Police were called to a bar in downtown Saint Paul in the early hours of Sunday morning, and came upon a “hellish situation,” spokesman Steve Linders told reporters. Gunshot victims stumbled onto the sidewalk outside the bar, while others lay wounded inside. One woman was pronounced dead at the scene, …
Read More »Joke or woke? While a ‘Karen’ Halloween outfit has split opinion, it’s shown that white women are now the easiest of targets
“I demand to speak to the manager!” This is the phrase a Karen is sure to scream, when she doesn’t quite get the service she expects in a shop or a restaurant or her daughter’s ballet class. Whatever. Karen, as you may well be aware, has become the very definition …
Read More »With Merck charging US government an ‘outrageous’ $700 for $17 Covid pills, MSF official tells RT that world needs cheap generics
The US government gave Merck some $29 million towards the development of molnupiravir, a drug that the company says “reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by approximately 50%” in clinical trials on Covid-19 patients. Despite this generous funding, Merck will still charge the federal government an estimated $712 for …
Read More »New ‘United States of Al’ features Kabul airport chaos, but were producers influenced by the US Marine Corps?
The sitcom centres on Al, an interpreter from Afghanistan who relocates to Columbus, Ohio and moves in with the family of Riley, a Marine Corps veteran he worked with in Afghanistan. OMG, Culture Clash! The low-brow nature of this premise is epitomised by the third episode, when Al becomes unnerved …
Read More »Trump Iowa rally signals 2024 run, but will Americans give him another chance to clear out the ‘radical socialists’ destroying US?
The 45th president proved on Saturday at an electrified rally in Des Moines, Iowa, that the smug, defiant face of the Republican Party continues to be Donald J Trump. As long as the rabble-rouser continues to flirt with the idea of another presidential term, other possible contenders – like Texas …
Read More »Horror Sochi head-on collision involving daughter of Putin’s mentor & former presidential candidate Sobchak kills one person
The accident happened late on Saturday as a rented Mercedes S500 was carrying Sobchak and two of her associates from the ski resort town of Krasnaya Polyana, a key site of the 2014 Winter Olympics, to Sochi airport. Sobchak had apparently been in Sochi to host a corporate event. The …
Read More »French teenager arrested for trying to enter hospital with President Emmanuel Macron’s vaccine passport – media
The 19-year-old presented Macron’s QR code at the door of a hospital in Marseille earlier this week, but didn’t fool security guards, who let him enter before calling the police. The teen was then arrested and taken into police custody, according to multiple reports in French media. He was later …
Read More »‘THIS is the government’s priorities?’: California mandates gender-neutral aisles in toy stores
The bill, signed into law by Newsom on Saturday, will require toy retailers and chains with more than 500 employees to display toys traditionally marketed at girls or boys together in a special area of floor space. This area can be “labeled at the discretion of the retailer,” according to …
Read More »Shelves stripped bare across UK as Brits rush to panic-buy ahead of Christmas
About eight million Britons were unable to purchase essential food for two weeks between September 22 and October 3, while one in six said they were struggling to find non-essential items, according to data tracked by the Office of National Statistics (ONS). Two-thirds of British shoppers polled by retail magazine …
Read More »‘Teaching kids about race & gender? You’re stealing their innocence’: The American mom sued for asking a school why it teaches CRT
Four months ago, Rhode Island mom Nicole Solas, 38, asked the principal of her child’s kindergarten whether the kids would be learning about critical race theory (CRT). Not all parents in the US are happy about its being taught, with some being concerned it focuses on skin colour rather than individual …
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