December 7, 2018
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The Deathly Insect Dilemma By Robert Hunziker
Insect abundance is plummeting with wild abandon, worldwide! Species evolve and go extinct as part of nature’s normal course over thousands and millions of years, but the current rate of devastation is off the charts and downright scary. Continue reading
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Reagan, Gorbachev and Bush at Governors Island in 1988
The U.S. and NATO allies worried about losing control of the public narrative of the Cold War in December 1988 after Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s offer of an arms race in reverse in his famous United Nations speech, according to declassified documents published today by the National Security Archive. Senior Italian officials, for example, complained… Continue reading
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Brexit: Corbyn’s Cakeism; Norway Rejects “Norway”
So the odds now seem to favor May putting off the vote, and running to the EU Council meeting of December 13-14. If so, this means her fallback it to try to run out the clock so as to make the no deal risk even more imminent, and perhaps also to get the EU Council… Continue reading
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Why Sherlock Holmes was never considered a conspiracy theorist (and alternative media shouldn’t be either) By Robert Bridge
It is difficult to understand how the Scottish writer Arthur Conan Doyle remains so popular today with his adventures of the world’s most famous detective when any critical thinking that contradicts the status quo is dismissed out of hand as the ranting of a lunatic. Continue reading
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Jacques Ellul: A Prophet for Our Tech-Saturated Times By Andrew Nikiforuk
By now you have probably read about the so-called “tech backlash.” Facebook and other social media have undermined what’s left of the illusion of democracy, while smartphones damage young brains and erode the nature of discourse in the family. Meanwhile computers and other gadgets have diminished our attention spans along with our ever-failing connection to… Continue reading
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Nurses raise concern about Royal College backing for NHS volunteers campaign
On Saturday the Daily Mail called for “an army of volunteers” to “transform” the NHS. Royal College of Nursing members have written to Dame Prof. Donna Kinnair, the acting head of the RCN, in response to their involvement in the “Helpforce” campaign. Continue reading
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A Public Service Internet for Europe?
The French Government announced in October that the National Assembly and Army Ministry would no longer be relying on American digital companies for Internet search. They are in future going to be using the French and German developed Quant search system which doesn’t track its users’ personal data and doesn’t therefore expose users to the… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 7 December 2018: If There’s Hell Below, BAR Obituary George HW Bush; All US Presidents Are War Criminals; Mueller, Manafort and Assange
7 December 2018 — Black Agenda Report If There’s A Hell Below, That’s Where He’ll Go: The BAR Obituary on George H.W. Bush – Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor George H.W. Bush, the 41st US president was the son of a 20th centyury slavemaster, a blue-blooded war criminal, and possibly a CIA officer since Continue reading
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Has Hezbollah built a tunnel to Israel? Israel has not provided enough evidence
For the third consecutive day, the Israeli defence forces are continuing operation “Northern Shield”. The project is under the command of the Head of the North Region, General Yoël Strick, and is being supervised by the Head of the General Staff, General Gadi Eizenkot. Continue reading
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Kiev Regime – A Western Frankenstein Creation
Russian President Vladimir Putin put it succinctly when he recently warned that prospects for peace in Ukraine were negligible as long as the current authorities in Kiev remain in power. Worse, given a new rash of provocations by the Kiev regime, the entire region is being threatened with conflict, and even all-out war. Continue reading
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If US quits INF Treaty, Europe loses By M. K. BHADRAKUMAR
The statement issued by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on December 4 regarding the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty following the meeting of the foreign ministers of the alliance in Brussels puts the seal on the US decision to withdraw from the pact. Continue reading
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Five Eyes Against Huawei
The motive for the war undertaken by Washington against Huawei is deep-rooted and spurious as are the justifications. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 