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The Ancient Rubber People of Mesoamerica

Ancient civilizations in Mexico and Central America were making rubber decades before Michelin ever entered into business. Read more Section:  Artifacts Other Artifacts News Ancient Places Americas Read Later  Source Views: 0

Biden administration is ‘rubber stamping’ Oil and gas permits on public land, activists say

Image Credit: 10/12 Industry Report The Biden administration came under fire last month for overseeing the largest offshore oil and gas leasing sale in U.S. history. Now, a new report suggests this wasn’t an isolated incident. The analysis from Public Citizen reveals that the new administration has issued more permits for oil and gas drilling […]

Democrat Scheme to Offshore American Jobs Rubber-Stamped by 32 Republicans

A group of 32 House and Senate Republicans have rubber-stamped provisions in Democrats’ and President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill that provide giant carve-outs for industries to outsource and offshore American jobs. A total of 13 House Republicans and 19 Senate Republicans put Democrats over the line to pass Biden’s infrastructure bill, which includes waivers for […]

Switzerland: Police Fire Rubber Bullets At Covid Passport Protesters In Swiss Capital

Swiss police used rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon to forcibly disperse a crowd protesting against Covid passports in the de facto capital of Bern on Thursday. The protest was banned by the authorities and canceled by organizers, but people still turned up and marched through the city, booing the police while chanting “freedom”. […]

COVID Vaccines Contaminated With Stainless Steel And Rubber Fragments Are Killing People In Japan

According to numerous shocking reports, COVID vaccines found to be contaminated with stainless steel and rubber fragments are killing people in Japan. Pink, white and black substances were also found floating in the vials. Several cities in Japan have reported ‘white-colored floating substances’ in Vials of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, according to Bloomberg. The vials came from lot FF5357, where white […]

Foriegn Intelligence Surveillance Court Rubber Stamps Mass Surveillance Under Section 702 – Again

Apparently, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) didn’t get the memo. That’s because, under a recently declassified decision from November 2020, the FISC again found that a series of overly complex but still ultimately swiss cheese agency protocols — that are admittedly not even being followed — resolve the Fourth Amendment problems caused by the massive governmental […]

Palestinian bystander, 14, loses eye from rubber bullet allegedly fired by IDF

A 14-year-old Palestinian bystander lost his eye on Friday afternoon in the West Bank city of Hebron after apparently being hit by a rubber-tipped steel bullet fired by an Israeli soldier, although the Israeli army said it could neither confirm nor deny the matter. A spokesperson for the IDF did not deny the possibility and […]

Palestinian Child’s Eye Blinded by Israeli Rubber Bullet in Al-Khalil (Hebron)

Posted on April 11, 2021 by indigoblue76 April 10, 2021 A 13-year-old Palestinian child lost his right eye today after he was shot at by Israeli occupation forces in the neighborhood of Bab al-Zawiya, in the southern West Bank city of Al-Khalil (Hebron), according to medical sources. Izz el-Din Nedal al-Batsh lost his eye after […]

Riot in Swiss city, police use rubber bullet and tear gas, dozens detained

Police used rubber bullets against rioters as the rioters hurled bottles and Molotov cocktails in the northeastern Swiss city of St. Gallen on Saturday. More than 30 people were temporarily banned from entering the city. The riot broke out after around 1,000 young people gathered at the Roter Platz square in the city center. The […]

Spanish police fire rubber bullets after Barcelona protest demanding rapper’s release descends into riots (VIDEOS)

Clashes erupted between protesters and riot police during demonstrations in Catalonia against the arrest of rapper Pablo Hasel, convicted for calling the former Spanish king a thief, with cops in Barcelona firing rubber bullets. Hasel, whose real name is Pablo Rivadulla Duro, was arrested earlier on Tuesday after barricading himself inside the University of Lleida […]

Israeli troops shot a Palestinian with a rubber bullet, then tried to snatch him from the ambulance

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Philadelphia council approves ban on tear gas & rubber bullets as battered police struggle to quell ‘peaceful protests’

Home » Injustice, North America, Protests » Philadelphia council approves ban on tear gas & rubber bullets as battered police struggle to quell ‘peaceful protests’     Amid unrest that has left dozens of officers wounded this week, Philadelphia police may lose much of their crowd-control weaponry, as the city council voted to ban use […]

Palestinian loses eye after Israeli soldiers fire rubber bullets during clashes

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Not so squeaky clean after all: Rubber ducks and other bath toys found to be riddled with harmful bacteria

(Natural News) Remember that catchy song in Sesame Street that partly goes, “Rubber duckie, joy of joys/ When I squeeze you, you make noise”? That line from the longtime kiddie show that parents also watch may not hold water, after all. A team of researchers from Eawag, ETH Zurich and the University […]

‘They wanted to kill him’: Israeli rubber-coated bullets target children

by Tessa Fox Israeli occupation forces shot and seriously wounded little Palestinian boy in the head just after looking at them from behind a very close wall. Mohammed Tamimi climbed up a wall in his village of Nabi Saleh, in the West Bank, to check if there were still Israeli soldiers in the area. As […]

[WATCH] 844 People Injured as Spanish Cops Fire Rubber Bullets at Catalonia Referendum

Three people have been arrested – including a young girl, for disobedience and assault, the ministry said. The Catalan health service have confirmed that two people are in serious condition in hospital. And 319 polling stations have been closed by cops across Catalonia. The referendum today has been branded “illegal” by Madrid but Catalan authorities […]

Catalonia: Police firing rubber bullets in clash with voters (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)

READ MORE: Catalonia holds independence referendum amid violent attempts to thwart vote (Live updates) Spain’s Guardia Civil was deployed Sunday morning as the government sought to prevent the referendum, which it considers illegal. Police have smashed their way into a number of voting stations, removing ballot boxes in the process. In some instances police forcibly removed […]

Court Rejects Pipeline Rubber-Stamp, Orders Climate Impact Review

Above Photo: The court sent the pipeline project back to FERC for a more detailed impact review. Neil Chatterjee, formerly senior energy policy adviser to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), was confirmed this month as FERC’s interim chairman. Credit: Ben Hider/Getty Images The ruling on the Southeast Market Pipelines Project is the second federal court […]

Scientists develop self-healing rubber that could mean punctured tires repair themselves as you drive

(Natural News) Flat tires and weak rubber bands may very soon become a thing of the past as researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) recently developed a new tough, self-healing rubber. While self-healing materials are not new, engineering the same properties on dry materials such as rubber poses a bigger […]

Sponge rounds, rubber bullets, and tear gas — how Israel’s non-lethal munitions can kill

It was the middle of a cold October night in 2015 when an Israeli army jeep came driving through Aida refugee camp blaring a message through its loudspeaker. “People of Aida refugee camp, we are the occupation forces,” the message began in Arabic. “If you throw stones, we will hit you with gas until you […]

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