On Monday, US District Judge Charles Kornmann fulminated for nearly an hour at the courthouse in Aberdeen, as Justice Department lawyers and two of the Marshals he wants criminally prosecuted took notes. “This was such an outrageous thing to do,” the judge reportedly said, according to the Washington Post, referring …
Read More »Naomi Osaka’s refusal to take questions from the press is down to her arrogance, not her mental health issues
Something has gone seriously wrong when Naomi Osaka, one of the world’s leading sportswomen, insists that she will not take questions from the media at the French Open on the grounds that such news conferences have a negative impact on the mental health of tennis players. Osaka has not only …
Read More »Moscow accuses NATO boss Stoltenberg of lying about Russian refusal to speak to alliance, says he ignored Russian proposals
Speaking on Friday, the ministry’s spokesperson Maria Zakharova called on the NATO chief to stop spreading disinformation about Moscow’s position. “Stoltenberg’s statements that Russia is refusing [to enter] dialogue are not true. They are lies,” she told a press briefing. “A substantive conversation was offered.” According to Zakharova, Moscow suggested …
Read More »Russian Foreign Ministry laments Biden’s refusal to debate Putin, places blame for poor state of US-Russia relations on Washington
That’s according to a statement from Russia’s Foreign Ministry after the White House rejected a suggestion by Putin for an online chat about a wide range of issues important for the bilateral relationship, such as Covid-19 and regional conflict resolution. “We regret to state that the United States did not …
Read More »Michigan health department hit with lawsuit over its refusal to share nursing home data amid comparisons to Cuomo’s cover-up
Journalist Charlie LeDuff launched a Freedom of Information suit against the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday, accusing the agency of withholding data linked to coronavirus deaths in nursing homes without legal basis. “Not only does the public have the right to know this information, we have …
Read More »India threatens to jail Facebook, WhatsApp & Twitter staff over refusal to wipe data that ‘undermines national security’ – reports
Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter have each received written notices warning their employees could face arrest should the requests be ignored, in some cases citing specific India-based staff by name, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing “people familiar” with the matter. The reported warnings come as New Delhi faces …
Read More »Liberals’ refusal to address the thorny issues around race has a disastrous effect on efforts to improve the lives of black people
The long-unchallenged liberal view that racism, police brutality, a colonialist education curriculum and white privilege are all contributing to holding back struggling communities from escaping socio-economic difficulties is nonsense, and it’s time we ditched using the colour of people’s skin as the basis of our approach – despite what supporters …
Read More »Britain’s shameful refusal to take responsibility for jihadi bride Shamima Begum is a battle it can’t be allowed to win
Britain has once again proved it’s in denial and doesn’t want to face its own issues. In February 2015, Shamima Begum left London for Syria aged 15 to join Islamic State, along with two school friends. Ten days later, she married a jihadist and went on to have three children, …
Read More »‘Let this be the end of it’: Assange supporters hail judge’s surprise refusal to extradite WikiLeaks founder
Assange, 49, is charged with 18 counts of conspiring to hack US government computers and the publication of confidential military records, including a video of a 2007 Apache helicopter attack in Baghdad. A dozen people, including two Reuters journalists, were killed in that attack. In a surprise ruling on Monday, …
Read More »Schumer’s ‘senior moment’ or McConnell’s refusal to consider $2K Covid-19 aid checks, which is worse?
Schumer, a Democrat, floundered as he attempted to demand $2,000 checks for individual Americans on Tuesday, blaming Republicans (and specifically Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell) for resisting the inclusion of higher payments in the original legislation. The senator blundered, confusing the aid package with the National Defense Authorization Act – …
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