US media outlets went beyond decrying a draft Supreme Court ruling that would strike down the constitutional protection of abortion rights. Vice News went so far as to promote a video explaining how to make do-it-yourself abortion pills with an active ingredient that is also used to treat ulcers in …
Read More »WHO chief promotes Bill Gates’ book on ‘next pandemic’
World Health Organization director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised the latest book by billionaire and self-styled pandemic ‘expert’ Bill Gates on Friday, declaring himself in full agreement with the software tycoon’s insistence that “we must act on Covid-19’s lessons and innovate so that we can deliver swift, equitable health solutions to …
Read More »Hacked India PM Modi’s Twitter account promotes bitcoin scam
It was unclear how exactly the culprits gained access to the @narendramodi handle or for how long it was compromised, but once the issue was raised with Twitter support, the account was “immediately secured,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a tweet of its own. At least one of …
Read More »‘False narrative’: Zuckerberg rejects latest accusation that FB ‘promotes hate’ & puts ‘profit over safety’ in wordy rebuttal
Zuckerberg took to his own platform on Tuesday night with a massive, 1,300-word essay, saying he wanted to share a note he wrote to all company employees hours after a self-avowed Facebook ‘whistleblower’ testified before US lawmakers, leveling withering critiques against the site and its business practices. “Now that today’s testimony is …
Read More »Tennessee hat store promotes ‘not vaccinated’ patch styled on Nazi yellow star, drawing condemnation & calls for boycott
The store, hatWRKS, took to Instagram on Friday to promote the new item, which carries the words “Not vaccinated” and is designed around the Nazis’ infamous ‘Juden’ star, perhaps one of the most widely known symbols of the Holocaust. While the post has since been deleted, screenshots quickly made the …
Read More »Ten years on, the US still promotes failed regime-change policy in Syria
Back in 2001, former General Wesley Clark described a memorandum issued by then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld which outlined a plan, as General Clark described it, on “how we’re going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing …
Read More »‘This is what generals look like’: Biden promotes female commanders & creates Gender Policy Council to mark women’s day
Biden announced on Monday the nominations of US Air Force General Jacqueline Van Ovost to head the Transportation Command and Army Lieutenant-General Laura Richardson to lead the Southern Command. “We need little girls and boys both … to know this is what generals in the US armed forces look like,” …
Read More »‘Poker turns woker’: Media promotes Dutch designer’s gender-neutral playing cards, but critics see only jokers
Stories by Reuters, the UK Daily Mail and other outlets detailed how Indy Mellink, a 23-year-old forensic psychology graduate, became troubled by the fact that the face cards in a standard deck give more value to a king than a queen. “Even subtle inequalities like this do play a big …
Read More »Long term weight loss promotes meditation
So say the experts. If you managed to lose weight and you all want to save the results, do some meditation of mindfulness, suggest canadian researchers from McGill University in Montreal. Experts believe that this technique can be very effective in maintaining weight and preventing recruitment of extra pounds. The …
Read More »Named alcoholic drink, which promotes weight loss
Contrary to the assertions of many nutritionists that alcohol being high in calories, contributes to weight gain, a new study allowed the researchers to make a completely different conclusion. Clinicians have discovered that not all alcoholic beverages result in excess fat. The use of this drink, like gin, can affect …
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