The world’s richest man returned to his virtual soap box around 48 hours after he announced on Tuesday that he would be practicing Twitter abstinence. The social media relapse began innocently enough, with Musk retweeting a video of a SpaceX satellite launch – but he soon began flooding Twitter with …
Read More »China ready to ‘respond to all threats and provocations at any time’ as US warship crosses Taiwan Strait
Speaking on Thursday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters that Beijing had carefully followed the passing of a US warship through the Taiwan Strait earlier that same day. “China will continue to maintain a high level of alert at all times, ready to respond to all threats and …
Read More »GameStop frenzy was ‘the most fun I’ve EVER had trading,’ entrepreneur tells Boom Bust
“I don’t think this is wrong at all. I got ‘diamond hands,’ just like all the Reddit people out there on WallStreetBets,” says the founder of The 10 Minute Stock Trader Chris Uhl, adding: “This is got to be the most fun I’ve ever had trading, ever.” According to him, …
Read More »Woman suspected of killing 19-yo Harry Dunn worked for ‘US intelligence agency’, court told as Biden rules out extradition to UK
A Virginia court was told that Anne Sacoolas worked for US intelligence when she fatally collided with Dunn on his motorbike in August 2019. Her barrister said that her employment was “especially a factor” in her leaving the UK. Sacoolas fled the UK due to “security issues”, her barrister said, …
Read More »Belgium slaps Iranian diplomat with 20-year jail term over foiled bomb plot in landmark ruling
An Antwerp court sentenced Assadolah Assadi, an Iranian diplomat formerly based in Vienna, Austria to the maximum 20 years behind bars on Thursday. It is the first time an Iranian official has been put on trial and sentenced by an EU member state for terrorism offenses. Reporters were not allowed …
Read More »Going in for a kill: Redditors going after targets they perceive to have stolen their money in 2008, says Max Keiser
The Reddit crowd knows that the US Federal Reserve can only print money to keep the American economy Ponzi scheme going, says Max. “And that angry Reddit WallStreetBets crowd is going in for a kill.” He explains: “They know that more free money is coming. Just like the hedge funds …
Read More »Progressive journalist Jordan Chariton regrets calling for social media bans after ‘seeing Silicon Valley’s censorship onslaught’
In a series of tweets, the popular pundit and co-founder of Status Coup News revealed that footage of the January 6 Capitol riots had been yanked from his YouTube channel, apparently for violating the platform’s policies against “spam and deceptive practices.” The video’s deletion followed a similar incident in which …
Read More »UK regulator Ofcom revokes broadcast licence of China’s CGTN
An Ofcom investigation found that the license used by CGTN had been wrongfully held by Star China Media Ltd. In a statement, Ofcom reiterated that “licence holders cannot be controlled by political bodies.” Star China Media Limited (SCML) was found not to have editorial control or responsibility for CGTN’s programming …
Read More »As lockdown kills the high street and forces everyone online, rebellious youth culture is dying a slow death
In Britain, the high streets have been on unstable ground for a long time, as local councils have seen city centres as cash cows, upping parking charges and using armies of attendants to pounce on unsuspecting out-of-towners who stayed ten minutes too long in a space. The decline in the …
Read More »UK launches first-ever trial to test safety of mixing Pfizer & AstraZeneca Covid jabs
Formally known as the Covid-19 Heterologous Prime Boost study, or ‘Com-Cov’, the trial is designed to gauge the effects of using two different vaccines, and timetables, for the first and second dose. For example, one group will be given the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine for the first dose, followed by the Pfizer/BioNTech …
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