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 Regions - International
 Persistence Pays posted by jack, 2017-10-20 23:09:04
As a youth it was easy to realise that the system we live in today is sick, more evident today than ever, as psychopaths and extremely psychologically sick individuals now lead nations -- Donald Trump, for instance. (full story)
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  Scientists: 'Ecological Armageddon' -- Flying, Pollinating Insects Disappearing posted by Jessica Corbett via jaxie, 2017-10-20 06:06:04
A new study published Wednesday, revealing populations of flying insects like bees and butterflies plunged more than 75 percent in German nature preserves over the past 27 years, has scientists calling for further research into probable causes such as climate change and pesticide use, and raising alarms about a potential "ecological Armageddon." (full story)
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 How is it possible ... posted by claire, 2017-10-19 21:10:18
that the world’s most powerful nation has been taken hostage by the world’s most incompetent, infantile, personality flawed and destructive leader? (full story)
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Footprints posted by lex, 2017-10-19 10:59:55
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Kirkuk redux was a bloodless offensive. Here’s why posted by Pepe Escobar via james, 2017-10-18 23:22:57
The Battle of Kirkuk lasted less than 24 hours. In a lightning – and mostly bloodless – offensive, the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) retook control of the North Oil Co. and North Gas Co. headquarters, the K1 military base, the Bai Hassan oil field, and two domes of the Kirkuk oil field on Monday. (full story)
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Trump Caught Out Lying AGAIN posted by jane, 2017-10-18 23:15:10
Trump’s latest episode of transparent lying relates to his accusation that Obama did not contact relatives of soldiers killed in action; furthermore, Trump recently displayed the usual characteristics of a sociopath by accusing/blaming everyone else of lying when it is plain that HE is the pathological, infantile liar. I say infantile as he is clearly a child attempting to lie his way, unsuccessfully, out of trouble, especially when he is caught dead to rights. (full story)
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The Flute posted by sadh, 2017-10-18 10:17:53
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‘The Small always Overcomes the Large’ posted by nano, 2017-10-17 23:19:36
The title is actually a military adage, which is as old as warfare. Consider the biblical allegory of David and Goliath, how a lumbering highly equipped with ‘superior’ armaments, giant of a man was defeated by the agility, speed and cunning of a small boy with an effective (in the right hands/application) ‘primitive’ weapon, and it was used to great effect, which is the essential transmission/message of the story. In fact, as history records numerous times, the bigger they are the more likely the chances of being defeated by a much smaller, agile force -- and I use ‘agile’ to cover tactics and strategy as well as lightning response and astounding ‘physical’ maneuverability. (full story)
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Dying Horizons posted by sylph, 2017-10-17 07:23:41
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Lemmings and Men posted by jan, 2017-10-16 02:19:58
When lemmings, due to population and other living pressures race over mythical clifftops, as is often depicted, do they have a leader they follow? No, it is a GROUP effort, they all participate in the madness of self-destruction. And so it is with America today, from revolution to a democratic Republic to an authoritarian, totalitarian state, with the usual madman as the leader. (full story)
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The Floundering President posted by claire, 2017-10-15 22:32:17
The Guardian recently reported that Trump has isolated himself from his political base in Washington, principally due to his infantile, impetuous and petulant nature, which among other severe personality flaws clearly defines him as unfit and incapable of performing the duties of President of the United States. That obvious fact aside, his minders, or assassins, as politics is a cut-throat business, which no novice should enter without years of experience or strong expert political support, Trump remains commander-in-chief and is entirely capable of triggering a war, in fact he is the Pentagon’s puppet mascot. We should not downplay Trump’s insane, mindless threats directed at North Korea, delivered at the United Nations, which location adds veracity to the insane threats. So beware. (full story)
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The Deep State's Bogus 'Iranian Threat' posted by David Stockman via jess, 2017-10-14 23:54:52
Yesterday we identified a permanent fiscal crisis as one of the quadruple witching forces arising in October 2017 which will shatter the global financial bubble. Today the Donald is on the cusp of making the crisis dramatically worse by decertifying the Iranian nuke deal, thereby reinforcing another false narrative that enables the $1 trillion Warfare State to continue bleeding the nation's fiscal solvency. (full story)
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The State of Slavery posted by james, 2017-10-14 23:23:50
Most Americans today imagine that slavery ended with the civil war, a war in reality fought for economic not moral reasons. Nevertheless, the abolition of slavery was presented to the world as the underlying reason for this economic war. If you doubt this conclusion simply assess the status of the 'yez bozz’ black American AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, as they were/are portrayed in modern media, particularly Hollywood in the early decades of the 20th century. Yet it wasn’t until the late 60‘s, that MLK, Macolm X and other black liberationists actually made some progress toward black social equality and real freedoms,100 years after the civil war; there are many examples of blacks in the 60‘s fighting for their rights promised a hundred years back -- lol -- and note how white elites murdered most of these activists and suppressed news of others using white public water bubblers and sitting in white areas of segregated buses and other segregated social spaces. (full story)
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 Kala posted by lynx, 2017-10-14 07:00:06
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America the Unfortunate posted by james, 2017-10-13 23:57:11
Average Americans are suffering from lunatic leadership which is noted by its insane rhetoric and provocations as begging for war. The latest unforgivable debacle is Trump’s trashing of the Iran nuclear accord, which would allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons in response to the insanity of the USA, the accord as it stood prevented Iran from developing nuclear weapons but Trump trashed it against all expert opinion and sane reason. (full story)
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