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Ketchup reportedly suffering from latest COVID-era shortage
The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a nationwide ketchup shortage that has restaurants scrambling to get ahold of America’s most popular condiment, a new report says.
In especially short supply are ketchup packets, a hot commodity for eateries that have relied on takeout orders over the past year as COVID-19 crimped their dining room capacity
Well, Apparently, Trees Might Be Racist Now, Too
A high school in Portland, Ore., has postponed changing its mascot to the evergreen tree after a committee member raised concerns over the possible racist connotations.
NDP so crazy!
Who wants to abolish billionaires? A look at the federal NDP’s convention resolutions
Federal NDP convention delegates are sifting through more than 500 resolutions over the long weekend to decide how to chart the party’s path forward.
Delegates will have 24 hours to prioritize the resolutions on April 6 — just three days before the virtual convention kicks off.
Megxit revelation casts doubt on Prince Harry, Meghan Markle interview claim
Harry and Meghan told palace bosses ‘you can’t stop us from doing what we want’ in clashes before leaving the Royal family, it has been claimed.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex ‘called the shots’ and specifically instructed press officers on what information they felt should be made public, according to reports.
The claims come despite Harry telling Oprah in the couple’s bombshell interview that no plans were made before Megxit was announced last January.
International Criminal Court hopes for ‘new phase’ as Biden lifts Trump sanctions on prosecutor probing Israel and USA
The International Criminal Court welcomed US President Joe Biden’s lifting of sanctions imposed by former US president Donald Trump on the tribunal’s prosecutor, saying it signalled a new era of cooperation with Washington.
The Trump administration imposed the financial sanctions and a visa ban on Fatou Bensouda and another senior court official last year after she launched an investigation into alleged war crimes by US military personnel in Afghanistan.
Troubling anti-Freemason Facebook posts preceded arsons
A man suspected of setting fires at three Masonic halls earlier this week appears to have posted conspiratorial Facebook commentary against the Freemasons and the COVID-19 vaccination program.
Benjamin Orion Carlson Kohlman, 42, is due back in provincial court in Vancouver on April 6 on charges of arson and assaulting a police officer. He remains in custody.
Sweden axes Bill Gates-funded Harvard experiment aiming to DIM THE SUN to fight climate change amid outcry from activists
Sweden’s space agency has called off a geoengineering experiment to determine whether blotting out the sun with aerosols could reverse global warming. Funded by Bill Gates, the project stoked fierce opposition from eco groups.
Proposed by researchers at Harvard University, the Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment, or SCoPEx, ultimately planned to release a cloud of calcium carbonate – more commonly known as chalk dust – into the atmosphere from a high-altitude balloon to study its effects on sunlight reaching Earth. The project proved too controversial, however, and on Wednesday the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) said that a test flight set for June would not move forward.
Tiananmen Square watch withdrawn from sale by auction house
A luxury UK auction house has withdrawn from sale a rare watch given to Chinese soldiers as a reward for their part in the Tiananmen Square massacre, after it said the vendor had received online threats.
The sale of the watch, depicting a green-helmeted soldier and the text “89.6 to commemorate the quelling of the rebellion” in Chinese characters, sparked questions over the ethics of profiting from an item associated with an atrocity.
US Capitol on lockdown due to security incident
Nation of Islam member Noah Green identified as the attacker.
#BREAKING: Chaotic scene unfolding outside the US Capitol as there are unconfirmed reports of a car smashing into the barrier and then shots being fired. #BreakingNews https://t.co/q8k3xLZhLs
— BREAKING NEWS (@Breaking_4_News) April 2, 2021
US Capitol on lockdown due to security incident. https://t.co/mmZVEtZ7Bp
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) April 2, 2021
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UPDATE: Live Footage of Armed Capitol Police Suspect Reveals Why Story Will Be Dropped Quickly by Mainstream Media
Multiple Capitol police officers have been injured according to breaking reports. And graphic video of the suspect was shown on live television that will go even further to impact the media’s narrative about the event.
Vancouver cyclist attacks anti-masker at rally; assault charges recommended
Police say they are recommending charges against a Vancouver man after a confrontation involving an anti-masker on Main Street over the weekend.
Vancouver police said a convoy of vehicles was taking part in an anti-mask rally on Saturday afternoon.
A passenger in one of the vehicles was speaking through a bullhorn addressing people on the street.
What brought that on? The attacker isn’t wearing a mask.