Senator Tammy Duckworth (Illinois) and Mazie Hirono (Hawaii) told reporters on Tuesday that they’ll vote to approve only non-white or LGBTQ nominees until Biden starts appointing more minorities. While Hirono said her concern is diversity in general, Duckworth is trying to pressure the administration to give more plum jobs to …
Read More »GIANT container ship gets stuck in Suez Canal, blocking ALL traffic & sparking frantic effort to pull it free (PHOTO)
The Panama-flagged cargo ship Ever Given has been thrust into the spotlight of social media attention after the 59m-wide vessel found itself trapped in the narrow channel connecting the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. The larger-than-life ship, which is listed as the world’s 13th biggest with an overall length of …
Read More »US invokes bugaboo of Russian & Chinese ‘menace’ in ‘our backyard’ to justify imperial ambitions to control Western hemisphere
And this new Cold War, like the previous one, emanates from the even older Monroe Doctrine of 1823 in which US President James Monroe declared that the US has sole dominion over the Western Hemisphere. President Teddy Roosevelt would add his famous corollary to this Doctrine, declaring that the US …
Read More »If you’re looking to Prince Harry to fix your mental health, not even the Royal Family’s pre-Megxit billions can save you
The man still known as the Duke of Sussex is hurling himself into the dubiously useful field of life-coaching feet-first, taking the job of CIO at Silicon Valley mental health coaching firm Better Up Inc., where he has declared his work will help provide “endless possibilities for personal development, increased …
Read More »‘Outlandish & arrogant theft’: Former CEO John Matze sues Parler, says company stole his ownership stake & fired him illegally
Matze filed his suit on Monday in a Nevada state court, accusing several higher-ups at Parler of breach of contract, conversion – or when one party takes control of another party’s property with the intent of changing ownership – unlawful firing, defamation and conspiracy to commit each of those offenses. …
Read More »Pentagon asked to house migrant children on MILITARY BASES. When Trump mulled the idea it was decried as ‘CONCENTRATION CAMPS’
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Tuesday that the Department of Health and Human Services requested to use facilities at Joint Base San Antonio and Fort Bliss, both in Texas, to house an unspecified number of minors apprehended after crossing the border from Mexico. “We have just received this …
Read More »Boulder shooting spun by opportunists who have no interest in truth or solutions – if blaming ‘whiteness’ fails, play the gun card
Monday’s killing spree in Boulder, which left 10 people dead, is an especially illuminating example of America’s penchant for sickeningly selfish spin-doctoring. When police led the suspected murderer away from the King Soopers grocery store, the shirtless man’s appearance was ambiguous enough that he was like a walking Rorschach test …
Read More »No clear winner in Israeli election, but Netanyahu has upper hand in building a coalition
Israelis went to the polls on Tuesday, to vote in the fourth general election in two years. Rocked by corruption charges in 2018, Netanyahu has managed to hold onto power thus far, winning a narrow victory in spring 2019 but failing to form a government. After multiple elections, abortive back-and …
Read More »Byte worse than its bark? Armed robot dogs don’t belong in the US police – Black Mirror is not an instruction manual for officers
“DigiDog,” the nickname given to Boston Dynamics’ robo-canine monster by the New York Police Department, has been tested over the last year by the agency for its ability to see in the dark, assess threats, and otherwise perform policing duties human officers cannot. Hailed for its usefulness by the NYPD’s …
Read More »Killer talk: Democrats & liberal media whip up anti-Russia, anti-GOP hysteria to hide their misdeeds, but this ploy will fail
In the paranoid mindset of the Biden administration, sequestered as it is behind a barbed-wire enclosure it erected following the “insurrection” of January 6, enemies are everywhere. From the purported white supremacists and ‘domestic terrorists’ that fill the rosters of the Republican Party, to the “killer” inside of the Kremlin …
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