#China’s rulers’ disgusting mockery of India’s COVID-19 deaths

#China’s rulers’ disgusting mockery of India’s COVID-19 deaths

“#China’s rulers’ disgusting mockery of India’s COVID-19 deaths” Boy, those Chinese Communists have some sense of humor: On Saturday, the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission posted on its official Sina Weibo account (China’s version of Twitter) a side-by-side image of a Chinese missile launch next to cremation fires in India, captioned “China lighting a…

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#Major corrections on Giuliani raid and other commentary

#Major corrections on Giuliani raid and other commentary

“#Major corrections on Giuliani raid and other commentary” Media watch: Major Corrections on Rudy Raid “The Washington Post, New York Times, and NBC News all issued corrections over the weekend, saying that Rudy Giuliani did not receive a direct warning from the FBI that he was a target of a Russian disinformation campaign,” reports Slate’s…

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#Minneapolis is becoming ‘Murderapolis’ again and other commentary

#Minneapolis is becoming ‘Murderapolis’ again and other commentary

“#Minneapolis is becoming ‘Murderapolis’ again and other commentary” Minneapolis update: Back to ‘Murderapolis’ “With the gigantic outpouring of global attention” to the George Floyd case, Michael Tracey argues at his Substack newsletter, “it would be foolish to not also notice the comparatively minuscule attention that other instances of unjust killings receive.” Violence in Minneapolis has…

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#Biden’s bogus bid to claim credit for galloping growth

#Biden’s bogus bid to claim credit for galloping growth

“#Biden’s bogus bid to claim credit for galloping growth” President Joe Biden pretends his policies have got the US economy bouncing back. But it’s obvious that credit for the recovery goes to former President Donald Trump. Friday, Biden told NBC News that his $1.9 trillion “relief bill” is why the nation’s gross domestic product grew…

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#Killing the elite-schools exam is just shooting the messenger

#Killing the elite-schools exam is just shooting the messenger

“#Killing the elite-schools exam is just shooting the messenger” New chancellor, same old response to the vexingly few black and Hispanic students scoring seats at the city’s top public high schools: Like her predecessor, Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter blames the test itself. In the latest round of acceptances, Asians won 53.7 percent of all seats;…

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