- “Next Round of Covid Booster Jabs to Start Within Days” – The latest round of Covid boosters will start on Monday. Five million high-risk Brits will be eligible for a spring vaccine, reports the Sun.
- “Novak Djokovic Likely to Contest U.S. Open After Senate Vote to End Covid Restrictions ” – The 22-time Grand Slam winner looks set to return to America after being banned for his vaccine status, reports the Express.
- “Are Heat Pumps Really Worth It?” – The U.K. is lagging behind the rest of the world in adopting the green tech, but with new gas boilers to be phased out by 2035, the Times asks what its like for the early adopters.
- “The Left Has a New Aim: To Make Ordinary People Poorer” – The net zero debate has revealed a stunning shift in the basic assumptions that underpin left-wing political thinking, reports the Telegraph.
- “Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Tennessee’s ‘Drag Ban’ Law” – The law, which criminalises some drag performances, was set to take effect on Saturday, according to NBC News.
- “Who Will Stand Up to This Woke Elite?” – Laura Perrins, co-founder and co-editor of the Conservative Woman, calls on readers to stand up to the “woke elite” and stop gender ideology and other woke movements from running rampant.
- “Andrew Tate Responds After Being ‘Hilariously’ Mocked in South Park Episode” – Tate may have been released from Romanian jail, but he hasn’t escaped the makers of South Park, reports the Independent.
- “Keir Starmer: Trans Rights Can’t Override Women’s Rights” – Sir Keir knows he has a “women problem” – or at least the perception of one, according to the Times.
- “Kentucky’s New LGBTQ Law Ignites Protests” – Nineteen people have been arrested during the backlash after a new law was passed banning transgender medical treatment for those under 18, according to the BBC.
- “Jamie Lee Curtis Celebrates Daughter Ruby for Trans Day of Visibility” – The movie star has been vocal about her support for trans rights, according to the Independent.
- “Language Is Not Our Master” – The perpetually offended have endowed words with quasi-magical properties, argues Patrick West in Spiked.
- “Husband of Suella Braverman Speaks Out Against Gary Lineker” – Rael Braverman calls it “the Gary Lineker intervention”. The Home Secretary’s husband has accused the football pundit of smearing his wife, according to the Mail Online.
- “Council Could Sell Its ‘Inappropriate’ Biblical Paintings” – An Oxford councillor has proposed a motion saying the town hall’s art does not reflect the authority’s “progressive” agenda, reports the Telegraph.
- “The BBC is Axing Its Panel Shows. It Only Has Itself to Blame” – Satire comedy shows appear to be dying on the BBC as another one bites the dust, according to the Spectator.
- “Gone With the Wind Branded ‘Harmful’ By Its Own Publisher” – Margaret Mitchell’s Civil War epic novel has been deemed “problematic” in a trigger warning by its publisher, Pan Macmillan, reports the Telegraph.
- “BBC Wants Michael Vaughan to Return With Talks Planned Next Week” – The corporation wants the former England captain to cover the Ashes, but he is still considering his options, according to the Telegraph.
- “Café Renames Ploughman’s Lunch to Customer’s Horror” – Espresso Corner in Kirkgate, a self-styled “cozy little independent coffee shop” has gone woke with a gender-neutral menu item, as reported in the Mail Online.
- “James Delingpole Hosts Neil Oliver” – Watch James in conversation with special guest Neil Oliver for his live show at the Emmanuel Centre, London.
- “These People Are a Doomsday Cult” — Watch Emily Carver on GB News as she argues that Just Stop Oil activists are damaging their own mental health — and ours.
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Cue war drums against Iran…
Russia proxy war not going well
China too scary and too in bed with the US cleptocracy.
Iran, perfect.
For the 5 not very skeptical DS subscribers. I assume that you think the idea that this will be used to ramp up the likelihood of violent action against Iran (MAWR WAR!!!), do take a look at the Zero-hedge collection of news on the assassination attempt of a civilian by a Lebanese youth (as far as we know and do remember Mossad regularly recruits Lebanese citizens).
“This high-profile assassination attempt on a well-known British-Indian writer comes at a moment tensions are already long on edge between Washington and Tehran, also as attempts to restore the JCPOA nuclear deal are hanging by a thread.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/salman-rushdies-attacker-new-jersey-man-shia-extremist-iranian-sympathies
Of course it may be that some of the down-voters thought my comment in poor taste?
Yes possibly i can agree with that critique, however, imagine if A Muslim writer in the US decided to write a book about JC being a homosexual with his disciples and secretly having orgies with Mary Magdolin, or that Mary herself had an extra marital affair to birth JC.
Do you think for one minute anyone would be surprised if some nutcase Christians put a bounty on his head? I do not for a minute think it would be justified, only not surprising. And who exactly is telling us that there is a threat to JKR? Just seems too convenient timing to think this wont be linked to Iranian State and used as an excuse to either attack Iran or prevent a renewal of the Nuclear deal (which Israel definitely does not want).
Anyway let me know your gripe. I will be nice.
Cowards
cowards
I’ve got no gripe. I never really had much time for JKR but I have warmed to her. She keeps pissing people off and doesn’t care or back down.
I don’t understand the downvote from you then (I assume that was why you responded).
I have not made any point about JKL, who has been an isolated powerful voice for women standing against the Trans nonsense.
MY point is that the very dubious set of tweets of one random unverified person from Pakistan threatening JKR seems like a convenient inflamation of tensions against Iran at a very critical time for Iran and a useful time for Israel and US neocons.
After all the crap we have seen these past two years, we should now all realise that our MSM lie and manipulate people relentlessly in the cause of powerful groups, it seems fairly obvious that one should question who is responsible for Rushdis vile assasination attempt. How many patsies do the PTB have to be caught executing before skeptical minds question the news and who’s interests get served by the narrative we are given?
Is this not the Daily Sceptic?
I only ever downvote obvious trolling or spam, certainly not your post,
Engage or ignore.
You may well be right.
Good policy.
We shall see. Everything is on steroids right now, so it wont take long.
Ditto.
I don’t downvote and agree – “engage or ignore.”
I have a couple of trolls who follow me round on here, as does Mogs and one or two others and whatever we post always attracts at least two downvotes. Those doing the downvoting are pretty much like performing seals and utterly pathetic in their predictability. At least they have paid a fiver for their fun.
I third that regarding ‘disliking’ a comment. “Engage or ignore” is my rule of thumb also. But don’t forget hux, you don’t need to be signed in or have an account ( just like the site in its previous form ) to like/dislike comments. What the enthusiastic saddos unfortunately don’t realise about me is that my motivation for posting has nothing to do with trying to be popular. So if they think that makes one iota of difference they are delusional. People-pleasing is not my thing in life generally and certainly not online.
Wonder if the DS team forgot to load the Round-up last night…
Thanks Mogs. Actually I thought you had to be a subscriber in order to like / dislike posts; this seems very unfair.
“What the enthusiastic saddos unfortunately don’t realise about me is that my motivation for posting has nothing to do with trying to be popular.”
Wholeheartedly agree. I come here for the variety of opinions. The fact that others here present different perspectives on a subject helps to open my eyes, if you will. I like to think I offer something similar in return. If I want ‘mainstream’ I know where to go to find it. I come here and to TCW, Off-Guardian, UK Column and lots of others because the discourse is decidedly “outside the box.” Being a contrarian by nature – awkward bastard to many – means sites like DS are where I feel at home. How did you put it?
“When you find your tribe…”
To each, his own.
I don’t often bother, but I do sometimes downvote tendentious nonsense.
Oh JK is great. She’s got lady balls.
I seem to remember a story about how the “US” branded some countries evil, which just happened to be the three that didn’t have a central bank.
For myself, it is more important to me that people oppose the lockdown narrative than how “sceptical” they are, although obviously there are plenty of other things that should be questioned (who exactly is calling the shots in the “US” these days btw?).
I think things could get interesting when Iran and Saudi Arabia both have nuclear weapons – especially if there is a revolution in Saudi Arabia.
(Btw do they still have police in New York?).
Lockdowns are just one of many tells that the globalists are at war with us. As such, we should, in my view, be on the lookout for every manipulation and prevarication that these Luciferian vampires throw at us.
The Ukraine conflict was the one that immediately followed Lock-downs and Vaccines.
We can clearly see that there are other ones brewing:
Drouts
Food shortages
Energy shortages
Cost of Living crisis
Hate Speech bills and Online Identification
Terrorism and Facial recognition Technology
This is a multipronged war on humanity by multiple power brokers who lie, use the security state, media and government puppets to manipulate, steal and kill us. EVERY NEWS ITEM MUST BE QUESTIONED. It is either distaraction or manipulation.
Lockdowns are the tip of a giant nasty iceberg of a New World Order.
I must say I’m worried about all that land being bought up by notorious eugenicist farmer Gates. He’ll still be able to buy popularity among many people who aren’t awake though, I met someone from Liverpool who thought he was great, some sort of marvellous philanthropist.
The dumb asses who think Gates is great are 100% overlapped with those sticking the death jab boosters to infinity.
They won’t be around for long.
That just leaves the rest of us.
Microsoft used to be a favourite hate target of right-on people because they were a nasty bunch of monopolists – people preferred Apple or Google – LOL!
Gates was pretty notorious for sharp practices within the software industry – not exactly a Mr Nice Guy.
All this seems to have been forgotten by most.
Why should people let you know their ‘gripe’? (Very patronising.) And you describe them as ‘not very sceptical’! Although I didn’t downvote you, I’ve downvoted posts on here before and have had to endure (though not difficult) the numerous little barbs about the ‘downvoters’, descriptions of our likely character (‘miserable’, ‘troll’, oh – and the ultimate insult… ‘triple-vaxed’ (!) etc). They downvoted you because they don’t agree with your post. Live with it. That’s what happens when you post on social media. I’m sure you love it when you get lots of likes don’t you? Do you insist that all those who like your post explain why? Take the rough with the smooth and accept that not everyone will agree with you.
I’m suspecting A Y M wasn’t being patronising but merely wishing to enter into debate with people that disagreed with his/her comment. It seemed fairly quiet comments-wise here yesterday and a decent discussion/debate always livens things up a bit. Its a shame that many prefer to ‘dislike’ and move on when engaging in discussion is a lot more interesting. We are, after all, trying to make this place more of a community and promote free speech. They could also, of course, be people who can’t respond anyway because they don’t have an account.
Killer punch Mogs.
Pretty uncharitable Deborah T.
The challenge was in keeping with Mogadishu comment below,
I don’t give a monkeys about red minuses.
Blimey.
Your analogy is a bit weak when we have had a crucified Christ upside down in a phial of the “artist’s” piss exhibited (and celebrated) with little more than a grumble or two.
It would be interesting to know if you are honest enough to admit that you are (apparently) relaxed about Rushdie’s Islamist stabber and have come out with another boring “The West always in the wrong” hypothesis to divert attention.
Now, as it happens, I need absolutely no convincing that the Beloved Leaders of the West at present are venal, incompetent, virtue signalling, malicious scum.
But I am one of those strange folk who think that Western Culture and Society is still worth defending. Whereas the Iranian Theocracy, the CCP Genocidal Dictatorship or Putin’s ultra nationalist Dictatorship, are threats to what is worth preserving in the West. The fact that Putin and Xi Jinping are obviously far more intelligent that any dozen Western Beloved Leaders put together, notwithstanding.
And it may be relevant that I’m certain that the number of illegal immigrants coming into both the UK and USA must exceed the number trying to get into Russia, China and Iran by several orders of magnitude.
Some come to destroy. But some imagine life will be better.
They’re better strategists. But then they can afford to be, they’re there for the long term (well to be fair jumping Jim is apparently up for reelection, hence, I understand, the Shanghai madness, but his party isn’t, and he’s not very likely to lose).
If Joan of Arc can be cancelled they’ll think nothing of cancelling JK Rowling
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ALERT!!!!
“Unvaccinated Novak Djokovic can play in US Open 2022 after USA confirms Covid rule changes”
https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/tennis/unvaccinated-novak-djokovic-can-play-in-us-open-2022-after-usa-confirms-covid-rule-changes-article-93538945
I think that’s premature. While some internal covid bollocks is being changed, unvaxxed still not allowed to enter the US. It’s the Feds that decide that, not the CDC.
Is that the same Twitter he’s using that insta-bans anyone who uses the term ‘groomer’?
And if “Islamist extremists” (because the other Muslims are less Islamic?) don’t get her, maybe the woke mob will?
The multiple stabbing of a defenceless 75 year old and subsequent threats against another courageous campaigner for freedom of speech simply reveal the cowardly and contemptible nature of the contemporary Militant Islam / CCP / Russian Federation etc tyrannical agenda.
If you put your ears more closely to the ground what you will hear is not defeat but the awe-inspiring sound of a sleeping giant – liberal democracy and it’s spiritual underpinnings – springing back to life.
From Jesus Christ to Salmon Rushdie and J K Rowling the message is the same: Love conquers all.
Get with the programme.
You must be joking. All I hear is the deafening silence of the Left as they desperately try to find a way to blame this on the “Far Right”.Let’s face it, if The Satanic Verses was written today it would never find a publisher. “Islamophobia!” They would run a mile, and if they didn’t, the Twitterati, Jolyon Maugham and the Batley mob would see to it that it was withdrawn.
Apparently there were two policemen at the event, supposedly to guard Rushdie. Unfortunately I think they were from Uvalde.
I wonder how many of these Muslim extremists the Government has imported over the past 20 years?
jeez you guys what did ms Rowling do to cause such a stir?
The price of diversity. Islam is stuck in the Middle Ages. But fear not, we have Satan’s own ambassador Justin Welby bringing up the rear.