Let me set the scene. The world (we are told) is in the grip of a deadly plague. Health services (we are told) are on the brink of collapse. And just when you think things cannot get any worse, the horrific news comes down from on high that our invisible …
Read More »Top German virologist casts doubt on fears of new ‘highly contagious’ UK Covid-19 strain
The statement that the new strain of Covid-19 is 70 percent more contagious is nothing, but a claim made by politicians so far, Christian Drosten, the head of the virology department at the Berlin’s Charite center — one of Europe’s largest university hospitals — told the German radio broadcaster Deutschlandfunk. …
Read More »Snow job! SolarWinds ‘Russian hack’ story proves the media writes US foreign policy, not the White House
Did anyone actually believe that Russia would escape a major US election season without a ceremonial tarring and feathering by the media? It’s almost as though frantic journalists, unable to sell the ‘Trump Beats Biden with Kremlin Collusion’ narrative, have dreamt up this latest work of pulp fiction to keep …
Read More »Joe Biden receives Covid-19 vaccine on live TV, Kamala Harris to wait a week
Biden was vaccinated in a photo-op at a hospital in Delaware on Monday afternoon, as his wife Jill looked on. The first vaccinations in the US began last week, with healthcare workers considered the highest priority. Vice President Mike Pence, Second Lady Karen Pence and Surgeon General Jerome Adams also …
Read More »UK lockdown laws may help against the new Covid-19 strain, but the strain on kids’ mental health is too high a price
As the dread sunk in following Boris Johnson’s announcement at 4pm on Saturday that London and large parts of the southeast of England would be placed under Tier 4 of the pandemic lockdown’s draconian measures I felt an irrational urge to pack the family in the car and flee to …
Read More »White Helmets founder James le Mesurier’s widow pins his death on a colleague in latest bid for posthumous PR
The lengthy Daily Mail article, published December 20, reinforced the established, idolatrous fable of his life and death, while also adding significant new strands to the narrative. While prior mainstream apologias attributed his untimely demise primarily to an online “disinformation campaign,” without attempting to tackle the riddle of how a …
Read More »‘Homage to hate’: Democrats cheer as statue to Confederate General Robert E. Lee is removed from US Capitol
The statue was removed Monday morning by staff from the Architect of the Capitol. The proceedings were attended by Democratic members of Virginia’s congressional delegation: Senator Tim Kaine, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton and a representative of Congressman Donald McEachin. “The Robert E. Lee statue honors a legacy of division, oppression, and …
Read More »Scientists capture octopus PUNCHING fish, apparently out of SPITE, in bizarre VIDEO
Marine biologist Eduardo Sampaio from the University of Lisbon in Portugal shared stunning video purporting to show the ornery octopuses taking their frustrations out on their fishing partners. Not wanting to pick sides in the deep sea dust-ups, in their recently published paper, Sampaio and his fellow researchers refer to …
Read More »‘He’s not a psychopath’: Martin Shkreli’s ex-girlfriend defends ‘Pharma Bro’ after he breaks up with her in magazine article
On Sunday, Elle magazine detailed how Smythe – a former reporter for Bloomberg News – gradually fell in love with Shkreli while covering his legal issues as a journalist, and eventually left her job and husband for the convicted felon who is often described as “one of the most hated …
Read More »No intention of appointing special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden – Trump’s AG Barr
Barr announced on Monday that he had no plans to appoint a special counsel to investigate the younger Biden, explaining he saw no reason for one. The attorney general is leaving his post this week after tendering his resignation in a letter earlier this month. Hunter Biden recently revealed his …
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