Neil Campbell
Neil lives in Canada and writes about society and politics.
Canada’s Largest Bookstore Refuses to Stock Bestselling Book on Freedom Convoy Trucker Protest
Canada’s largest brick and mortar bookstore has refused to include on its shelves a book about the recent Freedom Convoy trucker occupation protests in Ottawa. The move is especially curious because the title is written...
Amid Record Heatwave, Europe Discovers Solar Panels Inefficient in High Temperatures
As a monster heatwave is roasting most of Europe, although some countries are generating record amounts of power via solar panel arrays, the high temperatures are actually making the equipment significantly less efficient. Germany set...
California Water Crisis to Leave 800,000 Acres of Farmland Empty This Year
California’s unprecedented megadrought may leave as much as 800,000 acres of farmland, amounting to 1,250 square miles, unworked this year, says an expert. In preliminary findings of a study conducted by the University of California...
Social Media Grooms Youth to Make Impulse Purchases, Worry About Money: Survey
The influence of social media is conditioning young people to be anxious about their finances and make impulse decisions, a new study shows. Some analysts believe the phenomenon is resulting from the effect of influencers...
Russia Signals European Natural Gas Deliveries Will Remain Cut at July 21 ‘Doomsday’
The Russian Federation has signaled it is unlikely that deliveries of natural gas through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline will be returned to Europe in time for the completion of scheduled maintenance, which commenced July...
A US Railway Strike Is Two Days Away, Unless Biden Intervenes
The United States may face an immediate and severe crisis if a looming strike by railway worker unions that could come into effect as early as 12:01 a.m. on Monday, July 18, if not intervened...
In Secret Show Trial, CCP Sentences 57-Year-Old Man to 11 Years in Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
The Chinese Communist Party has sentenced a resident of Shandong Province to 11 years in prison during a secret show trial, new information reveals. His only crime was practicing Falun Gong (法輪功), a meditation practice...
Crypto Miners, Tesla Drivers, Asked to Power Down Amid Texas Electricity Crisis, Heat Wave
The Texas power authority has asked businesses, which includes some of the largest crypto mining operations in the industry, to power down amid a heatwave that’s spawned an energy crisis. Tesla owners were also asked...
Russia’s Gazprom Warns July 22 European ‘Doomsday’ Is on Track
Russia’s state owned natural gas distributor Gazprom warned on July 13 that finagling by the government of Canada has made the prospect of what some analysts have called a “doomsday scenario” lying ahead for Europe...
White House Ups Chatter on BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron Variants, Pushing for More Vaccines
Officials from the Biden administration have upped the chatter on BA.4 and BA.5, two clades of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), using their growth as a basis...
Online Insults Now Punishable by a Year in Jail: Japan
New revisions to Japan’s Penal Code came into effect that will see those who insult others on the Internet punished by up to a year in prison. A July 7 article by Kyodo News on...
Panama Faces National Protests, Strikes Over Gas and Food Prices
The Central American country of Panama is another on the list of smaller economies rocked by massive protests over unaffordable fuel and high cost of food. However, Panama is in a uniquely strong economic situation...