After 10 months of life under this damned Covid-19 cloud, we all have our own way of dealing with it, whether it’s by pretending it doesn’t exist and ignoring the myriad rules, tiers, and traffic lights, or accepting the new regime with a more phlegmatic approach… so to speak. We …
Read More »Texas sues four battleground states in effort to halt finalization of Biden win, cites ‘voting irregularities’
The Lone Star State has gone to the US Supreme Court to stop the four states from appointing presidential electors for the presumptive president-elect Democrat Joe Biden. The motion filed by Paxton on Tuesday would have the SCOTUS order those electors to be appointed by state legislatures, all of which …
Read More »States balk & authorities dissemble as CDC demands personal info on Covid-19 vaccine recipients
Several states have balked when confronted with the CDC’s Data Use and Sharing Agreement (DUA), which they are asked to sign in order to receive their allotment of any Covid-19 vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The agreement requires the state or territory to turn over the names, …
Read More »Sickening 300% rise in civilian casualties shows Afghanistan still has nothing to show for 20 years of US warmongering
It’s been almost 20 years now since the United States and its allies entered Afghanistan as part of the ‘war on terror’, but even after all that time, it shows no signs of ending. Nor, arguably, has there been any respite for Afghanistan’s people, despite a commitment towards peace between …
Read More »Deal or no deal? Boom Bust explores the Brexit saga & what comes next
RT’s Boom Bust talks to Hilary Fordwich, from the British American Business Association about what could be done to get the deal done and dusted before the end of the year. “This [Brexit] isn’t something drastic and terrible,” she says. “It’s been hyped as such because, obviously, the EU leaders want …
Read More »Mass vaccination delayed in US and UK, as drug firms struggle to meet demand
A 90-year-old grandmother was given a Covid-19 vaccine early on Tuesday morning, becoming the first Briton to receive a jab against the deadly coronavirus. Some 800,000 doses are expected to be delivered by the end of the week, and the first shot was celebrated by the government, with Health Secretary …
Read More »Ghislaine Maxwell lawyers say she’s losing hair & weight in jail, claim authorities’ similar ‘negligence’ led to Epstein’s suicide
“While her weight may currently be fairly consistent, she had lost over 15 pounds, and she is sustaining hair loss,” wrote attorney Bobbi Sternheim to the District Judge Alison Nathan, who is overseeing Maxwell’s case. The letter was filed in response to the Federal Bureau of Prisons defending the socialite’s …
Read More »Embarrassment as Russia’s super-secret nuclear ‘doomsday plane’ targeted by thieves during routine maintenance, equipment ‘stolen’
The Il-80, which was undergoing maintenance in the city of Taganrog, is one of Russia’s most mysterious military jets, known for its ability to survive a nuclear attack. Developed during the Soviet Eva, it was created in case the country’s top leadership needed to evacuate by air. Its sensitive nature …
Read More »Pamela Anderson issues racy bikini-clad plea to Donald Trump to pardon Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
Anderson posted a stripped-down photo of herself on Twitter, posing in a bikini holding aloft a sign that read, “Bring Julian Assange home, Australia,” and tagged the official government Twitter handle of the US president. The 53-year-old bombshell made use of her platform and profile in an effort to capture …
Read More »Caitlin Johnstone: Biden’s prospective new defense secretary is another professional war profiteer
The mass media are reporting that the Biden camp has selected former general Lloyd J. Austin III to be the next secretary of defense, assuaging fears among antiwar activists that the position would go to bloodthirsty psychopath Michele Flournoy as commonly predicted. As has become the standard ritual for Biden’s cabinet picks, the mass media are holding …
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