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Was a real pleasure speaking to “Then & Now” hosted by Sierra Leonean journalist Prince Kroma, who is now based in England. Sorry for all my “umms” — the cost of thinking before you speak, but I think I’m getting better. Especially interesting to me is that Kroma said that most people in the region believe the Ebola 2014 had lab origins.
On February 19, Washington, DC, will witness a protest against the war in Ukraine that marks a sharp departure from past demonstrations. The lead demand is simple and direct, “Not One More Penny for war in Ukraine.” It is a demand that emphasizes what we in the US can do to end the war, not what others can do.
Shaking a traditional rattle, Brazil’s incoming head of Indigenous affairs recently walked through every corner of the agency’s headquarters — even its coffee room — as she invoked help from ancestors during a ritual cleansing. The ritual carried extra meaning for Joenia Wapichana, Brazil’s first Indigenous woman to command the agency charged with protecting the Amazon rainforest and its people.
Peru has large reserves of copper, gold, zinc, silver, lead, iron, and natural gas. After a coup overthrew left-wing President Pedro Castillo, the US ambassador, CIA veteran Lisa Kenna, met with mining and energy ministers to discuss “investments”. Europe is importing Peruvian LNG to replace Russian energy.
As the CDC quietly announces it’s investigating whether the Pfizer COVID vaccine increases risk of strokes, excess deaths levels in the UK are at their largest outside the pandemic in 50 years. So what’s going on, and what happens when you discuss it on the mainstream media?
David Crosby was a tough old bird, touring full-time until tendonitis finally forced him off the road two years ago, then moving into the recording studio, while tweeting, often wittily, with a devoted readership—a steady bustle of activity despite the tendonitis and three heart attacks, and liver problems, too.
The New York Times reports that Ron Klain will be resigning as Biden’s chief of staff: “Mr. Klain has been a singularly important figure in Mr. Biden’s administration. Having worked for Mr. Biden off and on for more than three decades, admirers say that Mr. Klain channels the president as few others can.
A sad and fascinating story of the people who worked with dangerous radioactive paints and were told that the paints were totally harmless (of course). This echoes the entire history of DuPont and various poisons that they have been releasing into the world.
Fifty-seven percent of likely voters say Congress should investigate how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dealt with issues of COVID-19 vaccine safety, according to a new poll by Rasmussen Reports. Here are how the results, released Friday, break down.
The World Economic Forum’s annual week-long summit comes to a close today. You wouldn’t know that if you read the mainstream papers, who have buried it underneath coverage of Ukraine. But for those of us who were paying attention, it’s been a busy five days in Davos. Let’s take a look at some of the key talks setting the agenda for the coming year.
