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Mark Zuckerberg tells Joe Rogan Facebook was wrong to ban The Post's Hunter Biden laptop story
Mark Zuckerberg finally admitted on Thursday that Facebook dropped the ball when the company banned the sharing of The Post's exclusive report on Hunter Biden's laptop ahead of the 2020 election. The billionaire CEO of Meta said he regretted Facebook's handling of the bombshell story during an appearance on "The Joe Rogan Experience" — but he still defended the process as "pretty reasonable." Zuckerberg opened up about the controversial media suppression after the host pressed him to explain his views on how tech platforms should handle content moderation on sensitive subjects.
https://www.sott.net/article/471416-Mark-Zuckerberg-tells-Joe-Rogan-Facebook-was-wrong-to-ban-The-Posts-Hunter-Biden-laptop-story
Mark Zuckerberg tells Joe Rogan Facebook was wrong to ban The Post's Hunter Biden laptop story
Mark Zuckerberg finally admitted on Thursday that Facebook dropped the ball when the company banned the sharing of The Post's exclusive report on Hunter Biden's laptop ahead of the 2020 election. The billionaire CEO of Meta said he regretted Facebook's handling of the bombshell story during an appearance on "The Joe Rogan Experience" — but he still defended the process as "pretty reasonable." Zuckerberg opened up about the controversial media suppression after the host pressed him to explain his views on how tech platforms should handle content moderation on sensitive subjects.
https://www.sott.net/article/471416-Mark-Zuckerberg-tells-Joe-Rogan-Facebook-was-wrong-to-ban-The-Posts-Hunter-Biden-laptop-story
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Gender dysphoria is covered by disability law, federal court rules
The ruling could become a powerful tool to challenge legislation restricting access to medical care and other accommodations for transgender people, advocates say. A federal ruling that gender dysphoria is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act could help block conservative political efforts to restrict access to gender-affirming care, advocates and experts say. A panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week became the first federal appellate court in the country to find that the 1990 landmark federal law protects transgender people who experience anguish and other symptoms as a result of the disparity between their assigned sex and their gender identity.
https://www.sott.net/article/471417-Gender-dysphoria-is-covered-by-disability-law-federal-court-rules
Gender dysphoria is covered by disability law, federal court rules
The ruling could become a powerful tool to challenge legislation restricting access to medical care and other accommodations for transgender people, advocates say. A federal ruling that gender dysphoria is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act could help block conservative political efforts to restrict access to gender-affirming care, advocates and experts say. A panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week became the first federal appellate court in the country to find that the 1990 landmark federal law protects transgender people who experience anguish and other symptoms as a result of the disparity between their assigned sex and their gender identity.
https://www.sott.net/article/471417-Gender-dysphoria-is-covered-by-disability-law-federal-court-rules
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Section of Interstate 10 washed away in flash flood in Riverside County, California
Flash floods caused a section of Interstate 10 in Riverside County, California to be washed out, making the eastbound side inaccessible.
https://www.sott.net/article/471418-Section-of-Interstate-10-washed-away-in-flash-flood-in-Riverside-County-California
Section of Interstate 10 washed away in flash flood in Riverside County, California
Flash floods caused a section of Interstate 10 in Riverside County, California to be washed out, making the eastbound side inaccessible.
https://www.sott.net/article/471418-Section-of-Interstate-10-washed-away-in-flash-flood-in-Riverside-County-California
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Lightning strike kills two brothers in Sukkur, Pakistan
Two brothers were killed as lightning struck them in Sukkur on Thursday, ARY News reported. As per details, the lightning struck in a neighboring village of Saleh Put, Sukkur, killing two brothers on the spot. The locals of the area said the deceased were named Muhamad Raza and Ali Raza, who were brothers. It may be noted that several areas of Sukkur are still submerged with rainwater after heavy downpours lashed Sindh's third biggest city.
https://www.sott.net/article/471419-Lightning-strike-kills-two-brothers-in-Sukkur-Pakistan
Lightning strike kills two brothers in Sukkur, Pakistan
Two brothers were killed as lightning struck them in Sukkur on Thursday, ARY News reported. As per details, the lightning struck in a neighboring village of Saleh Put, Sukkur, killing two brothers on the spot. The locals of the area said the deceased were named Muhamad Raza and Ali Raza, who were brothers. It may be noted that several areas of Sukkur are still submerged with rainwater after heavy downpours lashed Sindh's third biggest city.
https://www.sott.net/article/471419-Lightning-strike-kills-two-brothers-in-Sukkur-Pakistan
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Court strikes down "quarantine camp" regulation in New York State
We have had a tremendous victory here in New York: a Supreme Court Judge has struck down Governor Kathy Hochul's forced quarantine regulation! On July 8, 2022, Judge Ronald Ploetz ruled that the "Isolation and Quarantine Procedures" regulation is unconstitutional and "violative of New York State law as promulgated and enacted, and therefore null, void and unenforceable as a matter of law." Shockingly, Governor Hochul and Attorney General, Letitia James, plan to appeal the decision. Yes, that's right...the Governor and AG, both unabashedly support quarantine camps! One would think that this fact, in and of itself, would be disturbing enough but add to it the fact that they're both running for election this November, and you can see just how unconstitutionally brazen and wholly out-of-touch with New Yorkers each of these "leaders" is. For anyone who missed my prior article on this horrific forced quarantine regime, the regulation truly shocks the conscience. Without exaggeration,...
https://www.sott.net/article/471420-Court-strikes-down-quarantine-camp-regulation-in-New-York-State
Court strikes down "quarantine camp" regulation in New York State
We have had a tremendous victory here in New York: a Supreme Court Judge has struck down Governor Kathy Hochul's forced quarantine regulation! On July 8, 2022, Judge Ronald Ploetz ruled that the "Isolation and Quarantine Procedures" regulation is unconstitutional and "violative of New York State law as promulgated and enacted, and therefore null, void and unenforceable as a matter of law." Shockingly, Governor Hochul and Attorney General, Letitia James, plan to appeal the decision. Yes, that's right...the Governor and AG, both unabashedly support quarantine camps! One would think that this fact, in and of itself, would be disturbing enough but add to it the fact that they're both running for election this November, and you can see just how unconstitutionally brazen and wholly out-of-touch with New Yorkers each of these "leaders" is. For anyone who missed my prior article on this horrific forced quarantine regime, the regulation truly shocks the conscience. Without exaggeration,...
https://www.sott.net/article/471420-Court-strikes-down-quarantine-camp-regulation-in-New-York-State
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Twitter declined to remove sex video exploiting minors, according to lawsuit supported by powerful watchdog groups
Child-safety advocates are blasting Twitter and lining up to support a lawsuit that alleges the social network declined to remove videos depicting the sexual exploitation of minors despite pleas from a victim and his family. "It's child sexual abuse material. He was 13 years old and being extorted. What the hell is Twitter doing?" asked Hany Farid, a professor at the School of Information at UC Berkeley. Farid, who has testified before Congress five times on issues of online safety and regulation, and others filed paperwork with a federal appellate court in San Francisco last week supporting the lawsuit.
https://www.sott.net/article/471421-Twitter-declined-to-remove-sex-video-exploiting-minors-according-to-lawsuit-supported-by-powerful-watchdog-groups
Twitter declined to remove sex video exploiting minors, according to lawsuit supported by powerful watchdog groups
Child-safety advocates are blasting Twitter and lining up to support a lawsuit that alleges the social network declined to remove videos depicting the sexual exploitation of minors despite pleas from a victim and his family. "It's child sexual abuse material. He was 13 years old and being extorted. What the hell is Twitter doing?" asked Hany Farid, a professor at the School of Information at UC Berkeley. Farid, who has testified before Congress five times on issues of online safety and regulation, and others filed paperwork with a federal appellate court in San Francisco last week supporting the lawsuit.
https://www.sott.net/article/471421-Twitter-declined-to-remove-sex-video-exploiting-minors-according-to-lawsuit-supported-by-powerful-watchdog-groups
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Heavy rain causes damage and flooding in Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico
Heavy rain that was accompanied by wind caused several damages in the city, where the streets and avenues turned into rivers in a matter of a few minutes. Around 4:00 p.m. the first drops began to fall on the "agricultural capital of the state", but the light rain quickly turned into a downpour that flooded the roads in all sectors of the urban area. In some parts of the city, the water covered half of the vehicles, while in the south and west, failures in the supply of drinking water to homes were reported. In this regard, the Municipal Board of Water and Sanitation explained that the rain caused breakdowns in the wells that supply the liquid, for which the technicians of the unit immediately went to carry out the repair work. (Translated by Google)
https://www.sott.net/article/471422-Heavy-rain-causes-damage-and-flooding-in-Delicias-Chihuahua-Mexico
Heavy rain causes damage and flooding in Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico
Heavy rain that was accompanied by wind caused several damages in the city, where the streets and avenues turned into rivers in a matter of a few minutes. Around 4:00 p.m. the first drops began to fall on the "agricultural capital of the state", but the light rain quickly turned into a downpour that flooded the roads in all sectors of the urban area. In some parts of the city, the water covered half of the vehicles, while in the south and west, failures in the supply of drinking water to homes were reported. In this regard, the Municipal Board of Water and Sanitation explained that the rain caused breakdowns in the wells that supply the liquid, for which the technicians of the unit immediately went to carry out the repair work. (Translated by Google)
https://www.sott.net/article/471422-Heavy-rain-causes-damage-and-flooding-in-Delicias-Chihuahua-Mexico
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Dog attacks, kills teenage girl in Harīpur, Pakistan
A teenage girl died when a pet dog attacked and injured her in her house in Kahka village here on Thursday, family and hospital sources said. They said that Rozina Bibi, 13, had come from Abbottabad to live with her maternal grandparents in Kahka. On Thursday morning she was sitting in the courtyard of the home when a pet dog of her maternal grandfather Abdul Majeed attacked and injured her critically. As the dog had bitten her in the neck and other parts of body she bled profusely and did not survive despite shifting to a hospital.
https://www.sott.net/article/471423-Dog-attacks-kills-teenage-girl-in-Haripur-Pakistan
Dog attacks, kills teenage girl in Harīpur, Pakistan
A teenage girl died when a pet dog attacked and injured her in her house in Kahka village here on Thursday, family and hospital sources said. They said that Rozina Bibi, 13, had come from Abbottabad to live with her maternal grandparents in Kahka. On Thursday morning she was sitting in the courtyard of the home when a pet dog of her maternal grandfather Abdul Majeed attacked and injured her critically. As the dog had bitten her in the neck and other parts of body she bled profusely and did not survive despite shifting to a hospital.
https://www.sott.net/article/471423-Dog-attacks-kills-teenage-girl-in-Haripur-Pakistan
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Dog enters home, kills 11-year-old girl in Trinidad
A dog identified as a mix between an American Bully and an American Bulldog escaped its kennel and entered a house, where it chased a child into a bedroom and mauled to death the 11-year-old girl. Rachael Bhagwandeen had no chance to escape the powerful animal, and not even an attempt by responders, including the child's own mother, could tear the animal away from its attack. Only the dog's owner could intervene. By then it was too late. Her mother Seema Bhagwandeen said she ran into the house to find her child had been savaged. She said her bleeding daughter reached out to her.
https://www.sott.net/article/471424-Dog-enters-home-kills-11-year-old-girl-in-Trinidad
Dog enters home, kills 11-year-old girl in Trinidad
A dog identified as a mix between an American Bully and an American Bulldog escaped its kennel and entered a house, where it chased a child into a bedroom and mauled to death the 11-year-old girl. Rachael Bhagwandeen had no chance to escape the powerful animal, and not even an attempt by responders, including the child's own mother, could tear the animal away from its attack. Only the dog's owner could intervene. By then it was too late. Her mother Seema Bhagwandeen said she ran into the house to find her child had been savaged. She said her bleeding daughter reached out to her.
https://www.sott.net/article/471424-Dog-enters-home-kills-11-year-old-girl-in-Trinidad
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Steven Hoffenberg, Epstein mentor & fellow Ponzi criminal found dead
Steven Hoffenberg, the disgraced businessman and longtime mentor of Jeffrey Epstein, was found dead Tuesday when Connecticut police discovered his rotting corpse during a wellness check, The Post has learned. Comment: Unusual choice of phrasing. Authorities discovered Hoffenberg, who spent 18 years in prison for running a half-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme, dead in his home around 8 p.m. Tuesday. It is not clear exactly when he died. Police had been called to the 77-year-old's home in Derby, Conn., at the request of a friend.
https://www.sott.net/article/471425-Steven-Hoffenberg-Epstein-mentor-fellow-Ponzi-criminal-found-dead
Steven Hoffenberg, Epstein mentor & fellow Ponzi criminal found dead
Steven Hoffenberg, the disgraced businessman and longtime mentor of Jeffrey Epstein, was found dead Tuesday when Connecticut police discovered his rotting corpse during a wellness check, The Post has learned. Comment: Unusual choice of phrasing. Authorities discovered Hoffenberg, who spent 18 years in prison for running a half-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme, dead in his home around 8 p.m. Tuesday. It is not clear exactly when he died. Police had been called to the 77-year-old's home in Derby, Conn., at the request of a friend.
https://www.sott.net/article/471425-Steven-Hoffenberg-Epstein-mentor-fellow-Ponzi-criminal-found-dead
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Strangely magnetized sunspot may reflect unusual happenings on the sun
New sunspot AR3088 is emerging in the sun's southern hemisphere. Its magnetic field is not normal: Shown above is a map of magnetic fields on the sun. AR3088 is inset. According to Hale's Law, the sunspot's magnetic poles should be arranged /-, that is, positive ( ) on the left and negative (-) on the right. Instead, they are rotated 90 degrees; positive ( ) is on top and negative (-) is on the bottom.
https://www.sott.net/article/471426-Strangely-magnetized-sunspot-may-reflect-unusual-happenings-on-the-sun
Strangely magnetized sunspot may reflect unusual happenings on the sun
New sunspot AR3088 is emerging in the sun's southern hemisphere. Its magnetic field is not normal: Shown above is a map of magnetic fields on the sun. AR3088 is inset. According to Hale's Law, the sunspot's magnetic poles should be arranged /-, that is, positive ( ) on the left and negative (-) on the right. Instead, they are rotated 90 degrees; positive ( ) is on top and negative (-) is on the bottom.
https://www.sott.net/article/471426-Strangely-magnetized-sunspot-may-reflect-unusual-happenings-on-the-sun
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Kiev was gearing up for military conflict since 2019, security chief admits
A top Ukrainian security official has said that Kiev had been gearing up for hostilities with Russia since as early as December 2019. The Russian military had earlier reported uncovering classified Ukrainian documents indicating a planned offensive against Donbass rebels. The revelation about Kiev's military preparation was made by Aleksey Danilov, who chairs Ukraine's national security council, in an interview with the Polish daily Wyborcza on Tuesday. "We were actually preparing for the war from December 2019, and all the claims that we were not dealing with it are absolutely out of touch with reality," he was quoted as saying. "If we did not prepare for war, today Russian tanks would be in Warsaw, Prague, Tallinn and Vilnius."
https://www.sott.net/article/471427-Kiev-was-gearing-up-for-military-conflict-since-2019-security-chief-admits
Kiev was gearing up for military conflict since 2019, security chief admits
A top Ukrainian security official has said that Kiev had been gearing up for hostilities with Russia since as early as December 2019. The Russian military had earlier reported uncovering classified Ukrainian documents indicating a planned offensive against Donbass rebels. The revelation about Kiev's military preparation was made by Aleksey Danilov, who chairs Ukraine's national security council, in an interview with the Polish daily Wyborcza on Tuesday. "We were actually preparing for the war from December 2019, and all the claims that we were not dealing with it are absolutely out of touch with reality," he was quoted as saying. "If we did not prepare for war, today Russian tanks would be in Warsaw, Prague, Tallinn and Vilnius."
https://www.sott.net/article/471427-Kiev-was-gearing-up-for-military-conflict-since-2019-security-chief-admits
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BEST OF THE WEB: Jeffrey Sachs: The west's false narrative about Russia and China
The world is on the edge of nuclear catastrophe in no small part because of the failure of Western political leaders to be forthright about the causes of the escalating global conflicts. The relentless Western narrative that the West is noble while Russia and China are evil is simple-minded and extraordinarily dangerous. It is an attempt to manipulate public opinion, not to deal with very real and pressing diplomacy. The essential narrative of the West is built into US national security strategy. The core US idea is that China and Russia are implacable foes that are "attempting to erode American security and prosperity." These countries are, according to the US, "determined to make economies less free and less fair, to grow their. militaries, and to control information and data to repress their societies and expand their influence." The irony is that since 1980 the US has been in at least 15 overseas wars of choice (Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Panama, Serbia, Syria, and Yemen just to...
https://www.sott.net/article/471428-Jeffrey-Sachs-The-wests-false-narrative-about-Russia-and-China
BEST OF THE WEB: Jeffrey Sachs: The west's false narrative about Russia and China
The world is on the edge of nuclear catastrophe in no small part because of the failure of Western political leaders to be forthright about the causes of the escalating global conflicts. The relentless Western narrative that the West is noble while Russia and China are evil is simple-minded and extraordinarily dangerous. It is an attempt to manipulate public opinion, not to deal with very real and pressing diplomacy. The essential narrative of the West is built into US national security strategy. The core US idea is that China and Russia are implacable foes that are "attempting to erode American security and prosperity." These countries are, according to the US, "determined to make economies less free and less fair, to grow their. militaries, and to control information and data to repress their societies and expand their influence." The irony is that since 1980 the US has been in at least 15 overseas wars of choice (Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Panama, Serbia, Syria, and Yemen just to...
https://www.sott.net/article/471428-Jeffrey-Sachs-The-wests-false-narrative-about-Russia-and-China
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Is The Virus Real?
I wrote this 18 months ago, but it has held up. The last part talks about how one might start a COVID origin investigation. I continue to be asked if the virus is real. I answered this question in 2 prior blog posts, below. But Off-Guardian has a new article claiming the virus is fake, and I was again asked to comment. https://anthraxvaccine.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-testing-mess-lack-of-reliable-data.html https://anthraxvaccine.blogspot.com/2021/01/is-virus-real-has-it-been-photographed.html Here is a description of its culture and isolation, with additional details in the supplementary materials, for those who continue to clamour for it. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7228321/
https://www.sott.net/article/471429-Is-The-Virus-Real
Is The Virus Real?
I wrote this 18 months ago, but it has held up. The last part talks about how one might start a COVID origin investigation. I continue to be asked if the virus is real. I answered this question in 2 prior blog posts, below. But Off-Guardian has a new article claiming the virus is fake, and I was again asked to comment. https://anthraxvaccine.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-testing-mess-lack-of-reliable-data.html https://anthraxvaccine.blogspot.com/2021/01/is-virus-real-has-it-been-photographed.html Here is a description of its culture and isolation, with additional details in the supplementary materials, for those who continue to clamour for it. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7228321/
https://www.sott.net/article/471429-Is-The-Virus-Real
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After days of failed attempts, judge finally grants Trump lawyers permission to appear in Mar-a-Lago warrant dispute
A federal judge in Florida has approved the appearances of two out-of-state Donald Trump attorneys in a court skirmish connected to a search warrant executed on Aug. 8 at the ex-president's palatial Mar-a-Lago club and residence. U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon, a Trump appointee to the Southern District of Florida, issued the approval order late Wednesday after several days of wrangling by two Trump attorneys. Those attorneys, James M. Trusty of Washington, D.C. and M. Evan Corcoran of Baltimore, Maryland, sought to appear in Cannon's Florida courtroom for Trump's case only — a process known as pro hac vice admission. As a general rule, lawyers can apply for pro hac admission in connection with a specific proceeding — the phrase means "for this occasion only" — if they're members in good standing of their own local bar, if they agree to work through "local counsel" (someone who is licensed in the forum jurisdiction), and with the permission of the court. However, attorneys...
https://www.sott.net/article/471430-After-days-of-failed-attempts-judge-finally-grants-Trump-lawyers-permission-to-appear-in-Mar-a-Lago-warrant-dispute
After days of failed attempts, judge finally grants Trump lawyers permission to appear in Mar-a-Lago warrant dispute
A federal judge in Florida has approved the appearances of two out-of-state Donald Trump attorneys in a court skirmish connected to a search warrant executed on Aug. 8 at the ex-president's palatial Mar-a-Lago club and residence. U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon, a Trump appointee to the Southern District of Florida, issued the approval order late Wednesday after several days of wrangling by two Trump attorneys. Those attorneys, James M. Trusty of Washington, D.C. and M. Evan Corcoran of Baltimore, Maryland, sought to appear in Cannon's Florida courtroom for Trump's case only — a process known as pro hac vice admission. As a general rule, lawyers can apply for pro hac admission in connection with a specific proceeding — the phrase means "for this occasion only" — if they're members in good standing of their own local bar, if they agree to work through "local counsel" (someone who is licensed in the forum jurisdiction), and with the permission of the court. However, attorneys...
https://www.sott.net/article/471430-After-days-of-failed-attempts-judge-finally-grants-Trump-lawyers-permission-to-appear-in-Mar-a-Lago-warrant-dispute
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From 'Spanish Stonehenge' to Nero Bridge: World artifacts that reemerged due to heatwave
With temperatures regularly exceeding 40C (104F) in a number of cities across the globe, the current heatwave is described as the most extreme in six decades. Scorching heat, which has already hit almost half of our planet, led to the lowering of river levels and the draining of reservoirs, which in turn resulted in an array of curious artifacts reemerging from the water. Here's a look into some of them.
https://www.sott.net/article/471431-From-Spanish-Stonehenge-to-Nero-Bridge-World-artifacts-that-reemerged-due-to-heatwave
From 'Spanish Stonehenge' to Nero Bridge: World artifacts that reemerged due to heatwave
With temperatures regularly exceeding 40C (104F) in a number of cities across the globe, the current heatwave is described as the most extreme in six decades. Scorching heat, which has already hit almost half of our planet, led to the lowering of river levels and the draining of reservoirs, which in turn resulted in an array of curious artifacts reemerging from the water. Here's a look into some of them.
https://www.sott.net/article/471431-From-Spanish-Stonehenge-to-Nero-Bridge-World-artifacts-that-reemerged-due-to-heatwave
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US government wants more non-white farmers
President Joe Biden's administration is doling out $550 million for programs to help poor farmers and increase racial diversity in agricultural careers, adding to its previous "equity" outlays for food producers. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced new funding on Wednesday, saying it aimed to help "underserved" producers access land, capital and markets and to train "the next diverse generation of agricultural professionals." The spending binge targets "farmers of color," meaning those with skin colors other than white. The announcement follows a failed effort by the Biden administration to provide debt forgiveness to only non-white farmers through a March 2021 Covid-19 relief bill. A federal judge ruled in June 2021 that racially-based debt relief was unconstitutionally discriminatory. A $739 billion tax and spending bill that Biden's Democratic Party pushed through Congress earlier this month enabled the USDA to take another crack at its diversity push, this time...
https://www.sott.net/article/471432-US-government-wants-more-non-white-farmers
US government wants more non-white farmers
President Joe Biden's administration is doling out $550 million for programs to help poor farmers and increase racial diversity in agricultural careers, adding to its previous "equity" outlays for food producers. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced new funding on Wednesday, saying it aimed to help "underserved" producers access land, capital and markets and to train "the next diverse generation of agricultural professionals." The spending binge targets "farmers of color," meaning those with skin colors other than white. The announcement follows a failed effort by the Biden administration to provide debt forgiveness to only non-white farmers through a March 2021 Covid-19 relief bill. A federal judge ruled in June 2021 that racially-based debt relief was unconstitutionally discriminatory. A $739 billion tax and spending bill that Biden's Democratic Party pushed through Congress earlier this month enabled the USDA to take another crack at its diversity push, this time...
https://www.sott.net/article/471432-US-government-wants-more-non-white-farmers
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Philippines - 4,300 displaced by Tropical Storm Ma-on (Florita) - 7 inches of rain in 24 hours
Tropical Storm Ma-On (known as Florita in the Philippines) made landfall in the province of Isabela, Cagayan Valley region in the Philippines on 23 August 2022, bringing strong winds and heavy rain. As of 26 August, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) in the Philippines confirmed one person drowned in Camarines Sur. Two people died as a result of wind damage and falling trees in Cagayan (1) and Cordillera (1). Wind gusts of 150 km/h were reported in the province of Isabela. In a 24 hour period to late 23 August, Laoag, capital of the province of Ilocos Norte recorded 169 mm of rain and Tuguegarao, capital of the province of Cagayan, recorded 178 mm. The town of Tanay in Rizal Province recorded 95.4 mm of rain in 24 hours to 24 August.
https://www.sott.net/article/471433-Philippines-4300-displaced-by-Tropical-Storm-Ma-on-Florita-7-inches-of-rain-in-24-hours
Philippines - 4,300 displaced by Tropical Storm Ma-on (Florita) - 7 inches of rain in 24 hours
Tropical Storm Ma-On (known as Florita in the Philippines) made landfall in the province of Isabela, Cagayan Valley region in the Philippines on 23 August 2022, bringing strong winds and heavy rain. As of 26 August, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) in the Philippines confirmed one person drowned in Camarines Sur. Two people died as a result of wind damage and falling trees in Cagayan (1) and Cordillera (1). Wind gusts of 150 km/h were reported in the province of Isabela. In a 24 hour period to late 23 August, Laoag, capital of the province of Ilocos Norte recorded 169 mm of rain and Tuguegarao, capital of the province of Cagayan, recorded 178 mm. The town of Tanay in Rizal Province recorded 95.4 mm of rain in 24 hours to 24 August.
https://www.sott.net/article/471433-Philippines-4300-displaced-by-Tropical-Storm-Ma-on-Florita-7-inches-of-rain-in-24-hours
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DeSantis unloads on Biden's student loan disaster: truck drivers paying for "gender studies" PhDs...
Ron DeSantis is at it again: He's absolutely right: the people who should be punished are not necessarily the debtors, but the universities. Defund them all. Let the debtors discharge their unpayable debts in bankruptcy.
https://www.sott.net/article/471434-DeSantis-unloads-on-Bidens-student-loan-disaster-truck-drivers-paying-for-gender-studies-PhDs
DeSantis unloads on Biden's student loan disaster: truck drivers paying for "gender studies" PhDs...
Ron DeSantis is at it again: He's absolutely right: the people who should be punished are not necessarily the debtors, but the universities. Defund them all. Let the debtors discharge their unpayable debts in bankruptcy.
https://www.sott.net/article/471434-DeSantis-unloads-on-Bidens-student-loan-disaster-truck-drivers-paying-for-gender-studies-PhDs
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Nord Stream 2 'only sensible' solution to gas crisis - German MP
Germany needs to stick to a 'fact-oriented policy' in dealing with fuel shortages, Steffen Kotre says. The launch of Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline could help solve the growing energy crisis in Europe, Bundestag MP Steffen Kotre told the TASS news agency on Wednesday. Kotre, who is a member of the German parliamentary committee on energy and climate protection, believes: "Even if the gas storage facilities are full, there will be enough for about three months this winter. And then what? Ideology has to give way to a real fact-oriented policy... The only sensible solution is to launch Nord Stream 2." In recent weeks the German government has insisted that there are no plans to launch the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which was completed last year but never went into operation due to Berlin's reluctance to grant it certification.
https://www.sott.net/article/471435-Nord-Stream-2-only-sensible-solution-to-gas-crisis-German-MP
Nord Stream 2 'only sensible' solution to gas crisis - German MP
Germany needs to stick to a 'fact-oriented policy' in dealing with fuel shortages, Steffen Kotre says. The launch of Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline could help solve the growing energy crisis in Europe, Bundestag MP Steffen Kotre told the TASS news agency on Wednesday. Kotre, who is a member of the German parliamentary committee on energy and climate protection, believes: "Even if the gas storage facilities are full, there will be enough for about three months this winter. And then what? Ideology has to give way to a real fact-oriented policy... The only sensible solution is to launch Nord Stream 2." In recent weeks the German government has insisted that there are no plans to launch the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which was completed last year but never went into operation due to Berlin's reluctance to grant it certification.
https://www.sott.net/article/471435-Nord-Stream-2-only-sensible-solution-to-gas-crisis-German-MP
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Damage to Europe's largest nuclear power plant revealed
RT has visited the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine, seeing first-hand the aftermath of the shelling of the facility by Kiev's forces. The largest nuclear power plant in Europe was seized by Russian troops in late February. Since then, National Guard and Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Troops have been defending the facility as the plant continues to operate with local staff. Kiev's troops have been firing at the plant and the nearby city of Energodar from the opposite site of the large Kakhovka water reservoir, the Russian Defense Ministry has consistently claimed. The falling shells damaged the facades of some buildings, while missile parts are still stuck in the ground. One of the water pumping stations was hit, but continues to operate as most of the equipment is hidden underground.
https://www.sott.net/article/471436-Damage-to-Europes-largest-nuclear-power-plant-revealed
Damage to Europe's largest nuclear power plant revealed
RT has visited the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine, seeing first-hand the aftermath of the shelling of the facility by Kiev's forces. The largest nuclear power plant in Europe was seized by Russian troops in late February. Since then, National Guard and Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Troops have been defending the facility as the plant continues to operate with local staff. Kiev's troops have been firing at the plant and the nearby city of Energodar from the opposite site of the large Kakhovka water reservoir, the Russian Defense Ministry has consistently claimed. The falling shells damaged the facades of some buildings, while missile parts are still stuck in the ground. One of the water pumping stations was hit, but continues to operate as most of the equipment is hidden underground.
https://www.sott.net/article/471436-Damage-to-Europes-largest-nuclear-power-plant-revealed
