2021-12-28

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• How to Think: The Skill You’ve Never Been Taught

• Aircraft explodes into flames after smashing into San Diego neighborhood

• Feral horses show evidence of societal structure

Horseshit

• Alexa tells girl to put coin in plug socket

• Massive New Bird Flu Outbreak Could Be 2022’s Deadly Pandemic

COVID / VaxCult

• COVID-19 infection detected in deer in six Ohio locations.

• About 20 Apple stores are now closed as the Omicron variant surges

• CDC Updates, Shortens Recommended Isolation and Quarantine Period

• For a musician in New York City, not being fully vaccinated comes at a cost

• Experts Say Covid 19 Cases Don’t Tell The Whole Story.

• US records 151,915 new COVID infections thanks to Omicron surge – just 39,000 fewer than Christmas Day 2020 – but deaths have dropped by 72%.

• COVID Outbreak on 100% Vaxxed Ship: Should Unvaxxed Military Get Their Jobs Back?

• New Omicron variant fills up children’s hospitals

• ‘He’s trying to avoid blame for his incompetence’: GOP hits Biden for saying ‘there is no federal solution’ to COVID despite previously promising to ‘shut down the virus’ as cases hit highest level since January despite mask and vax mandates

• Scientists identify antibodies that can neutralize omicron

• COVID Antiviral Pills Cause Life-Threatening Reactions With Many Common Meds | ZeroHedge

• U.S. Surgeon General Issues Advisory on Youth Mental Health Crisis Further Exposed by COVID-19 Pandemic | HHS.gov

• Immune response to seasonal coronaviruses may offer protection against COVID-19.

• RIP, 'Pandemic of the Unvaccinated'

• COVID Outbreak Spreads To 89 Cruise Ships, Says CDC

• CDC "Substantially Revises" Omicron Cases To 59% From 73%

  • CDC significantly lowers prior estimate of Omicron prevalence

• With US swamped by omicron, Biden scraps travel bans

• Belgian theatres win court battle to reopen after Covid closures

• Our Covid-19 Mandates Make No Sense Against Omicron

• Some Covid masks are better than others. I know – I’m the Mask Nerd

• Covid 19: Japan urges public 'do not discriminate' against the unvaccinated

• Israeli hospital begins first study on efficacy of 4th Covid vaccine dose

Culture War / Re segregation / Faith Fights

• The Wisconsin Purchase - The American Conservative

Media / ShowBiz / Censorship

• CNN Cries 'Fake News' to Accurately Say Biden Has More Covid Deaths Than Trump | Newsbusters

TechSuck

• Shutterfly Services Disrupted by Conti Ransomware Attack

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Record Beef Prices, but Ranchers Aren’t Cashing In

• Bankruptcy Filing Rate Is Lowest Since Bankruptcy Code’s Enactment–The Question Is Why

  The decline in the filing rate is huge. There are approximately half as many bankruptcies right now as we would have without the pandemic. Before the pandemic, the filing rate had leveled off and was headed slightly back upwards. There is likely not one reason for the decline but several.

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Ashley Biden’s Diary: Will The FBI Raid The New York Times? – JONATHAN TURLEY

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Don Surber: Why isn't Michael Byrd on trial?

• North Carolina man indicted in the murder of a 5-year-old who was on bike: report | Fox News

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Opinion: China is testing the West. We shouldn’t back down

• Declassified FBI records connect dots about Saudi government ties to 9/11

World

• Study finds abrupt decline in the prevalence of cognitive impairment among older Americans

• 2022 — Year of Major Power Conflict Over Ukraine – Consortium News

• How Not To Explain The Ukraine Crisis | ZeroHedge

• Sanctions Exemptions Won’t Prevent Afghanistan Economy Collapse

• Israel Launches Massive Attack On Syrian Port, Fires Burn 14 Hours | ZeroHedge

Health / Medicine

• The suspect science used to push aspiring Olympians to starve themselves

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Seattle braces for dangerous cold snap unseen in a decade

• It’s cheaper to stop emitting now than to pull carbon from the air later