Archive for August, 2021
Montana Becomes First U.S. State to Ban Vaccine Requirements for Employees
August 31st, 2021Via: Fortune: While many large companies across the U.S. have announced that COVID-19 vaccines will be required for their employees to return to work in-person, there is one state where such requirements are banned: Montana. Under a new law passed by the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature earlier this year, requiring vaccines as a condition for employment […]
Taliban Seize Control of Kabul Airport as Last U.S. Troops Have Left Afghanistan
August 31st, 2021Is Biden Finished? I mostly stopped listening to audio of U.S. presidents speaking during the Clinton days, but I’ve forced myself to listen to bits and pieces of Biden’s ramblings, more out of morbid curiosity than anything else. While cringing and holding my head in my hands, here’s what came to me: Biden is nothing […]
90 Retired Generals Penn Scathing Letter Calling For Austin And Milley To Resign Immediately
August 31st, 2021Via: ZeroHedge: Nearly 100 retired generals and admirals are demanding that US Defense Secretary (and former Raytheon board member) Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley resign immediately over the botched Afghanistan withdrawal.
Judge Strips Chicago Mother of Parental Rights for Not Being Vaccinated
August 30th, 2021Via: Yahoo News: A Chicago mother is appealing a court order that revoked her parental visiting rights because she declined to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. When Rebecca Firlit and her ex-husband of seven years participated in a child support hearing via video call on Aug. 10 for the purpose of determining the terms of […]
Israel Warns COVID ‘Green Pass’ Will Expire If Residents Don’t Get Third Jab
August 30th, 2021Mmm hmm. Via: ZeroHedge: After being confronted with the fact that widespread vaccination isn’t enough to stop COVID (just look at Israel’s case numbers), public health authorities in the tiny Mediterranean country have decided that the best solution is to double-down on the jabs by defying the WHO and demanding all citizens must get a […]
Satire: CIA Begrudgingly Impressed By How Well They Trained Future Taliban Members In 1980s
August 30th, 2021Via: The Onion: Reluctantly acknowledging a faint stir of pride at the success of their tutelage, the CIA admitted Tuesday to being begrudgingly impressed by how well they trained future Taliban members throughout the 1980s. “Damn, we really have to give ourselves a little bit of a pat on the back for showing these sons […]
Twitter Permanently Bans Alex Berenson After Viral COVID Tweets
August 29th, 2021Via: ZeroHedge: It was never a matter of if, but when. Science journalist Alex Berenson has been permanently suspended from Twitter, just one day after a viral series of tweets spotlighting an Israeli preprint study which showed that natural immunity from a prior Covid-19 infection is 13 times more effective than vaccines against the delta […]
The U.S. Has Spent $2.313 Trillion on War in Afghanistan Since 2001
August 27th, 2021Via: Brown: Since invading Afghanistan in 2001, the United States has spent $2.313 trillion on the war, which includes operations in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Note that this total does not include funds that the United States government is obligated to spend on lifetime care for American veterans of this war, nor does it include […]
Researchers Ready Lab-Grown Covid-19 Delta Variant for Human Trials
August 27th, 2021Carefully controlled… Via: Wall Street Journal: While the rest of the world is trying to stamp out the Covid-19 Delta variant, British researchers are making progress growing a carefully controlled batch in a lab that they hope to use to infect volunteers in studies.
U.S. Officials Provided Taliban with Names of Americans, Afghan Allies to Evacuate
August 26th, 2021Via: Politico: U.S. officials in Kabul gave the Taliban a list of names of American citizens, green card holders and Afghan allies to grant entry into the militant-controlled outer perimeter of the city’s airport, a choice that’s prompted outrage behind the scenes from lawmakers and military officials. The move, detailed to POLITICO by three U.S. […]
