Earth Day still focused on immoral climate crusade

Today is Earth Day, an event that has been almost entirely hijacked by the ridiculous and dangerous climate change movement. "Climate" appears a total of 10 times on the earthday.org home page and 15 time on the subpage for this year's event. The first action item on the Greenpeace USA home page is a link to a new report, "How Social Media Companies are failing to Tackle Climate Information." The United Nations International Mother Earth Day home page starts with the childish statements "Mother...
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Post Corona Blues

April 22, 2022 • 12:00 AM

Like many husbands I have a pretty small suitcase. Well, small, anyway. All the better in this day and age, I hear you say, it will take up less space in the imminent era of permanent distance-awareness. The near future might usher in more legroom on planes, fewer flight attendants (could that mean fewer drinks?), no crowd control in sports stadia, breakneck hairdressers (so to speak) on roller skates and slowcoach postmen labouring under sacks of invitations to RSVP. Social life may revert to...

V is for Vaccine

April 22, 2022 • 12:00 AM

My arm has often felt like a pincushion. A good example of this was during the SARS epidemic in 2002, when both myself and severe acute respiratory syndrome were at work in Hong Kong at the same time. Not that Hong Kong was at fault particularly -- the outbreak was first identified in Foshan in China, and thought to have originated in an animal market where you could buy everything from civets and snakes to rabbits and pheasants. No change there. Despite having to wear a mask while attempting...

Reimagining diplomacy in the post-COVID world: an indian perspective

April 22, 2022 • 12:00 AM

We enter 2021, hoping to put the COVID-19 pandemic behind us. While each society has dealt with it uniquely, global diplomacy will nevertheless focus on common concerns and shared lessons. Much of that revolves around the nature of globalization. Our generation has been conditioned to think of that largely in economic terms. The general sense is one of trade, finance, services, communication, technology and mobility. This expresses the interdependence and interpenetration of our era. What...

EU faces uncertainty as Brexit and pandemic hit hard

April 22, 2022 • 12:00 AM

As 2020 draws to a close, the EU unknowingly teeters on the brink. After a year of disastrous political posturing and protectionism, inadvertently leading to the decimation of many industries, the EU says goodbye to a jubilant UK. Now more than ever, the EU needs to stand united against the fallout from the pandemic mishandling and the threat from China. Yet instead, an old ally departs with jingoistic flags waving, leaving an embarassingly insightful expose of EU inner workings accessible to...

Yoga - the ancient key to a new way of life

April 22, 2022 • 12:00 AM

Old words of wisdom are never fully realized until testing times creep unexpecedly into our lives, such as the Covid-19 stay at home phase. This arguably inexorable situation has provided moments of self-retrospection. As the saying goes, staying connected to ancient wisdom provides an individual with the courage to face and handle predicaments on the journey of life, so we too have experienced it lately. For our small family, it has always been living and seeking balance between two...

Environmentalists should hope for quick economic rebound

April 22, 2022 • 12:00 AM

We are seeing significant pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions as a result of the economic slowdown caused by the world's response to the COVID-19 virus. For example, Carbon Brief reported that GHG emissions in China had dropped at least 25% in February in comparison with the same period last year. Marshall Burke, Assistant Professor and Deputy Director, Center on Food Security and the Environment at Stanford University, tweeted on March 9 that "Reductions in air pollution...

Extinction Rebellion, more hindrance than help

April 22, 2022 • 12:00 AM

As Extinction Rebellion (XR) takes to the streets of various capital cities around the world, one can't help but wonder on their true motivations and consequent usefulness. As protests go, it is well organised, composed of a wide cross section of society and lacking (for the moment) the dire left wing violence of Antifa-esque/far-left tactics. Yet, for all its obvious good intentions, the movement reeks of hypocrisy, self-indulgence and narcissism. Such as how the feminist envy...

Vietnam Visa Irregularities

April 22, 2022 • 12:00 AM

China's tourism sector has witnessed a rapid growth during the last few years. As per the 2018 China Tourism Statistics, there were 149.72 million outbound trips from China. These figures show a 14.7% increased rate of growth as compared to the numbers from the year 2017. (1) Out of the top 10 Outbound Travel Destinations visited by the Chinese tourists in 2018, Vietnam occupied the third position. (1) The author also went to Vietnam last year for a sightseeing and leisure trip. I travelled...

Earth Day Network was wrong to connect extinctions with global warming

April 22, 2022 • 12:00 AM

Monday was Earth Day, an annual event celebrated globally since 1970. Dedicated to demonstrating support for environmental protection, this year's Earth Day was expected to include events in over 193 countries, coordinated by the Earth Day Network (EDN). For Earth Day 2019, EDN concentrated on species extinction. That appears to be a good change from the years EDN focused on the highly debatable issue of dangerous man-made climate change. However, EDN lists climate change as the first cause of...

What Really Happens When the NSPCC Goes to UK Primary Schools

April 22, 2022 • 12:00 AM

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) in Britain undermines parents, teaches young children that they cannot trust their fathers and preaches gender theory. This is what really happens when the NSPCC goes to your children's primary school. We know because it happened to us and our two young daughters. Their primary school sent around a letter to parents signed by the headteacher informing them that the NSPCC would be coming to present its Speak out. Stay safe....

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