October 30, 2022
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Ukraine News Links 29-30 October 2022
Sunday, 30 October 2022 — The New Dark Age Peskov Cuts The Crap… https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/10/peskov-cuts-crap.html What ever happened to our fear of Armageddon? https://popularresistance.org/what-ever-happened-to-our-fear-of-armageddon/ Noam Chomsky: Neoliberalism And The Roots Of Fascism https://popularresistance.org/noam-chomsky-neoliberalism-and-the-roots-of-fascism/ Continue reading
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Of Gas and Hot Air
Sunday, 30 October 2022 — The van says… Hot air from the politicians, yet no heat for the people Preamble We have seen some pretty scary stories coming out of the UK of late, and the ones regarding its energy situation are even worse than those concerning the political rollercoaster that London has become of Continue reading
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Watch: 5 questions about Brazil’s historic elections
Everything you need to know about the second round presidential elections in Brazil which will see former president Lula face off against far-right incumbent Bolsonaro Continue reading
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How the world now works – or doesn’t
This blog has nothing to do with heart disease, or vaccines, or anything directly about medical practice at all. However, it does have a great deal to do with data manipulation, which is something very close to my heart. It also illustrates how a ‘fact’ can be anything but. Continue reading
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Brazil’s economic and political rollercoaster
The latest polls put Workers Party leader Lula de Silva ahead in the two-horse race with incumbent right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro in today’s final round of the presidential election in Brazil. If Lula wins, it will be a dramatic comeback for the former president after having been jailed for alleged corruption under the previous right-wing… Continue reading
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NATO Had Plans for a Preemptive Strike on Russia Using the Cover of a French-Led Naval Exercise in the Mediterranean
Revelations further underscore mendacity behind Biden administration claim that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was unprovoked Continue reading
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These Countries Account for Half of Global Natural Gas Consumption
Seven countries account for more than fifty percent of global natural gas consumption Continue reading
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The message from China’s party congress
The highlight of the recent 20th National Congress of the Communist Party (CPC) of China has been the re-election of Xi Jinping as the General Secretary for another five-year term. The tradition set by Deng Xiaoping in the post-Mao Zedong era has been set aside. This was not unexpected, and has been largely interpreted as a consolidation… Continue reading