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CBS accused of eco-overreach after claiming CLIMATE CHANGE 'helped strengthen' Taliban


RT
Sat, 21 Aug 2021 11:20 UTC
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A Taliban fighter holding an M16 assault rifle stands outside the Interior Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16, 2021.
CBS has been accused of spinning fanciful, Greta Thunberg-inspired yarns about the disastrous outcome of the nearly 20-year war in Afghanistan, after claiming that the Taliban received outside support from climate change.

The American news outlet published an exclusive report on Friday that endeavored to shine a light on what may have caused the trillion-dollar debacle in Afghanistan, ending with the complete collapse of the Afghan National Army on August 15 just weeks after US-led coalition forces accelerated their exit from the country.

Authoritatively titled, 'How climate change helped strengthen the Taliban,' the CBS investigation discovered that the Taliban benefited immensely from the covert support of a formidable global power: Earth's climate.

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NPC

Welsh language is racist and 'excludes minorities', art body's own bombshell report finds

Kris Boratyn
Express
Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:38 UTC
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The Arts Council of Wales, which is publicly funded, commissioned the research worth £51,000.
A report commissioned by the Arts Council of Wales has found the organisation is "systematically racist" and said the Welsh language requirement "excludes minorities".

The Arts Council of Wales, which is publicly funded, commissioned the research that cost £51,000, and branded the body's policies as "racist," along with those of National Museums Wales. Both organisations have now accepted the findings of the report. The findings come after Welsh arts groups and professionals appealed for a report on racial inclusion at these organisations as they raised concerns that "Welsh meant white" and that "Welsh could exclude Black and non-Black people of colour".

The report further added that both the Council and National Museums Wales uphold "white supremacist ideology" by limiting opportunities for minorities.

Comment: While it's certainly important to address racism in any culture, when people start talking about diluting or changing the culture, the very language itself in this case, in order to cater to a slim minority (black people make up a reported 0.6% of Wales' population), who may not even want these changes, red flags should be rising. The woke ideology driving these viewpoints is divisive poison.

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Eye 1

US targeted Black Lives Matter activists in bid to disrupt movement, report finds


The Guardian
Thu, 19 Aug 2021 11:30 UTC
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The report highlights how policing has been used historically to deter Black people from exercising their right to protest. including those last year following the murder of George Floyd.
Coalition of civil rights groups documents federal prosecutions of activists after the murder of George Floyd last year.

The federal government deliberately targeted Black Lives Matter protesters via heavy-handed criminal prosecutions in an attempt to disrupt and discourage the global movement that swept the nation and beyond last summer after the Minneapolis police killed George Floyd, according to a new report.

Movement leaders and experts said the prosecution of protesters over the past year continued a century-long practice by the federal government, rooted in structural racism, to suppress Black social movements via the use of surveillance tactics and other mechanisms.

Comment: One gets the impression that these guys were watching different BLM protests than the rest of us. One also can't help but find this report to be a little naïve. Like all social movements that have the potential to disrupt and make change, BLM was likely steered towards the ends that served the purposes of the elites as soon as it emerged. It's really not about punishing BLM protesters more harshly, it's about using them as pawns in the macro-level chess games of the elites. Until they can see that, they're still only pieces on the board.

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Sherlock

California family found dead on hiking trail in Sierra national forest - UPDATE: Autopsy fails to reveal cause of death, Police describe it as "strange"

Dani Anguiano
The Guardian
Thu, 19 Aug 2021 23:30 UTC
Sierra
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Search crews found the family's vehicle near a gate to the Sierra national forest, above.
Investigators were searching for clues in the unexplained deaths of a California couple, their baby and the family dog in a remote area of the Sierra national forest.

John Gerrish, his wife, Ellen Chung, their one-year-old daughter, Muji, and their dog were found dead on a hiking trail in Mariposa county. A family friend had reported them missing Monday evening.

Search crews had located the family's vehicle near a gate to the Sierra national forest on Tuesday, and found the bodies of the family and the dog a little more than a mile away. The remote area had no cellphone service.

Comment: UPDATE: 22/08/21 @ 12:14 CET

Sputnik reports that the mystery deepens as autopsy results fail to provide any cause of death:
Experts did not find any visible damage on the bodies and suggested that the cause of death was the fumes of toxic algae that filled the abandoned mines in the area.
"Investigators have considered whether toxic gasses, toxic algae and carbon monoxide from abandoned mines near in the area may have contributed to the deaths," Fox News cited Mariposa County Sheriff's spokeswoman Kristie Mitchell as saying. "We're not focusing on one specific cause at this point," she said. "There's just still so many that we can't rule out. We've looked at lighting strikes in the area. We've looked at storms... the weather, animals. We're looking at the entire area as a whole."
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According to reports, the family took a walk along the hiking trail accompanied by their dog. A family friend reported the family missing Monday after they hadn't return from the one-day hike, and Gerrish, who was a software engineer, hadn't showed up at work.

The police said that the family died under "strange" and unexplained circumstances, in connection with which an additional investigation was launched.
"This is a very unusual, unique situation," Mitchell was quoted by the KTLA as saying. "There were no signs of trauma, no obvious cause of death. There was no suicide note."
Currently, the Mariposa County Coroner is awaiting toxicology results from the bodies, which could take several weeks.
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Telephone

"Bannedlined": Traditional landline phones will be AXED by 2025 as millions forced to rely on mobiles

Patrick Knox
The Sun
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 14:44 UTC
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The end is nigh for the traditional landline
Traditional landline telephones will reportedly be consigned to history from 2025 as part of a major digital upgrade.

This will mean millions of customers will have their phones connected online to make a call.

The move has been compared to the switch to digital TV in 2012, when broadcasters stopped transmitting traditional analogue signals to household aerials.

That change was led by the Government.

But this switch to "digital" calls is now being driven by the telecoms industry.

The upgrade will also involve services relying on the existing telephone network such as alarm systems, phones in lifts, payment terminals and iconic red telephone boxes.
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NPC

Author of 'How To Be A Socialist' allegedly fires magazine staff for asserting that workers should be in charge

Luke Rosiak
The Daily Wire
Thu, 19 Aug 2021 09:07 UTC
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Former staff members of the socialist magazine Current Affairs say they were summarily fired after tensions with their founder, socialist commentator Nathan J. Robinson, over whether he should share authority with his employees.

In an open letter, five former staff members wrote Wednesday:
Dear comrades, We, the former full and part-time staff, write to you with deep sadness and disappointment about recent events that have occurred at Current Affairs. On August 8th, editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson (author of Why You Should Be A Socialist) unilaterally fired most of the workforce to avoid an organizational restructuring that would limit his personal power. Yes, we were fired by the editor-in-chief of a socialist magazine for trying to start a worker co-op.
"Everyone's stated goal, including Nathan's, was to create a democratic workplace where all voices were equally valued. But when we finally got around to discussing organizational models during a Zoom meeting on August 7th, Nathan became agitated," the letter continued. Robinson soon demanded removed employees' computer credentials and made clear they no longer had jobs, the letter said.
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Magnify

US reviewing if Moderna shot tied to higher heart inflammation risk - Washington Post


Reuters
Fri, 20 Aug 2021 15:46 UTC
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
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An employee shows the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in New York, U.S., December 21, 2020.
U.S. health officials are reviewing reports that Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine may be linked to a higher risk of a rare heart condition in younger adults than previously thought, the Washington Post reported late on Thursday, citing people familiar with the review.

The review was focused on Canadian data that suggests a higher risk from the shot than the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, especially in men below the age of 30, according to paper.

The Washington Post report quoted a source saying it was too early for the regulators to reach a conclusion, and that additional work was needed before any recommendation was made.

"While we won't comment on internal meetings or discussions, we can say that FDA is absolutely committed to reviewing data as it becomes available to us," the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. Moderna did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.

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Propaganda

Double-jabbed catch & spread Delta variant of coronavirus the same as unvaccinated, major study finds

Eleanor Hayward
Daily Mail
Sat, 21 Aug 2021 00:03 UTC
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Marko Maric, aged 27, receives a Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at an NHS Vaccination Clinic at Tottenham Hotspur's stadium in north London
Double-jabbed people who catch the Indian variant are just as likely to develop symptoms and spread Covid as the unvaccinated, a major study has found.

The Oxford University research suggests herd immunity is 'unachievable' because vaccines do not significantly reduce transmission of the virus.

Although fully vaccinated people are significantly less likely to be infected, those who do get Covid have a similar peak 'viral load' as the unvaccinated.

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

And check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: Echoes of Nazism - Governments' Vaccine Passports Spark Mass Disobedience



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Wolf

Taliban fighters killed & captured after Afghan militias seize 3 districts just north of Kabul - reports


RT
Sat, 21 Aug 2021 13:56 UTC
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© AFP / Romeo Gacad
FILE PHOTO: An anti-Taliban fighter
Anti-Taliban forces have reportedly captured three northern districts in Afghanistan just days after the militant group seized Kabul and reestablished its so-called Islamic Emirate.

Afghan militias on Friday pushed the Taliban out of parts of Baghlan province, located about 100 miles (160km) north of the capital, according to multiple reports. As many as 30 Taliban fighters were killed, and 20 others captured, the Washington Post said, citing statements from commanders who led the uprising.

Three districts in the province - Puli Hisar, Dih Salah and Bano - were taken after locals resisted the Taliban's attempt to carry out house-to-house searches in the area.

Comment: In every country there will be people and regions that support other groups over the ruling one; as it is, the Taliban appear to be the most favoured political group by Afghans. That this 'anti-Taliban' group has not easily taken over regions as the Taliban did, that it's asking for 'support' from the West (was 2 decades not enough?), and that it's publishing op-ed's in the Washington Post, is rather revealing:

And check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: The Great (End)Game - Closing the Afghan War, Opening the 'Covid War'?




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British man in Singapore gets 6 weeks in jail for not wearing a face mask

Paul Joseph Watson
Summit News
Sat, 21 Aug 2021 15:34 UTC
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A British man in Singapore was handed a 6 week jail sentence for not wearing a face mask while a judge also ordered the man to undergo a "psychiatric assessment" because he argued against the efficacy of face coverings in court.

40-year-old Benjamin Glynn was arrested after footage of him not wearing a face mask on a train in May went viral online.

"According to reports, Glynn delivered a rant in court - in which he described the proceedings as "preposterous" and "disgusting" - and said masks were not effective in preventing the spread of Covid," reports the Guardian.

Comment: In Australia a man was sentenced to 8 months in prison for helping to plan an anti-lockdown protest. RT reports:
A 29-year-old Australian man has been sentenced to the maximum eight months in prison for helping to organize an anti-lockdown protest in Sydney, which has experienced strict Covid-19 restrictions for several months.

New South Wales Police announced the sentence in a statement on Friday, revealing that the man had been imprisoned for "multiple breaches of the Public Health Order," as well as for his part in organizing the "unauthorized protest" set for this weekend.

The man, who is from the state of Victoria, pleaded guilty to failing to comply with Covid-19 directions, encouraging "the commission of crimes," and false representation, police said.
The message is clear - dissent will not be tolerated.

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