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How to secure your home before a hurricane

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The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is predicted to be a dangerous one, with as many as 33 named storms expected this year. With the threat of dozens of storms looming, you should prepare your home and property before SHTF.

Remember that while making your home hurricane-proof can be expensive, experts have advised that it will pay off with less damage and a quicker recovery after the storm. (h/t to USAToday.com)

Preppers know that it's better to start getting ready for ...

Vacation booking website faces criminal charges over ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS on Palestinian land

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The non-profit Center for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) filed the complaint with the Dutch public prosecutor back in November alongside three other human rights groups – the European Legal Support Center (ELSC), Al-Haq and the Rights Forum. However, it was only recently that they went public with the suit.

The plaintiffs accused Booking.com, which is based in Amsterdam, of "profiting from war crimes by facilitating the rental of vacation homes on land stolen ...

Vladimir Putin praises digital ruble, calls for CBDC’s widespread use in Russia

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According to a Substack report from American writer and journalist Riley Waggaman, writing under the moniker Edward Slavsquat, Putin has called for the full-scale implementation of the digital ruble.

Waggaman wrote that after praising the "efficiency and functionality" of the Central Bank of Russia's CBDC, Putin instructed his government to prepare for the widespread introduction of the digital ruble.

"Now we need to take the next step, namely: Move to a broader, full-scale ...

European Union mulls INDEFINITELY freezing stolen Russian assets amid U.S. pressure

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Since the onset of the Ukraine conflict in late February 2022, the EU has frozen more than 200 billion euros ($217 billion) worth of assets owned by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation but were currently being held in financial institutions within the European Union. Moscow has vehemently condemned this action as a brazen theft of its financial properties.

While Western nations have grappled with legal hurdles preventing outright confiscation of these funds to aid Ukraine, ...

Tesla plans to launch humanoid robots next year, says Elon Musk

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"Tesla will have genuinely useful humanoid robots in low production for Tesla internal use next year and, hopefully, high production for other companies in 2026," Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted on his X account Monday, July 22. (Related: In two years, China plans to unleash mass-produced humanoid robots to replace human workers.)

The announcement came after Musk said in April that the Tesla robot Optimus would be able to carry out factory jobs by the end of this year and could ...

Prepping and hydration: Essential tips for preparing for extreme heat

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Picnics and outdoor activities are fun when the weather is great, but you should remember that spending too much time in the sun during summer can also be dangerous. Excessive heat exposure can cause dehydration, which can cause hazardous conditions, such as heat cramps.

Fortunately, you can take measures to protect your family from the heat and sun if you want to stay healthy and active this summer. (h/t to Healthline.com)

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RFK Jr. accuses Democrats of “rigging” the nomination with Harris so they can keep Biden’s campaign donations

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On Sunday, President Biden announced in a statement that he would be dropping his reelection bid, and RFK Jr. applauded him for his choice, saying that his “infirmities were evident to any unbiased observer from the beginning.”

However, he also pointed out how the party shut him out when he originally tried to enter the race as a Democrat, noting that they blocked him from challenging Biden.

“It was this progressive deterioration—and his abandonment of Democratic Party ...

The CrowdStrike global outage shows the serious dangers of a centralized, digitized world

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(Article by Dr. R P republished from DailySceptic.org)

It appears that in many cases, while the update was distributed automatically over the internet to systems, the workaround to fix the problem requires the machines to be rebooted in Windows’ safe mode, which usually requires physical access. The person at the keyboard then needs to know the password for the computer’s administrator account, and use this level of access to delete a file within a subdirectory of Windows’ ...

European Court of Justice rules against Pfizer and the European Commission’s secretive, liability-free contracts

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According to Ursula’s own confessions, she privately texted Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla to secure 11 contracts, 4.6 billion in vaccines, while transferring €71 billion of public money to Big Pharma. In 2020, Ursula told the New York Times she was texting Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla to secure 1.9 billion doses of their COVID-19 vaccine for the entire EU population, which is just 448 million people. This liability-free contract protects Pfizer, while exploiting all Europeans without recourse ...

“FDA Dragon Slayer” attorney Jonathan Emord joins Alliance for Natural Health as general counsel to help protect Americans’ health freedom

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ANH-USA aims to protect the rights of natural health practitioners and the rights of consumers in choosing the treatments they prefer. They do important work in protecting alternative medicine, which is often unfairly derided by conventional medicine as untrustworthy and ineffective. They’ve been working to help promote the idea that a healthy lifestyle and diet and reduced exposure to harmful chemicals can go a long way toward avoiding the need for surgery and medication.

Emord ...

The censorship boomerang

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(Article by Bret Swanson republished from Brownstone.org)

The shock – both feigned and real – over Joe Biden’s long-obvious dementia cements our 2022 diagnosis of the ruling class’s dysinformation disorder. Yes, some knew and hid the truth, as the brilliant Timur Kuran explains. But many journalists and Democratic power brokers appear to have been truly clueless. Otherwise, they would have changed course long ago.

The refrain that Joe is “sharp as a tack” was just the ...

Lawmakers urge Federal Trade Commission to take action against ONLINE ADS for junk foods

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The bipartisan group of lawmakers led by U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) made the request in a June 17 letter addressed to FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan and four other commissioners. It urged the FTC to update its decade-old report on food marketing to children and adolescents, emphasizing the need to address the rapidly evolving landscape of digital advertising.

"We are alarmed by the proliferation of unhealthy food and beverage marketing directed toward children across online platforms," ...

Food prices soar in Poland as costs outpace inflation predictions

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(Article republished from RMX.news)

Experts from UCE Research and Warsaw’s WSB Merito University have observed a worrying trend in the pricing of food products in Poland, with their latest report painting a less-than-optimistic picture.

They determined that prices in May saw a year-over-year increase of 2.9 percent, following rises of 2.4 percent in April and 2.1 percent in March.

“It’s clear that prices are consistently rising month after month, fulfilling the ...

Must-have items for your heatwave emergency kit

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Before disaster strikes, stock up on food supplies and prepare a heatwave emergency kit for yourself and your family. With the necessary supplies, you can ensure that your family is well-fed and comfortable even if things get a little too hot when SHTF.

Hopefully, the power will be on even during a heatwave. But if you experience a blackout during a heatwave, items like battery-powered or manual fans can help everyone stay cool. (h/t to HereComesTheApocalypse....

CENSORSHIP: German government BANS conservative magazine, claiming to combat “hate speech” and “extremism”

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The German publication Compact, founded in 2010 and based in the town of Falkensee just outside of Berlin, was recently banned by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior for allegations that the magazine was disseminating "antisemitic, racist, anti-minority, historical revisionist and conspiracy theory content."

As part of the ban, over 300 federal police under Interior Minister Nancy Faeser initiated a nationwide raid on 14 properties linked to the magazine in the German ...

Political analysts: Biden’s withdrawal from presidential race has left the Democrats IN TURMOIL

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On July 21, the 81-year-old Biden announced in a post on X that he would step aside as the Democratic Party's nominee in the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement. He followed this up with an address from the White House. The announcement came after weeks of mounting pressure from fellow Democrats due to a disastrous debate performance against former President Donald Trump in June.

However, Kyle Kondik, the managing editor for ...

Many processed foods contain potentially toxic substances NOT LISTED on ingredient labels

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Known as "processing aids," these hidden additives are not labeled because technically they are not part of the food product itself, but are rather residues left over from the food production process.

Common processing aids include additives that "soak and wash" certain ingredients, "filter" beverages like wine and juice to make them appear clearer, and improve the texture of bread products to make them softer and more elastic, among other uses.

"During the production ...

Microplastics in the bloodstream linked to 4.5 times HIGHER stroke and heart attack risk, warn researchers

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Microplastic pollution in the environment is a worldwide problem with many negative side effects. Several studies have also suggested that once microplastics enter the human body, they can increase the risk of health problems such as heart attack, stroke and even death.

Plastic is a crucial product in industrial production and it is pervasive in daily life. However, when plastic products break down, they turn into microplastics or nanoplastics, which are much smaller....

LICENSE TO STEAL: California senators pass SB 553 to prohibit retailers from stopping shoplifters

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Submitted by State Sen. Dave Cortese (D-San Jose), SB 553 has already passed in the State Senate and is currently being deliberated upon by the Democrat-controlled State Assembly.

On its surface, the bill aims to "prevent workplace violence and protect staff from being forced by their employees to step in during robberies." In practice, though, SB 553 sounds like an open invitation to thieves "to come in and steal," to quote the California Retailers Association, which opposes ...

UNWOKE: Microsoft ditches its “business critical” DEI team as the WOKE WAVE begins to unravel

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The Big Tech firm disbanded the DEI team at the beginning of the month due to "changing business needs," according to a July 1 email obtained by Business Insider and corroborated by IGN. The said correspondence was met with blowback from an unnamed DEI team leader at the company, who fired off a missive to thousands of fellow employees the same day.

"True systems-change work associated with DEI programs everywhere are no longer business critical or smart as they were in 2020," ...