Shockingly, the permanent suspension of hard-right Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene from Twitter and her temporary suspension from Facebook does not appear to shock us anymore. What is at stake here is far more critical than one congresswoman spreading nonsense on social media. The precedent set a year ago, where unaccountable Big Tech simply banned …
Read More »‘Simply unbelievable’: Russian teenage figure-skating phenomenon Valieva scales new heights with victory in Sochi (VIDEO)
Having already registered a world-record score for her short program on Friday, Valieva followed that with a tally of 185.29 points for her free skate on Saturday at the Iceberg Skating Palace – breaking her own previous record of 180.89 set in Canada earlier this season. That put the 15-year-old …
Read More »‘It’s a lie that we’re criminals and terrorists, we’re simply freedom fighters to liberate our land,’ Hamas co-founder tells RT
In May, the Israeli military and Gaza’s armed groups engaged in 11 days of brutal warfare, resulting in the deaths of 270 Palestinians and 13 Israelis. Since then a mutual ceasefire has largely held, but many speculate that this may soon change. In order to get a better grasp of …
Read More »Moscow’s relationship with NATO can’t be described as ‘catastrophic’ because it simply doesn’t exist AT ALL – Russian FM Lavrov
On Monday, speaking to the press in Norway following talks with his counterpart Anniken Huitfeldt, Lavrov stated that Russia and the US-led bloc no longer have any communication at all. “I wouldn’t call the relations between Russia and NATO catastrophic because to be catastrophic you have to have at least …
Read More »‘Simply monstrous’: Putin says teaching young children they can easily swap genders is a ‘borderline crime against humanity’
“The discussion about the rights of men and women has turned into a total phantasmagoria in a number of Western countries,” Putin said in a speech to dignitaries and reporters at the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi, Russia on Thursday. “Those who risk saying that men and women still exist, …
Read More »Residential schools are a stain on Canada’s history that won’t be erased simply by appointing an indigenous Governor General
Recently, I wrote about the sudden emergence of media attention to the horrific issue of the Canada-wide “residential schools”, where starvation, torture, sexual and physical and mental abuse were rife. In spite of this being raised for decades, and largely ignored in media, recent months has seen interest rise around …
Read More »The resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan is simply America’s chickens coming home to roost
The Taliban and the Afghan government are negotiating a power-sharing agreement, but making little progress. In negotiations, the government has pushed Taliban leader Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada for a promise on the treatment of women, but he has been willing to concede very little. The government supporters’ biggest fear is the …
Read More »Women are being attacked, sacked and threatened with jail simply for pointing out that you cannot change your biological sex
A Scottish feminist campaigner, Marion Millar, had been charged with hate crimes for alleged homophobic and transphobic posts on Twitter. The case seems bizarre. Millar is a 50-year-old mother of autistic twins and runs an accountancy business. She’s also a feminist campaigner and, along with many other Scottish feminists, has …
Read More »US is whipping up fear of China because Washington simply cannot contemplate a world it does not dominate
On Wednesday, US intelligence officials provided a briefing on the biggest threats to Washington around the world, giving ample focus to China, but also mentioning Russia and North Korea, building on a comprehensive report that had been released earlier in the week. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines defined Beijing as …
Read More »Labelling every bad habit an ‘addiction’ simply means people with no self-control fail to take responsibility for their behaviour
So, what are we to make of a recently published alarmist report that claims that almost four out of 10 students are addicted to their smartphone? The authors of the report claim that smartphone addiction causes serious sleeping problems and can be both a symptom and cause of mental health …
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