been an underground fight to eliminate this EVIL going back forever. now you understand just what Yesua launched in order to overcome this persistent hidden evil. We all have a role to play even if it is to die as a sacrifice. Do you feel a loss of energy? We have never accepted the reality of EVIL such as this and to discover it under foot is astonishing. We have al... read more
Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Sunday 7 August 2022 – Plus Weekly Update
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily wind power generation data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click […] read more
Need To Know21 hours ago
UK Government Says Fuel Prices to Increase by 60% in October. Brits May Stop Paying Bills.
The UK is now warning citizens that their energy bills are about to surge over 60% in October. About 75,000 citizens have pledged to refuse to pay their bills for a mass non-payment action under a campaign by 'Don't Pay UK' that is trying to get 1 million people to join the consumer strike. read more
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* Old English classic Beowulf gets slapped with trigger warning as university dons fear students may be distressed to read about monsters* * How pathetic. Beowulf is a rare window into the values of our pre-Christian past* It's a staple of English literature courses, an Old English epic poem so dramatic it has even spawned a computer-animated action fantasy film. Yet academics have slapped a ‘trigger warning’ on Beowulf, cautioning students that they may read about ‘monsters’. The University of Aberdeen believes that students reading Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Studies may be distresse... read more
Need To Know22 hours ago
China Bought $6.1 Billion in US Real Estate Last Year
Overall, foreign buyers bought $59 billion worth of US homes,. Canadians bought $5.5 billion in US houses, Indians bought $3.6 billion, Mexicans $2.9 billion, and Brazilians $1.6 billion,. Liz Wheeler points out that America's policy of selling land to foreign nationals is outdated and leaves our country vulnerable. read more
OrientalReview.org23 hours ago
Ukraine War Is Losing Its Sparkle. Where’s The Lady With The Lamp?
The Russian Defence Ministry announced yesterday that at around 9.20 a.m. Moscow time, Razoni, ship flying the flag of Sierra Leone, left Odessa port in Ukraine as part of the recent grain deal. Razoni is carrying a cargo of maize to Istanbul port. The MOD said the “control of the […] read more
Need To Know23 hours ago
Scientists Create ‘Synthetic Embryos’ From Mice Stem Cells Instead of Fertilized Eggs
Scientists at the Weizmann Institute in Israel found that instead of using a fertilized egg to create an embryo, stem cells from mice can be made to self-assemble into early embryo-like structures with an intestinal tract, the beginnings of a brain, and a beating heart. read more
Assyrian Simmele Massacre Still Not Recognized By Iraq
Maryam Shmoil, an Assyrian in Iraq, visits the site of the 1933 Simmele Massacre of Assyrians by Iraq. ( AINA)(AINA) -- August 7th is Assyrian Martyrs Day and it is commemorated everywhere in the world by Assyrians. read more
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE23 hours ago
An infant with severe hemophilia A with intracranial hemorrhage mistaken for child abuse: a case report
https://www.bloodresearch.or.kr/journal/view.html?doi=10.5045/br.2022.2022073 read more
Need To Know23 hours ago
Swedish Pathologist Reports Increase in Cancer after COVID Vaccines
Dr. Ute reported that there has been an increase in cancer samples from people in their 30’s-50’s, tumor sizes have increased, multiple tumors are being discovered and cancers that were in remission are now recurring shortly after vaccination. read more
The Duran23 hours ago
Observations from the USA, Episode 1: Florida [Video]
As promised, I traveled to the United States in July after a two-and-a-half year absence from the country. That absence started just before COVID-19 did its thing to the world, and it continued while the secularist Democrats did their thing to the United States in the stolen election of 2020. This post is a bit late […] read more
Charles Frith1 day ago
Mirror Mirror on the Wall
The internet has by now been largely scrubbed of the information that the early victims, whistleblowers and survivors used it for, to share their knowledge and experiences. Back in those days I took a lot of it with a large pinch of salt as the claims were so off-the-fucking-charts weird. I didn't know about the Inversion Method back then. Used by the network to both taunt and revel in doing the opposite of what people thought they did or said, but it was all there, out in the open for anyone to see. That said I don't mind sharing that Disney and NASA were or still are, separate div... read more
It’s Monday On Turtle Island
Woke Britain: Bank of England’s woke agenda. Peter Hitchens on the West and China. How migrants are foot soldiers for crime bosses. The financial corruption in Britain. Justin will be bringing this hate crime course to Canada. The Dutch farmers are still in the fight. Biden’s America: Today’s Hunter Biden story. CNN orders you not… Continue reading → read more
August 8th – 2022 Presidential Politics – Resistance Day 566
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the JoeBama Administration and Presidency. “This is no small thing, to restore a republic after it has fallen into corruption. […] The post August 8th – 2022 Presidential Politics – Resistance Day 566 appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Monday August 8th – Open Thread
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL. […] The post Monday August 8th – Open Thread appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
USDA wants to reinstate organic welfare standards; could benefit food safety
Celebrating the USDA’s move on Aug. 5 to reinstate organic animal welfare standards, organic advocates are hailing this as a “resounding victory” for organic farmers, their livestock, and organic consumers. As such, it reverses the withdrawal by the Trump Administration in 2018 of the 2017 Organic Livestock and Poultry rule. The 2017 rule, which took... Continue Reading read more
New Zealand latest country part of Salmonella tahini outbreak
Tahini from Syria has been linked to a trio of illnesses in New Zealand with recalls continuing across Europe. The three patients have been infected with Salmonella Kintambo. Patients have previously been reported in the United States, Canada and across Europe as part of a wider outbreak. In late July in New Zealand, Middle East recalled... Continue Reading read more
August 8, 2022: Reader Tips
This evening we present the 1971 classic, The French Connection. Your most intriguing tips are much appreciated! read more
When Will Foreign Leaders Start Asking To Speak To America’s REAL Government?
Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ During the furor over Nancy Pelosi’s incendiary Taiwan visit last week, I was watching an appearance by Antiwar’s Dave DeCamp on the show Rising which brought up the under-discussed point that US officials going to Taipei is […] read more
Michael West1 day ago
Calls to brand Russia terrorist state
The Latvian foreign minister has called for all nations to brand Russia a terrorist state following a meeting with his Australian counterpart where Ukrainian support featured in the discussions. Edgars Rinkevics proposed a total ban on Russian citizens entering Europe and the “civilised world” as well as the establishment of a legal framework to brand […] read more
President Trump CPAC Introduction Video
This was the introduction video for President Donald Trump before his CPAC speech. {Direct Rumble Link} Enjoy Posted in Donald Trump, Election 2024, media bias, President Trump, Uncategorized The post President Trump CPAC Introduction Video appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more

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