On the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
On the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
On the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Civility allows us to say what we wish. But agreement-without-conformity allows us to do what we wish. There’s a big difference.
As entrepreneurs and homeschoolers, these moms show that it is possible to fully nurture your kids and your company at the same time.
Wrong message, French fried and arresting executives + this day in history w/the death of Otis Redding and our song of the day by Bad Religion on your Morning Monarchy for December 10, 2018.
Press TV – December 10, 2018 Colombian police have detained six Israelis accused of running a sex ring that exploited underage girls and forced them to have sex with Israeli tourists in the Latin American country. Following a two-year investigation, Colombian security police managed to break up “an Israeli mafia that exploited and used girls, […]
BREXIT back pedaling has now begun as May positions for a Second Referendum, France’s Yellow Vest protests become violent as Emmanuel Macron deploys the heavies to take on unarmed protesters, meanwhile MSM journalists are now running disinformation campaigns blaming Russia for the French protests, and also for Brexit, and everything else imaginable. Also, The Guardian newspaper do a pristine job of whitewashing Tommy Robinson’s Israeli backers. All this and much more…
For readers in the UK. And we Canadians should not be smug or complacent.Soon we'll find ourselves in the shoes of the French and British.
On December 7 after weeks of legal resistance, former FBI Director James Comey was forced to appear at a closed-door hearing convened by Republicans in the House of Representatives. The hearing was called to investigate political bias by Comey and other officials against then-candidate Donald Trump. In the last days the focus has begun to shift to the surprise of many to the Democratic Party DNC, to Hillary Clinton and James Comey.
The rise of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil seems to be further proof that pretty much the entire planet is moving in a counter-clockwise direction. Almost everywhere you look, there seems to be the sense that the Bad Guys are in the ascendancy: and that – far from opposing it – very large sections of populations […]
After a scholar published a fraudulent history of America's gun culture, he was exposed for fabricating his research and forced to resign in shame. What can this scandal teach us about modern academia?
teleSUR | December 10, 2018 The Houthi’s main negotiator, Mohammed Abdusalam, said Saturday that any political solution to the Saudi-led war on Yemen should start with outlining a transitional period with an exact timeframe that should include all political parties. Abdusalam also said the city of Hodeidah should be declared a “neutral zone” and that […]
Syrian War Report – Dec. 10, 2018: U.S. Officially Accuses Assad, Russia Of Staging Chemical Attack In Aleppo On December 7, the US State Department finally released an official statement
4 progressives recently elected to CongressWhen I was first getting into politics-- believe it or not, I was (briefly) the president of my college's Young Democrats-- the word "liberal" was worn proudly by people on the left. Now? It was tarnished from all sides and replaced by "progressive." I want to talk about that word...
The prime minister who lost his bluff with international creditors in 2015 is now striking another radical pose by giving holidays to assassins, writes John Kiriakou. Tsipras Has Betrayed the Greek People By John Kiriakou Special to Consortium News The…Read more →
Consortium News broadcast the latest vigil for Julian Assange as the publisher comes under new pressure to be expelled from Ecuador’s London embassy, while charges await him in the United States. The broadcast was Friday night. With Ray McGovern, Chris…Read more →
UPRISING IN FRANCE – THE ANATOMY OF POPULISM AND CHALLENGING THE MATRIX
By Alexandr Dugin
This is a very perceptive and extremely interesting essay by Alexandr Dugin. It gives us hope.
https://www.fort-russ.com/2018/12/dugin-uprising-in-france-the-anatomy-of-populism-and-challenging-the-matrix/
If these societies can maintain a thriving, non-monopoly state-managed existence, the rest of the world's governments will be on notice to wean off of sacrificial violence or perish through increased social unrest and decline.
If the world were to lose honey bees, it would be a crisis for humanity unlike any we have ever seen. The food supply would shrink drastically, leaving large swaths of the Earth’s population to starve. Unfortunately, bees face numerous threats, and bacterial diseases are among the direst of these threats (along with neonicotinoid pesticides). Researchers in Finland say they’ve created the first-ever vaccine for insects, and it could help protect struggling honey bee populations.
CNN’s firing of Marc Lamont Hill and outrage at Airbnb and the Quakers reveal a complete intolerance of criticism For 30 years, the United Nations has held an annual International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on 29 November. The event rarely merited even a passing nod in the mainstream media. Until last week. Marc Lamont Hill, a prominent […]
RT | December 10, 2018 Moscow considers protests in France to be an internal affair of that country, and claims of Russia’s involvement in the events are slander, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. Russia sees everything that happens in France as “purely an internal affair” of that country, the spokesman told reporters. “We […]
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.
A State Department official restated that the administration very much wants to continue backing the Saudi coalition war on Yemen:
By Andrew KORYBKO – Oriental Review – 10/12/2018 Ukrainian President Poroshenko is fearmongering about Russia again after spreading fake news about Moscow’s so-called “Crimean Corridor” plan. The Eastern European leader claimed that his eastern nemesis was planning to seize the coastal towns of Mariupol and Berdyansk on the Sea of Azov in order to connect […]
Occupational licensing is a net loss to the US economy.
Λευκός Οίκος, Ουάσινγκτον. Ο Ντίτερ, ο Χέρμπερτ κι ο Νίκολας βρίσκονται εκεί για να διαπραγματευτούν με τον Ρόμπερτ Λάιτιτζερ, το δεξί χέρι του προέδρου Τραμπ για θέματα διεθνούς εμπορίου, και τον Ουίλμπουρ Ρος, τον Αμερικανό υπουργό Εμπορίου. Είναι εκεί για να διασώσουν, μετά τον εξευτελισμό της Ανγκελα Μέρκελ και των Βρυξελλών από την κυβέρνηση Τραμπ, ό,τι μπορούν για τις τρεις εταιρείες τους – τη Μercedes (Daimler), τη VW και την BMW.
“The gap of $0.89 in our setting,” the authors concluded, “can be explained entirely by the fact that, while having the same choice sets in the workplace, women and men make different choices.”
Truth and Free Speech Are Being Taken Away From Us
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Modern industrial societies are having a catastrophic effect on the planet, accelerating contamination of the air, water, and soil, the destruction of terrestrial and marine ecosystems, mass extinction of species, and runaway climate change. A global economic systemfixated with exponential GDP growth at all costs is now not only damaging the natural systems on which we depend, but pushing them towards irreversible[Read More...]
To get up to speed it's recommended you read Pt's 1 and 2:
I'm going to open here with a comment from Gallier the Elder...
I couldn't vote in my own Twitter poll, but if I could have, I would've picked "inspirational." Maybe I should have offered "inspiring" instead. One respondent suggested "fierce" should've been an option. Another castigated me for not making "courageous" an option. As you can see, it was a battle between those who see her as inspirational and those who see her as brilliant.
When we look beyond his most offensive personal traits, which are in themselves the products and natural reflection of capitalist character structure: narcissism, bullying, tantrumped tweets, adolescent name calling, the dismissal of all those who do not support him, and the denigration and objectification not only of women, but of other human beings in general, we are able to see[Read More...]
Ordinary people loathe carbon taxes - and might bring down your government.
Glyphosate link with cancer could be re-examined
The same power establishment which deceived the world into destroying Iraq is obviously far too depraved to be able to justify its global hegemony with factual evidence. All they have is narrative control, and they’re starting to lose even that.
Why US policy is embroiled with Saudi corruption and criminality is because of criminals in high office like Bush.
With the departure of the UK from the EU and the end of Angela Merkel’s long tenure in Germany, it appeared that Macron would become Europe’s leader. Now, there is even talk of a coup in Paris. Mon dieu!
On 10 December 1918 Australian and New Zealand soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) massacred about 100 Palestinian men in the village of Surafend and a nearby Bedouin camp and then burned the Palestinian dwellings. The atrocity was committed as revenge for the death of a New Zealand soldier at the hands of a fleeing thief[Read More...]
People choose various methods of resistance when dealing with ideological issues – from outright belligerence and violence to democratic collectivism. It depends on their perspective, beliefs, or sometimes there is just a selfish agenda. In the long run such methods cannot provide solutions for serious issues which hang on for years, like an incurable ailment which drains the human condition. Let us deal specifically[Read More...]