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China has passed a sweeping data protection law that is set to impose strict control measures on the private sector’s handling of personal data, building on an already expansive crackdown on the country’s tech sector that has rattled global stock markets.The personal information protection law, passed through the Chinese Communist Party’s ceremonial legislature on Aug. 20, will require organizations and individuals to have a clear and reasonable purpose to “collect, use, process, transfer, trade, provide, or publicize other people’s personal information,” according to the text released by the National People’s Congress. It also requires companies to obtain individuals’ consent before...

The Pentagon on Friday briefed reporters on the Biden Admin’s failure to safely evacuate American citizens from Afghanistan. Tens of thousands of Americans are currently trapped in Afghanistan because of Joe Biden’s incompetence and corruption. According to multiple reports, Americans are being beaten and injured by Taliban terrorists and are unable to safely pass through checkpoints to get to Kabul airport. Joe Biden and people from his regime claimed thousands of people were safely evacuated from Afghanistan in the last 24 hours. However, many of the evacuees are NOT Americans. US Army Major General Hank Taylor, a logistics specialist on...

The Mississippi State Department of Health sent a health alert Friday warning health care providers about a drug used to deworm livestock that some are using to treat and prevent COVID-19. According to the alert, the Mississippi Poison Control Center has received several calls related to the ingestion of ivermectin meant for livestock, which is causing illness in COVID-19 patients. Ivermectin is approved for use in both people and animals, but animal drugs are highly concentrated and can be highly toxic in humans.

On the campaign trail Biden was asked if he would raise tax on small businesses On February 20, 2020 he said: 'No. Taxes on small businesses won't go up' Next week House Democrats will vote on the framework for the tax hikes Biden wants to raise the top marginal income tax rate to 39.6 pc, from 37pc Americans For Tax Reform calculate 1.9 million small businesses will be affected Furthermore, Biden plans to remove a 'step up' in basis on inherited property The rule means the person who inherits the property can sell it immediately without paying any capital gains...

Before we dig in, let’s be honest, shall we?Every human being in the history of mankind has lied — and every human being for the remainder of mankind will lie, as well. Thing is, it’s the degree of lying — and what they lie about — that sets some people apart from others. That said, this feels like a good time to visit the difference between compulsive liars and pathological liars. No one in particular, of course, just generally speaking.So I decided to stop by MedicineNet and see what they had to say about the whole thing.Compulsive liar: A liar...

Images of unrest and desperation at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, spread across the world on Monday as the Taliban took the city and thousands of Afghans sought to flee. The chaos brought widespread criticism of the U.S. withdrawal, but President Joe Biden said on Monday afternoon that he stood "squarely behind [his] decision" to begin formally pulling out troops in May. Still, the U.S. exit poses a "real chance" of destroying the Biden presidency, Eurasia Group founder and political scientist Ian Bremmer tells Yahoo Finance Editor-in-Chief Andy Serwer in a new interview. The crisis could severely undermine Biden's...

The Centre for National Resilience. It sure doesn’t get much more Orwellian than that. This is a name of which Kim Fats in North Korea would be proud. And this prison, for that is what it will be, is for ‘mandatory quarantine accommodation’.

What's good for the body is good for the brain. For example, getting lots of exercise, reducing stress, going easy on the alcohol, and not smoking are all no-brainer brain boosters that you've heard about. But what has been getting more attention these days is the surprising connection between your gray matter and your diet. "The nutrients from food influence chemicals that directly and indirectly affect your brain and in turn change the way you think and feel," says nutritional psychiatrist, Uma Naidoo, MD, a professional chef, nutrition expert, and author of the book This Is Your Brain on Food....

H.R.4980 - To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that any individual traveling on a flight that departs from or arrives to an airport inside the United States or a territory of the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and for other purposes.

Afghan resistance has claimed to have captured three towns north of Kabul in fighting that 'killed or injured 60 Taliban fighters'. Local forces are reported to have taken back the Pul-e-Hesar, Deh-e-Salah and Banu districts in the Baghlan province on Friday. Writing in Persian, Afghan Defence Minister General Bismillah Mohammadi said the three areas had been reclaimed, adding: 'The resistance is still alive.' A Twitter account under the name 'Panjshir Province' - the only area not controlled by the Taliban - earlier said the Pul-e-Hesar was captured while 'fighting was raging' in the other two districts. Tajuden Soroush, a senior...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tom T. Hall, the singer-songwriter who composed “Harper Valley P.T.A.” and sang about life’s simple joys as country music’s consummate blue collar bard, has died. He was 85.His son, Dean Hall, confirmed the musician's death on Friday at his home in Franklin, Tennessee. Hall, known as “The Storyteller” for his unadorned yet incisive lyrics, composed hundreds of songs.Along with such contemporaries as Kris Kristofferson, John Hartford and Mickey Newbury, Hall helped usher in a literary era of country music in the early ’70s, with songs that were political, like “Watergate Blues” and “The Monkey That Became President,”...

Haqqani led prayers and vowed to give 'security to men and women' in Kabul He is wanted by the US and UN for fundraising for the Taliban and Al Qaeda He was cheered in Kabul today and is said to be offering security for new regime Khalil Haqqani, one of America's most wanted terrorists, has led prayers for Taliban fighters in Kabul where he was greeted by adoring fans. The Taliban fundraiser, who also has links to Al Qaeda, has a $5million bounty on his head but was cheered on the streets of Kabul before he led prayers at the...

Resident says he gets lots of “cables.” What is a “cable”? 40 years ago I called telegrams “cables” Anybody?

Protesters are attempting to enter the central districts of Melbourne and Sydney and launching protests in other Australian cities at Noon Saturday August 21st. (10 pm Eastern US Time Friday)...

Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue has told his British Army counterpart, a high-ranking field-grade officer of the British army's 22nd Special Air Service Regiment, that British operations were embarrassing the United States military in the absence of similar U.S. military operations. I understand that the British officer firmly rejected the request... ....the SAS has conducted operations to bring American citizens, as well as British citizens and at-risk personnel, through checkpoints and to the airport. ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued updated guidance on masking indoors in public spaces in areas of high transmission for those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The move came after the CDC uncovered new data about the delta variant, one of the most transmissible strains of the coronavirus, that suggested even fully vaccinated individuals who catch COVID-19 can still pass along the virus to others. The delta variant is responsible for more than 98% of COVID-19 cases in the United States. All of these recent discoveries by the CDC lead to one question: Can COVID-19...

Hillicon Valley: Key QAnon influencer 'GhostEzra' identified Trump says he 'single-handedly' picked Alabama for Space Command… COVID-19 cases are spiking in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, but local health officials have not reported any link to former President Barack Obama's 60th birthday bash nearly two weeks ago. Although the number of cases has risen to 158 since the Aug. 7 event, Tisbury health agent and boards of health spokesperson Maura Valley told the Daily Mail on Friday, "As of today I haven't seen any cases linked to the Obama party." Tisbury is a town located on the north end of the island....

The Texas Democratic rebellion ended with barely a whimper Dallas feds arrest man accused of selling fake COVID-19 vaccination… President Biden has spent only four full days at the White House since the Afghanistan crisis began in earnest on August 6, as the Taliban swept into power in Afghanistan, forcing the United States to abandon its embassy in Kabul and deploy thousands of troops to secure the Kabul airport and run evacuations. The president has continued to be briefed on events even when not in Washington, according to the White House. And he's made multiple public appearances at the White...

California’s giant ride-hailing and delivery companies suffered a major setback Friday as a state Superior Court judge invalidated a 2020 ballot proposition that allowed Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and other businesses to classify their workers as independent contractors. In a lawsuit brought by the Service Employees International Union, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch ruled that parts of Proposition 22 are unconstitutional because they infringe on the power of the Legislature to include app-based drivers under the state’s workers’ compensation law. Gig economy companies spent more than $220 million last year in the nation’s costliest-ever ballot initiative campaign after the...