The New York Times has run a front page story highlighting the dismal state of human intelligence collection on the part of America’s premier intelligence service, the CIA. It points out that the agency has, in the past few years, lost “dozens” of agents – captured, killed, or turned – …
Read More »Have the balls to admit we’re more than walking wombs: PA rep’s joke bill is too close to reality for humor in police-state 2021
Rep. Christopher Rabb (D) released a memo on Saturday calling for “all inseminators to undergo vasectomies within six weeks from having their third child or 40th birthday, whichever comes first,” and added a “$10,000 reward for reporting to the proper authorities those scofflaws who have not complied with this statute …
Read More »BepiColombo probe snaps mesmerizing up-close PHOTOS of Mercury during mission’s first flyby of planet
The BepiColombo spacecraft, a joint project of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), flew by Mercury overnight, its closest approach being just 199km (123 miles) above the surface of the hard-to-reach planet. It snapped a handful of photos showing the densely cratered surface of …
Read More »Polls close in Russia’s parliamentary election after last ballots cast in westernmost Kaliningrad region
The last polling stations closed at 20:00 local time (6pm GMT) in the Kaliningrad Region, Russia’s westernmost enclave territory on the Baltic Sea. A total of 14 parties contested the parliamentary race, including the four political powerhouses that made up the previous convocation of the State Duma – United Russia, …
Read More »Let’s see how Sputnik V works ‘in real life’: Putin reveals he had close contact with Covid-19 infected person ‘for a whole day’
Speaking during a meeting with government members and the ruling United Russia party leadership ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections, Putin explained that he worked “very closely” with someone who had Covid-19 for an entire day. In August 2020, Sputnik V became the world’s first registered Covid-19 vaccine. Since then, …
Read More »Trump will ‘definitely’ run in 2024 after Afghanistan disaster, according to close Republican allies
While Trump himself has given no indication one way or another whether he will be gunning for the White House once again in 2024, those close to him have had plenty to say. Conversation around Trump’s political future was renewed this week, thanks in part to Miller and Jordan, who …
Read More »New Covid variant, known as ‘Mu’, under close WHO scrutiny due to concerns over its vaccine resistance
The WHO announced the classification in the organization’s weekly pandemic bulletin on Tuesday, several months after the Mu strain was first identified in Colombia. “The Mu variant has a constellation of mutations that indicate potential properties of immune escape,” the WHO said, adding that “preliminary data showed it has the …
Read More »New York jail where Jeffrey Epstein was found dead to CLOSE amid reports of dire conditions & sloppy security
The Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York City, notorious for housing Epstein as well as several high-profile criminals such as Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, will not accept any new inmates in the foreseeable future after the conditions there were found to be unsatisfactory. The closure was …
Read More »‘I’m pro-vax but anti-authoritarian’: YouTuber & NYC computer shop owner vows to close shop rather than enforce city’s Covid pass
Louis Rossmann, whose biting commentaries on ‘right-to-repair’ and a wide range of other issues have earned him a large social media following, published a video on Wednesday in which he announced that his Manhattan computer repair shop would not be turning away customers based on their vaccination status. As a …
Read More »I saw up close how Rumsfeld deliberately caused the deaths of US troops for personal gain. He deserves a special place in hell
While I never met Donald Rumsfeld in person, our paths crossed indirectly on several occasions. What I learnt from these experiences hardened my heart toward a man who caused so much harm based on actions that placed ambition over integrity. In the days following my September 3, 1998, testimony before …
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