More than two dozen residents of Latvia were arrested on Tuesday for violating a law against celebrating the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany. The EU and NATO member’s police even seized a “Russia” jacket from a man in a wheelchair, and arrested another for wearing Soviet medals in public. …
Read More »‘Disgraceful’: Fans hit out at Son for celebrating goal shortly after medical emergency at Newcastle-Tottenham match
In the struggling northeast English outfit’s first match since being taken over by the Saudi Public Investment Fund, all was going well for the home side when Callum Wilson put them ahead on two minutes. Their bliss lasted for just a quarter of an hour, however, as Tanguy Ndombele leveled …
Read More »Thanks, comrades! US SOUTHCOM amuses Twitter followers with pic celebrating US Air Force birthday featuring RUSSIAN warplanes
The simple graphics, posted on the occasion of the 74th birthday of the USAF, featured three top-down views of warplanes. The silhouettes don’t feature much detail, but their tail sections strongly implied that the aircraft are not from the fleet deployed by the American armed forces. Instead, they strongly resemble …
Read More »‘He looks better than Biden’: CBS & Fox ripped for celebrating ‘thinner, more energetic’ North Korean leader
Multiple US media outlets shocked social media users with their coverage of Kim’s presence this week at a massive parade. Much of the media reaction to the event was focused on his appearance, namely that he appeared to have lost some weight. According to a CBS News tweet, Kim “steals …
Read More »‘Celebrating the end of women’s sport!’ Women boycott Dove over ‘virtue-signalling’ support of trans athlete Laurel Hubbard
On Monday Hubbard became the first openly transgender athlete to compete at an Olympic Games when the New Zealand super heavyweight took part in the women’s +87kg snatch at Tokyo 2020. Hubbard failed to register a weight from three attempts which put paid to any hopes of qualification despite the …
Read More »‘Freedom fireworks’ celebrating Independence Day CANCELED due to Washington curfew
The Nationals’ pre-Independence Day fireworks display is a Washington DC tradition, and was set to take place on Saturday night following a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. However, rain dragged out the game, and the Nationals canceled the display, as it would have fallen foul of the city’s 10pm …
Read More »#ClioMusic 2020/2021: RT Creative Lab wins GOLD, 2 SILVERS & BRONZE at global competition celebrating use of music in advertising
The original soundtrack for ‘The Endless Letter’ Instagram series composed by Maxim Makarychev (co-founder of the On-The-Go music band and a guitarist for the Sirotkin music band) has won gold in the Branded Entertainment & Content medium at the Clio Music Awards. Among other gold winners were Spotify, MediaMonks, Amazon …
Read More »Today I saw Syrians dancing and celebrating life, and a return to peace – but, of course, the Western media won’t report that
After Eastern Ghouta’s liberation in 2018, the Western media predictably went silent on the return of internally displaced Syrians and the rebuilding that had occurred. Today, in towns in the region outside the capital Damascus, behind dusty, battered metal shop shutters, I saw glossy new windows and even more rebuilding …
Read More »‘Win a trophy instead of celebrating this s**t’: Barcelona pip Madrid as most valuable football club but announcement splits fans
The Catalans were valued at $4.76 billion, edging out bitter rivals Real Madrid, who came in at $4.75 billion, by the narrowest of margins in the annual list put together by financial experts Forbes. Less than 48 hours after Lionel Messi and his teammates were beaten 2-1 at the Alfredo Di …
Read More »Twitch reverts back to ‘women’ after tweet celebrating ‘Womxn’s History Month’ savaged online
Though the company took to Twitter on Monday to inform users that “March is Womxn’s History Month,” using an alternative styling of “women” in a bid to include non-binary gender identities, it made an abrupt about-face just a few hours later, announcing that it would revert back to the standard …
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