As 2021 comes to a close and Joe Biden edges towards one year in office, there’s one thing clear already: contrary to hopes and wishes, there’s been no reversal in the confrontational foreign policy the Trump administration set towards China, even if it has been less erratic in its presentation. …
Read More »New York’s new law setting up detention centers to lock up suspected Covid-19 cases heralds a Kafkaesque nightmare
Under the new law, New Yorkers may be dragged out of their homes and locked up on mere suspicion of having been ‘exposed’ to the novel coronavirus — no positive test or even symptoms necessary. Once imprisoned in one of the state’s purpose-built facilities, individuals may be forced to submit …
Read More »Elon Musk heralds ‘glorious’ Mars mission – but admits colonists will almost certainly die
SpaceX has high-profile plans to send one of its Starship rockets to the Red Planet as soon as 2022 and aspirational plans for a manned mission just two years later. Musk, SpaceX’s founder, discussed the project at a conference this week, revealing that he believes getting people to Mars will …
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