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The significance of the hair testing was identified this month by an expert toxicologist employed by the British government. "[It] would be interesting," he said, requesting his name not be released, "to see the hair test as this will reflect only the drugs given up to six days and more earlier in Russia."
Dr Kai-Uwe Eckardt, the head of the team of German doctors treating Navalny in Berlin's Charité University Hospital, reported publicly last December that "a hair sample obtained on day 4 confirmed the presence of several of the compounds detected in blood and urine." Day-4 in Berlin meant August 24, four days after Navalny alleges he was poisoned in Tomsk by Novichok on orders of the Kremlin. Navalny's allegation was endorsed by the German, British and US governments on the evidence, they said at the time, of Navalny's tests in Germany.
Overall, the military's vaccination rate has climbed since August, when Defense Department leaders, acting on a directive from President Joe Biden, informed the nation's 2.1 million troops that immunization would become mandatory, exemptions would be rare and those who refuse would be punished. Yet troops' response has been scattershot, according to data assessed by The Washington Post.
For instance, 90 percent of the active-duty Navy is fully vaccinated, whereas just 72 percent of the Marine Corps is, the data show, even though both services share a Nov. 28 deadline. In the Air Force, more than 60,000 personnel have just three weeks to meet the Defense Department's most ambitious deadline.
Deaths attributed to covid-19 have soared in parts of the force as some services struggle to inoculate their troops. In September, more military personnel died of coronavirus infections than in all of 2020. None of those who died were fully vaccinated, Pentagon spokesman Maj. Charlie Dietz said.
Comment: This is a threat, not a number. Even if it was 'a number', would it be true and accurate?
Comment: Given: An exercise in the use of 'No' within the context of 'a mandatory refusal of choice'.
In terms of official numbers, when Pew Research last checked in, migrant encounters at the United States-Mexico border were at a 21-year high. Internationally, people as far away as Uzbekistan recognize that America's southern border is an open door they can walk in.
Comment: Biden's plan without a plan seems to be the standard for the whole administration.
As part of its effort to stimulate the economy, the U.S. government issued stimulus checks to millions of employed Americans. Where did the money coming from? The government had to borrow by selling its debt in the form of U.S. Treasury bonds and other types of securities. The after the bonds are sold, the Federal Reserve gets to work and starts printing money.
But money printing is not new. The Federal Reserve has printing money to pay for about $29 trillion in U.S. debt. However, what's new is that the 40% of US dollars in existence were printed in the last 12 months alone.
What is so ironic about this number is that just two years ago, Federal Reserve reported that 40% of Americans don't have $400 in the bank for emergency expenses, according to a report from ABC News. The 2019 Federal Reserve survey finds that almost 40% of American adults wouldn't be able to cover a $400 emergency with cash, savings, or a credit card charge that they could quickly pay off.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un •ˆPeople's Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Korea
Art performances, galas, and a fireworks show were held in Pyongyang to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea on Sunday, but no large military parade, which are sometimes held on such occasions, was reported.
North Korea's economy has been battered by years of sanctions over its nuclear and weapons programmes, and heavy rains and floods have also taken a toll. The country's most vulnerable risk starvation after it slipped deeper into self-imposed isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the worsening humanitarian situation could turn into a crisis, a UN rights investigator said in report seen by Reuters last week.
The country faces "huge tasks for adjusting and developing the state economy" and accomplishing the economic goals established in recent party and government meetings, Kim said in a speech, according to state news agency KCNA. Making no mention of the political standoff over its nuclear weapons, he said:
"The only way for dynamically pushing forward the unprecedented crucial work despite grim situation is for the entire Party to get united." Officials "should not wish for privilege and preferential treatment, should always consider whether their work infringe upon the interests of the people or cause trouble to the people."
Nuland is expected to visit Moscow on Monday, where she will take part in three days of meetings with officials at the Russian Foreign Ministry. However, up until Sunday, Nuland was forbidden from entering Russia.
"She was actually on our sanctions lists that mean that a person cannot cross the border," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Russia-1 channel on Sunday.
"She was actually on our sanctions lists that mean that a person cannot cross the border. [The US] included Russian representatives and foreign policy experts on their sanctions lists. So in this case, the question was resolved on a parity basis. Yes, she will be in Russia,"The US reportedly initiated the summit.
Comment: Victoria Nuland and hubby Robert Kagan champion neocon manipulations at home and abroad. That Biden gives such a faction power and influence adds two more black marks to his corrosive and dim-witted administration.
See also:
- 'Take two': Biden fills State Department slots with more Obama vets, including Ukraine 'coup plotter' Victoria Nuland
- Why Victoria Nuland is dangerous and should not be confirmed as Biden's Under Secretary
- Ukraine: Nuland's cookies
- Ten reasons why Victoria Nuland should be seen as Stalin of today
- Another Neocon: State Department's new Victoria Nuland... is just like the old Victoria Nuland!
- Bad News: The Kagan Family is Back
- Nuland accuses Russia of invading Ukraine (Video)
Austrian president Alexander Van der Bellen swore in Alexander Schallenberg, currently the foreign minister, as chancellor. Career diplomat Michael Linhart became the country's new foreign minister, Austrian news agency APA reported.
Mr Kurz, 35, announced on Saturday that he would step aside to defuse a political crisis triggered by prosecutors' announcement that he is one of the targets of an investigation into suspected bribery and breach of trust. The conservative Mr Kurz's junior coalition partners, the Greens, had demanded his replacement. Mr Kurz denies any wrongdoing.
Mr Kurz and his close associates are accused of trying to secure his rise to the leadership of his party and the country with the help of manipulated polls and friendly media reports, financed with public money.
Mr Kurz became the leader of his Austrian People's Party and then chancellor in 2017.

Moderna chairman Noubar Afeyan, whose estimated net worth is $3.7 billion, is ranked 212 on the Forbes' 400 list in 2021.
Moderna co-founder and chairman Noubar Afeyan along with fellow co-founder and Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Robert Langer both made the list, with estimated net worths of $3.7 billion and $3.5 billion, respectively.
Timothy Springer, a Harvard Medical School professor and early Moderna investor, also debuted on the list with a net worth of $4.4 billion, according to Forbes.
Since Moderna became the second company to win an emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine, more than 152.3 million doses have been administered, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The company has previously said it expects to make at least $19.2 billion in sales of its COVID-19 vaccine.
Moderna's successful development of the vaccine propelled it out of the world of biotech startup obscurity and landed huge gains for shareholders.
The stock has fallen off its peak in recent weeks, but it's still up more than 189 percent since Jan. 1, and over 300 percent higher compared with a year ago.
Since its initial public offering at $22 per share in 2018, the company's stock is up more than 1,200 percent. It was last seen trading at $297.50 a share.
Comment: It's a tough job putting self-interest above public health (all in the name of public health), but somebody's gotta do it.

Humanoid robot Sophia, developed by Hanson Robotics, paints on a plastic plate in Hong Kong, China
"We have no competing fighting chance against China in 15 to 20 years. Right now, it's already a done deal; it is already over in my opinion," Nicolas Chaillan told the Financial Times in his first interview since his shock resignation last month.
Chaillan, who was the first chief software officer for the US Air Force and oversaw the Pentagon's efforts to boost cybersecurity over the past three years, announced his resignation in September in protest against the sluggish pace of technological progress in the American military.
Comment: China has indeed been busy in the AI field, with the apparent goal of turning over many tasks to AI. One wonders though, if relinquishing that much control will not bite them in the end? There would have been no lack of warnings.
- China looking for ways to employ Artificial Intelligence to help shape its foreign policy
- China developing 'pre-crime' artificial intelligence to catch suspects before they do the crime
- Artificial intelligence to take over half of all jobs in next decade, says China's top techie
- Founder of Alibaba Jack Ma warns about dangers of artificial intelligence
- Elon Musk says 'With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon'
- Stephen Hawking warns of possible dire threat to mankind from artificial intelligence
- Facebook shuts down experiment after AI bots talk to each other in code
Sure, if Bojo had just been addressing a meeting of the Praesidium of the Supreme Soviet or, worse, the Green Party, or, worst of all, the World Economic Forum I could understand the enthusiasm.
But a meeting of the supposed 'Conservative' party of the United Kingdom? Really?? I'd say there was more conservatism in Stalin's right testicle than there was in the farrago of eco-socialistic, globalist bilge spouted by the utterly useless Johnson.
Comment: Boris is just broadcasting his bona fides to the real elite, in the possibility he'll be included in the (hoped for) division of the spoils.
'Empire 2.0 fantasy': Boris Johnson pens G7 article on post-Covid world, draws flak for 'hypocrisy' and 'undermining democracy'













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