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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Sunday, November 28, 2021

28 November - Blogs I'm Following - 2 of 5

 10:03 pm MST

And We Gave It Back?
National Post- The time Canada secretly hid Europe’s gold read more
Omen 5: The Pfizering (2021)
This is a vaccination ad for 5-11 year-olds from the Government of Quebec. pic.twitter.com/f3dhMhs50P — Marie Oakes (@TheMarieOakes) November 28, 2021 read more
The Salvation Army Has Gone Woke
In case any of you thought that the new religion, Wokeinanity, replacing Christianity was a joke, look no further than this: Didn’t go so well when Starbucks tried to do the same 6 years ago, eh?! Update: SDA commenter ‘Dumb Biker’ has shared a directly related link. read more
The Last Refuge5 hours ago
Sunday Talks, Fear Mongering Fauci Warns of More Lockdowns, Too Soon To Tell
The fabulously fraudulent fear mongering fiend known as Anthony Fauci was all over television today proclaiming the pending horribleness from Omicron, the latest and greatest of Fauci’s variants. In this soundbite the vertically challenged little fellas are talking shop about new lockdowns. More Fauci appearances below, if you can stomach them. . . . Posted […] The post Sunday Talks, Fear Mongering Fauci Warns of More Lockdowns, Too Soon To Tell appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Patterns Of Deployment Of Toxic Covid Vaccine Batches
PATTERNS OF DEPLOYMENT OF TOXIC COVID “VACCINE” BATCHES BY CRAIG PAARDEKOOPER read more
The Last Refuge5 hours ago
CNN Reports Cars Have Advanced From Looting to Terrorism and Murder
Last week NBC and California media reported that cars were responsible for looting and general mayhem in/around the San Francisco shopping districts {SEE HERE}. …”Just before 9 p.m. dozens of cars pulled up to 1200 Broadway Plaza to block off the street and rush into store.” (link) …“About 25 cars just blocked the street and […] The post CNN Reports Cars Have Advanced From Looting to Terrorism and Murder appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Pottersville Digest
------------------------------ It's called "Omicron". Yes, the COVID variants are now so multitudinous, we're already up to the letter O. We wouldn't have so many if Trump had done his job. When he's frog-marched off to federal prison, Congress should make it a PPV event. It'll pay off the national debt that Trump racked up while he was "president." ------------------------------ All those companies were hoping to make a killing today. And it almost came true... literally. ------------------------------ This is what happens when you try to appease Nazis. They WILL in... read more
War News Updates6 hours ago
Sudanese And Ethiopian Forces Clash In Disputed Border Region. Casualties Reported On Both Sides
*VOA:* *Sudan Says Several Troops Killed by Ethiopian Forces Along Border * KHARTOUM, SUDAN — Sudan's army said Saturday several soldiers had been killed in an attack by armed groups and militias linked to the Ethiopian military in a disputed fertile border region. Relations between Khartoum and Addis Ababa have soured over Al-Fashaqa, a border zone long cultivated by Ethiopian farmers but claimed by Sudan. "Our forces tasked with securing the harvest in Al-Fashaqa … were attacked by groups of Ethiopian army forces and militias, who sought to intimidate farmers and spoil the ha... read more
Poisoning The Food Supply
Fifty years ago the United Nations, leading academics and the New York Times wanted to poison the food and water supply in order to control population. TimesMachine: November 25, 1969 – NYTimes.com The black community recognized this as genocide. The … Continue reading → read more
The U.S. Air Force Is Worried That It Doesn't Have Enough Bombers
*Kris Osborn* *U.S. Air Force, * The Commander of Air Force Global Strike Command wants more than 220 bombers. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The B-21 is arriving, as a new generation of stealth bomber, for specific high-value missions unique to its unprecedented capabilities, yet there may be another sphere of missions for which new bomber platforms might be needed. The demand for bombers from Air Force Combatant Commanders emerging from key hotspots around the globe continues to exceed available resources, a circumstance which continues to inspire a call from service lead... read more
Meet the U.S. Air Force's Deadliest Team
*David Axe* *U.S. Air Force, World* But the unit has also suffered casualties of its own. *Here's What You Need to Remember*: Linguists and analysts from the 361st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group at Hurlburt Field in Florida flew on at least 31,180 combat sorties in 2012, supporting no fewer than 960 separate operations that resulted in Special Operations Forces detaining more than 3,980 people and killing at least 1,210, according to the history. A secretive group of U.S. Air Force intelligence specialists flying aboard American spy planes helped U.S. milita... read more
Somehow, Iran Keeps Producing F-14 Tomcats
*David Axe* *Iran F-14, Middle East* With its long range and powerful radar, the F-14 remains one of the world’s most capable fighters. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Even with U.S. authorities tamping down on the illicit trade in F-14 parts, Iran persisted. After shutting down Multicore, the feds confiscated the firm’s Tomcat components and sent them to the Defense Department’s surplus-parts office. In 2005, a company—allegedly Iranian—bought the very same parts from the military. Tensions have escalated in the Persian Gulf region in the aftermath of U.S. president Donald ... read more
WHY DOES DONALD TRUMP HATE JESUS?
Spotted on Twitter: Would you pay $20,000 to attend this? pic.twitter.com/8n0bvZqQOH — chris evans (@chris_notcapn) November 28, 2021 Notice what word isn't anywhere in the copy? *Christmas.* It's not here, either: Richard Johnson of the New York *Daily News* told us about the event in October: Donald Trump will celebrate Christmas early by posing for photos with fans who are paying $10,000 a head. The former president is headlining a Dec. 3 fundraiser in an airport hangar in Naples, Fla., where 100 Christmas trees will re-create Melania’s Yuletide decoration of the White House... read more
The Rio Times6 hours ago
The nationalist right is strong and here to stay in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With or without Bolsonaro, the nationalist right is strong in Latin America's largest country. Some academics who have tracked its evolution recently founded the Observatory of the Extreme Right in Brazil, dedicated to studying a political current that for now feels largely represented by Jair Bolsonaro. But it is clear, […] The post The nationalist right is strong and here to stay in Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Medical Kidnap6 hours ago
31,014 Deaths 2,890,600 Injuries Following COVID Shots in European Database of Adverse Reactions as Young, Previously Healthy People Continue to Die
The European Union database of suspected drug reaction reports is EudraVigilance, and they are now reporting 31,014 fatalities, and 2,890,600 injuries, following COVID-19 injections through November 20, 2021. A Health Impact News subscriber from Europe reminded us that this database maintained at EudraVigilance is only for countries in Europe who are part of the European Union (EU), which comprises 27 countries. The total number of countries in Europe is much higher, almost twice as many, numbering around 50. (There are some differences of opinion as to which countries are technic... read more
The Rio Times7 hours ago
Four more injured and 867 people affected by 7.5 earthquake in Peru
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The number of people injured by the earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale in Peru rose this Sunday to four. In contrast, the number of victims rose to 867, according to the National Emergency Operations Center (COEN). The earthquake occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning and left […] The post Four more injured and 867 people affected by 7.5 earthquake in Peru appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
31,014 Deaths 2,890,600 Injuries Following COVID Shots in European Database of Adverse Reactions as Young, Previously Healthy People Continue to Die
The European Union database of suspected drug reaction reports is EudraVigilance, and they are now reporting 31,014 fatalities, and 2,890,600 injuries, following COVID-19 injections through November 20, 2021. A Health Impact News subscriber from Europe reminded us that this database maintained at EudraVigilance is only for countries in Europe who are part of the European Union (EU), which comprises 27 countries. The total number of countries in Europe is much higher, almost twice as many, numbering around 50. (There are some differences of opinion as to which countries are technic... read more
Mexican Authorities List Conditions to Reboot ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program
Epoch Times – by Tom Ozimek Mexican authorities have laid out a series of conditions for reviving the “Remain in Mexico” program, the Trump-era framework... The post Mexican Authorities List Conditions to Reboot ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
As Beef Prices Skyrocket, Ranchers Raise $300m to Fight Gov’t-Corporate Control, Create a Sustainable System
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist If you’ve been to the grocery store in 2021, you’ve likely noticed that all grocery prices have skyrocketed... The post As Beef Prices Skyrocket, Ranchers Raise $300m to Fight Gov’t-Corporate Control, Create a Sustainable System appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
World Medical Association Chair Demands National Lockdowns, Compulsory Jabs, Fears COVID “Variant As Dangerous As Ebola”
Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden The Omicron variant was identified six days ago, initially in Botswana. Infections have been detected in South Africa, Israel, Hong Kong,... The post World Medical Association Chair Demands National Lockdowns, Compulsory Jabs, Fears COVID “Variant As Dangerous As Ebola” appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
U.S. readies fight against Omicron but too soon for lockdowns -Fauci
Yahoo News WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Americans should be prepared to fight the spread of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, but it is too... The post U.S. readies fight against Omicron but too soon for lockdowns -Fauci appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Turcopolier8 hours ago
The Bidens are Chinese property
“Hunter flew home the day before the lunch. He already had met with Ye, over a private dinner on the Tuesday night, at which the CEFC chairman made him an offer too good to refuse: $10 million a year, for … Continue reading → read more
FANNING THE FLAMES: New COVID Variant Scam was Simulated in Israel Weeks before it was “Discovered”
Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is seen following the completion of the COVID-19 ‘war games’ exercise. Source. By Brian Shilhavy November 28, 2021 Health Impact News The flames of “COVID fear” are being stoked again, as the Big Pharma Globalists unleash their new plan to increase profits and exert more tyrannical control over populations by using their corporate media and puppet politicians in an attempt to extend the false “COVID pandemic.” Within just a couple of days after announcing that a “new variant” has been discovered in Africa, Big Pharma has now promised th... read more
The Fake Liberty of Anti-Mask Whinging
I understand Peter Hitchens's beef with the Conservative Party. His argument, reminiscent of the doctrinal disputes of the long abandoned Trotskyism from whence he came, is the Tories are no longer Tory. They have abandoned the tenets of conservatism as divined by Edmund Burke and have instead embraced liberalism. This was more than confirmed with the coronation of Dave in 2005, and Theresa May and Boris Johnson since have not departed from this point of view in the years since. Front and centre is the sovereignty of the individual and everything else - tradition, the common good -... read more
Halifax Examiner6 hours ago
“Call back the house until everybody’s got one:” Protestors demand province call emergency session of legislature to deal with housing crisis
This article was written by Ethan Lycan-Lang and Leslie Amminson. “Call back the house until everybody’s got one.” That was the chant repeated by a crowd of demonstrators gathered outside Province House in Halifax Sunday afternoon. Wrapped in scarves, toques, and winter coats, dozens of people blocked off part of George Street, demanding the provincial […] read more
The Last Refuge6 hours ago
Sunday Talks, Adam Schiff Outlines the Democrat 2022 Strategy Using the J6 Committee – Prediction Tripwires
The DC system is predictable in how they weaponize their branches against the electorate. As the primary races of the mid-term election looms, CTH also provides a few tripwires to watch. Keep in mind when it comes to controlling the electorate, Democrat and Republican leadership, the UniParty writ large, are united in that goal. In […] The post Sunday Talks, Adam Schiff Outlines the Democrat 2022 Strategy Using the J6 Committee – Prediction Tripwires appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
The BBC spins a story [Part 919]
Just before 6.20pm I checked the Sky News website and saw this lead headline: The Sky report quoted Gerald Darmanin, the megaphone-mouthed French interior minister, sounding off tonight and saying that those crossing the Channel are: ...*attracted by England, especially the labour market which means you can work in England without any identification*. *Britain must take its responsibility and limit its economic attractiveness*. Britain left Europe, but not the world. We need to work seriously on these questions, without being held hostage by domestic British politics. M. ... read more
War News Updates7 hours ago
Iran Nuclear Talks To Resume This Monday
*CNN: **Iran nuclear talks to restart as US emphasizes it's 'prepared to use other options' if diplomacy fails* Washington (CNN)The US and its allies restart Iran nuclear talks on Monday unsure how Tehran's new government will approach negotiations, not optimistic about the prospects ahead and emphasizing that if diplomacy fails, the US is "prepared to use other options." The parties to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action will reconvene in Vienna after almost six months to discuss a mutual return to the deal by both the US and Iran, but the hiatus has given time for new ob... read more
PrairiePundit7 hours ago
The Bidens' Chicom connection
*Fox News:* *'More money than God:' Chinese titan lavished Hunter Biden with 3-carat gem, offer of $30 million* *Miranda Devine details Biden's family involvement with the Chinese government in new book* *The Biden family offered their services to a huge, **Chinese-government-**linked energy consortium to expand its business around the world. How do we know? Because of hundreds of emails documenting the deal found on **Hunter Biden’s** laptop, left in a Delaware repair shop in April 2019. In her new book, "Laptop from Hell," New York Post columnist Miranda Devine tells the ... read more
Need To Know7 hours ago
Big Three US Auto Makers Agree to Not Mandate Vaccines for UAW Union Members
Ford, General Motors and Stellantis have agreed the United Auto Workers union members will not be forced to take the mandatory vaccine as a condition of employment. Also, the vaccine status of the workers will remain private. read more
PrairiePundit7 hours ago
Biden's myriad excuses for passing his spending spree
Michael Goodwin: In the beginning, Build Back Better wasn’t just the most expensive piece of legislation ever. The multitrillion-dollar price tag was a bargain because the bill would totally transform America, President Biden claimed. Whatever the problem, from jobs to climate change to child care, BBB was the solution. Then came inflation, with the White House hiding behind the fictions that rising costs were overstated and transitory. When the price of everyday consumer items jumped, a slimmed-down Build Back Better was drafted for a new assignment: Suddenly it was the cure ... read more
A discussion you won’t see on the CBC
Grab a coffee and take the time to listen to this group of experts engaging in the kind of open discussion that we desperately need to have today. Geert Vanden Bossche is one of the participants. The most common observation is that today’s mass vaccination program is completely ignoring the role that innate immunity needs… Continue reading → read more
PrairiePundit7 hours ago
More post-911 vets run for Congress
PJ Media: Many of the post-9/11 military generation now serve in the halls of Congress, from well-known senators like Arkansas’ Tom Cotton and Iowa’s Joni Ernst, and representatives like Dan Crenshaw, Mike Gallagher, Seth Moulton, and Michael Waltz — the first U.S. Army Green Beret in Congress — to lesser known men like Reps. Jared Golden, Tony Gonzales, Van Taylor, and Brian Mast. Veterans from both parties are appalled by the Biden administration’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal, and now more want to enter the political arena. Two veterans want to beat out former NFL star and ... read more
The Rio Times7 hours ago
Concessions should double the number of railroads in Brazil in 15 years, says minister
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian government is now adopting a new, faster, and more bureaucratic concession model. It is the authorization, an instrument already foreseen in Brazilian legislation but little used. This model is now being used to give a leap in the railway modal. According to the Minister of Infrastructure, Tarcísio Gomes […] The post Concessions should double the number of railroads in Brazil in 15 years, says minister appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
The Rio Times7 hours ago
Brazil will play relevant role in France’s Engie’s global green hydrogen strategy
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil will play a relevant role in the strategy of the French holding Engie to reach the goal of 4 gigawatts (GW) of global green hydrogen production capacity by 2030. According to the group's executive vice president of global green hydrogen business development, Raphael Barreau, the country has strong potential […] The post Brazil will play relevant role in France’s Engie’s global green hydrogen strategy appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
The Rio Times8 hours ago
Opinion: Uruguay’s economy is on track to reach pre-pandemic levels by 2022
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) After the economy grew faster than expected in the second quarter (+0.9%), the recovery will likely accelerate in the second half of the year. Although the heterogeneity of individual situations remains, the continued improvement in the health situation has led to a significant recovery in the sectors most affected […] The post Opinion: Uruguay’s economy is on track to reach pre-pandemic levels by 2022 appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Cairns News8 hours ago
BRAVE REPORTER GOES OFF SCRIPT WITH DOCTOR ON AIR
Candian Bridge City News reporter Jeannette Rocher goes off-script during her interview with Doctor Stephen Malthouse who speaks of COVID with medical research assessments forming deductions authorities will not mention while this information runs against their NWO agenda. read more
Cairns News8 hours ago
The Great Australian Awakening shakes LNP’s political wasteland
By TONY MOBILIFONITISTHOUSANDS of anti-vaccine mandate demonstrators flooded the Gold Coast on Saturday, filling up a local park and causing a traffic jam reaching into nearby suburbs. The Millions March Against Vaccine Mandates and Passports attracted an estimated 10,000 or more to Broadbeach – ten times the size of similar rallies midway through the year. […] read more
Snopes.com8 hours ago
Fashion Designer Virgil Abloh Dies of Cancer at 41
Designer Virgil Abloh, a leading fashion executive hailed as the Karl Lagerfeld of his generation, has died after a private battle with cancer. He was 41. read more
Connecting Two Disparate Dots
Yesterday afternoon I had a long phone conversation with a childhood friend I grew up with in Vancouver and his wife. We spent much of the time talking about Covid and the insanity around it. He then asked me why I was skeptical about being vaccinated. I responded that I was not at all against… Continue reading → read more
Small Dead Animals10 hours ago
The Covid Kardashian’s
Jordan Schachtel- There is no such thing as a public health expert Fauci is not a public health expert, he’s a power drunk immunologist. Bill Gates is not a public health expert, he’s a maniacal technocrat. The CDC and WHO do not possess public health expertise, they are bloated bureaucracies offering historically poor recommendations for… Continue reading → read more
PrairiePundit6 hours ago
The evidence free 'white supremist' slur
Glenn Greenwald: *Within hours* of the August 25, 2020, shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin — not days, but hours — it was decreed as unquestioned fact in mainstream political and media circles that the shooter, Kyle Rittenhouse, was a "white supremacist.” Over the next fifteen months, up to and including his acquittal by a jury of his peers on all charges, this label was applied to him more times than one can count by corporate media outlets as though it were proven fact. Indeed, that Rittenhouse was a "white supremacist” was deemed so unquestionably true that questioning it was cas... read more
Free Download: R.D. Laing, "The Divided Self"
*"The Divided Self: * *An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness"* by R.D. Laing "Ronald David Laing (7 October 1927 – 23 August 1989), usually cited as R. D. Laing, was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness – in particular, the experience of psychosis. Laing's views on the causes and treatment of serious mental dysfunction, greatly influenced by existential philosophy, ran counter to the psychiatric orthodoxy of the day by taking the expressed feelings of the individual patient or client as valid descriptions of lived experience rather than simply as symp... read more
"A Look to the Heavens"
“The Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) is one of the best known planetary nebulae in the sky. Its more familiar outlines are seen in the brighter central region of the nebula in this impressive wide-angle view. But the composite image combines many short and long exposures to also reveal an extremely faint outer halo. At an estimated distance of 3,000 light-years, the faint outer halo is over 5 light-years across. Planetary nebulae have long been appreciated as a final phase in the life of a sun-like star. More recently, some planetary nebulae are found to have halos like this one, likely ... read more
War News Updates7 hours ago
Taiwan Scrambles Jets After 27 Chinese War Planes Enter Buffer Zone While Chinese President Xi Meets His Top Brass
China has flown 27 military planes in the southwest area of Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone *Daily Mail*:* 27 Chinese military planes fly into Taiwan airspace as tensions in South China Sea continue to rise* * China flew 27 military planes into Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone * Comes after China's military carried out patrols in direction of the Taiwan Strait * A U.S. Congressional delegation made a surprise visit to Taipei on Friday China has flown another 27 military planes into Taiwan's airspace as tensions as around the South China Sea island continue ... read more
Are U.S. Navy Aircraft Ready to Take on Russia or China?
*David Axe* *Naval Aviation, Americas* U.S. naval aviation isn't as prepared for major warfare as it thinks it is. *Here's What You Need to Remember*: The present crisis has its roots in the period of relative geopolitical calm that followed the end of the Cold War, Holmes explained. Naval aviation’s training standards slipped. Its planes went years without meaningful upgrades. A panel of young aviators voiced a harsh warning to the audience at the U.S. Navy’s annual Tailhook aviation convention in Nevada in September 2019. The Navy’s pilots aren’t ready to do battle with a high-... read more
Is the PLA Navy Going to "Ram" American Ships?
*Lyle J. Goldstein* *US-China War, Pacific* It is observed that the actual English word used by the Soviet Navy in the warning was “strike,” which is translated in Chinese as “打击” [attack], and could easily be misinterpreted to have a more aggressive intent. *Here's What You Need to Remember*: The bad news is that the temperature of US-China naval interactions could well continue to rise. However, some good news, as suggested in the analysis discussed here, is that Chinese naval analysts also seem eager to avoid the military conflict that could result. The “sail by” of *USS Lasse... read more
Not PC7 hours ago
'Mystics of Spirit and of Muscle'
*"As products of the split between man’s soul and body, there are two kinds of teachers of the Morality of Death: the mystics of spirit and the mystics of muscle, whom you call the spiritualists and the materialists, those who believe in consciousness without existence and those who believe in existence without consciousness.... "The good, say the mystics of spirit, is God, a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man’s power to conceive—a definition that invalidates man’s consciousness and nullifies his concepts of existence. The good, say the mystics of muscle... read more
Musical Interlude: Two Steps From Hell, "Evergreen Extended"
*Full screen recommended.* *Two Steps From Hell, "Evergreen Extended"* For fun, close your eyes, turn your imagination loose... what images does this music conjure up? read more
United Nations Is Handing Out $800 Debit Cards to Illegal Migrant Families in Mexico Heading to US
Gateway Pundit – by Jim Hoft Todd Bensman, a Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies recently traveled to Mexico where he is reporting on... The post United Nations Is Handing Out $800 Debit Cards to Illegal Migrant Families in Mexico Heading to US appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
War News Updates8 hours ago
Was President Biden's 'Declaration Of Independence From The Virus' On July 4th Premature?
“He needs to be more front and center on the COVID response than he has been so far,” @chucktodd says of President Biden’s coronavirus response amid news of the new omicron variant. #SundayTODAY pic.twitter.com/h2ekV3N75y — TODAY (@TODAYshow) November 28, 2021 *FOX News*:* Biden 'prematurely declared independence from the virus': NBC's Chuck Todd* *President Biden announced travel bans from 8 African countries on Friday due to omicron variant * NBC's Chuck Todd challenged President Biden for how he's handled the coronavirus pandemic, particularly in light of the new omicron vari... read more
Russia’s Air Power Is Second Only to America’s
*Charlie Gao* *Russian Military, Eurasia* What unique capabilites does it have? *Here’s What You Need to Remember: *For a truly rapid-deployment role, pure “paradrop” units exist in the VDV. These units are designed to deploy an independent, lightweight mechanized infantry fighting force straight from the aircraft. The Il-76 is designed to fit three BMD airborne infantry fighting vehicles in the rear, enough to equip a single platoon of VDV. When it comes to being air-mobile, the Russian military is second only to the U.S. military. According to the 2018 Military Balance Report,... read more
Small Clashes With China Could Quickly Escalate To a Great Power War
*Kris Osborn* *U.S.-China, Asia* It may be easy for the two countries to slide into war. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *In terms of pure statistics, increasing the number of patrols, surveillance operations and attack drills near one another simply raises the probability of some kind of hostile encounter. Many experts, observers and officials seem to share the concern, given the rapid escalation of hostility between the two major superpowers. Speaking to this topic, the Chinese-government backed Global Times heated up the rhetoric a bit when stating that “if Washington lau... read more
"For The Most Part..."
"Human beings never think for themselves, they find it too uncomfortable. For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told - and become upset if they are exposed to any different view. The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare. Other animals fight for territory or food; but, uniquely in the animal kingdom, human beings fight for their 'beliefs.' The reason is that beliefs guide behavior, which has evolutionary importance among human beings. But at a time when our behavior may well lea... read more
Bolivia: Massive Six Day March To Defend Democracy
Bolivia - On Monday, November 29, the massive "March for the Country" led by social movements and indigenous peoples will culminate in the capital, La Paz, for a large rally in defense of democracy. Just over a year ago, the Bolivian people overthrew a violent US-backed coup regime at the ballot box with the election of President Luis Arce. The Bolivian people have continued to fight off attempts by the US government to undermine their restored government. To raise awareness of the attack on democracy and to show the great support for the current government within the country, ten... read more
Turcopolier9 hours ago
Fact checking Biden on the economy BBC
“President Joe Biden says the US has made “historic progress” on the economy in the last 10 months. In a speech before Thursday’s Thanksgiving holiday in the US, he also talked about price rises and supply chain problems. We have … Continue reading → read more
Venezuela’s Socialists Win Elections In Landslide
After years of boycotting previous votes, Venezuela’s right-wing opposition parties agreed to participate in these elections, through a series of negotiations that were held in Mexico and sponsored by Norway and the Netherlands. A delegation of US National Lawyers Guild members traveled to Venezuela to monitor the elections, visiting 12 voting sites in Caracas and other states. They reported, “We observed a balanced and transparent voting process which voters expressed confidence in.” “From a technical point of view, we observed an electoral system that was fundamentally transpar... read more
Black Radical Internationalist Traditions
In the 1950’s and 1960’s, it became a juxtaposition of highly educated workers for the most advanced productive forces on the planet, but developed within the unresolved, deeply violent, four hundred year-long colonial and racist architecture of the US. It was externally influenced by the period of the explosion of national liberation socialism that began with the Chinese revolution and was punctuated by the defeat of the US empire by the Korean and Chinese revolutions and at great costs to their peoples. The 1950s were capped off by the historic 1959 victory in Cuba, whose signif... read more
Econlib10 hours ago
Are carbon taxes unpopular?
Many economists on both the left and the right support carbon taxes. Most politicians on both the left and the right oppose carbon taxes. A widely cited explanation is that carbon taxes are politically unpopular. In a new column in The Hill, I argue that this perception may be based on a misunderstanding: To understand […] The post Are carbon taxes unpopular? appeared first on Econlib. read more
Elections In Honduras: Ending Twelve Years Of Neoliberalism
On November 28, more than 5 million Hondurans will be asked to elect the President of the Republic, 128 deputies to the National Congress, 20 to the Central American Parliament, 298 mayors and more than 2 thousand municipal councillors. As the election date approaches, the political atmosphere has become polarized, conflict has intensified and social tension grown. No one has forgotten the violent repression of 2017 against those who protested against the gross electoral fraud that prolonged the agony of the current government regime. At that time, more than thirty people lost the... read more
MUSINGS ON IRAQ8 hours ago
This Day In Iraqi History - Nov 28
1915 Arabs attacked UK ships on Tigris River forcing one to run aground and captured another 1935 UK Foreign Office rejected King Faisal mediating Palestine dispute believing he had aspirations over territory 1947 Iraq’s Foreign Minister Jamail told UN that creation of Israel would lead to unrest in Middle East 1958 Shah criticized Iraq for refusing to settle navigation down Shatt al-Arab Pres Qasim responded by claiming all of waterway for Iraq 1980 Iran’s Op Morvarid continued into next day Iranian planes sunk 7 Iraqi boats Rest of day Iranian planes bombed Faw po... read more
The Last Refuge9 hours ago
Sunday Talks, Allianz Group Chief Economic Advisor Mohamed El-Erian Emphasizing Inflation is Not Transitory – Inflation is a Consequence of Embracing The Great Reset
FULL Analysis Below Video: Allianz Group chief economic advisor, Mohamed El-Erian, is one of the few financial pundits who understood President Trump’s purposeful economic agenda inside the America First policy {Go Deep and Go Deep}. However, El-Erian also has to maintain his Wall Street credibility and, like most financial pundits, has to pretend not to […] The post Sunday Talks, Allianz Group Chief Economic Advisor Mohamed El-Erian Emphasizing Inflation is Not Transitory – Inflation is a Consequence of Embracing The Great Reset appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
What's China Up to in the Arctic?
*Lyle J. Goldstein* *China Arctic, Arctic Ocean* If Washington and its allies do not wish to see China take a militarized approach to the Arctic, they must themselves take steps to avoid escalatory and threatening moves along the great northern flank. *Here's What You Need to Remember: * In applying its shipbuilding prowess to exploit this entirely new market for ice-class ships, China is forging a true win-win for China-Russia relations. Moreover, Beijing and Moscow are doing this with the Yamal Arctic gas field as one of the premier crown jewels of their enhanced bilateral coop... read more
balance109 hours ago
remember to go within to the fire in the core of the atom of Being
1) Unfortunately those pseudo-spiritual scientists who invade the lower astral realm for the extension of their schemes–for they have neither the attainment nor self-discipline that is required to function in higher planes–are often content with making what is termed evolutionary astral progress instead of moving steadily forward, from glory to glory, through the initiations of Hierarchy. In their mad craze for personal grandeur, phenomena and power over others they fail to apprehend life’s opportunity and the fiery destiny of man. They do not understand the fact that the days... read more
The Daily "Near You?"
Mannford, Oklahoma, USA. Thanks for stopping by! read more
The Poet: Paul Laurence Dunbar, “We Wear The Mask”
*“We Wear The Mask”* “We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,- This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with myriad subtleties. Why should the world be overwise, In counting all our tears and sighs? Nay, let them only see us, while We wear the mask. We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries To thee from tortured souls arise. We sing, but oh the clay is vile Beneath our feet, and long the mile; But let the world dream otherwise, We wear the mask!” - Paul Laurence Dunbar read more
"The Monstrous Thing..."
"The monstrous thing is not that men have created roses out of this dung heap, but that, for some reason or other, they should want roses. For some reason or other man looks for the miracle, and to accomplish it he will wade through blood. He will debauch himself with ideas, he will reduce himself to a shadow if for only one second of his life he can close his eyes to the hideousness of reality. Everything is endured- disgrace, humiliation, poverty, war, crime, ennui- in the belief that overnight something will occur, a miracle, which will render life tolerable. And all the while a... read more
Snopes.com9 hours ago
No, the Rittenhouses Haven’t Sued Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg for Defamation
It's always prudent to check the source of a claim before sharing online "news." read more
War News Updates10 hours ago
How Did 10% Of Passengers To Holland From South Africa Arrive With Covid When They All Had Negative Tests?
*Daily Mail:* *How did 10% of passengers to Holland from South Africa arrive with Covid when they all had NEGATIVE tests? Alarm as suspected cases of Omicron are reported in Germany, Australia and Czech Republic alongside confirmed UK and Belgium cases* * Around 600 passengers arrived on two planes in Schipol Airport, Amsterdam, from Johannesburg yesterday * Passengers have been put in quarantine hotels while authorities investigate whether they have been infected * Countries across Europe closed their borders to countries in southern Africa yesterday to combat the varia... read more
Small Dead Animals10 hours ago
University of Saskatchewan: Some Identities Are More Equal Than Others
Your weekly reminder that Bruce Jenner is a woman, “Trans health is a clinical interest of mine,” said Clark, who is a family doctor based in Regina and a faculty member in USask’s Department of Academic Family Medicine. When she was training as a resident, Clark was working with a trans and gender diverse patient… Continue reading → read more

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