"What matters for the capitalist story to flourish is that its effect on the world continues to be positive, not whether market actors believe it while embodying its principles." ~Joakim Book

Three U.S. presidents were instrumental in establishing Thanksgiving as a regular national event. On October 3, 1789, George Washington declared the first federal Thanksgiving holiday. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln made it an annual federal holiday. And in 1941, Franklin Roosevelt signed a bill setting the date at the fourth Thursday of every November. All three […]

The IMF wrote that CBDC could be “programmable.” and authorities “could restrict where or when it could be spent.” The handbook also recommends “user identification and transaction tracking.”

The Advanced Clean Cars II rule, set to take effect Jan. 1, will make the Garden State the 11th state on such a trajectory, joining California, New York, Vermont, Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, Virginia, Rhode Island, Maryland and Connecticut.

An unidentified man was driving at a high rate of speed when he hit the center divider and launched into the air. The Bentley caught fire after it crashed. Fox News originally reported that the event was a terror attack and that there were explosives in the car. The story was later retracted.

"Slowing down total spending growth (current-dollar GDP) by hiking interest rates and shrinking the balance sheet clearly mattered. Supply-side improvements do too, but they’re likely playing the role of the sidekick rather than the hero." ~Alexander W. Salter

In a new report, the Washington Times details NewsGuard's close funding ties with Big Pharma as the media monitoring organisation has sought to close down criticism of vaccines and Covid policies.
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Last Sunday, in the small rural French village of Crépol, a 16-year-old boy was stabbed in the chest and throat and died, and at least 17 other people were injured after an organized gang of at least 15 males armed with knives attacked people at the annual winter ball event.

A 2018 ruling by the FCC)blocks states and municipalities from taking actions that would impede or delay the rollout of 5G technology. Stamford, Connecticut leasers rejected a model agreement allowing AT&T and Verizon to install 5G equipment on city-owned utility poles, risking a lawsuit from the vendors.

A study has found that people who voted Remain in the EU referendum have higher cognitive ability. The authors suggest this is because the Leave campaign engaged in more "misinformation". But that doesn't stack up.
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The Government sidelined and then shut down its ethics committee after it tried to intervene on the vaccination of children, it has emerged in a scandal that raises serious questions about the Government's Covid response.

Once you include the extraordinary cost of the half-ton battery, electric vehicles cost far more per mile to run than petrol vehicles, says Mark Ellse.
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European borders have changed almost yearly for thousands of years. When Russian troops crossed Ukraine’s border in 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin called it a “Special Military Operation” to protect persecuted ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine. The United States unleashed a massive propaganda campaign to convince everyone that Russia was attempting to conquer all of […]

Sylvia Shawcross The rains of November are cold but the snows of November are colder. It is said that an entire generation of young men from the Ukraine are gone now. They have died in the war. Now, I thought the war in the Ukraine was the “War for Civilization Itself.” We sent them tons …

Nick Rendell digs into the evidence to expose once more the lie that locking down sooner would have made any difference – a claim that seems to be taken as read by the Covid Inquiry.
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Dans le cadre de leur entretien avec David Sirota, Naomi Klein et Omar Baddar évoquent la guerre brutale d’Israël contre Gaza, l’absence consternante de soutien occidental à un cessez-le-feu et la politique du deux poids, deux mesures qui caractérise la couverture médiatique dominante concernant Israël et la Palestine. Source : Jacobin, David Sirota, Naomi KLEIN, […]

Supporters of Israel, who are mostly on the Right, believe the Israeli government's official story, which is that the Jewish state's bombing campaign and ground invasion of Gaza has one objective: deposing Hamas so its fighters and government no longer pose a threat. According to this narrative, Palestinian civilian deaths are unavoidable collateral damage in...

The United States and Israel could not be committing Genocide in Gaza without the cooperation of the Muslim world. If the leaders of Turkiye, Iraq and Saudi Arabia told the Americans to leave their soil, the US would not even … Continue reading →

Leading MAGA pundit and former Donald Trump administration official Steve Bannon calls them “the Keebler Elves.” I prefer the term “Munchkins,” or maybe “the Five Dwarfs”—No, it’s now just four dwarfs with Tim Scott bowing out: they are the Republican candidates participating in the charade, AKA “the GOP debates,” and desperately hoping—grasping—striving to displace Donald...

For those who missed it or chose to ignore it, there was a large demonstration in Washington on Tuesday the 14th dubbed the “March for Israel” with many posters and signs featuring “Israel We Stand With You.” I have no big problem with Americans “standing with Israel” as long as they go over to Israel...

See: Pope Francis to Allow Trannies to Get Baptized, Become Godparents Pope Francis Fires Anti-Tranny Bishop John Strickland Pope Invites 120 Trannies to Lunch at the Vatican Pope Francis has been making bizarre, anti-Christ statements for a decade. However, he has only within the last few months began translating this anti-Christ philosophy into Church policy....

Even before the start of Russia-Ukraine war in February 2022 former Energy Secretary Ernest J. Moniz and Senator Sam Nunn have co-authored an article in the September/October issue of Foreign Affairs explaining that the risk of nuclear use has become disturbingly plausible—and proposing concrete steps to reduce the risk. “In the U.S.-Russia relationship, clashing national … Continue reading "The Historic High Points in the American-Russia Relationship"

The Great Class Swap is a philosophical response to the societal problem that too much wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few while too much population growth is in the underclass, with both trends squeezing out the middle. The Great Class Swap is a social experiment in which wealth is redistributed from the...

Osama bin Laden’s “Letter to America” — especially a version published at The Guardian since 2002 — recently became wildly popular on TikTok. According to the New York Times, #lettertoamerica had 14.2 million views. You can’t check that hashtag now, because TikTok banned it. The Guardian also removed the letter itself, because it was being...

This video is available on Rumble, BitChute, and Odysee. Judd Blevins is a city commissioner in Enid, Oklahoma, which means he sits on the city council. From his bio on the city council page, he sounds like the perfect man for the job. He’s a fifth-generation Oklahoman, born in Enid. He has a degree in...

Reprinted with permission from the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. The cutoff of food, water, and fuel imposed on Gaza has created dire conditions for the Palestinians there in just the last six weeks. Soon, they could be starved to death. The trickle of aid that has been allowed in under international pressure is not … Continue reading "The Warfare of Starvation"

As a direct consequence of the three partitions of the Republic in 1772, 1793, and 1795, both the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania have been erased from the political map of Europe by the three European great powers – Russia, the Habsburg Monarchy, and Prussia.

Reprinted from Consortium News with the author’s permission. Although corporate news media have made it clear they don’t buy the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claim that al-Shifa Hospital has been a cover for a Hamas command and control center and weapons armory, Western media have failed to report a much bigger story. The IDF and … Continue reading "IDF Knew Real Hamas HQ While Lying About al-Shifa"

[Adapted from the latest Radio Derb, now available exclusively on VDARE.com] Earlier: For Immigration Patriot Nationalist Parties, The Fences Are Coming Down All Over Europe There are flickers of sanity against the Great Replacement over in Europe—especially in Ireland, a proud member of the European Union and a popular destination for illegal aliens from Africa...

The Eviction Notice is being written. And it will come in four languages. Russian. Farsi. Mandarin. And last but not least, English. A much-cherished pleasure of professional writing is to always be enriched by informed readers. This “eviction” insight – worth a thousand geopolitical treatises – was offered by one of my sharpest readers commenting...

==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts German writers on peace and war Georg Ebers: Each one must bring a victim to the war Georg Ebers: I tremble at the word, the mere word, war Georg Ebers: War is a perversion of nature ==== Georg EbersAn Egyptian PrincessTranslated by Eleanor Grove “Have a care what […]

A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the virus and the vaccines, the ‘climate emergency’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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Gene Epstein and I discuss things we’re thankful for, but nothing too sentimental. It’s mostly the kinds of nerdy things that, if we’re being honest, are what power the Tom Woods Show. Guest’s Website The Soho Forum Guest’s Twitter @GeneSohoForum Sponsor Liberty Classroom Free Resources!

Dr David McGrogan reflects on the all-pervasive influence of social media on how young people perceive the world and how it dissolves all sense of overarching story, purpose and meaning.
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Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) Who is to blame for the Gaza war? Which side is to blame for it? Is this type of question to be answered by a philosopher? Or maybe by a preacher or other religious person? Or perhaps by an investigative historian? Or by someone else?  When science becomes born in […]

Russia building up strength. Collective West hope strategy

Brussels has been left reeling by what EU politicians see as a "nightmare" victory for Geert Wilders and his 'Nexit' supporters in yesterday's Dutch general elections, reports in the Netherlands say.
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"Plymouth was a centrally planned community. Everything was controlled, regulated, and rationed by one central government authority. And like all central planning efforts, the results were scarcity, hunger, and desperation." ~Thomas Krannawitter

Inom vården går trenden mot att patienten ska bestämma allt mer själv, men varje år tvångsvårdas tusentals människor. För en del pågår detta i månader och år. Är det rätt att tvinga på människor vård? Programmet sändes första gången den 28 november 2021.

Wilders wins. Orban, winds of change. Biden secret cell Gaza deal. Nord Stream state terrorism. U/1 Topic 1157

The Battle of Missionary Ridge, fought the day before the “Thanksgiving Day” proclaimed by Abraham Lincoln. When I think of Thanksgiving, I seldom think of the Pilgrims and Wampanoag people dining together (likely sans turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie) in Massachusetts in 1621. Rather, my thoughts wander to Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 proclamation inviting his fellow … Continue reading "War: Thanks But No Thanks"

Join the British Friends of Israel on the National Solidarity March Against Antisemitism this Sunday. For details, click on the image.
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"Although Black Friday is a day of discounts, rebates, and other sales promotions, examining the price changes in the most-marketed merchandise categories may provide some insights as to what consumers face this year." ~Peter C. Earle

On COI #502, Kyle Anzalone discusses the US-backed Israeli military operations in Gaza. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
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Brandon Smith Editor’s Note: It’s not often we publish an article written before OffG even existed, but this one – written over a decade ago in September 2013 and brought to our attention by Mark Gresham – is both interesting and prescient. It discusses the decline of US power, the rise of BRICS, and plans …

Britain has not 'always' been a country of immigrants – since 2004 more people have arrived each year than in the entire period 1066-1950. It's just one example of where the Left inverts the truth.
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Rishi Sunak is under huge pressure to act on legal migration today after figures showed that a record 1.2 million people arrived in 2022, driving a net increase of three-quarters of a million people in a single year.
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Ever notice that religious people and so-called 'progressive' types tend to be the most self-righteous, sanctimonious, and holier-than-thou? This may seem rather odd, even counter-intuitive, considering that the two groups are usually billed as polar opposites. Religious people are said to favor faith and spirituality. 'Progressive' people are said to embody the secular principles of...