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17/01/2021

On nearly every metric, the two are not equivalent.

17/01/2021

What is the relationship between age and income level? We visualize the data and compare it to commonly held beliefs on the topic.

17/01/2021

Fifty-five people in the United States have died after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, according to reports submitted to a federal system.

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A study of almost a dozen North Carolina school districts found an “extremely limited” rate of coronavirus transmission and no transmission from children to adults.

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Nestlé revealed that these products could “pose a choking or laceration risk and should be not be consumed.”

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Senator Rand Paul (R., Ky.) warned Friday that one third of Republican voters could leave the party if GOP senators vote in impeachment proceedings to convict President Trump. Paul made the comments in an interview on Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle. The senator’s remarks come amid an increasing d...

17/01/2021

CNN featured now arrested Black Lives Matter activist John Sullivan on his show as a witness to recount his experience within the Capitol Hill riot.

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ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

16/01/2021

New Yorkers are angry about Yang’s questionable choice about what counts as a bodega

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Jan 15, 2021 - The B.C. Libertarian Party believes that ideas should be tested in free public discourse.

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The two major investigations into the origins of the pandemic are compromised by potential conflicts of interest. Those problems need to be fixed—fast.

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Mighty claim

The Capitol Hill Riot Was Pelosi’s Fault, Not Trump’s Why couldn’t Congress’ private police force of 2,000 protect it from a mob of hundreds? Fri Jan 15, 2021 Daniel Greenfield Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer fo...

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U.S. - In a stunning new poll, Americans indicated they are OK with a 70% marginal tax rate, indicating that since the hefty taxes would only apply to other people and not themselves, they are…

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The peer reviewed study, which was conducted by a group of Stanford researchers and published in the Wiley Online Library on January 5, analyzed coronavirus case growth in 10 countries in early 2020.

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Former Rep. Justin Amash, who repeatedly sparred with President Trump during his time in office, called Thursday for Republicans to join the Libertarian Party.

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The pretext is being set for Biden, Schumer and Pelosi to pass and enforce some new draconian "domestic terror" laws that, given how similar past laws are used, will mostly be used against people who can't afford to defend themselves against it (1994 crime bill, 1995 anti-terror bill, patriot act, etc.).

You Thin Blue Liners better get ready to stand for the flag, because they're about to shove some rocket's red glare up your amber waves of grain.

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16/01/2021

What to do when someone you love becomes obsessed with QAnon, part 3.

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Any decedent in Fremont CO who tests positive for COVID-19 within thirty days of death is considered a COVID-19 death.

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By any measure, 2020 was not a very good year for human freedom. By now everyone is very familiar with the assaults on liberty stemming from measures ostensibly in the name of stopping the spread of covid and the way in which such measures have threatened the very existence of the social order.

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With this move, the color of Trump’s head once he leaves office faces an uncertain future, experts say.

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The Biden Stimulus Makes No Economic Sense | RealClearPolitics

16/01/2021

YouTube has been automatically deleting certain Chinese-language phrases critical of China's ruling Communist Party for months, according to a report.

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Cannabis activists are planning to offer a free bag of ma*****na to those receiving the vaccine for Covid-19.

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This is horrible. I cannot believe we live in this kind of society.

A group of students at Harvard University are demanding that the degrees earned by Trump allies be revoked.

16/01/2021

Some of the country's wealthiest men – furious with President Franklin D. Roosevelt – decided to install a dictator who was more business friendly, according to the congressional testimony of a highly decorated Marine Corps general who was enlisted to participate in the 1933 coup.

16/01/2021

The sad thing is people will believe this

As the fallout continues following last Wednesday’s Capitol insurrection, Democratic New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to her social media this week to share the terror she experienced that day – at times fearing her own congressional colleagues would turn her over to the an...

16/01/2021

Marché Good Food confirmed that three of their employees received tickets from police "even though they presented their essential worker letter."

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After the 2000, 2004 and 2016 elections, they objected to counting electoral totals.

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An Arizona court heard on Monday that the QAnon supporter had not eaten since he was placed in custody in connection to last week's attack.

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Chinese New Year 2021 (Year of the Ox) also known as Lunar New Year can create supply chain disruption if shipments are not planned in advance of the factory closure dates and the vacation / holiday period in China. We advise to book your cargo shipments from China early to avoid logistics challenge...

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Right-wing influencers embraced extremist views and Facebook rewarded them.

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THERE are enough resources in our solar system's outer asteroid rim to support a human population of "trillions" according to a leading space expert.

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Reports from Manaus say medical staff are begging for help in a critical situation due to Covid-19.

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If lockdowns and masks work, why is Covid-19 still spiking? Author Don Jeffries joins Richard Syrett (Twitter) to discuss the economic impact of lockdowns and why he believes it amounts to a massive transfer of wealth from the middle class to the super-rich. Followed by Open Lines in the latter half...

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Even if aimed at white supremacists, new legal powers will inevitably be used in the same way existing ones are: against Black and brown people.