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Resist the Crazy
Resist the Crazy Where’s evil? It’s that large part of every man that wants to hate without limit, that wants to hate with God on its side. It’s that part of every man that finds all kinds of ugliness so attractive – it’s that part of an imbecile that punishes and vilifies and makes war […]
Blain’s Morning Porridge – June 11 2020: The illusion wears thin
Blain’s Morning Porridge – June 11 2020: The illusion wears thin “It is the system that deserves to be blamed. What those who wish to perpetuate the system deserve is another question.” The Fed did exactly what was expected – nay, demanded! Asset purchase volumes will be maintained while rates will remain near zero for […]
Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds The oppressed rise to their feet. Police sink to their knees. Silence is violence. And violence is speech. From sea to glittering sea, from one continent to the next… protests yet rage. An injustice somewhere on a Minneapolis street evidently threatens justice everywhere. It certainly threatens the peace […]
Police, Protests, And Human Transformation: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Police, Protests, And Human Transformation: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix One of the many good things coming out of these protests is a widening mainstream awareness of what a garbage president Obama was. ~ “Without the police you’d have vigilantism!” Vigilantism? You mean like when a band of armed thugs inflict extrajudicial […]
Three crises, one solution
Three crises, one solution The paroxysm of anger that has erupted across the US in the wake of the murder of George Floyd has been called by some observers “a tipping point”. A multicultural younger generation is showing that it is genuinely concerned about social injustice, racial inequality, and the climate crisis. The astonishing scenes […]
Increased Violence Reflects an Energy Problem
Increased Violence Reflects an Energy Problem Why are we seeing so much violence recently? One explanation is that people are sympathizing with those in the Minneapolis area who are upset at the death of George Floyd. They believe that a white cop used excessive force in subduing Floyd, leading to his death. I believe that there […]
The Social Contract Between Government and People Is Unraveling – Quicktake
The Social Contract Between Government and People Is Unraveling – Quicktake Numbers, budgets, charts and graphs about government finances. That’s what we do here. We try to understand where public money should be spent and what it accomplishes. Through that lens, it’s difficult to know where to begin on what has befallen the Chicago area […]
Hong Kong Erupts: Tear Gas Deployed As Thousands Fill Streets To Oppose China’s National Security Law
Hong Kong Erupts: Tear Gas Deployed As Thousands Fill Streets To Oppose China’s National Security Law After months of relative quiet amid the coronavirus pandemic, thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Hong Kong, defying the city’s ban on gatherings to voice their opposition to a new “national security” law proposed by Beijing which would threaten the […]
Huge Protests in Germany Against Government’s Lockdowns
Huge Protests in Germany Against Government’s Lockdowns The German Press is starting to wake up at last after a period of just saying Yes mam! They have run the story that if we acted rationally, we could quickly overcome the consequences of the corona crisis. But politics is deliberately spreading panic among the population and stirring up […]
The People are Rising Up – Journalists & Politicians Beware
The People are Rising Up – Journalists & Politicians Beware A former respected journalist has come out quite angry and has called for the people to overthrow the Merkel government. He states he is willing to go to prison but begs everyone for the sake of the country and their families to reject Merkel and […]
A Handful of Cops Are Standing Up To Tyranny With the People
A HANDFUL OF COPS ARE STANDING UP TO TYRANNY WITH THE PEOPLE Some police officers have awoken to the world they are leaving for their children and are standing with the people against tyranny. While these instances are still few and far between, it’s a good sign that at least a few may be realizing […]
Pandemic And Economic Collapse: The Next 60 Days
Pandemic And Economic Collapse: The Next 60 Days The news cycle moves so quickly these days writing analysis on current events becomes difficult; the moment you publish an examination of the situation people have already moved on to the next disaster. So, today I’m not going to do that. Instead, let’s look at current trends […]
RCMP Accused of Creating ‘Crisis of Press Freedom’ in Wet’suwet’en Raids
RCMP Accused of Creating ‘Crisis of Press Freedom’ in Wet’suwet’en Raids Limits on reporters’ access, threats of arrest bring criticism from media, journalism groups. The RCMP’s handling of the enforcement of an injunction in Wet’suwet’en territory has generated accusations that police unnecessarily interfered with reporters doing their jobs. “This is them trying to control the […]
Horgan’s Pipeline Push Betrays His Reconciliation Promise
Horgan’s Pipeline Push Betrays His Reconciliation Promise First Nations expected a new era; instead the government has embraced colonialism and ignored UNDRIP law. It’s the same old story Indigenous Peoples have heard for generations. B.C. Premier John Horgan tells the public “the rule of law” demands the Coastal GasLink pipeline go ahead. Permits are in place, and […]
A news chronology of France in 2019: The year of Yellow Vest rebellion
A news chronology of France in 2019: The year of Yellow Vest rebellion Ramin Mazaheri is the chief correspondent in Paris for Press TV and has lived in France since 2009. He has been a daily newspaper reporter in the US, and has reported from Iran, Cuba, Egypt, Tunisia, South Korea and elsewhere. He is […]
