Tsai offered her resignation on Saturday evening, a tradition after a major loss, in a short speech in which she also thanked supporters.
Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen resigns as party leader after election loss
Tag: coronavirus vaccines
Before FTX collapse, founder poured millions into pandemic prevention
Before FTX collapse, founder poured millions into pandemic prevention (archived)
The Bankman-Frieds’ family foundation in February also committed $5 million to ProPublica, a nonprofit news organization, to support reporting focused on pandemic preparedness and biosecurity, including one-third of the grant delivered upfront. The funding has subsidized several staff and articles — including a high-profile story with Vanity Fair about the possibility that covid leaked from a Chinese laboratory, which frustrated some of the Bankman-Frieds’ pandemic advisers who pointed to criticism of its translations of Mandarin Chinese. ProPublica was told last week that the remaining two-thirds of the grant is being paused, a spokesperson confirmed.
TRUTH COPS: Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY is quietly broadening its efforts to curb speech it considers dangerous, an investigation by The Intercept has found. Years of internal DHS memos, emails, and documents — obtained via leaks, Freedom of Information Act requests, and an ongoing lawsuit, as well as public reports — illustrate an expansive effort by the agency to influence tech platforms.
TRUTH COPS: Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation
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H/T: Unorthodox Truth
Tim Robbins and the Lost Art of Finding Common Ground
Video via TK News
Transcript: Tim Robbins and the Lost Art of Finding Common Ground
Just saw The Shawshank Redemption, for the billionth time, yesterday.
The Top 15 Gravest Threats To Democracy
Democracy is very fragile. Be careful with it! Stray but a little and democracy shall fail.
Here are 15 things that put democracy itself in jeopardy every day:
The Top 15 Gravest Threats To Democracy
NATO in the Amazon: Petro Plays with Fire
By Roger D. Harris on October 26, 2022
NATO recently expanded to Sweden and Finland, has been de facto incorporated in Ukraine, and may extend to Georgia. Now, NATO’s entry into the Amazon is in the works under the aegis of newly elected President Gustavo Petro of Colombia.
NATO in the Amazon: Petro Plays with Fire
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The US warns Petro of the danger of falling into the hands of China:
The Government of Colombia replies to Washington that if it wants to prevail over Beijing, it must finance the purchase of land from ranchers to distribute among the peasants
Quid pro quo?!
New US strategy in Africa: serious program or another bluff?
On October 12, just a couple of months before the loudly announced US-Africa summit, the White House released a rather lengthy document, “The US Strategy toward Sub-Saharan Africa”. It defines Washington’s main objectives on the African continent, and details the goals it intends to pursue and the mechanisms of cooperation.
New US strategy in Africa: serious program or another bluff?
XBB, The “Nightmare Variant” Is Here
The mainstream media is making sure we know that the XBB subvariant of Omicron is here and it’s a “nightmare”. This one, like many before it, has been “immune evasive” meaning it’ll still infect those who have already had COVID-19 or have been given five injections to prevent it.
XBB, The “Nightmare Variant” Is Here
Coast Guard Hero Praised By Biden For Saving Lives After Ian Facing Discharge Over COVID Jab Refusal
President Joe Biden personally thanked a Coast Guardsman for saving a 94-year-old woman in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, but the hero expects to be fired within days for rejecting the COVID vaccine.
Coast Guard Hero Praised By Biden For Saving Lives After Ian Facing Discharge Over COVID Jab Refusal
The real Giorgia Meloni is nothing like on TV
If you ditch their narrative just to fall for their counter-narrative, you’re not waking up, you’re barely changing bed side.
The real Giorgia Meloni is nothing like on TV
But it’s time to snooze off now.
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