The Barrett Brief - The Texas Border Is Literally A Disaster Zone Here is what is happening today in the Brief. First The Texas Border Is Literally A Disaster Zone Second Larry Ward stops by the program Third Another Partisan Stunt by the U.S. Capitol Police Fourth How Following ‘The Science’ Left The Realm Of Science And Became A Religion In addition Shipping braces as China goes into lockdown mode Also 7 […]
Another shipping crisis strikes, threatening delays to Black Friday Via CNBC.com: The 2021 holiday shopping season could be marred by out-of-stock goods and shipping delays as the recent floods in Europe and China exacerbate already strained global supply chains. Western Europe and China’s Henan province — a key transport hub and home to several major businesses — are grappling with the aftermath of devastating floods. The disasters have damaged railways […]
The Barrett Brief - The Olympics Are Officially A Relic Of The Past Here is what is happening today in the Brief. First The Olympics Are Officially A Relic Of The Past Second Christopher Laurence Stops By Third The CDC uses discredited, inapplicable authority to back its new mask guidelines Fourth The Other Reason for Weak Box Office Numbers That No One Will Admit In addition What is Woke Really About? Also 7 […]
China is still falling short of meeting an agreement to reduce its U.S. trade surplus Via CNBC.com: China’s purchases of U.S. goods are still falling short of trade agreement levels, even as overall Chinese imports from the U.S. have surged. That’s according to analysis out Monday from the U.S.-based Peterson Institute for International Economics. In January 2020, before the coronavirus pandemic and under former U.S. President Donald Trump, China agreed […]
China orders Tencent to give up exclusive music licensing rights as crackdown continues Via CNBC.com: China’s antitrust regulator has ordered Tencent to give up its exclusive music licensing rights and slapped a fine on the company for anti-competitive behavior, as Beijing continues to crack down on its internet giants at home. The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) on Saturday imposed a fine of 500,000 yuan ($77,141) on the company […]
The Barrett Brief - Ice Cream Leader Biden Brain Freezes At Town Hall Here is what is happening today in the Brief. First Ice Cream Leader Biden Brain Freezes At Town Hall na Second Christopher Laurence Stops by Third Eric Clapton Announces His Refusal to Play Venues With COVID Vaccine Mandates Fourth Corporations Are Steamrolling Small Business, Buying Up Homes, And Crushing The Dream, But We Can Fight Back In addition ‘Destroying […]
China rejects WHO plan for study into Covid-19 origin Via CNBC.com: China rejected on Thursday a World Health Organization (WHO) plan for a second phase of an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus, which includes the hypothesis it could have escaped from a Chinese laboratory, a top health official said. The WHO this month proposed a second phase of studies into the origins of the coronavirus in China, including audits of […]
China scraps fines, will let families have as many children as they’d like Via CNBC.com: Families in China can now have as many children as they like without facing fines or other consequences, the Chinese government said late Tuesday. The announcement ended, in practice, decades of restrictions on the number of children each household could have, as authorities attempt to encourage births in the face of a rapidly aging population. […]
The Barrett Brief - Hasbro Pushing CRT In Toys, Proving You Can't Beat Them Here is what is happening today in the Brief. First Hasbro Pushing CRT In Toys, Proving You Can't Beat Them na Second Jo Patti Munisteri, author of Traveling Off The X joins the program Third Why ‘Aw, Shucks Conservatism’ Utterly Disqualifies Any GOP Politician Fourth Sports Illustrated caters to...well, it’s not entirely clear In addition The Axiomatic God of […]
