Recent news reports, based on analysis of high-resolution photographs, conclude that Saudi Arabia has purchased from China the technology necessary to manufacture solid-fuel ballistic missiles. This news comes at a time when the US is seeking to ratchet the pressure up on Iran in an effort to compel it to …
Read More »‘I’ve been fired for not being vaxxed, even though I have natural immunity and getting it may cause me severe medical problems’
I did not expect Joe Biden to become more dangerously divisive than Donald Trump. That is a high bar for high drama. Turning health decisions into political wedges is foolish and detrimental to the nation’s well-being. Biden promised before the election that his administration would not mandate vaccines. Now he …
Read More »‘Eco-warriors Meghan and Harry’ in hot water for flying private jet… though some wonder how it’s newsworthy
The two were caught by a paparazzo after touching down on Saturday night at a private airport in Santa Barbara, California to reunite with their children. They spent the previous three days in New York, attending several public events and meeting important people. The photos were first printed by The …
Read More »FBI pinpoints Capitol protester by open-source investigation alone, though it’s unclear what he could be charged with
Stephen Chase Randolph, a participant in the January 6 raid on the Capitol in Washington, DC, was identified from surveillance footage and photographs using facial recognition software alone, the Huffington Post reported on Tuesday. The suspect’s identity appears to have been triangulated through computerized means alone, according to federal authorities, …
Read More »‘Safe & effective’: EU drugs regulator backs AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab, though ‘can’t definitively rule out’ blood clot link
Following a review of the vaccine and reported rare incidents of blood clots among recipients, the EMA did not find a link to an overall risk of blood clotting, but will continue its investigations. The regulator’s findings come after 13 EU member states halted their rollouts of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which …
Read More »‘Fury’ in UK after Dutch customs confiscate ham and cheese sandwiches… even though Britons were warned it would happen post-Brexit
Some people in the UK are apparently very angry at the Netherlands because its customs officers are enforcing EU food safety rules and confiscating ham and cheese sandwiches from British motorists who bring them for lunch. It’s the post-Brexit era now, so people crossing the UK’s border with the EU …
Read More »The American Empire has fallen, though Washington may not know it yet
Don’t take my word for it, though. “If the post-American era has a start date, it is almost certainly today,” argued none other than the head of the Council on Foreign Relations – the foremost think tank advocating for the Empire in Washington – after Wednesday’s storming of the Capitol …
Read More »No ‘normal’ Christmas will be possible this year, UK finance minister warns, though families may be able to get together
“Frustrating as it is for all of us, Christmas is not going to be normal this year,” Sunak told Sky News on Sunday. At the same time, British PM Boris Johnson is “looking at ways to see how families can spend time with each other,” the minister added. Christmas celebrations …
Read More »US formally requests ‘snapback’ of UN sanctions against Iran, even though it exited nuclear deal
The letter accuses Iran of “significant non-compliance” with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the 2015 arrangement negotiated with Tehran by the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany. The deal was codified by the UNSC Resolution 2231, which the US is now citing as grounds for invoking …
Read More »The beginning of the great work [Though 1951]
In 1951, the famous Soviet writer Vadim Kozhevnikov (he penned the novel “sword and Shield”, who put on the eponymous Soviet film series) wrote an article in “Pravda” about construction of the Kuibyshev hydroelectric station. The article itself is written rather in a literary than journalistic genre, talks about the …
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