Here they are, starting on the local level and going all the way up to the top. 10. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Minneapolis, Minnesota Mayor Jacob Frey simply must be mentioned in any review of performative wokeness in 2020. After the death of George Floyd – an African-American man whose …
Read More »Increased NATO activity near Russian borders may one day lead to a ‘serious incident’, top Moscow defense official says
Speaking to government newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Russia’s Deputy Minister of Defense Alexander Fomin recalled some recent close calls, and accused the US and its allies of also using “aggressive rhetoric.” “In 2020, the activity of the air and naval forces [of NATO] has increased significantly, and situations that can lead …
Read More »US envoy who asked Santa for vaccine declines Sputnik V jab offered by Russian hosts – but says he has other requests for Moscow
Russia’s Foreign Ministry suggested that Sullivan receive Sputnik V after the US diplomat revealed that he had asked Santa for a coronavirus vaccine for Christmas. In a series of tweets, a spokeswoman for the US Embassy in Moscow explained that Sullivan was grateful for the offer but would have to take a …
Read More »Theft suspected after bulky historic 17th century cracked bell disappears without trace from Stockholm church
The so-called “Little Bell” tolled for Bromma parishioners for centuries before it was damaged during a belfry fire in 1974. It cracked, but the church decided to preserve it due to historic significance and placed it on display in front of the building. Sometime over the weekend a week ago …
Read More »Low on drugs, beds & staff, California ‘already blew it,’ ICU nurse tells RT as state braces for post-Christmas Covid-19 flood
“People didn’t listen, and we are stuck now. We were running low on oxygen, on supplies, on all the respiratory drugs, definitely beds, definitely staff – we don’t have enough staff. So we already blew it,” Marcia Santini, an emergency unit nurse who works at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical …
Read More »‘Hold on, summer is around the corner’: Siberian bikini party at minus 39 Celsius goes viral (VIDEO)
Video of the icy gathering, which was uploaded to Instagram, featured more than a dozen people in bikinis and colorful swim shorts dancing on a snow-covered central square in front of a decorated New Year’s tree. The vapor coming from the revelers’ mouths made it clear that it was pretty …
Read More »‘He’s going for a jog, shoot his legs’: Brits imagine what ‘Tier 5’ could look like amid rumours of even tougher lockdown
The highest level of restrictions on the UK government’s current menu is Tier 4, also known as ‘Stay at Home’. That did not stop many online from imagining what a hypothetical ‘Tier 5’ lockdown would look like amid growing speculation of even tougher new rules. Twitter exploded with memes about …
Read More »Russian fishing trawler with 19 crew on board sinks in freezing Barents Sea: 2 rescued, but 17 missing & feared dead in icy waters
A distress call from the trawler Onega was received by local rescue services early on Monday. Few details have been confirmed officially except that the other boat, which happened to be in the vicinity, had rescued two of the 19-strong crew, but sources have provided some additional information to the media. …
Read More »VaccinEUnity? European bloc launches Covid jab program – but Germany, Hungary & Slovakia already started ahead of schedule
The beginning of the vaccination program, scheduled for December 27, 28 and 29, is “a touching moment of unity,” EU Commission President von der Leyen said in an address published on Saturday, a day ahead of the rollout. She said that the vaccine had been delivered to all EU nations …
Read More »‘Let us protect ourselves’: Barstool Sports raises $7 MILLION to fund businesses, slams govt for ‘stealing right to make a living’
“I can’t believe, in this country, what I consider the most basic right of them all, the right to earn a living, the right to earn a livelihood, is now being stolen,” Portnoy told The Daily Caller in a weekend interview about his company’s new small business fund. “It is …
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