Mörka tider – om hur kriserna påverkar vårt tänkande
Vår tid beskrivs ofta som en mörk tid. Krig, skjutningar och klimathot. Kriserna radas på varandra.
Vad gör det med vårt sätt att tänka?
Vår tid beskrivs ofta som en mörk tid. Krig, skjutningar och klimathot. Kriserna radas på varandra.
Vad gör det med vårt sätt att tänka?
The Net Zero green energy illusion is dying as reality catches up with it, says Francis Menton. But the economies of the U.K. and Germany are dying as well as Net Zero takes them down with it.
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Electric vehicles will never dominate the market, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda has said, and will likely peak at under 30%, in the latest sign that car companies are backing away from the troubled technology.
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"Fortunately, the idea that thousands of businesses have colluded to raise prices, boosting their profit margins and engineering the inflation that continues to afflict Americans, is easily disproven." ~Peter C. Earle
Obsessed by modish woke ideology, the National Trust has devised a competition in Sir Isaac Newton’s name which Sir Isaac Newton himself would not be eligible to enter.
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Scientific peer-review is failing science, says Peter Civan. After peer-reviewing papers for 10 years, Dr Civan says he is no longer willing to support a system that serves only the interests of publishing businesses.
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The New York Times Monday noted the increasing likelihood that U.S. troops will be killed by mortars or rocket fire from Shi’ite militias in Iraq or Syria as they have been attacked and wounded repeatedly in the past three months as locals take revenge for Israel’s violence in Gaza. (AQI/ISIS sure have motive to attack … Continue reading "US Troops in Iraq Are a Tripwire for War With Iran"
Zen wisdom tells us that the finger pointing at the moon is not the moon. Yet it’s easy to fall into the illusion that when we see news about the Gaza war, we’re really seeing the war. We are not. What we do routinely see is reporting that’s as different from the actual war as … Continue reading "How the Gaza War Can Be Big News and Invisible at the Same Time"
Five people were wounded, including U.S. servicemembers.
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==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Greek and Roman writers on war and peace Polybius: The bestialization of man by war Polybius: Diplomacy versus war Polybius: Peace is a blessing for which we all pray to the gods ==== PolybiusThe HistoriesTranslated by W. R. Paton The senate heard them with much attention and were … … Continue reading →
State of the Free Press 2024 in the News Independent newsweeklies—from the North Bay Bohemian and Random Lengths News in California, to the Santa Fe Reporter (New Mexico), and the C-Ville Weekly (Charlottesville, VA)— have been featuring the top “Censored” stories from State of the Free Press 2024. The American…
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Pete Kaliner and I made it hot today on WBT for the feds howling at the Lone Wolves suspected terrorists. Biden’s surveillance of folks buying Bass Pro Shop hats and Bibles fails the laugh test. Here’s a link to the New York Post piece on boneheaded federal financial surveillance discussed in this interview. Listen to […]
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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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Tonight we will catch up with our friends Klaus and company in Davos since their yearly party just ended, to see what the plans are coming down the pike for us plebs. We will see how eating meat is bad, how any narrative counter the establishment is misinformation, climate change is real, it’s time to […]
New Labour's Equality Act embedded identity politics into our public institutions and paved the way for the ideological capture of our schools, civil service and NHS, says Tory MP Miriam Cates. It needs an overhaul.
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Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. …see if you can spot the “secret theme” of this edition. 1. Storms “batter” the UK Yesterday, Storm Isha tore across the UK knocking over …
Forget the Ukraine war, the escalating Middle East conflicts and China's threats to Taiwan. The elites gathered at Davos last week heard that the world's "top concern" is "disinformation". They're coming for our thoughts.
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Will TSA Steal Your Mug? by James Bovard January 22, 2024 Dorothy Parker’s signature line, “What fresh hell is this?” is the new the mantra for travelers at American airports. TSA is rapidly expanding a program in which travelers stand in photo kiosks that compare their faces with a federal database of photos from passport […]
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On February 9-11, 2024, world-class skiers from around the globe will gather at Lake Placid, New York for the purpose of jumping off a cell tower. There are three tiers of panel antennas surrounding the ski jump tower on three sides, as well as half a dozen whip antennas on top that will irradiate the skiers.
In 1937, The Technocrat magazine defined Technocracy as the “Science of Social Engineering” and then proceeded to define the outcome as a resource-based economic system with all decisions made by Technocrats. Rejected and ridiculed, they turned to deception and psychological warfare.
As King Charles undergoes surgery, many older men know how an enlarged prostate can greatly narrow the horizons of one's life, says Drew Clode. But an operation like a TURP can be life-changing.
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Libertarian Institute, January 22, 2024 Davos Demolition Derby for World Freedom by James Bovard The World Economic Forum had their annual conference last week in Davos, Switzerland. Once again, the Davos crowd ran a demolition derby for the destruction of liberty around the globe. The WEF seized the COVID pandemic to champion a “Great Reset” […]
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Americans are increasingly looking back on the Trump years, with a growing economy, declining illegal immigration, low energy prices, no wokeness and a strong and peaceful foreign policy, with longing.
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Missing in action: essential context in the Israeli attack on Gazaby Ian SinclairMorning Star16 January 2024 “Most studies carried out prior to the current fighting in Gaza… have repeatedly found that it is the Israeli perspective that is favoured” in broadcast news coverage, Greg Philo and Mike Berry from the Glasgow Media Group recently noted […]
John & Nisha Whitehead “No president from either party should have the sole power to shut down or take control of the internet or any other of our communication channels during an emergency.” Senator Rand Paul What’s to stop the U.S. government from throwing the kill switch and shutting down phone and internet communications in a time …
Did Covid vaccines cause 17 million deaths? That's what Bret Weinstein recently told Tucker Carlson. But Tracy Beth Høeg – a leading critic of the vaccines – isn't convinced. "It doesn't pass a basic sanity test."
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"The pervasive cloud of weird, semi-threatening tension which swirls around a modern faculty corridor does a disservice to a long and venerable academic tradition." ~Paul Schwennesen
Amid economic turmoil and plummeting approval ratings, Eugyppius takes aim at the German Government for orchestrating anti-Right protests to distract from real issues.
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The Weekly Sceptic will be recorded live at the Hippodrome on February 12th. Tickets are £25, a steal for a hugely entertaining, 2-hour West End show. But hurry. The last two live recordings of the Weekly Sceptic sold out.
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Le 3 décembre 2023, le procureur de la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) a achevé sa première mission en Israël et en Palestine. En Israël, il a rencontré des survivants et des familles de victimes des attaques du Hamas du 7 octobre ; à Ramallah, en Palestine, il a tenu des réunions avec des responsables palestiniens […]
There is an ongoing war within the war business. The old guard aerospace companies are now competing with Big Tech players from Silicon Valley.
The essential argument used to avoid negotiation and continue support for the war in Ukraine is based on a falsehood. That falsehood, repeated by President Joe Biden, is that when Vladimir Putin decided to invade, he intended to conquer all of Ukraine and “annihilate” it. Its falsity has been exposed multiple times by military experts, who … Continue reading "To End the War in Ukraine, Expose Its Core Lie"
If it looks like genocide, sounds like genocide, and smells like genocide, chances are it’s genocide. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will rule provisionally on whether that is what Israel is committing against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. The Republic of South Africa filed the complaint, which is ironic because Israel was … Continue reading "Smells Like Genocide"
This weekend the Washington Post reported that the Biden administration has drawn up plans for “a sustained military campaign targeting the Houthis in Yemen.” For those who may understandably have lost count, that would make three regional wars the Biden Administration has embroiled us in over the past three years. If nothing else the Biden administration has shown beyond … Continue reading "The Unreality of US Foreign Policy"
Producers of RRNews 344: Intro Song courtesy of Witness the Light Music Danny – Medford, ORMarja – Parts UnknownRobert – Parts UnknownHugh – Parts UnknownKhyle – Newton, MAAutumn – Snoqualmie, WABill – Sandpoint, IDDaphne – Parts …
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Greek and Roman writers on war and peace Appian: Selections on war ==== AppianRoman HistoryTranslated by Horace White “Why should we pay taxes when we have no part in the honours, the commands, the state-craft, for which you contend against each other with such harmful results? … … Continue reading →
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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Download Episode. Gareth Porter returns to the show to mark episode 6,000. They start with a short discussion of Porter’s next book on the Cold War before diving into what’s happening in Gaza. They talk about Netanyahu’s propaganda strategy after October 7, the risk of a wider war, whether the word genocide is merited and […]
Download Episode. Glenn Greenwald joins Scott to discuss the Edward Snowden leaks and the broader fight to protect civil liberties. They start with a discussion of Greenwald’s remarkable consistency amid the dramatic evolution of America’s political dynamics. They then talk about the Snowden leaks, and Greenwald fills in some details about what happened with the […]
In a surprise twist, court documents have revealed that a Muslim schoolgirl, who is suing her London school over a prayer ban, was suspended for allegedly threatening to stab a fellow pupil.
Derrick Broze of The Conscious Resistance Network joins James Corbett to discuss The Greater Reset 5: Manifestation, the latest edition of the ongoing series of solutions-focused workshop/conferences seeking to empower people on their quest to build the parallel systems of the future. From workshops and presentations on permaculture and parallel networks to taking back our tech and building …
Accusations of 'hate speech' are being increasingly used to silence lawful discussions unpopular with progressives in the European Parliament.
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Is DEI in its death throes? Nick Dixon considers recent changes in PwC's diversity policies as further evidence of a broader pushback against Diversity, Equity and Inclusion gobbledegook.
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Edward Curtin “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous,” warned Rev. King, “than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” How true those words. For the government that honors Dr. King with a national holiday killed him. This is the suppressed truth behind the highly promoted day of service. It is what you are not supposed …
A new study suggests that repeat Covid vaccinations may lead to a less effective immune response, making individuals more susceptible to repeat infections due to the emergence of specific antibodies called IgG4.
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