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Democraticide By Paul Edwards March 05, 2020 Natural disasters come barreling out of nowhere, unforeseen. Before they occur, cataclysms and catastrophic events of the physical world--tidal wave, earthquake, wildfire, eruption--are inconceivable. They blindside us utterly. Human caused calamities are quite another matter. When Augustus Caesar, at the height of his imperial power, sent three crack legions--unmatched fighting units--into tribal wildland across the Rhine on a routine disciplinary action he never imagined they would march into Teutoberg Forest and never come out, slaughtered to the last man. He didn’t. But he could have. Because most tremendous shocks and dislocations in human society occur only after an accumulating series of predictive and prefiguring indicators, a data set that, properly assessed, points toward an inevitable outcome. The run-up is obvious in hindsight. The Democratic Party apparatus, from its governing elite down through all its controlled ...

Thank you, James, for contributing this article. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Japan, China and Taiwan Reports on the Origin of the Virus By  Larry Romanoff Global Research, March 04, 2020 The Western media quickly took the stage and laid out the official narrative for the outbreak of the new coronavirus which appeared to have begun in China, claiming it to have originated with animals at a wet market in Wuhan. In fact the origin was for a long time unknown but it appears likely now, according to Chinese and Japanese reports, that the virus originated elsewhere, from multiple locations, but began to spread widely only after being introduced to the market. More to the point, it appears that the virus did not originate in China and, according to reports in Japanese and other media, may have originated in the US. Chinese Researchers Conclude the Virus Originated Outside of China After collecting samples of the genome in China, medical researchers first conclusive...

I'm one of those "if voting meant anything it'd be illegal" types, but I must say, this time around the erection cycle is spinning off some really strange stories. Like this one.~ EH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sunday evening, Pete Buttigieg  announced  that he was ending his campaign to become the Democratic nominee for the U.S. presidency. The former South Bend, Indiana mayor  made history as the country’s first openly gay  politician to become a legitimate presidential contender. In the Iowa caucuses last month, he bested every other candidate, and came a close second to frontrunner Bernie Sanders in the subsequent New Hampshire primary. As a gay conservative journalist covering the 2020 campaign from Washington, D.C., I’ve followed Buttigieg’s campaign with special interest. Over my lifetime, I’ve certainly seen my share of traditional right-wing homophobia. And so I never imagined that when a gay man finally had a legitimate shot at becoming pres...

NYT tries to paint Sanders as Russian dupe over 1980s Soviet trip...but makes him look like a committed diplomat instead Danielle Ryan is an Irish freelance writer based in Dublin. Her work has appeared in Salon, The Nation, Rethinking Russia, teleSUR, RBTH, The Calvert Journal and others. Follow her on Twitter  @DanielleRyanJ 6 Mar, 2020 19:05 Get short URL ©REUTERS/Lucas Jackson 68 Follow RT on The word ‘propaganda’ appears 10 times in the New York Times’ red scare story on Bernie Sanders’ 1980s Soviet outreach efforts. Regrettably, the newspaper has turned an interesting story itself into an abysmal piece of propaganda. The opening lines set the tone for a sinister tale to come: A Vermont mayor who wished for the US to  “live together as friends”  with the Soviet Union unknowingly used by the demonic Russians in the Kremlin for  “propaganda purposes.” The Times readily admits in the third paragraph that the deta...