Month: July 2022

Australian Footballers Refuse to Wear LGBT Pride Uniform Over Religious and Cultural Beliefs

An Australian football club has been forced to apologise for the decision to launch an LGBT pride uniform after several members of its professional team refused to play in a match this week over the promotional activity. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles rugby league coach, Des Hasler, said he was sorry for the move that has seen…


Police Arrests Dropped 60 Percent in Pittsburgh, Following Nationwide Trend

Pittsburgh has a 60 percent decrease in arrests over the past eight years, following similar trends in many major cities across the country. From 2013 to 2021, the number of arrests made by the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police dropped from 18,541 to 7,405. The latest audited report from the city provides data back to 2013….


WWE Probe Of Former CEO Vince McMahon Reveals $14.6 Million In Unrecorded Expenses

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., in a regulatory filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday, disclosed $14.6 million in “Unrecorded Expenses” that could be related to the hush money payouts former CEO Vince McMahon allegedly made as previously reported by the Wall Street Journal. “The Company has made a preliminary determination that…


Safari Park Relocating Birds in Response to Avian Flu Outbreak

By Gary Warth From The San Diego Union-Tribune ESCONDIDO, Calif.—About 120 birds at San Diego Zoo Safari Park were moved to new protected habitats at Safari Park last week and more will be relocated in the next few weeks in response to a highly contagious strain of avian flu that recently was detected in California….


GM, Ford Confront Wall Street’s Recession Fears

DETROIT—General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. are about to replay a script they have played out many times before—trying to convince investors they can get through a recession without skidding into the red. Analysts have been cutting share price targets and profit estimates for the Detroit automakers over the past several weeks, in tandem…


How to Make Money

Commentary If you’re looking for advice about how to make a profit or a capital gain, then my apologies for the clickbait: this post is about how money itself is created. This should be common knowledge: capitalist economies are inherently monetary, and you’d think that, after a few centuries of capitalism, we’d understand how money…


The Witch of Endor

Commentary If you have a theoretical interest in Christianity, you should watch a video of the Australian Catholic Church’s Plenary Mass on July 3. The service doesn’t actually begin for about seven minutes of the video (it was poorly edited), and the first 10 minutes thereafter are devoted to the Aboriginal “smoking ceremony,” a reported religious…


Bus Plunges Into Kenyan River Valley, 34 People Dead: Reports

NAIROBI—Thirty-four people died in central Kenya when their bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a river valley, local media reported on Monday. The Daily Nation and Standard newspapers reported that the incident occurred on Sunday evening in Tharaka Nithi County, when the bus belonging to the Modern Coast company travelling from Meru to…


Australian PM Keen to Pass New Religious Discrimination Protections

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has signalled he would like to see the Religious Discrimination Bill legislated during Labor’s first term in Parliament. Speaking after attending a church service prior to the opening session of the new Parliament on July 26, the prime minister noted that he respected all people of faith and would look…


This Billionaire Says the Recession Is Happening In Phases, and We’re Now In the First Part

Venture capitalist and Social Capital owner Chamath Palihapitiya say that the world is experiencing a supply-side recession, which is the first part of the process. In a recent interview, Palihapitiya warns that the global economy appears on track to witness phases of recession. “We have been in a supply-side recession. That is what has caused…