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Uh huh.Foreign PolicyViolence Is Sometimes the Answer Kai M. Thaler | assistant professor of global studies at the University of California, Santa BarbaraRTHong Kong police retrieve [Glock semi-automatic] PISTOL & 100+ live rounds for 1st time aimed at 'creating chaos'

Short video backgrounder.  Virtually no one in the West remembers this and those that do likely don't consider it a major historical event of the period. All Chinese are intimately familiar with the Opium War as the onset of a century of humiliation for their country, and the Chinese are extremely nationalistic. Armstrong EconomicsThe Opium WarMartin Armstrong

I would add philosophical, social, and scientific to economic assumption. For example, academic economics focuses on homo economicus, ignoring that there is no clearcut, hard and fast distinction among the aspects of life that the various disciplines study. In previous times, when knowledge as a whole was more tractable, one was expected to know the fundamentals of the spectrum of life and knowledge. With the proliferation of information and knowledge, this is no longer possible. But...

De Gaulle hated imperialism and wanted peaceful relations with Russia and China. The Western Deep State tried to assassinate him several times. De Gaulle strategically fought tooth and nail against the pro-NATO fascists led by General Challe who attempted two coup attempts against De Gaulle in 1960 and 1961 and later worked with MI6 and the CIA using private contractors like Permindex to arrange over 30 assassination attempts from 1961-1969. De Gaulle was not only successful at taking France...

George Monbiot exposes the billionaire class. Once upon-a-time people were free to own slaves, but we put a stop to it.George Monbiot's critique of libertarianisn [embedded content]

Bill Mitchell, the leading Australian proponent of modern monetary theory, argues that governments should abandon their obsession with budget surpluses It looks like some countries might be gearing to try MMT as the MSM is continuously warming to the idea.  Even sceptics admit that the crisis proved to some extent that MMT might work. The independent Australian economist Saul Eslake says that the key tenet of the central bank effectively writing cheques for the government has to an...

Queen Elizabeth's nightmare that her family lose all their money and move into a high-rise council block, where they have to resort to crime to survive. Prince Charles later becomes a cabbie. Also stars Princes Philip, Edward & Andrew, Sarah Ferguson & late Queen Mother. [embedded content]

Given the imminent threat to the NHS we have decided to give free access to The Great NHS Heist film, in the run up to the General Election. Information is the lifeblood of democracy & to this end we hope this film will help you decide how to vote and become active citizens in the defence of the NHS. The free market can't touch it, which adds uneccessary bureaucracy and expense. [embedded content]

This woman sticks her hands in sharks’ mouths to help when they get caught on hooks ?❤️Once a shark has had its hook removed, it goes and tells all the others.Video on twitter https://t.co/J7ww9DcuTM

Bill Mitchell, the leading Australian proponent of modern monetary theory, argues that governments should abandon their obsession with budget surpluses The Guardian Turning the economic tide: could a radical monetary theory fix Australia's woes? Martin Farrer