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Half-Naked Knifeman Reportedly Shouting 'Allakhu Akbar' Injures Police Officer in Oslo, Gets Shot
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Government Corruption
There's a heroin shortage now that the CIA isn't in charge of opium production in Afghanistan any more? What a weird coincidence.
[HexBear]


It's a mystery. I guess we'll never know.
It seems to me that a heroin shortage is better than the reverse, though it’ll be a tad uncomfortable for the users. And the CIA, of course, but let us not begrudge them their well-earnt discomfort.
Posted by: Omomolet Phutch9064 || 11/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Narcos

#1  The Taliban put an end to opium production in the 90s when they were in charge. First thing CIA did when they took over the country was restart it.
Posted by: Omomolet Phutch9064 || 11/10/2021 0:16 Comments || Top||

#2  How much did the resurgent heroin problem cost the us and the world?
Posted by: Penguin of the Desert || 11/10/2021 0:28 Comments || Top||

#3  As I recall, after the Taliban put an end to opium production in the 1990s, they restarted it because they needed the money it generated.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/10/2021 0:33 Comments || Top||

#4  Think you are correct TW. And as I recall white powder addiction in Pakistan went way up around 2,000?
Posted by: Woodrow || 11/10/2021 1:22 Comments || Top||

#5  It was the Taliban only source of income. How can you sustain 'Endless Wars' without a well funded enemy ?

Side note: Guess who told the Army to 'back off' of poppy eradication in the AFG ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/10/2021 3:31 Comments || Top||

#6  Or (to take the NYT and other propagandists for the commies explaining inflation) there are just too many consumers not shortages.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/10/2021 6:26 Comments || Top||

#7  Opium production resumed after 2002, when the CIA explicitly allowed it.
Posted by: Omomolet Phutch9064 || 11/10/2021 7:09 Comments || Top||

#8  Sure, Herb
Posted by: Frank G || 11/10/2021 7:40 Comments || Top||

#9  Bah, Humbug! How can the CIA be a vast shadowy force of evil *and* in the next breath a totally incompetent clown show...? (on second thought there is the US State Department)

Occam's Razor: The Taliban shot most of the local middle-men (because they were competitors) and the logistics train is in chaos. I wager that in 6 months or so we will be told that "There is a vast surge in Heroin production and 'We Must Intervene!' "
Posted by: magpie || 11/10/2021 10:10 Comments || Top||

#10  So THAT's where Kackala and Newsome disappeared to. Hoovering up all the horse.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 11/10/2021 10:19 Comments || Top||

#11  Ref #9: I wager that in 6 months or so we will be told that "There is a vast surge in Heroin production and 'We Must Intervene!' "

So-called "Human Rights" violations will likely bring about intervention. The surge in Heroin production will not impact the Mexican cartel's bottom line. Our urban entrepreneurs enjoy long-term contracts along with US Gov't import and marketing assurances.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/10/2021 10:27 Comments || Top||

#12  So China just steps up fentanyl production...
Posted by: ed in texas || 11/10/2021 11:00 Comments || Top||

#13  ^ Yeah, so no worries.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/10/2021 11:56 Comments || Top||

#14  And Brandon conveniently leaves the border wide open for them to smuggle it into the country.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/10/2021 11:57 Comments || Top||

#15  "The world could face a shortage of up to 2 billion vaccine syringes by 2022, said WHO expert Lisa Hedman. A massive syringe shortage could delay children's vaccines against common illnesses. The world is administering 6.8 billion vaccine doses per year, while 6 billion syringes are manufactured annually." The end is near.
Posted by: Dale || 11/10/2021 13:48 Comments || Top||

#16  ...a shortage of up to 2 billion vaccine syringes by 2022

Almost certainly disposable syringes from a single supplier nation: China. Having a single source means your supply chain is a disaster waiting to happen.
Posted by: magpie || 11/10/2021 19:52 Comments || Top||

#17  The need won’t be nearly so great once The Great Covid Vaccination Drive is over.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/10/2021 22:39 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Luciferase, an enzyme produces bioluminescence is used in the COVID vaccine process and antibody test
[Substack] Luciferase is INCLUDED in the mRNA sequence of the Moderna patent! And the corporate media is wrong. Does this surprise anybody?

The corporate press has already admitted that Luciferase was used in the testing phase of the vaccines as well. So it’s listed in the mRNA sequence of the Moderna patent AND it’s used in the testing of the vaccines.

1) Go to the MODERNA website.

2) Click: the PATENTS page.

3) Click: PATENT US 10,703,789

4) Do a keyword search for: Luciferase.

The new COVID-19 antibody test is called SATiN and it uses Luciferase. No, I’m not kidding. Just click here to see for yourself.

Let me repeat that information: the antibody test is called SATiN.

"We basically incubate those three little molecular biological pieces with a prick of blood," Stagljar says. "And if there are antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in the blood, these antibodies will ’glue’ the three parts of luciferase into a functional molecule that will start shining."

In other words, you need to have COVID-19 antibodies present to make the enzyme glow. When the glow occurs, the researchers can then measure the amount of light emitted with an instrument called a luminometer. The more antibodies a person has, the brighter the luciferase will shine.

There’s something very wrong here. You know it and I know it. You don’t have to be a Christian to understand: names matter. It’s not an accident that they’ve given this name to this test. It’s a warning.

Newsmax White House Reporter Emerald Robinson Banned from Twitter for Posting ’Wrongthink’ on COVID Vaccines

Making me wonder if the antibody test is seeing the experimental mRNA injection and artificially jacking up the SATiN antibody count?
Posted by: Woodrow || 11/10/2021 00:25 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  link is broken...
Posted by: 49 Pan || 11/10/2021 2:06 Comments || Top||

#2  The link works for me, 49 Pan.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/10/2021 3:29 Comments || Top||

#3  AH yes, radium girls;
Posted by: Dale || 11/10/2021 3:44 Comments || Top||

#4  I wondered when this would happen. Drug shortages.
Posted by: Dale || 11/10/2021 4:08 Comments || Top||

#5  Because it means "light bringer". Its a stupid language joke.

And what does it have to do with radium? Bioluminescence is a chemical process, not nuclear.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 11/10/2021 6:11 Comments || Top||

#6  ^green indicator.
Posted by: Dale || 11/10/2021 12:20 Comments || Top||

#7  First time I heard the word "luciferase" was in the context of fireflies and how they manage that bio-luminescence trick. Fifth grade science.

Binding luminescent markers to a chemical of interest is a pretty standard assay technique. It has fuck-all to do with Satan, but I do enjoy the hysteria.
Posted by: SteveS || 11/10/2021 12:34 Comments || Top||

#8  What's in a name?
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 11/10/2021 12:40 Comments || Top||

#9  Etymology is neat.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/10/2021 15:06 Comments || Top||

#10  /\ A few years back there was a controversy on the plural of 'virus' -- was it Virii (virus was the Latin word for 'poisonous') or Viruses? The Professional Society for Scientific Latin (volunteers but someone needs to do it) opined: the new word was coined for a thing and the original Latin word described a quality -- Q.E.D. Viruses is the proper word.
Posted by: magpie || 11/10/2021 16:37 Comments || Top||

#11  Forget the name, that is trivial.

One question I still have is can this potentially artificially raise the antibody count?
Posted by: Woodrow || 11/10/2021 19:43 Comments || Top||


White Brits are more likely to die within a year from brain cancer than any other ethnic group, according to new study
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Study found white Brits more likely to die in a year from brain cancer than other ethnic groups

  • King's College London researchers conducted the study on 24,319 people

  • Patients from three other ethnic groups had decreased risk of death compared to white Brits
While the results of the study show an undeniable link between ethnicity and survival rates, there are other factors to consider that may play a role in such notable death rates.

Ms Wanis explained: 'It is probably too early to speculate on what may lie behind these differences, but a number of factors may be involved.

'These include how early people ask their doctors about symptoms, how early in the disease a diagnosis is made, better reporting, lifestyle and cultural factors, deprivation, tumour characteristics and behaviour, and treatment options.'

Ms Wanis is now in discussion with her colleagues about how they can investigate these factors in more detail, including how they can incorporate data from patient representatives to explore areas like the accuracy of death registration for patients in ethnic minority groups compared to others.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  'It is probably too early to speculate on what may lie behind these differences
Their brains are more active? Hard to imagine after seeing their behavior soccer games, though.
Posted by: Glenmore || 11/10/2021 12:35 Comments || Top||

#2  British Cuisine has long been described as "life-threatening"...
Posted by: magpie || 11/10/2021 14:15 Comments || Top||



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Wed 2021-11-10
  Half-Naked Knifeman Reportedly Shouting 'Allakhu Akbar' Injures Police Officer in Oslo, Gets Shot
Tue 2021-11-09
  Fugitive ISIS operative hunted by the Russian government is arrested at airport in Bogota
Mon 2021-11-08
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  Assassination attempt on Iraqi PM
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  Miqati Urges Kordahi to Resign, Hits Out at Hizbullah and Its Allies
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  March 8 Forces Want 'Price' for Kordahi Resignation
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  KSA Expels Lebanese Ambassador
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