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   A year ago no Americans had died of covid19. Now 1/2 mn (by   
   conservative estimates -- probably multiply by 2) have died   
   with 10x more suffering medium to long-term symptoms, some debilitating.   
      
   Add the the infinitely long line of dum hillbilly preedikshins.   
      
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   Fauci calls 500,000 coronavirus deaths 'terrible'   
   POLITICO, 21 Feb 2021 16:27Z   
   Dr. Anthony Fauci called the United States' approach of half a mn   
   deaths due to Covid-19 "terrible," "really horrible" and "historic" Sun.   
   "It's nothing like ...   
   [Models predict 590k by June].   
      
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   Plane loses engine on flight out of Denver   
   ABC News, 21 Feb 2021 01:47Z   
   [UA Boeing 777].   
      
     'I thought we were done': Passengers put driver's licences in their pockets   
     after engine explodes   
     ABC News, 21 Feb 2021 02:29Z   
     The Boeing 777-200 had just reached cruising altitude and the captain was   
     making an announcement when one of the plane's engines exploded and showered   
     a US town with debris.   
      
   Close to 70 dead in states with severe winter weather: report   
   The Hill, 21 Feb 2021 04:27Z   
   While temperatures are already on the rise in TX and other states   
   battered by this week's severe winter weather, the freezing temperatures and   
   extreme ...   
      
   [Anobba Grate Idee!]   
   Comments on: A Sea of Garbage: Ocean Floor Landfills   
   SciTechDaily, 21 Feb 2021 17:56Z   
   The Messina Strait, a submarine bridge separating the island of Sicily from   
   the Italian Peninsula, is the area with the largest marine litter density   
   worldwide ...   
      
   [That Old Refrain:]   
   TX congressman: One energy company alerted ERCOT, TX officials days   
   before winter storms of potential problems. No one listened   
   WFAA.com, 21 Feb 2021 15:54Z   
   Dallas. The TX electric grid was not built to withstand "much less than   
   10 degrees," US Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, said on Sat evening. But   
   low ...   
      
   Almost half of Republicans would join Trump party: poll   
   The Hill, 21 Feb 2021 17:53Z   
   Nearly half of Republicans say they would abandon the party as it is   
   currently structured and join a new party if former President Trump was its   
   leader, according ...   
      
   50% of mild, moderate COVID patients have symptoms after 6 months - study   
   The Jerusalem Post, 21 Feb 2021 14:37Z   
   Nearly half of people who contract mild or moderate cases of COVID-19 still   
   experience symptoms 6 months later, according to a new study published by   
   Israeli ...   
      
   Seven Hundred Leagues Beneath Titan's Methane Seas   
   The New York Times, 21 Feb 2021 10:35Z   
   Mars, Shmars; this voyager is looking forward to a submarine ride under the   
   icebergs on Saturn's strange moon.   
      
   TX and California built different power grids, but neither stood up to   
   climate change   
   POLITICO, 21 Feb 2021 12:32Z   
   TX and California may be worlds apart in their politics and climate   
   policies, but they have something in common: Extreme weather crashed their   
   power grids ...   
      
   Pfizer-BioNTech Shot Stops Covid's Spread, Israeli Study Shows   
   Bloomberg, 21 Feb 2021 14:48Z   
   The Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE Covid-19 vaccine appeared to stop the vast   
   majority of recipients in Israel becoming infected, providing the first   
   real-world ...   
      
   Unprecedented Map of the Sun's Magnetic Field Created by CLASP2 Space   
   Experiment   
   SciTechDaily, 20 Feb 2021 16:26Z   
   Every day space telescopes provide spectacular images of the solar activity.   
   However, their instruments are blind to its main driver: the magnetic field   
   in the outer ...   
      
   Israel to issue badges as proof of vaccination   
   KOMO News, 20 Feb 2021 22:24Z   
   Jerusalem (AP). Israel unveiled a plan on Sat to allow people who have   
   been vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend cultural events, fly abroad   
   ...   
      
   Why a dazed deer in Tennessee had hair growing from its eyeballs   
   Livescience.com, 20 Feb 2021   
   A whitetail deer was found stumbling through the streets of Farragut,   
   Tennessee, with thick hair growing out of both of its eyeballs.   
      
   An Ex-KGB Agent Says Trump Was a Russian Asset Since 1987. Does it Matter?   
   New York Magazine, 20 Feb 2021 14:22Z   
   Donald Trump's relation to Russia was never explained completely. Craig   
   Unger's new book, "American Kompromat," has former KGB agent Yuri Shvets   
   saying ...   
      
     A Ripple Effect of Loss: US Covid Deaths Approach 500,000   
     Twice as many Americans have died as early worst-case projections.   
     The New York Times, 21 Feb 2021 08:24Z   
     [Any questions?]   
      
   March of the southern hairy-nosed wombat seen from space as trails   
   crisscross the Nullarbor   
   ABC Great Southern, 20 Feb 2021 at 11:17pm   
   The southern hairy-nosed wombat might just have the perfect personality for   
   life on the Nullarbor. Known for being "extremely funny" and "tough as nails"   
   in equal measure, the once struggling species is now thriving in the vast,   
   arid landscape.   
      
   WWII survivor first in Australia to receive COVID-19 vaccine   
   ABC News, 21 Feb 2021 04:28Z   
   Jane Malysiak, an 84-year-old World War II survivor, becomes the first   
   person in Australia to be vaccinated against COVID-19, saying she is excited   
   but "didn't expect such a lot of people" to turn up to the event.   
      
   Facebook removes main page of Myanmar military for 'incitement of violence'   
   ABC News, 21 Feb 2021 05:28Z   
   Facebook has come under heavy criticism for failing to contain online hate   
   campaigns in Myanmar, despite having banned army chief Min Aung Hlaing --   
   now the military ruler -- in 2018.   
      
   Hundreds of homes being 'left vacant' by landlords in Adelaide's CBD   
   ABC News, 21 Feb 2021 05:27Z   
   South Australia's peak housing welfare organisation says finding ways to   
   unlock a vast body of vacant dwellings in Adelaide's CBD could help   
   significantly reduce homelessness, as well as rental stress.   
      
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