“Randomly assaulting people, setting fires. The guy that was arrested on Friday setting fires,” Police Commissioner Dermot Shea told NY1 on Tuesday. “What are we doing in society when we are releasing these people right back onto the street? It’s craziness.” The comments came after Alexander Wright, a 48-year-old black …
Read More »Slavoj Zizek: Israelis’ SHAME over what their state is doing in West Bank would be sign of truly belonging to Israel
Sometimes the Slovene government does something that makes me deeply ashamed of being a citizen of Slovenia. One such moment came earlier this month when, in an act of solidarity with Israel, it decided (together with Austria and the Czech Republic) to fly Israeli flags along the national and EU …
Read More »Tara Reade: Doing diplomacy with the US is like trying to appease an abusive partner in a toxic relationship
“Come here,” demands A, crooking a finger. “No, never mind. Go Away,” A says angrily. R leaves, confused. ‘No, wait, come here,” A says again. “OMG why did you do that?!“ A is now yelling. “Do what?” R asks, alarmed. “Oh, you know very well,” A responds. R steps back, …
Read More »Does Boris Johnson secretly want a united Ireland? Because he’s doing everything he possibly can to make it happen…
The prime minister was elected on a promise to get Brexit done. Central to that undertaking was an explicit manifesto commitment for the country to leave the EU as one United Kingdom, a union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He either lied to the British people when he made …
Read More »Obama ‘deterred Russia from doing even more’ in Ukraine, Blinken claims, as he’s grilled on ‘costs and consequences’
Over the past week, Washington has been sending strongly-worded warnings to Moscow over the movements of troops on its western border. From the US point of view, Russia is acting aggressively and may be preparing for military action in neighboring Ukraine, a country that counts the US as its patron. …
Read More »UK minister tells Brits to ‘call out’ others for doing ‘odd’ things like HUGGING loved ones as lockdown eases
During an interview with BBC Breakfast on Monday, Huddleston said, “Despite the temptation, please don’t risk the health of your loved ones by actually hugging them.” “Also, if you see somebody behaving in a slightly odd way, then maybe call them out on it in a respectful way, because sometimes …
Read More »‘It’s good to be WHITE when doing crimes,’ writes Esquire pundit about BLACK suspect caught & released during Capitol riot
Esquire’s Charles Pierce took to the outlet’s online blog on Wednesday with a piece entitled ‘It’s Good to Be White When You’re Doing Crimes,’ citing a recent Politico report about how an overwhelmed DC police force released a rioter from custody during the January 6 unrest at the Capitol, only …
Read More »‘We might be doing something wrong,’ Carnegie think tank VP says about Rolls-Royce sales hitting all-time high in Russia
The UK-based automaker celebrated its best-ever year on the Russian market, reporting last month that in 2020 it managed to beat the previous year’s record and delivered over 200 cars to Russian clients. Russia “has cemented its status of being the largest market for the brand on continental Europe,” it …
Read More »Australia is right to fight Facebook’s media influence, but it’s doing it for the wrong reasons – and not hard enough
As part of a long-running dispute over proposals to make “Big Tech” companies pay for news content hosted on their platforms, Facebook has blocked all access to news-related content in Australia. Described as “arrogant and disappointing” by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the standoff – which had also involved similar threats from …
Read More »‘Keep doing what you’re doing’: Top politicians and newsmakers congratulate RT on 15 years of service
RT went on-air for the first time on December 10, 2005, from its studios in central Moscow. Since then, it has grown into a global news network, broadcasting 24/7 in English, Arabic and Spanish to millions of people in more than a hundred countries, while also providing additional content in …
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