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Not that it’s necessarily wrong
But yeah. Rand Paul cites Wuhan admission of NIH funding
Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5 Million in Ransom
No one is exactly covered in glory. Yet it is somehow fitting tidings for a shabby, blustering time. Colonial Pipeline Co. paid nearly $5 million to Eastern European hackers on Friday, contradicting reports earlier this week that the company had no intention of paying an extortion fee to help restore the country’s largest fuel pipeline, …
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Was there a cover up from the start?
Scotland 2021
The protests took place as new MSPs were sworn in to what has been described as Holyrood’s most diverse parliament, taking their oaths is British Sign Language, Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Doric, Scots, Gaelic, Welsh and Orcadian, and after an election in which refugees had voting rights for the first time in Scotland. Guardian
PTSD
I tell my friends the doctor has finally treated my parents.
The Washington casino
The progressives are hoping that the administration’s current woes are caused by misfortune and soon end. If on the other hand they are the product of policy error they will persist.
Colonial announces pipeline restart, says normal service will take ‘several days’
Fossil fuel punishment soon to resume. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/colonial-announces-pipeline-restart-says-normal-service-will-take-seve-rcna917
Russia Wants to Clone Ancient Army: Is It Legal? Is It Possible?
Ray Harryhausen did this already. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a36383243/russia-wants-to-clone-ancient-army/
30 days in May
As gas lines appear in DC
A very public failure
Fossil fuel shortage hits DC
The anatomy of a stall
By piling on too many progressive policies once Biden created induced drag. Then with reduced power he pulled the nose up and increased the angle of attack beyond allowable limits. Conclusion: “It’s working!”
The value of a Woke education
An “A” in Equity and an “F” everywhere else. What’s the average?
The shame weapon and Beijing
Memo to the One World DepartmentFrom the Aberdeen Hong Kong proving groundsRe Effect of Mark 19 Super duper shame weapon on the Communist Party of China
Selling good intentions, getting bad results
One of the things progressives are good at is selling good intentions, whether racial justice, climate justice, clean energy and/or Middle Eastern peace. However the path to these laudable goals wends through riots, resegregation, carbon taxes, gas shortages and renewed war in Israel. Why is that? One theory is these bad things — like the …
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Violence in Israel Challenges Biden’s ‘Stand Back’ Approach
But he meant well. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/us/politics/biden-israel-palestinians.html
Biden sends envoy as Israel and Hamas escalate toward war – Axios
https://www.axios.com/biden-send-envoy-israel-palestine-gaza-crisis-2115a8db-3453-41e0-a0ea-01b373b0ec68.html
Biden administration to restore $235m in US aid to Palestinians – BBC News
Mr Biden wants to “restore credible engagement” by the Palestinians in long-stalled peace talks with Israel. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56665199
The return of Jimmy Carter
The hack on the Colonial Pipeline has caused informal gas rationing in some localities.