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Responsible Canine Footage and the Fable of Canine Disgrace Atlantic (furzy)
A 1,300-Pound Walrus May Be Killed if She Endangers the Public New York Occasions
Watch this video to discover ways to noodle for catfish Boing Boing. Oh, I considered goose noodling! That is at the very least kind of honest preventing.
First of NASA’s SunRISE SmallSats Rolls Off Manufacturing Line House Channel (furzy)
Salman Rushdie ‘On a Ventilator and May Lose An Eye’ After New York Assault Bloomberg
The final American aristocrat UnHerd (Anthony L)
#COVID-19
Science/Drugs
I just lately had a affected person of their 50s die of multiorgan failure from infective endocarditis from a uncommon organism the ID doctor, nor I had ever heard of earlier than. A bit like an immunocompromised affected person. Certain sufficient, there was lymphopoenia at presentation 3 weeks post-COVID https://t.co/AbH861dFQt
— Dr Satoshi Akima FRACP 『秋間聰』 (@ToshiAkima) August 12, 2022
Covid nonetheless packs a punch — and sure will for a while, consultants say STAT (resilc)
US
CDC is permitting 𝙣𝙤𝙣-𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 for teenagers who need to keep away from COVID pic.twitter.com/1GPBwwcRfP
— Farid Jalali MD (@farid__jalali) August 12, 2022
Monkeypox
An alarming graph reveals Monkeypox circumstances rising quickly Boing Boing
Monkeypox: consultants give virus variants new names WHO (Kevin W)
Local weather/Surroundings
European drought dries up rivers, kills fish, shrivels crops Related Press (furzy) 🙁
EU nations rush to assist France deal with ‘monstrous’ wildfires Guardian. Kevin W: “Logic dictates for a continent-wide EU firefighting drive. Expertise reveals that the EU would fuck it up and switch it right into a rip-off.”
Finns say sure to nuclear waste DW (resilc)
Mass crop failures anticipated in England as farmers demand hosepipe bans Guardian (Kevin W)
Local weather change will increase odds of cataclysmic California flood. NPR (Kevin W)
Mass Demise of Sequoias Is the Harbinger of Earth Methods Collapse Truthout
China?
China-US decoupling gushes out Indian Punchline
China State-Owned Giants to Delist From US Amid Audit Spat Bloomberg (furzy)
India jumps in as China performs Scrooge with Sri Lanka South China Morning Submit
Outdated Blighty
Liz Truss is straightforward to mock, however she might do extra harm than Boris Johnson ever did Guardian. Resilc: “Like DeSantis after Trump, watch out what you ask for.”
New Not-So-Chilly Struggle
Information Replace: Russia Planning to Go away the ISS. What’s Subsequent? House Channel (furzy)
‼️ 🇺🇦🏴☠️In Gostomel, the “administrators” of the Kiev regime shoot a staged video concerning the alleged atrocities of Russian troops towards civilians…
What a banana West-puppet nation… pic.twitter.com/iWUqfOsRAC
— AZ 🛰🌏🌍🌎 (@AZmilitary1) August 12, 2022
Russia Advances Deeper Into Bakhmut; China’s Xi Goes to Saudi Arabia, Discussing Options to USD Alexander Mercouris, YouTube. See at 25:50. Mercouris cites a report which not solely states that shelling is not going to hurt the reactor, and the reactor will be shut down if the cooling techniques are broken, however extra vital, that shelling is not going to trigger soiled bomb kind contamination even when it hit the spent gas storage areas. I assume in observe which means workers and Russian troopers guarding the amenities can be in danger, not most people.
Berlin names candidate to barter with Moscow RT
Public buildings in Germany to be heated to 19° Celsius – econ minister Reuters
German nuclear operators push on with shutdowns regardless of rethink Monetary Occasions
Syraqistan
US commits an ideal homicide in Kabul Indian Punchline (Kevin W). Essential.
Iranian Tanker Reloads Oil Confiscated in Greece, Embassy Says Bloomberg
What the U.S. Will get Improper About Iran New York Occasions. Resilc: “I used to be born in 52, my complete life we supported the improper aspect of the Persian Gulf.”
Afghan cleric killed by explosives in attacker’s synthetic leg, say officers Guardian
House Cooperation Between Russia, Iran Raises Western Issues Knowledgeable Consent. I believed this was Juan Cole’s web site nevertheless it seems to be like he has bought out. Resilc notes:
“Copyright (c)2020 RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 400, Washington DC 20036.”
I lived and journey around the globe and by no means met anyone, American, US official or native, who ever listened to RFW/RL
‘We killed somewhat boy, nevertheless it was inside the guidelines’ +972 (guurst)
Assange
PRESS CONFERENCE: #Assange US Attorneys Sue Pompeo & Spanish Safety Agency
AUG 15 11am EDT
Margaret Ratner Kunstler, Plaintiff
Deborah Hrbek, Plaintiff
Richard Roth, Legal professional
Robert Boyle, Legal professional
Nathan Fuller, @DefenseAssange
John Goetz, Journalisthttps://t.co/MpStwgxC9F pic.twitter.com/TkvUjgLLTz— Consortium Information (@Consortiumnews) August 12, 2022
Julian Assange Wins Proper to Enchantment His U.S. Extradition at Supreme Courtroom Each day Beast
Trump Raid [the Financial Times called it a raid in a subhead with no quotes, so we can too]
FBI Recovered 11 Units of Categorized Paperwork in Trump Search Wall Avenue Journal
Trump search warrant: FBI took high secret paperwork from Mar-a-Lago BBC. Resilc:
In November 1980 I used to be a really junior international service officer in Jakarta. my first “obligation week”, dealing with after hours and weekends on the AMNEB, lined the election. earlier than going to mattress I heard Reagan received on the BBC. Midnight I get a name from the embassy, we’re sending a automobile…high secret instant cable. motion/motion, a automobile will choose you up…….cable mentioned Reagan wins principally…….high secret is a joke more often than not imo…
Trump spy chief on categorized paperwork: ‘Just about unimaginable to prosecute’ Washington Examiner
Ex-CIA Chief Michael Hayden Implies Trump Ought to Be Executed for Taking Categorized Docs Nationwide Assessment
Anger on the Mar-a-Lago ‘Raid’ Can’t Finish Nicely Atlantic. Resilc: “The identical FBI that killed Black Panthers, MLK, and many others, is now the hero of the DNC/MSNBC crowd.”
Gestapo the Steal James Howard Kunstler. Appears like we’re going to have numerous hypothesis and hyperventilation and never a lot new info.
Tucker Carlson Tonight 8/12/22 FULL Fox. Tulsi Gabbard visitor hosted! No extra Workforce Dem for her! Is her play to be The Donald’s veep? The issue with the commentary is that the Trump supporters miss the truth that Trump was not speculated to take any presidential information. However the flip aspect is just not a criminal offense for the reason that Presidential Information Act lacks an enforcement mechanism, which incorporates felony penalties. Admittedly, just about each president in the previous few a long time has taken information, and it appears as if partly by design, partly accidentally. The traditional course of is the Nationwide Archives say they assume stuff is lacking and generally there’s a wrangle. However the rivalry right here is that Trump’s conduct was outdoors the pale, of the “variations in diploma is a distinction in sort.” So because of this the categorized doc angle turns into vital, since merely foot-dragging on returning information isn’t a criminal offense, so non-compliance there can’t be obstruction of justice.
Clarifying the System and Authorities to Classify Info–Trump Adopted the Regulation Larry Johnson. Making some assumptions…however value maintaining the problems he raises in thoughts.
Rudy Giuliani Guarantees Revenge Raid of Biden’s Home If Trump Wins in 2024 Vice. Someone must put Giuliani in a Hannibal Lecter masks. He gave the impression to be Doing One thing in his first time period as NYC mayor, however most of that was resulting from hiring William Bratton as police chief. All downhill after that.
Different Trump
What’s up with the investigations of and lawsuits towards Donald Trump CNN (furzy)
Choose Denies Trump Government’s Request to Dismiss Manhattan Tax Case New York Occasions (furzy)
Biden
Biden Plots a 2024 Presidential Run — and a Trump Rematch Bloomberg. Resilc: “One of the best we are able to do for USA USA?
GOP Clown Automobile
Dick Cheney set Liz Cheney’s demise in movement a long time in the past Washington Submit (furzy)
Democrats en deshabillé
Federal Appeals Courtroom denies Democrats’ bid to dam Inexperienced Occasion from N.C. poll Carolina Journal (resilc)
Eli LillyCharity Funds Teams Opposing Insulin Value Controls Intercept (Dr. Kevin)
Abortion
Ready Rooms With Bulletproof Home windows FiveThirtyEight (resilc)
Anti-Abortion Utah Councilman Is aware of Placenta Info. You Assume You Know Placenta Info? Improper. Wonkette. Furzy: “Too humorous!” Moi” I hope he is aware of extra about intercourse than he is aware of about fetuses, in any other case he’s by no means getting laid.
Southern Baptist Conference Says It Faces Federal Investigation for Sexual Abuse New York Occasions (furzy). Couldn’t occur to a nicer bunch.
Provide Chain/Inflation
How Dangerous Is Inflation? Mysterious Value of Mayonnaise Holds All of the Solutions Bloomberg
This was a superb week for inflation numbers, however whether or not it may possibly final is the massive query CNBC
Is America’s Job Market “Too Good”? Matthew C. Klein. Resilc:
there isn’t any provide of:
academics
nurses
MDs
tradesmen
mechanics
to maintain up with demand
roger my 50 12 months previous tractor mechanic has a coronary heart situation. now, so do i…
California proposes to increase lifetime of final nuclear plant at value of $1.4 billion Politico. Kevin W: “Cheaper to maintain working than to shut?”
The Bezzle
Crypto Plunge: Pharma Bro Shkreli’s Coin Drops Extra Than 90% Bloomberg (furzy)
Guillotine Watch
New £20m superyacht destroyed by hearth weeks after supply to proprietor Guardian
Class Warfare
In Rich Metropolis, a Marxist Mayor Wins Over Voters New York Occasions (resilc)
U.S. Housing Affordability in June Was the Worst Since 1989 Wall Avenue Journal
In Chile, Even Water Is Privatized. The New Structure Would Change That. Intercept (resilc)
Antidote du jour:
A bonus:
they’re polar opposites pic.twitter.com/9DMXSiNq1a
— Dont Present Your Cat (@DontShowYourCat) August 10, 2022
A second bonus:
“Come on mother, play with us” 😅 pic.twitter.com/L7KjVsUbSk
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) August 10, 2022
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.