June 2019 archive

For Americans, War Has Always Been A Spectator Sport Authored by Nick Turse via TomDispatch.com, From the Civil War to Vietnam, Americans have always been captivated by war’s spectacle… <!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–> Sometimes war sounds like the harsh crack of gunfire and sometimes like the whisper of the wind. This early morning – …

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The West's Moral Bankruptcy Exposed Via The Strategic Culture Foundation, The moral bankruptcy of Western powers was exposed – inadvertently – with the recent publication of three separate news reports. Taken together the reports out last week illustrate the rank hypocrisy of Western governments. Also, the way that the reports were prioritized or left disconnected …

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Melted Motorways, Widespread Nudity, & "Thermal Shock" – Record Heat-Wave Sparks Panic Across Europe Record-breaking heat scorches central Europe as many braced Thursday for temperatures above 100 F. Wednesday was one of the most sizzling days on record across Europe with average June temperatures and all-time temperature records broken, reported AccuWeather. <!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE …

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Demographic Doom? Germany, Italy, Korea, & Japan Face Workforce Collapse By 2050 Forget the trade war, debt, deflation, automation, and artificial intelligence: one of the most significant threats to the global economy and the future of the world as we know it is demographics. A new OECD report, published by International Business Times, said Korea, …

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Italy's Salvini Calls Blocked Migrant Vessel A 'Pirate Ship'; Tells Berlin And Amsterdam To Take Refugees Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini called a NGO migrant transportation vessel a “pirate ship,” and suggested that Germany and The Netherlands should split the 43 passengers who were picked up off the coast of Libya, according to Newsweek.  <!–[if …

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Germany Can't Locate Scores Of ISIS Fighters Who May Have Slipped Back Into The Country The German government can’t locate over 160 German “Islamic State” sympathizers who left home to fight with the terrorist organization and may have returned to Germany, according to Welt am Sonntag.  <!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–> The Federal Ministry of the Interior …

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World's First All-Electric Passenger Plane Unveiled At Paris Airshow An Israeli startup called Eviation Aircraft unveiled the world’s first commercial all-electric passenger plane last week at the Paris Airshow, reported GeekWire. Called Alice, the all-electric plane is powered by three rear-facing pusher-propellers, one in the back and two at the wingtips that rotate. <!–[if IE …

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Trump Ordered Secret Cyber Attacks On Iran As An "Alternative" To War Thursday Night It’s been revealed that President Trump did order an attack on Iran – but not a military assault – instead, the US initiated a major cyber attack against an Iranian intelligence outfit the Pentagon believes was part of last week’s limpet …

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The Jackboots Are Coming: Mass Arrests, Power Grabs, & The Politics Of Fear Authored by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common sense and self-interest—forces that look like sheer insanity, …

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China Says Ex-Interpol Chief Confessed To Accepting $2 Million In Bribes China claims that former Interpol President Meng Hongwei admitted to accepting over $2 million in bribes, and has expressed regret according to a Chinese court in the northeastern port city of Tianjin.  <!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–> On Thursday, the No. 1 Intermediate Court read …

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