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‘Woke folk’ strike again? Eyerolls after UK uni students call for banning the word ‘black’ as a negative adjective
Undergraduates at the University of Manchester have suggested that restrictions be placed on the word ‘black’ after a report published by the institution said that some minority students complained about “divisive” language.
The university recently carried out a review of issues specific to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff and faculty. One section of the report, citing feedback from “some black students,” said that there were “linguistic concerns about Black being associated with negative expressions” such as “blackmail” and “black sheep.” The document described the terms as “divisive and not inclusive.”
Made-in Canada antibody not good enough for Canada
A made-in-Canada antibody for the coronavirus is good enough for COVID-19-ravaged Italy but not good enough for … Canada.
“I regret to inform you …”
So says the letter from the federal government received Nov. 9 by Dr. Sachdev Sidhu, the esteemed University of Toronto biomedical engineer who insists that his lab has invented a synthetic antibody to mitigate — possibly eliminate entirely for the aged and particularly vulnerable — symptoms of a relentless virus that has brought the world to its knees.
Australia Calls For Mass Murdering Communist Chinese Regime To Remove Afghan Atrocity Poster
Beijing has rejected calls for an apology after a Chinese official shared a doctored poster of an Australian soldier attacking an Afghan girl, urging Canberra to instead seek forgiveness for its alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison demanded an official apology from Beijing after Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian posted a tweet calling for justice over a recent war-crimes report released in Australia – with an illustration of an Aussie soldier holding a knife to a child’s throat.
British Army spies wage ‘information war’ against anti-vaxx content online – report
With a significant number of Britons skeptical of a Covid vaccine, the army has reportedly deployed an “information warfare” unit to stamp out anti-vaxx propaganda online. Offline, citizens still protest lockdowns in the streets.
The British government is expected to greenlight a coronavirus vaccine and begin its distribution next month. In addition to the logistical challenge of getting millions of doses to the public, the government also faces the hurdle of convincing them to take it. According to a recent poll by the British Academy and the Royal Society, more than a third of people in Britain say they’re either uncertain or very unlikely to take the vaccine.
Joe Biden’s dog hates him
Joe Biden twists ankle while playing with his dog
President-elect Joe Biden slipped and twisted his ankle while playing with his dog Major, his office said Sunday.
The 78-year-old Democrat will be examined by an orthopedist on Sunday “out of an abundance of caution” following Saturday’s incident, the brief statement said.
Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, adopted Major from the Delaware Humane Association in 2018.
Pennsylvania Bombshell: Biden 99.4% vs. Trump 0.6% – Stunning testimony that the media has dutifully ignored.
There are landslides and then there are landslides. There are lopsided votes and then there are lopsided votes. There are egregious examples of vote manipulation and then there are really egregious examples of vote manipulation. What surfaced during hearings in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on November 25, 2020 may set the standard for electoral outrageousness. An expert testifying to the Pennsylvania Senate flagged a batch of ballots that recorded some 570,000 votes for Joe Biden and only 3,200 for Donald Trump.
Covid-19: What’s the harm of ‘funny’ anti-vaccine memes?
Covid-19: What’s the harm of ‘funny’ anti-vaccine memes?
Memes, often in the form of humorous images and videos, are a major part of how people communicate on the internet, but they can also be used to spread disinformation.
We’ve been looking at how these memes can present false and misleading information about Covid-19 vaccines, feeding into concerns about their efficacy or safety.
This is a serious piece by the BBC.
‘Pet Psychic’ Says She Communicated Telepathically With Biden’s Dogs. The Daily Beast Runs With It.
The Daily Beast published a lengthy story on Friday about Beth Lee-Crowther, a so-called “pet psychic” who claims to have communicated telepathically with Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s two pet dogs.
Austria: Playful “asylum seeker” teens make mock execution video – tell police “it’s perfectly normal” in their culture
“…The teenagers said, according to “Today”, that such clips were “perfectly normal” in their culture and that it was a joke. FPÖ chairman Norbert Hofer identified a mockery of the victims of the attack in Vienna and demanded that the people involved and their parents be expelled: “This culture, which the young people talk about, has no place in our country.” Anyone who thinks something like this is funny and “shares such situations as videos in social networks has no place in our society.”
‘Moorish Sovereign Citizens’ knock on doors of rich Seattle residents and demand they hand over their mansions
A group of so-called ‘sovereign citizens’ who say they own most of the land in the Western Hemisphere have been knocking on the doors of wealthy homeowners in the Seattle area and showing fake documents alleging that their properties belong to them.
Moorish Sovereign Citizens has been labeled an extremist group of squatters who do not recognize the authority of the United States government or its laws.
No different than Black Lives Matter – Black Lives Matter crowd demands Seattle homeowners ‘give up’ property: ‘We coming for it’
‘We’ve paid enough’: The Blue Jays might get a brand new ballpark to replace the Rogers Centre, but public funding is a touchy subject
Reports of a plan to tear down the Rogers Centre have Blue Jays fans dreaming of a more intimate, scenic, well-stocked ballpark in its place.
But the owners of the 31-year-old stadium say an overhaul of any kind will have to wait.
“Prior to the pandemic, we were exploring options for the stadium but through this year our primary focus has been keeping our customers connected and keeping our employees safe, so there is no update on the Rogers Centre to share at this time,” Rogers spokesperson Andrew Garas said Friday.
Mayor “I used to work for Ted Rogers” Tory will see to it the public pays for his friend’s scam.
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This morning in the city of Orenburg, Russia, a man entered an elevator with a cigarette and a plastic cup of alcohol. He lived.
Bites from a giant centipede, known as a Vietnamese centipede or Chinese red-headed centipede, can cause swelling and severe pain for up to five days.
Family Arranged Kidnapping: BLM Daughter Taken to Hospital
Buffalo, NY: Gabriel Prince, 18, known by her street name “Shan”, was taken by force to the Erie County Medical Center.
Prince’s mother and uncle believe BLM is a cult and she needs a mental evaluation.
Prince posted on Instragram that she was being held against her will at the facility.
Asylum-seeker pupil who joined school as 15-year-old but ‘looks 40’ stays in class but ‘not taught with other students’
A SCHOOL pupil who joined a Coventry school claiming to be a 15-year-old boy as parents feared he ‘looked like a 40-year-old’ is now being taught apart from other pupils.
Parents at the school in Coventry raised concerns after the asylum-seeker student – who appeared to be a balding, adult male – joined the school in October.