“Now everybody is agreeing that I was right when I very early on called Wuhan as the source of [Covid]-19, sometimes referred to as the China Virus,” Trump posted on his Desk blog on Tuesday. “To me it was obvious from the beginning but I was badly criticized, as usual. …
Read More »‘Snowden was right’: Celebration and calls for pardon after European court rules UK spy agency GCHQ’s online snooping was illegal
In a ruling issued on Tuesday morning, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) declared that GCHQ’s bulk interception of online communications, which was first brought to light by former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden in 2013, was illegal. GCHQ stands for Government Communications Headquarters. In its findings, …
Read More »Left for dead? The European left has become Covid-19’s latest victim, as paranoia and fear see right-leaning sentiments surge
Public health officials tell us the lingering effects of Covid-19 include fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pain, brain fog, insomnia, heart palpitations, pins and needles, depression, tinnitus and earaches. Nowhere on this list do they mention a chronic aversion to the ideology of the left. But thanks to the latest …
Read More »Wait, American universities are ‘right-wing institutions’? Does Teen Vogue publish facts or fairy tales?
That’s what University of Massachusetts Amherst professor Asheesh Kapur Siddique argued in a Teen Vogue feature published on Wednesday. If you thought Teen Vogue was about fast fashion and kissing tips for adolescent girls, dispense with that idea before diving in. The mag has taken a bizarre turn into identitarian …
Read More »‘No place is safe for children in Gaza right now,’ UNICEF tells RT while urging all sides to end violence in Israel-Hamas conflict
“It’s a terrifying situation. Only in the past five days we have reported that at least 40 children have been killed in the Gaza Strip,” Juliette Touma, UNICEF Chief of Communications for the Middle East and North Africa, told RT on Saturday. She added that two children were killed in …
Read More »‘Israel has a right to defend itself,’ Biden tells Netanyahu, as Blinken calls Palestinian leader Abbas to condemn rocket attacks
Biden reiterated Washington’s “unwavering” commitment to Israel’s security and its “legitimate right to defend itself” during a Wednesday phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, amid a new bout of fighting in the blockaded Palestinian enclave. The president “condemned the rocket attacks by Hamas and other terrorist groups, including against …
Read More »Netanyahu allying himself with far-right settler extremists has sparked violence in Jerusalem and risks all-out chaos
The events that transpired at Al-Aqsa mosque (Temple Mount) compound last Friday, when hundreds of armed Israeli police attacked Palestinian worshippers, injuring 200, triggered an explosion of violence that had been close to boiling point since the beginning of Ramadan. But the escalation did not begin there. Since the start …
Read More »Nightmare on Zuckerberg Street? Facebook wants to make sure you have the right friends with hyperlocal ‘Neighborhoods’ feature
Rather than simply alerting friends halfway around the world to what their internet pen pals are doing, Facebook has vowed to inform nearby users via a new and improved algorithm if it thinks the pair might be compatible – a semi-creepy feature that could either cement actual friendships or foment …
Read More »Kissinger’s right – Nuclear weapons + thinking machines equals a US-China cold war that would pose a ‘colossal danger’ to humanity
Kissinger this week warned that potential conflict arising from the deteriorating ties between the two countries could be far more catastrophic than in the original Cold War itself, describing them as “the biggest problem for America, the biggest problem for the world.” How so, one may ask? Didn’t the first …
Read More »‘He hasn’t earned the right’: Manager slams the door on Nick Diaz vs. Khamzat Chimaev UFC rumors
Fight fans had been licking their chops at the prospect of the elder Diaz brother taking on the highly-rated Chimaev in what would be the former Strikeforce welterweight champion’s first fight in more than six years, but any chance of it becoming a reality appears to be dead in the water …
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