UK Warns of Big Omicron Risk

The UK Health Security Agency predicts that Omicron was likely to overtake Delta and become the dominant variant in that country. Ever since the Omicron variant first appeared around Thanksgiving, the U.S. government has been cautious but largely optimistic. While … Read More

$1.79 billion needed to help Venezuelan refugees and migrants

posted in: News, Refugee Crisis America

The increasing needs of refugees and migrants from Venezuela have worsened with the COVID-19 pandemic, say UN rights experts. The number of Venezuelans worldwide who’ve gone on the run has now topped six million, with the vast majority hosted by … Read More

Senate rejects Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for businesses

posted in: News, United States

WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly approved a resolution Wednesday to nullify the Biden administration’s requirement that businesses with 100 or more workers have their employees be vaccinated against the coronavirus or submit to weekly testing. The vote was 52-48. The … Read More

Olaf Scholz prepares to mandate COVID-19 vaccination as Germany’s fourth wave deepens

posted in: Germany, News

Sitting alone in a blacked-out studio, a somber soundtrack lending gravitas to his five-minute monologue, Olaf Scholz implored the people of Germany to get real and get vaccinated. A full year after the first COVID-19 shots were administered and the … Read More

Germany finally has a government ready to lead Europe

posted in: Germany, News

The ‘Merkel brake’ that held up progress on the rule of law is now finally off. Guy Verhofstadt is a member of the European Parliament. He is the former leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 3 December 2021

posted in: News, Weekly Update

Greetings from Tyler, All the authorities are holding out the prospect of extreme mandates on the news of the new variant.  They’re not sure about anything, but stand by.  It’s liable to confer all power to our tormentors.  Maybe it … Read More

Japan’s Covid-19 deaths lowest in 16 months as cases plummet

posted in: Far East, News

TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) – In the world’s oldest nation, less than one person a day is dying from COVID-19. The six confirmed deaths in Japan over the past week is the lowest it’s been in the country since July 2020, before … Read More

US hiring stumbles in November as economy adds just 210,000 new jobs

Economists expected payrolls to increase by 550,000 in November. U.S. job growth significantly undershot expectations in November, suggesting that difficulty in attracting new workers is weighing on the labor market’s recovery from the pandemic, even as COVID-19 cases dissipated nationwide. … Read More

Mass vaccination fails to halt COVID transmission rates study

Successful vaccine rollouts have failed to stop COVID transmission, with new data showing the prevalence of the virus increasing in fully jabbed individuals, according to a medical study in The Lancet. Examining new infections in Germany, researchers found that the … Read More

Op-Ed: Continuing Trump’s pretext to block asylum claims, Biden defies the law and good politics

The so-called Title 42 border closure, which uses the COVID-19 pandemic to justify immediate expulsion or deportation of people fleeing persecution and torture, has always been heartless and illegal. So why is the Biden administration indefinitely continuing this most egregious … Read More

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