“The only way we can move past this pandemic is to ensure that everyone eligible is vaccinated, and that includes those who are taking care of our vulnerable family members and loved ones,” Hochul said after declaring a statewide disaster emergency. On Monday, New York hospitals began firing or suspending …
Read More »Ukraine’s drive to join US-led NATO bloc & bring Western forces closer to Russian border presents serious security risks – Kremlin
Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed on Thursday that Washington is encouraging Kiev to continue its attempts to join both the Cold War-era analogue to the long-disbanded Warsaw Pact and the European Union – measures which he said would put the two Western organizations directly on Kiev’s long border with Russia. …
Read More »US reputation is in tatters, it’s time to bring those responsible for Afghanistan disaster to account
A video of active duty Marine Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller demanding accountability for the humanitarian disaster that had come to define the US-led evacuation from Kabul, Afghanistan, quickly went viral. Scheller, who commanded the advanced infantry training battalion at the Marine Corps School of Infantry, at the time the video …
Read More »Bring them all home, Mr. President. The US has failed in Afghanistan, the least we can do is get Americans out safely
The collapse of the Afghan government during the summer of 2021 will go down in history as an event with little precedent; its closest modern antecedent is the fall of the Shah in Iran in 1978-79. The ability of the United States to pour resources into a cause which, in …
Read More »Bring back firing squads? Corruption in Russia’s military-industrial complex should be punishable by DEATH, says space agency head
Speaking to the popular YouTube channel Solovyov Live, Rogozin explained his view that corruption in this field is not only theft of state funds but also the theft of security. “When I still worked in parliament, I publicly stated that, in my opinion, corruption in the military-industrial complex should be …
Read More »Brussels’ new climate plan will cause job losses and mass protests, and might even bring down the EU itself
When you’re in a hole, you generally stop digging. But that’s not the case for the European Union; it just keeps on digging deeper and deeper. Last night, the EU unveiled its blueprint for drastically cutting carbon emissions over the next decade. The plan, which was unveiled by Ursula von …
Read More »Sydney’s lockdown extended for another two weeks as restrictions fail to bring down Covid infections
Speaking on Wednesday, New South Wales State Premier Gladys Berejiklian said it would be necessary to extend restrictions in Sydney until at least July 30, and the lockdown would not be removed until the number of new cases was close to zero. The country’s most populous city has been under …
Read More »Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un vow to bring China-North Korea ties to ‘new level,’ marking 60th anniversary of mutual defense treaty
The close ties between the nations have been “gaining momentum” in recent years, having “comprehensively developed onto a higher stage in all fields, including politics, economy, military and culture,” Kim said, according to North Korean state news agency KCNA. The bilateral treaty has played a pivotal role in ensuring peace …
Read More »Why does the long-standing, proven science of vaccines bring out foolishness and paranoia in the reactionary right?
I assume the folks who ducked living in an iron lung must’ve come down with measles. Again, no? Mumps? Tetanus? Rubella? Diphtheria? Pneumonia? Hepatitis? Whooping Cough? Papillomavirus? How did the majority of readers around these parts steer clear of the maladies herein named? Could it be because one Dr Edward …
Read More »The catastrophic mistakes over Covid made by the West’s political leaders may ultimately bring about societal destruction
It is said that Nikita Khruschev once stated, “The survivors would envy the dead.” He was not referring to pandemics, but to nuclear war, however still there exists a clear geopolitical vector linking those two phenomena and its potential aftermath – the Cold War. My contention is that the discriminatory …
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