Stonewall, the LGBTQ equality charity, is haemorrhaging support. A number of high profile institutions, including the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Channel 4 television, Ofsted and the DVLA, have withdrawn from its diversity champions programme. The government’s Equalities Minister Liz Truss has urged Whitehall departments to cut ties with Stonewall …
Read More »Israel’s ‘change government’ means the oppression of Palestinians is set to get a whole lot WORSE
Superficially, change is afoot. If the proposed coalition secures parliamentary support in the coming days, then Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party will be out of power. Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister – 12 straight years in office and 15 in total – since the inception of the Israeli …
Read More »Argentina’s oil workers threaten STRIKE if government doesn’t greenlight private Covid-19 vaccine purchase
The Rio Negro, Neuquen and La Pampa Private Oil and Gas Union – which has 24,000 members, many of whom are employed at the Vaca Muerta shale oil formation – insisted that it would only wait until the end of next week for permission from the government in Buenos Aires. …
Read More »Bibi’s done? Anti-Netanyahu coalition notifies Israeli president that it has formed new government after Arab party joins
Lapid, who leads the Yesh Atid party, informed President Reuven Rivlin shortly before midnight on Wednesday that he has “succeeded in forming a government” and that his coalition partner Bennett of Yamina “will serve as prime minister first.” Lapid will take over as PM after two years, under the terms …
Read More »Israel faces change of government as anti-Netanyahu opposition announces agreement
Naftali Bennett, former defense minister for Netanyahu, and opposition leader Yair Lapid will lead the opposition parties under this new agreement that would split power in a “unity government.” Bennett would take over as prime minister first, and then Lapid if they are successful in pushing Netanyahu from power. “We …
Read More »WhatsApp SUES Indian government over new social media rules, citing ‘privacy concerns’ – reports
The Facebook subsidiary brought a legal complaint in the Indian capital on Tuesday, arguing one of the new rules violates privacy rights protected by the country’s constitution while asking the Delhi High Court to strike it down, Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the case. Announced in February and coming …
Read More »Greek dog breeders protest government bill that would make sterilization of pets mandatory
The protesters condemned the government’s attempted “abolition of amateur breeding” on Sunday, which they called “the backbone of dog loving,” according to AP, with one protester telling the news agency that they were there to express “love” for their non-human “children.” “They are not just our dogs,” the protester said, …
Read More »Oxford secretly used cell phone data to track millions as part of government-ordered vaccination study – media
The Telegraph cited a report by the Independent Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours (SPI-B) which said researchers from the University of Oxford discretely used data from mobile phones as part of their study into how vaccination affects people’s lifestyles. SPI-B advises the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), which …
Read More »Freedom in France has been reduced to government-authorized drinking on outdoor patios. Where is La Résistance when it’s needed?
In August 1944, the Nazi General in charge in Paris, Dietrich von Choltitz, surrendered to French and US troops as four years of occupation came to an end. The moment marked the definitive end of curfews for Parisians and the need to carry an Ausweis – a Nazi-issued identity document …
Read More »Ex-head of Pentagon UFO hunting outfit claims US government possesses ‘exotic material’ that needs to be studied
Luis Elizondo, who led the Pentagon’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program before it was disbanded in 2012, told Fox’s Tucker Carlson that the government possesses physical evidence linked to the elusive entities, more commonly known as UFOs. “The United States government is in possession of exotic material, and I’ll leave …
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