• FDA clears new COVID-19 vaccines to counter waning effectiveness.
• Study reveals varying rates of adverse events among batches of Pfizer’s vaccine.
• Masks don’t work by controlling the virus, but by controlling people.
• Alarmist and fear-mongering narrative surrounding COVID-19 based on faulty data & ideology.
The Epoch Times reports that U.S. drug regulators have cleared new COVID-19 vaccines to try to counter the poor effectiveness provided by the current options. Guy Gin examines a study by Prof. Seiji Kojima revealing varying rates of adverse events and death reports among different batches of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Clayton J. Baker writes for Brownstone that masks don’t work by controlling the virus, rather they work by controlling the people. On Substack, Omar Khan criticises the alarmist and fear-mongering narrative surrounding COVID-19, arguing that it is based on faulty data and ideology rather than science. A top official has claimed Foreign Office mandarins were “in tears” after the Brexit vote, reports the Sun. A cross-party group of MPs has said a Government unit accused of seeking to suppress free speech should be suspended immediately and face an independent review, according to the Telegraph. Geoffrey Robertson KC writes in the Telegraph that Britain does not have free speech – it has expensive speech. Thomas Fazi in UnHerd examines whether this is the end of the Soros empire. Heather Mac Donald in Quillette comments on the uproar over Luis Rubiales’ fleeting outburst of uninhibited joy. Novak Djokovic has exacted his revenge at the U.S. Open after taking down Daniil Medvedev in straight sets, reports news.com.au. Nick Fletcher argues in the Telegraph that too little attention is paid in Britain to the problems faced by boys and young males. Eugyppius on Substack comments on the German ruling establishment continuing to alienate voters and lose ground. Andrew Tettenborn in the Spectator warns that drivers could be fined for going one mph over the speed limit under plans from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Walking and Cycling. Supercar owners drove their vehicles into Central London in a protest against Sadiq Khan’s expanded Ultra Low Emission Zone, reports the Mail. Britain will commit to provide $2 billion to the Green Climate Fund to help developing countries cope with climate change, according to Reuters. AFP reports that in a bid to expose supposed bias in a top journal, a U.S. climate expert shocked fellow scientists by revealing he tailored a wildfire study to emphasise global warming. Igor Chudov on Substack argues that a deep recession is the most practical way to halve carbon emissions within a year. An accountant who misquoted Dad’s Army to call a female director a “stupid girl” was sexist, a disciplinary panel has heard, according to the Telegraph. An all-party report on the rules governing the 2023 local elections has called the voter ID system a “poisoned cure”, reports the Guardian. The Antiques Roadshow is under fire after suggesting that gifts given to a British friend by the former Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie could be repatriated, says the Telegraph. Bravo to rugby player Courtney Lawes for refusing to jump on the virtue-signallers’ bandwagon, instead affirming that “England is not a racist country”, writes Dr. Roger Watson in the New Conservative. From Donald Duck’s anti-Nazi propaganda to a revisionist Snow White, Disney has been a political shape-shifter for 100 years, says Tim Stanley in the Telegraph. California Governor Gavin Newsom could soon sign radical legislation, pushed by a state lawmaker who encouraged her child’s gender transition, write Alex Gutentag and Madeleine Rowley on Substack. The China Convergence by N.S. Lyons delves into the managerial state and its role in American society, says Charles Haywood in the American Conservative. In Spiked, Jake Wallis Simons takes on ‘Israelophobia’ and the wokewashing of the world’s oldest hatred.
U.S. drug regulators have cleared new COVID-19 vaccines to counter the waning effectiveness of current options. Meanwhile, varying rates of adverse events and death reports among different batches of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine were revealed in a study. Masks work by controlling the people, not the virus. Omar Khan criticises the alarmist and fear-mongering narrative surrounding COVID-19, arguing that it is based on faulty data and ideology rather than science. A top official claims Foreign Office mandarins were “in tears” after the Brexit vote, and a cross-party group of MPs has said a Government unit accused of suppressing free speech should face an independent review. Britain does not have free speech – it has expensive speech, and Thomas Fazi examines whether this is the end of the Soros empire. Heather Mac Donald comments on the uproar over Luis Rubiales’ fleeting outburst of uninhibited joy, and Novak Djokovic exacted his revenge at the U.S. Open after taking down Daniil Medvedev. Nick Fletcher argues in the Telegraph that too little attention is paid in Britain to the problems faced by boys and young males, while Eugyppius on Substack comments on the German ruling establishment continuing to alienate voters and lose ground. Andrew Tettenborn warns drivers could be fined for going one mph over the speed limit, and supercar owners drove their vehicles into Central London in a protest against Sadiq Khan’s expanded Ultra Low Emission Zone. Britain will commit to provide $2 billion to the Green Climate Fund to help developing countries cope with climate change, and a U.S. climate expert shocked fellow scientists by revealing he tailored a wildfire study to emphasise global warming. Igor Chudov argues that a deep recession is the most practical way to halve carbon emissions within a year, and an accountant who misquoted Dad’s Army to call a female director a “stupid girl” was sexist, a disciplinary panel has heard. An all-party report on the rules governing the 2023 local elections has called the voter ID system a “poisoned cure”, and the Antiques Roadshow is under fire after suggesting that gifts given to a British friend by the former Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie could be repatriated. Dr. Roger Watson writes in the New Conservative that Bravo to rugby player Courtney Lawes for refusing to jump on the virtue-signallers’ bandwagon, while Tim Stanley in the Telegraph says Disney has been a political shape-shifter for 100 years. Alex Gutentag and Madeleine Rowley write on Substack that California Governor Gavin Newsom could soon sign radical legislation, and Charles Haywood in the American Conservative says The China Convergence by N.S. Lyons delves into the managerial state and its role in American society. Jake Wallis Simons takes on ‘Israelophobia’ and the wokewashing of the world’s oldest hatred in Spiked, and ESPN just featured the ‘Moderna Shot of the Day’ by the only player who refused the ‘vaccine’.
Dr. Simon Goddek points out the irony on Twitter: “WHAT IRONY!ESPN just featured the ‘Moderna Shot of the Day’ by the only player who refused the ‘vaccine’: @DjokerNole. Seems Novak knows how to pick his shots, both on and off the court. 😏”
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- “FDA clears new COVID-19 vaccines in bid to counter waning effectiveness” – U.S. drug regulators have cleared new COVID-19 vaccines to try to counter the poor effectiveness provided by the current options, reports the Epoch Times.
- “How hot was your lot? Bad batches of Covid jabs in Japan” – Guy Gin examines a study by Prof. Seiji Kojima revealing varying rates of adverse events and death reports among different batches of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.
- “The dirty secret about how masks really ‘work’” – Masks don’t work by controlling the virus. Masks work by controlling the people, writes Dr. Clayton J. Baker for Brownstone.
- “Let’s fasten our wits” – On Substack, Omar Khan criticises the alarmist and fear-mongering narrative surrounding COVID-19, arguing that it is based on faulty data and ideology rather than science.
- “Civil servants were ‘in tears’ after Brexit, says Lord McDonald” – A top official has claimed Foreign Office mandarins were “in tears” after the Brexit vote, reports the Sun.
- “MPs call for suspension of Counter Disinformation Unit for suppressing free speech” – A cross-party group of MPs has said a Government unit accused of seeking to suppress free speech should be suspended immediately and face an independent review, according to the Telegraph.
- “Free speech is lost in Britain, where the rich silence reporters” – The truth is that Britain does not have free speech – it has expensive speech, says Geoffrey Robertson KC in the Telegraph.
- “Is this the end of the Soros empire?” – Under the guise of a “radical shift of strategic direction”, the Open Society Foundations would appear to be effectively withdrawing from Europe, writes Thomas Fazi in UnHerd.
- “A kiss is just a kiss” – The uproar over Luis Rubiales’ fleeting outburst of uninhibited joy is ludicrous, says Heather Mac Donald in Quillette.
- “Novak Djokovic exacts revenge with blistering U.S. Open display” – Novak Djokovic has exacted his revenge at the U.S. Open after taking down Daniil Medvedev in straight sets, reports news.com.au.
- “Britain needs a ‘Minister for Men’” – Too little attention is paid in Britain to the problems faced by boys and young males, argues Nick Fletcher in the Telegraph.
- “AfD candidate poised to win head mayorship of Nordhausen; Sahra Wagenknecht announces plans to form her own protest party” – As the German ruling establishment continues to alienate voters and lose ground, a new kind of politics is taking shape beneath them, comments Eugyppius on Substack.
- “Don’t fine drivers for doing 31mph in a 30mph zone” – Drivers could be fined for going one mph over the speed limit under plans from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Walking and Cycling, warns Andrew Tettenborn in the Spectator.
- “Luxury super cars descend on huge anti-Ulez demo in London” – Supercar owners drove their vehicles into Central London in a protest against Sadiq Khan’s expanded Ultra Low Emission Zone, reports the Mail.
- “U.K. commits $2 billion to UN-backed climate fund” – Britain will commit to provide $2 billion to the Green Climate Fund to help developing countries cope with climate change, according to Reuters.
- “Scientist shocks peers by ‘tailoring’ climate study” – In a bid to expose supposed bias in a top journal, a U.S. climate expert shocked fellow scientists by revealing he tailored a wildfire study to emphasise global warming, reports AFP.
- “Will ‘climate stakeholders’ engineer an economic depression to save the planet from global warming?” – A deep recession is the most practical way to halve carbon emissions within a year, says Igor Chudov on Substack.
- “Man who invoked Dad’s Army with ‘stupid girl’ comment guilty of sexism” – An accountant who misquoted Dad’s Army to call a female director a “stupid girl” was sexist, a disciplinary panel has heard, according to the Telegraph.
- “Voter ID in England led to racial and disability discrimination, report finds” – An all-party report on the rules governing the 2023 local elections has called the voter ID system a “poisoned cure”, reports the Guardian.
- “Antiques Roadshow expert asks guests whether they would repatriate ancestor’s African artefacts” – The Antiques Roadshow is under fire after suggesting that gifts given to a British friend by the former Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie could be repatriated, says the Telegraph.
- “Courtney Lawes: England Is not a racist country” – Bravo to rugby player Courtney Lawes for refusing to jump on the virtue-signallers’ bandwagon, instead affirming that “England is not a racist country”, writes Dr. Roger Watson in the New Conservative.
- “From conservative to ‘woke’: The truth about Disney’s politics” – From Donald Duck’s anti-Nazi propaganda to a revisionist Snow White, Disney has been a political shape-shifter for 100 years, says Tim Stanley in the Telegraph.
- “California may take children from parents who oppose their gender transition” – California Governor Gavin Newsom could soon sign radical legislation, pushed by a state lawmaker who encouraged her child’s gender transition, write Alex Gutentag and Madeleine Rowley on Substack.
- “Lyons on the American ‘managerial regime’” – The China Convergence by N.S. Lyons delves into the managerial state and its role in American society, says Charles Haywood in the American Conservative.
- “How social-justice activists revived anti-Semitism” – In Spiked, Jake Wallis Simons takes on ‘Israelophobia’ and the wokewashing of the world’s oldest hatred.
- “Novak Djokovic features in ‘Moderna’s Shot of the Day’ at U.S. Open” – Dr. Simon Goddek points out the irony on X of ESPN featuring the ‘Moderna Shot of the Day’ by the only player who refused the ‘vaccine’.
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