Petito’s remains were found on September 19 at the Spread Creek Dispersed Camping Area in Bridger-Teton National Forest, and Teton County coroner Dr. Brent Blue finally revealed the official cause of her death this week. He refused to go into further detail about the specifics of the death, but did …
Read More »Black History Month website deletes article calling white people ‘genetically defective mutants’
The Black History Month website is not run by the British government, but is one of the most prominent outlets promoting the month, and has featured content by prominent British politicians, all of whom pledge their support for the event and pledge to “fight for racial justice”, as Liberal Democrat …
Read More »‘This is a retaliation case,’ US lawyer who sued Chevron says, after landing six-month sentence despite UN’s call for his release
“This is a retaliation case designed to punish me for my successful advocacy on behalf of the indigenous groups in Ecuador,” Donziger said in a video address he uploaded to Twitter in response to Friday’s verdict in the Chevron case. In the early 1990s, the Harvard Law School graduate and …
Read More »China’s yuan strengthens against US dollar to three-month maximum
The renminbi (the official name of the Chinese currency) strengthened to 6.4497 yuan per dollar. Before that, China’s currency touched a one-week high against the greenback last Friday, booking its third straight weekly gain on news that US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke for the first …
Read More »Russia’s Alrosa diamond sales surge nearly 50% in one month year-on-year
However, Alrosa’s revenue from product sales in August was 8.4% lower than in the previous month, the company noted. In total, since the beginning of 2021, diamond products worth $2.976 billion have been sold compared to $1.244 billion a year earlier. The producer said the sales of polished diamonds in …
Read More »San Francisco to pay gang members $300 per month to renounce violence and take ‘life coach’ classes instead
San Francisco will launch the ‘Dream Keeper Fellowship’ as a pilot program in October, the San Francisco Examiner reported on Tuesday. Behind the whimsical name, the idea is simple: people “who authorities believe are most at risk of shooting someone” will be offered $300 per month to meet with “life …
Read More »Power outages in Louisiana to last A MONTH after Hurricane Ida
Making landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane on Sunday, Ida brought howling 150mph winds, lashing rain, and up to 16 feet of water surging onto the Gulf Coast and up into New Orleans and beyond. The city’s protective levees, upgraded following the catastrophic losses suffered during Hurricane Katrina …
Read More »Ahead of next month’s Russian parliamentary elections, are cracks now opening in the popularity of the pro-Putin ruling party?
The United Russia party, which backs President Vladimir Putin and holds 334 of the State Duma’s 450 seats, is likely to come out on top. That said, there is still a lot to play for at the margins and the possibility of some major upsets remains. In the last parliamentary …
Read More »Ahead of next month’s Russian elections, Western ‘regime change’ activists are laying the groundwork for a new East-West stand-off
The difference is that when America or its allies do it, it’s called “promoting democracy.” Now, a campaign to undermine the legitimacy of Russia’s parliamentary elections, due to be held next month, is explicitly linked to power politics. Any criticism of that approach, however, is denounced as an attack on …
Read More »Unvaccinated Delta Air Lines employees to be charged $200 extra per month in health insurance to ‘cover Covid costs’
In a memo to staff on Wednesday, CEO Ed Bastian said the “surcharge will be necessary to address the financial risk the decision to not vaccinate is creating for our company.” Bastian claimed that the “average hospital stay for COVID-19 has cost Delta $50,000 per person” and that, “in recent …
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