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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.

Saturday, May 21, 2022

21 May - Blogs I'm Following - 2 of 4

 10:45 pm MDT

Organizing Notes7 hours ago
One soldier's story....
There is a mass surrender of Ukrainian soldiers in the LNR against the backdrop of the surrender of the Azov militants from Azovstal: “We want to live,” says a serviceman of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Facing 8 years for leaving his position [from the US puppet regime in Kiev] to survive at any cost, the POW of the 1st battalion of the 79th Ukrainian Brigade nonetheless chose to preserve his life. read more
PrairiePundit7 hours ago
Biden's rush to destruction of US
*Red States:* *It Sure Looks Like Joe Biden Is Trying to Purposely Destroy the Country* ... If the Biden administration were actually purposely trying to destroy the country, what would they be doing differently? That’s a question everyone should ask themselves at this point. At every turn, on every issue, the president and his team are moving to do exactly the opposite of what has to happen to help, and they are doing so with blatant arrogance. The only thing that makes sense is that they see the electoral writing on the wall, with a red wave coming in 2022 and re-election in 2... read more
Four Points on the Australian Election
If you want to glimpse the future of British politics, there's a school of Westminster thought that says we needn't look across the Atlantic. It's Down Under that's our portent of things to come. And looking at the results so far from the federal election, it's difficult not to read British politics, particularly what's happening in England, into the outcome. One cannot avoid how strikingly similar the position takings and the dynamics involved are to what's going on here. This in mins, here are four quick points. 1. The Coalition doubled down on everything that won them office in ... read more
PrairiePundit7 hours ago
Sanders campaigns for Texas congressional candidate that would be easier for GOP defeat
Washington Examiner: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) flew to Texas on Friday to campaign for Jessica Cisneros, the progressive immigration lawyer challenging Rep. Henry Cuellar for the Democratic nomination in the state’s 28th Congressional District. Cuellar, who has represented the district since 2005, narrowly led Cisneros in the primary on March 1, but neither candidate received a majority of the vote, forcing them into a runoff that will be held Tuesday. HOUSE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS CHAIRWOMAN SPURNS INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT FOR LEFT-WING RIVAL The race has become a proxy war between the p... read more
Vox - All7 hours ago
The Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, explained
[image: San Francisco Area Continues To Lead Nation With Highest Gas Prices] All across the country, consumers are feeling the burden of high gas prices and are desperate for relief. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Democrats want oil and gas companies to pay for their greed, but critics believe that won’t reverse high fuel prices. As the average consumer bears the brunt of rising gas prices, big oil and gas companies have continued to rake in historic profits. Lawmakers alarmed at the stark contrast between the industry’s earnings and consumers’ struggles pushed for — and passed th... read more
PrairiePundit7 hours ago
Psaki taken to task by Chicago Thinker reporter
Red States: ... Though Psaki undoubtedly thought it would be smooth sailing, as it turns out she did indeed face challenges from the media during the event when a reporter from the University’s “Chicago Thinker” independent newspaper stepped to the microphone and questioned her over her comments from earlier this month when she stated in response to a question about radical pro-abortionists protesting outside of the homes of conservative Supreme Court Justices that “We certainly continue to encourage that [what she called “peaceful protests”] outside of judges’ homes.” The prob... read more
Quotes extracted from Netflix’s “Vikings Valhalla” that seem relevant to our situation today
“Never let traitors go unpunished.” “A rotten house cannot be repaired. It must be torn down in order to build a better one.” “Surely, you... The post Quotes extracted from Netflix’s “Vikings Valhalla” that seem relevant to our situation today appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
The Last Refuge7 hours ago
Record Early Voting in Georgia as Major Primary Race Takes Place Next Week
The early voting in Georgia is breaking all state records. According to the GA secretary of state office statement yesterday, “through Wednesday, May 19th, over 565,000 people have early voted in Georgia—a 189% increase from the same point in the early voting period in the 2018 primary election and a 153% increase in the same […] The post Record Early Voting in Georgia as Major Primary Race Takes Place Next Week appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
PrairiePundit7 hours ago
Russia in danger of losing ground in Donbas Crimea held before war
Newsweek: A debate has reportedly emerged within NATO circles over the possibility Ukraine could seize the momentum in its fight against Russia and take back Crimea and the Donbas region. Following Russia's withdrawal from the Kyiv region to focus on the Donbas in Ukraine's east, NATO expects a "standstill for a while," an unnamed alliance official said. But in comments also reported by Ukrainian media, the official told CNN: "I think [Ukraine] could [retake Crimea and the Donbas], yes. Not now, not soon, but if they can keep up the fight I think so." Talk of the future of Crim... read more
Washington Moves To Annex North-East Syria By Proxy
Under cover of media focus on the NATO proxy war in Ukraine and the Zionist assassination of Al Jazeera senior correspondent Shireen AbuAkleh, Washington is making moves to annex Syrian territory. On May 11th during the meeting of the “global coalition against Islamic State” in Marrakech, Morocco the U.S acting assistant Secretary of State, , made an extraordinary move that has largely gone under the radar of even independent media. Everyone is distracted by events in Ukraine and the Palestinian Occupied Territories. Nuland who famously exclaimed “Fuck the EU” during recorded conv... read more
Amazon Won’t Stop Union Busting And Firing Organizers
On April 1, the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) achieved a historic victory when 55 percent of workers at a Staten Island warehouse voted to form the first Amazon union in the United States. The news shook the labor movement around the world as millions celebrated and the victory of these hyper-exploited workers against one of the richest men in the world. Amazon has still not recognized the union, and has been trying to challenge the election results. In doing so, the company is delaying the start of the negotiation process for a first contract. The union busters who harassed thousands ... read more
If Degrowth Is Coming, What Does It Propose For Workers?
In 2015, countries participating in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change rallied around preventing the rise in average global temperatures beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius. With an average rise of 1.5–2.0 degrees, scientists predict 70–90% loss of coral reefs globally, an explosion of natural disaster–related deaths, and displacement of up to 1.2 billion people by 2050. We already stand at an increase in average global temperatures of 1.2 degrees Celsius since the Industrial Revolution and, according to the World Meteorological Organization, there is now a 40% chanc... read more
Medical Kidnap8 hours ago
Plandemic II Launched to Keep Pandemic Funds Flowing to Big Pharma: MonkeyPox
After weeks of indicating that perhaps the Bird Flu hoax was going to be recycled again as a new "pandemic" to instill fear and continue the state of "emergency" the entire country has been under since 2020 that has resulted in $trillions given over to Big Pharma for their products, mainly the COVID-19 "vaccines," it appears now that plans are in place to actually use the "monkeypox" as the new "pandemic" to further the goals of the Globalists to create new vaccines and control the population. The World Health Organization just announced that they are "convening an emergency meeti... read more
The Radical Immigrant Farmers Who Helped Defeat The Robber Barons
“I was born in Fayette County, Texas, from German parents, and who fled from the reaction [to] the 1848 revolution. I think that I inherited some of my revolutionary qualifications. I am not responsible for them. I cannot help it.” So testified E.O. Meitzen before the Commission on Industrial Relations in March 1915 about why he involved himself in the political struggles of working farmers. At the time, Meitzen was a veteran leader of the Texas Socialist Party. Nearly thirty years earlier, his inheritance led him to help organize and lead the Fayette County Farmers’ Alliance. Whe... read more
Our Saturday “Hot Takes” on This Week’s Developments
Tuesday’s elections showed that Donald Trump has more than a firm grip on the Republican Party; those out to destroy MAGA are failing. The Pennsylvania and North Carolina results are obvious. But even in Idaho, where a Trump endorsee lost the governor’s race, the RINO contingent got wiped out in the state legislature, largely based on election integrity concerns and COVID restrictions. read more
Small Dead Animals10 hours ago
When You’re “Done” Done
ZeroHedge- The Epidemic Nobody Talks About: Burnout The epidemic kind of burnout isn’t temporary. Taking a weekend off doesn’t restore one’s ability to work. This kind of burnout is the collapse of one’s ability to go to work at all, a physical, emotional and psychological collapse. Burnout isn’t just the result of overwork. It’s the collapse… Continue reading → read more
Southern Workers Gather To build Workers Assembly Movement
Under the slogan “Build the Workers Assembly Movement! Organize the South!” nearly 80 workers from eight Southern states gathered in Durham, North Carolina, for a Southern Workers Assembly Organizing School over the weekend of April 29 to May 1. Workers came to the School from Atlanta; New Orleans; Charleston, South Carolina; Richmond and Tidewater, Virginia; Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham, Asheville and Eastern North Carolina; northern Kentucky; and elsewhere. Over the last year, the network of areas building Workers Assemblies across the South has grown substantially to include nine... read more
Workplace Bullying In Higher Education Is Rampant
Grabbing her hair, the boss held scissor blades an inch from her face. “If you don’t give me any brilliant ideas I’m going to cut your hair off,” he deadpanned. Was this a sick joke? Was he serious? She was alone in his office with him. She was petrified. You might think this assault happened in some notoriously wretched workplace, the kind of abuse that only occurs in sweatshops halfway across the globe. But you would be wrong. This happened to one of us, Liz Adler. Liz was assaulted and threatened by a scissors-wielding professor five years ago in a prestigious laboratory at ... read more
Johnson & Johnson Seeking To Avoid Thousands Of Lawsuits
The ‘Texas Two-Step’ is the name given to a highly controversial legal strategy that some of the biggest companies are now using to shield their assets from accountability. It allows massively wealthy corporations whose products caused harm to avoid paying damages to the victims of that harm and it denies the victims their right to make their case in court and be judged by a jury of their peers. Earlier this year, Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee highlighted the story of Kimberly Naranjo, a mesothelioma victim who testified about Johnson... read more
CONTRARY BRIN2 hours ago
Crypto is not a dog... or doge... or is it?
As this goes online, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are in apparent price-freefall. This posting - prepared over a month ago - will not discuss the recent coin market meltdowns. Still, it seems a good moment to offer some light on one aspect. First, I actually know a little about this topic. I've consulted with a number of companies, agencies, etc. about the blockchain era. More generally, about the conceptual underpinnings of "smart contracts" and the eerie, free-floating algorithms that were long-predicted by science fiction, but have become reality, as we speak. (Yes they a... read more
MUSINGS ON IRAQ4 hours ago
This Day In Iraqi History - May 21 Treaty of Arzurum set border between Ottoman and Persian empires
1847 Treaty of Arzurum tried to set border between Ottoman Empire and Persia Gave Sulaymaniya to Ottomans Shatt al-Arab to Persia Set up commission to demarcate border between Ottomans and Persia but never finished (Musings On Iraq review *An Analysis of Hanna Batatu’s The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movements of Iraq*) 1919 UK PM George abrogated Long-Berenger UK-French oil deal due to disagreement with France over Iraq-Syrian border George wanted Iraq to extend to Mediterranean (Musings On Iraq review *The Creation of Iraq 1914-1921*) 1924 Turkey told Co... read more
balance108 hours ago
heartbreaking Duffy
numerology., n'est-ce pas? heartbreaking65 + Duffy26=91.carnal mind 44 + calcination47=91. spiritual44 + director 47=91. Peter 28 + Neroli 37+ Duffy 26=91. = read more
“This is a climate emergency”
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ― George Orwell read more
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - William J. Barber and Tope Folarin write that the U.S.' grim milestone of one million COVID-19 deaths already serves as a searing indictment of its policy choices and disregard for people living in poverty - and this before a combination of Republican cruelty and Democratic fecklessness results in there being no resources at all to meet a new wave of the coronavirus. And Alicia Wittmeyer looks at some of the human toll through the last messages between victims and their loved ones. - John Smith discusses how rising costs and declining ... read more
The New Dark Age9 hours ago
Ukraine News Links 20-21 May 2022
Saturday, 21 May 2022 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back. If it gets updated, I usually insert the time on the line above. A lot of cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular and some links … Continue reading Ukraine News Links 20-21 May 2022 read more
The New Dark Age9 hours ago
No, The Ukraine War Has Not Stoked A Global Food Crisis.
Russia is falsely accused of blocking Ukraine's sea ports and thereby increasing a global food shortage read more
The New Dark Age10 hours ago
Watch: A History of the Azov Battalion
Saturday, 21 May 2022 — No One is forgotten Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 read more
Bacon's Rebellion10 hours ago
TAVR Tuesday and Barbecue Thursday
by Steve Haner Fourteen nights in a hospital, especially if you are fully awake and observant, is very instructive. Here are some things I want to share: The hospitals are understaffed and otherwise under major stress, to the point that … Continue reading → read more
Fundamentally Transforming America
Obama fundamentally transformed America by getting Democrats to stop thinking and stop questioning authority. “Obama To Grads: Reject Voices That Warn About Government Tyranny” May 5, 2013 Obama To Grads: Reject Voices That Warn About Government Tyranny | Video | … Continue reading → read more
Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Teen In Jenin
In yet another raid on the Palestinian city of Jenin, Israeli forces shot 17-year-old Amjad al-Fayed to death with eleven live rounds to his upper body... read more

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