Month: December 2021

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 12.23.21

Alabama

  • AG Steve Marshall joins another lawsuit to block vaccine mandate for Head Start
  • Gubernatorial primary candidate Lindy Blanchard says she won't allow mandates
  • Mobile police arrest 10 in bust up of prostitution ring
  • Court of Appeals sides with man who sought return of engagement ring from ex-fiancee
  • Missionary from Ohio is back home after being shot during a visit in Vestavia Hills

National

  • The White House extends the deadline for student loan repayments
  • PBS Poll shows Hispanic disapproval of Biden  performance even higher than whites
  • Walter Reed research announces a covid 19 vaccine that addresses all variants
  • Cardiologist Peter McCullough says current vaccines do not stop transmission to others
  • Jury makes request of Judge while deliberating more in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial
  • Swedish startup company comes out with microchip for vaccine passports
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The Allusionist - 148. Bonus 2021

I've been saving them up all year, and now it's time for the annual selection box of Bonus Bits! Things this year's guests said that couldn't fit into their episode, or weren't related to language, but ARE related to being a bonus bit. We've got percussive pan protests; the mating habits, and male-killing habits, of ladybirds; Icelandic aunts/uncles/cousins/wait which member of the extended family are you referring to?; Morse code machines; and a surprisingly heated topic, the semantics of salad.

Links to all the original episodes featuring these guests are at theallusionist.org/bonus2021, plus a transcript and the full dictionary entry for the randomly selected word.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - No safety in numbers: security in Haiti

The security situation is hopeless, following violent unrest and a presidential assassination—as one family’s epic and ultimately failed attempt to leave reveals. The sum total of the missing banknotes in the world is staggering, but what is worrying is that no one seems interested in finding it all. And meeting the man who unwittingly became Sherlock Holmes’s secretary.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The History of Santa Claus

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He sees you when you are waking, he knows when you are asleep, and he puts your name on a list. 

No, I’m not talking about an omnipresent surveillance state, I’m of course talking about Santa Claus.

If you think of Santa, you probably have a very firm idea of what he looks like, but how did this identity get developed? And where did all the lore around him come from?


Learn more about the history of Santa Claus and how his legend came to be, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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NBN Book of the Day - Ethan Blue, “The Deportation Express: A History of America Through Forced Removal” (U California Press, 2021)

The Deportation Express: A History of America Through Forced Removal (University of California Press, 2021) details the history of the United States' systematic expulsion of "undesirables" and immigrants, told through the lives of the passengers who travelled from around the world, only to be locked up and forced out aboard America's first deportation trains. 

The United States, celebrated as a nation of immigrants and the land of the free, has developed the most extensive system of imprisonment and deportation that the world has ever known. The Deportation Express is the first history of American deportation trains: a network of prison railroad cars repurposed by the Immigration Bureau to link jails, hospitals, asylums, and workhouses across the country and allow forced removal with terrifying efficiency. With this book, historian Ethan Blue uncovers the origins of the deportation train and finds the roots of the current moment, as immigrant restriction and mass deportation once again play critical and troubling roles in contemporary politics and legislation.

Ethan Blue is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Western Australia, and has published widely on the United States and Australian penal systems.

Catriona Gold is a PhD candidate in Geography at University College London, researching security, subjectivity and mobility in the 20-21st century United States. Her current work concerns the US Passport Office's role in the Cold War. She can be reached by email or on Twitter.

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Curious City - A Bygone Chicago Nightclub And Christmas Tree Vendors

On this week’s episode we’re revisiting a couple of holiday stories. Reporter Monica Eng answers a question about a shuttered Chicago jazz bar that one hosted the likes of Tony Bennett, Liza Minnelli and Lionel Hampton. Plus, we meet some of the people that run the Christmas tree pop-ups around Chicago.
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The NewsWorthy - Holiday Travel Boom, Covid Pill OKed & Most-Visited Website- Thursday, December 23rd, 2021

The news to know for Thursday, December 23rd, 2021!

What to know before you venture out of town for the holidays: it's one of the busiest travel days of the year. 

Also, a new treatment to help Covid-19 patients in the U.S. and some relief for people with student loans.

Plus, new data shows the supply chain didn't impact holiday gifts as much as experts expected.

Then, we'll share what was found inside a hidden time capsule from the 1800s and the most popular place on the internet in 2021.

All that and more in around 10 minutes...

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The Daily Signal - Kids as Human Shields: Evolution of Hamas’ War on Israel

The conflict between Israel and terrorist group Hamas runs back decades. But earlier this year, an 11 day conflict between the two brought the eyes of the world back onto the Middle East. Hamas has resorted to using children in its campaign to destroy Israel.


"Hamas uses human shields on a regular basis," Jonathan Schanzer explains. "They actually send kids to the border fence with Israel and militants hide behind them."


Schanzer is the senior vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and author of "Gaza Conflict 2021: Hamas, Israel and 11 Days of War," and has detailed Hamas' ongoing campaign to obliterate Israel.


He joins the show to break down those 11 days of conflict, and discuss how America should be involved.


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What Next - What Next | Daily News and Analysis – Best of 2021 | When the Culture War Comes For Your Job

We’re re-running some of our favorite episodes from the past year. This episode originally aired in July 2021.


Brittany Hogan worked in diversity and inclusion for the Rockwood School District for eight years. As public debate intensified over the way race is discussed in schools and threats were made against her, Hogan eventually was pushed to resign.


Guest: Brittany Hogan, former director of educational equity and diversity for the Rockwood School District in St. Louis County.


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