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The same supply chain and labor shortages that have slowed your receipt of certain toys, furniture items, bicycles, and tech gadgets will also affect your Library books. Perhaps you’re already in the holds queue for your favorite author’s upcoming release. The Library may need to rely on you to patiently await the arrival of those … Read more

WASHINGTON — At least once a week, a team of President Joe Biden’s top advisers meet on Zoom to address the nation’s supply chain crisis. They discuss ways to relieve backlogs at U.S. ports, ramp up semiconductor production for struggling automakers and swell the ranks of truck drivers. The conversations are aimed at one goal: … Read more

Finally, some justice for the white male. A man who alleged in a lawsuit that he was fired from a hospital system because he is a white man has been awarded a $10 million verdict by a North Carolina jury, according to court documents. David Duvall of Michigan sued Novant Health, Inc. in 2019 after … Read more

Thousands of people across the UK are coming down with the “worst cold ever” as the country reopens from coronavirus lockdowns. Brits have been warned to be alert for the signs that the super cold has developed into deadly pneumonia. There had been an uptick in calls to GPs and the National Health Service’s 111 … Read more

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D., Calif.) husband hit pay dirt on Monday as Tesla’s valuation rose to $1 trillion. The news comes as Pelosi spearheads legislation that doles out tens of billions of dollars in subsidies to the electric vehicle industry, including Tesla, with provisions to build charging stations for cars and incentivize electric car … Read more

The Biden administration wants to give the IRS more surveillance power, supposedly in the name of stopping tax evasion. But the plan is unclear and has met with major opposition. First, the proposal is vague on what would actually be monitored. CBS News reported on Oct. 14 that bank accounts with $600 and individual $600 … Read more

 John W. Whitehead “You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one this fall. You think they’re people just like you. You’re wrong. Dead wrong.” — They Live We are living in an age of mayhem, madness and monsters. Monsters with human faces walk among us. Many of them work … Read more

by Simon Black Louis XV was only five years old when his great grandfather, the ‘Sun King’ Louis XIV passed away. The year was 1715, and France was nearly in financial ruin. Louis XIV had spent the previous seven decades spending lavishly on everything from palaces to public hospitals. All of that spending had turned … Read more

TAIWAN'S PRESIDENT CONFIRMS PRESENCE OF U.S TROOPS: CNN — FXHedge (@Fxhedgers) October 27, 2021 JUST IN 🚨 China says it opposes military ties between Washington and Taiwan, after President Tsai Ing-wen confirmed a small number of US troops are present on the island — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) October 28, 2021 Taiwan’s President says the threat … Read more

by Eric Zuesse For once, the progressive thing for congressional progressives (if they exist) to do is to vote with the Republicans against the Democrats in Congress. Republicans plus Democratic Senators Sinema and Manchin are blocking progressive proposals on federal spending and taxes, and the only solution if progressives truly are progressive is to vote with … Read more

https://twitter.com/PhilipJagd/status/1453454594349146114 US30Y fractal with 2008 is exaclty the same.. pic.twitter.com/WXGvYKNq3C — Alessio (@AlessioTMAD) October 27, 2021

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