NPR – by Bill Chappel

A construction crew removed the massive Christopher Columbus statue from its place of honor outside Columbus, Ohio’s City Hall on Wednesday morning, in one of the most dramatic cases yet of a city reshaping how its monuments reflect its sense of history and community identity. Continue reading “Columbus, Ohio, Takes Down Statue Of Christopher Columbus”

Science Alert – by David Nield

Fast food is incredibly convenient, and usually very tasty too, but it’s not always the best option for refuelling our bodies. Over at comparison site, Fast Food Menu Price, there’s a detailed infographic that shows the effect of eating one of the most iconic on-the-go meals of all time: the McDonald’s Big Mac. Continue reading “Here’s What Eating a Big Mac Does to Your Body in an Hour”

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BBC

The UK High Court has ruled against Venezuela’s government in a legal battle over access to $1bn (£820m) of gold stored in the Bank of England.

It said the UK had “unequivocally recognised opposition leader Juan Guaidó as president”, rather than President Nicolás Maduro.  Continue reading “Venezuela gold: UK High Court rules against Nicolás Maduro”

NTD

NPC International, the operator of 1,200 Pizza Hut and nearly 400 Wendy’s restaurants in the United States, has filed for bankruptcy.

The franchisee has been dealing with a perfect storm of problems that led to its Chapter 11 filing on July 1, including CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus-related shutdowns, a massive debt burden of nearly $1 billion, and rising labor and food costs. Pizza Hut, of which NPC is the company’s largest franchisee, has also been struggling with sales recently. Continue reading “A Huge Wendy’s and Pizza Hut Franchisee Just Filed for Bankruptcy”

Washington Times

Officials at California State University-Fresno are facing increasing pressure to remove a statue on campus depicting the late Indian freedom leader Mahatma Gandhi.

“How will the historian teach and explain that Gandhi was uncharitable in his attitude towards the Black race and see that we are glorifying him by erecting a statue on our campus?” asks a Change.org petition, which is nearing 5,000 signatures. Continue reading “Gandhi statue under fire at Fresno State”

Newsweek

Attorneys for Virginia Giuffre, who publicly accused Jeffrey Epstein of sex trafficking, must destroy files they obtained on Epstein after a Wednesday ruling by a federal judge.

Epstein was arrested in July 2019 on charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking. Allegedly, Epstein procured women to have sexual relations with high-profile individuals, such as Prince Andrew. Information about Epstein, culled from a 2015 civil suit filed against Epstein by Giuffre, allegedly contained the names of individuals with whom Epstein had conducted business. Continue reading “Judge Rules Virginia Giuffre’s Lawyers Must ‘Destroy’ Jeffrey Epstein Files”

Activist Post – by Patrick Wood

The Secretary-General of the UN lays out two possibilities to get through the pandemic: either accept UN leadership today or go through a five-year global depression and then accept their leadership as the “new normal”. Either way, it’s the same outcome. ⁃ Technocracy News & Trends Editor, Patrick Wood  Continue reading “UN: May See “New Normal” On Other Side Of 5-Year Global Depression”

Daily Mail

A Florida sheriff says he will ‘deputize’ every lawful gun owner in his county to put down any violent protests his deputies can’t handle alone – despite no demonstrations being planned in his county.

Clay County Sheriff Darryl Daniels released a three-minute video Wednesday warning protesters away from his suburban Jacksonville county.  Continue reading “Sheriff to ‘deputize lawful gun owners’ to confront ‘lawlessness’”

Humans Are Free

Goebbels gave this speech on 18 March 1933 at the opening of a women’s exhibition in Berlin, only six weeks after Hitler came to power. 

German women, German men!  Continue reading “Joseph Goebbels 1933 Speech: Masculine Women, Feminine Men, Low Birth Rates”

The Guardian – by Ashifa Kassam

Conservationists have warned that the coronavirus pandemic could spark a surge in ocean pollution – adding to a glut of plastic waste that already threatens marine life – after finding disposable masks floating like jellyfish and waterlogged latex gloves scattered across seabeds.  Continue reading “‘More masks than jellyfish’: coronavirus waste ends up in ocean”

Ammoland – by Roger Katz

U.S.A.-(AmmoLand.com)- With Independence Day only days away, this Country can hardly be in a celebratory spirit, as the very words, ‘nationalism’ and ‘patriotism’ are treated like obscenities.  Continue reading “Independence Day Heralds in a Marxist Counter-Revolution”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite and heiress who became a confidante of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was later accused of aiding the billionaire pedophile in trafficking children, has been arrested by the FBI. According to reports, she as arrested in Bedford, New Hampshire around 8:30 a.m. on charges she conspired with Epstein to sexually abuse and traffic children. Continue reading “FBI Arrests Ghislaine Maxwell, Friend of Billionaire Pedophile, in Child-Trafficking Probe”

Information Liberation – by Chris Menahan

Black Lives Matter had the establishment’s full support while rioters were burning down businesses, looting stores, attacking innocent people in the streets and killing cops but all that appears to have changed with just one tweet. Continue reading “Black Lives Matter ‘Canceled’ After Criticizing Israel”

Daily Mail

A new bill passed by the Michigan House of Representatives would make it illegal for companies to force workers to be implanted with microchips.

The legislation, called the Microchip Protection Act, or House Bill 5672, would still allow employees to volunteer for microchip implants but making implants mandatory would be against the law.  Continue reading “Michigan passes law that would make it illegal for companies to force their employees to be implanted with microchips”

The Hill

A second South Dakota tribal leader called for the removal of the four sculptures on Mount Rushmore, which is carved into land sacred to the Lakota Sioux.

“Nothing stands as a greater reminder to the Great Sioux Nation of a country that cannot keep a promise or treaty than the faces carved into our sacred land on what the United States calls Mount Rushmore,” Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chairman Harold Frazier said in a statement, according to USA Today. Continue reading “Second tribal leader calls for removal of Mount Rushmore before Trump visit”