Saturday 13 March 2021

China Splurges On Iranian Oil

Despite US sanctions.



Artificial Intelligence Expert Explains How Big Tech Manipulates What You Think

The machinery behind Big Tech’s thought suppression, AI speech police, and groupthink on campus. Also a major theme in The Last Casebook of Doctor Sababa.




Are Vaccine Passports Fair?

Trudeau warns COVID-19 vaccine passports raise ‘questions of fairness.’ And how fair is it to our family in New Zealand to have to wait another year to see us while his ‘fairness’ to kick in?



Former PM Stephen Harper Says Canada caught in new Cold War Between U.S. and China

Middle countries have little ability to shape events, Harper tells defence conference.



Trudeau Liberals Tell Netflix to Push Canadian Content

With LGBTQ2+ and racialized focus.




Sky News Australia Denounces Biden’s Hypocrisy

As dangerous to the Western World.



Black Kettle

China tells UN Australia’s offshore detention centres violate human rights, don’t have adequate conditions.




Tuesday 9 March 2021

Extinct Bird Re-Evolved Itself Back Into Existence

Once the bird became extinct, it took only 20,000 years for it to return and evolve into a flightless bird again.



Breaking the Warp Barrier

For faster-than-light travel.




Canada Takes Steps

To make ‘feminist’ budget addressing women's post-pandemic challenges.




The Closing of the Canadian Mind

When it comes to what’s happening around the world, Canadians are told to have the narrowest perspective as possible.



Writers Must Not Bow Down

 To the AP language police.



Chinese Communist Party Violating Every Act Of Genocide Convention

New legal report finds.




Dividing by Race Comes to Grade School

Students, ages 5 through 11, are urged to ‘check each other’s words and actions’ and become committed activists.



Trudeau Liberals Approve $3 BILLION in Loans to China

Data obtained through an Access to Information Act request revealed that the bank provided $3,209,673,392 in loan guarantees and various forms of insurance in 2020.



Prince Andrew, Pedophile

Meghan and Harry are being treated worse than an actual criminal.



What Exactly Happens In Chinese Concentration Camps?

As details emerge, the horrifying picture becomes more clear.



Canada Weighs Tighter Rules

For grow-your-own pot producers.



Look Out For a Rare Quadruple Formation

In the night sky this week.




The AI of the Beholder

 Algorithm can now learn which faces you find attractive from your brain waves.



Monday 8 March 2021

Rich Witches

How a flawed logic of economic scarcity and social climbing spurred witch hunts in early modern Germany.



Final Thoughts

Do deathbed regrets give us a special insight into what really matters in life? There are good reasons to be sceptical.



What Do Near-Death Experiences Mean, and Why Do They fascinate Us?

Psychiatrist Bruce Greyson has spent decades talking to people about near-death experiences. His work raises questions about what happens when we die, and how we ought to choose to live.



Remembering Allan McDonald

He refused to approve Challenger launch, exposed cover-up.



How Early Humans’ Quest for Food Stoked the Flames of Evolution

A love of complex smells and flavours gave our ancestors an edge and stopped hangovers.



What’s the Beef with Palm Oil? 7 Things You Need to Know about Buttergate

Were you expecting 2021 to be any less scandal-filled than 2020? File that notion away under wishful thinking and read on: welcome to #Buttergate



Everyday Features in Japanese Design

That just make sense.



Talking with the Botanist Who Talks to Trees

Diana Beresford-Kroeger is famed for her writing on nature. We visited her home, drank whiskey, savoured her genius.