“Humour activates repressed emotions, releases inhibitions, and enables an immediate and spontaneous exchange of feelings,” read a report by the European Commission released in February but widely shared online in recent days. Humor, the report continues, can influence “changes in perspective,” and increase camaraderie within one’s own group. That’s what …
Read More »Democrats move to establish commission on Capitol riot as Republicans start pushing back on official narrative
Homeland Security Committee chair Bennie Thompson (D-Mississippi) and ranking member John Katko (R-New York) seem to have agreed on a proposed format and scope of the commission, made up of five Democrats and five Republicans appointed by their party leadership. The commission will only be able to issue subpoenas with …
Read More »UK Electoral Commission launches investigation against BoJo over lavish Downing Street refurbishment
The investigation was announced on Wednesday, with the Electoral Commission claiming to be “satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence or offences may have occurred.” Revealing that it will “continue this work as a formal investigation to establish whether” Johnson has committed a crime, the Electoral …
Read More »Man City confirm ‘emotional farewell’ to Aguero as club commission statue of star with Barca and PSG reportedly plotting moves
“Manchester City will bid a fond and emotional farewell to legendary striker Sergio Aguero when his contract expires this summer,” the club announced in a statement on Monday. “Treasured by City fans and a global icon of the game, Aguero is one of the most decorated and respected footballers to wear the …
Read More »Cop-killer sitting on Cuomo’s police ‘reimagining’ commission is ‘outrageous,’ NYPD union says about ‘reformed’ homeless advocate
Richard Rivera is a member of the Reimagining Public Safety Collaborative of Ithaca and Tompkins County upstate, the New York Post revealed on Monday. Rivera was 16 when he fatally shot Officer Robert Walsh during an attempted robbery in Queens in 1981. He was released from prison in 2019 and …
Read More »‘Fulfil your contract’: EU Commission chief threatens AstraZeneca with Covid vaccine export ban
“We have the option of prohibiting a planned export. That is the message to AstraZeneca,” the EU Commission president told German media on Saturday. “You first fulfil your contract with Europe before you start delivering to other countries.” Von der Leyen blamed the Anglo-Swedish company for having delivered only 30% …
Read More »‘Mistakes’ were made during EU’s Covid-19 vaccination program, Commission VP admits
The admission was made by Timmermans in an interview with German daily Der Tagesspiegel, published on Sunday. It is too early to draw any conclusions, though, and currently the priority is to ensure that “all of Europe gets vaccines,” the official stressed. “I am ready to take stock at the …
Read More »Biden supports 9/11-style commission to ‘investigate’ US Capitol riot, as suggested by Pelosi, Graham, & others
A commission has been recommended by both Democrats and Republicans in the wake of the Senate acquitting Donald Trump on the article of impeachment that accused him of “inciting an insurrection” and directly inspiring the storming of the Capitol. “We need a 9/11 commission to find out what happened and …
Read More »Dem Congresswoman wants ‘truth commission’ to target ‘white supremacy’ and rein in ‘far-right media’ over US Capitol riot
Jacobs floated her idea while appearing on CNN’s ‘Reliable Sources’ on Sunday and said the reason for this “truth commission” proposal is because “we haven’t really done the reckoning with the racial injustice and white supremacy of our past that we need to do.” Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, according to …
Read More »Launch voter fraud commission or we won’t certify election results, Ted Cruz & 10 other Republican senators say
“By any measure, the allegations of fraud and irregularities in the 2020 election exceed any in our lifetimes,”Cruz and his allies said on Saturday, in a joint statement. They called for an electoral commission to be appointed immediately to conduct an emergency 10-day audit of voting results in the states …
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