Joe and Vlad
2021-06-16
President Biden and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meet today in Geneva, Switzerland. Meanwhile, the White House press corps is beginning to realize that they had more access under the Trump administration.
Netanyahu Out, Bennett In
2021-06-15
Benjamin Netanyahu’s twelve-year run as prime minister of Israel has come to an end as the new coalition government led by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid was sworn in Sunday after a narrow 60-59 vote in the Knesset.
The Friday Five – CDC Contradicts its Own Data
2021-06-11
CDC director Dr. Rachel Wallensky claimed that COVID-19 infection and hospitalization rates for US teens is spiking. The CDC’s data shows that her claim is based on conveniently selected start and end dates for her graph, since the most recent data shows rates dropping to record lows.
Senate Bill Would Enable Creation of Chimeras
2021-06-09
A bill loaded with amendments benefiting special interests is likely to pass the Senate this week. The bill would allow the NIH to pursue “in vitro culture of chimeric embryos”—the creation of hybrid human-animal embryos for experiments.
Searching for a Gas Leak With a Lighted Match
2021-06-07
That’s how one expert describes gain of function research on deadly viruses, which—thanks to an amateur research group called DRASTIC—we now know was being conducted on bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology with US taxpayer dollars.Continue Reading
Cloning ET
2021-06-01
Scientists at the University of Glasgow claim to have developed a method for detecting life in outer space and collecting samples—with an eye to cloning it in a lab back here on Earth.Continue Reading
The Friday Five – Cease-fire
2021-05-21
After 11 days of rockets, Israel and Hamas have signaled willingness to discuss a cease-fire. The question is how long it will last and what the consequences will be for Israel’s relations with its Western allies.
Media Covers for Hamas
2021-05-18
Associated Press criticized Israel for destroying the building that housed its offices in Gaza. The IDF says the building also housed Hamas intelligence operations and weapons manufacturing—and that AP’s local reporters knew about it.
The Friday Five – Israel Under Attack
2021-05-14
An intense rocket barrage this week has pushed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to its highest level since the 2014 Gaza War. The question is whether this attack was at the bidding of Iran.
Government Funding Unemployment
2021-05-13
Evidence mounts that federal government unemployment bonuses are hobbling an economic recovery by paying people more to stay home than to go back to work.