The Daily Merry-Go-Round-up Narratives for 30/12/2022
I need a vacation...
Never mind.
- “Time to pause covid mass vaccination” – A new video from John Campbell in which he says it’s time to pause mass Covid vaccinations.
- “No Covid test for Chinese arrivals in UK for now” – The Government has decided not to introduce mandatory testing for Chinese arrivals in the U.K. for the time being, reports the Daily Mail.
- “What’s behind the ‘fatal vertigo’ affecting so many Russian oligarchs?” – The Telegraph’s Oscar Williams-Grut looks back at the eight Russian businessmen who’ve died this year after falling from great heights.
- “Xi’s dreams of an authoritarian world order have been destroyed by his zero-Covid disaster” – The Telegraph’s Ambrose Evans-Pritchard says Xi Jinping’s reputation as an all-powerful tyrant may never recover from his mismanagement of the pandemic.
- “The energy crisis risks dooming the electric car” – Western societies are charging into the electrification of transport without thinking about how they’re going to charge all these vehicles, says Andrew Orlowski in the Telegraph.
- “The BBC is failing impartiality with its history documentaries” – David Abulafia in the Spectator argues that it is incumbent on the BBC to represent a variety of viewpoints when it comes to Britain’s history, not just woke self-disgust.
- “Flu jab uptake among NHS staff tumbles to lowest level in a decade” – Analysis by MailOnline shows that only four in 10 frontline NHS staff in England have had the flu vaccine this winter, the lowest uptake since 2012.
- “Civil servants given almost £30 million in high street vouchers amid pay freeze” – Ministers have been accused of “rank double standards” after getting around the pay freeze for civil servants by awarding them £30 million of gift vouchers.
- “DAVOS 2023: WEF shifts into high gear in preparing for the next Pandemic” – The World Economic Forum is going to make ending health disparities and systemic racism a priority for this January’s annual shindig in the Alps, according to Dr. Robert Malone.
- “Transgender boxers would be ring-fenced in new category” – The World Boxing Council is going to introduce a category solely for transgender fighters next year to prevent anyone born a man ever fighting a woman in the ring, reports the Times.
- “Andrew Tate reportedly arrested in Romania following human trafficking probe” – The ex-kickboxer and his brother Tristan have been arrested after their luxury villa in Romania was raided by police on Thursday in connection with a human trafficking investigation, reports the Telegraph.
- “Failing Prevent counter-terror scheme ‘needs a major overhaul’” – A report by Sir William Shawcross, the former head of the Charity Commission, has found significant flaws in the Government’s flagship counter-terrorism programme, according to the Daily Mail.
- “NYC Electric Garbage Truck Plans Hit Wall After Trucks ‘Conked Out’ Plowing Snow After Just Four Hours” – Tyler Durden in Zero Hedge points to a flaw in New York’s shiny new electric rubbish lorries.
- “Now the BMJ’s Journal of Medical Ethics confirm vaccine causes more harm than benefit to younger people” – Andrew Bridgen MP renews his call for the Covid vaccine roll-out to be suspended in light of the latest findings about their impact on children.
- See inside the luxury bunkers where the super-rich reportedly plan to save themselves from a future apocalypse the shitshow of their own making.
- Neanderthals were smart, sophisticated, creative—and misunderstood.
- Finding the first Americans. Archaeology and genetics can’t yet agree on when humans first arrived in the Americas.
- Beyond the Five Senses: Telepathy, echolocation, and the future of perception.
- Enjoy the Martian winter wonderland, courtesy of NASA.
- Scientists find key reason for ongoing loss of smell in long-COVID.
- Red Pill of the Day: Kansas police raid hospital room of terminally ill patient. His crime? Using a weed vape and THC paste to ease his pain — Obligatory meme.
I need a vacation...
Never mind.
"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong." – Thomas Sowell