More than two-thirds of voting Americans agree President Joe Biden has taken the US down the wrong track, a new poll conducted a year into his presidency has revealed. The results showed some 68% of respondents thought the country was going in the wrong direction, while 32% suggested it was …
Read More »There is nothing wrong with Helen Mirren playing Golda Meir
Should an actor’s religion or ethnicity matter when they play a role? Well according to British screen legend Dame Maureen Lipman, it should. She has criticised the casting of fellow British acting icon Dame Helen Mirren as former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the upcoming Hollywood biopic, Golda. In an …
Read More »‘Green’ label for nuclear & gas ‘absolutely wrong,’ German minister says
Proposals by the European Commission to label some natural gas and nuclear energy projects as ‘green’ have been heavily criticized in Germany. The country’s environment minister called them “absolutely wrong.” The draft regulation, which may be officially proposed later this month, suggests labeling natural gas as ‘transitional energy’ if it produces …
Read More »NATO has been too successful at doing the wrong thing
The US-led military bloc is accusing Moscow of planning a large-scale invasion and claims that such a move would have grave consequences. Russia rejects the accusation and, in turn, has warned NATO that its expansion in Ukraine, whether by a formal membership or informally by other means of military cooperation …
Read More »Low wages, no staff, and politicization: Ex-cop on what’s wrong with US policing
At first glance, it seemed plausible. Jimmy Banks, the chief of police in Nahunta, Georgia, quit last month in protest over his officers having to abide by a Covid-19 vaccine mandate. There have been similar reactions across the US from government employees, although not from any with such a noteworthy …
Read More »Here’s what’s wrong with Israel branding human-rights groups ‘terrorists’
On October 22, Israel branded six respected Palestinian human-rights groups “terrorist organisations,” outraging the UN and the wider global community. This, coming from a state that imprisons and kills Palestinian children, and murders uniformed medics. On the Israeli Defense Ministry’s list were Addameer, Al-Haq, Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP), …
Read More »Biden’s approval plummets further as over 70% say country headed in wrong direction – NBC poll
The NBC News poll, released Sunday and conducted among 1,000 adults in the US, represents only the latest disappointing poll numbers for Biden. His approval has been steadily slipping in most surveys, including those conducted by NBC, with the latest job approval rating standing at 42%, a dip from 49% …
Read More »George Galloway: Facebook is fighting to the death to stop those with the ‘wrong’ opinions from being heard
If you had told me during the years I sat with Nick Clegg in the British Parliament that the achingly liberal member for Sheffield Hallam – later to become deputy prime minister of the UK and Sir Nick – would become chief censor of the biggest public square on the …
Read More »Russia claims hostile EU report listing ‘factually wrong’ grievances & demanding more sanctions is attempt at election meddling
On Thursday, the bloc’s lawmakers approved a document outlining the EU’s relationship with Russia. It was prepared by former Lithuanian PM Andrius Kubilius and passed by a 494 to 103 vote, with 72 MEPs abstaining. It’s important to note that setting foreign policy is a function of member states and not parliamentarians …
Read More »George Soros, one of the world’s most hated billionaires, is so wrong about China
Soros is probably the world’s most-hated billionaire, for a litany of reasons. Not all of them are legitimate or appropriate, yet it is an entrenched negative sentiment shared between both left and right. A hero to none, Soros is either a contemptuous political bogeyman, linked to many radical movements around …
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