IN THESE TIMES
We Are Witnessing the Last Gasps of Centrism
If there’s one thing establishment Democrats excel at, it’s covering their ears and whistling the tired tunes of centrism. Despite having experienced colossal electoral losses, the wholesale rejection of their neoliberal politics and the resurgence of a bold left-wing populism across the country, centrist true believers are doing everything in their power to keep the party’s progressive insurgenc
The Increasing Irrelevancy of the Conservative Think Tank
In These Times / 42min
Starting in the mid-1970s, it became common practice among establishment newspapers to provide positive coverage of conservative think tanks—particularly during Republican administrations. As I explain in my book on the history of conservative think tanks , such stories served a dual purpose. For the think tanks, the stories were essentially press releases that gave them credibility in Washington
Below the Surface of ICE: The Corporations Profiting From Immigrant Detention
In These Times / 4h
About 60 members of ICE Out of LA faced off with a handful of Trump supporters outside Los Angeles Police Department headquarters July 23. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) abolitionist group was there to confront County Sheriff Jim McDonnell, accused of transferring immigrants into federal custody . The Trump fans were there to troll. “We tell McDonnell to stop siding with people who
Centrist Democrats Are Whistling While the Party Burns
If there’s one thing establishment Democrats excel at, it’s covering their ears and whistling the tired tunes of centrism. Despite having experienced the wholesale rejection of their neoliberal politics and the resurgence of a bold left-wing populism across the country, centrist true believers are doing everything in their power to keep the party’s progressive insurgency at bay—even if that means
Mariame Kaba: Social Movements Brought Down Rahm—Now They Can Transform Chicago
Rahm Emanuel’s September 4 announcement that he will not seek a third term as Chicago’s mayor inspired instant celebration from the activists who have spent nearly eight years fighting—and trying to survive—his brutal policies. Emanuel’s resignation also provoked angry attempts to tally the harm he has done, from orchestrating the largest school closure in U.S. history to shuttering half the city
Why Is Planned Parenthood Endorsing a White Man with a Shaky Record Over a Pro-Choice Black Woman?
The Democratic primary for a Delaware Senate seat this year is showcasing the sharp divide in the party. Incumbent Tom Carper, a pro-corporate white male centrist with a track record of anti-choice votes faces a challenge from Kerri Evelyn Harris, a Black woman and antiwar Air Force veteran with working-class roots and a transformative progressive agenda. The Democratic Party establishment has ra
HENRYMAKOW.COM
A Reader Protests "Sex Bingo" at His Campus
In a satanic cult, values are inverted and depravity is normalized. A henrymakow.com reader sent the email below to the President of Algonquin College in Ottawa to protest a sex bingo and another sex-oriented event on campus. Sex bingo, held at many schools, is like regular bingo, except a drag queen is the caller, dildo-shaped markers are used, and the prizes are sex toys, like vibrators. Genera
Judaized Christianity: Front for New World Order -- Sen. McCarthy
A year before his death, Sen. Joseph McCarthy made the connection between Freemasonry, Communism, and Judaism. He cited B ritish General Charles Cornwallis 1781 prophecy of the Masonic (Communist) takeover of America. "Cornwallis well knew that his military defeat was only the beginning of world catastrophe that would be universal and that unrest would continue until mind control could be accompl
Liberal Jews, Sex & The New Satanic Order
Teen novelist Norma Klein (1938-1989) taught 1970's teenagers to engage in sex for is own sake. A Jewish reader reflects on her influence and the "pervasive Jewishness" of Klein's work. A Key Article from August 31, 2009 by Henry Makow Ph.D. Born in 1949, my lifespan corresponds to a massive social engineering campaign by the Satanic elite to destroy the institution of marriage and family. This h
How Men Should Relate to Women
With all the noise and confusion over gender and sexual harassment, with women's heads so inflated, men need a reminder of how to approach a woman. Essentially he must have a role for her in his life, and he has to enlist her. This role must be in her best interests too. Ultimately, in a long-term relationship, women trade power for love. Men want power. Women want love. Heterosexual marriage is
Perils of Promiscuity- A Personal Story
David C replies to Liberal Jews, Sex & the New Satanic Order an article about why liberal Jews have propagandized for pre marital sex and promiscuity in general. He describes how premarital sex shattered his sister's life with repercussions for him and his whole family. "Love and sex together are very important, so the evil entity tries to ruin it for us by separating sex from love, using matrix
Insider -- Feminist Witches Actively Target Individual Men
(Nixon & Ocasio-Cortez are rumored members. Other possible names include Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayer, Hillary Clinton and NY Sen. Kristen Gillibrand.) "Wiccan Satanists count as their members almost each and every powerful female/feminist within the US Government, especially in New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles and other major cities. " They target prominent men. Is this partly b
GOVERNMENT AND TAXES
BWorld 249, Reduce fares and increase passenger convenience by increasing supply
Government and Taxes / 4d
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last September 11, 2018. Economics is the study of proper allocation of limited resources mainly via market mechanism. If there is rising demand for a particular commodity or service, the price goes up as indicator of consumers’ willingness to pay for more services or goods, and this tells existing and potential providers to increase the supply as there is mo
US-CN 'trade war' 3, stockmarkets divergence
Government and Taxes / 4d
The China Communist Party (CCP)-led stockmarkets continue to be the worst-performing in the world for several months now. As of September 12 closing , Shenzhen is -26% ytd, Shanghai is -20% ytd. Data from https://markets.wsj.com/ . In contrast, the US stock markets continue to experience double-digit growth, both ytd and the past 52 weeks. See for instance DJIA and Nasdaq composite. Protectionist
BWorld 248, Inflation, energy prices and mini-greed
Government and Taxes / 5d
* This is my column in BusinessWorld on September 06, 2018. INFLATION has further jumped to high levels. Only 2.9% in December 2017 (no TRAIN law yet), it became 3.4% by January 2018 (first month of TRAIN law), 3.8% in February, 5.7% in July, and now 6.4% in August 2018. While high world oil prices and peso depreciation against the US dollar were among the important factors, it was the energy tax
The fast rising price of ‘Dutertenomics’
Government and Taxes / 5d
* This is my first article in the Asia Times, published last month, http://www.atimes.com/article/the-fast-rising-price-of-dutertenomics/ Inflation is finally catching up with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s high octane economic stimulus measures, a fast growth-geared policy push known locally as “Dutertenomics.” Statistics released this week showed inflation rose 5.7% in July, the fastest
BWorld 247, E-smoking, smoked rice and ASEAN integration
Government and Taxes / 6d
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last September 04, 2018. TOBACCO, alcohol and fossil fuel products are among the most demonized, most bureaucratized, most taxed products in the country and abroad. Thus, the excise tax for them on top of VAT, income tax and related taxes. The hypothesis is that more smoking and drinking prevalence means more diseases for the people and hence, people live les
Climate Tricks 73, Attacking Dr. Will Happer as CC denier
Government and Taxes / 7d
See here: (a) A famous atomic physicist from Princeton U. has been appointed as Senior Director for Emerging Technologies on the National Security Council, (b) A 20s yo journalist with BA in Writing Seminars and believer of 'universally accepted science' criticized this 79 yo physicist, and (c) the Climatariat or Clinton News Network (CNN) bannered the story of this reporter. https://wattsupwitht
NORTHERN REFLECTIONS
Now Is Not The Time
Northern Reflections / 3h
As Parliament re-opens today, the Conservatives have vowed to turn up the heat on reaching a NAFTA deal. Michael Harris writes that Justin Trudeau would do well not to be in a rush to meet a deal: The prime minister should get his staff to dig out the video of President Donald Trump at the 2017 NATO Summit in Brussels. It would be good for him to take another look at the U.S. president forcefully
Nouriel Roubini -- the man who forecast The Great Recession -- writes that another big downturn is coming down the trac...
Northern Reflections / 1d
Nouriel Roubini -- the man who forecast The Great Recession -- writes that another big downturn is coming down the tracks. He estimates that the train will arrive sometime in 2020. There are ten reasons buttressing his forecast. These are some of them: First, the fiscal-stimulus policies that are currently pushing the annual US growth rate above its 2% potential are unsustainable. By 2020, the st
We, The People, Are In Trouble
Northern Reflections / 2d
It's about more than the not withstanding clause, Martin Regg Cohn writes . As The Ford government meets in a rare Saturday session today, Cohn writes that this is all about our democratic norms: Going forward, there’s a bigger question: What has the premier done to our democratic norms? The Constitution is merely a piece of parchment. But our democracy is an unwritten code of conduct. To underst
Monumental Stupidity
Northern Reflections / 3d
Everyone is fixated on Hurricane Florence. News networks have sent reporters down to the Carolinas to ride out the storm. And they're reporting -- windblown and soaked to the skin -- every fifteen minutes. But, Michael Harris writes , they're missing the point: It comes down to this: Warmer air holds more moisture, intensifying extreme weather events like hurricanes. Higher sea levels from meltin
Where's Caroline?
Northern Reflections / 4d
That's Bob Hepburn's question in this morning's Toronto Star : Mulroney, who was appointed as attorney general in June by Premier Doug Ford, is turning out to be a huge disappointment to progressives within the Conservative party. Indeed, Mulroney, who is viewed as decent, hard-working and compassionate, is virtually missing in action as Ford tramples all over her justice portfolio, stomping on t
He's Insane
Northern Reflections / 5d
We're told that Donald Trump is beating the bushes trying to find out who "Anonymous" is. Tom Friedman writes that he, she or them are hiding in plain sight. In fact, Friedman writes , it may be "them:" More and more, I wonder if the disgruntled senior Trump administration official who wrote the anonymous Op-Ed in The Times was actually representing a group — like a “Murder on the Orient Express”
NORTHERNTRUTHSEEKER
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, September 16th, 2018
Northerntruthseeker / 23h
Well... Better late than never... Here is my weekend rant... Yes, I got tied up earlier this morning with a major project that needed my assistance and had to be done... I figured it may take the entire day, but luckily I was able to complete it relatively early and have time this afternoon to fire off my usual rant....Thanks everyone for their patience... Where to begin.... Now, Is it just me? O
Tomorrow's Weekend Rant Will Be Delayed
Northerntruthseeker / 1d
I will probably be delayed in getting out tomorrow's 'weekend rant' due to some issues that have come up and that I will have to take care of first thing tomorrow... They may in fact take up most of Sunday, and I may not be back to my humble abode until late tomorrow... I will do my best at trying to fire off that rant tomorrow afternoon or evening, as long as no further delays arise. Crossing my
Some Good News Coming Out Of Canada For A Change: Anti-Immigration Party Favored To Win Quebec Provincial Election This October 1st!
Northerntruthseeker / 1d
I have been sick and tired of the criminality of that heinous Justin Trudeau since the day he was 'selected' to be Canada's Prime Minister some 2+ years ago... Since that Federal Election, that ass clown has been the running joke of most Canadians and seen as an idiot world wide by other countries and leaders.... This idiot has stuck his foot in his mouth for so long and has been doing some seriou
The Fraudulent Skripal Poisoning: Important Interview By Russia Today With 'Suspects' Alexander Petrov And Ruslan Boshirov
Northerntruthseeker / 2d
I for one am absolutely sick and tired of this "Skripal Poisoning" bullshit that is still being promoted now some 6 months since that fiasco happened back on March 3rd, 2018.... It has already been proven since that fraud that there was NO supposed "poisoning" at all done by the Russians, and the simple fact is that if there was any harm done to Sergei Skripal and his daughter, it was done by the
Update On Syrian War Situation: The US Is Now Threatening Action Against Syria And Russia If They Attack The Idlib Pocket!
Northerntruthseeker / 4d
Everyone has been watching carefully the situation in Syria, expecting the criminals in the US/Israel/NATO scourge to finally attempt their long awaited "chemical weapons" attack in the Idlib pocket to try to blame that fiasco on the Assad government to give them their "excuse" to go marching right into Syria itself... BUT they of course are now having a major problem where as the entire world is
Israel Did 9-11: Reflections On That Attack On America 17 Years Later
Northerntruthseeker / 5d
Israel absolutely did the attacks of September 11th, 2001.... That is FACT and has been backed up with an enormous amount of material put up by those who are not fooled by the lies and false rhetoric pushed by the liars in the Jew spew media and our compliant crooked governments... It is astounding that to this day, now on the 17th anniversary of that fateful day, that so many fools and idiots out
NOT PC
QotD: "Calling a product or service a human right doesn't magically render it immune to scarcity."
Not PC / 19h
"Calling a product or service a human right doesn't magically render it immune to scarcity." ~ Twitter meme, hat tip Sally Mayweather RELATED READING: Man's Rights - Ayn Rand Rights - Cue Card Libertarianism . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.
QotD: "Psychologising consists in condemning or excusing specific individuals on the grounds of their psychological problems, real or invented, in the absence of or contrary to factual evidence."
Not PC / 3d
"Psychologising consists in condemning or excusing specific individuals on the grounds of their psychological problems, real or invented, in the absence of or contrary to factual evidence. "Armed with a smattering, not of knowledge, but of undigested slogans, they rush, unsolicited, to diagnose the problems of their friends and acquaintances. Pretentiousness and presumptuousness are the psycholog
QotD: "To preserve one’s mind intact through a modern uni education is a test of courage and endurance, but the battle is worth it and the stakes are the highest possible to man: the survival of reason. The time is not wasted, if one knows how to use it wisely"
Not PC / 4d
"To preserve one’s mind intact through a modern [university] education is a test of courage and endurance, but the battle is worth it and the stakes are the highest possible to man: the survival of reason. The time spent in [university] is not wasted, if one knows how to use the comprachicos against themselves: one learns in reverse—by subjecting their theories to the most rigorously critical exa
QotD: "I view the world as collectivism versus individualism, not Right versus Left. And almost everybody's a collectivist."
"I view the world as collectivism versus individualism, not Right versus Left. And almost everybody [else] is a collectivist." ~ Yaron Brook . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.
QotD: "Congratulating Marx on being right boggles the mind. Marx could be right only if one’s standard of right was human misery and death."
Today's long quote comes from George Reisman's new short book on the presently fashionable support for the murderous doctrine of socialism -- and why, unless supporters' aim is misery and death, they are so grievously mistaken in that support: "On April 30 of this year [2018], The New York Times ran an op-ed piece titled “Happy Birthday, Karl Marx. You Were Right!” In view of the fact that the im
QotD: "The welfare state is the greatest confidence racket of all time. The government takes your money in taxes and then turns around and spends some of it to give you things. For this, you feel dependent on them, when in fact they are dependent on you."
"The welfare state is the greatest confidence racket of all time. The government takes your money in taxes and then turns around and spends some of it to give you things. For this, you feel dependent on them, when in fact they are dependent on you." ~ Thomas Sowell . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.
OBSIDIAN WINGS
Kavanaugh and debts
Obsidian Wings / 5d
by liberal japonicus This seems interesting Sheldon Whitehouse Asks Brett Kavanaugh If He Has A Gambling Problem I usually don't post breaking stuff (I think this is) but Whitehouse was a US attorney and a State Attorney General and the last political thread is quite full. Interesting times...
A Hypothetical US Partition
Hi, this is lj and I've been quite intrigued by Michael Cain's comments about the possible partition of the US and asked him to write a guest post. Any blame for the layout lies with me and my tenuous knowledge of CSS. Enjoy! by Michael Cain I was invited to write something for the front page about my view that the American West could become different enough from the rest of the country that an e
Hurricane? We don't need no stinkin' .... OT
Obsidian Wings / 7d
by Ugh This whole Florence thing has the 9YO freaked out. Living just outside DC on the MD side makes me think he might be overly worried but that's his mojo. In other news, I can't really say Serena was robbed (if anyone it was Osaka who was clearly outplaying the legend up to that point and had her celebration spoiled), but that ump has got to go. I mean, WTF? Is it just me or is Kavanaugh "at
Let’s Think About This – Open Thread
Obsidian Wings / 12d
by wj I notice that we’ve got politics sneaking into the TWA thread, so clearly we need a new open thread. Here goes. I’ve seen a variety of discussions about a possible impeachment next year. The general argument seems to start with the assumption that the Democrats take the House, so they can hold hearings, dig out facts that have been covered up, and generally build a case. But, the argument g
TWA: Billiards
Obsidian Wings / 16d
The recent posts have underlined to me that we don't have enough non political posts. So here is the start (he says optimistically) of a series. TWA stands for Time Wasting Activity, and I define a TWA as some hobby or pursuit that, well, wastes a lot of time. If regulars have a TWA they want to talk about, feel free to contact me at the kitty's address. And below the fold, billiards! While I had
John McCain
Obsidian Wings / 22d
by liberal japonicus I had, I suppose a bit morbidly, had an idea of posting this before the fact, but I waited and then it was (perhaps fortunately) too late. More below I start with this paragraph from his Wikipedia page Writers often extolled McCain for his courage not just in war but in politics, and wrote sympathetically about him. McCain's shift of political stances and attitudes during and
GLOBALOVE THINK TANK
F35 heritage view
GlobaLove Think Tank / 1d
One of my hobby horses is an examination of the F35 as a metaphor for the toxic soup cooked by the Military Industrial Complex The truth is out there way out there in Fifth Generation Stealth mode The unvarnished truth right from the horses mouth comes from pilots who actually fly the plane Contrary to everything else the critics say this is the best plane ever in all its roles and to top it off
PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS
Syria Thwarts New Batch of Israeli Missiles Heading for Damascus Airport
Breaking... RT Syrian Army air defenses have intercepted several “Israeli missiles” over Damascus International Airport, state news agency SANA reported, citing a military source. “Our air defense systems thwarted an Israeli missile aggression,” the source said. A SANA reporter meanwhile reported sounds of explosions in the vicinity of the airport. Sputnik Syrian air defenses downed several proje
Syrian Air Defenses Intercept an Agressive Israeli Attack from Beirut
SANA: Damascus, SANA-A military source said on Tuesday that the army air defenses intercepted an Israeli aggression with warplanes that infiltrated on a low altitude from west of Beirut into the north targeting a number of military sites in Tartous and Hama. The source added that the army air defenses downed a number of the hostile missiles and forced the attacking warplanes to flee. Meanwhile, D
Sept. 01- Is A Syrian Suez Approaching?
Interesting oped from Peter Ford @ MEE Keeping in mind this repetition on anniversary dates that seems to present over and over. September 1 will mark the 62nd anniversary of the secret formal request by the government of France to Israel for Israel to attack Egypt. The plan was for France, soon joined by the UK, to invade Egypt on the pretext of safeguarding the Suez Canal, in hopes of precipita
US Air Force Planes Use Phosphorous Bombs in Syria’s Deir Ez Zor
TASS MOSCOW, September 9. /TASS/. Phosphorous bombs were used by the US air force warplanes to deliver a strike on the settlement of Hajin in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor governorate on September 8, chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties Vladimir Savchenko said on Sunday. "On September 8, 2018, two F-15 warplanes of the US air force delivered airstrikes on the settlement of
Idlib & The Status Quo: Trump & The Resistance Oped
My impressions based on the earliest news reports from the Astana 3/Tripartite Summit is that the status quo ( the existing state of affairs) will be maintained regarding Idlib Instead of updating the previous post, Idlib Crunch Time: Kurds "renew" Claim for Idlib. Astana 3 in Iran- Staus Quo Or Escalation? , I've opted for an entirely new one. For now the status quo is the least worse option for
Western aggression against Syria will seriously harm peace process, diplomat warns
Idlib. Western aggression against Syria will seriously harm peace process, diplomat warns Consequences of the West’s potential aggression against Syria will be inevitable and this will deal a heavy blow both to the settlement and global stability, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. "We are facing the most serious fears and share them with the world community and with the m
FROM THE WILDERNESS' PEAK OIL BLOG
From Jenna Orkin Hurricane Helene - Warning for UK Berkeley Police Posted Activists' Mugshots on Twitter and Celebrated...
From Jenna Orkin Hurricane Helene - Warning for UK Berkeley Police Posted Activists' Mugshots on Twitter and Celebrated Retweets, Emails Reveal Bay Area City Blocks 5G Deployments Over Cancer Concerns Tooth Radios for Military China To Take Over Israel's Largest Port, Could Threaten US Naval Operations Google Engineers Quit After Secretive China Project Links Phone Number To Searches A 'super typ
From Jenna Orkin Freak Blizzards in Africa; Giraffes, Elephants Wander Around in Snow Florence's Path Strewn With Toxic...
From Jenna Orkin Freak Blizzards in Africa; Giraffes, Elephants Wander Around in Snow Florence's Path Strewn With Toxic Hazards More NYC Voters Finds Names Missing from Voter Rolls Fran ce Admits Systematic Torture During Algeria War for First Time A Record 7 Named Storms Are Swirling Across The Globe – Has 'The Day After Tomorrow' Arrived? Sabotage In Space: Russia Says "Drilling" Damage On Soyu
From Jenna Orkin Pacific Garbage Patch Three Times Size of France FBI Mysteriously Closes New Mexico Observatory China ...
From Jenna Orkin Pacific Garbage Patch Three Times Size of France FBI Mysteriously Closes New Mexico Observatory China Offers Venezuela $5 Billion Loan To Support 'Ideological Ally' Maduro US Destroyer Enters Mediterranean As Syria Tensions Build; Carrier On Standby Facebook Starts "Fact Checking" Photos And Videos Using AI Super Typhoon Mangkhut is hurtling toward 37 million people in Asia with
From Jenna Orkin Gas Explosion Causes Dozens of Fires in Mass. In Florence's Path: Giant Toxic Coal Ash Piles North Car...
From Jenna Orkin Gas Explosion Causes Dozens of Fires in Mass. In Florence's Path: Giant Toxic Coal Ash Piles North Carolina Didn't Like Science on Sea Levels, So Passed a Law Against It How the Pentagon Paid for NFL Displays of Patriotism A corollary: How Sports Helped America Heal After 9/11 'Catastrophic': EU Passes Copyright Directive Including Internet 'Link Tax' and 'Upload Filter' Semi-Aut
From Jenna Orkin Kavanaugh: Presidents Can Ignore Laws They Think Are Unconstitutional Hurricane Florence could bring 4...
From Jenna Orkin Kavanaugh: Presidents Can Ignore Laws They Think Are Unconstitutional Hurricane Florence could bring 40 inches of rain and 13 feet of floodwater in a 'catastrophic' landfall Sri Lanka is building a $15 billion metropolis to rival cities like Hong Kong and Dubai "This Really Scares Me": Hurricane Florence Turns South; Nuclear Plants To Shut Down In Sweden, Europe’s Drift To The Ri
From Jenna Orkin Judge: No Blanket Secrecy for Documents Saudis Want Kept Secret Pharmacy Professionals in Favor of Ban...
From Jenna Orkin Judge: No Blanket Secrecy for Documents Saudis Want Kept Secret Pharmacy Professionals in Favor of Banning Homeopathy From the NS (No Shit) Department. Why The U.S. Is Suddenly Buying A Lot More Saudi Oil Google is fighting a big, messy battle over whether expanding the 'right to be forgotten' amounts to censorship The FBI released 27 new photos of the Pentagon on 9/11 660,000 Mo
A VERY PUBLIC SOCIOLOGIST
Smearing Michael Foot
Michael Foot was a paid Soviet informant! so reports The Times this morning. Any impartial observer of the political scene might have thought the Russian money regularly deposited in Tory party coffers right now would be more newsworthy, but okay. According to their front page splash (to promote interest in Ben MacIntyre's The Spy and the Traitor ), the former Labour leader received cash and, app
Burnout Paradise for the Xbox 360
Burnout Paradise , which has just seen remastered versions hit the PS4, Xbox One and PC is an important game. Less for the innovations it inaugurates but rather the end of a trend in gaming it exemplifies. Burnout Paradise presents as an utterly brainless race 'em up that has no plot and precious little narrative except for the commentary from the in-game DJ dropping hints and tips. Then again, w
The ERG's a Busted Flush
What to make of last night's meeting of the European Research Group, that gathering of the most backward and broken of the parliamentary Conservative Party? "It was truly mind blowing" said one of the participants, adding "You felt the ground opening up under your feet. The most amazing thing was that no one even bothered to mime a pretence of regret”. What was "amazing" and liberating was for th
Engels for Our Times
Writing in another time about disputes between official communism vs its mercurial Maoist dissenters, the Italian Marxist philosopher and philologist Sebastiano Timpanaro wrote "Materialism ... means respect for the truth, refusal to substitute moralistic pseudo-explanations of disagreements and political conflicts for political and social explanations" ( On Materialism 1975, p.26). Timpanaro wou
On the Campaign against Corbyn
As the dust settles after another episode in Labour's interminable anti-semitism wars, one in which we're told there's a "fine line" between opposing Israel's oppression of Palestinians and anti-Jewish racism, it seems even the most gutter attacks will do as long as it's seen to damage Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party. Yet let's step back and assess the factional battlefield. It does look like
Can Blairism Win Back the Labour Party?
The world is a complicated place, so pity those who do not possess the tools to understand it. That Tony Blair for instance is one of many from the politics of yesteryear having a hard time adjusting to our polarised times . As you've probably heard, in conversation with Nick Robinson he cast doubt on whether moderates (sic) could ever win back the Labour Party from the left. With politics domina
A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
New Socorro UFO Landing Information
The other day Rich Reynolds over at the UFO Conjectures blog, sent me a link to a skeptics site. He wondered if I had seen the information published there about the Socorro UFO landing. I had not, but found the information interesting. You can see that here for yourself: http://www.nmsr.org/socorro.htm Dave Thomas, who hosts the site, gave me permission to quote from the two new stories that he h
Roswell Documentation vs. Roswell Eyewitnesses
Since I have now annoyed all my friends with my analysis of the Roswell documentation and how some of it is quite suggestive that nothing alien fell there, I thought it time to annoy all my skeptical friends. Lining up against that documentation is the testimony of some people who were on the scene in 1947. This is based on the documentation we can find about them and the stories they tell us in
The Decline of Roswell - So Many Missed the Point
Over the last several days I have received a number of comments, privately, about my post, “The Decline of Roswell.” What is disturbing about it is that many people missed the most important part. They focused on the statement by Colonel Howard McCoy to The Science Advisory Board about his wishing one would crash. But, that is not the critical comment. To recap, briefly. Those who follow this blo
Treasure Quest, Socorro, and the Zamora Symbol
I was watching Treasure Quest when they flashed the document that supposedly launched several expeditions into the Sacambaya region of Bolivia. I really wasn’t paying much attention because, well, we’re in the first couple of episodes where nothing much will happen. On the document were a couple of symbols. One of them I recognized. Now, we go back to last year when I was working on a book about
Dr. Davis Confirms Del Rio UFO Crash?
A couple of weeks ago we were all told, alerted to the fact really, that the Del Rio UFO crash of the mid-1950s had been validated. New information had been mentioned to George Knapp during his hosting duties on Coast-to-Coast . Dr. Eric Davis had made the comment. But what did he actually say? Knapp, during their discussion, said, “That makes it sound like there is something to analyze or revers
Treasure Quest and the Secret Road
I have come to believe that the producers of Treasure Quest believe that we all are pretty dumb. The last two episodes prove that point. First, we have the great snake fight as they try to chase away a rather large snake that was annoying the burros. I’m just not sure of the wisdom of messing with something like that. I don’t know what kind of snake it was, but I do know there are some very deadl
INEXPLICATA-THE JOURNAL OF HISPANIC UFOLOGY
Argentina: Anomalous Object Over Corrientes
Source: Misterios del Cosmos and Fundación Argentina de Ovnilogía (FAO) Date:09.15.2018 Argentina: Anomalous Object Recorded Over Corrientes From the Misterios del Cosmos Facebook page: "ENHANCED IMAGE. Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) recorded today, 09.15.2018 at 17:30 hours over the city of Corrientes. The sphere-shaped vehicle traveled at high speed toward the East-Northeast. Our thanks to su
High Strangeness: A "Witch" Frightens Residents of Soledad, Colombia
Source: INFOBAE Date: 07.06.2018 Colombia: "Witch" Frightens Residents of Soledad Some local residents have allegedly been chased by a "diabolical" hag that climbs trees. Residents of 10 de Mayo district of Soledad have been harassed by the alleged appartion of a 'witch' in the area. Some claim having been pursued by this figure, others claim seeing her up in the treetops and even flying. A curfe
Costa Rica: Luminous Object Over San José
Source: Enigma-Tico (Costa Rica) Date: 09.15.2018 Costa Rica: Luminous Object Over San José Independence Day morning was different in the skies over San José's Coronado District, when security guard Ingrid Herrera noticed an object flying over the area. At 7:14 on 15 September 2018, Ingrid saw the disc-shaped object from her home, as can be attested by the photograph's EXIF information and the GP
Argentina: "This Could Be A Paranormal Case"
Source: Fundación Argentina de Ovnilogía (FAO) Date: 09.13.2018 Breaking News - Startling New Mutilations in Ojo de Agua, Santiago del Estero. By Luis Burgos, FAO The situation is reaching historic proportions. The Justice department intervenes in an Argentinean cattle mutilation case. Statements made by Dr. Renzo Capellini of SENASA (National Food Safety and Quality Service). Full text of the co
Argentina: Facebook User Claims Seeing UFO at El Sosneado
Source: Diario San Rafael (Argentina) and Fundación Argentina de Ovnilogía Date: 09.13.2018 Argentina: Facebook User Claims Seeing UFO at El Sosneado Social media is a space in which users are able to share any opinion, or share experiences with persons they do not know and are never likely to know. This was the case with Pablo Pierre, who appealed to a Facebook pace to publish two photographs in
Night Wanderers: The Armies of Darkness
NIGHT WANDERERS: THE ARMIES OF DARKNESS by Scott Corrales and Manuel Carballal (C) 2002 Few of the simple pleasures of life are as satisfying as taking a walk through the woods: we can enjoy the subtle interplay of light and shadow,
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