For the first time since 1968, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted a permit to build a new kind of nuclear reactor, a sign that regulators are ready to be more imaginative in their deliberations as the need to move away from fossil fuels becomes more urgent.
Category: 19 December 2023
AS FORECAST: AMERICANS’ PHYSICAL HEALTH DECLINES AFTER COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS
Remember when your local “health official” closed schools and gyms, but kept open liquor stores in the name of “stopping the spread” of COVID-19?
AS FORECAST: MILLENNIAL WOMEN SEE FIRST DECLINE IN WELL-BEING IN GENERATIONS
The Population Reference Bureau released its latest index of women’s well-being in the U.S. and found that millennials are the first generation since the Silent Generation to see an overall decline in their overall status.
PRESIDENTIAL REALITY SHOW: CHOOSE THE CANDIDATE YOU HATE THE LEAST IN 2024
A newly released poll found that Americans will be heading to polling stations next year and holding their noses when they select the next president of the U.S.: President Joe Biden or Donald Trump.
A WEEK LIKE NO OTHER
The first week in December of this year was all about America’s apparent inextinguishable love for the state of Israel. After a short pause to exchange hostages for prisoners, the Israelis re-launched their drive to exterminate the Gazans and steal what remains of their land and property.
BORN IN A POLICE STATE: THE DEEP STATE’S PERSECUTION OF ITS MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS
The Christmas story of a baby born in a manger is a familiar one.
JOURNALISM IS DEAD: MAINSTREAM OUTLETS CUT 2,700 JOBS IN 2023, WORST YET TO COME
About 2,700 employees at news media outlets in the U.S. have lost their jobs in 2023, which is the highest number since 2020 and impacts positions in broadcast, print, and digital news, according to a study by the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray, and Christmas.
U.S., SOUTH KOREA, JAPAN, FORM TRILATERAL MILITARY ALLIANCE TO COUNTER CHINA, ADDING TO TENSIONS IN REGION
Top national security advisers from the U.S., Japan, and South Korea met earlier this month in Seoul to follow up on the high-profile Camp David Summit in August with their countries’ leaders where countering China emerged as the conversation’s centerpiece.
U.S. CONGRESS KNESSET PASSES RESOLUTION TO KILL FREE SPEECH IN COLLEGES: SUPPORT ISRAEL GENOCIDE OR SHUT YOUR MOUTH
The U.S. House of Representatives voted last week on a bullshit resolution bashing the testimony of three Ivy League presidents who refused to follow Israel-lobby pressure and condemn campus protesters who dared call for a ceasefire in Gaza while Israel carries out its genocide.
SENATE SENDS MAMMOTH ANNUAL DEFENSE POLICY BILL TO BIDEN’S DESK
The National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, passed the Senate and House last week and the nearly 3,100-page bill headed for President Joe Biden’s desk to become law.