Cards on the table, I am an advocate of free speech and I don’t buy the recent rhetoric from sections of the left that the new public and political interest in free speech is a right-wing conspiracy. Instead I think the raised temperature of the debates on free speech from …
Read More »Bye-bye bitcoin rally? Cryptocurrency slumps by 20 percent in worst week in almost a year
Bitcoin fell nearly 12 percent in 24 hours to trade below $45,000 on Friday, according to data from CoinDesk. By dropping to this level, the digital coin shaved over 20 percent off its price this week, which it started close to its record of $58,000, marking the worst slump since March …
Read More »Will Guantanamo ever close or is America just waiting for the remaining 40 prisoners to die one by one?
After a while, some things that at first seemed shocking and disturbing somehow become normalised and melt into the background. Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp is a prime example. Apart from military geeks, hardly anyone has paid attention recently to the controversial prison at the US Naval Base in Cuba, itself …
Read More »McConnell says he’d ‘absolutely’ back Trump as 2024 GOP nominee, as poll shows 46% of Republicans would ditch party for ex-POTUS
Asked whether he would support Trump as the Republican presidential nominee in 2024 during a Thursday interview, the Kentucky senator answered readily in the affirmative. “The nominee of the party? Absolutely,” McConnell told Fox’s Bret Baier, but added “There’s a lot to happen between now and 2024. I’ve got at …
Read More »Defaced: Queen Elizabeth II statue found DECAPITATED after suspected vandalism in Canadian park, police launch probe
The headless bust was spotted earlier this week in Victoria’s Beacon Hill Park, according to local reports. The incident comes after a wave of overnight vandalism struck the town, which left behind graffiti, though it is still unclear whether there is any connection between the two. A police representative also …
Read More »‘Stunning and brave?’ Oreo Cookie called out for marketing ploy after tweeting ‘Trans people EXIST’
Left-wing and right-wing observers alike also agreed that Thursday’s three-word Twitter message by Oreo, a unit of snack food behemoth Mondelez International, was all about marketing – not a heartfelt campaign for social change. And most were willing to forgive the company’s corporate crassness, rather than give up their iconic …
Read More »‘The war machine is back’: Biden reminded of previous criticism on Trump’s ‘escalation’ in Syria after he orders fresh strike
The Biden administration, which has publicly stated its intention to return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and back away from its predeccesor’s war-mongering approach, has been panned for seemingly following in Donald Trump’s footsteps on Thursday with an airstrike on Syria. The Pentagon said that the attack was launched …
Read More »Amazon-owned Twitch removes anti-union ads pushed by parent company after media and users complain
“Twitch does not allow political advertising, and these ads should never have been allowed to run on our service,” the company said in a statement on Wednesday, thanking the “community” for bringing them to attention. One of the ads, shared on Twitter by journalist and activist Rod “Slasher” Breslau, showed …
Read More »Crises go unresolved, but for Team Biden, virtue signaling is top priority as it WOKIFIES Washington’s lexicon
Other priorities – such as providing promised economic relief from the Covid-19 pandemic or otherwise doing anything that actually helps anyone on Main Street – haven’t gone so well, but fear not: The White House website finally has the decency to inquire about your preferred pronouns on its contact form. …
Read More »No more Mr. Potato Head? Hasbro bombarded with mockery after announcement that famous toy brand is gender neutral now
“Culture has evolved,” Kimberly Boyd, an SVP and GM at Hasbro, told Fast Company about the change. “Kids want to be able to represent their own experiences. The way the brand currently exists – with the ‘Mr.’ and ‘Mrs.’– is limiting when it comes to both gender identity and family …
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