Tom McKay
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Controversial Assisted Suicide Pod Cleared for Use in Switzerland
Assisted suicide booths, a longtime fixture of sci-fi, may soon be a thing in Switzerland. Swiss outlets report that the manufacturer of a 3D-printed assisted suicide pod called the Sarco capsule has received legal approval to be used by the public.
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Facebook Unblocks Kyle Rittenhouse, Says He Can Open Accounts Now
Facebook has rescinded its block on searches for Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenaged gunman who killed two and wounded another with an AR-15-style rifle during Black Lives Matter protests and civil unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin in August 2020. The decision comes after Rittenhouse was found not guilty of two counts of murder and one charge of…
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Jury Awards Over $US25 ($35) Million in Damages Against Organisers of 2017 White Supremacist Rally
Jurors on Tuesday handed down a mixed but sweeping victory for the plaintiffs in a sprawling suit against the organisers of the disastrous 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a horde of white supremacists, Nazis, and other neo-fascists descended on the town, resulting in violent rioting and a terroristic car attack that…
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Paul Gosar First Congressman to Be Stripped of Powers Because of Anime
Arizona Representative Paul Gosar, the far-right Republican conspiracy theorist who unsuccessfully tried to launch a white nationalist caucus with QAnon-loving Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene earlier this year, was censured in a full vote of the House on Wednesday. At issue was an anime video that Gosar shared on social video that was doctored to depict…