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Best of the Web: Pentagon knew about Kabul suicide bombing 'hours in advance,' report claims, but troops on the ground say they weren't protected


RT
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:48 UTC
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© AP Photo / Manuel Balce CenetaA Marine Corps team handles the remains of US troops killed in a suicide attack near Kabul airport at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, August 29, 2021.
US military leaders knew in advance that a "mass casualty event" was planned at Kabul airport, a Politico report reveals. However, accounts from the troops in harm's way suggest that nothing was done.

A suicide bombing outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul last Thursday killed more than 150 people, including 13 American troops. The bombing provoked the US into launching two drone strikes, one targeting an alleged "planner" and "facilitator" with the group responsible, and another supposedly wiping out "multiple" would-be suicide bombers but reportedly annihilating a family and children alongside them.

The initial bombing didn't take US officials by surprise. The US embassy in Kabul had warned Americans to stay away from the airport due to "security threats" and, in the hours before the suicide attack, Pentagon leaders held a conference call to prepare for an imminent "mass casualty event," according to a Politico report on Monday.

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Best of the Web: In a ma­jor blow to vac­cine ef­forts, se­nior FDA lead­ers step­ping down

Zachary Brennan
Endpoints News
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:34 UTC
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© Jacquelyn Martin/AP PhotoThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration building.
Two of the FDA's most se­nior vac­cine lead­ers are ex­it­ing from their po­si­tions, rais­ing fresh ques­tions about the Biden ad­min­is­tra­tion and the way that it's side­lined the FDA.

Mar­i­on Gru­ber, di­rec­tor of the FDA's Of­fice of Vac­cines Re­search & Re­view and 32-year vet­er­an of the agency, will leave at the end of Oc­to­ber, and OVRR deputy di­rec­tor Phil Krause, who's been at FDA for more than a decade, will leave in No­vem­ber. The news, first re­port­ed by Bio­Cen­tu­ry, is a mas­sive blow to con­fi­dence in the agency's abil­i­ty to reg­u­late vac­cines.

Mar­i­on Gru­ber
Mar­i­on Gru­ber
The bomb­shell an­nounce­ment comes at a par­tic­u­lar­ly cru­cial mo­ment, as boost­ers and chil­dren's shots are be­ing weighed by the reg­u­la­tor. The de­par­tures al­so come as the ad­min­is­tra­tion has re­cent­ly jumped ahead of the FDA's re­views of boost­er shots, an­nounc­ing that they might be avail­able by the week of Sept. 20.

A for­mer se­nior FDA leader told End­points that they're de­part­ing be­cause they're frus­trat­ed that CDC and their ACIP com­mit­tee are in­volved in de­ci­sions that they think should be up to the FDA. The for­mer FDAer al­so said he's heard they're up­set with CBER di­rec­tor Pe­ter Marks for not in­sist­ing that those de­ci­sions should be kept in­side FDA. What fi­nal­ly did it for them was the White House get­ting ahead of FDA on boost­er shots.


Comment: Interestingly, this comes right on the heels of the FDA's recent "approval" of the Pfizer covid vaccine.

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Best of the Web: Coronavirus NOT leading cause of death in UK, four times as many lives lost to heart disease, dementia, cancer

Ethan Ennals
Daily Mail
Sat, 28 Aug 2021 22:00 UTC
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The most striking finding is that, despite the prevailing focus on the dangers of Covid, it is killing very few people compared to other deadly conditions
Is it time to stop obsessing over Covid figures? Statistics reveal virus is NOT the biggest killer - with heart disease, dementia and cancer each claiming four times as many lives in an average week last month

They're the figures that have ruled our lives for the past 18 months; decided our freedoms; deepened our fears.

The Covid dashboard published on the UK Government website has offered the public a window into the state of the UK's epidemic, displaying daily Covid cases, hospitalisations and deaths, both nationally and regionally, since April 2020.

Some people have avoided looking at the figures - published at 4pm every day, including weekends. But a surprising number of us have become secretly addicted to poring over them.

Comment: See also: The Inanity of RNA Vaccines For COVID-19

And check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: Pandemic is Over! (If You Want it)



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Best of the Web: Pepe Escobar: Blowback: The Taliban target US intel's shadow army

Pepe Escobar
The Cradle
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 19:29 UTC
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The Kabul Airport bombing shows there are shadowy forces in Afghanistan, willing to disrupt a peaceful transition after US troops leave. But what about US intel's own 'shadow army,' amassed over two decades of occupation? Who are they, and what is their agenda?
So we have the CIA Director William Burns deploying in haste to Kabul to solicit an audience with Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar, the new potential ruler of a former satrapy. And he literally begs him to extend a deadline on the evacuation of US assets.

The answer is a resounding "no." After all, the 31 August deadline was established by Washington itself. Extending it would only mean the extension of an already defeated occupation.

The 'Mr. Burns goes to Kabul' caper is by now part of cemetery of empires folklore. The CIA does not confirm or deny Burns met Mullah Baradar; a Taliban spokesman, delightfully diversionist, said he was "not aware" of such a meeting.

Comment: Amidst its 'official' withdrawal, in just the last few days, the US has overseen two incidents that resulted in the murder of over a hundred Afghan civilians along with 13 US military personnel. Notably, that's more civilian death due to US actions in Kabul than has been attributed to the Taliban during their 'takeover' of the entire country: See also: And check out SOTT radio's:


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Best of the Web: 60% of those older than 50 who die from COVID are double vaxxed

Dr. Joseph Mercola
Mercola.com
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:01 UTC
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The oft-repeated refrain right now is that we're in a "pandemic of the unvaccinated," meaning those who have not received the COVID jab make up the bulk of those hospitalized and dying from the Delta variant. For example, August 20, 2021, England's chief medical officer professor Chris Whitty tweeted:1,2
Four weeks working on a COVID ward makes stark the reality that the majority of our hospitalized COVID patients are unvaccinated and regret delaying. Some are very sick including young adults. Please don't delay your vaccine.
Curiously, if you take the time to actually look at the data, you'll find that this blanket statement is rather deceptive. Here's a graphic published in the Evening Standard, sourced from Public Health England:3

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Best of the Web: Australian truckers protest mandatory vaccines and lockdowns, block major highway

Daniel Y. Teng
The Epoch Times
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 08:25 UTC
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© Chris Hyde/Getty ImagesQueensland Police stop trucks at the Queensland border in Coolangatta, Australia, on Aug. 25, 2021 (Chris Hyde/Getty Images)
Australian truck drivers have blocked a major highway in the north-eastern state of Queensland in a protest against vaccine mandates and tough border restrictions, causing traffic to back up for several kilometres.

The action marks a series of ongoing protests from Australians frustrated with state government COVID-19 lockdowns and mandated restrictions based on emergency public health orders.

The drivers parked their prime movers at 5:30 a.m. on the southbound lanes of the M1 highway at Reedy Creek in the Gold Coast portion of the arterial on Monday. The highway is used by tens of thousands of Queenslanders each morning.

A banner was unfurled and covered the front of both vehicles, reading: "Truckies Keep Australia Moving, Not Politicians."

One driver named Brock, who did not give his surname, said the drivers were protesting the Queensland government's strict health orders that prevented all individuals from entering the state, except for essential workers.

Comment: The protest didn't last long because of lack of numbers. But this is just the beginning. It only works it enough people make it impossible for the police to 'enforce the law'. Truckers in France and the US are likely to commence blockades in September.

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Best of the Web: CNN publishes 'eerily prophetic' interview with ISIS-K commander - Done BEFORE Kabul 'fell' to Taliban


RT
Sat, 28 Aug 2021 20:06 UTC
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© CNNISIS-K interview with Clarissa Ward • August 27/2021
CNN's airing of an interview with an ISIS-K commander left observers to wonder how the media outlet gained access to the terrorist leader - and protected his identity - two weeks before his group killed nearly 200 people.

The interview was aired on Saturday, with the "senior ISIS-K commander" telling CNN reporter Clarissa Ward at a hotel in Kabul that the group was "laying low and waiting for its moment to strike." That moment apparently arrived on Thursday, when a blast for which ISIS-K took responsibility killed 170 Afghans and 13 US servicemen outside the Kabul airport. Hundreds more were injured.
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Best of the Web: mRNA "Vaccines", Eugenics & the Push for Transhumanism

Ryan Matters
NewBraveWorld.org
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 09:07 UTC
The worldwide rollout of mRNA "vaccines" is part of a much larger agenda that encompasses eugenics and transhumanism. This agenda is being funded and promoted by a network of global institutions, politicians, and billionaire technocrats.

transhumanism
In 1989, researchers from the Salk Institute in California published a paper detailing how they developed an RNA transfection system that could "directly introduce RNA into whole tissues and embryos". The concept of using RNA as a drug is first described in this paper, making it the seminal work that formed the foundation for decades of further research in this area. The "Discussion" section of the paper states that:
"The RNA/lipofectin method can be used to directly introduce RNA into whole tissues and embryos (R.W.M., C. Holt, and I.M.V., unpublished results), raising the possibility that liposome-mediated mRNA transfection might offer yet another option in the growing technology of eukaryotic gene delivery, one based on the concept of using RNA as a drug."
One of the Salk Institute researchers listed on the paper is Dr. Robert W. Malone, a scientist who has recently been censored on social media for warning about the possible dangers of the covid-19 vaccines. It could be argued that there's no expert more qualified to warn us about the dangers of mRNA injections than the man who helped pioneer the technology, nevertheless, Big Tech decided he was expounding "misinformation", because, well, they know better apparently.
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Best of the Web: Japan suspects metallic contaminant in Moderna vaccines, issues recall of 1.6 MILLION doses

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 11:44 UTC
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© Moderna
The Japanese Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that around 1.6 million doses of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine have been taken out of use due to contamination in some vials that 'reacts to magnets,' according to a ministry official.

"It's a substance that reacts to magnets," the official told Nikkei, adding "It could be metal."

Moderna, meanwhile, has confirmed receiving "several complaints of particulate matter" in vials distributed in Japan, but that "not safety or efficacy issues" were found related to the reports.

"The company is investigating the reports and remains committed to working transparently and expeditiously with its partner, Takeda, and regulators to address any potential concerns," a spokesperson told Nikkei, adding that a "manufacturing issue" at a plant in Spain was to blame.

After the complaints, the vaccine lot in question as well as two adjacent lots have been taken out of circulation "out of an abundance of caution," according to the spokesperson.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told reporters on Thursday afternoon that he had instructed the ministry to look into the case with safety as the top priority, adding he had received reports that the withdrawal "won't have a significant impact on the country's vaccination campaign." -Nikkei
The foreign matter that 'reacts to magnets' is sure to revive speculation over the viral 'Covid-19 vaccine magnet challenge,' in which dozens of people recorded magnets sticking to their vaccine injection sites.

Comment: Japan reports deaths due to a bad batch of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine:
Two people have died in Japan after having received doses of the Moderna vaccine from a batch that was suspended as a precaution after some of the vials were contaminated with unknown foreign material.

The victims were men in their 30s, each of whom received their second Moderna doses from one of three manufacturing lots that were suspended on Thursday, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. An investigation into the cause of deaths is underway.
Japan's rollout of more than 1.63 million doses was halted after the vaccine's domestic distributor, Takeda, alerted the government about the foreign material discovered in 39 unused vials. All contaminated doses were manufactured at a Madrid factory run by a Spanish firm Rovi, which said that the vials in question belonged to a batch exclusively shipped to Japan.
The composition of the foreign substance was not immediately clear. However, Japan's TV channel NHK reported that some doses were contaminated with metal particles, citing Health Ministry sources.

Vaccines from the possibly contaminated lots had been sent to 863 vaccination sites across Japan.

Taro Kono, the minister in charge of the country's immunization campaign, said on Friday that more than 500,000 inoculations have been already made using the doses from the lots in question. "It doesn't appear like there are any serious safety issues at this point," Kono said.

Nevertheless, Moderna announced an investigation into the matter, and the EU's drug regulator, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), launched its own probe to determine if the European supply was impacted.


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Best of the Web: "I was living like Scarface": The ludicrous costs of the war in Afghanistan revealed in new documents, testimonies

Alan Macleod
MintPress News
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 00:00 UTC
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© Massoud Hossaini/APAfghanistan National Army soldier • US Army soldier
The conflict in Afghanistan — for the U.S. at least — appears to be over. Essentially admitting defeat, American planes are beating a hasty and ignominious retreat from Kabul, with images of the withdrawal bearing a striking resemblance to those from the fall of Saigon 46 years previously.

As the Taliban complete their takeover, many Americans are wondering what it was all about. For what, and on what, did the United States spend more than $2 trillion? A newly published study from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) — a U.S. government body — lays bare the waste and corruption of the whole affair, drawing parallels with famous satires such as "Catch 22" and "M*A*S*H*." Uncompromising in its frankness, the 124-page report outlines the incompetence, venality and dark absurdity of the whole endeavor. "When you look at how much we spent and what we got for it, it's mind boggling," one senior Department of Defense administrator admitted to SIGAR in 2015.

Congress founded SIGAR in 2008 to provide neutral and objective oversight into the U.S.' handling of Afghan reconstruction programs. The new report is the latest — and perhaps most critical — of 13 yearly offerings analyzing U.S. efforts in the country.
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