Apple Rolling Out iPhone, iPad, iCloud Spyware, with Kiddie Porn as the Excuse
Apple abandons its pretense of caring about user privacy and has now joined arms with the police. Be warned.
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Biotechnology Greed Is Prolonging the Pandemic. It’s Inexcusable.
Government is failing when it stands pat in the face of “your money or your life” level corporate greed, now on display in this pandemic.
Read more...Links 8/5/2021
Cuomo on the Brink: How to Impeach a Governor
As you are making your popcorn, we’re providing a playbill to help you navigate the probable impeachment of Andrew Cuomo.
Read more...Does the Tuskegee Experiment Really Explain Black Vaccination Rates?
A data analysis disproves the liberal myth that the Tuskegee experiment is why black vaccination rates lag, as opposed to (gah!) class.
Read more...China’s Industrial Slowdown Could Kill The Commodity Rally
Many commentators have fixated on levitating US securities markets, ignoring softening growth in Asia that is now hitting commodity prices
Read more...If the Food Supply Chain Collapses Will the Public Finally See Through Brexit?
So is a long expected Brexit disaster finally about to happen, now that Brits believe the disruptions are past?
Read more...Links 8/4/2021
“Potentially Very Bad”: Lots of New Covid Variants in New York City Rats
The officialdom is ignoring a possible dire Covid risk if it materializes: new variants and mutations in rats jumping to humans.
Read more...Central Banks Must Address Pandemic Challenges
Central banks in developing countries must use monetary policy to enhance fiscal space and support relief, recovery and transformation.
Read more...Obama Wants His Private Presidential Center on Public Land—and Mainstream Media Is Looking the Other Way
Obama gets yet another undeserved free pass, this time over his Presidential library.
Read more...Often Overlooked, New Building Codes Could Buffer Climate Change
Yves here. It’s nice to see a discussion of a concrete measure (pun not intended) to slow climate change. We need way more approaches that can be executed at a local level. By Emma Foehringer Merchant. Originally published at Undark On September 9, 2020, California Energy Commission Chair David Hochschild opened a scheduled meeting with […]
Read more...Sloppy Pfizer Booster Clinical Trial Consent Form Provides Way to Exclude Reactions That Require Emergency Care
The Pfizer consent form for a clinical of its booster shot is troubling from a participants and public health persepctive.
Read more...Links 8/3/2021
Long Drives, Air Travel, Exhausting Waits: What Abortion Requires in the South
Feminists failed to press for abortion laws when they had political winds at their backs. Women in Flyover are already paying for this lapse.
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