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We all know that vaccine passports are the end of human liberty, but what do we do about it? As usual, the black market is stepping into provide AN answer, but is it THE answer? Join James for this week's edition of #SolutionsWatch as he examines whether fake certificates and sink-squirting doctors are the real, structural solution to this emerging problem.
Mark Crispin Miller teaches a course on Mass Persuasian and Propaganda at the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development for 20 years. He is now suing 20 department colleagues for libel after they signed a letter to the dean of his school demanding a review of Miller’s conduct. Today we talk to Miller about his course, his views, his libel suit, and the state of free speec
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Comment: Is the mob appeased? No! Its race war is only getting started... Crowds of New York activists took to the streets to celebrate ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin's murder conviction, but many marchers insisted the verdict didn't go far enough, demanding the outright abolition of law enforcement. Protesters gathered outside the Barclays Center area in Brooklyn on Tuesday night, hours after C
France has become the first country in Europe to embrace a "digital coronavirus travel certificate" system - a controversial electronic vaccine passport similar to those that have surfaced in Israel and parts of the US. The TousAntiCovid app is slated to debut next Thursday, a year after the concept was devised in Brussels to serve as the root framework for a contact-tracing program and immunity p
Comment: They sure are active these days, eh? This occurred right as the verdict in the trial of Floyd 'murderer' Derek Chauvin was being announced. Already the Twitterati are raging at the cop in this incident (also White) for shooting dead the girl attempting to gut another girl... Around the time a Minnesota jury declared an ex-cop guilty for last year's death of George Floyd, a 16-year-old bla

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Cadillac's Lyriq electric SUV will arrive sooner than expected after initial pandemic-related delays, the company announced Wednesday, along with pricing and new photos of the EV. The first electric Cadillac will be available in 2022 with production starting in the first part of the year. Reservations will open in September 2021 with the car priced at $59,990 to start. It looks like Cadillac is p
Sure, we all know by now the story of how Ted Mosby met his kids' mother. But are you ready for the story of how some other lady met her kids' father? Hulu hopes so. The streaming service has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order to How I Met Your Father , which will star Hilary Duff as the new protagonist. HIMYM creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas will return as executive producers, with
A NASA report published in 2018 takes the idea of finding alien 'technosignatures' very seriously indeed. The search for evidence of intelligent extra...
China has become the Wild West of bio-research … The ZMan spots a repeat cycle of knowledge-hauls as China siphons off Western intellectual property, often with the help of the West. First China hauled (and we gave) the factories, then it was the hi tech industry, now it’s biomedical ingenuity. The pattern repeats. China offered cheap labor for manufacturers and the tech industry with few annoying
Singer/songwriter Joy Chapman recently set a new world record for the lowest musical note sung by a woman. Chapman, who hails from British Columbia, h...
It's turning out to be Policing Week on The BradCast for some odd reason...even as a police helicopter circled above our studio here in L.A. for most of today's show. We don't think they were there for us, but apologies for any unexpected noise throughout. [ Audio link to full show follows below summary. ] Speaking of policing, Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday announced a Dept. of Ju

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Many falsely believed that the country had defeated Covid. Now hospitals are running out of oxygen and bodies are stacking up in morgues Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Looking out over a sea of jostling, maskless faces gathered at a political rally in West Bengal on Saturday, the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, proudly proclaimed that he had “never ever seen s
Hospital employee in Calabrian city of Catanzaro continued to be paid monthly salary to total of around £464,000 A public sector worker described as the “king of absentees” by the Italian press is said to have broken the national record by allegedly skipping work for 15 years. Police say the hospital employee continued to be paid a monthly salary amounting to a total of €538,000 (£464,000) despit
Tucker Carlson mocks Chauvin verdict as "please don't hurt us"; Tomi Lahren asks, "Is Foot Locker safe tonight?"
Turning a dead-eyed murderer like Derek Chauvin into a martyr shows that the right has no limits on its open racism
The designation for the World War I-era killings would further fray U.S. relations with Turkey, but it is a risk the president appears willing to take to further human rights, officials said.
Like many parents, Jason Newland, a pediatrician at Washington University in St. Louis and a dad to three teens ages 19, 17, and 15, now lives in a mixed-vaccination household. His 19-year-old got vaccinated with Johnson & Johnson’s shot two weeks ago and the 17-year-old with Pfizer’s, which is available to teens as young as 16. The 15-year-old is still waiting for her shot, though—a bit impatien

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Scientists have discovered one of the smallest black holes on record—and the closest one to Earth found to date.
Scientists have spotted the largest flare ever recorded from the sun's nearest neighbor, the star Proxima Centauri.
Fifty-one years to the day after they survived an explosion on the way to the moon, Jim Lovell and Fred Haise came face-to-face with their post-splashdown selves at Space Center Houston. The Apollo 13 crewmates toasted a sculpture capturing their recovery.
One of springtime's most prominent "shooting star" groups peaks overnight tonight (April 21-22).
New infections of inoculated* residents are occurring, signaling the need to maintain safety measures, C.D.C. studies show.
Scientists in Michigan went out in the dead of night to dig up part of an unusual long-term experiment. It's a research study that started in 1879 and is handed from one generation to the next. (Image credit: Derrick L. Turner/Michigan State University)

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Knoxville, another police murder, this time ‘black on black’
NEW: The Knoxville, Tennessee, police officer who fatally shot Anthony J. Thompson Jr., 17, in a chaotic confrontation inside a high school bathroom on April 12 will not face charges. The officer also unintentionally shot a school resource officer. https://t.co/Kj9KD8ZXIo — Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) April 22, 2021 Regina Perkins didn’t approve of her daughter’s relationship w/ 17yo Anthony T
Attorney General Announces Investigation into Massive and Systemic Corruption in Minneapolis
US News: “Yesterday’s verdict in the state criminal trial does not address potentially systemic policing issues in Minneapolis,” Garland said during brief remarks at the Justice Department. The civil investigation will examine whether Minneapolis police “engaged in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing,” he said. The probe is separate from a federal […]

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The glass fibers connecting our wireless world
All modern means of communication rely on glass. From the Gorilla glass on our phones to the infotainment screens on our cars. But when I think of the internet I think of 5G, Starlink satellites, and WiFi, and I never think about the 750,000 miles of fiber optic cables currently running under our oceans: the tiny strands of glass that carry all of our photos, emails, and video chats. It is throug
Scott Foley's Move to Prague Led to a Power Shift in His Marriage
Scott Foley and his family moved to Prague for a year, and he explained to Ellen how the power dynamic used to be 50/50 in his marriage, but shifted dramatically in his wife Marika's favor once they were living in the Czech Republic. The actor also talked about co-hosting and judging Ellen's new HBO Max series, "Ellen's Next Great Designer." He also explained how a random man had to pee on his le
Jane Levy Might Have a 'Mafia Cat'
Actress Jane Levy explained to Ellen how her rescue cat is not very friendly and has a tendency to bring dead animals into the house... and Ellen joked that Jane has a "mafia cat." The Golden Globe nominee also talked about her hopes for her NBC series, "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist," to be picked up for a third season. #JaneLevy #TheEllenShow #Ellen From: TheEllenShow
Earth Day Eve 2021 | National Geographic
Hosted by Jessica Nabongo, the Earth Day Eve 2021 celebration will span the globe with visually stunning performances from some of the most beautiful places in the world. Through the combined power of music and storytelling, you’ll leave uplifted, energized, and with a renewed commitment to living more lightly on the planet. The virtual party for our planet features performances by AURORA, Angéli

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New Horizons is Now 50 Astronomical Units Away From the Sun
As the New Horizons spacecraft hurtles out towards interstellar space, it has now reached an historical milestone. On April 17, 2021, New Horizons passed 50 astronomical units, or 50 times Earth’s distance from the Sun. It is just the 5 th spacecraft to reach that distance, joining the Voyagers 1 and 2 and the Pioneers 10 and 11. “Although four other missions reached this distance back in the 20t
Just 3 Democrats Stand in the Way of the PRO Act Coming to the Senate Floor for a Vote - Facing pressure, Sens. Joe Manchin and Angus King have signed on to the landmark labor bill, leaving just three Democratic holdouts: Kyrsten Sinema, Mark Kelly and Mark Warner.
After Amazon waged an aggressive propaganda and intimidation campaign to successfully stave off unionization at its warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama earlier this month, the labor movement and its allies are now making progress in an effort to pass landmark legislation that would give workers across the country a fair shot at forming a union. Passed by the Democratic-led House of Representatives in
BEST OF THE WEB: Father jailed for calling his transgender child, who was born female, his 'daughter' and denouncing 'her' medical treatment
Canada - "True North, strong and free," according to its anthem - is in thrall to transgender ideology. On Friday, a father was sent to prison. His crime? Speaking out against the medical transition of his 14-year-old daughter. The man complained about doctors giving puberty blockers to the 14-year-old, and referred to the child with the pronouns 'she' and 'her', in defiance of a court order. He w


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