Headlines for October 4, 2021
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-10-04
Rallies Across U.S. Call for Reproductive Justice Amid GOP Assault on Abortion, U.S. Tops 700K COVID Deaths; CA Announces Student Vaccine Mandate as NYC Educator Mandate Starts, Major Orange County Oil Spill Blankets Beaches, Kills Wildlife, Pandora Papers Expose Secret Financial Dealings of World Leaders, Billionaires and Other Elites, Facebook Whistleblower Says Co. Repeatedly Put Profit Over Safety, Calls for Regulations, Kabul Blast Kills Five People as Afghan Humanitarian Crisis Grows, 8 Killed at Indian Farmworker Protest, 4,000 Refugees, Including Children, Arrested in Raids by Libyan Authorities, 3 Millio…
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The Big Business of Future Wars
Walker Bragman | dailyposter.com | 2021-10-04
Click to share this on FacebookLawmakers in Congress are preparing to consider big cuts to the emergency $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill designed to fight the climate apocalypse and provide a safety net to struggling Americans. At the same time, legislators are nonchalantly advancing a defense spending plan that would put America on track to spend more than twice as much…
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Kabul Diaries Part 16: After forbidding perfume for women, Taliban to ban inciteful kebab
Yasmeen Afghan | greenleft.org.au | 2021-10-04
The so-called "Taliban 2.0" has banned secondary education for girls, higher education for women students and teachers, protests and women's sports. Recent statements by Taliban figures banning perfume have been protested and derided in social media, reports Yasmeen Afghan.
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COVID-2021: a Plague of Mandates Odyssey
Todd Smith | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-10-04
"Does the White House think they have an Afghanistan problem or a COVID problem?"–"Chucky Doll" Todd question to Game Show Contestant-Panelists on NBC's "Meet the Press," September 5, 2021, seen on the Useful Idiots "Monday morning Sunday Morning News Shows" podcast review Clearly, there are many officially unanswered "Meet-the-Pressing" questions viraling around these COVID-dark days, …
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Mayo Clinic Minute: What to do if your child has a bellyache
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-10-04
Kids are back in the classroom, and a common back-to-school sickness is viral gastroenteritis, or stomach flu. It's an intestinal infection marked by watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea or vomiting, and sometimes fever. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/jwxQ2L4ZVXE Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 58) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please "Courtesy: Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. If your child is showing symptoms of a stomach bug, such as vomiting…
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WEEKEND READER: Corporate Media Reveals Its True Colors
David Sirota | dailyposter.com | 2021-10-03
Click to share this on FacebookAs progressives engaged in battle this week to save the party's reconciliation package, corporate news outlets pulled off their masks and began actively working to help their corporate owners kill many of the safety net provisions in the far-reaching bill. One outlet, Politico, even openly admitted that its…
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Revolutionary Chavista Leader William Izarra Passes Away
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-10-03
On Friday, October 1, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, reported of the death of well-known revolutionary leader William Izarra. In his Twitter account, the president wrote: "My deepest regret for the parting of William Izarra, a great and loyal comrade in the revolutionary struggle, friend of our Commander Hugo Chávez. I send my heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and dear ones. Hasta la Victoria Siempre William!" | The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Félix Plasencia, also expressed his condolences. "We regret the sad passing of Commander William Izarra, Ambassador of Venezuela to the Democratic People…
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Revolutionary Chavista Leader William Izarra Passes Away
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-10-03
On Friday, October 1, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, reported of the death of well-known revolutionary leader William Izarra. In his Twitter account, the president wrote: "My deepest regret for the parting of William Izarra, a great and loyal comrade in the revolutionary struggle, friend of our Commander Hugo Chávez. I send my heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and dear ones. Hasta la Victoria Siempre William!" | The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Félix Plasencia, also expressed his condolences. "We regret the sad passing of Commander William Izarra, Ambassador of Venezuela to the Democratic People…
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In Video: Iraqi Security Forces Foil Suicide Bombing In Ramadi At Very Last Minute
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-10-03
Click to see full-size image. Source: the official account of the Iraqi Security Media Cell on Twitter (@SecMedCell). | On October 3, Iraqi security forces foiled a suicide attack that was supposed to target the police headquarters in the city of Ramadi, some 110 kilometers to the west of the capital Baghdad, at the very last minute. | In a statement, the Iraqi Security Media Cell said that security forces surrounded the attacker who was driving towards his target in a booby-trapped car. Eventually, he was for…
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In Video: Iraqi Security Forces Foil Suicide Bombing In Ramadi At Very Last Minute
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-10-03
Click to see full-size image. Source: the official account of the Iraqi Security Media Cell on Twitter (@SecMedCell). | On October 3, Iraqi security forces foiled a suicide attack that was supposed to target the police headquarters in the city of Ramadi, some 110 kilometers to the west of the capital Baghdad, at the very last minute. | In a statement, the Iraqi Security Media Cell said that security forces surrounded the attacker who was driving towards his target in a booby-trapped car. Eventually, he was for…
southfront.org/in-video-iraqi-security-forces-foil-suicide-bombing-in-ramadi-at-very-last-minute/

Mayo Clinic Minute: What to do if your child has a bellyache
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-10-03
Kids are back in the classroom, and a common back-to-school sickness is viral gastroenteritis, or stomach flu. It's an intestinal infection marked by watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea or vomiting, and sometimes fever. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/jwxQ2L4ZVXE Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 58) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please "Courtesy: Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. If your child is showing symptoms of a stomach bug, such as vomiting…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/?p=318730