Daily Archives: July 17, 2021

2021-07-17: News Headlines

Ralph Nader (2021-07-17). The Power Structure for Deadly Lag and the Prophetic Work of Unsung Heroes. dissidentvoice.org Kicking life-saving solutions endlessly down the road is the mark of the brutish power of the corporations over the innocents. Fifty years ago, medical research warned about the overuse of antibiotics creating mutations of resistant bacterium, making these drugs less effective. Dr. Sidney Wolfe warned about this criminal negligence again and again, along with other …

Anonymous103 (2021-07-17). Germany Creates Space Command And Strengthens Its Military Sovereignty. southfront.org German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and the Inspector General of the German Armed Forces Bundeswehr Eberhard Zorn (left). Photo: Michael Kappeler/DPA/AFPGermany becomes fourth NATO country to create a Space Command. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | Amidst the contemporary space race, more and more countries decide to invest in expanding their military power through space technology. This Tuesday…

March for Science (2021-07-17). Friday 7/16: SC1.5CE Not Silence: Virutal Climate Action Forum. indybay.org Online forum…

WSWS (2021-07-17). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org Sri Lanka education sector workers hold national strike; Pakistani health workers walkout for COVID-19 risk allowance; New Zealand midwives vote to strike.

Matthew W McCarthy, Daniel Marchalik (2021-07-17). [Perspectives] The Great Gatsby and the challenge of unreliable narrators. thelancet.com An enduring debate in modern literature concerns the reliability of Nick Carraway, the narrator of F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. For much of the novel, he seems to be a trustworthy person. He describes his Midwestern upbringing, his education at Yale University, and his desire to buck family tradition and move east to pursue a career in finance. Soon after his move to New York, however, Carraway learns of a love triangle involving his college friend, Tom Buchanan, Tom's wife, Daisy, and an enigmatic neighbour on Long Island named Jay Gatsby.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-07-17). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: On the verge of predicted surge with COVID-19 delta variant. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The delta variant is being blamed for hot spots in the U.S. where cases of COVID-19 are on the rise. These hot spots account for most cases in the U.S. They are also the geographical areas that tend to have the lowest vaccination rates. "It's no surprise that the two go together," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "This (delta variant) is the bad actor that…

Brian Shilhavy (2021-07-17). CDC: 10,991 Dead, 551,172 Injuries Following COVID-19 Injections. globalresearch.ca The U.S. CDC released more data today in their Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), a

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-07-17). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Working toward more diversity in orthopedic surgery. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Of all the medical and surgical subspecialties, orthopedic surgery historically has had the lowest percentage of women and minorities. Mayo Clinic's orthopedic surgery department is working to change that. This summer, two female medical students are participating in an eight-week clinical and research internship in orthopedic surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The program was developed by Nth Dimensions, an organization that seeks to bring more women and minorities into the profession. "I think it's important…

teleSUR (2021-07-16). 'Cuba Is Not Alone,' International Solidarity Movements Stress. telesurenglish.net Progressive political organizations, social movements, intellectuals, and opinion leaders from around the world continue to affirm their support for the Cuban people and government amid the new attempt by the United States to destabilize the order in this Caribbean nation. | RELATED: | In Portugal, workers and students on Thursday gathered in front of the Cuban embassy in Lisbon to demand an end to the U.S. financial and trade b…

Tamara Pearson (2021-07-16). US Concern for Cuba, Latin America Is Spin for Intervention. globalresearch.ca

Party for Socialism, Liberation — Chester County, PASSHE Defenders (2021-07-16). PA higher education under attack by its own Board of Governors. liberationnews.org Photo: Protest against university "consolidation" outside the state capitol, Harrisburg On the afternoon of July 14th 2021 the Board of Governors (BOG) of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) unanimously voted in favor of approving Chancellor Greenstein's "consolidation" plan. The implementation of the plan will result in the elimination of 1,500 faculty and …

Doctors for COVID Ethics (2021-07-16). Doctors for COVID Ethics Signatories. globalresearch.ca

Eva Bartlett (2021-07-16). What the Science Says about COVID-19. dissidentvoice.org Very insightful words from Ottawa-based physicist and interdisciplinary scientist, Denis Rancourt, a former tenured professor of physics at U of Ottawa (20+ years) and currently a researcher with the Ontario Civil Liberties Association. He has written over 100 papers in leading scientific journals. Denis speaks about a variety of issues pertaining to COVID-19, the faulty …

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2021-07-16). Cash or Card — Will COVID-19 Kill Cash? globalresearch.ca

Philip Giraldi (2021-07-16). Bomber Joe Biden Strikes Iraq and Syria: Retaliation Breeds More Incidents. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2021-07-16). Scheer Intelligence: Something's Rotten In The Science Of Food. popularresistance.org Leading nutritionist Marion Nestle has spent much of her long illustrious career writing about what we eat and the science of food. The James Beard award-winner and author of the blog Food Politics has written a whopping 14 acclaimed books on subjects related to nutrition, including "Soda Politics" and "What to Eat." And yet, "Unsavory Truths: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat, " a book journalist Robert Scheer calls one of her most important books to date, has gone largely ignored by mainstream media. On this week's installment of "Scheer Intelligence," Nestle joins Scheer to discuss some of the…

Mickey Z. (2021-07-16). Alexa, Artificial Intimacy, and Living Lives of Quiet Desperation. dissidentvoice.org More than 100 million Amazon Echoes have already been sold across the globe. Researchers believe many consumers purchase the artificial intelligence device as a "companion." A 2019 study, led by the University of Strathclyde's Dr. Graeme McLean, found that: Voice assistants may serve as a means of overcoming loneliness in a household with fewer occupants. …

Staff (2021-07-16). Uber is LYING to drivers about how much customers pay for rides, San Francisco news outlet claims. rt.com Uber has been giving its drivers in San Francisco the wrong figures for how much their riders pay, apparently understating the share of the money the company keeps for itself, a local news platform has reported. | The anecdotal account indicating a possible squeeze of drivers by the company came from Mission Local, an independent local news site based in SF's Mission District. It said it found discrepancies between what its journalist paid for rides and what their drivers were told about the fare by the Uber app. It came up as the reporter was researching how the company and its competitor Lyft split fares wit…

Mark Fiore (2021-07-16). Screen Shot 2021-07-15 at 8.49.34 AM.png. progressive.org Would you rather own the libs and die a horrible death or would you rather admit that science works and Joe Biden may be right when he suggests door-to-door vaccinations?

Tasos Kokkinidis (2021-07-16). Thousands Protest Against Mandatory Vaccination in Greece. globalresearch.ca

Michael Welch (2021-07-16). The Assassination of John F. Kennedy. globalresearch.ca "Why should the United States and the Soviet Union, in preparing for such expeditions, become involved in immense duplications of research, construction, and expenditure? Surely we should explore whether the scientists and astronauts of our two countries—indeed of all the …

Rick Rozoff (2021-07-16). Battle of the Atlantic: Citing Nazi Germany as Model, U.S. Military Chief Hails New NATO Command. globalresearch.ca

Paul Joseph Watson (2021-07-16). Spain's Top Court Rules that Lockdown Was Unconstitutional. globalresearch.ca

Shane Quinn (2021-07-16). History: Why Nazi Germany Failed to Defeat the Soviet Union? Folly of War. globalresearch.ca

GMWatch (2021-07-16). New Genetic Engineering (GE), Genome Editing: EU Commission Spreading Misinformation. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2021-07-16). Investigations Reveal US Involvement In Jovenel Moise's Assassination. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageUS trying to regain its control over Central America and the Caribbean. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | US incursions in Central America are on the rise. New data from the investigation on the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise reveals that US government agents are involved in the case. In addition, there are reports alleging that those responsible for the attack were involved in recent invasion and coup atte…

Staff (2021-07-16). Headlines for July 16, 2021. democracynow.org COVID-19 Cases Rise in Nearly Every U.S. State as Delta Variant Becomes Dominant, Surgeon General Calls on Social Media Giants to Stop Spread of Anti-Vaccine Misinformation, Coronavirus Infections Continue Exponential Rise in Southeast Asia and Africa, German Chancellor Confronted over Blocking Patent Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines, WHO Warns 23 Million Children Missed Vaccinations in 2020 Due to Pandemic, 110 Dead, 1,300 Missing as Once-in-a-Century Flooding Hits Germany and Belgium, Smoke Blankets Much of North America as Western Wildfires Grow in Size, Research Shows Parts of Amazon Rainforest Now Emit More Gree…

Global Research News (2021-07-16). Selected Articles: 62% of Patients Vaccinated for COVID Have Permanent Heart Damage. globalresearch.ca By On July 11, an outstanding news shook the world. The space race between two notorious millionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson, was allegedly won by the latter. …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-07-16). Al pueblo de Cuba: øEstá Washington orquestando un "golpe blando"? La cooptación de los intelectuales cubanos. globalresearch.ca Nota del autor | En octubre de 2010, fue invitado a la casa de Fidel Castro en las afueras de La Habana para discutir la política exterior de Estados Unidos, los peligros de la guerra nuclear, la crisis económica global y …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-07-16). Tumor cell PD-L1 may mediate sensitivity to chemotherapy in colorectal cancer treatment. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Data in a study by Mayo Clinic Cancer Center researchers indicates that the level of tumor cell PD-L1, a protein that acts as a brake to keep the body's immune responses under control, may be an important factor for sensitivity to chemotherapy in colorectal cancer treatment. The study was published Friday, July 2, in Oncogene. "We have identified a mechanism by which absent or low levels of tumor cell PD-L1, which is commonly found…

Dave DeCamp (2021-07-16). Pentagon: Colombians Arrested in Haitian President's Killing Had US Training. news.antiwar.com The Pentagon said on Thursday that some of the former Colombian servicemen arrested over the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise had previously received training from the US military. | "A review of our training databases indicates that a small number of the Colombian individuals detained as part of this investigation had participated in past US military training and education programs while serving as active members of the Colombian Military Forces," Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Ken Hoffman

South Front (2021-07-16). Video: Saudi-led Coalition Attempts to Retake Baydha from Houthis. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Michael Palmer (2021-07-16). Expert Evidence Regarding Comirnaty (Pfizer) COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine for Children. globalresearch.ca

Children's Health Defense (2021-07-16). Doctors for COVID Ethics: Halt Use of Pfizer COVID Vaccines in Adolescents 'Immediately'. globalresearch.ca

Xiaolin Huang, Xiaojian Shao, Li Xing, Yushan Hu, Don D. Sin, Xuekui Zhang (2021-07-16). [Research Paper] The impact of lockdown timing on COVID-19 transmission across US counties. thelancet.com Lockdowns are an effective way of controlling the spread of COVID-19 in communities. Significant delays in lockdown cause a dramatic increase in the cumulative case counts. Thus, the timing of the lockdown relative to the case count is an important consideration in controlling the pandemic in communities.

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2021-07-16). British Billionaire Richard Branson "Goes to Space" globalresearch.ca

Megan Redshaw (2021-07-16). Experts Warn of 'Huge Risk' as Moderna Launches COVID Vaccine Trials for Pregnant Women. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2021-07-16). Online public meeting in Australia: Oppose all the job cuts at Macquarie University and nationally! Build rank-and-file committees to defend public education! wsws.org Developments this week at universities across Australia have underscored the critical importance of the joint online public meeting called by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) and the Committee for Public Education (CFPE) this Saturday, July 17 at 4 p.m. (AEST).

Peoples Dispatch (2021-07-16). Ecuadorian teachers on hunger strike to demand implementation of Intercultural Education law. peoplesdispatch.org The law seeks to increase the budget for the education sector, guarantee inclusive and quality public education, increase the basic salary of teachers, re-employ teachers fired or dismissed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, among other measures…

Editor (2021-07-16). Vygotsky's revolutionary educational psychology. mronline.org Vygotsky's revolutionary theory of development is one that recognizes the many forms of capacity, intelligence, and potential in all beings. | July 16, 2021 | Newswire…

WSWS (2021-07-16). US educators angered over CDC's repudiation of safety measures amid spread of Delta variant. wsws.org In the aftermath of last Friday's move by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to encourage vaccinated teachers and students not to wear masks and to fully reopen schools, anger is building among educators, parents and students.

Clarissa A. Leon — Mike Elk (2021-07-16). The Bureau of Labor Statistics Counted Only Eight Strikes in 2020, Payday Report Counted 1,200. counterpunch.org Earlier this year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revealed that 2020 was the third lowest year for strikes in the United States since they started collecting data on strikes in 1947. The Bureau of Labor Statistics claimed that there were just eight "major work stoppages" in the US in 2020. Payday Report's COVID-19 Strike

Moderator (2021-07-16). Marion Nestle: Something's Rotten in the Science of Food. scheerpost.com Photo by Bill Hayes] Click to subscribe on: Apple / Spotify / Google Play Leading nutritionist Marion Nestle has spent much of her long illustrious career writing about what we eat and the science of food. The James Beard award-winner and author of the blog Food Politics has written a whopping 14 acclaimed books on subjects related to nutrition, including "Soda Politics" and "What to Eat." And yet… |

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