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China’s ByteDance Admits It Spied on U.S. Journalists
Post Date: 2023-01-02 21:56:47 by Charles_Byrd
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Employees of Chinese technology behemoth ByteDance inappropriately retrieved data from social media platform TikTok to monitor American journalists in an attempt to trace the source of leaks to the media, the company acknowledged in December 2022. Such an admission can be contrasted with TikTok’s widespread efforts to persuade customers and governments of key markets such as the United States that they safeguard users’ data privacy and that the social media platform does not undermine the national security of these markets. Click for Full Text!
China Persists in Detaining Dissidents in Psychiatric Facilities
Post Date: 2023-01-02 21:52:44 by Charles_Byrd
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Based on an August 2022 report titled Drugged and Detained: China’s psychiatric prisons by human rights group Safeguard Defenders, government agents and police in China persist in detaining government critics in psychiatric facilities, notwithstanding “reforms.” Domestically termed as ankang in Mandarin, after the system of police- operated psychiatric prisons introduced in the 1980s, most victims are detained in regular psychiatric wards nowadays. What this implies is that doctors and hospitals team up with the communist authorities to expose victims to medically-unnecessary involuntary hospitalizations as well as forced medication. For instance, doctors unlawfully do not ...
Poland responds to Ukraine’s Nazi-collaborator celebration
Post Date: 2023-01-02 21:48:19 by Charles_Byrd
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There can be "no nuances" when it comes to the glorification of WWII Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera in Ukraine, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told a press conference on Monday. Warsaw would not show any leniency to those who "do not want" to recognize "terrible crimes" committed by Ukrainian nationalists against Poles during WWII, he added. "We are extremely critical, very, very negative towards any glorification or even reminders of Bandera," Morawiecki said, commenting on a Twitter post by the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovnaya Rada, celebrating what would have been the 114th birthday of the head of the Organization of Ukrainian ...
Amid Food Shortage, North Koreans Mandated to Donate ‘Patriotic Rice’
Post Date: 2023-01-02 21:45:49 by Charles_Byrd
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Notwithstanding wide-ranging food shortages in North Korea, the government is forcing its people to donate several kilograms of “patriotic rice” for use by the military, party officials, scientists, and needy people, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported. People who have not donated their designated quantity by the end of 2022 could be publicly lambasted and sent to political reeducation. Worse still, they could be sent to labor camps, RFA said. Click for Full Text!
China Reveals Plans for Military Cooperation With Arab States
Post Date: 2023-01-02 21:38:52 by Charles_Byrd
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The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is prepared to work with Arab states to assist initiatives for world security, according to Tan Kefei, a spokesperson for the Chinese Defense Ministry, reported Al-Mayadeen on 29 December. The aim of the collaboration, the spokesman said, is to “implement the consensus reached at the China-Arab States Summit, jointly promote global security initiatives, continue to deepen practical exchanges and cooperation,” as well as “make new contributions to maintaining world peace and development.” Click for Full Text!
Qin Gang, Chinese Ambassador to the US, Is New Foreign Minister
Post Date: 2023-01-02 21:37:43 by Charles_Byrd
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China has named its ambassador to the United States, Qin Gang, as the new foreign minister, as the communist state displays indications of reverting back to a more subdued diplomatic strategy after a rising tide of opposition against its combative style. The move was revealed last Friday evening by China National Radio, which said the decision was made at a gathering of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee. Click for Full Text!
Singapore Plans to Have at Least 5 Vaccine Plants ‘By Next Pandemic’
Post Date: 2023-01-01 20:43:28 by Charles_Byrd
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Before Covid-19, Singapore did not have a single facility manufacturing finished vaccines. Nonetheless, over the past two years, five pharmaceutical companies have decided to establish plants projected to produce over a billion doses yearly in the city-state of around six million inhabitants. The vaccines range from traditional types like live-attenuated and recombinant vaccines to those with mRNA technology, with the first slated to be unveiled as early as 2023. Click for Full Text!
Australia Considers Giving MPs Say in War Matters Amid Worsening Regional Security
Post Date: 2023-01-01 20:34:42 by Charles_Byrd
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Amid deteriorating regional security, Australia is dealing with the tough question of whether future decisions to go to war should be within the purview of the prime minister or Parliament. The ruling Labor Party started an inquiry into how Australia makes the decision to dispatch troops to war after pressure by some party members who think such power should not rest totally — as it does now — with the prime minister and Cabinet. Click for Full Text!
Another Western nation retreats big-time on sex changes for kids
Post Date: 2023-01-01 20:31:49 by Charles_Byrd
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As Joe Biden pushes for one of his administration's major goals – much more transgenderism among America's youth – other nations around the globe are pulling back on their plans to provide those chemicals and body- mutilating surgeries. According to a new report from CBN, Biden's Health and Human Services chief, Xavier Becerra, affirmed Biden wants to use taxpayer dollars to provide those body modifications to both minors and adults when their doctors claim the procedures are "medically necessary." Click for Full Text!
Joseph Aloysius Ratzinger RIP
Post Date: 2023-01-01 20:26:51 by Charles_Byrd
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In his entrance into and departure from this transitory world Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI displayed exquisite sensitivity to liturgical time. Born and baptized on Easter Eve of 1927, he died within the octave of Christmas 2022 on the day of his predecessor Sylvester, in the womb of a perishing twelvemonth from which a new year of plenteous grace is set to spring. Only by divine gift may a Christian’s earthly existence be bracketed in this way between the saving mysteries of Christmas and Easter. On the death from great old age of a theologian who in his writings has so fruitfully accompanied my own spiritual pilgrimage, I have nothing to add to two online publications written and ...
Forced Participation in Religious Activities to Be Considered ‘Child Abuse’ in Japan
Post Date: 2023-01-01 20:25:17 by Charles_Byrd
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New health ministry guidelines in Japan will consider as abuse any acts by members of religious groups who menace or coerce their children to engage in religious activities, or that obstruct a child’s career path using religious doctrine. Based on unnamed sources quoted by Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun, the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry is working on its first draft of guidelines for local governments to tackle cases of child abuse linked to religious groups such as the Unification Church, officially known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. Click for Full Text!
DAVOS 2023: WEF shifts into high gear in preparing for the next Pandemic
Post Date: 2022-12-31 05:04:30 by Charles_Byrd
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This follow-up is to my recent sub stacks attempting to connect the dots of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and their goals for expanding their agenda in order to stick to their timeline regarding the continent of Africa. I look at things this way when I think about the WEF: hypothetically speaking, if a gang decides to get together once a month with knives and decide under the cover of darkness to go out and slash the tires of every car parked on residential streets of a city, and the next day all the tires of every car parked on those streets have in fact been slashed, you may not be able to prove the gang did it, but if it happens enough you might start to suspect and question what is ...
Finland Proposes 30% Windfall Tax On Power Companies
Post Date: 2022-12-30 17:40:39 by Charles_Byrd
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The Finnish government has announced on Thursday that it has proposed a temporary windfall tax on profits from the country's electricity companies as part of a European Union response to soaring power costs. The proposed 30% tax would apply to any profits exceeding a 10% return on capital in 2023, with the government estimating it could bring in between 500 million and 1.3 billion euros ($533 million-$1.9 billion). If the Finnish government goes ahead with its plans, it will join Germany and the UK as the other EU members that have introduced a windfall tax to energy and power companies. Starting December 1, Germany introduced a special levy that will see the country’s oil, gas ...
Xi Hopes China Can Increase Self-reliance in Agricultural Technology
Post Date: 2022-12-29 21:20:46 by Charles_Byrd
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Chinese President Xi Jinping hopes China can ramp up efforts to attain self-reliance in agricultural technology, exemplifying seed development and core equipment among areas to concentrate on, based on state media reports. “It is necessary to keep an eye on the frontiers of the world’s agricultural science and technology,” Xinhua news agency cited Xi as saying at the central rural work conference held in Beijing Friday and Saturday. Click for Full Text!
Biden admin to mandate COVID tests for travelers from China
Post Date: 2022-12-29 21:05:56 by Charles_Byrd
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The Biden administration announced new restrictions on inbound travelers from China Wednesday. Starting Jan. 5, all travelers from China above the age of 2 will have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within 48 hours of departure, The Associated Press reported. U.S. health officials say the move is aimed at stemming a rebound of COVID-19 cases after China eased its lockdown policies over the past weeks have caused a surge in cases across the country. Click for Full Text!
Brazil Ramps Up Security For Lula Inauguration After Foiled Bomb Plot
Post Date: 2022-12-29 21:03:34 by Charles_Byrd
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Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is set to be inaugurated on Sunday, weeks after a close upset victory over ultra- conservative incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in what was the most consequential election in Brazil in decades. Bolsonaro's supporters alleged widespread election fraud, leading to sporadic protests and clashes with police since October, which two weeks ago escalated into an attack on the headquarters of the federal police in Brasilia. Fierce protests urging an investigation into alleged election irregularities are still ongoing. Click for Full Text!
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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It’s not at all as with the Dutch government, which allows euthanasia for “terminally ill” children under 12. No, Canada’s not killing kids (yet) beyond the womb, but it is, some might say, further initiating them into the culture of death. And it’s 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 Hyderabad’s 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 wasn’t 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 Kishida’s 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 isn’t the only vehicle they own. In another episode of “Wait, you can’t 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. I’m not saying that Switzerland is “banning electric cars.” They’re 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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It’s a royal celebration! Buckingham Palace announced the Trooping the Colour, King Charles III’s 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 world’s 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!
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