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The American Dream

• We Appear To Be Very Close To Peak Global Oil Production, And That Has Enormous Implications For The Entire Global Economy

  What do you think is going to happen when we get to a point where the world simply cannot produce any more oil than it is already producing?  It is often said that “energy is the economy”, and to a large degree that is true.  Very wealthy nations...

  3 days ago

• Microplastics Are Literally Everywhere, And They Are An Existential Threat To The Future Of The Human Race

  History will look back on us as “the crazy plastic people”.  We produce approximately 400 million tons of plastic each year, and a great deal of that plastic ends up being discarded in various ways.  Over time, the discarded plastic breaks...

  4 days ago

• Everything Is Dying: We Are Witnessing Mass Extinctions On An Unprecedented Scale, But Most People Don’t Understand What Is Happening

  We were warned that if we stayed on the path that we were on that we would eventually see mass extinctions all over the globe.  Unfortunately, nothing was done and now it is already happening.  The creatures that inhabit our oceans are dying...

  6 days ago

CNET

• Netflix: The 43 Absolute Best Movies to Watch - CNET

  Catch a new Argentinian thriller this week.

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• Marvel Reveals MCU Phase 5 Schedule, Gives First Phase 6 Details - CNET

  San Diego Comic-Con brought news that Charlie Cox returns as the Devil of Hell's Kitchen in 2024's Daredevil: Born Again and we're getting two new Avengers movies in 2025.

  14 hours ago

• Formula 1 French Grand Prix Starts Now: How to Watch the Race Live - CNET

  Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Red Bull's Max Verstappen battle it out in the French Grand Prix.

  14 hours ago

Dandelion Salad

• The Problems With Seeking The Death Penalty In The Nikolas Cruz Case, by Laura Finley

  by Laura Finley Guest Writer, Dandelion Salad PeaceVoice, July 22, 2022 July 24, 2022 There is no doubt about Nikolas Cruz’s culpability for the mass murder of 17 people and the injury of 17 others at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School...

  12 hours ago

• Weaning the State Department from War-making to Peaceful Robust Diplomacy, by Ralph Nader

  Dandelion Salad by Ralph Nader The Nader Page, July 22, 2022 July 23, 2022 Other than being an adjunct booster of overseas Pentagon military operations and refortifying its vulnerable embassies, what does the U.S. State Department stand...

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• The Chris Hedges Report: Breaking the Cycle of American Violence, with James Gilligan

  Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges TheRealNews on Jul 22, 2022 Chris Hedges speaks with the Psychiatrist Dr. James Gilligan about our rash of mass shootings and his book Violence: Our Deadly Epidemic and it’s Causes. American society is...

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The Economic Collapse

• 14 Signs That The U.S. Economy Is Poised To Crash Really Hard During The Second Half Of 2022

  It looks like we are going to get official confirmation that a recession has already begun when the GDP number for the second quarter comes out later this week.  But that isn’t what we should be focusing on.  Yes, things weren’t great during...

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• Doomsday Approaches: Scientists Say That The Earth Will Run Out Of Usable Topsoil In 60 Years

  What will we do when we inevitably run out of topsoil?  This month, I have written a number of articles that show that the clock is ticking for humanity.  We are systematically destroying the planet that we live on, and we are already witnessing...

  3 days ago

• A Disease That Can Make It Feel Like Someone Is Peeling Your Skin With A Potato Peeler Is Spreading At An Exponential Rate

  I would highly recommend that you take this new global monkeypox outbreak very seriously.  On May 6th, there was one case.  Now it has spread to 78 countries and there are 14,945 cases.  In nation after nation we have seen monkeypox cases...

  4 days ago

Eurasia Review

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  Russia-Ukraine Vs Vietnam-Cambodia – OpEd

  Cambodia in 1975 was a bombed-out US-controlled dictatorship. ‘Brother Number One’, Pol Pot was a demented nationalist, devotee of Mao’s cultural revolution, which he succeeded in duplicating to a fault. I.e., millions dead, mass...

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  Iran: 95-Year-Old Cleric, Jannati, Reinstated As Head Of Powerful Guardian Council

  Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has reappointed Ahmad Jannati, 95, to another six-year term as the head of the Guardian Council. If still alive by then, he will finish his term when he turns 101. According to Khamenei’s decree...

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  Astrakhan Is India’s Gateway To Russia – Analysis

  By Ajay Kamalakaran* Eight years after a dry run for the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) was conducted between Mumbai and Astrakhan via Bandar Abbas, the Russian authorities are keen to convert this corridor into...

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Geoengineering Watch

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  Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, May 28, 2022, #355

  Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org The global controllers have just gathered in Davos, Switzerland. Did they solidified their plans for our collective fate? There was almost no major media coverage of the criminal cabal meeting...

  2 months ago
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  Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, May 21, 2022, #354

  Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Key rivers that supply water for farms are drying up, failing food production is a consequence. Rivers in other regions are bursting their banks and flooding farm fields. Again, crop loss is the...

  2 months ago
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  Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, May 14, 2022, # 353

  Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Climate chaos continues to crush crops all over the world. How long till the food shortages hit home? From the US Southwest to Siberia – wildfires are already raging, and summer is still a month...

  2 months ago

intelNews.org

• Gathering intelligence on the world’s largest secret society: the Chinese government

  INTELLIGENCE OBSERVERS OFTEN REFER to the Communist Party of China (CPC) as “the world’s largest secret society”. How does one manage to monitor developments in the inner sanctum of the Chinese state in the face of such formidable obstacles?...

  4 days ago

• Ukraine war prompts European Union to overhaul counter-surveillance practices

  THE POLITICAL FALLOUT OF the Russian invasion of Ukraine is prompting the European Union (EU) to radically upgrade the security of its facilities, according to a series of internal memoranda.

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• Newspaper discloses names of Russian alleged spies expelled from Belgium

  A BRUSSELS-BASED NEWSPAPER has publicized the names and backgrounds of nearly two dozen Russian diplomats, who were recently expelled by the Belgian government on suspicion of espionage. A total of 21 Russian diplomats were expelled from...

  10 days ago

Joniopolis

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  AutoCorrect Strikes Again

             First of all, what is the opposite of correct?  It’s wrong. Right? So we should really call this AutoWrong.  At any rate, the real news is that it has now infected our speech and hearing.           Last week I was...

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  Polly Wanna Crackpot?

           Some time ago I had two uncles who were at war.  They loved each other, make no mistake. But each was fiercely devoted to rival universities, and would gloat with glee when their own team won, just to antagonize his brother.     ...

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  In the Waiting Room with St. Bob

              Literally anywhere can be entertaining if you have St. Bob with you. For example, one of our sons had a medical procedure last week, so Bob and I found a couple of chairs to sit in, while we waited.           A TV was...

  20 days ago

Niqnaq

• colonel cassad

  About new deliveries of MLRS to Ukraine Colonel Cassad, Jul 23 23:56 In Washington, after the congressmen’s voyage to Kiev, they said that the US should supply only 25-30 HIMARS MLRS (and identical systems from other countries) to Ukraine...

  17 hours ago

• off-guardian

  WHO declares monkeypox “global emergency” Off-Guardian, Jul 23 2022 About three hours ago it was announced the World Health Organization has officially declared the “monkeypox outbreak” a Public Health Emergency of International...

  20 hours ago

• new eastern outlook

  US is Trying to Drive Erdogan into a Corner – but Without Success Vladimir Platov, New Eastern Outlook, Jul 23 2022 Joe Biden’s administration is currently losing on all its foreign policy fronts, but he is still hoping for success, if nowhere...

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Inter Press ServiceInter Press Service

• Time for a UN Human Rights Leader

  The writer is Editor-in-Chief at CIVICUS, the global civil society alliance. He is one of the lead authors for CIVICUS Lens and the 2022 State of Civil Society Report

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• UN to Host Over 190 World Leaders & Delegates — Despite Threats from a Deadly New Covid-19 Variant

  The United Nations is planning to host a high-level “in-person” General Assembly session, September 20-26, with over 190 world leaders and delegates listed to speak, including heads of state, heads of government, high-ranking ministers...

  3 days ago

• Zimbabwe Turns to Boreholes Amid Groundwater Level Concerns

  Faced with cyclical droughts and low water levels in supply dams, Zimbabwe is turning to boreholes for relief, raising concerns about already precarious groundwater levels across the country. The Zimbabwe National Water Authority says...

  3 days ago

The Moderate Voice

• A Running Coach Analyzes Josh Hawley’s Infamous Sprint

  Numerous critics have examined Hawley’s disgraceful performance from every conceivable perspective. One such critic is Zoë Rom, a Boulder based journalist, a runner (“When she's not running, she's climbing… ), and running coach...

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• A rare win for Guterres: a beacon on the Black Sea to feed the hungry

  The beleaguered United Nations Chief, Antonio Guterres, celebrated a rare win today to deliver food for more than 400 million people in poor countries. He called the agreement signed between Türkiye, Ukraine and Russia to export grain a...

  2 days ago

• RUN, JOSH, RUN

  There’s no shame in running for your life from an angry racist mob. If you’re in the path of a mob of white nationalists with nooses easily led by the the b.s. of you-know-who, you better run. The day after the attack on the Capitol by Trump’s...

  2 days ago

Mother Jones

• Drought-Parched California Burns While Prospects for Federal Climate Action Dim

  Over the past six months, prospects for serious federal action on climate change have dimmed. Sen. Joe Manchin (D.-W.V.), a literal coal baron, wields de facto veto power over federal legislation, and he has repeatedly used it to whittle down...

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• Liz Cheney: “We Will Contemplate a Subpoena” of Ginni Thomas If She Won’t Willingly Testify

  Ginni Thomas is a right-wing activist and superfan of former president Donald Trump—and the wife of Clarence Thomas, the intellectual lodestar of the current US Supreme Court. After Trump failed to win reelection in Nov. 2020, she sent...

  10 hours ago

• Here are the Dumbest Moments of Turning Point USA’s Confab in Florida

  Turning Point USA has emerged as the conservative movement’s MAGA Youth wing—an institution fixated on spreading the right wing gospel among high school and college students, with particular focus on a certain former president/reality...

  11 hours ago

The Watchers - Editor's Picks

• More than 1 000 heat-related deaths reported in Spain and Portugal

  The second heatwave to hit Europe since mid-June 2022 has claimed more than 1 000 lives over the past 8 days, with most of them in Portugal. Numerous high temperature records have been broken and more are expected to fall over the next few days...

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  Worldwide wheat prices jump 6.6% in a single day

  Wheat prices jumped 6.6% worldwide in a single day with a decisive turnaround under the pressure of the resumption of dialogue between the US and China which seems interested in buying foreign wheat and corn, which marked an increase of 4.6%...

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  Southern Europe restricts drinking water access

  Governments from Portugal to Italy are calling on citizens to limit water use to a bare minimum due to severe drought and scarce rainfall. Source

  17 days ago

WebMD Health

• Science Lags Behind for Kids with Long COVID

  For children with long COVID, there are no medications shown to directly target the condition. Instead, caregivers target their symptoms, which include nausea, dizziness, fatigue, head-aches, and a racing heart...

  2 days ago

• What Doctors Wish Patients Knew About Their Work

  A Medscape poll reveals that they want patients to understand how many challenges they have, as well as how much work they do to take care of patients.

  2 days ago

• Go Bananas for Female Heart Health

  The researchers found that as potassium consumption in women went up, blood pressure went down. And as potassium consumption rose, so did women's blood pressure.

  2 days ago

WhoWhatWhy

• Putting the SS in Secret Service

  The January 6 insurrection exposed some unprofessional behavior by the Secret Service including the potential removal of Vice President Pence from the Capitol and the deletion of relevant text messages...

  16 hours ago

• Optional Illusion

  Trump’s statements are in the eye of the beerholder.

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• Was a ‘Stop the Steal’ Election Hijacking Strategy Brewed Up in Coffee County?

  A team of Trump 2020 partisans meddled with voting software to see if they could find proof for “Stop the Steal” claims. Perversely, their “probe” hints at how a future steal might work.

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