The protest march kicked off at Hyde Park on Saturday afternoon and set off across Vauxhall Bridge and toward Clapham Common. London’s Metropolitan Police reported road blockages and bus delays along the route, and officers remained in close proximity to the marchers at all times. Video footage showed a dense …
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The heart-wrenching story of the extremely tough cat was brought to light this week by Animal Shelter Vlaardingen, where the animal ended up. The cat was discovered in the western Dutch town of Schiedam, by the new owners of a house bought off a blind auction. As the new owners …
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“This has gotta stop/Enough is enough/I can’t take this B.S. any longer,” he opens his new song singing. Clapton goes on to sing details that echo his previous statements on his Covid-19 inoculation. “I knew that something was going on wrong/When you started laying down the law/I can’t move my …
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Lockdowns have been great for speeding up the evolution of the human species. We were well on our way to becoming total slobs anyway, but that little b*stardof a bug seems to have given some of the worst elements in human nature a dangerous boost. We haven’t just been sitting …
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Bolsonaro’s ratings have crumbled amid the Covid-19 pandemic, which has seen Brazil become one of the world’s worst-affected countries with almost 21 million infections and more than 578,000 deaths. A recent poll by XP/Ipespe revealed that only 24% of those surveyed plan to vote for the 66-year-old when he runs …
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Russia’s Gazprom subsidiary, Swiss-based Nord Stream 2 AG, involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, lost a court battle over exclusive access to the infrastructure earlier this week. The company was seeking an exemption from the provisions of the EU Gas Directive that bans a single firm …
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There are two perspectives regarding the case for turning Washington, DC into the 51st state. One is obvious, explicit, above-board, mentioned by adherents of this proposal. The other is hidden and only implicit. The first is not unreasonable. Citizens of this great US metropolis are disenfranchised. Every other member of …
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The Weekend Australian obtained a secretive 16-page report from the Victorian Agency for Health Information on Saturday – which was marked confidential and to be destroyed if received by an unauthorized person – revealing that the youth mental health crisis is worse than previously thought. An average of 342 Victorians …
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The warning from Tehran was voiced on Saturday by the secretary the Supreme National Security Council, Admiral Ali Shamkhani, who tweeted it in Farsi, English, Hebrew, and Arabic. He noted the “emphasis on using ‘Other Options’ against Iran” expressed during a meeting between President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali …
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The “electrify everything” drive comes with higher upfront and—in some cases—higher maintenance costs for consumers, higher costs for homebuilding contractors, and higher intangible costs for politicians who may prematurely call the end of gas furnaces and boilers and saddle voters with higher energy bills. In addition, all-electric homes with electric …
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