>They're trying to force God's hand.
Not sure how "Free Will" being forcibly taken away from an infant, would be ok.
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If you experience severe side effects after getting a Covid vaccine, lawyers tell CNBC there is basically no one to blame in a U.S. court of law.
The federal government has granted companies like Pfizer and Moderna immunity from liability if something unintentionally goes wrong with their vaccines.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/16/covid-vaccine-side-effects-compensation-lawsuit.html#:~:text=If%20you%20experience%20severe%20side,goes%20wrong%20with%20their%20vaccines.
Not sure why that Q proof attached. Was from last post. Strange
How US special operators use a Vietnam War-era method to get into and out of dangerous spots quickly
During the Vietnam War, American commandos developed an insertion and extraction method for operations in the jungle that is still used by today's special operators.
The Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction (SPIE) system is designed for small special-operations teams that operate in areas where an enemy presence or the terrain prevents helicopters from landing.
The SPIE technique hasn't been used operationally for decades, in part because US air superiority and lackluster enemy anti-aircraft capabilities have meant it wasn't needed.
But as the US military gears up for great-power competition against near-peer adversaries, like China and Russia, the SPIE technique is relevant again, especially in a potential conflict in the Pacific.
The SPIE system can be traced to the rope insertion and extraction techniques of the Vietnam War. It was the innocuous sounding Military Assistance Command Vietnam-Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) that invented and used the method.
A highly classified unit, SOG took the fight to the North Vietnamese Army and Vietcong, conducting cross-border operations into Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam-where US troops officially shouldn't have been.
Composed of Green Berets, Navy SEALs, Recon Marines, Air Commandos, and indigenous forces, SOG tried to stop the onslaught from the North and give South Vietnam some breathing space.
SOG's classified operations mainly took place in rough and inaccessible jungle, where the NVA had built the infamous Ho Chi Minh trail complex, over which flowed supplies to their forces in South Vietnam. The terrain restricted operations and often forced SOG teams to create their own landing zones by either detonating explosives or by requesting B-52 bombing runs to create craters where helicopters could land.
But landing wasn't always an option. Secrecy was paramount for mission success. SOG patrols of six to 14 men didn't have a chance of survival against hundreds or thousands of NVA in an open battle.
With so few landing zones available in the jungle, and with the NVA always trying to monitor them, SOG operators came up with different techniques that didn't require landing.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-special-operators-vietnam-war-130600016.html
'A blessing from God': Iraqi truffle hunters unearth desert harvest
SAMAWA DESERT, Iraq (Reuters) - "Here it is, the truffle, a blessing from God!" Zahra Buheir carefully digs out a desert truffle from the sandy earth and shows it off between her calloused fingers.
"Rain came, and then thunder, bringing truffles up to the surface," the 72-year-old said.
Braving the harsh weather of Iraq's southern desert, as well as left-behind land mines, Buheir and her family of seven have spent weeks hunting for the seasonal truffles that have provided them with an income for generations.
Fetching its hunters up to $7 a kilo this year, Iraq's desert truffle is cheaper than its rarer European cousins that can cost hundreds of dollars or more a kilo.
But with Iraq's economy in crisis, the local variety are a big help to Buheir and her family.
This year the rain came late and Buheir could only find about a kilo of truffles a day, one tenth of what she would dig up in a good year.
Turning over stones and poking the earth with her bare hands, Buheir's granddaughter, 5-year-old Riyam, accompanied her parents to learn a trade and the desert lifestyle.
"When there is no work, truffles are a source of income. And we are happy here," said Riyam's father Mohsen Farhan, who cherishes the weeks he spends with his family in their tent in the desert.
Learning to hunt for truffles these days also involves understanding the desert's dangers.
"We are afraid of wolves, there are a lot here. And there are mines. A while ago, someone died," Farhan said.
Remnants from the Gulf war in 1991, unexploded devices beneath the earth could be mistaken for truffles by the inexperienced eye.
Every few days, Hussein Abu Ali, drives into the desert from the city of Samawa to take the truffles to market.
There, Ali Tajj al-Din sells them at auction, each with a different name according to size.
"These are walnuts, eggs, oranges, and here is the pomegranate, the biggest one," he said.
This year, scarcity has pushed up prices and truffles that don't sell locally are exported to wealthier Gulf countries.
But customers at Samawa's "Beit al-Hatab" restaurant relish its weekly truffle speciality.
"We fry or grill them, but the favourite dish is truffles on rice," said restaurant owner Fawwaz Hatab.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/blessing-god-iraqi-truffle-hunters-100514960.html