The US "vaccine chief" was allowed to award a vaccine contract to his own former employer.

That ought to be a crime. Can the official be prosecuted for it next year?

I also question the wisdom of buying 100 million doses of a vaccine before we know whether it is effective.

(satire) *Federal Agents Drive 3 Hours Away From Portland Before Realizing Abducted Protester Still In Backseat.*

*As I first encountered the flow of sick patients coming into the emergency room, I hoped that either all these patients’ care would be covered or that insurers and hospitals wouldn’t be so ruthless as to bankrupt these patients. But these naïve sentiments have no place in this broken, profit driven system.*

US citizens: call on Detroit officials to fire and investigate the thugs that murdered Hakim Littleton.

Reportedly Littleton shot at a thug. If that is true, at that time he was a threat to them.

But once he was disarmed and lying helpless on the ground, he was no longer a threat, and there was no justification at that time for shooting him dead.

Hong Kong has eliminated the pro-democracy candidates for its legislative election.

It also postponed the elections for a year, perhaps hoping that by then everyone will be demoralized.