“I’ll call Governor Whitmer right now,” the 26-year-old Democrat from suburban Detroit is heard saying on the video. He added, “When I call Gretchen, I’ll need y’all IDs and badge numbers, everything,” and later said, “If you abuse me, I’m going to get upset. I’m going to tell Gretchen . …
Read More »First-level thinking threatens lives of millions and causes MORE destruction than Covid
Calling someone a first-level thinker might sound initially like a compliment. However, “first level” is not “first rate” or “first place.” You’ll find various phrasings and competing intellects taking credit for the label, but we turn to American investor and writer Howard Marks for an introductory definition: “First-level thinking focuses …
Read More »Football in crisis: UEFA threatens bans over mutiny as Premier League and pundits slam ‘pure greed’ of European Super League plans
Eleven clubs, including Spanish La Liga top three Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Barcelona, Italian Serie A club Inter Milan and five English Premier League sides have reportedly signed up for a breakaway league, with the news re-emerging just a day before UEFA was thought to be planning to announce a …
Read More »Bitcoin is a ‘Chinese financial weapon’ that threatens the US dollar – billionaire Peter Thiel
He added that Beijing has tried to use the euro in the same way. Speaking at a virtual event hosted by the Richard Nixon Foundation, Thiel, who is a major investor in virtual currency ventures as well as in cryptocurrencies themselves, said that the US should consider tighter regulations on cryptos. While commenting on …
Read More »‘Fulfil your contract’: EU Commission chief threatens AstraZeneca with Covid vaccine export ban
“We have the option of prohibiting a planned export. That is the message to AstraZeneca,” the EU Commission president told German media on Saturday. “You first fulfil your contract with Europe before you start delivering to other countries.” Von der Leyen blamed the Anglo-Swedish company for having delivered only 30% …
Read More »Taliban threatens with ‘reaction’ if US does not pull out troops by May deadline
“They should go,” Suhail Shaheen, a member of the Taliban negotiation team, told reporters in Moscow on Friday. Troop presence beyond May 1, Shaheen warned, will qualify as a “violation of the agreement” struck with the Trump administration and will warrant a “reaction.” “We hope that this will not happen, …
Read More »‘I’m 100% suing Cardi B’: Candace Owens threatens rap star with defamation case amid feud over ‘Photoshopped’ tweet
“Just spoke with my family. I am 100% suing Cardi for that nonsense,” Owens tweeted, accusing the singer of “throwing out wild lies” about her family. Cardi earlier posted a screenshot of a tweet purportedly sent by Owens, in which she wrote that her husband had cheated on her with …
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 »Duterte threatens to end military cooperation with US if he gets ‘hard info’ on nukes stored in Philippines
While there appear to have been no recent statements from American officials about plans to place nukes in the Philippines, Duterte was on Sunday asked about the possibility during a press conference. “We do not want it… but I am warning you that if I get hold of hard information …
Read More »‘It won’t simply be sanctions’: Biden adviser threatens to punish Russia with ‘tools seen & unseen’ for SolarWinds hack
During his appearance on CBS’s Face The Nation program on Sunday, Sullivan was asked about what the team of new US President Joe Biden was going to do about the SolarWinds hack, given that sanctions have proven to be ineffective against Moscow. The adviser replied by saying that the American “response …
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