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The American Dream

• They Are Testing A Super Creepy “Digital Dollar” That They Plan To Introduce Soon

  Are you ready for the government to monitor what you buy and sell on a daily basis?  Because that is what could happen if you start using the new “digital dollar” that they are now testing.  Of course using the new “digital dollar” would...

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• One Way Or Another, The Population Of The Globe Will Soon Be Much Smaller Than It Is Right Now

  This week it is being reported that the human population of our planet has now reached 8 billion.  We should all remember this moment, because soon the population of the globe will start getting much smaller.  In “End Times”, I explain...

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• Another Pestilence: RSV Is Cutting Through The U.S. Like A Blowtorch Through Butter

  We are witnessing an unprecedented explosion of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) all over the United States right now.  RSV is the leading cause of both bronchiolitis and pneumonia in children under the age of one in this country, and globally...

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CNET

• Twitter's Fake-Account Problem Got Messier With Musk. It May Get Worse - CNET

  Twitter's paid verification system is scheduled to come back later this month.

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• Underneath Antarctica's Sea Ice, Scientists Find Life Thriving in the Dark - CNET

  Blooms of microscopic organisms were detected before sea ice retreated for the summer, hinting at hidden ecosystems.

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• 2023 Porsche 911 Dakar Is a Rally Car for the Road - CNET

  Only 2,500 of these unique high-riding German sports cars will be built.

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Dandelion Salad

• Supporters of Peace on Earth Should Support Free College in the United States, by David Swanson

  by David Swanson Writer, Dandelion Salad Let’s Try Democracy, Nov. 15, 2022 November 16, 2022 The one nation on Earth that has not ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the leading hold-out on basic human rights treaties in general...

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• Michael Hudson: The Rentier Economy is a Free Lunch

  by Michael Hudson Writer, Dandelion Salad November 15, 2022 Real Progressives on Nov 5, 2022 Real Progressives hosts a webinar with economist Michael Hudson in an intimate discussion of his book The Destiny of Civilization: Finance Capitalism...

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• Scott Ritter: America’s Hubris is Stunning and a Threat to World Peace, interviewed by Finian Cunningham

  by Finian Cunningham Writer, Dandelion Salad Ireland November 14, 2022 Finian Cunningham on Nov 13, 2022 In a wide-ranging interview with Finian Cunningham, former US military intelligence analyst Scott Ritter calls out a complex of American-made...

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The Economic Collapse

• The End Of The Retail Industry As We Know It Today

  Will this be the last “somewhat normal” holiday season for U.S. retailers?  Normally, the holiday season is the most profitable time of the year for our retailers, but it has become clear that holiday spending is going to be way down in...

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• U.S. Consumers Are Doing EXACTLY What They Did Just Prior To The Crash Of 2008

  We never seem to learn from our mistakes.  Just before the financial markets crashed and the economy plunged into a horrifying recession in 2008, U.S. consumers went on a debt binge of epic proportions.  Mortgage debt, auto loan debt and...

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• Natural Gas Rationing Has Begun

  The global energy crisis has entered an alarming new stage.  In recent months, natural gas prices have risen to absurd heights and supplies have been getting tighter and tighter all over the planet.  But I did not expect that we would see any...

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Eurasia Review

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  Privacy Woes: Google’s ‘Location History’ Settlement – OpEd

  It all speaks to scale: the attorney generals of 40 states within the US clubbing together to charge Google for misleading users.  On this occasion, the conduct focused on making users assume they had turned off the location tracking function...

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  Pentagon Says Ukraine Defense Contact Group Remains United, Determined

  By Jim Garamone The unity of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group is solid and the group is making great strides in getting the Ukraine military the capabilities it needs to defend the country, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said at the...

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  Money Down The Drain: What Loss Of EU Funds Could Mean In Practice For Poland – Analysis

  Poland’s fight with the EU Commission over its reforms to the judiciary could cost it 110 billion euros in lost funds. BIRN puts that into context. By Claudia Ciobanu Poland’s judicial ‘reforms’, amounting to the politicisation...

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intelNews.org

• Sweden charges two brothers with spying for Russian military intelligence

  AUTHORITIES IN SWEDEN HAVE charged two brothers, one of whom worked in a highly secretive Swedish intelligence unit, with spying for Russian military intelligence for a decade, according to news reports...

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• Spy agencies must regulate ethics of manipulation in HUMINT, researcher argues

  IT IS DIFFICULT TO argue against the widely shared view that clandestine human intelligence (HUMINT) is replete with ethical dilemmas. These are inherent in the process of gathering intelligence via the use of human sources or covert agents...

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• Norway arrests alleged Russian illegal who spent years building cover in Canada

  AN ALLEGED RUSSIAN DEEP-cover intelligence operative, who was arrested by Norwegian police last week, spent years building his fake cover in Canada, while studying there as a Brazilian citizen, according to reports. Norway’s Police...

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Joniopolis

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  Cake Mistake

             Oh my gosh. Just last week I showed you how to make a great fake cake, and now I’m showing a ghastly real one.                  Seriously, if I hadn’t told you it was a cake, you’d have thought it was some kind of geode...

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  Fake Cake

            Yes, this is exactly as it sounds. I’m going to show you how to make a fake cake. It’s so easy you’ll be stunned. In fact, you can also watch me demonstrate it on one of my short Youtube Mom videos.             No, I am not a...

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  Sweet Dreams

          Someday I’m going to get pulled over for swerving in the vicinity of ice cream or candy shops, and on the news it will say, “She was driving at a glucose level of 15.8, which is twice the legal limit…”           Okay...

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Niqnaq

• moon of alabama

  Another Ukrainian Missile Stunt Moon of Alabama, Nov 16 2022 A factual assessment: The missile(s) that impacted Polish territory near the Ukrainian border very much looks like a 5V55K from the S-300. https://t.co/Q3KHuettf0 — OSINTtechnical...

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• south front

  Israeli Attacks Continues To Kill Syrians, Iranians South Front, Nov 16 2022 https://s3.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/video/16.11.2022_IMR_Syria.mp4 Israel continues to launch attacks on Syria with the alleged goal of weakening...

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• military summary

  Military Summary And Analysis Military Summary, Nov 16 2022 This video describes the military situation in Ukraine on Nov 16.

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Inter Press ServiceInter Press Service

• Will the Global Energy Crisis Accelerate the Energy Transition? The Big Question at COP27

  COP27 is unlikely to produce new commitments to reduce emissions of climate-changing gases, but the global energy crisis will eventually prompt more action by countries to move away from fossil fuels. That is the positive feeling that many...

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• Rising sea levels force Tuvalu to move to the Metaverse: COP27 speech

  What happens to a country without land? As rising sea levels threaten to submerge our home, we have made a radical plan for the survival of our nation. Watch Tuvaluan Minister Simon Kofe’s address at COP27 and visit https://www.tuvalu.tv...

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• The United Kingdom’s, USA’s and Russia’s Great Game: A History Lesson about War and Greed

  The past is never dead. It's not even past.                                          William Faulkner

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The Moderate Voice

• REPUBLICANS FACE A MOMENT OF TRUTH

  by Carl Golden One of the most enduring justifications for a combat operation was uttered by an Army major in the war in Vietnam in 1968: “It became necessary to destroy the town to save it.” In his increasingly bitter conflict with the Republican...

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• How the news media – long in thrall to Trump – can cover his new run for president responsibly

  Members of the media prepare for Donald Trump’s announcement that he is running for president in 2024. AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell Thomas E. Patterson, Harvard Kennedy School Now that he’s in the 2024 presidential race, the media circus...

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• Trump’s 2024 Presidential Run Announcement: The Bad, the Ugly and the Hilarious

  Last night, to no one’s surprise, Trump announced that he would once again subject the nation to grief, division, hate and possibly violence just to stay one step ahead of the law. Media reaction ranged from “a firm, unmistakable, No”...

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Mother Jones

• An “Idiot Running Around”: An Oath Keeper Talked About Her Role On January 6 in Surprise Testimony

  On Wednesday, one of five Oath Keepers on trial for charges that include seditious conspiracy related to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol unexpectedly took the stand in her own defense. Jessica Watkins told jurors about her personal story...

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• The US Just Got One Step Closer to Codifying Same-Sex Marriage

  The vast majority of Americans—and, apparently, the Mormon church—support legal same-sex marriage. So, I’m not sure which is more surprising: that 12 Republicans voted to move forward with a vote codifying it in federal law, or that...

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• Democracy Was on the Ballot. It Won the Chance To Stay There.

  On Monday evening, shortly before networks called the Arizona governor’s race for the Democrat Katie Hobbs, Charlie Kirk, the 29-year-old conservative activist, asked a guest on his YouTube livestream what Republicans had missed. Since...

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The Watchers - Editor's Picks

• Artemis I – Orion spacecraft launched on a journey beyond the Moon and back

  The Space Launch System (SLS) mega rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard lifted off at 06:47 UTC (01:47 EST) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, U.S. on November 16, 2022. Source

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• Unusually large, 5-km-long landslide hits Colombia

  An unusually large landslide occurred in the village of El Molino, municipality of Villa Caro, Santander, Colombia on November 10, 2022. Source

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• Bright daylight fireball over Arizona, U.S.

  A bright daylight fireball was seen over Arizona, U.S. at around 18:48 UTC on November 6, 2022 (11:47 MST). The event was recorded on video and registered by GOES-East and -West satellites. Source

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WebMD Health

• Long Hours at Day Care Don't Worsen Young Kid's Behavior: Study

  Working parents will be relieved to know that young children who spend extended hours in childcare centers are not at greater risk for behavior problems, according to a new study.

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• Weight-Loss Surgery Slashes Odds for Heart Attack in Very Obese People

  The study participants were also affected by what's known as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is often linked with obesity.

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• ‘A Huge Deal’: Millions Have Long COVID, and More Are Expected

  Roughly 7% of all adult Americans may currently have had long COVID, according to the latest U.S. government survey collected in October. More than a quarter say their condition is severe enough to significantly limit their day-to-day activities...

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WhoWhatWhy

• Oil Pollution: Investigation Reveals Egypt’s ‘Super Coral’ at Risk

  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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• Our Next Struggle: DeSantis Inheriting Trump’s Fascist Mantle

  In democracy, the people choose their leaders; in fascism, The Leader chooses his people.

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• Russia’s War Produces 100 Million Tonnes of Emissions in Seven Months

  Russia’s war in Ukraine has been driving up global greenhouse gas emissions—to the tune of 100 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in seven months.

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