While he has yet to receive his first briefing, Biden was approved for the PDB on Tuesday, Reuters and CNN reported, citing anonymous White House officials. The move gives the new president-elect access to sensitive intelligence and classified national security information, which typically occurs soon after a candidate wins an …
Read More »‘Health passports’ for air travel mean mandatory Covid-19 vaccines cloaked in the illusion of choice
The CEO of Australian airline Qantas got a less than enthusiastic reaction earlier this week when he suggested all international travelers will soon be required to provide proof of vaccination against the novel coronavirus before they’ll be allowed on board. While establishment types thought it was a smashing idea, skeptics …
Read More »‘Will you be issuing a pardon for yourself?’ Jeering media can’t resist bad puns after Trump pardons Thanksgiving turkeys
A tradition dating back to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, the pardoning of the Thanksgiving turkey was made an annual event by President George HW Bush in 1989. Trump carried on the tradition as usual on Tuesday, bestowing a pardon on a turkey named Corn, and remarking that “Thanksgiving is …
Read More »‘America’s BACK,’ Biden’s recycled Obama-era cabinet picks promise – and that’s the problem
Biden introduced his cabinet after gushing at length about his “unrelenting belief in the promise of America,” piling on the clichés as he trotted out his hand-picked pack of Obama administration second-stringers he previously worked with as vice president. “We can’t solve all the world’s problems alone. We need to …
Read More »Over 1 BILLION doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against Covid expected in 2021 as producer promises low prices
The drug will be produced not only in Russia but also by “leading foreign pharmaceutical companies” who agreed to cooperation deals with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). Talks with additional international partners are underway to further increase production capacity. “Sputnik V will be two or more times cheaper than …
Read More »US Navy defends entering Russian waters by blasting Moscow’s ‘EXCESSIVE’ maritime claims
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated on Tuesday that the USS McCain sailed more than two kilometers into Russian waters off the coast of the Russian Far Eastern capital, Vladivostok, that morning. According to Moscow, the USS McCain was warned away by the Udaloy-class destroyer Admiral Vinogradov, whose crew warned …
Read More »Интересные факты и история хоккея
Изначально существовал такой термин, как “хоккей на траве”- это вид спорта, существующий в 18 веке, после отвоевания Канады у Франции. Во время холодов люди решили опробовать хоккей в зимней обстановке. Еще в те времена люди, вместо коньков, закрепляли на ботинки резаки для сыра. А здесь вы можете сделать ставку на спорт – …
Read More »Russian Sputnik V vaccine at least 95% effective say its creators, but vaccination won’t be mandatory, and Putin hasn’t had it yet
In a second interim analysis of data, Moscow’s Gamaleya Center, which developed the formula, claimed on Tuesday that more than 95 percent of those who received it achieved immunity to Covid-19. This is based on close to 20,000 volunteers who were given two doses in a Phase Three double-blind, randomized …
Read More »Caitlin Johnstone: Right calls Biden a puppet of Xi as he packs his cabinet with China hawks
Prior to the US election I wrote a couple of articles saying that, if Biden wins, he will be attacked by the right as a Xi Jinping puppet even as he escalates dangerous cold war aggressions with China, in exactly the same way Trump was attacked by Democrats as a …
Read More »Pennsylvania certifies election results, declares Joe Biden victorious in latest blow to Trump
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced the certification on Tuesday, locking in the state’s 20 electors for the Democratic candidate. According to state officials, Biden won Pennsylvania by around 80,000 votes, or a margin of 1.2 percent. The certification comes a day after Michigan certified its results, and two days after Georgia …
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