An Empire of Nothing at All?
In the end, the last empire may prove to be an empire of nothing at all - a grim possibility which has been a focus of TomDispatch, the website I’ve run since November 2002...
In the end, the last empire may prove to be an empire of nothing at all - a grim possibility which has been a focus of TomDispatch, the website I’ve run since November 2002...
Science historians say the Scientific Revolution began with Copernicus when he proposed the heliocentric system that the Earth orbits the Sun. I used to think it was not worth discussing because one in four Americans and one in three Russians think the opposite, namely the Ptolemaic view that it is an earth-centered, geocentric system. You […]
Science historians say the Scientific Revolution began with Copernicus when he proposed the heliocentric system that the Earth orbits the Sun. I used to think it was not worth discussing because one in four...
Science historians say the Scientific Revolution began with Copernicus when he proposed the heliocentric system that the Earth orbits the Sun. I used to think it was not worth discussing because one in four...
President Tayyip Erdogan described Monday’s bloodshed as genocide and called Israel a terrorist state. This is the most severe diplomatic conflict between the two regional powers since Israeli marines stormed an aid ship to enforce a naval blockade of Gaza in 2010, killing ten Turkish activists and prompting a downgrade in diplomatic ties that lasted until 2016. [...]
The Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca was perhaps the first in history to identify and discuss collapse and to note that “the way to ruin is rapid.” From Seneca’s idea, Ugo Bardi coined the term “Seneca Effect” to describe all cases where things go bad fast and used the modern science of complex systems to understand why and how collapses[Read More...]
Daycare centers in Minnesota, mostly owned by Somalis, received millions in government subsidies intended to assist low-income families with childcare expenses, but the money was shipped on airline flights in suitcases to the Middle East. A portion likely was sent to fund terrorist organizations in Somalia. Minnesota state government estimates that the scam is costing taxpayers $100 million a year. [...]
Effects found on sexual development, genotoxicity, and the intestinal microbiome
If you're a regular reader here, you'll know that there are two new religions (perhaps cults would be a better word), that I'm just […]
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Our core ecological problem is not climate change. It is overshoot, of which global warming is a symptom. Overshoot is a systemic issue. Over the past century-and-a-half, enormous amounts of cheap energy from fossil fuels enabled the rapid growth of resource extraction, manufacturing and consumption; and these in turn led to population increase, pollution and loss of natural habitat and hence biodiversity.[Read More...]
Europe now faces its ultimate ideological fork-in-the-road, which it has thus far ignored but can no longer ignore: They need to decide whether they seek a world of nations that each is sovereign over its own territory but over no other; or whether they seek instead a world in which they are part of the American empire
Academics now are saying that, from 1999 to 2010, six-million manufacturing jobs, one-third of all US manufacturing employment, were lost to China and had nothing to do with robots or automation. Blue-collar workers instinctively knew that, and it was one of the reasons they supported Trump who openly said so. According to the academics, the introduction of China into the global trading system is the root cause of the job losses.
NAKBA OR CATASTROPHE DAY is being remembered today in Palestine. The March of Return, which has been going on for over a month, culminates in its commemoration. The Nakba began when Palestinians were robbed of their homeland; when the genocide began; and, will not stop until the land is ethnically cleansed by the thieving multi-national Zionists ensconced in Tel Aviv.[Read More...]
For the first time since its inception in 1909, the legendary Italian cycling race, Giro d’Italia kicked off outside Europe and, strangely enough, from the city of Jerusalem on May 4. The inherent contradictions in that decision are inescapable. Italy is a country that has experienced a ruthless forging occupation and was ravaged by fascism and war. To be[Read More...]
Austrian law is based on precedent, and the leader of the identity movement, Martin Sellner, says that the case against Generation Identity is being used to set a precedent for 'criminal association', which is a way to criminalize being a member of any organization the government does not like. He says the law will be used to intimidate and prosecute members and supporters of the populist Austrian Freedom Party that recently gained power in the latest election.
It doesn’t matter that the wars are coming It doesn’t matter that the wars just came It doesn’t matter that we had our warning To you all wars are just the same I thought you really loved me I thought you really cared I thought that when the bombs were falling You’d shelter me when I was scared [Read More...]
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The image of Antarctica in common circulation is environmental and utopian. The scientist of valour, the investigator thirsting for discovery in a litmus test environment that will give warning about current and impending variations in temperature that will affect the globe. Noble stuff indeed. On other occasions, the continent has tickled the conspiratorial mind. Did Adolf Hitler find relief[Read More...]
With the escalating doom of climate change hovering over us, it is tempting to push nuclear horror to the back of our minds. To those of us who grew up in the 1950s, it was omnipresent. Nuclear war could not exist without nuclear power and on April 26, 1986 the world experienced a form of nuclear horror it will[Read More...]
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“What but design of darkness to appall?” — from Robert Frost’s Design How can you teach children in a community that is hungry for food? I’m talking about kids suffering from severe hunger. Children who — also — have no way to secure proper medical attention when they’re sick. Little ones whose parents can’t find work. Since Martin’s time things[Read More...]
World BEYOND War has just released an updated 2018 mapping of militarism in the world. The map system can be explored and adjusted to display what you’re looking for, as well as display precise data and its sources at http://bit.ly/mappingmilitarism Here are some examples of what it can show: Where wars are present that directly and violently killed over 1,000[Read More...]
Sanitation is the key to proper hygiene, which is essential for a health and safety of the public. India’s record, especially when it comes to sanitation, has been abysmal so far. According to the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund Joint Monitoring Report (2017), more than half of the open defecation that occurs anywhere in the world[Read More...]
Despite all the tall claims of development by authorities in India, the data from Government bodies shows that there are little, if any, improvements in tackling alarmingly high levels of malnutrition. Add to this the worrisome fact of a sharp increase in the indebtedness of households and the situation becomes even bleaker. The data from the National Family Health Survey[Read More...]
‘Why call comedians to comedy shows in TV, when these BJP leaders can put up a far better show?’ That is one of the social media trolls which have been doing the rounds about BJP leaders in Kerala whose histrionics on primetime TV news debates have spawned an avalanche of memes and trolls. Satire-happy social media users attest that[Read More...]
American taxpayers have been robbed of at least $21-trillion by the DOD and HUD, based on a study of the agencies from 1998 to 2015 made by a professor of economics at Michigan State University. Meanwhile, the government has failed to fund $5-trillion in pension obligations despite many opportunities to do so, concluding it is intentional and that it will cause a "crisis" that will increase taxes, including property tax. [...]
RT | May 15, 2018 Woody Johnson, the US ambassador to the UK, has said that Britain should spend more on military defense at the expense of the NHS, insisting there needs to be ‘trade-offs’ to ensure security and to remain a strong US ally. Johnson seemed to indicate to journalists assembled in London that, […]
North Korea is not willing to play a game with America where America alone gets ‘the better end of the deal’, as Trump would put it.
Some sort of arrangement whereby North Korea has no assurance that America won’t eventually march in and overthrow the regime and give Kim the Gadhafi treatment over some trumped up pretext, as in Libya, while North Korea has agreed to give up its nuclear program is simply not what this process has been about.
Two offices tied to Muqtada al-Sadr were bombed on Tuesday.
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(ANTIWAR.COM) — The United States has used its veto power at the UN Security Council to block a Monday resolution calling for an independent probe into the killing of scores of Palestinian protesters this week along the Gaza Strip border. The protesters were killed by Israeli forces. It is very common for the US to use its veto power […]
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(MEMO) — A former director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) held US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responsible Israel’s massacre of Palestinians in Gaza on Monday. READ: White House: Israel Not to Blame for Gaza Bloodbath READ: Names and Faces of Those Killed by Israeli Forces This Week in Gaza John Brennan, who […]
Like the case of Rome before it, the Empire is bankrupting America. The true fiscal cost is upwards of $1.0 trillion per year (counting $200 billion for veterans and debt service for wars), but there is no way to pay for it. That’s because the 78-million strong Baby Boom is in the driver’s seat of … Continue reading "Why the Empire Never Sleeps: The Indispensable Nation Folly, Part 1"
"After the first death, there is no other." ~ Dylan Thomas I’m ashamed. It’s 5:55 AM and I wake up for one more of my last few days in the army – the end of middling soldier’s career – here at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The BBC (I refuse to watch mainstream American news in 2018) is … Continue reading "A Veteran’s Gaza Stream-of-Consciousness: Just What’ve I Been Fighting For?"
Originally posted at TomDispatch. This essay is the introduction to Tom Engelhardt’s new book, A Nation Unmade by War, a Dispatch Book published by Haymarket Books. As I was putting the finishing touches on my new book, the Costs of War Project at Brown University’s Watson Institute published an estimate of the taxpayer dollars that … Continue reading "An Empire of Nothing at All?"
En complément de l’article paru ce jour, nous vous présentons aujourd’hui certains des écrits les plus violents de Charles Maurras parus dans l’Action Française (AF), généralement cachés ou très peu mis en avant par ses admirateurs.
United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Tuesday, May 15, 2018 Dictator Reneges on Promise to Ignore ROK-U.S. Full Eagle and Max Thunder Spring Defensive Drills; What Else Will Kim Extort?; Maneuver Recalls Run-Up to Munich Sellout of September 1938; World Revulsion Against Netanyahu’s Massacre of 60 Palestinians with 2,700 Wounded; White House [...]
When Trump initially voiced his decision to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, it underwent an overwhelming response of disapproval from the international community, which apparently didn’t phase the Americans, they couldn’t really care less, they just won’t get preferential treatment from Israel or an invitation to Nikki Haley’s parties.
2e partie de cet article détaillé sur la commémoration de Charles Maurras – afin de faire vivre le débat historique. Nous publierons les réponses d’historiens à cet article.
Source : Madaniya, René Naba, 06-12-2017
السيف لا يأكل لحم آلِ سعود.
Canceling high-level talks scheduled with counterparts in Seoul this week, Pyongyang urges Trump administration to “undertake careful deliberations” about how military exercises could negatively diplomatic progress. (CD) — Pointing to “provocative” military drills the U.S. and South Korean air forces are conducting in the region, North Korea is warning that the war games could jeopardize a highly […]
Representatives from Iran, Russia, and Turkey met at the Kazakh capital of Astana for peace talks relative to the Syrian conflict and have released a joint statement.
The three parties are also the guarantors of the ceasefire agreement in Syria, arguing that only a political, non military, solution can resolve the conflict and result in a stable outcome.
Tasnim News Agency reports:
Three separate journalists, not for Palestinian news outlets, have reported being attacked by Israeli forces. While Israel says that it carefully considers each shot fired, if believed, would leave no other conclusion than that the IDF was intentionally trying to harm or liquidate journalists covering the conflict on the Israeli border. Specific information was reported by an Al-Jazeera reporter, who gave the following report to France24 news:
While the US is quick to label any act of resistance by the Palestinians as terrorism, it has yet to condemn Israel's calculated massacre of unarmed Palestinians, including children, during this and the preceding weeks. In fact, the Trump administration has gone out of its way to defend Israel's inhumane actions and repeatedly blocked the UN Security Council's attempts to investigate Israel's clear violation of international law.Read more...
(ANTIMEDIA Op-ed) — A powerful government’s military unleashed chemical weapons on a crowd of protesters in Gaza this week, but Team America-World Police is nowhere to be found. That’s because the government that launched the attack is Israel’s, and the United States has a habit of ignoring its allies’ crimes and suppressions of dissent. A tear gas […]
As you probably know, Senate Democrats are going to force a vote of new neutrality tomorrow> The goal is to repeal anti-neutrality changes recently adopted by the Republican-controlled Federal Communications Commission. CNN reported that the repeal is backed by all 49 Democrats and Republican Sen.
Foreign ministers of the European parties to the Joint Comprehensive plan of Action on Iran’s nuclear development, the deal that Trump thinks is the ‘worst deal ever negotiated’ and is determined to kill, got together for a meeting today to recommit to the agreement and put their heads together on how to protect their economic interests against American extraterritorial economic sanctions.
France24 reports:
IMAGE: CBS News guest Noura Erakat does not hold back when speaking her mind about Israel and Palestine on-air.
21st Century Wire says…
It’s not often and almost never that you see a major news network, in this case CBS News, invite a voice of truth to help explain the atrocities being carried out by Israel on the Palestinian people.