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Wars, Apologetics, and Political Arguments
Wars, Apologetics, and Political Arguments When political arguments ask you to commit to extreme positions, perhaps they are religious rather than ethical arguments. Possibly the two most pressing world events at the moment are the wars in Ukraine and Israel. In each case, the argumentation for each side in the Western world has followed a […]
The Great Experiment
The Great Experiment Is stratospheric aerosol injection inevitable now? A government test of solar radiation management (SRM) was conducted from the deck of the retired aircraft carrier, Hornet, the first of its kind, on April 2. “Desperate times breed desperate measures.” ~ William Shakespeare Democracy has been referred to as the Great Experiment. As it teeters […]
Banking on Surveillance: Republicans Investigate Major Banks’ Warrantless Data Sharing with Federal Agencies
Banking on Surveillance: Republicans Investigate Major Banks’ Warrantless Data Sharing with Federal Agencies Congressional inquiry into banks’ role in warrantless data surveillance following January 6 raises alarm over potential civil liberties violations and improper government collaboration. Congressional Republicans are further investigating claims that at least 13 major US banks collaborated with federal agencies to monitor […]
Financial turmoil in Canada – and what it means for the rest of the world
Financial turmoil in Canada – and what it means for the rest of the world Max Bernier, leader of the People’s Party of Canada, says the new federal budget will send the country deeper into debt than it already is. Our latest episode of the Collapse Life podcast features a returning guest — Maxime Bernier, […]
Big Tech Sponsors Event With Canadian Pro-Censorship Justice Minister Advocating Online Censorship
Big Tech Sponsors Event With Canadian Pro-Censorship Justice Minister Advocating Online Censorship Canada’s justice minister, Arif Virani, proposes speech-restrictive legislation at an event backed by corporate sponsorship from Meta and AWS. Canada’s government, represented by “captain of censorship” Arif Virani – the country’s justice minister and attorney general, will use an upcoming event as the […]
Brazil Targets Twitter Files Author Who Revealed Censorship Orders
Brazil Targets Twitter Files Author Who Revealed Censorship Orders Brazil’s Attorney General claims his Twitter Files coverage amounts to a “probable crime” against the state, a charge the journalist vehemently denies. Twitter Files journalist Michael Shellenberger, who has recently been covering the public clash between X owner Elon Musk and the President of Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court […]
Expect Big Negative Revisions to BLS Monthly Jobs in 2023, GDP Too
Expect Big Negative Revisions to BLS Monthly Jobs in 2023, GDP Too Yesterday, the BLS released a little-read jobs report that shows reported jobs in 2023 may be wildly overstated. In turn, that means GDP is likely overstated as well. Business Employment Dynamics (BED) data and and Monthly Job Data both from the BLS, chart […]
Divide and Conquer: The Government’s Propaganda of Fear and Fake News
Divide and Conquer: The Government’s Propaganda of Fear and Fake News “It is the function of mass agitation to exploit all the grievances, hopes, aspirations, prejudices, fears, and ideals of all the special groups that make up our society, social, religious, economic, racial, political. Stir them up. Set one against the other. Divide and conquer. That’s […]
South Koreans sue government over climate change, saying policy violates human rights
South Koreans sue government over climate change, saying policy violates human rights Plaintiffs, lawyers and activists gather outside South Korea’s constitutional court in Seoul ahead of a public hearing for a climate lawsuit on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. SEOUL — As plaintiffs, lawyers and activists chanted slogans outside South Korea’s constitutional court on Tuesday, 17-month-old […]
Wave Goodbye to Another Set of Freedoms With the New Digital ID
Wave Goodbye to Another Set of Freedoms With the New Digital ID In the 1980s, Australians fought hard against a similar national ID program, what has changed since then? Commentary “Papers please” used to be the ostinato of totalitarian systems, at least in the movies. With the passing of the government’s Digital ID bills, Australians […]
Telegram Founder Reveals US Government’s Alleged Covert Maneuvers to Backdoor The App
Telegram Founder Reveals US Government’s Alleged Covert Maneuvers to Backdoor The App US authorities allegedly sought backdoors into Telegram’s encryption. Here’s a headline that surfaced on the internet this week: “US government tried to spy on people…” (…somebody, who happens to be the Telegram founder, “claims”.) What a shocker. Is this really newsworthy? Actually yes […]
A Blameless Explanation of Why Everything is Falling Apart, for Schoolkids
A Blameless Explanation of Why Everything is Falling Apart, for Schoolkids If I were invited to talk to a group of students (of any age) today, to explain why everything seems to be hopeless and falling apart, this is what I think I would tell them. When I was young and idealistic, back in the […]
EU Officials Dodge Their Own Surveillance Law
EU Officials Dodge Their Own Surveillance Law Leaked documents suggest EU officials seek immunity from their own controversial online surveillance laws, raising accusations of hypocrisy. Do as I say – not as I do. That’s the essence of a leak that claims to expose high-ranked EU officials as more than simply politicking hypocrites when it comes to […]
Snopes Changed Fact-Check After Pressure From Biden Administration: Emails
Snopes Changed Fact-Check After Pressure From Biden Administration: Emails A ’tough letter’ preceded the change. The fact-checking website Snopes changed one of its ratings after pressure from President Joe Biden’s administration, newly disclosed emails show. Snopes on Jan. 10, 2023, said that there was some truth to a claim that President Biden’s administration was planning […]
