Sometimes one must wonder if those who plan military strikes at the Pentagon have any situational awareness about the geopolitical realities in the regions they attack, or if their actions are guided by ignorance-laced hubris that shields them from any connection to the real world. This disconnect with reality was …
Read More »US & NATO allies harming potential Donbass peace by giving more money, weapons and support to Ukrainian army, says Russian FM
Speaking to Moscow newspaper Argumenty i Fakty in an interview published on Monday, Sergey Lavrov expressed the opinion that investment in Ukraine’s army is not good for possible peace in Donbass. “I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to the fact that the United States and its …
Read More »Woke Twitter gets mad as Joe Rogan says giving into cancel culture equals ‘straight white men’ losing their right to speak
Rogan has courted controversy multiple times since migrating his podcast from YouTube to Spotify, with several of the company’s employees threatening to quit unless they were given editorial oversight on his show and its, at times, controversial content. While discussing whether it is possible to make edgy comedy anymore with …
Read More »Quebec becomes latest to halt giving 1st doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 jab in change to vaccine campaign
The ministry said in a statement on Thursday that almost all of its AstraZeneca doses have already been used in people aged 45 and over in recent weeks. Any doses left, including an additional 148,000 set to arrive in the next week, will only be used as booster shots, the …
Read More »‘Humbled’ Sadiq Khan re-elected as London mayor, giving Labour a victory as party reels from by-election setbacks
Khan was pronounced winner of 55.2% of the mayoral vote on Saturday, besting Conservative Shaun Bailey’s 44.8%. While the margin of victory was comfortable, it wasn’t the landslide that he appeared to be headed for as recently as a couple of months ago, when polls showed him leading by a …
Read More »Emojis, how did we cope without them? Never fear, a new slew has arrived, finally giving us the bearded lady we so badly needed
How on earth did we ever cope without emojis? It has become a vital human need to have a tiny little image to perfectly encapsulate anything we think or feel or do. It’s actually possible to say pretty much anything with a cartoon or two. For example, send an image …
Read More »South Korea rules out giving AstraZeneca vaccine to over-65s
The KDCA has refused to endorse giving the AstraZeneca vaccine to elderly individuals as it awaits the company’s full clinical trial results, because officials currently fear there is not enough data about its effectiveness and impact in older recipients. The decision marks a slight reversal from last week’s statement by …
Read More »Fresh off banning Project Veritas, Twitter accused of giving anti-Trump Lincoln Project a pass for publishing ex-member’s PMs
Formed before last year’s election to oust Donald Trump from the White House and return the Republican Party to its pre-Trump incarnation, the Lincoln Project has fallen on hard times since Joe Biden’s victory. Founding member John Weaver was outed as a sex pest who allegedly bothered boys as young …
Read More »Trump’s second impeachment risks giving half the US a ‘stab in the back’ narrative like that which took hold in Germany in 1919
One hour into the two-hour debate, it became abundantly clear that President Donald Trump was destined to become the first American President ever to be impeached twice. From the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, on down, this point was repeated, as if the political ignominy derived from that fact …
Read More »Mourinho ‘disappointed’ after giving Spurs ace Reguilon piglet to eat at Christmas – only to find he flouted Covid rules for party
It was reported on Saturday that Tottenham players Sergio Reguilon, Giovani Lo Celso and Erik Lamela had gathered over Christmas along with West Ham ace Manuel Lanzini, apparently in breach of Covid-19 restrictions. A photo shared on social media showed the four players along with 11 other adults, a baby …
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