Garden centres were open during all the three lockdowns in the country, encouraging a real boom in sales of lawn gnomes and other outdoor furniture when Brits were forced to stick to their homes. “We haven’t seen a gnome in six months now, unfortunately,” Ian Byrne, assistant manager of Highfield …
Read More »‘I used to be great’: UFC wildman Mike Perry faces uncertain future after busting nose, enduring mockery for latest defeat (VIDEO)
Heavy-handed Perry lost by unanimous decision to relative newcomer Rodriguez, taking a beating that left his nose well out of shape and his face a bloody mess as he suffered a fourth defeat in five fights. While Rodriguez claimed that the contest had played out “exactly” as he had expected, …
Read More »‘Great working relationship’ will allow Russia & US to travel ‘further out into space together,’ senior NASA official tells RT
“We have a great working relationship with our Russian counterparts. We love working with them. We’ve worked together for a long time now,” said Kenneth Bowersox, acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations at NASA, while visiting Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome. Bowersox added that both countries understand each other’s …
Read More »European Union welcome in new Russian-backed ‘Great Eurasian Partnership’, Moscow says… if Brussels sees value in turning to East
Speaking to Pakistan’s News International network on Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the grouping would be far from an exclusive club. Instead, “the initiative by President Putin to create a Greater Eurasian Partnership is all about putting unification on the agenda.” Moscow’s top diplomat said that participation …
Read More »Michelle Obama’s ‘pandemic is great blessing’ comment reveals she sees the poor as character-building fodder for the privileged
The former first lady digitally descended upon a pair of British girls’ schools she had visited several times while in the White House in order to pass on a flash of questionable wisdom: that Covid-19 should be seen not as a destructive force, or even as a trigger prompting leaders …
Read More »Not bots, comedians! Amazon reportedly recruited Twitter army of employees with ‘great sense of humor’ to defend company
The online retailer has been mocked and ridiculed for the seemingly inorganic support that it has received on social media amid claims of poor working conditions and an attempt by some employees to unionize. Thanks to leaked internal documents obtained by the Intercept, we now have a better understanding of …
Read More »The great Covid power grab: Why world leaders’ push for a post-WW2-style ‘Pandemic Treaty’ must be resisted
“Out with nationalism and isolationism and in with international ‘Health and Security’!” That’s the cry from 24 world leaders, led by the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The call for a new global ‘pandemic preparedness’ treaty came in a letter to …
Read More »‘You’re all tripping’: NBA great Stephen Curry slams basketball bosses in gender equality row over women’s weights room (VIDEO)
Organizers the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) were slated on Thursday after photos emerged of the facilities provided at its hugely popular March Madness tournament. An accompanying video presented by Prince, who plays for Oregon Ducks, appeared to show the notable differences between the male and female gyms at separate bubble …
Read More »Are the kids really all right? UK back-to-school week is great, but this masked, medicalised reopening is not a ‘return to normal’
It’s not just parents who are breathing a collective sigh of relief to see children heading back to school today. Prime Minister Johnson has declared that ‘getting our young people back into the classroom’ is a sign that the UK can ‘start moving closer to normality.’ And it seems, at long …
Read More »‘Pep isn’t great like Ferguson’: Man United legend Kanchelskis reveals secret of Sir Alex’s success to RT Sport (VIDEO)
Kanchelskis won five major honours with United in a four-year spell with the Old Trafford club, but also enjoyed a brief loan stint at City later on in his career, and is one of a handful players to turn out for both in the Manchester derby. However it was under Sir Alex that Kanchelskis, …
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