Month: April 2021

Ruling on Trump Facebook Ban Coming in ‘Weeks:’ Oversight Board

Facebook’s Supreme Court equivalent is set to announce its decision on whether to overturn the suspension of former President Donald Trump in weeks, it announced on Friday. The independent Oversight Board, which has the power to overrule Facebook, is reviewing the technology giant’s January move to indefinitely suspend Trump from the social media platform. The…


UK Condemns Jailing of Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists

Britain has condemned the Hong Kong authorities’ sentencing of nine prominent pro-democracy activists on Friday for taking part in peaceful protests. Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 14 months in prison, while nine other activists received jail time or suspended sentences for organising and participating in unauthorized assemblies during mass anti-Beijing, pro-democracy…


UK Politicians Condemn Jailing of Hong Kong Activists, Urge Sanctions

British politicians have condemned the Hong Kong authorities’ sentencing of nine prominent pro-democracy activists on Friday for taking part in peaceful protests. Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 14 months in prison, while nine other activists received jail time or suspended sentences for organising and participating in unauthorized assemblies during mass anti-Beijing,…


Canada’s Incoming Supply of Moderna Vaccine Slashed in Half Through End of April

Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Canada’s incoming vaccine supply from Moderna will be slashed in half through the rest of April. Anand says in a statement that Moderna will ship 650,000 doses of its vaccine to Canada by the end of the month, instead of the expected 1.2 million. Moderna said the limited supply is…


Death From Blood Clot in Australia ‘Likely Linked’ to AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine

The death of an Australian woman is believed to be connected to her getting AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, authorities said Friday. The 48-year-old woman was admitted to a hospital with an extensive thromboembolic event, or blood clotting, and thrombocytopenia, or low blood platelet levels, four days after receiving the shot on April 8, according to Australia’s Vaccine Safety…


Breonna Taylor’s Mother Accuses Black Lives Matter of Exploiting Her Daughter’s Name

The mother of Breonna Taylor, a woman who was shot and killed by police officers last year, claimed that a local Black Lives Matter group in Louisville, Kentucky, and other activists have exploited her daughter’s death for political reasons and money. Tamika Palmer on Wednesday wrote on Facebook to say that Taylor’s friends and family members…


Twisted Religion Used to Persuade People Into Supporting Leftist Political Agenda: Dr. Frank Turek

A new version of liberal Christianity, which holds that abortion, transgenderism, any sexual behavior, and equality of outcome ought to be the norm, is also promoting the view that the traditional family is not necessary, said Dr. Frank Turek, President of CrossExamined.org. Mainstream media allow people to express Christian views provided that they are contrary…


NBC Unintentionally Dunks on the Ruling Class Over Its View of America’s Bigotry

Commentary To the Ruling Class’s communications arm doing business as the corporate media, America is besieged by white bigotry, not a nation that has more successfully integrated diverse peoples into a common culture of liberty and justice than any other in human history. It is imperative to explain away any and all evidence to the…


Will We Accept Collectivism as the New Normal?

Commentary We have entered a brave new world, the kind that Aldous Huxley warned about, where critical policy and new laws are announced without warning by press release. Our federal Parliament and our provincial legislatures have abdicated their responsibility for making laws and shaping government policies to unelected, unaccountable, appointed “experts.” In just one year,…


China Says Economy Grew 18.3 Percent in First Quarter but Post-COVID Recovery Expected to Lose Steam

China’s economic recovery quickened sharply in the first quarter to record growth of 18.3 percent from last year’s deep coronavirus slump, propelled by stronger demand at home and abroad and continued government support for smaller firms. But the brisk expansion, heavily skewed by the plunge in activity a year earlier, is expected to moderate later…