“Mimosas with the girls this weekend? It’s a bad idea if you haven’t been vaxxed,” says one of the recent ads posted by the city’s health department, featuring a pouting woman being lectured by a male partner. Going for equal-opportunity nagging, another Baltimore ad featured a woman lecturing a man …
Read More »US imposes new sanctions against Russia, expels ten diplomats & targets national debt in move Moscow may view as major escalation
The move, which the White House says is in response to alleged interference by Moscow in the 2020 US presidential election, will see American companies banned from directly buying shares in Russia’s national debt. The Kremlin has consistently denied that it made any attempt to meddle in the contest, in …
Read More »‘The unblinking eye’: Boris Johnson confirms British citizens are 24/7 targets of government military & intelligence cyber ops
The UK government’s long-awaited ‘Integrated Review’ has finally been released. Officially billed as “a comprehensive articulation” of London’s “national security and international policy,” it intends to “[shape] the open international order of the future.” An audacious ambition indeed, and the Review’s pledges are certainly bold – among other things, Whitehall …
Read More »Criminal probe into ‘attempts to influence’ 2020 US election in Georgia targets Trump, media claims
Fulton County DA Fani Willis confirmed the existence of the investigation on Wednesday and said she had sent letters to Governor Brian Kemp, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, the lieutenant governor, and the attorney general, asking that all records related to the administration of the election should be preserved. “This …
Read More »Biden sets low bar on school reopenings, targets resuming in-person teaching at half of schools ‘ONE DAY A WEEK’ by late April
“His goal that he set was to have the majority of schools – so more than 50 percent, open by day 100 of his presidency, and that means some teaching in classrooms,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Tuesday. “So, at least one day a week, hopefully …
Read More »‘Hacker’ targets Florida water facility with poisonous, caustic chemical used in drain cleaners. FBI & Secret Service investigate
The breach on the water facility in Oldsmar, Florida boosted levels of sodium hydroxide in the system by nearly a hundredfold late last week, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri told reporters on Monday, calling it an “awful intrusion.” “The hacker changed the sodium hydroxide from about 100 parts per million …
Read More »Going in for a kill: Redditors going after targets they perceive to have stolen their money in 2008, says Max Keiser
The Reddit crowd knows that the US Federal Reserve can only print money to keep the American economy Ponzi scheme going, says Max. “And that angry Reddit WallStreetBets crowd is going in for a kill.” He explains: “They know that more free money is coming. Just like the hedge funds …
Read More »Scholarship in the age of wokeness: Top 10 ACADEMIC targets of cancel culture in 2020
Academics are supposed to be engaged in the disinterested pursuit of truth. And universities are meant to be places where you attack the argument, not the man. But in recent years, many scholars in the English-speaking world have found themselves embroiled in controversies just for expressing an unorthodox opinion or …
Read More »IDF strikes multiple ‘terrorist targets’ in Gaza in response to missiles fired into Israel on Christmas (VIDEOS)
The targets allegedly included a rocket manufacturing site, a military post and some underground infrastructure, the IDF said in a tweet, warning that “Hamas will bear the consequences for all terror emanating from Gaza.” Air raid sirens sounded in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon late Friday, forcing residents to …
Read More »Beijing targets US arms producers with sanctions over $1.8bn deal with Taiwan
The US plans to deliver three weapon systems worth an estimated $1.8 billion to Taiwan. They include truck-based rocket launchers produced by Lockheed Martin, Boeing AGM-84H long-range air-to-ground missiles, and external sensor pods for F-16 jets, which are manufactured by a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, according to formal notifications received …
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