A 22 person team from Police Scotland worked for over a year identifying and interviewing almost 400 hoped-for complainants and witnesses against Alex Salmond. This resulted in nil charges and [ … ]
China’s Xi Jinping offers Trump help in fighting coronavirus as US faces wave of new patients – World News
Chinese President Xi Jinping told US President Donald Trump during a phone call on Friday that he would have China’s support in fighting the coronavirus, as the United States faces [ … ]
The Artists Who Found Inspiration in Isolation
In the age of “social distancing,” reflecting on works by a number of artists who found themselves isolated, detained, or bed-ridden for various reasons. Source: The Artists Who Found Inspiration [ … ]
Cuba’s Coronavirus Response Is Putting Other Countries to Shame
Cuba is caricatured by the Right as a totalitarian hellhole. But its response to the coronavirus pandemic — from sending doctors to other countries to pioneering anti-viral treatments to converting [ … ]
It’s Not Socialism. It’s Another Mega Wealth Transfer. – Craig Murray
Amid the COVID-19 panic, it has hardly been noticed that Carphone Warehouse went bust, with 2,900 people losing their jobs. Its co-founder, David Ross, is of course the billionaire that [ … ]
We are all Stoics now | The Vineyard of the Saker
A bird’s eye view of the vineyard Source: We are all Stoics now | The Vineyard of the Saker
Coronavirus in Scotland – track the spread in these charts and maps – The Courier
We’ve put together a collection of daily updated charts and maps to track the coronavirus crisis in Scotland. Source: Coronavirus in Scotland – track the spread in these charts and [ … ]
Coronavirus: Postcards bring lifeline and cheer | HeraldScotland
Giving up a little bit of her time to put pen to paper and write postcards to care home residents was already part of Kimberley Hamilton’s life. Source: Coronavirus: Postcards bring [ … ]
Cuban drug could save thousands of lives in coronavirus pandemic | Morning Star
Source: Cuban drug could save thousands of lives in coronavirus pandemic | Morning Star
Thank you, BJP boys, for ensuring we read this poem
The duo had to spend a day in custody after they surrendered before a court in north Karnataka on Tuesday over the poem Source: Thank you, BJP boys, for ensuring [ … ]
US Intelligence Community Sees Crypto As a Threat to the Greenback
The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence is seeking a researcher to model risk scenarios for how and why the dollar could lose its global supremacy. Source: US [ … ]
Sinn Fein’s historic breakthrough is a long-overdue rejection of the status quo and a cosy two-party system — RT Op-ed
It’s been described as “seismic,” a “tsunami,” a “monsoon.” Whatever you call it, Ireland has witnessed a political earthquake, with long-time outcast Sinn Fein stunning the establishment to become the [ … ]
SNP MP Joanna Cherry says PM must be ‘put on notice’ over indyref2 | The National
A SENIOR SNP MP is urging party leaders to make the preparations for holding a second vote on independence without waiting for Westminster to… Source: SNP MP Joanna Cherry says PM must be ‘put on notice’ [ … ]
Fireflies Have a Mating Problem: The Lights Are Always On – The New York Times
Habitat loss and pesticides are threatening firefly populations, a new study has found. It also cited a problem unique to glowing bugs: light pollution. Source: Fireflies Have a Mating Problem: [ … ]
Irish unity has taken on a new dynamic as result of Brexit – BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
Tonight, after 47 years of membership, the North will leave the European Union. This decision is entirely contrary to the democratically expressed wishes of a cross community majority o Source: [ … ]
Anglo Celt – Border protests as Brexit comes to pass
People from Cavan were among those to assemble at six points along the Border last night in protest as Britain left the EU at 11pm last night. Source: Anglo Celt [ … ]
Westminster Cannot Block Scottish Independence – Craig Murray
Boris Johnson’s facetious, point-scoring reply to the formal request from the Scottish government for agreement to a second Independence referendum is an act of extreme arrogance. An off-the-cuff camp Source: [ … ]