In any other period in American history, it would seem odd that a prestigious scientific journal would lead off an article with a partisan nod to political infighting and racial tensions. But these are far from normal times in American history. In the latest issue of Scientific American, in an …
Read More »‘Booster shots not needed… at this time’: Fauci says Pfizer apologized for blindsiding feds with 3rd Covid jab notice
Fauci appeared with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Friday night to address the Big Pharma firm’s announcement the day prior, noting he was not informed about the statement ahead of time while stressing US health agencies’ current recommendations about a booster dose. “Certainly, Pfizer is doing their own studies… and as …
Read More »Tehran police & firefighters respond to reports of ‘loud explosion’
A state television reporter on the scene of the blast – located at Park Mellat in northern Tehran – claimed an “unknown object” exploded, but no injuries have been reported, according to Reuters. Fars News Agency was among the first to report the incident, though no details have been given …
Read More »Biden administration reverses Trump policy on pregnant immigrants, with new instructions never referring to them as ‘women’
Announced by Biden on Friday, the decision to reimpose a ban on the detention of pregnant women and girls was initially outlined in a memo signed last week by acting ICE director Tae Johnson. Boasting of the new policy, Johnson said the border agency is “committed to safeguarding the integrity …
Read More »Russia & India denounce ‘vaccine discrimination & politicization,’ discuss mutual cooperation amid Covid-19 pandemic
During a joint press conference in Moscow on Saturday, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and his Russian colleague Sergey Lavrov also outlined the plans on cooperation in the field of vaccine production. “I am sure that the Russian vaccine production in India would be a major contribution to the global …
Read More »Federal government to pay millions to create database for Capitol riot evidence – media
The Justice Department is forking over the whopping $6.1 million to Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, which will put together videos, photos, social media posts, and other documents related to the Capitol riot in a database for the prosecution, Politico reported. The information gathered will also be for the defense attorneys …
Read More »‘Can I talk to you about our Lord and Pfizer?’ – Biden’s plan to send vaccine missionaries to Middle America is biblically stupid
The Biden administration’s new plan to boost vaccination numbers by sending “surge teams” into Covid “hotspots” has the potential to go down in history as the worst public health mistake in US history. One that makes the many mistakes that have been made during the pandemic – like keeping people …
Read More »Haiti requested US troops after president’s assassination, a minister tells New York Times
The minister, Mathias Pierre, said the request was made after US Secretary of State Tony Blinken and President Joe Biden himself had “promised to help Haiti” in the wake of the president’s murder earlier this week, the Times reported on Friday. He warned that “urban terrorists” could exploit current tensions …
Read More »‘He’s like a dictator out here’: Caitlyn Jenner blasts Gavin Newsom as she joins legal fight ahead of recall election
“Gavin Newsom keeps changing the rules,” Jenner told ‘Fox & Friends’ on Friday, following the news that she has filed to intervene in a lawsuit between Newsom and California’s secretary of state. The lawsuit is Newsom’s attempt to get the ‘Democrat’ label to appear on the ballot next to his …
Read More »Private equity and public ignorance – how US society is obediently destroying itself and enriching those at the top in the process
By the time Americans realized that the promised ‘trickle-down’ theory of neoliberal economics was in fact more of a speedy trickle-up, the government had all but destroyed the reputation of unions and the public sector that employed many of them, convincing the average American that these were corrupt and bad. …
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