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Kiddie Culture of Death? Canada Funds Assisted Suicide ‘Activity Book’ for Children Post Date: 2022-12-29 20:02:37 by Charles_Byrd
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Its not at all as with the Dutch government, which allows euthanasia for terminally ill children under 12. No, Canadas not killing kids (yet) beyond the womb, but it is, some might say, further initiating them into the culture of death. And its doing it by the book. Click for Full Text!
India Builds One of World’s Largest Facial Recognition Systems, Arousing Fears Over Mass Surveillance Post Date: 2022-12-28 22:36:55 by Charles_Byrd
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Following the Islamist bombings that shook the south-central Indian city of Hyderabad in 2013, officials scrambled to install 5,000 CCTV cameras to enhance security. Today, in 2022, there are almost 700,000 of these cameras in the city and its vicinity. To gain an inkling of Hyderabads surveillance apparatus, one only need look at the Command and Control Center in the posh Banjara Hills neighborhood. This 20- story tower is a newer substitute for a campus where a multitude of officers already had access to 24-hour, real-time CCTV and cellphone tower data that geolocates reported crimes. Such technology activates any available camera in the surroundings, reveals a photographic ...
China to ease strict Covid-19 policies Post Date: 2022-12-27 20:42:16 by Charles_Byrd
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China has announced several significant changes to how it will manage Covid-19 outbreaks. Strict lockdowns affecting entire communities will no longer be implemented, while those arriving in the country will not be subjected to quarantine, the Chinese National Health Commission (NHC) announced on Tuesday. The virus behind the Covid-19 disease is becoming increasingly less pathogenic, the NHC said in a statement explaining the decision to downgrade it from an infection requiring A level control measures to one demanding the less strict B level response. Click for Full Text!
UK Authorities Arrest Woman Praying Outside Abortion Clinic Post Date: 2022-12-27 20:27:27 by Charles_Byrd
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When I saw this video, I thought it was a joke. An innocent British woman, Isabel Vaughan Spruce, was arrested for praying outside of an abortion clinic. The pro-life woman is the director of the UK March For Life. She wasnt making a scene, yet police arrested her and charged her with breaking the Public Space Protection Order. Click for Full Text!
One Big FTX Post Date: 2022-12-27 00:10:03 by Charles_Byrd
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Regimeology is not just the art of interpreting the official pronouncements from the managerial elite, but it is also for interpreting their actions. Nothing they say can ever be accepted at face value, so nothing they do is on the level either. It is all signaling back and forth to communicate between nodes of the collective. If the regime happens to do something useful for the people, it is a happy accident. Most of what they do is about the internal dynamics of the regime. The Sam Bankman-Fried story is a good example. At this point everyone understands that this is not a corporate financial scandal. There is little chance that the sophisticated people involved with this guy and his ...
Japan Authorizes Return to Nuclear as Trauma of Fukushima Fades Post Date: 2022-12-24 01:11:13 by Charles_Byrd
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishidas advisory panel has authorized a plan to prolong the lifespans of nuclear reactors beyond 60 years and construct new units to replace decommissioned ones, undoing existing policies following the Fukushima disaster of 2011. This move mirrors a shift in public opinion as Japan, which depends hugely on imports, grapples with the possibility of blackouts amid the Russia-Ukraine crisis and extreme weather. Click for Full Text!
Switzerland Plans to Restrict the Use of Electric Cars During the Winter Energy Crisis Post Date: 2022-12-24 01:00:25 by Charles_Byrd
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Electric cars may not be terribly useful in the midst of an energy crisis. While almost 6 million of these are on the road, drivers had better hope that the Tesla charging in their driveway isnt the only vehicle they own. In another episode of Wait, you cant charge that right now, Switzerland has drawn up proposals to restrict the use of electric cars for any nonessential travel this winter. Let me be absolutely clear for the independent fact-checkers who love to put words in my mouth. Im not saying that Switzerland is banning electric cars. Theyre not. The proposal is specifically about reducing the need to charge them during ...
King Charles III announces first Trooping the Colour, reveals new titles for royal family Post Date: 2022-12-24 00:45:28 by Charles_Byrd
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Its a royal celebration! Buckingham Palace announced the Trooping the Colour, King Charles IIIs birthday parade, will be held on June 17, 2023. Click for Full Text!
Australia Limits Oil and Gas Prices for 1 Year, Inciting Backlash From Energy Sector Post Date: 2022-12-24 00:38:59 by Charles_Byrd
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Australia has enforced temporary limits on domestic oil and natural gas prices on the pretext of tackling rising prices, but the move has provoked a heated backlash from energy firms that say it would deter investment in new projects. Although Australia is one of the worlds largest suppliers of coal and gas, gas and electricity prices have been rising in the country over the past few months. Such price hikes are due to skyrocketing international prices since the Ukraine-Russia crisis earlier this year, as well as the inability by the federal and state governments to secure ample gas supply for domestic use. Click for Full Text!
Chile’s Constitutional Circus: A Warning for the U.S. Post Date: 2022-12-24 00:37:42 by Charles_Byrd
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Chiles president Gabriel Boric is celebrating what mainstream media call an important victory, brokering a deal among his countrys multiple political parties to draft a new constitution. Its part of an ongoing saga in Chile, where voters decided in 2020 to scrap the constitution adopted 40 years earlier during the anti-communist, free- market-oriented administration of Augusto Pinochet, who ruled from 1973 to 1990. Click for Full Text!
Iran Suspends Morality Police, Conducts Public Executions of Protesters Post Date: 2022-12-22 16:34:04 by Charles_Byrd
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Iran has been plagued by weeks of unrest after a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, died in police custody after being arrested by the Iranian morality police. Recently, the beleaguered country saw its morality police force suspended, following the nationwide protests. Also, the regime conducted public executions of protestors in efforts to deter more people from participating in anti-government demonstrations. Officially termed the Guidance Patrol, the police unit has been present in major intersections and thoroughfares in Iranian cities for years, detaining those deemed in violation of the Islamic Republics stringent religious dress codes. The patrols appeared to vanish from ...
Brickbat: Maybe Your Next Flight Should Be on a Train Post Date: 2022-12-22 15:59:09 by Charles_Byrd
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The French government says it will ban flights between cities connected by trains if the flights take less than two and a half hours. Officials said the move is aimed at increasing train ridership and cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Click for Full Text!
Netanyahu, the godfather of modern Israeli fascism Post Date: 2022-12-22 15:51:09 by Charles_Byrd
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Fascism has been on the minds of Israels friends and foes alike since the Jewish State held its latest elections and its former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began negotiations to form a new coalition. Warnings about Israel heading toward a fascist theocracy or sleep walking into Jewish fascism have multiplied. But all these warnings appear to fall on deaf ears, as Netanyahu charts a path back to the premiership in coalition with Israels fascist parties. He dismisses concerns over the potential demise of Israels democracy and its worsening reputation in the West, especially in the United States, insisting that when it comes to the ...
North Korea Confirms Important Test to Build Spy Satellite Post Date: 2022-12-21 20:34:52 by Charles_Byrd
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North Koreas state media KCNA reported on December 19 that the hermit state has conducted an important, final-phase test for the construction of a spy satellite, which it hopes to complete by April 2023. The communist state made this declaration after the South Korean and Japanese militaries reported the Norths launch of two intermediate-range ballistic missiles toward its east coast. Click for Full Text!
China Isn’t Even Good at Being China Post Date: 2022-12-21 19:29:33 by Charles_Byrd
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Theres a version of the case against free markets that goes something like this: China has proven itself able to generate economic growth through government planning, so if the U.S. is going to compete with China, it must do a little bit of government planning, too. Click for Full Text!
Historical Christianity as a Liberating Force in China Post Date: 2022-12-21 19:26:23 by Charles_Byrd
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Attempts by the Chinese government to arrest the spread of Christianity have faltered since Christians are remaining steadfast in their faith. Over one hundred million Chinese are estimated to be Christians, and projections suggest that by 2030, China could have as many as 247 million Christians. However, instead of affirming the rise of Christianity, the Chinese government has ramped up efforts to clamp down on Christian missions. In China, the Church is treated like another arm of the state that must be monitored to ensure conformity with the doctrines of the Communist Party. The Administrative measures for religious groups which was instituted in 2020 compels religious ...
Brickbat: That Smell Post Date: 2022-12-20 16:57:06 by Charles_Byrd
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Agriculture accounts for about half of New Zealand's exports. The nation is the largest dairy exporter in the world. But farmers are warning that could change if the government adopts a planned tax on the burps, farts, and excrement of cattle. Government officials said the tax is part of their plan to cut methane emissions 10 percent by 2030 and become carbon neutral by 2050. Click for Full Text!
Why did Viganò call out George Soros, Klaus Schwab, and Bill Gates? Post Date: 2022-12-20 10:50:55 by A K A Stone
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Xi of Arabia and the Petroyuan Drive Post Date: 2022-12-19 20:43:11 by Charles_Byrd
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It would be so tempting to qualify Chinese President Xi Jinping landing in Riyadh a week ago, welcomed with royal pomp and circumstance, as Xi of Arabia proclaiming the dawn of the petroyuan era. But its more complicated than that. As much as the seismic shift implied by the petroyuan move applies, Chinese diplomacy is way too sophisticated to engage in direct confrontation, especially with a wounded, ferocious Empire. So theres way more going here than meets the (Eurasian) eye. Click for Full Text!
Australia Targets Apple and Microsoft Over Online Child Safety Post Date: 2022-12-19 19:55:43 by Charles_Byrd
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An Australian regulator, after employing new powers mandating that technology giants disclose details about their methods to stop child exploitation, lambasted Apple and Microsoft for not doing enough to halt child exploitation content on their platforms. The e-Safety Commissioner, an office established to safeguard internet users, claimed that after issuing legal demands for information to some of the worlds largest internet firms, Apple and Microsoft had failed to proactively filter out child-abuse material in their storage services, iCloud and OneDrive. Click for Full Text!
Canada Threatens Free Speech in the Guise of Nationalistic Obsessions Post Date: 2022-12-19 19:29:40 by Charles_Byrd
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Canada's government seems determined to shed the country's reputation as a liberal democracy that values civil liberties. The Trudeau cabinet's move earlier in 2022 to financially isolate critics of its restrictive pandemic policies were more than a little chilling. Now several years of constant effort to tame the give-and-take of the internet culminate in legislation that seeks to bring much online speech under state control. At issue at the moment are actually two bills, C-11 and C-18. C-18 is similar to an earlier Australian law that requires digital platforms to pay for links to news articles. That law resulted in a negotiated compromise after Facebook and other outfits ...
Canada Killed More Than 10,000 People in Assisted Suicide Last Year Post Date: 2022-12-18 16:34:40 by Charles_Byrd
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An article by Sam Ashworth-Hayes that was published by the Spectator (UK) on December 11, 2022 arguing that Canadas assisted dying catastrophe is a warning for the UK. This is an important article because assisted dying (euthanasia) is being heavily debated in the UK. Click for Full Text!
South Africa, Australia, Germany, Japan: why the difference in infections and cases now? Need a hint? See last graph as one of the main contributing factors; Bulgar? It has fared well & look at vaxx? Post Date: 2022-12-18 16:33:17 by Charles_Byrd
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The data is very clear that all high vaccinated nations have elevated infections, cases, hospitalizations and deaths relative to low vaccinated nations; why is that? hhhmmm, I wonder Click for Full Text!
World’s Only Nonuplets Head Home After Celebrating Their First Birthday Post Date: 2022-12-18 16:15:49 by Charles_Byrd
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Nine siblings have set a world record as the largest number of babies to be born together and survive. And after more than a year in the hospital, the Mali nonuplets finally were deemed well enough to go home this week, the TODAY show reports. Click for Full Text!
China Removes 6 Diplomats From Britain Over Manchester Violence Post Date: 2022-12-18 16:14:31 by Charles_Byrd
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China has recalled six officials from the U.K. whom police planned to question over their reported violent treatment of a man. The alleged victim, who was protesting outside the Chinese consulate in Manchester in October, said he was kicked and punched while doing so, according to British Foreign Minister James Cleverly. Cleverly said the officials, including the consul general in Manchester, were called home by China following a police request to interview them over the incident. I am disappointed that these individuals will not be interviewed or face justice, Cleverly said in a written statement. Nonetheless, it is right that those responsible for the disgraceful scenes ...
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