Despite the worst the wrecker could do, the inspector general of the State Department is continuing to investigate an "emergency" arms sale to Salafi Arabia. The office found that the "emergency" was fake.

Oxford University gave a Chinese businessman a certificate with the title of "Academician" in exchange for a donation, reasoning that the word means nothing in OXford's terms.

The title "academician" may have little significance for Oxford, but in Russia and China it is used for members of a prestigious and important national academy. Thus, this award may be effective for impressing people in those countries. Maybe that is why Chan King Wai arranged to receive the award with a big ceremony. I wonder whose idea it was to use that particular title — Mr Chan's?

Calling for elimination of rent payments and mortgage payments during the Covid-19 pandemic.

*‘Silly product’: Thankyou stops producing bottled water, citing environmental damage.*

I carry a refillable water bottle with me when I travel, and I almost never buy bottled water except in countries where the tap water is not safe.

Most European countries are entering a second wave of Covid-19. It looks like they reopened some activities which they should not have.