ANC Loses 30-Year Majority in South Africa
The African National Congress (ANC) has failed to garner a majority in South Africa’s general election for the first time in 30 years. The ANC secured only 40.2% of the vote, mandating coalition negotiations. Nelson Mandela led the party to power in 1994 during the nation’s first democratic elections after the fall of Apartheid.
Polling stations opened their doors on Wednesday, with 28 million voters eligible to elect new members of the National Assembly, as well as regional parliaments. More than 50 parties were vying for power, including a significant number of new contenders.
With ballot-counting completed in 99.9% of all voting districts, the ANC leads the pack with 40.21% of the vote, followed by opposition centrist Democratic Alliance party with 21.76%, and left-wing uMkhonto weSizwe at 14.59% of the vote.
The ANC’s result marks a 17-percentage point decline compared to their showing in the 2019 vote.
A spokesperson for the Electoral Commission said final results would be declared on Sunday evening. According to South Africa’s constitution, the new parliament must convene within two weeks and elect a new president.
The party’s first deputy secretary general, Nomvula Mokonyane has stated that the ANC is “talking to everyone” regarding a possible coalition, with the party leadership expected to set red lines for negotiations “at an appropriate time.”
Several media outlets have claimed in recent days that ANC leader and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa could face pressure to step down if the party fails to garner more than 45% of the vote. However, ANC representatives have denied those rumors.
The opposition has criticized the ANC for over what it says is a failure to deliver on its “better life for all” promise, citing persistent crime, poverty and high unemployment rates.
Jeff Bezos Donates $30 Million To Fund Fake Meat and Other “Sustainable Proteins”
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has donated $30 million to fund a research center for manufacturing “sustainable proteins” like lab-grown meat.
The Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein opened its doors at North Carolina State University on Friday, with the help of a substantial grant from the $10-billion Bezos Earth Fund.
The Center, which is intended to be a “biomanufacturing hub for dietary proteins that are environmentally friendly, healthy, tasty, and affordable,” will focus on researching and commercializing technologies like cell-cultured meat—a.k.a. lab-grown meat—and precision fermentation, which uses processes similar to the manufacture of beer to grown proteins and other products.
The Bezos Earth Fund has earmarked $100 million for a network of research centers dedicated to research into “sustainable proteins,” as part of a broader $1 billion committed to transform food production and agriculture.
“Food production is the second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, so it’s critical we find ways to feed a growing population without degrading the planet,” said Andrew Steer, President and CEO of the Earth Fund in a statement.
I had a great time talking to the mighty @HarrisonHSmith on INFOWARS yesterday about everything from testosterone to PFAS pollution. Here we are talking about lab-grown meat, which was served to paying customers in the US this week for the very first time. pic.twitter.com/HCQXwr5mgU
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The opening of the Bezos Center comes hot on the heels of two state-wide bans on the production and sale of lab-grown meat. Alabama and Florida have now both enacted bans into law.
“What we’re protecting here is the industry against acts of man, against an ideological agenda that wants to finger agriculture as the problem, that uses things like raising cattle as destroying our climate,” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said, after signing his state’s bill.
“This will be people who will lecture the rest of us about things like global warming, they will say you can’t drive an internal combustion vehicle, they will say agriculture is bad, meanwhile, they’re flying to Davos in their private jets.”
Arizona and Tennessee are also considering similar legislation at the present.
As well as these state-level bans, there are regulations at the federal and state level preventing manufacturers of lab-grown meat from calling their products “meat” and requiring them to label their products as “lab-grown.”
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— RAW EGG NATIONALIST (@Babygravy9) May 17, 2023
Despite its status as an official “food of the future,” lab-grown meat has been dogged by persistent scandals and suggestions that the product will fail to live up to its hype, may not be scalable and could even be significantly worse for the environment than the animal products it is intended to replace.
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“It’s Political Malpractice”: Romney Says Trump Case Should Never Have Been Prosecuted
Senator Mitt Romney said Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg was guilty of “political malpractice” for prosecuting Donald Trump. Romney made the remarks on Saturday in an interview with Atlantic writer McKay Coppins.
“Bragg should have settled the case against Trump, as would have been the normal procedure. But he made a political decision,” Romney said.
“Bragg may have won the battle, for now, but he may have lost the political war. Democrats think they can put out the Trump fire with oxygen. It’s political malpractice.”
The remarks, while a criticism of the prosecution itself, are in no way an endorsement of Trump. Romney has been a staunch critic of the former president.
The Utah senator has described Trump as a “demagogue” and gave his support to both impeachment proceedings against Trump. He became the first ever senator in US history to vote to remove a sitting president from his own party.
Romney has admitted he didn’t vote for Trump in 2020, and wouldn’t in this year’s election.
At the beginning of the month, Romney suggested that, if he were in Biden’s position, he would pardon Trump, but not because it would be the right thing to do.
He told MSNBC: “I’d have pardoned President Trump. Why? Well, because it makes me, President Biden, the big guy and the person I pardoned a little guy.”
Romney is set to retire at the end of his current term, next January.
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Germany Naturalizing Record Numbers of Migrants
Germany naturalized over 200,000 migrants last year, the largest number in 25 years, according to new statistics from the Federal Statistical Office.
The largest group by far were Syrians, with 74,485 being naturalized in 2023. In a distant second place were Turks (10,735), followed by Iraqis (10,710). 7,575 Romanians, 6,520 Afghans, 6,420 Iranians, 5,910 Ukrainians and 5,440 Poles also received German citizenship.
The news was greeted with anger, especially by the Alternative for Germany party (AfD), which has campaigned on a platform to end mass migration to Germany.
“That is more people than the population of Potsdam, Saarbrücken or Leverkusen: 200,100 people received German citizenship last year,” the AfD said in a statement.
“The number of naturalizations has thus reached a historic record level, while the traffic-light coalition and the CDU want to fool us into believing that migration is being limited. In reality, the record number is the result of the mass immigration of Syrians between 2014 and 2016, which was brought upon us by the then CDU federal government under Angela Merkel.”
The newly released data show that the vast majority of Syrians who were naturalised in 2023 were young men: 64%, with an average age of 24.5 years.
Rules for naturalization have been significantly relaxed in recent years. It is now much easier and quicker for immigrants to receive German citizenship.
Immigration is now the number one political issue in Germany. There has been a huge swing to the right, especially among the young, with the AfD becoming the most popular party for Germans under 30.
Concerns about integration, or lack of it, and soaring migrant crime have driven ordinary Germans against the ruling coalition government and longstanding open-borders policies.
Recently Infowars reported that foreigners are responsible for 100% of serious sexual assault cases and 57.4% of all crimes in Frankfurt.
The official response has been to demonise right-wing politicians, give tacit support to violence against them and even threaten to ban the AfD altogether.
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World’s First “Bioprocessor” Uses Human Brain Tissue for Computing
A Swiss startup claims to have created the world’s first “bioprocessor” by integrating human brain tissue into a digital processor.
FinalSpark claims that its Neuroplatform will “consume a million times less power than traditional digital processors” and is capable of learning and processing information.
Neuroplatform uses architecture that mixes hardware, software and biology, otherwise known as “wetware.” The platform contains four multi-electrode arrays (MEAs) which house living brain tissue, or organoids.
Each MEA holds four organoids, interfaced by eight electrodes used for both stimulation and recording, and uses analog convertors for data transfer. The platform contains a life-support system for the living tissue and also monitoring cameras. A special software system allows researchers to enter commands and also read outputs.
Image: FinalSpark
While silicon chips can last decades, the living component of a bioprocessor lasts for about 100 days before needing to be replaced. In initial testing, the organoids could only be kept alive for a few hours.
At present, Neuroplatform is being licensed remotely to nine institutions involved in research and development of bioprocessors. In the longer term, FinalSpark’s goal is to produce the world’s first fully living processor.
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New COVID Study Shows Myocarditis and Pericarditis only Appear After Vaccination, Not Infection
Myocarditis and pericarditis only appear in children and adolescents after COVID vaccination and not after infection, according to a new large-scale study from scientists at the University of Oxford.
The two conditions are inflammatory conditions of the heart and are generally considered to be rare. Severe cases can lead to serious complications and even death.
The new study looked at more than 1 million English children and adolescents aged between five and 11 and 12 and 15. The study compared vaccinated and unvaccinated subjects, and also took into account the number of doses of vaccine received.
“Whilst rare, all myocarditis and pericarditis events during the study period occurred in vaccinated individuals,” the researchers wrote.
The study noted that hospitalization related to COVID-19 was extremely rare among children and adolescents, and there were no deaths recorded among the entire subject population.
The English data show that myocarditis and pericarditis were only recorded in vaccinated children and adolescents. Other studies have claimed that myocarditis risk is higher after infection with the virus.
Adolescents had a significantly higher risk of contracting the conditions than children. In total, there were 15 cases of pericarditis and three of myocarditis among nearly 840,000 vaccinated children and adolescents. All of the myocarditis cases and 12 of the pericarditis cases were recorded in the older cohort.
The vast majority of myocarditis and pericarditis cases occurred after the first dose of the vaccine. Over half of the adolescents who suffered with the conditions visited hospital as a result.
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