As if the European Union did not have enough problems with its disputes over Brexit and arguments with Poland. Now up pops Hungarian PM Viktor Orban like an inconvenient jack-in-the-box to throw yet more fuel on the roaring fire of discontent. Orban’s latest gripe with Brussels, and to be fair …
Read More »Fat Britannia: If you think obesity is a problem in the UK now, just wait another 20 years
In 2019, the UK’s Tory government described childhood obesity as “one of the biggest health challenges this country faces.” Months later the jumbo-sized problem faded into insignificance as Britons were forced to isolate themselves in their own homes as an invisible enemy, Covid-19, pushed the UK’s healthcare infrastructure to the …
Read More »Biden gets Covid-19 booster live on air, says US will have a ‘problem’ until 98% of Americans are vaccinated
Biden was injected on Monday at a televised event inside the Eisenhower Executive Office building, telling the reporters he was doing so because the regulators had declared the Pfizer-made boosters “safe and effective.” A CNN reporter pointed out that Monday’s booster event was historic – the first time a sitting …
Read More »MSM loves to blow up any tiny problem in China into an existential crisis. No, the country’s not facing a ‘Lehman Brothers moment’
The Evergrande Group, China’s second largest property developer, is seemingly on the verge of bankruptcy. It’s one of the biggest in the world, and a Fortune 500 company. However, it finds itself swamped in over $300 billion of liabilities and is struggling to repay its debts, sending it tumbling towards …
Read More »The problem with George W. Bush’s call for unity is he is responsible for many of the divisions he says America must heal
“There is little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home,” Bush said, alluding to supporters of former President Donald Trump that stormed the Capitol on January 6. “But in their disdain for pluralism, in their disregard for human life, in their determination to defile national symbols, they …
Read More »Is TV too woke? Of course it is, but the problem is industry insiders insist it isn’t woke enough
Is TV too woke? As someone who works with a lot of producers, writers, and directors who all privately tell me that if their TV project isn’t woke in conception and rigidly diverse in execution, then it won’t ever move forward, the answer is eye-rollingly obvious. Unsurprisingly, the epidemic of …
Read More »What is the problem with most social media activism? It’s ill-informed, changes nothing and oversimplifies complex issues
Online activism comes in many forms, from symbolic signaling of a position on a crisis or issue, such as changing one’s profile picture, to a more engaged form, such as writing posts about events online. Awareness can be good, and campaigns for humanitarian aid online can even be better. However, …
Read More »The Tim Pool Problem – why establishment media are waging a desperate war against YouTubers
On August 3 the leftist publication The Daily Beast published a scathing hit piece directed at one of YouTube’s most popular independent journalists, Tim Pool. The publication devoted over 11,000 words to attacking Pool, accusing him of everything from peddling misinformation to whitewashing the “far right.” This type of salacious …
Read More »Philip Morris claims it wants to ‘solve the problem of smoking’ by ending cigarette sales in UK
Philip Morris’ CEO Jacek Olczak said on Sunday that the plan was part of the company’s strategy to phase out conventional cigarette smoking in the country. “I want to allow this company to leave smoking behind. I think in the UK, ten years from now maximum, you can completely solve …
Read More »Solving the wrong problem? San Francisco debuts ultra-pricey trash cans to deter homeless & vandals
Some might address the problem of homelessness by building shelters or launching job programs, but San Francisco’s current approach is out of sight, out of mind. The city is commissioning high tech new trash cans that vagrants can’t paw through, hoping that they’ll take their unsightly needs somewhere else. © …
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