The world has entered the third year of the pandemic. By and large, the same players are still making the same dire pronouncements and demanding the same expanded powers as they have throughout the initial spread of the virus, then Delta, and now Omicron. But the end must eventually come, …
Read More »Young people are proving that conservatism is the future
The latest Harvard University Kennedy School Youth Poll, published earlier this month, found that only 7% of young people aged 18 to 29 consider the United States a “healthy democracy,” while 52% think that it’s outright failing. Moreover, they’re disappointed in President Joe Biden and have lost faith in the …
Read More »Russia needs more people – Putin
Russia’s population of 146 million people is not enough to fill the nation’s sprawling territory, which covers more than 17 million square kilometers, President Vladimir Putin has said, commenting on a series of demographic issues he said his country is facing, including a recent rise in mortality. Speaking to journalists …
Read More »Russian tycoon settles ‘Putin’s People’ libel suit
The billionaire brought the suit in response to the 2020 book ‘Putin’s People’, in which author Catherine Belton chronicled Putin’s rise to power and alleged, among other things, that he had directed Abramovich to buy the club in 2003 to expand Russian influence in the West. HarperCollins, the book’s publisher, …
Read More »Covid microchip developer explains why people want vaccine passport implant
The microchip technology was developed by Stockholm-based startup Epicenter. The tiny chip stores a Covid-19 vaccine passport the likes of which are increasingly being mandated across the globe. It can be read by a device using a near-field communication protocol – the same tech used by credit cards and other …
Read More »Mystery disease kills 89 people in Africa
The mysterious deaths happened in an area recently hit by flooding. Local health officials have ruled out cholera as the cause, the British broadcaster said. “We decided to send a rapid response team to go and do risk assessment and investigation; that is when they will be able to collect …
Read More »Slavoj Zizek: In the West, people aren’t even aware they’re not free
Chen Zi was born in 1990 in Jiangxi, in southeast China. In 2008, having failed his exams, he dropped out of university, where he’d been studying mathematics, and roamed the country for over 10 years, working mainly in factories to make a living. Despite often having to do exhausting 12-hour …
Read More »Diversity and inclusion are bad for people’s health
American patients are in serious trouble. Yes, poor patient behavior in the United States continues to drive chronic disease and healthcare expenses, as the obesity epidemic is only growing more dire and smokers and drunks keep killing themselves slowly with their self-abusive habits. But that isn’t why. Yes, physician burnout …
Read More »UK wants to give Assange to people who ‘contemplated killing’ him – WikiLeaks editor-in-chief to RT
“We are dealing here with a nation where individuals on the top level … at the CIA and the White House, contemplated kidnapping or killing Julian Assange,” Kristinn Hrafnsson said, referring to a Yahoo News report detailing the CIA’s hunt after Assange under then-Director Mike Pompeo. Hrafnsson spoke to RT …
Read More »Are some people too stupid to be trusted with the vote?
Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s number one hit about the cold war, ‘Two Tribes’, was the fourth biggest-selling single in 1984, a year that was filled with political agitation and class war. My own family was involved in the bitter, seismic 1984 to 1985 miners strike. Although the strike was initially …
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