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LEAKED – Czech counterintelligence busts politicians from Germany, France, Poland, Belgium, Hungary, and the Netherlands taking bribes from Russia. BBC reported: Czech sources reveal... (more) #Fellas
CNN Exclusive: Conservative bigwig Matt Schlapp agreed to hefty settlement to end sexual assault lawsuit
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$480,000 is a lot of money for a "misunderstanding"
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/politics/matt-schlapp-settlement-sexual-assault-lawsuit
@Alfred Through what date is your information current?
@Alfred What secrets did Edward VIII spill to the Nazis?
WHO: Cyberbullying affects 1 in 6 school kids https://p.dw.com/p/4eB0a
International statistical comparisons are problematic, largely due to differences in standards and methodology, but they can be made to work.
The International Adult Literacy Survey (1994-1998) is an example. (Level 1 is the lowest level, 4/5 the highest.)
"I could swear the stripper really liked ME."
FDA Settles Lawsuit over Ivermectin Social Media Posts
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Quack doctors force FDA to remove social media posts saying "Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19."
Fifth Circuit says the "FDA is not a physician." (The Fifth Circuit is known as the Trumpiest appeals court.)
#News #Ivermectin #Covid #5thCircuit
https://www.newsweek.com/fda-settles-lawsuit-over-ivermectin-social-media-posts-1882562
Gov. Youngkin requests to review course syllabi at George Mason, Virginia Commonwealth universities
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Christian Martinez, Youngkin’s spokesperson, called the curriculum mandates a “thinly veiled attempt to incorporate the progressive left’s groupthink on Virginia’s students,” in a statement released to several news organizations.
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Virginia's governor taking a page from the DeSantis playbook.
@Alfred Assuming that trolls live under bridges, why do they always seem to be on the Internet?
@Alfred Why do trolls live under bridges?
@Alfred Did King George VI send birthday greetings to his cousin Wilhelm, the former Kaiser of Germany, after WWI?
@Alfred What is Ostalgie, and how prevalent is it in the former East Germany?
@Alfred. What is gaslighting, and why do chatbots do it?
1st century Christians were fed to lions, burned alive and hacked to death, but okay
"Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas—a firebrand who has frequently railed against what he has described as 'woke' values and has been critical of the pope—was among the loudest voices to oppose the idea of same-sex blessings.
He has previously said that 'we must be first-century Christians in the 21st century' and that 'corruption' had a 'devastating stranglehold' on the church."
https://www.newsweek.com/pope-francis-growing-revolt-catholic-church-1882379
Musk is pushing Great Replacement Theory nonsense, again.
"For much of the last week, Elon Musk’s mighty Twitter feed—sorry, his X feed—featured as its pinned tweet a video that purports to lay bare a vast conspiracy among Democrats to 'flood' the country with 'illegals' to lock in a 'permanent voting majority.'”
#Politics #ElonMusk #Twitter #GreatReplacementTheory
https://newrepublic.com/article/180007/elon-musk-great-replacement-theory-hate-video
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