2022-08-13
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Dead body found in Brooklyn with possible biohazard material
A biohazard test of the apartment’s air came up negative, but investigators found ricin, a lethal toxin featured prominently in the TV series “Breaking Bad,” according to police sources. The man had openly talked about making poisons to ward off intruders – and claimed the CIA was going to kill him, neighborhood residents told The Post.
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Harvard Professor on Quest for Possible Alien Tech Crashed in the Pacific Ocean
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Of meat and men: why the American barbecue is about friendship not food
Horseshit
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Lego-style houses are part of the solution to the housing crisis
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Ask HN: Anyone else feels the commoditization of real estate is unethical? | Hacker News
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The Contingency of Listening - by Damon Krukowski
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (known as MoFi), a high-end vinyl label, was found to be using a digital process as part of its productions. That may not seem like shocking news, but MoFi marketing materials had claimed – or at least implied – that their productions were 100% analog. And 100% analog was seen by many as justification for $100+ prices.
celebrity gossip
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Salman Rushdie Attacked, Stabbed On Stage While Giving A Speech
Police identified the attacker as Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey. Matar was born in the United States to Lebanese parents who emigrated from Yaroun, a border village in southern Lebanon, Mayor Ali Tehfe told The Associated Press.
The motive for the attack was unclear, State Police Maj. Eugene Staniszewski said.
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Julian Assange: WikiLeaks founder's case endangers press freedom
Obit
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Obituary: Ann Shulgin pioneered the use of psychedelics in therapy
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Actress Anne Heche dead at 53 after horror car crash
Though the actress is legally dead, her heart is still beating and she remains on life support in order to donate her organs, her rep said.
Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering
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Alex Berenson: The White House privately demanded Twitter ban me months before the company did so
Mr. Berenson has now shown that White House officials sought to conscript the platform into silencing him, and perhaps others who don’t toe the White House line on Covid. Have Biden officials pressured other platforms to censor users who express contrarian views on other topics such as climate change?
The government’s response to Covid shows the importance of robust debate, since much of the official wisdom has turned out to be wrong and did great harm. Think lockdowns. A condominium of Big Tech and government is itself a hazard to public health and democracy.
Musk
Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult
Media / ShowBiz / Advertising
TechSuck
Crypto con games
Economicon / Business / Finance
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Google execs threaten workers with layoffs: ‘There will be blood on the streets’
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Crop Report: USA spring wheat production up over 50%, record high for soybeans
Corn Production Down 5 Percent from 2021 Soybean Production Up 2 Percent from 2021 Cotton Production Down 28 Percent from 2021 Winter Wheat Production up 55 percent from 2021
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Peloton to Cut 800 Jobs, Hike Prices and Shut Stores in Sweeping Overhaul
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Affirm CEO Says Next Recession Will Silence Fintech Lender’s Doubters
Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making
Trump
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FBI removed top secret documents from Trump's home, WSJ reports
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FBI Recovered Eleven Sets of Classified Documents in Trump Search
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Judge Unseals Mar-a-Lago Raid Warrant, Reveals Why FBI Is Investigating Trump
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Trump says he declassified Mar-a-Lago documents. Experts say it's unclear whether that will hold up.
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Trump search warrant: FBI took 11 sets of documents from Trump's Mar-a-Lago home
On Thursday, the Justice Department asked a court to unseal the search warrant, a move considered rare amid an ongoing investigation. This has not yet formally taken place, but multiple US outlets say they have seen the warrant.
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FBI found top-secret files at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, source says
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Update (1537ET): Politico reports that based on the search warrant, the FBI is investigating former President Trump for "removal or destruction of records, obstruction of an investigation, and violating the Espionage Act," while Breitbart has the actual statutes from the warrant.
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EXCLUSIVE: Warrant and Property Receipt from Mar-a-Lago Raid
“Property to be seized” includes “All physical documents and records constituting evidence, contraband, fruits of crime or other items illegally possessed in violation” of legal codes, including:
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Any physical documents with classification markings, along with any containers/boxes (including any other contents) in which such documents are locations, as well as any other containers/boxes that are collectively stored or found together with the aforementioned documents and containers/boxes:
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“Information, including communications in any form, regarding the retrieval, storage, or transmission of national defense information or classified material;
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“Any government and/or Presidential Records created between January 20, 2017,” the day Trump took office, and the end of his term.
Additionally, the warrant demands the seizure of “Any evidence of the knowing alteration, destruction, or concealment of and government and/or Presidential Records, or of any documents with classification markings.”
The reason for the search warrant was not made public, and the probable cause is not noted as part of the documents.
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Five Lingering Questions In the Wake of the Mar-a-Lago Raid – JONATHAN TURLEY
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(PDF) Search and Seizure Warrant, Receipt for Property from Mar-a-Lago Search on Aug 8
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What’s in the Unsealed Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant?
The FBI has clearly developed significant evidence of criminal activity at Mar-a-Lago related to the handling of classified material, and government property more generally. There is evidence of document tampering. And there is evidence, at a minimum, of willful retention of material that should not have been at the resort. Precisely who is the subject of these investigations and how strong the evidence is at this stage remains unclear. But we can infer from the granting of the warrant that a magistrate judge, at least, believes it meets the probable cause standard governing all federal searches and seizures. We can further infer from Garland’s apparent eagerness to have this material made public that the Justice Department is confident of its position, not just in court but in public opinion.
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David Brooks: Did the FBI just reelect Donald Trump?
What happens if a prosecutor charges Trump and he is convicted just as he is cruising to the GOP nomination or maybe even the presidency? What happens if the legal system, using its criteria, decides Trump should go to prison at the very moment that the electoral system, using its criteria, decides he should go to the White House?
I presume in those circumstances Trump would be arrested and imprisoned. I also presume we would see widespread political violence from incensed Trump voters who would conclude that the Regime has stolen the country. In my view, this is the most likely path to a complete democratic breakdown.
Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security
World
Russia Bad / Ukraine War
Health / Medicine
Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda
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Researchers agree: World can reach 100% renewable energy system by/before 2050
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Animal melting pot created by climate change could lead to new disease outbreaks
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Climate change impacts are making most infectious diseases worse
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Climate change: Drought highlights dangers for electricity supplies
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Mysterious mass fish kill in Oder River: Climate change or poison?
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Europe’s rivers run dry as scientists warn drought could be worst in 500 years
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California proposes to extend life of last nuclear plant at cost of $1.4B