Dmitry Medvedev, the former president of Russia and current deputy chair of the Security Council, met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday during a visit to Beijing. Medvedev’s office said that during his meeting with Xi he delivered a personal message from Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Russian …
Read More »Kamala Harris stands up for ‘personal decisions’
After a year of finding no fault with Covid-19 vaccine mandates, Vice President Kamala Harris is warning that the government will infringe on personal liberties if the US Supreme Court overturns constitutional protection of abortion rights as expected. “At its core, this is about our future as a nation, about …
Read More »US bank to pay $60mn for exposing personal data
US-based multinational investment bank Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay $60 million to settle a lawsuit by clients who claim the bank exposed their personal data by failing to upgrade its information technology. In a lawsuit on behalf of around 15 million customers, Morgan Stanley was accused of failing to …
Read More »Ransomware hackers, presumably Russian-linked, steal personal data on Trump, Oprah & others in online jewelry firm heist – media
Hackers from the Conti group leaked 69,000 documents they stole from Graff, a London-based jewelry giant, to the dark web, the Mail on Sunday reported. The group, described by various Western media outlets as a Russian-speaking gang based near St. Petersburg, was said to have threatened more leaks unless they …
Read More »As students at Britain’s ‘top university’ must confess to their ‘personal guilt’ to get on campus, my advice is… fake it
No, no, no, ten thousand times… NO! I do not accept any kind of ‘personal guilt’ – no matter how hard the wokeys with their fascist tendencies push and push and push. Let me explain some fresh wokeist nonsense that’s pretty much guaranteed to have you scratching your head in …
Read More »‘Irreplaceable personal loss’: Putin offers condolences to family of Russian emergencies minister who died trying to save a life
In a message published on the Kremlin website, Putin described Minister Zinichev as a “reliable and faithful friend” and a “professional of the highest rank.” “We have lost a true combat officer, a comrade, a man close to all of us, of great inner strength, courage and bravery,” the president …
Read More »Would personal carbon allowances make eco-austerity fairer – or are they just another way government would micromanage our lives?
After last week’s IPCC report, widely reported as a ‘code red for humanity,’ the question of how to suppress greenhouse gas emissions is very topical. Current policies are all driven by central government – a ‘net-zero’ target, banning gas boilers, petrol and diesel cars, and switching to renewable sources of …
Read More »Brilliant new film ‘Pray Away’ picks personal stories of ‘ex-ex-gays’ to expose faith-based conversion therapy as a religious sham
Wacko religious outfits aided and abetted by maverick psychologists and therapists following the crackpot pseudo science behind so-called conversion therapy may find business a little harder to come by, thanks to a brutally honest new documentary out this week. ‘Pray Away’, by filmmaker Kristine Stolakis, is 100 minutes spent denouncing …
Read More »‘Vaccination must remain a personal choice’: Bavaria’s minister fends off attacks for refusing the jab
Hubert Aiwanger, Bavaria’s economy minister and deputy minister-president, pushed back against criticism of his stance on immunization. I believe that vaccination is an important component of the fight against the coronavirus, but it still has to remain a personal decision. “This has nothing to do with shamanism or the Querdenkers. …
Read More »Personal responsibility should replace ‘government telling you what to do’ as UK learns to ‘live’ with Covid-19 – minister
Jenrick told the BBC’s Andrew Marr on Sunday that he was confident that all coronavirus measures would be lifted on July 19 as planned, stating that the success of the country’s vaccine programme will allow for a return to normality. While acknowledging that it was possible that cases might rise …
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