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Plastic Made from Wheat Stalks Could Revolutionize Manufacturing

Plastic Made from Wheat Stalks Could Revolutionize Manufacturing

Freedomist Editor October 31, 2022

A NEW PLASTIC IS CREATED USING THE INEDIBLE PARTS OF WHEAT AND CORN – University of British Columbia Researcher/Student Amanda Johnson has created a durable plastic called Grasstic. It is a plastic that is created from the stalks of plants like wheat and corn, meaning it can be created from the agricultural waste of food plants. This opens the door for dual-use agriculture, as well as contributing to our capacity to grow raw materials for durable products as opposed to relying on non-renewable resources.

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UBC scientist discovers way to make strong plastic alternative from grasses – news.google.com
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Grasstic, which was developed by UBC PhD student Amanda Johnson, is made from the stalks of grass crops such as wheat or corn and can be used for dry goods packaging. Since it’s made from agricultural waste, she is not using a food source.

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Netanyahu Needs One More Seat

Netanyahu Needs One More Seat

Freedomist Editor October 28, 2022

ISRAEL ELECTION A QUESTION OF NETANYAHU’S COALITION WINS – The coming Israel election might produce another unstable government, if it forms one at all. The leading candidate to be able to potentially form a majority coalition, Benjamin Netanyahu, might come within one seat of claiming a majority coalition.

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Israel election polls predict Netanyahu just shy of victory – timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Polls on Friday predicted Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would come within a single seat of an outright majority in his quest to return to power in next week’s election, the fifth in less than four years.
Netanyahu, on trial for corruption charges he denies, has been vying for a comeback, aided by an alliance between his Likud party and far-right party Religious Zionism – a pact that could test Israel’s foreign relations if it wins the ballot.
Two polls – one released late Thursday by Israel’s Kan public broadcaster and another published on Friday by the Maariv newspaper – both showed the Netanyahu bloc of four parties winning 60 of parliament’s 120 seats in Tuesday’s vote.

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Vladimir’s America Speech Links Christian America to Russia

Vladimir’s America Speech Links Christian America to Russia

Freedomist Editor October 28, 2022

PUTIN SPEECH USES AMERICAN DIVIDE TO SEARCH FOR U.S. SUPPORT – “There are at least two Wests, One is a West of “traditional, mainly Christian values” for which Russians feel kinship. But, there’s another West — aggressive, cosmopolitan, neocolonial, acting as the weapon of the neoliberal elite,” said Vladimir Putin in a speech aimed at exploiting the real divide in America between the “left” and the “right”.

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Putin seizes on divisions in West – Arkansas Democrat Gazette

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President Vladimir Putin declared Thursday that Russia’s battle was with “Western elites,” not with the West itself, in a speech seemingly aimed more at winning over political conservatives abroad than his own citizens….

Putin, as he often does, portrayed Russia as threatened by the possible expansion of NATO — and the values of its liberal democracies — to countries like Ukraine that were once part of the Soviet Union.

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Man Breaks Into House Speaker’s Home, Assaults Her Husband with Hammer

Man Breaks Into House Speaker’s Home, Assaults Her Husband with Hammer

Freedomist Editor October 28, 2022

PAUL PELOSI ASSAULTED WITH HAMMER BY HOME INVADER – The husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was attacked in his San Francisco Townhouse by a 42 year old suspect, David Depage, who had broken into the home. Speaker Pelosi was not present at the time of the assault. Her husband, Paul Pelosi, is expected to fully recover.

Here is the key narrative emerging:
From Newsweek
The network also spoke with some relatives of Depape who confirmed the contents of his Facebook page––which has since been deleted–– to include posts discussing widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, posts with misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine, and a YouTube video titled “Global Elites Plan To Take Control Of YOUR Money! (Revealed).”

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Pelosi’s husband violently attacked in home break-in, her office says – americanmilitarynews.com
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Someone broke into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home in San Francisco early on Friday morning and assaulted her husband, Paul Pelosi, her office said.

Pelosi Spokesman Drew Hammill said, “Early this morning, an assailant broke into the Pelosi residence in San Francisco and violently assaulted Mr. Pelosi. The assailant is in custody and the motivation for the attack is under investigation.”

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The Elon Era of Twitter Has Begun

The Elon Era of Twitter Has Begun

Freedomist Editor October 28, 2022

ELON MUSK FIRES TOP EXECS AS HE TAKES CONTROL OF TWITTER– Tesla CEO Elon Musk is officially the CEO of Twitter. The deal was finalized with the firing of its CEO and Morality Police Safety Officer. He followed up the firing with a tweet saying, “spoiler alert.”

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Elon Musk finally owns Twitter. What next? Get the latest – news.google.com
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Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter and ousted the CEO, chief financial officer and the company’s general counsel, two people familiar with the deal said Thursday night.

The people wouldn’t say if all the paperwork for the deal, originally valued at $44 billion, had been signed or if the deal has closed. But they said Musk is in charge of the social media platform and has fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal and General Counsel Vijaya Gadde. Neither person wanted to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the personnel moves.

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Elon Musk officially takes over Twitter after closing US$44-billion deal: reports – National – globalnews.ca
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Billionaire Elon Musk is now officially in charge of Twitter and has fired several top executives after closing his US$44-billion deal to buy the social media company on Thursday, according to multiple reports.

The Associated Press, Reuters and the Washington Post all reported the news of Musk’s takeover, citing anonymous sources who were familiar with the move.

CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal and legal policy chief Vijaya Gadde were escorted out of Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco after the deal was completed, the reports said.

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Musk fires top Twitter executives after closing $44bn deal – www.moneyweb.co.za
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Elon Musk completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, putting the world’s richest man in charge of the struggling social network after six months of public and legal wrangling over the deal.

Among Musk’s first moves: changing the leadership. Departures include Twitter Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal; Vijaya Gadde, the head of legal, policy and trust; Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal, who joined Twitter in 2017; and Sean Edgett, who has been general counsel at Twitter since 2012, according to people familiar with the matter. Edgett was escorted out of the building, said two of the people, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public.

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Elon Musk Takes Over Twitter, Fires CEO Parag Agrawal and ‘Trust and Safety’ Censorship Queen Vijaya Gadde – www.breitbart.com
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Elon Musk officially became Twitter’s owner late on Thursday as his $44 billion deal to take over the firm closed. Musk promptly fired top executives at the company, including CEO Parag Agrawal, CEO Ned Segal, and Vijaya Gadde, the “trust and safety” lead notorious for her fanatical left-wing censorship campaign.

The Washington Post reports that on Thursday, Elon Musk arrived at Twitter offices to officially confirm his company takeover after the $44 billion purchase deal closed. Musk had previously stated plans to cut Twitter’s staff of approximately 7,500 employees to just over 2,000.

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Elon Musk Teases ‘Spoiler Alert’ After Cleaning House at Twitter – www.dailysignal.com
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Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter became final Friday, and the new boss has already implemented some major changes — and teased a few more.

Musk fired several Twitter executives, ousting both the recent CEO and the woman who was reportedly responsible for the permanent ban on President Donald Trump.

The new boss ousted chief executive officer Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, top legal and policy executive Vijaya Gadde, and general counsel Sean Edgett, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Elon Musk Owns Twitter, Fires Executives, as the Left Acts Like the World is Ending – legalinsurrection.com
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Elon Musk owns Twitter.

the bird is freed

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2022

He supposedly already ousted CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and Head of Legal Policy, Trust Safety Vijaya Gadde

Conservatives celebrated. Liberals ranted.

I’m not excited about Musk taking over because he’s not a friend to conservatives or liberals. Just remember that. Despite what he says, Musk is in it for himself. He loves to make money, like everyone else, so don’t be shocked if he sells in a few years.

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The Crying Begins After Elon Musk Drops the Hammer at Twitter – RedState – redstate.com
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On Thursday, Elon Musk finally closed his deal to buy Twitter after months of twists and turns. The deal seemed as if it was dead just a few months prior, but here we sit, with one of the world’s largest (and most politically active) social media platforms now in the hands of a free-speech absolutist.

Musk wasted no time before dropping the hammer. He walked into the company’s San Franciso-based headquarters and started firing all the partisan hacks who had done their best to quash speech over the last several years. Perhaps the most satisfying firing was of Vijaya Gadde, who made the decision to censor the Hunter Biden story just prior to the 2020 election.

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Twitter’s Top Executives Set To Exit With $100 Million Payout As Elon Musk Takes Over – www.ndtv.com
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Three of Twitter Inc.’s top executives who were said to be fired after Elon Musk completed his takeover are poised to collect more than $100 million in severance and payouts of previously granted equity awards.

Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal, who stepped into the role less than a year ago, is eligible to receive roughly $50 million, according to calculations by Bloomberg News. Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and Vijaya Gadde, head of legal, policy and trust, are in line for about $37 million and $17 million each, respectively.

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Elon Musk rules Twitter and leftists are upset. – www.louderwithcrowder.com
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….Musk’s first order of business was to fire all the executives. Most notably, Twitter’s top lawyer, executive, and speech cop Vagina Goode. I don’t feel like looking up how to spell her real name, so I’m going with what Alex Jones calls her. You know who I’m talking about. Vagina was the one behind kicking people who had opposing viewpoints off of the platform. Now, she gone.

The question now is what leftists upset that the bird app will allow differing opinions are going to do now. Demoted tech jounalismer Taylor Lorenz, who will need to find other ways to deplatform people to help her stay young, set the stage.

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Donald Trump says Twitter is ‘in sane hands’ now that Elon Musk owns it – www.businessinsider.co.za
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Former President Donald Trump said Twitter is “in sane hands” now that Elon Musk has officially purchased the social media platform.

“I am very happy that Twitter is now in sane hands, and will no longer be run by Radical Left Lunatics and Maniacs that truly hate our country,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday morning. “Twitter must now work hard to rid itself of all of the bots and fake accounts that have hurt it so badly. It will be much smaller, but better.”

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China Tanks in Western Markets After Xi’s New Politburo Selected

China Tanks in Western Markets After Xi’s New Politburo Selected

Freedomist Editor October 25, 2022

FOREIGN INVESTORS FLEE CHINA AFTER XI’S NEW POLITBURO SELECTED – After Chairman Xi was awarded de facto chairmanship for life in the manner of Chairman Mao, he selected a new politburo. Afterwards, foreign investors immediately started to pull out of China, as seen in Chinese brands on foreign exchanges tanking, including Alibaba on Nasdaq, which fell by 20 percent.

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Xi Jinping provokes a spectacular sell-off in China’s markets – www.economist.com
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On october 23rd China’s ruler, Xi Jinping, asked the Central Committee of the Communist Party to endorse him and his team of loyalists to run the country for the next five years. He had no trouble securing their support. But the next day, he had a lot more difficulty with the highly decentralised committee that is the global financial market.

Foreign investors dumped China’s shares and its currency in spectacular fashion. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng stockmarket index, dominated by mainland firms, fell by over 6%. The sell-off was even worse in New York. The Golden Dragon index of Chinese companies listed on the tech-heavy Nasdaq, which includes giants like Alibaba and Baidu, fell at one point by 20%, reaching levels last seen before Mr Xi took power ten years ago. The offshore yuan, which fluctuates more freely than its onshore counterpart, weakened to its lowest value against the dollar since the market began in 2010 (see chart).

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Ukraine Skies Become Proving Ground for Drone Warfare

Ukraine Skies Become Proving Ground for Drone Warfare

Freedomist Editor October 24, 2022

RUSSIA’S IRAN-MADE SUICIDE DRONES INVADE UKRAINE – The Russian military is deploying hundreds, even thousands of suicide drones made in Iran called Shahed drones. The drones are relatively cheap to make and even if only a few get through they are still most cost efficient, and target efficient, than artillery or missiles. The Ukraine war is accelerating the rise of drones as the pre-eminent battle platform.

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EXPLAINER: Killer drones vie for supremacy over Ukraine – wnyt.com
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….In Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, drones have cemented their reputation as a potent, hard-to-stop and cost-effective weapon to seek out and destroy targets while simultaneously spreading the kind of terror that can fray the resolve of soldiers and civilians alike.

They’re also quickly surpassing missiles as the remote weapon of choice because they can be put into any combat theater in greater numbers much more cheaply.

Russia’s unleashing of successive waves of the Iranian-made Shahed drones over Ukraine has multiple aims — take out key targets, crush morale and ultimately drain the enemy’s war chest and weapons trying to defend against them as the conflict evolves into a longer war of attrition.

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The Social Cost of Woke Capitalism Will Happen, Says SEC

The Social Cost of Woke Capitalism Will Happen, Says SEC

Freedomist Editor October 24, 2022

SEC PUSHES AHEAD WITH THEIR VERSION OF ESG, “SOCIAL COST OF CARBON” – Despite the growing backlash to forcing leftist values on corporations through ESG, the SEC plans on using the same logic to implement a “social cost of carbon” standard on companies. The interpretation of “social cost” is to be interpreted through the lens of the DNC.

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ESG backlash unlikely to derail SEC climate risk rule – www.cfodive.com
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CFOs at companies ranging from candy makers to missile manufacturers have tried for years to attract equity capital by adopting environmental, social and governance (ESG) best practices.

By one measure their efforts have paid off — worldwide investment in so-called sustainable mutual funds and exchange-traded funds has more than tripled since 2018 to $2.47 trillion, according to Morningstar.

ESG now faces a hostile rebranding. Critics call it “woke capitalism,” foisted on U.S. companies by a “climate cartel” of shareholder activists, asset managers and politicians.

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Did the DNC Make Social Media Censorship Decisions?

Did the DNC Make Social Media Censorship Decisions?

Freedomist Editor October 24, 2022

LAWSUIT EXPOSES DNC-BIG TECH COLLUSION IN CENSORING COVID-19 INFORMATION- A major lawsuit called Missouri v Biden has exposed 67 officials and agencies that have allegedly participated in working with Facebook, Twitter, and Google to assure the DNC take on Covid-19 and Hunter Biden laptops was enforced by censoring everything that defied it as “misinformation.”

“We allege that top-ranking Biden administration officials colluded with those social media companies to suppress speech about the Hunter Biden laptop story, the origins of COVID-19, the efficacy of masks, and election integrity.” Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt

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Lawsuit reveals vast censorship scheme by Big Tech and the federal government – news.google.com
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A little noticed federal lawsuit, Missouri v. Biden, is uncovering astonishing evidence of an entrenched censorship scheme cooked up between the federal government and Big Tech that would make Communist China proud.

So far, 67 officials or agencies — including the FBI — have been accused in the lawsuit of violating the First Amendment by pressuring Facebook, Twitter and Google to censor users for alleged misinformation or disinformation.

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Will Biden Protect Twitter from Elon?

Will Biden Protect Twitter from Elon?

Freedomist Editor October 24, 2022

BIDEN MIGHT MOVE TO QUASH TWITTER DEAL – After Elon Musk recently cut against the administration’s foreign policy position on the Ukraine War, Bloomberg reports that insiders have exposed plans by the administration to use the cover of “national security” to prevent Elon Musk from purchasing Twitter. So far, the administration is not commenting publicly.

Biden admin considers reviews of Elon Musk’s Twitter deal, Starlink — report – Fox Business

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The Biden administration is reportedly mulling launching national security reviews scrutinizing some of Elon Musk’s business ventures, including his Starlink internet service and pending $54.20 per share buyout of Twitter. The news dragged down shares of the social media company.

Sources told Bloomberg that U.S. officials are concerned about the billionaire’s behavior in the wake of his recent tweets about pulling the plug on Starlink funding in Ukraine, the country’s conflict with Russia and his plans to acquire the social media giant with a group of foreign investors.

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