Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson (Republican), held a high-stakes hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, focusing on covid and allegations that federal health agencies suppressed vaccine safety data and interfered with scientific studies. The hearing on Wednesday, titled ‘Plausible Mechanisms of covid Injections Causing Cancer and Attacks on Scientific Publications and Research,’ featured multiple witnesses, including Professor Emeritus of oncology at the University of London, Dr Angus Dalgleish. He told lawmakers that six of his melanoma patients, who had been stable for years, all had relapses.

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by Henry Morland Gore (1864-1930) circa 1900. It’s hard to say if that’s meant to be winter snow or frost.

Anthropogenic — of, relating to, or resulting from the influence of human beings on nature.

The core belief of the Climate Cult is that all climate change is caused by humans and by paying huge amounts to mega rich people for ‘carbon credits’ we can make the climate better (it’s unclear exactly what that means) and reduce severe weather events. Local heavy air pollution causes an unpleasant climate for people in that area, but the extent of the world effect is much in dispute. A volcanic eruption, far in excess of factory pollution can in major cases affect climate.

–Martin Luther King Jr

A 5th-generation rancher is exposing what the pharmaceutical industry is doing to livestock:

525 hogs injected with a live mRNA vaccine.
21 days later: 25 dead, 55 anorexic and near death, 20 lame, and dozens more in awful condition. pic.twitter.com/mZmine4tBj

— Died Suddenly (@DiedSuddenly_) June 11, 2026

No doubt Bill Gates & Co. are pleased.

And this is the weather — this week. Does it get any better?

And a little optional soundtrack. In this song “L.A. Woman” is a reference to the city itself. “Never saw a woman so alone”…

By Roger Childs

Zverev wins the long final

I was close … let me win next time! –Italian finalist Flavio Cobolli

After 4 hours 16 minutes and five sets, not to mention 13 years of professional tennis, Sacha Zverev is at last a grand slam tennis champion. In an absorbing match which saw both players have their dominant periods the German won 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1. The packed stadium saw a final which although entertaining did not have the quality of many recent French finals as both players made too many unforced errors and lacked consistency.

There were many excellent rallies and occasional aces, classy drop shots and quality passing shots, but there was not the brilliance of the stars of recent years like Nadal, Federer, Djokovic, Sinner or Alcaraz. The big interest lay in the changing fortunes of the finalists within the match and who would triumph in the fifth set.

Cobolli a worthy finalist

Many pundits picked Zverev to win comfortably and his easy 6-1 first set success pointed that way. But Cobolli fought back in the second showing speed round the court on retrievals, a number of tricky drop shots and many down the line winners. Unfortunately less than half of his first serves went in and there were too many errors. However he won the second set 6-4 but at 4-5 down in the third on 30-0 Zverev had one on his aggressive bursts and won four points in a row to go ahead two sets to won.

The Italian took the German to a tiebreak in the fourth set and won it to send the match into a decider. However in the fifth he looked tired and at times tense, and Zverev seized the initiative.

Zverez was more relaxed 

The German generally served better and could pull out an ace at crucial times. He was generally relaxed on court and was able to shift up a gear with more aggression and power when he needed to in the final set. Consequently he cruised through this one 6-1 to take the match.

 Having kept his emotions under control until the final exchange, Sacha Zverev wept with the realization he was finally a grand slam champion.

In his victory speech the new champion spoke of how much he enjoyed playing at Roland Garros but did remark that he had his best and worst times on centre court in Paris, Back in 2022 he tore three ankle ligaments which required surgery and several months’ recovery, however winning the 2026 title was definitely the big high.

A big question many will now be asking is how Zverev will cope with the return of the world’s two best players: Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.

This appealing 3D model of the Red Planet is part of the exhibition of Shigemitsu Ohashi’s ceramic works at Toi Mahara. He is from Osaka, Japan and this is one of the ceramic works made during his time as summer Resident Artist, The Kilns at Te Horo.