It’s now been over a month since a tsunami of Western sanctions hit Russia. Their unprecedented scale is a notable characteristic. All key industries are under attack. Russia’s reserve assets abroad have been frozen. Tough control measures have been imposed on exports, especially when it comes to technology and industrial …
Read More »Conservative employees demand a ‘politically neutral Disney’
A group of conservative staffers across the Walt Disney Company published an open letter to management and the public on Monday, revealing that they no longer feel safe at work as Disney has become “an increasingly uncomfortable place to work” for those who don’t agree with progressive ideology. The letter …
Read More »Presidential hopeful says no to ‘politically correct propaganda’ in schools
Eric Zemmour, who is running in the 2022 French presidential election, has vowed to stop the “brainwashing” of school students and focus on academic excellence instead. “Over the past 40 years, our children have been indoctrinated,” Zemmour, an essayist and a political pundit, said on Monday. “Schools can’t be a …
Read More »The US wants new trade talks with China, but it would be politically toxic for Biden to hold out an olive branch
At the beginning of this week, US trade representative Katherine Tai delivered a keynote speech that set out the Biden administration’s trade policy concerning China. Predictably, the address came with a litany of complaints against what are frequently described as China’s ‘unfair economic practices’. Tai also said the US would …
Read More »Are the politically left-behind flocking to the Republicans? A new survey suggests that might be the case
A Pew Research survey released earlier this week revealed that Republican views concerning the effects of banks and large corporations on the US dimmed noticeably in the last two years, bringing them close to, if not indistinguishable, from Democrats’ own views. As of July 2021, exactly half of Republicans or …
Read More »Amnesty International calls on Biden to drop ‘politically-motivated’ charges against Julian Assange ahead of hearing
In a statement ahead of Wednesday’s Royal Courts of Justice appeal hearing – where the United States government will attempt to appeal a UK judge’s decision in January not to extradite Assange – Amnesty International’s Europe Director Nils Muižnieks urged Biden to drop the charges. “This attempt by the US …
Read More »‘A Quiet Place II’ falls dramatically, culturally and politically flat as it fails to live up to the suspenseful original
In 2018, the monster movie/horror film ‘A Quiet Place’ snuck up on movie audiences and frightened and thrilled the hell out of them to the tune of a $340 million worldwide box office take on a $21 million budget. That movie, written, directed and starring John Krasinski, was a taut …
Read More »Politically homeless? Sarah Silverman says she doesn’t want to be associated with ‘elitist’ Democratic Party anymore
In a video posted to Instagram, Silverman confessed that she found the Democrats to be too uncompromising and self-righteous for her liking. “It’s the absolutist-ness of the party I am in that is such a turnoff to me. It’s so f****** elitist. You know, for something called ‘progressive’, it allows …
Read More »Skeptics slam ‘politically-motivated’ study that claims Sturgis motorcycle rally was biggest Covid-19 ‘superspreader’ event in US
Published by the IZA Institute of Labor Economics, the Germans’ paper lays out some disturbing numbers. The total public health cost of the 10-day motorcycle rally, which drew almost half a million people to the town of Sturgis during the second week of August, is estimated at a jaw-dropping $12.2 …
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