Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Neil Gorsuch have taken the rare step of issuing a joint statement in defense of cordial relations on the US Supreme Court, refuting media reports of a Covid-19 mask argument at the Marble Palace. The controversy began on Tuesday, when US state-funded media outlet NPR said …
Read More »EU no longer cares about supposed ‘values’ – Kremlin on RT DE situation
Moscow-based channel RT DE was taken off air by the European satellite service Eutelsat on Wednesday. The operator said it had done so at the request of Germany’s media regulator, MABB, as well as that of the EU-wide body the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services. Speaking to NTV …
Read More »Despite all the severe sanctions that were supposed to boost US industry, imports from China are up and the economy’s in trouble
At the beginning of this year, the mainstream media was blasting rays of optimism over America’s Covid-19 economic recovery, which, owing to the combination of a successful vaccine rollout, huge injections of government money and a sheer disregard for human life, allowed the US to roar back in recovery. Hal …
Read More »‘Captain Underpants’ spinoff yanked amid crackdown on supposed anti-Asian ‘passive racism’ in children’s books
Pilkey has begged forgiveness for “The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future,” a book he wrote in 2010 that “intended to showcase diversity, equality, and non-violent conflict resolution,” on Sunday as his publisher Scholastic announced the book was being pulled from store shelves. Apologizing that the …
Read More »You’re not supposed to say that out loud! Covid-19 vaccines & ‘return to normal’ might hurt Facebook’s bottom line, CFO admits
CFO David Wehner suggested on Tuesday that users’ cash will end up in the pockets of “services like travel,” as more people get vaccinated for Covid-19 and fewer have any reason to stay home ordering goods they’ve seen advertised on Facebook. Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom …
Read More »Sanctions kill people they’re supposed to be protecting and undermine entire system of human rights & humanitarian aid – UN
The Covid-19 pandemic could have brought humanity together in cooperation to combat the deadly disease. Instead, 2020 has seen an expansion of the use of unilateral sanctions, which target entire nations and hurt their ability to respond to outbreaks on their territory while undermining global efforts to provide humanitarian assistance …
Read More »Does it feature a Benghazi chapter? Obama’s supposed ‘honest account’ memoir is both hailed & derided online
“There’s no feeling like finishing a book, and I’m proud of this one,” Obama wrote on Thursday, announcing his memoir via a tweet. In ‘A Promised Land’ Obama “tries to provide an honest accounting of [his] presidency” and finally reveals how to “make [American] democracy work for everybody.” Thousands of …
Read More »The new Battlefield is supposed to be “visually striking”
EA is still going to release a new shooter game from the Battlefield series. After peers Electronic Arts boasted revenues for the second quarter of 2018 fiscal year, which ended September 30. Compared to the same period last year, net profit increased by 7 % (to the level of 959 …
Read More »Valve said it was supposed to end Half-Life
Information was a real shock for fans. Writer of Half-Life Marc Laidlaw (Marc Laidlaw) said, as had to finish the third episode of the game from Valve. The details he shared in an interview with Arcade Attack. “I had ideas for Episode 3. They had to bring the series to …
Read More »Published a supposed image of the new smartphone Meizu
The most interesting design element smartphone is the led flash. In social network Weibo showed a smartphone Meizu E2, which can get a rear camera in the upper left part and horizontal led flash. The official presentation will take place on April 26. The most interesting design element smartphone is …
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