“I may be a canceled man in some corners. I may even be a wanted man by the Deep State. But I hear the millions of Americans who feel forgotten, canceled, ignored, marginalized and targeted,” Gaetz tweeted on Saturday, adding that he is still supported by “the silent majority.” Gaetz, …
Read More »Bill Gates’ Mr Burns-style attempt to dim the sun might not cool the planet, but it might well sell a few more copies of his book
One of the big problems when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic is that it has taken a lot of the focus away from the favorite global problem that formerly occupied the attention of professional worry-warts: climate change and the imminent end of the world as we know it. So, …
Read More »‘Concerns about how dark his skin might be’?! Meghan drops racism bombshell on why UK royals didn’t want her son to be prince
“They didn’t want him to be a prince or princess, not knowing what the gender would be, which would be different from protocol, and that he wasn’t going to receive security,” Meghan told Oprah Winfrey in an interview aired on CBS on Sunday night. Meghan refused to elaborate, saying that …
Read More »Might we see a day when an Israeli leader is on trial for war crimes? This week’s events bring such an unlikely event closer
The decision by International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to launch a formal probe into reported war crimes in the Palestinian Occupied Territories is a significant shift towards publicly holding Israel accountable for its actions. The move, just three weeks away from Israeli elections, may not end up …
Read More »You’re not supposed to say that out loud! Covid-19 vaccines & ‘return to normal’ might hurt Facebook’s bottom line, CFO admits
CFO David Wehner suggested on Tuesday that users’ cash will end up in the pockets of “services like travel,” as more people get vaccinated for Covid-19 and fewer have any reason to stay home ordering goods they’ve seen advertised on Facebook. Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom …
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 »‘Zero Covid’ strategy might sound great, but it can lead to even MORE radical measures. Because ‘Seek and ye shall find’
Zero Covid? Who could possibly be against that? But while initially the total elimination of coronavirus sounds like quite an attractive idea, the devil most certainly is in the details. If ever there was a case of the cure being worse than the disease, this is it. The first of …
Read More »How well you fared with Covid-19 might be down to a Neanderthal gene lottery, studies claim
Svante Paabo and Hugo Zeberg of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, have been looking to the genes inherited from our Neanderthal ancestors – and the pair’s studies suggest that our modern-day responses to Covid-19 are part of a genetic lottery played out over 40,000 years. …
Read More »Why Biden’s pick of Neera Tanden for budget chief might signal a good thing (for the rest of the world)
But her nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget indirectly signals a good thing: that the new administration will be so focused on dealing with mounting domestic economic problems that US foreign military adventurism will be sidelined. With Democrats controlling the Senate, there is a strong chance that …
Read More »‘He might slip and say something’: Biden thinks Trump should be denied traditional intel briefings for former presidents
Biden was asked by Norah O’Donnell on CBS News whether Trump should get classified intelligence briefings. The president replied: “I think not.” Providing Trump with classified intelligence would be a bad idea “because of his erratic behavior, unrelated to the insurrection,” Biden added, referring to the storming of the US …
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