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  • Researchers from Deakin University’s Global Obesity Centre have put out a study that claims Australia’s biggest supermarket chains have disadvantaged shoppers by “encouraging...
  • Woolworths has introduced over 60 easy and convenient new products to its shelves this week as more Australians seek fresh and delicious meals to enjoy while staying at home.  With...

    • As businesses plan next steps in the wake of COVID-19, one of Australia’s largest fresh produce companies is preparing to gradually bring its workforce back into the office. Perfection...

  • At a time when the world is already being hit with major crisis after major crisis, our sun is behaving in ways that we have never seen before.  For as long as records have been kept, the...
  • I was going to write about something completely different today, but I felt that I needed to issue this warning instead.  Even before COVID-19 came along, crazy global weather patterns...

    • Are you ready for “the new normal” to become permanent?  Originally, most of us assumed that “shelter-in-place orders” and “social distancing restrictions” would...

  • A Falcon 9 rocket is set to carry two NASA astronauts from US soil to the ISS on May 27. The last time the US launched astronauts from within its borders was 2011...
  • Elon Musk's company has a new solution to the problem of its mega-constellation lighting up the night sky and irking astronomers. For now, it'll have to wait...

    • The US president says he's taking a pill every day, despite a lack of evidence for taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventative.

  • Dandelion Salad with Abby Martin Empire Files on May 17, 2020 About Face member John Motter, former Marine Corps infantryman, speaks with Abby Martin about the hidden reality of the...
  • by Finian Cunningham Writer, Dandelion Salad East Africa Crossposted from Strategic Culture Foundation, May 16, 2020 May 17, 2020 So President Trump, the self-declared business...

    • Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges RT America on May 16, 2020 On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to author and translator, Mitch Abidor about the student uprising in Paris in May...

  • The last recession was really, really bad, but it was never like this.  It is time for us to face reality, and that means admitting that the U.S. economy has plunged into a depression. ...
  • Many have been warning for years that our economic bubble would eventually burst and that a collapse was inevitably coming, but the ferocity of this new economic crisis has caught...

    • Most U.S. states are seeing tax revenues completely and utterly collapse during this COVID-19 pandemic, and some are already begging the federal government for bailout money. ...

  • By Dr. Philip Dandolov On 13 March 2020, the Bulgarian Parliament declared with full unanimity a state of national emergency, five days after The post COVID-19 In Bulgaria...
  • In the first quarter this year, China’s real GDP fell by 6.8% year on year due to Covid-19, the first The post Brief Assessment Of COVID-19 Pandemic Impact On China’s Provincial...

    • The world has transformed dramatically in just a few months, as the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a rare disaster The post COVID-19 Pandemic Leading Towards A Global Shift...

  • Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Cold, warm, cold, warm, the weather roller coaster goes on in so many locations. What is it like in your area? The global lockdown continues...
  • Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Are climate engineering operations being used to carry out other agendas? How will the unfolding paradigm all across the world play...

    • Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org "It's in the air”, what do you think?  With each passing day our collective reality continues to be pushed ever further into uncharted...

  • The Maltese government has strongly denied allegations, made by a leading French newspaper, that the island nation’s embassy in Brussels is being used by China to spy on European...
  • Coronavirus Not Slowing Russian, Chinese Space Activities, US General Says. Intelligence Community Adapts to New Realities of Security Clearance Evaluation Amid the COVID-19...

    • A tense struggle is unfolding in Iran between the country’s civilian leaders and the parallel state of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The two entities are fighting about...

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  • I have finally figured it out. Every day when I look in the mirror I think, “This hairdo looks familiar.”  And it’s not because I see myself each day. I just realized it’s because...

  • Don't I Know You?

    13 days ago
  • I think we’re all turning into Bigfeet, which I assume is the plural of Bigfoot. Everyone I talk to is telling me about their shaggy hair,          Their out-of-control eyebrows, ...

    •           Well, it had to happen. With all this social distancing, we’re texting and Zooming more than ever.  And this means the odds of sending a message before reviewing it have...

  • Rep Eliot Engel Claims IG’s Firing May Be Linked to Trump’s $8B Weapons Sale to Toads Sputnik News, May 18 2020 Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Eliot Engel has claimed...
  • A furore over comments made by a state rep in Alaska, who likened Covid-19 safety measures at the state capitol to the treatment of Jewish people in Nazi Germany, boiled up and over at...

    • Raytheon Finds Ally in Trump Aide: Selling the Bombs Killing Civilians in Yemen Michael LaForgia, Walt Bogdanich, NYT, May 16 2020 Year after year, the bombs fell, on wedding tents...

      Inter Press ServiceInter Press Service



  • When the United States and China signed the First-Phase of their Trade Agreement in January this year, President Donald Trump called it a “momentous step”, and the world believed...
  • Remittances that support millions of households in Latin America and the Caribbean have plunged as family members lose jobs and income in their host countries, with entire families...

    • The Asia Pacific region predominates in the numbers of victims of modern slavery. The region had 55 percent of the victims of forced marriage worldwide.This is the second of a 2-part...

  • Here is the latest video from The Lincoln Project which states its mission is “Defeat President Trump and Trumpism at the ballot box.” It’s title: “This Week.” The post...
  • For some reason a sound truck drove up a silent and empty Eighth Ave the other morning below my window loudly blaring Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” which echoed up the windy...

    • Mike Pompeo may have had more than a dog-walking scandal on his mind when he got President Donald Trump to fire the State Department inspector general.Steve Linick, the ousted watchdog...

  • For weeks, President Trump has been touting the anti-malarial medication hydroxychloroquine as a “miracle drug” for treating COVID-19. On Monday, he admitted that he has been...
  • I’ve been asking for a while about the effect of specific COVID-19 countermeasures, and a new study in Health Affairs finally delivers. This is the first study of this type that I’ve...
  • Lunchtime Photo

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    • In these plague-infested days we could all use a reminder of the vast expanse of the natural world where six-foot distancing is no problem. And what better place than the Grand Canyon?...

      RSS Feed for Author: Paul Craig Roberts



  • China, awash in US dollar reserves that Washington threatens to disavow, has no need for foreign reserves. China's strength is in her economy. This strength should be developed...
  • In "freedom and democracy" America there is only official truth, and it is a lie. A person or website that speaks real truth is shunted aside as a "conspiracy theorist," "Russian agent,"...

    • Medical doctors involved with Covid-19 treatment report highly successful results with hydroxychloroquine.

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  • A large column of red sprites and airglow put on a fantastic display over West Texas on May 13, 2020. The phenomenon was captured by Stephen Hummel of the McDonald Observatory. A line...
  • Tropical Cyclone "Amphan" formed at around 15:00 UTC on May 16, 2020, in the southeastern Bay of Bengal as the first named storm of the 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. The cyclone...

    • Parts of Texas and southern Louisiana were hit by very heavy rains on Thursday and Friday, May 14 and 15, 2020, resulting in widespread flooding. Another storm system is forecast to...

  • Countries with higher death rates had larger numbers of people with vitamin D deficiency than countries with lower death rates.
  • A majority of readers say they have gained weight during shelter-in-place orders due to COVID-19, a new WebMD poll finds.

    • As the drive towards a vaccine against the new coronavirus accelerates, there's some good news: People with COVID-19 have robust immune responses against the virus, scientists...

  • Reading Time: 2 minutes Trump's Emergency Powers ; Our Weird Behavior During the Pandemic Is Messing With AI Models ; and More Picks 5/18 The post What Is Facebook Going to Do With 700...
  • Reading Time: 5 minutes Trump has repeatedly blamed China for the coronavirus pandemic, but responsibility for the outbreak may also lie with large agribusinesses and investment...

    • Reading Time: 6 minutes The coronavirus pandemic has revealed that colleges and universities prioritize their bottom line above all else. Students should think twice before enrolling...

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