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Read More »‘The 355’ girl-power action movie is a failure, for one simple reason
The 355, which premiered in theaters on January 7, is another one of those pieces of girl-power propaganda that is more interested in activism than entertainment. The idea behind the movie was born when the film’s star, Jessica Chastain, spoke with writer and director Simon Kinberg about making a female-led …
Read More »Simple math explains real reason for Musk’s Twitter poll on selling Tesla stock
According to a report by CNBC, Musk faces a $15 billion tax bill on stock options expiring next year, which is likely the real reason he considered selling 10% of his Tesla stock in the first place. As Musk himself declared, he doesn’t take a salary or cash bonus from …
Read More »Suffering from Covid-19 ‘cave syndrome’? Don’t panic! There’s a simple solution
Awesome. There’s a name for how millions of people are feeling right now. And, for once, it’s a moniker that actually describes perfectly what it’s all about: cave syndrome. Are you hanging onto your masks even if you don’t have to? Are you sitting outside in the beer garden even …
Read More »How to balance the calls for Washington, DC statehood with the move’s inherent Democratic bias? Simple, split a red state in two
There are two perspectives regarding the case for turning Washington, DC into the 51st state. One is obvious, explicit, above-board, mentioned by adherents of this proposal. The other is hidden and only implicit. The first is not unreasonable. Citizens of this great US metropolis are disenfranchised. Every other member of …
Read More »The curious case of ‘Han Solo’, a CIA contractor accused of terrorism in Venezuela who claims he was on a simple boating holiday
You could be forgiven for thinking that an ex-Marine going on trial for terrorism charges in Venezuela might meet with the sort of US media coverage that the Amanda Knox story attained, but the start of Heath’s trial has warranted barely a whisper. Heath was arrested last September alongside six …
Read More »Biden has boxed himself into a corner on Iran, but the solution is simple… rejoin the nuclear deal with no preconditions
The US Senate confirmation hearings for President Joe Biden’s nominee for the position of deputy secretary of state, Wendy Sherman, offer interesting insights into the quandary facing the Biden administration in fulfilling a campaign pledge to rejoin the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA, better known as the Iran nuclear …
Read More »A simple piece of legislation – and the growing use of woke trans terminology – exposes the irrationalism of Western politics
This week debate commenced in the UK House of Lords over a bill dealing with paid maternity leave for members of parliament – an insignificant piece of legislation that would normally have attracted little or no attention. The bill, however, includes provisions that compel the use of woke transgender terminology, …
Read More »Latvia goes further than a simple ban on Russian TV news – Riga will FINE citizens for watching ‘illegal’ cross border channels
Earlier this month, local media reported that the Seimas, the Baltic nation’s parliament, had adopted a bill in its final reading that will criminalize people for watching unauthorized broadcasts. The networks that will be affected are said to include dozens of Russian television channels for which signals can be picked …
Read More »The 1% blunder: How a simple but fatal math mistake by US Covid-19 experts caused the world to panic and order lockdowns
When you strip everything else out, the reason for lockdown comes from a single figure: one percent. This was the prediction that Covid, if left unchecked, would kill around one percent of us. You may not think that percentage is enormous, but one percent of the population of the world …
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