The dominant narrative became that “we are at war.” When at war, everyone has to follow orders. If a platoon is ordered to go right and some soldiers explore maneuvering to the left, they are shot as deserters. Scientific skepticism had to be shot, no questions asked. The orders were clear. Tablet
Author Archives: Richard Fernandez
We won’t be bullied into going green, says China
Days after China sent US climate envoy John Kerry home empty handed, Beijing has given Alok Sharma, the COP26 President and the UK’s senior climate official, the same message: China won’t cave in to Western demands, plunging Joe Biden’s and Boris Johnson’s Net Zero agenda into doubt. GWPF
White House Blasts Meatpackers for Grocery ‘Profiteering’
The Biden administration is taking aim at major meatpackers, charging that “pandemic profiteering” is squeezing consumers and farmers alike, with a few companies that dominate the industry raking in record profits. Bloomberg
UK fires up coal as winds becalmed
Two coal-fired generators had to be fired up yesterday to meet Britain’s electricity demands, in a move that usually happens only in winter. London Times
Company paying off terrorists is ‘complicit with crimes against humanity’
France’s top court on Tuesday overturned a decision by a lower court to dismiss charges brought against cement giant Lafarge for complicity in crimes against humanity in Syria’s civil war. AFP
New Chinese Red Guards declare culture war on America
An Aug. 27 essay that circulated online in both the official Xinhua news agency and the state-controlled People’s Daily newspaper is being viewed by some analysts as a sign China could soon return to the Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s … Washington Times
US did fund risky bat research in Wuhan of which they were themselves afraid
“This is a road map to the high-risk research that could have led to the current pandemic,” said Gary Ruskin, executive director of U.S. Right To Know, a group that has been investigating the origins of Covid-19. The Intercept
A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: ‘I Just Feel Lost’
Men are abandoning higher education in such numbers that they now trail female college students by record levels. WSJ
City student passes 3 classes in 4 years, ranks near top half of class with 0.13 GPA
Tiffany France thought her son would receive his diploma this coming June. But after four years of high school, France just learned, her 17-year-old must start over. He’s been moved back to ninth grade. WJLA The good news: he’s doing better than many.
They’ll sell you lies for trillions
New at the Belmont Club. China has the Woke over the Climate Change barrel.
Jeff Bezos start-up aimed at biological reprogramming to live FOREVER
Among the expertise being brought on include those who have looked extensively in cell reprogramming Daily Mail
We’re gonna need a bigger alphabet
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on Thursday that the U.S. is taking the variant, dubbed Mu, “very seriously,” but that it hasn’t taken an extensive hold in this country. CBS
The NYT remembers Hungnam
I wrote about Hungnam at the Belmont Club 2 weeks ago. If You Can’t Say ‘Retreat, Hell,’ at Least Retreat Well
A civilization falls from within
This wasn’t just a territorial battle, a fight over the land of Afghanistan. It was also a cultural clash. It was a war between one side that has very strong beliefs and is more than willing to die for them, and another side that doesn’t know what it stands for anymore and would rather avoid …
Taliban takes 6 refugee planes hostage pending concession
The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Sunday the Taliban is blocking a half dozen planes with American citizens and permanent residents, as well as Afghan interpreters, from departing Afghanistan, accusing the militant group of holding the flights “hostage.” Forbes
China not buying Kerry Climate Change program
Beijing has rebuffed American calls to make more public pledges on climate change before a UN climate summit in November, insisting it should follow its own plan rather than bowing to US pressure, according to a person familiar with the two countries’ negotiations. SCMP
NZ terror attacker known to the police
The attacker, a known supporter of Islamic State, was shot dead by police. BBC
Stormy weather
Supreme Court abortion decision; Joe Manchin Bad jobs report Afghanistan disaster
Great Biden victory yields dividends
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Thursday claimed Beijing was “ready to invest in and reconstruct” Afghanistan as he set out hopes that China would provide a gateway into global markets Telegraph
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun
The billionaire entrepreneur matched the heights of America’s tech legends but failed to heed warnings that Chinese leader Xi Jinping still called the shots WSJ