Does this revelation from Pepe Escobar sound familiar?
This may not be about condos on North Korean beaches after all. Arguably, the heart of the matter in the Trump administration’s embrace of Kim Jong-un has everything to do with one of the largest deposits of rare earth elements (REEs) in the world, located only 150 km northwest of Pyongyang and potentially worth billions of US dollars.
All the implements of 21st century technology-driven everyday life rely on the chemical and physical properties of 17 precious elements on the periodic chart also known as REEs.
Currently, China is believed to control over 95% of global production of rare earth metals, with an estimated 55 million tons in deposits. North Korea for its part holds at least 20 million tons.
You can read the rest @
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/49703.htm
Once again, the fate of millions (billions?) of people hinges on what the US can steal from someone.
This would be funny if it were not so sad and predictable.
Friday, June 22, 2018
What The Bible Says About Aliens
I recently saw these Bible verses used on http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/ in an apparent attempt to diss President Trump's immigration policy:
When an alien resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress the alien. The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
I would like to point out that the law being quoted here applied to those we now call Israelis, and they without question are NOT obeying it. Should you disagree with my claim, just ask the Palestinians.
I guess my point is this - if you believe what's in the Bible, you must believe ALL of it, especially if you are a Jew or a Christian. You can't just ignore the parts you don't like, as many of us (including the Israelis) seem to be doing.
When an alien resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress the alien. The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:33-34 NRSV
I would like to point out that the law being quoted here applied to those we now call Israelis, and they without question are NOT obeying it. Should you disagree with my claim, just ask the Palestinians.
I guess my point is this - if you believe what's in the Bible, you must believe ALL of it, especially if you are a Jew or a Christian. You can't just ignore the parts you don't like, as many of us (including the Israelis) seem to be doing.
Do US Have The Will To Survive ???
Please read this essay by Pat Buchanan. He paints a perfect picture of how this country was built - on a legacy of iron-willed brutality:
http://www.wnd.com/2018/06/has-the-west-the-will-to-survive/
Our children now have been taught that this legacy is an evil thing not worth saving, and they may be right.
But as certain as night follows day, whatever replaces the US is going to be yet ANOTHER form of iron-willed brutality. It will grind the many into dust while it continues to preserve the wealth and privilege of the few.
So nothing is really going to change, except the identity (and perhaps the predominant gender) of the powers that be.
And that, dear reader, is not reason enough for me to get excited about it. There's nothing in it for me, and I doubt there's anything in it for you, either ... unless you are a member of the 0.01%.
http://www.wnd.com/2018/06/has-the-west-the-will-to-survive/
Our children now have been taught that this legacy is an evil thing not worth saving, and they may be right.
But as certain as night follows day, whatever replaces the US is going to be yet ANOTHER form of iron-willed brutality. It will grind the many into dust while it continues to preserve the wealth and privilege of the few.
So nothing is really going to change, except the identity (and perhaps the predominant gender) of the powers that be.
And that, dear reader, is not reason enough for me to get excited about it. There's nothing in it for me, and I doubt there's anything in it for you, either ... unless you are a member of the 0.01%.
Parallel States
This report decries the existence of a parallel state in Afghanistan:
A new report has been released looking into the increasingly ambitious “parallel state” being run by the Taliban across Afghanistan. This state not only governs vast areas within Afghanistan, but is looking to scale up with an eye toward eventually returning to power nation-wide.
You can read the rest @
https://news.antiwar.com/2018/06/21/report-warns-talibans-parallel-state-still-rules-large-swathes-of-afghanistan/
Don't we have a similar phenomenon in the US?
The existence of such "parallel state" entities suggests an imminent breakup of the US. Who knows, maybe that would be a good thing.
On the other hand, it's likely to be at least as bad as anything the Taliban would do. Were we to be honest with ourselves, we'd admit that the #MeToo and student-led anti-gun movements are the US equivalent of the Taliban. And they are likely to have the same negative impact.
A new report has been released looking into the increasingly ambitious “parallel state” being run by the Taliban across Afghanistan. This state not only governs vast areas within Afghanistan, but is looking to scale up with an eye toward eventually returning to power nation-wide.
You can read the rest @
https://news.antiwar.com/2018/06/21/report-warns-talibans-parallel-state-still-rules-large-swathes-of-afghanistan/
Don't we have a similar phenomenon in the US?
- The deep state (not Congress) directs the activities of our military-industrial-information complex;
- The Democrats appear to be running a shadow government which is "looking to scale up with an eye toward eventually returning to power nation-wide"; and
- States such as California refuse to adhere to federal immigration laws, and seek to negotiate their own treaties (e.g., on climate change).
The existence of such "parallel state" entities suggests an imminent breakup of the US. Who knows, maybe that would be a good thing.
On the other hand, it's likely to be at least as bad as anything the Taliban would do. Were we to be honest with ourselves, we'd admit that the #MeToo and student-led anti-gun movements are the US equivalent of the Taliban. And they are likely to have the same negative impact.
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Are We Experiencing Mass Psychosis ???
Here are some very important questions from Dr. Paul Craig Roberts:
How is it that Americans can see and reject the inhumane border control policy and not see the inhumanity of family destruction that has been the over-riding result of Washington’s destruction in whole or part of seven or eight countries in the 21st century?
Millions of people have been separated from families by death inflicted by Washington, and for almost two decades protests have been almost nonexistent. No public outcry stopped George W. Bush, Obama, and Trump from clear and indisputable illegal acts defined in international law established by the US itself as war crimes against the inhabitants of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, and Somalia. We can add to this an eighth example: The military attacks by the US armed and supported neo-Nazi puppet state of Ukraine against the breakaway Russian provinces.
The massive deaths, destruction of towns, cities, infrastructure, the maiming, physical and mental, the dislocation that has sent millions of refugees fleeing Washington’s wars to overrun Europe, where governments consist of a collection of idiot stooges who supported Washington’s massive war crimes in the Middle East and North Africa, produced no outcry comparable to Trump’s immigration policy.
How can it be that Americans can see inhumanity in the separation of families in immigration enforcement but not in the massive war crimes committed against peoples in eight countries? Are we experiencing a mass psychosis form of cognitive dissonance?
You can read the rest @
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2018/06/21/entire-western-world-lives-cognitive-dissonance/
He is right - we are TOTALLY out of touch with reality. And the MSM and our government are more or less to blame.
How is it that Americans can see and reject the inhumane border control policy and not see the inhumanity of family destruction that has been the over-riding result of Washington’s destruction in whole or part of seven or eight countries in the 21st century?
Millions of people have been separated from families by death inflicted by Washington, and for almost two decades protests have been almost nonexistent. No public outcry stopped George W. Bush, Obama, and Trump from clear and indisputable illegal acts defined in international law established by the US itself as war crimes against the inhabitants of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, and Somalia. We can add to this an eighth example: The military attacks by the US armed and supported neo-Nazi puppet state of Ukraine against the breakaway Russian provinces.
The massive deaths, destruction of towns, cities, infrastructure, the maiming, physical and mental, the dislocation that has sent millions of refugees fleeing Washington’s wars to overrun Europe, where governments consist of a collection of idiot stooges who supported Washington’s massive war crimes in the Middle East and North Africa, produced no outcry comparable to Trump’s immigration policy.
How can it be that Americans can see inhumanity in the separation of families in immigration enforcement but not in the massive war crimes committed against peoples in eight countries? Are we experiencing a mass psychosis form of cognitive dissonance?
You can read the rest @
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2018/06/21/entire-western-world-lives-cognitive-dissonance/
He is right - we are TOTALLY out of touch with reality. And the MSM and our government are more or less to blame.
Cops Reject Restrictions On Their Right To Kill Us
Law enforcement organizations are unlikely to compromise with advocates of a proposal this session to restrict the circumstances under which police officers could use deadly force.
Their staunch opposition significantly diminishes the prospects for Assembly Bill 931, which would increase the state standard for lethal use of force from "reasonable" to "necessary," to become law. Though the measure on Tuesday passed its first policy committee, it faces a lengthy and complicated path ahead in a Legislature historically hesitant to cross law enforcement.
At the Senate Public Safety Committee hearing, representatives for rank-and-file police and their management said their objections to the proposed change on use of force could not be resolved by an offer to provide funding to retrain officers.
You can read the rest @
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article213452784.html
The use of lethal force should be a last resort. Period.
If cops need to use force, why don't they shoot to wound? Is it that difficult?
Their staunch opposition significantly diminishes the prospects for Assembly Bill 931, which would increase the state standard for lethal use of force from "reasonable" to "necessary," to become law. Though the measure on Tuesday passed its first policy committee, it faces a lengthy and complicated path ahead in a Legislature historically hesitant to cross law enforcement.
At the Senate Public Safety Committee hearing, representatives for rank-and-file police and their management said their objections to the proposed change on use of force could not be resolved by an offer to provide funding to retrain officers.
You can read the rest @
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article213452784.html
The use of lethal force should be a last resort. Period.
If cops need to use force, why don't they shoot to wound? Is it that difficult?
Will The Future Be Female ???
Females Are Outperforming Males On Every Educational Level, And That Has Staggering Implications For The Future Of Our Society
It is an uncomfortable truth that most educators simply do not want to talk about. Females are dramatically outperforming males on every educational level, and many are wondering what this means for our future. If men do not feel a strong sense of purpose and meaning, they can get into trouble really quickly. As I write this article, the vast majority of those that abuse drugs are men, the vast majority of those that commit violent crimes are men, and the vast majority of those that we put into prison are men. I began researching this article by looking into the fact that the labor participation rate for men has been declining for decades, but our problems run much deeper than that. Today, so many men feel lost. Millions of them don’t have a sense of direction, millions of them don’t have anything that really drives or motivates them, and millions of them are deeply depressed and greatly dissatisfied with life.
You can read the rest @
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/females-are-outperforming-males-on-every-educational-level-and-that-has-staggering-implications-for-the-future-of-our-society
When corporations and governments work together (and by the way, that's called fascism), they can accomplish just about anything. Clearly they are working together to crush men, and that's what will happen.
Their alleged motivation for this is to curb the growth of the human population. So far it's not working, but give them time.
Give them time.
Q: How many species consciously kill their own members on a global scale?
A: I'm guessing only one.
It is an uncomfortable truth that most educators simply do not want to talk about. Females are dramatically outperforming males on every educational level, and many are wondering what this means for our future. If men do not feel a strong sense of purpose and meaning, they can get into trouble really quickly. As I write this article, the vast majority of those that abuse drugs are men, the vast majority of those that commit violent crimes are men, and the vast majority of those that we put into prison are men. I began researching this article by looking into the fact that the labor participation rate for men has been declining for decades, but our problems run much deeper than that. Today, so many men feel lost. Millions of them don’t have a sense of direction, millions of them don’t have anything that really drives or motivates them, and millions of them are deeply depressed and greatly dissatisfied with life.
You can read the rest @
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/females-are-outperforming-males-on-every-educational-level-and-that-has-staggering-implications-for-the-future-of-our-society
When corporations and governments work together (and by the way, that's called fascism), they can accomplish just about anything. Clearly they are working together to crush men, and that's what will happen.
Their alleged motivation for this is to curb the growth of the human population. So far it's not working, but give them time.
Give them time.
Q: How many species consciously kill their own members on a global scale?
A: I'm guessing only one.
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