Rittenhouse, who was then 17, is the suspect in a fatal shooting that took place in August 2020, during demonstrations that followed the shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man, by a white police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, US. Rittenhouse killed two men and injured a third, in what his …
Read More »The media either portrays immigration as innately good or intrinsically bad, but the reality is far more complicated
The immigration debate is controversial, but it’s indisputably one of the most important topics in politics. Over the course of 2021, we have witnessed a huge number of illegal crossings over the English Channel, with many desperate refugees taking dangerous trips across the sea to reach the UK. Europe has …
Read More »Sean Penn told the unvaccinated to not see his new film. Unfortunately for him, the vaccinated don’t seem interested, either
Appearing on ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’ on Monday evening, Penn was faced with a conundrum. On his press tour to promote ‘Flag Day’ – a film where he plays a criminal father to a daughter played by his own offspring, Dylan – Penn has already compared being unvaccinated to …
Read More »Trump’s Pentagon shuffle suggests either no more wars… or just one with Iran
But their individual histories suggest they’d be an ideological mixed bag that could give rise to one of two outcomes: no wars, or a war with Iran. By now, all of Washington knows that Donald Trump’s nickname for his former military-industrial complex lobbyist turned defense secretary, Mark Esper, was “Yesper” …
Read More »The end of American power: Don’t blame Trump, and don’t expect Biden to save it either
The error in such thinking, however, is to blame it all on President Donald Trump for being some kind of rogue leader, with the implication that if Democrat contender Joe Biden were to win the White House next week, then, happily, the historic decline in US global power might be …
Read More »Evidence that masks protect from Covid ‘not very strong in either direction,’ says UK’s deputy chief medical officer
As schools prepare to reopen, the government has released guidance that will require students and teachers to wear masks in communal areas. Masks are currently required in hospitals, on public transport, and in many businesses. In a Q and A session with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, however, Harries pushed back …
Read More »Why amendments to the Constitution are either harmful or pointless
All the fuss around the “amendments to the Constitution” — just to push it a rule allowing for life Putin to be President (part 3.1. article 81): by the end of the second extra period in 2036 he will be 83 years old. It is nothing like the usurpation of …
Read More »“Either there will be a political transformation, or go back to poverty, as was the scoop”
“Either there will be a political transformation, or go back to poverty, which was in the scoop” What will happen to the ruble exchange rate, oil price and Russia? Interviews financial analyst Stepan Demur Stock markets continue to fall every day, cheaper oil, a weaker ruble, the coronavirus affects the …
Read More »New rules for drivers: either chaos, or corruption
The requirement to test for alcoholism suggests either complete incompetence, or about finding their next method of enrichment. In 1986, at the height of the anti-alcohol campaign, the first Secretary MGK the CPSU Victor Grishin reported to the Central Committee: “the Work on sobering Moscow completed.” Now it looks like …
Read More »Polish apples were not wanted by either Russia or the West.
Polish economic analyst Jakub Olipro in an interview with reporters tvn24bis.pl explained the reasons for the farmers ‘ protests in Warsaw, during which the road was thrown away thousands of apples. Farmers protest, which took place without the use of firecrackers or burning tyres, caused no less excitement in the …
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