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The world's political and business elites gather for the annual Davos summit from Monday to promote "cooperation in a fragmented world", with war in Ukraine, the climate crisis and global trade tensions high on the agenda. For half a century, the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alps has brought together executives and policymakers to sing the praises of globalisation, but that process is seen as unwinding as new fault lines harden around the world. The Covid-19 pandemic, growing US-China hostility and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have led some politicians and experts to even speculate about "an end to the...

Food companies that have increased their profits as inflation surged should pay windfall taxes to help tackle global inequality, anti-poverty group Oxfam said on Monday at the Swiss ski resort of Davos as the World Economic Forum kicks off this week. The organization asserted that food companies — like energy companies — have used climate change, the surging cost of living, Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to increase prices for consumers. Oxfam said the world's top 1% gained nearly twice as much wealth as the remaining 99% combined. Meanwhile, 1.7 billion workers live in...

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The world's political and business elites gather for the annual Davos summit from Monday to promote "cooperation in a fragmented world", with war in Ukraine, the climate crisis and global trade tensions high on the agenda. For half a century, the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alps has brought together executives and policymakers to sing the praises of globalisation, but that process is seen as unwinding as new fault lines harden around the world. The Covid-19 pandemic, growing US-China hostility and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have led some politicians and experts to even speculate about "an end to the...

Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against an NYPD cop who was accused of spying for the Chinese government, according to a new report. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York’s office moved to dismiss the case on Friday, explaining in court filings that their investigation had “obtained additional information bearing on the charges,” the New York Daily News reported. The charges included acting as an illegal agent of China, wire fraud, and making false statements. Baimadajie Angwang was arrested in September 2020 and accused of spying on New York City’s Tibetan communities for the Chinese government through...

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has introduced a House Bill to criminalize “conspiracy to commit white supremacy,” which includes any criticism of non-white people that influences (such as something published or said online) someone who commits a hate crime. https://congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/61/text/ih?overview=closed&format=xml

Representative Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) on Saturday claimed Republicans are investigating President Biden’s alleged mishandling of classified documents from his time as vice president as part of a “political game” and not because they care about following security protocols. “What I find interesting is that Republicans who have defended [former president] Trump after he literally stole classified documents, refused to turn them over, lied about having them, made up some story about how he declassified them, had to have his house raided in order for those documents to be found, are now only interested in investigating Biden, who has cooperated,...

VIDEOCanada now seems to be going the way of the old Soviet Union by declaring that anybody who questions the government and its policies is probably mentally unbalanced and is need of psychiatric care. We see this currently happening with Jordan Peterson whose opinions have been declared to be dangerous and is in need of re-education. However, as you can see this declaration of needing a mind adjustment by liberals also applies to other areas as well. In this video we can clearly see who the truly CRAZY people in Canada really are. Apparently it is now the lunatics who...

Abortions in Texas dramatically decreased in the months following the overturning of Roe v. Wade last June, according to recent state data. Only three abortions took place in Texas in August 2022, all of which were "medically necessary," according to statistics from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Compared with the 2,596 abortions recorded in the state in June 2022, the number in August represents a decrease of nearly 99%. Sixty-eight abortions were performed in July.

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Kisin literally destroys WOKE Culture. And shows us the way on how to do it. And its also highly entertaining, well worth the watching (Courtesy of Freeper Fred Nerks) Video at link

The former police chief of Fairfax County, Virginia, and three ex-officers are on trial for allegedly covering up a sex trafficking ring, as one of the victims – an illegal immigrant – took the stand accusing the four law enforcement members of being clients of the prostitution enterprise they allegedly allowed to operate. A federal jury in Alexandria, Va., this week heard testimony from a woman, identified as Jane Doe, during a civil trial against four former members of the Fairfax County Police Department: the former Chief Edwin Roessler, James Baumstark, a former captain who is now the deputy chief...

ussia and Belarus began joint military exercises on Monday, sparking fears in Kyiv and the West that Moscow could use its ally to launch a fresh ground offensive in Ukraine. Russia-Belarus begin joint military exercises, sparking fear in Kyiv of new offensive Russia and Belarus began joint military exercises on Monday, which have triggered fears in Kyiv and the West that Moscow ... Reuters 2h

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Even some kin of Coretta Scott King hate the new $10 million sculpture just dedicated to her and her iconic civil-rights-leader husband in Boston — with a cousin claiming it "looks like a penis." [Photo in Comment #1]

A judge ruled on Friday that several former Twitter employees who had filed a class action lawsuit against the social media giant must pursue individual arbitration instead. The case involved five former Twitter employees involved in a class action against Twitter for not being given adequate notice before being laid off. U.S. District judge James Donato ruled that the five former employees must pursue individual arbitration because of the arbitration agreement they had signed with Twitter.

Prohibition started on this day, January 16, in 1920. It was a disaster. Well intentioned people attacked personal freedom and created the conditions for criminals to restore it. To day is also the birthday of the only guy ever to achieve the rank of Admiral Of The U.S. Navy, George Dewey. (This rank was superseded by the rank of fleet admiral in 1944.) Do Freepers see the similarities between Dewey's thoughts on education and the thoughts of my friend John Murphy in the Australian freedom movement now?

There's a disturbing pattern that has emerged over the past few years: Whenever a public figure dies or has a major health problem, some people blame it on the COVID-19 vaccine. Case in point: Google searches for "Damar Hamlin COVID vaccine" skyrocketed after the Buffalo Bills player collapsed on the football field last week. So did searches for Bob Saget and the vaccine, and Betty White and the COVID-19 vaccine after their respective deaths. Data even show that there is a solid group of people who mistakenly believe that the COVID-19 vaccine — which doctors and major health organizations have...

Urinary sodium excretion and salt intake are not independently associated with 24-hour blood pressure variability (BPV), according to a study. Tan Lai Zhou and colleagues used data from 2,652 participants in the Maastricht Study to evaluate whether urinary sodium excretion and salt intake are associated with 24-hour BPV. Participants adhered to a seven-day low- and high-salt diet (50 and 250 mmol NaCl/24 hour, respectively) with a washout period of 14 days. The researchers found that 24-hour urinary sodium excretion was not associated with 24-hour systolic or diastolic BPV (β, per 1 g/24-hour urinary sodium excretion: 0.05 mm Hg [95 percent...

Millions of adults spend too much time at a desk. But if lower blood sugar and a mood boost are the goals, what's the bare minimum of movement that will get the job done? Apparently just five minutes of walking every 30 minutes. That's the finding of a small, new study that compared the benefits of five exercise "snacks." Participants were asked to stay seated for eight hours, but they could only get up for one of four types of supervised exercise breaks. Two options involved just one minute of light walking after every half hour or every hour of...