1. Astonishing.  Coming soon to a totalitarian state near you.  It's all about the State, and obedient citizens can go jump in a lake.*     *Only once Social...


  2. A Saudi oil tanker was targeted by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement on Tuesday afternoon local time off Yemen’s port of Hodeidah, sustaining minor damages...
      


  3. Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie told House Democrats that Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former adviser, was behind much of the company’s early focus...
      


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  5. The Norwegians have been enjoying the increase in oil-price. Much of the activism stems from the Norwegian left forcing the increase in oil price...


  6. I have been since quite a long time studying and monitoring the ethno-religious dynamics in the Middle East region and its relationship and impact...
      


  7. Quote On September 27, 2018, Yale's Program in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, and the Poynter Fellowship for Journalism hosted Vladimir Pozner, the acclaimed...


  8. Noted epidemiologist John P.A. Ioannidis wrote an interesting contrarian paper and article about the response to Covid here: Article: https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/17/a-fiasco-in-the-making-as-the-coronavirus-pandemic-takes-hold-we-are-making-decisions-without-reliable-data/ Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/eci.13222   Ioannidis is one the most cited people...


  9. Trudeau's Rival Pledges Energy Independence by 2030 by  Bloomberg   (Bloomberg) -- Canada’s opposition Conservatives, leading in the polls ahead of October elections, will seek to make...
      


  10. Turkey has put Qatar in the corner effectively saying Qatar's regime is a puppet of Turkey. Qatar's regime has three options: concede to Turkey...
      


  11. Chinese defense minister says Tiananmen crackdown was justified Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe said on Sunday that the bloody crackdown on protesters around Beijing's Tiananmen...
      


  12. I'd appreciate input from anyone on site, so to speak. I read the conservatives are in the lead.
      


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  14. Relations between the US and Turkey are bound to deteriorate further after a US court found a Turkish banker guilty of helping Iran circumvent sanctions...
      


  15. By the latest report, U.S. fourth-quarter economic growth at 2.6 percent, less than expected...Surprise?
      


  16. South Korea apparently seized a ship illegally transferring oil to North Korea, and it was a Hong Kong-registered ship ... 
      


  17.   https://newrepublic.com/article/155273/state-siege   "White resentment politics are driving a reinvigorated interest in pseudo-intellectual theories about democratic institutions in service of the dawning realization among conservatives that they no...


  18. Thought this was interesting although I highly doubt any thinking person hasn't already thought about the significance of this and that some of the...


  19. This is an excerpt from his report for Czech government from 21th April: "... specifically, we don't know: how large virus load is out there the precise...


  20. Lets called this movie "From Russiagate to Chinagate" As such, it’s now the Chinese taking over from the Russians paying Afghans to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan. It’s...


  21. https://archive.fo/VRyrR China has sent planeloads of supplies and staff to various countries now, to benefit people of all races. Israel has sent a pittance to help...
      


  22. One day they're Beijing's darling, ready to buy into Rosneft, now the CEO is missing, the company is in ruins and the Rosneft deal...
      


  23. The Kremlin said on Friday that it was Turkey’s responsibility to stop militants in Syria’s Idlib province from firing on civilian and Russian targets....
      


  24. Vice President Pence accuses China of meddling in US "Pence said Beijing's actions add up to a simple message: "China wants a different American president." Vice...
      


  25. Trump has been overly generous in his treatment of Saudi Arabia.  Everything from being dismissive of the Kashoggi murder to the present Saudi  attempt...


  26. Organs of some who die after over a month in hospital sustain ‘complete disruption’, peers told Covid-19 can leave the lungs of people who died...


  27. Recognize that socialism, communism and globalism, (per their manifestos) are deliberately spread through the infiltration of ideas and norms in a society – not...


  28. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2173479/singapore-leader-lee-hsien-loong-warns-region-may-have-choose That didn't take long.
      


  29. India may have to completely let go of its national airline if it wants to save it. The Indian government's attempt to sell 76%...