China’s Escalators to Nowhere
June 22nd, 2023With regard to the Chinese government destroying the banned food crops, see: Mao’s Great Famine: The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62 by Frank Dikötter
Via: laowhy86:
Rise of the ‘Furries’: Children Identifying as Cats Are Wearing ‘Tails and Ears’ in Class
June 21st, 2023Do they scratch around in a litter box and catch mice?
Via: Daily Mail:
Children identifying as cats are wearing ‘tails and ears’ in class, Britain’s toughest headteacher has warned.
Katharine Birbalsingh cautioned that adult authority ‘is long gone’ as more children are being allowed to identify as animals in school.
Jeffrey Epstein Got $300 Million in US Virgin Islands Tax Incentives, JPMorgan Says
June 21st, 2023Via: Reuters:
JPMorgan Chase said the U.S. Virgin Islands gave Jeffrey Epstein more than $300 million in tax incentives and waived sex offender monitoring requirements, shielding the disgraced late financier as he gave cash and gifts to top officials.
In a Tuesday night court filing, the largest U.S. bank described how Epstein allegedly paid law enforcement entities such as the Virgin Islands Police Department.
JPMorgan also alleged in the filings that Epstein had ties to U.S. Virgin Islands officials, including former first lady Cecile de Jongh, who the bank said were aware of Epstein’s crimes.
How Scientists Are Hacking the Genetic Code to Give Proteins New Powers
June 20th, 2023Via: Nature:
By modifying the blueprint of life, researchers are endowing proteins with chemistries they’ve never had before.
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Making this system accept unnatural, or ‘non-canonical’, amino acids in a test tube required several key tweaks.
BlackRock Recruiter Serge Varlay
June 20th, 2023Via: O’Keefe Media Group:
BREAKING: BlackRock Recruiter Who ‘Decides People’s Fate’ Says ‘War is Good for Business’ While Spilling Info on Asset Giant #BlackRockExposed pic.twitter.com/CUTnrMzkeJ
— O’Keefe Media Group (@OKeefeMedia) June 20, 2023
UN’s Automated Fact-Checking System Called “iVerify” to Crack Down On “Misinformation”
June 20th, 2023
Via: End Of The American Dream:
The United Nations has unveiled an “automated” fact-checking service to counter so-called disinformation and hate speech on the internet in a project partnered with Big-Tech and Soros-funded organisations.
In response to what they brand as “online information pollution”, which they claim is a “global challenge”, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched its iVerify platform to counter alleged disinformation and hate speech online.
Submarine Missing Near Titanic Used a $30 Logitech Gamepad for Steering
June 20th, 2023Update: “Catastrophic Implosion”:
A deep-sea submersible carrying five people on a voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic was found in pieces from a “catastrophic implosion” that killed everyone aboard, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday, ending a multinational five-day search for the vessel.
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While relying on a consumer grade wireless gaming controller in a life or death situation seems like an act of breathtaking madness, my guess is that the Logitech gamepad wasn’t the problem here. I use a Logitech USB keyboard that cost me around $20 over fifteen years ago for all my PC repair work. It will probably outlive the cockroaches.
Via: Ars Technica:
On Sunday, news broke about an OceanGate Expeditions tourist submarine headed for the wreck of the Titanic that went missing with five people aboard. Soon after, details emerged about the sub’s non-standard design that did not meet regulations, including steering apparently handled by a $30 Logitech F710 wireless PC game controller from 2010.
Plea Deal for Hunter Biden
June 20th, 2023Ep. 5 As in most of the developing world, it's safer to be the president's son than his opponent. pic.twitter.com/AtRRaxYSjs
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 20, 2023
Via: New York Post:
A chorus of Republican lawmakers raced Tuesday to condemn Hunter Biden’s plea agreement, in which the first son appears poised to avoid jail time for alleged tax and firearm violations.
As part of the deal, the 53-year-old will plead guilty to misdemeanor counts of willful failure to pay federal income tax for 2017 and 2018 and enter a pre-trial diversion on a felony gun possession charge, meaning that charge could be dropped if he meets certain requirements, per court documents filed in Delaware.
“We are Restricting Freedom … for the Common Good”: Irish Green Party Calls For Limiting Free Speech
June 19th, 2023Via: Jonathan Turley:
The Irish Green Party followed many on the left around the world, including our own Democratic Party, this week and came out for censorship and speech controls. Indeed, the party went full Orwellian as its chairwoman Pauline O’Reilly called for “restricting freedom” to protect it.
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Limiting free speech has become an article of faith for many on the left. I have written about my distress (as someone who grew up in a liberal, politically active Democratic family in Chicago) in watching the abandonment of free speech values by the party. Democratic leaders now uniformly call for censorship and speech regulations. President Biden even charged that companies who refused to censor opposing views on social media were “killing people.” Others have denounced free speech as “a white man’s obsession.”
Britain: Teacher Scolded Pupil for Rejecting Classmate’s Claim That She Identified as a Cat
June 19th, 2023Via: Daily Mail:
A ‘woke’ teacher has come under fire after telling a pupil she should ‘go to a different school’ for rejecting a classmate’s claim that she identified as a cat.
The pupil said she was made to stay after class by the teacher, who can be heard in a secret recording calling her view that gender is binary ‘really despicable’ and ‘very sad’.
In the three-and-half-minute recording, the angry teacher, who the Mail is not naming, said they would report the girl to a senior colleague, and she needed a ‘proper educational conversation about equality, diversity and inclusion’.
Related: The Shocking Lesson Plans Used by Teachers in UK Classrooms
