TODAY. A whole new way of thinking about nuclear weapons – THEY’RE SILLY!

I’m grateful to Ward Hayes Wilson for giving me this idea. He has noted that Kamala Harris and co have changed the tone of discussion about Donald Trump – from being about fear of Trump, to laughter at Trump. Then he turns to discussion about nuclear weapons. Why haven’t they been used over almost 80 […]

TODAY. A whole new way of thinking about nuclear weapons – THEY’RE SILLY!

US: THE CON AT THE CORE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

The conservative movement’s total abandonment of even the appearance of principles has been decades in the making. August 21, 2024 Nina Burleigh The New Republic The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers and Frauds Hijacked American ConservatismJoe ConasonSt. Martin’s PressISBN: 9781250621160 Pick your metaphor for the last eight years of American politics. Sewer or garbage truck? Practically every day a […]

US: THE CON AT THE CORE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

Labour admits super-rich are propping it up as member numbers collapse again | SKWAWKBOX

Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is not popular. He may have won an election but he did it with fewer votes than his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn won in either 2017 or 2019, because he was lucky enough to be challenging a deeply unpopular government. And now we see that he has presided over a vertiginous drop in […]

Labour admits super-rich are propping it up as member numbers collapse again | SKWAWKBOX

Ukraine’s attack on Moscow risks wider war

Yesterday Moscow was bombarded with nearly a dozen drones – the biggest, although not the first, Ukrainian attack on Russia’s capital city.  These excerpts from an Axios news service report tell the story. Driving the news: The drone attack on Moscow was part of a broader series of overnight strikes on Russian soil. Russian air […]

Ukraine’s attack on Moscow risks wider war

Supremo de Venezuela convalida la reelección de Nicolás Maduro tras peritaje electoral

El fallo también ordena la publicación de los resultados definitivos del comicio en la Gaceta Electoral. El Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ) de Venezuela convalidó este jueves los resultados de los comicios presidenciales emitidos por el Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE), tras las votaciones del pasado 28 de julio.

Supremo de Venezuela convalida la reelección de Nicolás Maduro tras peritaje electoral

Whoever is (S)Elected as the Next U.S. President, Jeffrey Epstein will be the Real Winner

Comments by Brian Shilhavy Editor, Health Impact News With political campaigns in full swing now as the Democrats are currently holding their convention in Chicago, it is important to remember that national politics in the United States is a closely scripted arm of the entertainment industry, and has almost no bearing on real life, […]

Whoever is (S)Elected as the Next U.S. President, Jeffrey Epstein will be the Real Winner

Berlin’s Brave New World: Would Permit Secret Police Break-Ins

Didi Rankovic In Germany, the current authorities seem willing to dramatically depart from what have until now been Western democratic traditions, where law enforcement must have a crime to investigate, and a warrant to do so before it engages in searches and surveillance. However, the government in Berlin plans to allow the Federal Criminal Police […]

Berlin’s Brave New World: Would Permit Secret Police Break-Ins