The World – Australian Bank Links Customer Transactions To Carbon Footprint

CLIMATE CHANGE Australian Bank Begins Linking Customer Transactions to Carbon Footprint In another foretaste of potential future ‘carbon allowance’ limits, a major bank in Australia has introduced a new feature that links purchases to a customer’s carbon footprint and warns them when they are going over the average. Australia’s Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has partnered with … Read more

The World – CDC Announces Overhaul After Botching Pandemic

CDC Announces Overhaul After Botching Pandemic After more than two years of missteps and backpedaling over Covid-19 guidance that had a profound effect on Americans’ lives, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced on Wednesday that the agency would undergo a complete overhaul – and will revamp everything from its operations to its culture after failing to … Read more

The World – Monkeypox And Wokeness

Where are all the PSAs featuring high profile gay men urging other gays to get the “pox-jab”?  Emphasizing refraining from the practice of multiple sexual partners? Avoiding gay orgies which are super-spreader events? Where is the urgency?  I’m not seeing it. The virus is found in male sperm. Sooo, anywhere that an infected male leaves … Read more

The World – U.S. Public Health Agencies (As Well As Canadian Health Agencies) Aren’t Following The Science, Officials Say

U.S. Public Health Agencies Aren’t ‘Following the Science,’ Officials Say ‘People are getting bad advice and we can’t say anything.’ The calls and text messages are relentless. On the other end are doctors and scientists at the top levels of the NIH, FDA and CDC. They are variously frustrated, exasperated and alarmed about the direction … Read more

The World – No Farmers, No Food, No Life

No Farmers, No Food, No Life The world is now facing a man-made food catastrophe. It is reaching crisis levels… Current policies in many parts of the world place a priority on climate change for realizing a green new deal. Meanwhile, such policies will contribute to children dying from severe malnutrition due to broken food systems, … Read more

The World – WHO Recommend Gay And Bisexual Men Limit Sexual Partners, Anonymous Sex, To Reduce Monkeypox Spread.

WHO Recommends Gay And Bisexual Men Limit Sexual Partners, Anonymous Sex, To Reduce Monkeypox Spread The World Health Organization on Wednesday recommended that gay and bisexual men cut back on the number of sexual partners to reduce the spread of monkeypox, after the WHO’s monkeypox expert, Rosamund Lewis, noted that men who have sex with men are … Read more

The World – New Study Adds To Growing Body Of Evidence Suggesting Mask Mandates Are Ineffective

New Study Adds To Growing Body Of Evidence Suggesting Mask Mandates Are Ineffective A new study published this month revealed that COVID-19 mask mandates in schools have little to no effect. “Our findings contribute to a growing body of literature which suggests school-based mask mandates have limited to no impact on the case rates of COVID-19 among K-12 … Read more

Canada – Ottawa Admits Some Travellers Were Incorrectly Told To Quarantine Due To ArriveCAN App Glitch

Ottawa admits some travellers were incorrectly told to quarantine due to ArriveCAN app glitch Ottawa says that due to a glitch with the ArriveCAN entry app, some travellers who recently entered Canada were sent erroneous notifications instructing them to quarantine. The admission comes at a time when the federal government is facing mounting pressure from politicians and tourism groups to … Read more