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Hamas kills one hostage and wounds two
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-Great Cultural Revolution
Dr. Fauci Admits He's Infected With COVID For Third Time After Being "Vaccinated And Boosted Six Times"
[ZH] "I got infected about two weeks ago, it was my third infection, and I have been vaccinated and boosted a total of six times," said Fauci.

Fauci, who back in 2021 said, "If you get vaccinated, you are protected," seemingly hasn’t been protected from catching the virus despite receiving half a dozen vaccines.

He also separately asserted during the same year, "When people get vaccinated, they can feel safe that they are not gonna get infected."
Posted by: Frank G || 08/13/2024 11:33 || Comments || Link || [11128 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  Obviously he needs to up the booster shots to at least 12 a day. Then we'll see how he does.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 08/13/2024 11:39 Comments || Top||

#2  Must be getting from all those sand fleas he fed....
Posted by: Mercutio || 08/13/2024 12:43 Comments || Top||

#3  But he hasn't been hospitalized for it, so perhaps it wasn't as deadly as he broadcast.
Posted by: Bobby || 08/13/2024 13:07 Comments || Top||

#4  When good things happen to bad people.
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/13/2024 14:49 Comments || Top||

#5 
A few weeks ago, strangely, Communist China admitted to a large number of cases of the new Covid-XBB strain. Then Fauci announces he was infected....

Did they have "accident" or are they at it again for 2024 elections?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 08/13/2024 15:54 Comments || Top||

#6  Insti - “The term ‘long Covid’ should be dropped from use, because Covid has no more aftereffects than the flu or other mild respiratory illnesses, according to a major new study from Australia released yesterday. The study showed that only 3 percent of people who had Covid had ‘moderate-to-severe’ aftereffects a year later – numerically fewer than those infected with influenza or other mild respiratory diseases.” cite. look at me, look at me - whiny little b*.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/13/2024 15:56 Comments || Top||

#7  Fauci should be dropped from a plane at 10,000 ft.
Posted by: alanc || 08/13/2024 16:37 Comments || Top||

#8  He should be given a booster shot every quarter hour until he keels over dead or mutates into the swamp thing.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 08/13/2024 16:46 Comments || Top||

#9  Preparations should be made at once for the posthumous award of the Klingon Distinguished Intelligence Service Cross. Private ceremony of course.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/13/2024 16:57 Comments || Top||

#10  to good for him.
Posted by: Squinty+Hatfield8204 || 08/13/2024 18:13 Comments || Top||

#11  I gonna ask a stupid question.
Do the vaccines affect the disease at all?
Posted by: ed in texas || 08/13/2024 20:07 Comments || Top||

#12  The term ‘long Covid’ should be dropped from use, because Covid has no more aftereffects than the flu or other mild respiratory illnesses, according to a major new study from Australia released yesterday.

So just another pathway to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, a rare outcome of all sorts of health stressors including infection, severe and sustained stress, cancer chemo- and radiation therapies.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/13/2024 22:01 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
A powerful magnetic storm hit the Earth
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Scientists recorded a strong disturbance in the Earth's magnetic field on August 12, according to data published on the website of the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of IKI and ISTP.

“There is currently a magnetic storm (strong, level G3) occurring in the Earth’s magnetosphere,” the publication says.

At the G3 level, problems with energy systems may arise on Earth, interruptions in satellite and low-frequency radio navigation, and disruptions in high-frequency radio communications are also possible. In addition, polar lights may be observed in mid-latitudes.

As reported by IA Regnum, the previous magnetic storm, which began on Earth on August 4, ended the next day. It almost reached the G3 level (strong) from 15:00 Moscow time to 21:00 on August 4, after which it began to weaken.

The following day, two powerful flares of the highest class occurred on the Sun. They were preceded by a series of medium explosions.


Posted by: badanov || 08/13/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11131 views] Top|| File under:


#2  Maybe that's why my satellite went out yesterday.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 08/13/2024 10:09 Comments || Top||

#3  Amazing northern lights the night before last here in northern Michigan. I’d never seen them before. It was incredible.
Posted by: Remoteman || 08/13/2024 12:34 Comments || Top||


Economy
Brent crude oil exceeds $82 for the first time since July 26
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The price of October futures for Brent crude oil exceeded $82 for the first time since July 26. This is evidenced by data from the London ICE exchange from August 12.

As of 21:23 Moscow time, the price of Brent oil was $82.06 per barrel (+3.01%). Then the growth slowed down and the futures price reached $81.92 per barrel by 21:38 Moscow time.

WTI crude oil futures for September delivery also rose to $79.08 per barrel (+2.73%).

As reported by Regnum News Agency, global demand for oil will continue to grow, Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin noted on June 8 during his speech at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. He voiced the OPEC+ forecast, according to which primary demand for oil will grow by almost 20%, to 116 million barrels per day by 2045. Oil will continue to account for about 30% of the global energy balance, Sechin summed up.

On July 23, at a meeting with the Chairman of the Accounts Chamber, Boris Kovalchuk, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the share of oil and gas revenues in the budget is growing.

Posted by: badanov || 08/13/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11130 views] Top|| File under:

#1  So it’s the same price as 19 days ago?
Posted by: Thing+From+Snowy+Mountain || 08/13/2024 0:08 Comments || Top||

#2  So it’s the same price as 19 days ago?

It is not as dramatic if you put it like that.
Boring Historical Price chart
Posted by: SteveS || 08/13/2024 0:34 Comments || Top||

#3  A chart for the past 10 years shows the interesting price crash during the peak of the COVID panic (WTI not Brent).
Posted by: Lord Garth || 08/13/2024 10:08 Comments || Top||


Iraq
A person practicing magic and sorcery arrested north of Hillah
[NINANEWS] A joint force from the National Security Service, in cooperation with the police of al-Musayyib district, north of Hillah, arrested a person practicing magic and sorcery inside his house located in al-Musayyib, the second teachers' neighborhood.
"Stick 'em up!"
[PRANG!]
[ribbet! ribbet!]

A source in the force said, "The police, based on intelligence information, were able to arrest a person practicing magic and sorcery by raiding his house in al-Musayyib district, north of Hillah, on Monday evening.
"Get the net over him, al-Murfi! Quick! Before he gets away! Or before he..."
[PRANG!]
[baaah!]

He added that the police transferred the accused to the competent authorities for investigation."
But then he disappeared...
Posted by: Fred || 08/13/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11133 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Posted by: Jack+Creanter7508 || 08/13/2024 9:39 Comments || Top||

#2  There was a magician of Hillah
Whose story is kind of a Thriller,
Who danced to the Moon
From a desolate dune
And returned as a serial killer!
Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452 || 08/13/2024 16:32 Comments || Top||

#3  Does he open in Vegas next week?
Posted by: alanc || 08/13/2024 16:38 Comments || Top||

#4  "So beware, O Muslims, such self-styled seers and hoodoo men who walk among us speaking Arabic and pretending to believe and worship just as we do, when, inside, they're nothing but wicked practitioners of magical thinking, the kind of blasphemers who might steal bits and pieces of sacred scripture and stitch them into a sacrilegious parody of true religion, the better to mislead decent honest Arabs. Be not led astray! Okay, time to pray."

The Purloined Megillah?
Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452 || 08/13/2024 16:43 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
On private companies beating nations to the moon and Mars for their own reasons


… mission for 2.5 years now. From mission proposal, planning, trajectory design, to crew selection, everything has been done by the customer. And now, here we are!

Until 2021, space missions were solely the privilege of governments. Private individuals were unable to charter a Space Shuttle like they would do for an airplane.

Then
@inspiration4x
came along and changed everything. It was a space tourist mission, but unlike any space tourists before it. For the first time in spaceflight history, a private individual could rent an entire spacecraft, planned, designed, and executed their own very personal mission with clear objectives. It should never be underrated.

Later, we saw the emergence of the Polaris Program, which is essentially a new Gemini for our time, but this time entirely driven by an individual rather than a government.

With Fram2, we aim to open this door even wider. This is the true allure of commercial spaceflight.

I’ve read many sci-fi stories about the first human missions to Mars, usually led by NASA or some fictional government. Rarely does anyone dare to imagine such a mission may be carried out privately. But now, I increasingly believe that someday we will reach Mars — and it may be a person, or a company, not a nation, who gets there.

A new chapter in space exploration is unfolding before our eyes. Stay tuned! https://f2.com
Posted by: 3dc || 08/13/2024 07:37 || Comments || Link || [11129 views] Top|| File under:


#2 
Posted by: Jack+Creanter7508 || 08/13/2024 9:42 Comments || Top||

#3  Nothing better than a little 'Jack' before breakfast.
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/13/2024 11:00 Comments || Top||


Proactive Prostate Health Management
It’s SCIENCE!!!
[DM] Men who want to lower their risk of a common cancer should masturbate and have sex more, according to research.

A new review of existing studies dating back 30 years found the more often men ejaculate, the less likely they are to develop prostate cancer.

Researchers recommended climaxing 21 times per month because the literature suggested it lowered the risk of disease by one-third.

Though the exact mechanism isn't well understood, the experts believe increased blood flow to the prostate could help flush carcinogens out of semen and other fluids.
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/13/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11127 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Doctor: "You need to quit masturbating"
Me: "Why?"
Doctor: "Because I'm trying to examine you"
Posted by: Frank G || 08/13/2024 0:37 Comments || Top||

#2  from the comments -
"It’s a fine line between staying healthy or going blind."

go read them.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/13/2024 7:29 Comments || Top||



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3Hezbollah
3Govt of Iran
3Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
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1Govt of Iran Proxies
1Commies
1Houthis
1Islamic State
1Migrants/Illegal Immigrants
1Sublime Porte
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1Govt of Iraq

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  Hamas kills one hostage and wounds two
Mon 2024-08-12
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Sun 2024-08-11
  Lebanon proposes additional LAF troops in south to restore calm
Sat 2024-08-10
  Israeli airstrike targeted the security chief of Hamas in the Ain al-Hilweh camp while he was in his car in the city of Sidon
Fri 2024-08-09
  The director of public prosecutions of England and Wales warns that sharing online material of riots could be an offence
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  Taylor Swift concerts canceled after ISIS plot narrowly foiled by police
Wed 2024-08-07
  Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran arrested in political assassination plots including Trump
Tue 2024-08-06
  Hamas named its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar as chief
Mon 2024-08-05
  US, France call for 'utmost restraint' in Middle East. Utmost.
Sun 2024-08-04
  Hamas commander, eight other gunmen killed in two IDF drone strikes near Tulkarem
Sat 2024-08-03
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Fri 2024-08-02
  Anjem Choudary gets 28 years
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  9/11 mastermind KSM and two other terrorists awaiting trial on Guantanamo Bay strike plea deals
Wed 2024-07-31
  Haniyeh rubbed out in Iran
Tue 2024-07-30
  Lebanese officials now confirm that US envoy and NSC official Amos Hochstein passed information on Israeli strikes


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