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Being a fan of professional

artappraiser — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 21:41:40 +0000

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Being a fan of professional team sports makes people lose their ability to think logically, it's not just a U.S. thing:

Protests against English xenophobia and bigotry by supporting Ukraine against the multi-racial England national football team.

Peak #FBPE idiocy. https://t.co/MOn6QuD1oI
— Dr Rakib Ehsan (@rakibehsan) July 3, 2021

China getting super serious

artappraiser — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 19:01:37 +0000

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China getting super serious now about HK, they can't even leave:

BREAKING: Apple Daily chief editorial writer Fung Wai-kong was arrested at the airport for "collusion with foreign power" when attempting to leave Hong Kong, @hkcnews_com has learned. https://t.co/RQUXd0bPm1
— Alvin Lum (@alvinllum) June 27, 2021

Update #1: police has confirmed the arrest, and does not preclude more arrests could be made.

#2: Fung's title should be head of Apple Daily's English section.
— Alvin Lum (@alvinllum) June 27, 2021

@HKJA_Official has strongly condemned police of targeting journalists, and warned the recent events have already spelt the death of city's press freedom. https://t.co/gbKI5a87Ob
— Alvin Lum (@alvinllum) June 27, 2021

Fung wrote on his last editorial for Apple Daily after two senior executes were charged and denied bail: “HK still needs truth, press freedom and freedom of speech, because without that, HK will lose its most important institutional advantage and attractiveness to investors."
— Alvin Lum (@alvinllum) June 27, 2021

is going to be like a theocracy like Iran etc, where they are always arresting anybody supposedly trying to bring in "foreign" influence of any kind...

Is this not a message about

artappraiser — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 21:48:37 +0000

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Is this not a message about Iran and nukes as well?

Canada blames Iran's 'disregard for human life' in downing of Boeing https://t.co/N9K99nxkHj
— Heal the Planet (@fwtoney) June 25, 2021

Update: HK police raid Apple

artappraiser — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 03:29:13 +0000

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Update: HK police raid Apple Daily

5 executives were taken away, including Editor-in-Chief Ryan Law and #NextDigital CEO Cheung Kim-hung.

Officers were seen accessing journalists' computers, and all employees were barred from returning to their seats to work.#AppleDailyENG pic.twitter.com/45nsFWmCfE
— Apple Daily HK (@appledaily_hk) June 17, 2021

edit to add more details:

On the nature of the news articles, whether it's reporting or op-ed, Li said it's "simple" and "very straightforward". "They are inciting and requesting foreign countries to impose sanctions on HK and China," said Li, who stressed that the operation is not targeting the press. pic.twitter.com/stRx4csagE
— Rachel Cheung (@rachel_cheung1) June 17, 2021

"I will also take this opportunity to warn staff members to be very careful as this is a very serious offence," said Li.
— Rachel Cheung (@rachel_cheung1) June 17, 2021

Even though she and her

artappraiser — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 19:44:23 +0000

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Even though she and her compadres want to abolish them and no one will talk

Detectives are continuing to appeal for anyone with information to come forward by calling the police on 101 quoting reference 1172/23MAY, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Two more men have been arrested over the shooting of black equal rights activist Sasha Johnsonhttps://t.co/hnx9ZDC4L3
— ITV News (@itvnews) June 16, 2021

Jack Ma: Chinese hostage?

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 14:53:50 +0000

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Jack Ma: Chinese hostage?

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/16/tech/joe-tsai-alibaba-intl-hnk/index....

Andrew Yang, is that you?

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:00:34 +0000

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Andrew Yang, is that you?

Peru's lefty candidates quite

artappraiser — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 03:02:48 +0000

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Peru's lefty candidates quite a bit different than ours:

Would you legalize abortion?: "Absolutely not"

Euthanasia?: "I don't agree either"

Gay marriage?: "Even worse. Family first"

Legalizing weed?: "Of course not"

This is Pedro Castillo, who is currently battling to be the next President of Perú and the new darling of the left pic.twitter.com/e1nuXc1OZ7
— The Fourth Party (@thefourth_party) June 7, 2021

"He gives few interviews, and has declined to speak to the Financial Times. He has never worked in government and until now was best known for leading a teachers’ strike in 2017."https://t.co/zv3kWOOTYn
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) June 16, 2021

Israeli military launches

artappraiser — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 01:28:20 +0000

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Israeli military launches airstrikes in Gaza over "incendiary balloons" https://t.co/4vQVNOmSNF axios
— Dr. Joseph Frusci (@JFrusci) June 16, 2021

Speculation is growing about

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 09:43:43 +0000

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Speculation is growing about Saudi Arabia's normalization with Syria.

Will it happen and what might it look like?

Check out my new article @AlMonitor on the progress of #Syria's talks with #KSA. https://t.co/YZzDwNXMbG
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) June 11, 2021