FactCheck.org has seemingly revised its view of Gates’ infamous 2010 TED Talk in which he declared doing a “great job” on vaccination in the developing world could bring down the population count. In a statement on Wednesday, the organization announced that while Gates had “said health care and vaccines could reduce …
Read More »Critics call for AT&T boycott over report telecoms giant ‘helped build’ pro-Donald Trump OAN network
It was executives at AT&T, the world’s largest communications company, that first came up with the idea for OAN, according to a deposition given by Robert Herring Sr., the right-wing network’s founder. “They told us they wanted a conservative network,” he said in 2019, according to the report from Reuters. …
Read More »Emily Ratajkowski is a dangerous role model blurring the lines of female empowerment and confusing a generation of young girls
Oh, Emily. Why do you have to make a fool of us women? Let’s be blunt. Men used to have to work ten times harder to get a woman to take off her clothes. First there was the attempt to get her attention with subtle yet recognizable gestures, opening the …
Read More »Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum hacked ex-wife’s phone, UK High Court says, in latest Pegasus software bombshell
On Wednesday, the High Court said that Princess Haya of Jordan’s phone had been hacked on the orders of Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum during their divorce custody case. Baroness Fiona Shackleton QC and Nick Manners, the princess’ solicitors, were also targeted in a series of attacks which deployed the Pegasus …
Read More »Outcry as Ukrainian bankers ‘ASSAULT’ American state-run media reporters, allegedly seizing cameras & deleting interview footage
On Tuesday, the American government-controlled Ukrainian-language service published a video of the dramatic encounter with employees of Ukreximbank, which is wholly owned by the country’s government and acts as Kiev’s financial agent in securing loans from the West. “The editorial board appealed to technical specialists who were able to recover …
Read More »The gold standard of espionage is human intelligence, yet the CIA has never come close to perfecting the art and likely never will
The New York Times has run a front page story highlighting the dismal state of human intelligence collection on the part of America’s premier intelligence service, the CIA. It points out that the agency has, in the past few years, lost “dozens” of agents – captured, killed, or turned – …
Read More »Putin instructs Russian energy minister to ensure gas transit through Ukraine is maintained & Gazprom honors existing contracts
Putin explained that even if paying EU-imposed penalties was more profitable, he preferred to see the continuation of contracts with Kiev. The Russian President’s comments came as gas prices reached unprecedented levels across Europe. “Gazprom believes it would benefit more from paying a fine to Ukraine and enhancing gas transit …
Read More »Arlington, Texas school shooting suspect identified as 18yo, police say he’s on the run
Arlington PD posted a photo of Simpkins on Wednesday morning local time, along with the license plates of his silver Dodge Charger and a request for the public to help locate the teen. Timberview and other nearby schools were put on lockdown on Wednesday morning amid reports of an active …
Read More »Iran has concerns about ‘terrorists & zionists’ on its northern border – foreign minister
Speaking at a press conference in Moscow, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Iran wanted to have good relations with all its neighbors, but won’t hesitate to act accordingly, if a “certain nation” on its northern border doesn’t reciprocate this attitude. The official, who was in the Russian capital to meet his counterpart, …
Read More »NATO to expel eight Russian diplomats, allegedly over claims of ‘undisclosed espionage’ at military bloc’s Brussel headquarters
Writing on Twitter on Wednesday, Sky News security editor Deborah Haynes wrote that “NATO has decided to halve the size of Russia’s mission to the alliance.” According to Haynes, the move is “in response to suspected malign Russian activities, including killings & espionage.” Haynes went on to say that eight …
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