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Roger Simon describes our Communists.

For Many of America’s Elites, China and Communism Have Already Won

Commentary Those who thought America was turning communist I would privately think of as paranoids. No longer. This …

The biggest difference between “their Communists” and “our Communists” is theirs have come up through the school of hard knocks. To lose inside the Chinese Communist party is to forfeit your freedom, your family’s and possibly your life.

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Opinion | What Did Fauci Tell Trump About Wuhan?

Newly disclosed emails about the possibility of a laboratory origin for the pandemic.

Australia’s plan to convert French nuclear attack subs to conventional propulsion hits the rocks.

Defence looking at alternatives to French submarines in case $90 billion program falters

The Defence Secretary says he is thinking more about alternative submarine options as tensions with the French company designing Australia’s future fleet continue to simmer.

[Denver Nuggets] team was inside the hotel when the crowd pursued the man they believed to be Ngo to the concierge desk of the hotel, then pulled on the doors and confronted Nines staff in a chaotic scene. Protesters had previously tackled and punched the man, who fled to the hotel for safety.

Angry Antifa Mob Surrounds Portland Hotel Believing Journalist Andy Ngo is Inside

“Protesters had previously tackled and punched the man, who fled to the hotel for safety.”

People who quote Kristian Andersen emails on covid should know his current views on the subject of lab origin. He doesn’t think it’s probable.

Its next goal could be to run at a consistent temperature for a week, according to Li Miao, director of the physics department of the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen.

China’s ‘artificial sun’ sets world record by running at 216MILLION°F

The device, located in China’s eastern Anhui province, also achieved a peak temperature of 288million°F (160million°C) – more than ten times hotter than the sun.

Israel’s opposition leader says he has succeeded in forming a coalition to end the rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest serving leader.

Last-minute deal to oust Benjamin Netanyahu reached

Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid said late Wednesday he had succeeded in forming a coalition to end the rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest serving leader.

Titled ‘Io Sono’ (Italian for “I am”), the 67-year-old artist’s sculpture is “immaterial,” meaning that the sculpture does not actually exist.

Italian artist sells invisible sculpture for more than $18,000

Though he’s received much critique for the sale, Salvatore Garau argues that his work of art isn’t “nothing,” but is instead a “vacuum.”

The 80-page tome, titled ‘Expect the Unexpected: Ten Lessons on Truth, Service, and the Way Forward which will be published by National Geographic Books, consists of quotes and speeches Fauci has made over the years

Dr. Fauci ‘WON’T be paid for upcoming book and documentary’

The 80-page tome, titled ‘Expect the Unexpected: Ten Lessons on Truth, Service, and the Way Forward’, is set to be released by National Geographic Books on November 2.

At least the cards are on the table. This is what the Left wants. There they said it. Where do you stand in a world of zero sum games with no self-deception, no euphemisms to hide behind?

this is the kind of thing that could obliterate the faith of millions. The last global disaster, the financial crisis of 2008, smashed people’s trust in the institutions of capitalism, in the myths of free trade and the New Economy, and eventually in the elites who ran both American political parties.

If the Wuhan lab-leak hypothesis is true, expect a political earthquake | Thomas Frank

The potential consequences of the origins of the virus are shattering – if they can be proved

Man was infected in April proving cross species contamination can happen.

“This infection is an accidental cross-species transmission,” its statement said. “The risk of large-scale transmission is low.”

China reports human case of H10N3 bird flu, a possible first

BEIJING (AP) — A man in eastern China has contracted what might be the world’s first human case of the H10N3 strain of bird flu, but the risk of large-scale spread is low, the government said Tuesday.

The probability is that Biden ordered the lab origin probe not because he wanted to, but in order to anticipate developments and revelations he felt were inevitable. Joe doesn’t desire confrontation with China, he seeks to soften it by getting control of the fact-finding process.

China warns the US over Biden-ordered probe into Wuhan lab leak theory

China has accused Joe Biden of ‘arrogance’ and a dangerous provocation by launching an investigation into the Wuhan lab (inset, and left, Chinese President Xi Jinping).

Former vice president of Google Maps, Jack Menzel, went so far as to admit that the only way a user could hide their home and work address from the company was by deliberately setting these locations to random addresses

Google’s Data Collection Policies Are Too Confusing For Its Own Staff To Comprehend

Recently un-redacted documents from last year’s Google vs Arizona lawsuit shows the company made it hard to hide your location data.

Allegations that COVID escaped from a Chinese lab make it harder for nations to collaborate on ending the pandemic — and fuel online bullying, some scientists say.

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Divisive COVID ‘lab leak’ debate prompts dire warnings from researchers

Allegations that COVID escaped from a Chinese lab make it harder for nations to collaborate on ending the pandemic — and fuel online bullying, some scientists say.