The real wave of Hong Kong emigration will come this year and next year, in which 70 percent of emigrants will come from ”yellow” supporters (pro-democracy) and 30 percent from “blue” supporters (the pro-establishment camp), commented Professor Joseph Lian, an economist who had served as a senior advisor in Hong Kong’s Central Policy Unit, in…
Hong Kong: The Complicated Way Forward For Pro-Establishment Supporters
How to Make Box Cake Mix Better
Whether you’re using it to make cake, pancakes or cupcakes, boxed cake mix is a common pantry staple that requires only a few additional ingredients to make a dessert the whole family will love. But there is a way to transform the taste and texture of cake mix into an impressive dessert: condensed milk. Condensed milk is evaporated…
How to Make Onions Taste Less Strong
Widely used in cuisines throughout the world from South African to soul food, onions are famously pungent thanks to the high amount of sulfur in them. This gives them their characteristic harsh taste and the ability to make a grown man cry while cutting them. Both effects can be reduced, however, using water. Just like submerging…
The City That Knows How… to Tax, and Tax, and Tax
May 22, 2022
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Commentary “The city that knows how” was a great moniker that was attached to San Francisco at the end of World War I. Until the last three decades, it really was the city that knew how to get things done. Several weeks ago, I attended a seminar on quality-of-life issues in San Francisco. One of…
Forensic Lab Finds Faux Fur Gloves Sold at Popular Markets Were Actually Made of Domestic Cat
Consumers have been buying fur gloves from Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market—disguised as containing “faux fur”—without realising that they contain hair originating from a domestic cat. Cellmark Forensic Services from the U.S. tested a $20 (US$14) unlabelled pair of gloves recently purchased at the market in a joint investigation between the Animal Justice Party and Collective…
Liberal Party Needs to ‘Get Back to the Drawing Board’ after Losing the Election
New South Wales (NSW) state treasurer and leading Liberal Party moderate Matt Kean says the party needs to rebuild after the federal election loss by listening to the community on issues like climate, integrity and women. The NSW treasurer says the party needs to “get back to the drawing board” after both major parties lost…
Monkeypox Outbreak Follows ‘Germ-Game’ Preparations; Media Falsify ‘2000 Mules’ Claims in Georgia
There is a new global outbreak of monkeypox, and the Biden administration is already purchasing millions of doses of recently-approved vaccines as the World Health Organization (WHO) weighs its response. A series of incidents positioned the WHO to be poised for a monkeypox outbreak, and with new powers potentially being granted to the WHO to…
Anthony Albanese Sworn in as 31st Australian Prime Minister
May 22, 2022
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Anthony Norman Albanese has been sworn in as Australia’s 31st prime minister just hours ahead of a trip to Tokyo to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden. With counting from Saturday’s election yet to confirm whether he will govern in majority, Albanese on Monday attended Government House in Canberra. He was accompanied by incoming Deputy…
Is It Dangerous to Microwave Nothing?
At one point or another, we’ve all put something in the microwave that we shouldn’t have, and it likely didn’t have a dire consequence. Maybe that pizza came out spongy or you melted an old repurposed cottage cheese container. But other things, should they be left to cook for long enough, can have monumental effects on your appliance,…
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