New research reveals that cats play fetch, too NPR. (David L). Considered one of my mom’s cats cherished fetch. With bottle tops.
WATCH: Florida bear assaults, takes off with reindeer Christmas ornament Fox (furzy)
Dyson spheres and the search to detect alien technosignatures Large Suppose (Micael T)
Historical past’s 5 Finest Physique Half Tales Nautilus (Micael T). No Lorana Bobbitt.
#COVID-19
Nobody might have foreseen this.
‘The best ranges they’ve been ever’: Wastewater testing reveals rising unfold of COVID-19https://t.co/PRpKwTeA29
— T. Ryan Gregory (@TRyanGregory) December 15, 2023
CDC Coverage fails to guard US residents and hospitals:
Hospitals and emergency rooms could possibly be pressured to ration care by finish of this month, CDC warned Thursday.
COVID-19 and influenza are actually on observe to once more pressure America’s well being care system. https://t.co/LzK9oRk1hr
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) December 15, 2023
I’m undecided if it’s the newest pressure that’s circulating or the dearth of uptake on current boosters/vaccinations however our COVID sufferers at present are presenting & deteriorating like in 2020-2022.
Very critically unwell & unstable, coding, very excessive oxygen wants…it’s scary.
— NurseKelsey (she/her) 🌈✨🎉❤️🏳️🌈 (@nursekelsey) December 16, 2023
GM through e-mail:
Singapore knowledge:
https://www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/statistics
That is fairly vertical. IT would possibly burn out rapidly, but when it has the identical form as earlier waves, it ought to attain a lot increased than the newer Omicron ones
China?
Area Power chief: Timing of Chinese language spaceplane launch “no coincidence” ars technica (Kevin W)
China’s economic system is now a staggering 22% greater than America’s, however for differing causes, neither nation desires to acknowledge this truth Japanese Angle (Micael T)
Outdated Blighty
We’d like emergency laws to forestall a complete water provide and monetary meltdown if Thames Water fails Richard Murphy
European Disunion
Deindustrialization continues to realize momentum Anti Spiegel through machine traslation (Micael T)
Venezuela Rejects France’s Misguided Assessments on the Essequibo Dispute teleSUR. Micael T: “Each events agreed to proceed direct dialogue and to not threaten or use pressure underneath any circumstances.’ This can not stand within the collective West!”
Gaza
‘Operation Al Aqsa Flood’ Day 70: A deteriorating public well being disaster in Gaza, raids throughout the occupied West Financial institution Mondoweiss (guurst)
🧵 A narrative that you simply will not hear about even on Palestinian twitter as a result of it pales compared to all the opposite horrors that Palestinians are dealing with every day. However this story occurring in “the West” would result in requires investigations, resignations, fascism, and many others.
— Muhannad Ayyash (@AyyashMohannad) December 14, 2023
Israeli troops filmed setting hearth to meals provides in Gaza Telegraph (Li)
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US Pushing Hezbollah To Withdraw from Lebanon-Israel Border Antiwar.com (Kevin W). Good luck with that.
‘Nobody will cease us from destroying Israel and the US’: How Lebanon is getting ready for a warfare over Gaza that it doesn’t need RT (Chuck L)
How Yemen is inflating Israel’s warfare value The Cradle (Chuck L)
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This half is completely extraordinary: he compares Israel’s present technique to that of “ISIS and Al Qaeda”.
He says many individuals within the present Israeli management set as a “political purpose” to “create a human catastrophe in Gaza as a result of from the chaos we will begin once more.” He says… pic.twitter.com/0GP2rlcaXy
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) December 15, 2023
Video displaying ISF components beating a Palestinian journalist at Wadi Al Joz neighborhood E of Jerusalem Metropolis; The Palestinian journalist was hospitalized pic.twitter.com/lSP6954aSB
— Native Focus – Safety Alerts (@LocalFocus1) December 15, 2023
HOW THE WEST BANK FITS INTO THE EQUATION Seymour Hersh
How Americans are main rise of ‘settler violence’ on Palestinian lands Guardian (furzy)
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Israeli army says it mistakenly killed three Israeli hostages in Gaza ABC Australia (Kevin W)
Protests in Tel Aviv after Israel mistakenly kills hostages in Gaza BBC. Lead story.
Kevin W notice re the next tweet ” Even when Hamas did this, Israel would nonetheless proceed the bombing”:
John Kirby outlines the three situations for Hamas to meet to finish the warfare in the present day:1. Lay down your arms2. Flip over those that had been answerable for the October 7 attacks3. Quit all of your hostages pic.twitter.com/y7we6Jt1xA
— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) December 14, 2023
The hope of ending ‘Israel’s fever dream’: An interview with Craig Mokhiber Mondoweiss (guurst)
John Mearsheimer: There isn’t a two-state answer Unherd or in the event you desire YouTube John Mearsheimer: There isn’t a two-state answer
India, Israel and the neo-Fascist Worldwide Defend Democracy (Micael T)
Don’t Look Away London Assessment of Books (guurst)
New Not-So-Chilly Conflict
Outcomes of the 12 months with Vladimir Putin President of Russia. Necessary. Replace on what the SMO goals imply when it comes to present goals. See additionally dialogue by Alexander Mercouris: Putin Robust on Ukraine, Management Odessa, Black Sea; Orban Blocks EU Funding; Israel Hezbollah Strike. and Gilbert Doctorow Vladimir Putin’s “Direct Line” Q&A session in the present day
SCOTT RITTER ON ZELENSKY IN SHAMBLES AS NATO DEFEAT LOOMS PLUS MORE! Danny Haiphong
EU vows Ukraine will get its cash — with or with out Orbán’s help Politico (Kevin W)
Zelensky’s fund-raising go to to Washington as seen by Russia Gilbert Doctorow (guurst). From earlier within the week, nonetheless attention-grabbing.
US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSES DEPLETED BRAINS & BLACKOUT BILL FOR BANNING IMPORTS OF RUSSIAN URANIUM John Helmer (Chuck L)
Allegedly flash-bangs, however I infer nonetheless may be very harmful on this proximity:
JUST IN – Many injured after lawmaker detonates a number of grenades throughout a council assembly in Transcarpathia, western Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/Vmi1sUPxKG
— Disclose.television (@disclosetv) December 15, 2023
Imperial Collapse Watch
The Atrophy of American Statecraft International Affairs
Our Rotten International Coverage Standing Quo Daniel Larison (Micael T)
Put money into the Way forward for Dwelling Collectively: Free Non-public Cities Funding Migration Insider. Snow Crash was a prospectus. Furzy cites:
Worldwide Cities are privately run communities, based mostly on clear contracts, which give, allow and facilitate alternative and selection. Worldwide Cities will likely be established at a number of places around the globe, sharing frequent values and distinct traits, but thriving in concord and synergy with their native atmosphere and tradition.
Meet all 3,800 graduates of Klaus Schwab’s globalist WEF teaching programs by identify Riot Occasions. Micael T: “3,800 individuals can wreak numerous havoc.”
Trump
The thriller of the lacking binder: How a set of uncooked Russian intelligence disappeared underneath Trump CNN (furzy)
Biden
Look out, Joe – Kamala’s coming to your job! SCOTT JENNINGS reveals the VP’s unbelievable betrayal of Biden as she stokes a full-blown, far-left bureaucratic revolt over his wobbling help for Israel Day by day Mail (Li). A wee drawback is Kamala can not handle her approach out of a paper bag.
GOP Clown Automobile
Rudy Giuliani should pay $148 million to 2 Georgia election staff he defamed, jury decides CBS (Kevin W)
L’affaire Jeffrey Epstein
The One Lady males in energy can’t appear to flee Japanese Angle (Micael T)
Our No Longer Free Press
Tucker Carlson lashes out at huge information firms and crops billboards at HQs of NYTimes, CNN, MSNBC and the Washington Publish with ‘company media is useless’ emblazoned, as he launches his OWN streaming service Day by day Mail (Li)
Effectively, TikTok Completely Banned Our Present Glenn Greenwald, YouTube
Abortion
Abortions denied for lots of in Texas regardless of well being dangers, knowledge present STAT (furzy)
AI
AI Can Assist Democracy Nautilus. Micael T: “ROFLMAO.”
Boffins pressure chatbot fashions to disclose their dangerous content material The Register (furzy)
The Bezzle
>Pfizer Has a Prison Document. Did the Media or Your Authorities Inform You? Had You Identified, Would You Have Accepted to Obtain the COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine? Michel Chossudovsky (Micael T). Downside is everybody signed legal responsibility waivers. And the case was public, anybody who cared might have searched. In all probability extra attention-grabbing as an indication of rising lack of belief (which ought to have been decrease to start with) for Large Pharma.
Ought to we be instructing Neoclassical Economics to undergraduates? Financial Coverage Institute Weblog (Chuck L)
Class Warfare
U.S. homeless rely reaches highest degree ever; California numbers staggering Related Press Furzy: “Images.”
Antidote du jour (Tracie H):
And a bonus (Chuck L):
This cheetah proudly reveals her cubs to a photographer. The sounds this household makes are purring & chirping, which is price listening to. A sort man would not pull the set off however triggers the shutter to seize such gorgeous moments. 🙏🪄 pic.twitter.com/2BZ9CZ1ldu
— Hakan Kapucu (@1hakankapucu) December 14, 2023
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.