The Factors of Soft Power’s Influence on Politics

Politics is a dirty game and war is simply one of the ways of doing it. It’s been a lot of time since Russia invaded Ukraine. And the Ukrainian people have struggled with the great standoff between Russia and NATO.

Our society is now dominated by what amounts to a new religion of climate catastrophism, argues Andy A West, putting our civilisation under threat. What can be done to loosen its grip?
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"You better make sure he doesn’t fall on a sandbag"

Bloomberg is just out with a devastating behind-the-scenes account of a hot-headed Zelensky at the NATO summit in Vilnius, and the growing Western backlash in the face of his obvious frustration and what’s being seen as ingratitudefor the steady flow of billions of dollars in arms to Kiev. Apparently even the mainstream media agrees with our own assessment of the […]

London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Monday claimed for the umpteenth time that cities cannot solve their crime problems through mass arrests — even though that has been proven to be false by El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.  “There is no place for crime in London,” Khan said on Twitter. “But we can’t arrest ourselves out […]

Recent years have given rise to a great deal of evidence that the current governments of some Western nations have stopped taking into account the fundamental rules of international law and are breaking previously made agreements. Their practices include outright lies and deceit; they do not shy away from passing off black as white and […]

As the August 25th deadline for the new EU online speech regulations approaches, Commissioner Thierry Breton warns social media companies to turn up the dial on censorship, or else.
The post EU Commissioner Thierry Breton Warns Social Media Companies to Turn Up the Dial on Censorship – Or Else appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Misogyny means the hatred of women (by men), contempt for them, looking down on them. It doesn’t mean not having sex with them or being homosexual; some misogynists – and they do exist – have no problem having sexual relations with women. Heck, some even marry them. There is a more elastic definition of misogyny […]

From the very global perspective, the foreign policy of Russia at the time of Boris Yeltsin was catastrophic as Russia lost even the position of great power in international relations...

"The combination of Fed rate hikes and easing demand is clearly having the intended disinflationary effect on the general price level as measured by the various CPIs." ~ Peter C. Earle

If Huw Edwards was a GB News presenter, the liberal Left would be screaming for his head. But because he's a pillar of the BBC, they're demanding the horrid tabloids leave him alone, claiming it's a purely personal matter.
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Gene Epstein discusses themes covered in his recent debate with David Friedman on the merits of the nonaggression principle, and whether libertarianism can and should do without it.

Despite gaining independence in 1946, the Philippines is still under US political and security control, remaining a US bridgehead in the southern part of the Asia-Pacific region. The sustained military presence of Washington was a requirement for the island country’s freedom. Under the Treaty on Military Bases, the Philippine government relinquished control of 23 military […]

Ce texte a été rédigé à la suite de la 65ème session du séminaire Franco-Russe co-organisé par le Centre d’Études des Modes d’Industrialisation de l’École de Guerre Économique (Paris) et par l’Institut de Prévision Économique de l’Académie des Sciences de Russie (Moscou). Ce séminaire s’est tenu les 3-5 juillet derniers à la fois en distanciel […]

So far, Ukraine’s month-long "counter-offensive" has been a very costly failure. Attacks on Russian forces in the southern province of Zaporozhe have yet to achieve any significant strategic success, and the same is true all along the line of contact. Some of Kiev’s most fervent supporters are beginning to doubt Ukraine’s armed forces have the … Continue reading "Peace in Ukraine? Faltering Counter-Offensive, Failed Coup"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not just against the establishment of a Palestinian state, he wants to eliminate the very aspirations for such a state. This was the gist of Netanyahu’s remarks, made at a meeting of the Israeli Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. They were reported in Israeli media on June 26. … Continue reading "Netanyahu: No Palestinian State and the PA ‘Works for Us’"

Donald Jeffries returns to Our Interesting Times to discuss his new book Masking the Truth: How Covid-19 Destroyed Civil Liberties and Shut Down the World. Donald is an independent researcher and bestselling author whose other books include On Borrowed Fame: Money, Mysteries, and Corruption in the Entertainment World and Bullyocracy: How the Social Hierarchy Enables Bullies to Rule Schools, Work Places, and Society at Large.

From BrianWilsonWrites substack: Brian and Jim discuss FBI Director Christopher Wray’s gentle treatment of Free Speech. – listen to the podcast here https://nfscd.buzzsprout.com/1991115/13212810or below – Open in app or online The Two and Only – Brian Wilson and James Bovard return to discuss FBI Director Christopher Wray’s gentle treatment of Free Speech and other freedoms… […]

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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Whether One Agrees or Disagrees With Aspects of His Outlook, the Media is Clearly Slanted Against Him In January 1967, the CIA sent a memo (marked “SECRET,” “RESTRICTED,” and “DESTROY WHEN NO LONGER NEEDED”) to its army of media “assets” secretly embedded in virtually every area of U.S. communications. This army of covert operatives (exposed […]

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In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are the Huw Edwards BBC sex scandal, Miss Netherlands being a bloke and are Harry and Meghan getting a divorce?

It's not inevitable.

Media Monarchy plays Dale Ann Bradley x Sam Bush, The Pink Stones x Nikki Lane, Randy Travis x Clint Eastwood and more on #PumpUpThaVolume for July 12, 2023. ♬

Kit Knightly The buzz in the Climate Change news is that the five hottest days in the last 100,000 years all happened last week, according to the World Meteorological Organization. You can read an article about it from Forbes: The Fourth of July was the hottest day on Earth in as many as 125,000 years—breaking …

Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (7/12/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth Read More...

Aluminium Adjuvants and Vaccines A Marriage Everlasting  by Dr. Christopher Exley, Dr’s Newsletter July 11, 2023   In my last interview with Del Bigtree on The Highwire I sounded the alarm regarding the future of aluminium adjuvants in vaccines. I urged against complacency and warned that next generation vaccines would continue to rely upon aluminium adjuvants. Well,
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Obscured “Science” Root of American Pedophilia and Trafficking Plague: Alfred Kinsey And His Nemesis Was Judith Reisman, PhD  by Celia Farber, The Truth Barrier July 12, 2023   “Child trafficking in the United States really begins much earlier than most people understand….I would have to say the Kinsey Reports laid the scientific foundation for abusing
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(Preview) Atrocity propaganda from World War I to the Ukraine War. Pictured above: The BBC staging a “chemical attack” in Syria in 2013. Videos: Atrocity Propaganda →

New green schemes, pizza oven gate and the whore de France + this day in history w/founding England and our song of the day by Cody Jinks on your #MorningMonarchy for July 12, 2023.

(Preview) Neither hoax nor Hollywood: how and why the Holocaust occurred, and why neither side has ever acknowledged this. Pictured: Excavators at the Treblinka camp (1942)
The post The Holocaust Debate (Preview) appeared first on Swiss Policy Research.

1996’s Independence Day is corny, schlocky, nationalistic and pro-nuclear weapons. So how did it end up being rejected by the...
The post ClandesTime 250 – Independence Day vs The Pentagon first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

NATO, when conditions are met. Elensky, NO respect. Kissinger reveals Nord Stream saboteur. U/1 Topic 1020

Ukraine’s Bad Day: New Attack Fails, Heavy Losses, Leopard 2s, Bradleys Lost, Rus Captures 1 Bradley; Vilnius Summit Disappoints, NATO Turns Back on Ukraine Topic 904

Transhumanism is a "techno-industrial suicide machine is staffed by humans who appear not to recognize that their joint mission is programmed to end in collapse." Yet, it the ideology is so pervasive and deceptive that a great percentage of the world is now bowing down to it. It's time to stop.

From today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Pressed by media as to why President Biden decided to send universally-reviled “cluster bombs” for Ukraine to use, the president said the quiet part out loud: “Because we’re running out of ammunition.” Suddenly the narrative carefully built by Biden’s neocon foreign policy team has been “cluster bombed” by reality. Also … Continue reading "Cluster-Bombed! Did Biden Just Say ‘We’re Out Of Weapons’?"

Henrik cover some of the latest in No-Go Zone this Wednesday July 12, 2023.
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Henrik cover some of the latest in No-Go Zone this Wednesday July 12, 2023.
This is the audio version of the show. If you want to watch the video version go here. We have RSS/Podcast feeds available here.

The debanking phenomenon is probably far more widespread than we’ve been led to believe, mainly because the majority of people it has happened to are too embarrassed to talk about it.
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Rapid advances in AI have accelerated the concept of digital twins, where AI models an exact working copy of something in the real world. The digital twin is updated in real time with sensor information, AI interprets its condition and then forces the changes back to the reality twin.

Turkey before and during the time of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has tried to conduct active diplomacy in virtually all aspects of its geography, where the Balkans retain a high relevance. This direction of Turkish foreign policy is determined by several factors: geographical proximity; the history of Ottoman rule; the course of European integration; NATO membership; […]

Tyranny continues to lurk in the academic community, but is on wide-open display at Santa Clara University. If you don't have the mRNA gene therapy shot, you won't be attending SCU. Thus, informed consent is costly: withdraw registration and apply to another university.

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"Had we used the true price index, we would have found a larger contraction due to lockdowns. That means that we understated the cost of lockdowns." ~ Vincent Geloso

El Salvador President Bukele's crackdown on MS-13 gang members has led to a dramatic 44% reduction in the number of Salvadorans illegally crossing into the US. El Salvador once had the world's highest murder rate, but now has the world's highest incarceration rate, 68,000 prisoners, about 1% of their population.

"The Fed may not need to tighten any further, depending on how markets continue to react to its recent policy changes. But this is no time for complacency.' ~ Alexander W. Salter

Evanston is expected to pay 140 mostly elderly black residents $25,000 each in reparations by the end of the year in what it is calling a 'test run for the whole country.' The payments will be funded by marijuana and real-estate transfer taxes that will affect prices in the real estate market.

Mayor Kamau admitted he was aware he was trespassing on the homeowner’s property and he told Fox News that he believed the home was “abandoned.” The mayor was charged with criminal trespass and first-degree burglary and was booked in the Fulton County Jail on $11,000 bond.