Does anyone give a worse speech than President Joe Biden? That alone should make us hope he doesn’t run again. His State of the Union speech was awful! But that was not unexpected. There were of course, the polite platitudes: “Mr. Speaker, I look forward to working together.” Ha! Can he really be looking forward to working with Speaker Kevin McCarthy! Not likely, but that’s just the obligatory politeness — and gives the audience a chance to get used to the sound of his voice. (RELATED: BASTASCH: You Might Have Missed This, But Biden Just Made A Stunning Admission About His Energy Agenda) Some of what he said was just ordinary political jaywalking: “Two years ago, COVID had shut down our businesses, closed our schools, and robbed us of so much.” Well, not exactly. COVID didn’t shut our businesses: people did—people in government, people we call politicians. And then some brave politicians looked at the facts and reopened their states, e.g., Governor Ron DeSantis. But then … [Read more...] about DANIEL OLIVER: The Simply Terrible, Unimaginably Awful Biden Speech To The Nation
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Food Blogger Heavily Fined For Eating Great White Shark
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin A food blogger in China has been fined 125,000 yuan ($18,500 USD) by government authorities after posting a video of her buying and eating a great white shark ( Carcharodon carcharias ), an animal that is protected under Chinese law. The video, posted on the social media sites Douyin and Kuaishou, came with extreme backlash online from viewers. In it, a woman identified as “Jin,” by officials but who goes by “Tizi” in her videos, went to a shop to pick out a 2 meter (6.6 foot) white shark from a shop, posing with it by lying on the floor, and then later cooking and eating the animal. While the video posted in July, officials in the southwestern province of Sichuan came out with a statement over the weekend confirming that the woman had broken the country’s wildlife protection laws. Officials from Nanchong stated that “Jin” paid for the great white shark through Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s Taobao shopping site back … [Read more...] about Food Blogger Heavily Fined For Eating Great White Shark
“X-Ray Outlaw Foreigners” is just racial profiling
Website NewsOne publishes a stunning attack on Thailand’s racially-fueled immigration round-ups. “Thailand’s immigration crackdown has swept up refugees and asylum seekers, sent young children into horrid, prison-like conditions, and appears to have clear aspects of racial profiling against South Asians and Africans.” Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch Written By Nigel Roberts Related news Things to know about Thai culture 9 mins ago Police officer accidentally shoots colleague at Bangkok police station 21 mins ago Thailand is not hiding its use of racial profiling to identify which foreigners its immigration enforcement agents are targeting for expulsion. Website NewsOne says authorities in Thailand have arrested more than 1,000 suspected visa violators in recent weeks under an operation called “X-Ray Outlaw Foreigners” that was originally launched in 2017 but has intensified. “The suspicious targets … [Read more...] about “X-Ray Outlaw Foreigners” is just racial profiling