Lockdowns have been great for speeding up the evolution of the human species. We were well on our way to becoming total slobs anyway, but that little b*stardof a bug seems to have given some of the worst elements in human nature a dangerous boost. We haven’t just been sitting …
Read More »‘He never learned to spell grazie’: Juventus fans divided on Ronaldo exit… with some claiming they never wanted him at the club
Juventus and Ronaldo’s relationship often seemed precariously rocky, not least when the club and player fell well short of their prized ambition of a place in the latter stages of the Champions League in each of his three seasons in Turin. Worse was to come in Ronaldo’s final season, when …
Read More »Woke Hollywood is trying to boycott Johnny Depp, but he’ll never be canceled in the court of public opinion
Listen, timid little Hollywood producers: we all know that you don’t actually have a Scooby Doo what films will work and what’ll flop, and that you basically hang on to your jobs by your manicured fingernails. Focus groups and test audiences with Hoboken housewives ain’t gonna save you. Neither will …
Read More »Joe Biden never mentioned ‘quarantine camps’ for Covid ‘high-risk’ individuals… but last year the CDC certainly did
Last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a paper that floated the totally not suspicious idea of relocating “high-risk” individuals into green zone “camps.” While the proposal didn’t attract much attention at the time, as draconian anti-Covid measures are beginning to ramp up, and basic human rights …
Read More »War never changes: Submissions open for RT’s 2021 Khaled Alkhateb International Memorial Awards for war journalism
The international competition, named in honor of Alkhateb, who was a regular contributor to RT Arabic at the time of his tragic death on July 30, 2017, is highlighting the perilous work of journalists in conflict zones for the fourth year in a row. The participants will compete in two …
Read More »Better late than never? House passes bill against ‘forever chemicals’ in foot-dragging spectacle, after just ONE state enacts ban
“This overdue legislation will save lives,” Rep. Lori Trahan (D-Massachusetts), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, declared on Wednesday. In addition to cleaning up existing PFAS contamination, the law would help people who have suffered exposure to the deadly chemicals and avoid future exposure. However, the nationwide version …
Read More »‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ is dismal proof that LeBron James will never be Michael Jordan
‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’, starring LeBron James, arrived in theaters and on the HBO Max streaming service on Friday. The movie, a sequel of sorts to Michael Jordan’s 1996 blockbuster ‘Space Jam’, tells the story of LeBron and the Looney Tunes characters having to win a basketball game against …
Read More »US would show no mercy to Assange if he’s extradited, but Bush & Blair will never face justice for their crimes
A key witness in the US prosecution against Assange has admitted to having fabricated his testimony. Icelandic newspaper Stundin revealed that Sigurdur Ingi Thordarson, nicknamed “Siggi the Hacker,” had lied in his witness testimony against Assange. This came a few days before the UK granted the US limited permission to …
Read More »Assange may never recover from ‘torture’ at Belmarsh, suicide becoming more likely the longer he stays in prison – doctor to RT
The same concerns about Assange’s mental health that led to the High Court in London blocking his extradition to the US in January are still relevant, perhaps even more so, today, Dr. William Hogan, a specialist in internal medicine and professor of biomedical informatics at the University of Florida’s College …
Read More »Cyber-warfare has never posed a greater threat to the world. But are the US & Russia now ready to agree on the rules of the game?
Cybersecurity and digital crime now represents a major and growing thorn in the side for relations between the great powers. Cyberweapons are becoming more powerful at a time when every part of the economy and society is becoming more digitalized and therefore more exposed to attack. Developing a cyber-security agreement …
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