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“PayPal, You Messed With the Wrong Guy”
“The FSU is going to try to get the law changed so PayPal and other companies can’t deplatform people for expressing political views they disapprove of. I feel like saying to PayPal, ‘You messed with the wrong guy.’”
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If Corporations Are Allowed to Decide Which Opinions are Permissible, then Free Speech is Dead
If we allow woke financial services companies to demonetise individuals and organisations whose political views they disagree with, then free speech is effectively over in the West.
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Bangladesh Mask Study Results Are Consistent With No Effect
The Bangladesh mask study has been much touted by proponents of mask mandates. But a new critique shows the data are consistent with the intervention having had zero casual impact on the outcome variables.
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Failed Zero Covid Policy Cost Australia Over $938 Billion, Report Finds
Australia's disastrous attempt to eliminate the virus cost the country over $938 billion, a new report has found. The lessons of this failed, harmful policy must be learned and the mistakes never repeated.
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How New York City May Solve the Mystery of How COVID-19 Spread Undetected for Months in 2019
There is now lots of evidence that COVID-19 was spreading globally by autumn 2019 at the latest. But why then were there no excess deaths until March 2020? New York City may point us to the answer.
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News Round-Up
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
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Dilbert Cancelled for Poking Fun at Woke Workplace
Popular comic strip Dilbert has been cancelled by 77 newspapers after its creator Scott Adams started poking fun at workplace wokery in plotlines. Going woke is no joke, it seems.
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Wave of Mainly Heart Deaths Tops 17,800 – But Government Still Won’t Release Data by Vaccination Status
The wave of excess non-Covid deaths from mainly heart-related causes has now topped 17,800 since April, but Government still refuses to release all-cause death data by vaccination status.
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How Many Russian Casualties Have There Been in Ukraine?
It's unclear exactly how many casualties Russia has suffered in Ukraine. But a reasonable estimate is about 78,000 (dead plus wounded), which would equate to more than one third of its initial strength.
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PayPal Demonetises the Daily Sceptic
PayPal has closed the accounts of the Daily Sceptic and the Free Speech Union, a new low in Big Tech’s war on free speech. Not only can you not express certain views, you can’t defend people’s right to express them.
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