THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING! by Dave LIndorff. The latest police murder — and that’s what it was whatever the circumstances — of 16-old foster child Ma’Khia Bryant by a Columbus, Ohio cop, is sickening to watch. No way did that officer, Nicholas Reardon, have to kill that young teenage girl. Maybe she had a knife, and maybe she was even planning . USEFUL AND IMPORTANT WEBSITES New: A headline news service (with links) run by and for millennials who want to be in the know. We are temporarily out of T-shirts because of popular demand. If you'd like a T-shirt, please join our campaign to raise funds for a new order. Use the Donade button above. Anyone who contributes $50 towards that project will receive a free shirt STILL EVIL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS: THE FRANKLIN SCANDAL AND I have known Nick Bryant since 1995. He was new to New York from Minnesota then, and looking to make a jump from reporting for a science news service to writing for a mass audience. I noticed that he was persistent and ethically motivated and I thought, “He might be a good reporter.” We got to be friends, and had many long discussions about the nature of evil, which was his preferred DEBUNKING THE MYTH OF DENMARK Debunking the Myth of Denmark. Posted on. October 22, 2020. October 22, 2020. by Ron Ridenour. The failure of the left in Denmark has led to surging nativism and the scapegoating of immigrants—an increasingly common phenomenon seen in other European countries and the U.S. Regardless of what Bernie Sanders

says

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US POLITICIANS ARE SELLING OUT 1ST AMENDMENT AND COUNTRY On Tuesday, Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) — both Jewish legislators — blocked an amendment called the “Israel Anti-Boycott Act” that the callow and smarmy Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) tried to attach to a end-of-year spending bill. The amendment was backed 56-44, with all Republicans in THOUGHTS ON MARK TWAIN'S 'THE WAR PRAYER' At the beginning of the twentieth century the United States was engaged in a long and brutal war of aggression against the Philippines, which led to between 200,000 and 1.5 million civilian deaths. It was a colonial war against independence fought by the US with patriotic zeal and of course, the claim that God was on our side. To be against the war in that jingoistic era was considered THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING! by Dave LIndorff. The latest police murder — and that’s what it was whatever the circumstances — of 16-old foster child Ma’Khia Bryant by a Columbus, Ohio cop, is sickening to watch. No way did that officer, Nicholas Reardon, have to kill that young teenage girl. Maybe she had a knife, and maybe she was even planning . USEFUL AND IMPORTANT WEBSITES New: A headline news service (with links) run by and for millennials who want to be in the know. We are temporarily out of T-shirts because of popular demand. If you'd like a T-shirt, please join our campaign to raise funds for a new order. Use the Donade button above. Anyone who contributes $50 towards that project will receive a free shirt STILL EVIL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS: THE FRANKLIN SCANDAL AND I have known Nick Bryant since 1995. He was new to New York from Minnesota then, and looking to make a jump from reporting for a science news service to writing for a mass audience. I noticed that he was persistent and ethically motivated and I thought, “He might be a good reporter.” We got to be friends, and had many long discussions about the nature of evil, which was his preferred DEBUNKING THE MYTH OF DENMARK Debunking the Myth of Denmark. Posted on. October 22, 2020. October 22, 2020. by Ron Ridenour. The failure of the left in Denmark has led to surging nativism and the scapegoating of immigrants—an increasingly common phenomenon seen in other European countries and the U.S. Regardless of what Bernie Sanders

says

THE ROOTS TO SOCIAL DEMOCRACY, CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM The rise of social democracy. The first social democratic party arose in Germany by union struggles and was founded by Ferdinand Lassalle, in 1863. He was familiar with Marx and Engels’ writings. The latter founded the First International (International Workingmen’s Association) in London, the following year. STUDENTS BASHED IN BATTLE OVER ABU-JAMAL'S HEALTHCARE A poignant plea from a group of pupils at a Philadelphia charter school sent recently to Philadelphia’s top prosecutor — that sought release of an inmate widely considered as falsely incarcerated — prompted a barrage of vile threats against those students and one of their teachers from opponents of that inmate. Ironically, that menacing triggered Continue reading "Students Bashed In MARX ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC By Ron Ridenour. Copenhagen — “A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of” COVID-19. For Marx and Engels writing the Communist Manifesto, in 1848, that spectre was communism, their political system of choice. This flaring ghost they described frightened the capitalist class, which endeavored to exorcise its breath. RON RIDENOUR, AUTHOR AT THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING! by Ron Ridenour. Iceland nature. Creative Commons Photo. Shots were fired at a politician’s property recently for the first time in Icelandic folk’s memory. During the weekend of January 21-2, bullets from a .22 pistol were fired into Reykjavik Mayor Dagur B Eggertsson’s car and his office. He was not present in either

occasion.

US POLITICIANS ARE SELLING OUT 1ST AMENDMENT AND COUNTRY On Tuesday, Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) — both Jewish legislators — blocked an amendment called the “Israel Anti-Boycott Act” that the callow and smarmy Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) tried to attach to a end-of-year spending bill. The amendment was backed 56-44, with all Republicans in THOUGHTS ON MARK TWAIN'S 'THE WAR PRAYER' At the beginning of the twentieth century the United States was engaged in a long and brutal war of aggression against the Philippines, which led to between 200,000 and 1.5 million civilian deaths. It was a colonial war against independence fought by the US with patriotic zeal and of course, the claim that God was on our side. To be against the war in that jingoistic era was considered USEFUL AND IMPORTANT WEBSITES New: A headline news service (with links) run by and for millennials who want to be in the know. We are temporarily out of T-shirts because of popular demand. If you'd like a T-shirt, please join our campaign to raise funds for a new order. Use the Donade button above. Anyone who contributes $50 towards that project will receive a free shirt SOCIALIST PEDRO CASTILLO IS PERU'S NEW PRESIDENT Free Peru presidential candidate. Pedro Castillo dio un mitin en el distrito de Socota, en Cajamarca antes de viajar a Cutervo. Foto: Aldair Mejia/La República. Peru was faced with two extremes, and many were uhappy that a moderate candidate did not make the run-off. Peruvians had the choice of electing the first socialist in Continue reading "Socialist Pedro Castillo is Peru’s New THE ROOTS TO SOCIAL DEMOCRACY, CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM The rise of social democracy. The first social democratic party arose in Germany by union struggles and was founded by Ferdinand Lassalle, in 1863. He was familiar with Marx and Engels’ writings. The latter founded the First International (International Workingmen’s Association) in London, the following year. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2021 NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE ILLEGAL Effective January 1, 2021 Nuclear Weapons Will Be Illegal. Flash! Nuclear bombs and warheads have just joined landmines, germ and chemical bombs and fragmentation bombs as illegal weapons under international law, as on Oct. 24 a 50th nation, the Central American country of Honduras, ratified and signed a UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear MY FRIEND THE LOCAL LEGEND My friend the local legend Sings stories for icecream cone eaters He got his trusty Guild He got his voice Steroids added an octave to his range He got his attitude He’ll sing Ballads old Dylan tunes just right Catch the wind Catch the blues Red white and bruised He’ll tell you the real story Continue reading "My friend the local legend" MARX ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC By Ron Ridenour. Copenhagen — “A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of” COVID-19. For Marx and Engels writing the Communist Manifesto, in 1848, that spectre was communism, their political system of choice. This flaring ghost they described frightened the capitalist class, which endeavored to exorcise its breath. BIDEN SHOWS TRUE COLORS PROPOSING BIGGER WAR DEPARTMENT America’s biggest threat: The Pentagon (US Department of ‘Defense’ photo) President Joe Biden has shown his true colors, as this nation mis-celebrates Memorial Day Weekend by guzzling beer and other alcoholic drinks, racking up a typically epic death toll on the highways, and risking a new upsurge in the Coronavirus pandemic partying without masks, marking the date himself by proposing a HARD TIMES ARE COMING IN 2020 AND IN THE DECADE AHEAD Hard Times are Coming in 2020 and in the Decade Ahead. Posted on. January 1, 2020. January 1, 2020. by Dave LIndorff. Apocalypse decade: Australia ablaze. Gentle reader, I am afraid cannot bring myself to offer you the expected “Happy New Year” greeting at the start of this decade. The traditional phrase for today sticks in my craw. THOUGHTS ON MARK TWAIN'S 'THE WAR PRAYER' At the beginning of the twentieth century the United States was engaged in a long and brutal war of aggression against the Philippines, which led to between 200,000 and 1.5 million civilian deaths. It was a colonial war against independence fought by the US with patriotic zeal and of course, the claim that God was on our side. To be against the war in that jingoistic era was considered JFK 50TH ANNIVERSARY: THE EYES OF TEXAS, PT. I JFK 50th Anniversary: The Eyes of Texas, Pt. I. November 25, 2013 by A Contributor to ThisCantBeHappening! A way down South, in Texas. He saw the Eyes of Texas. The Eyes of Texas are upon you, all the livelong day. The Eyes of Texas are upon you, you cannot get away. The Eyes of Texas are upon you ’til Gabriel blows his horn. THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING! by Dave LIndorff. The latest police murder — and that’s what it was whatever the circumstances — of 16-old foster child Ma’Khia Bryant by a Columbus, Ohio cop, is sickening to watch. No way did that officer, Nicholas Reardon, have to kill that young teenage girl. Maybe she had a knife, and maybe she was even planning . USEFUL AND IMPORTANT WEBSITES If you'd like a T-shirt, please join our campaign to raise funds for a new order. Use the Donade button above. Anyone who contributes $50 towards that project will receive a free shirt once we get them made, so include your snailmail address! Be a 'major destabilizing influence' in your neighborhood or school! Close-up of the TCBH!

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STILL EVIL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS: THE FRANKLIN SCANDAL AND I have known Nick Bryant since 1995. He was new to New York from Minnesota then, and looking to make a jump from reporting for a science news service to writing for a mass audience. I noticed that he was persistent and ethically motivated and I thought, “He might be a good reporter.” We got to be friends, and had many long discussions about the nature of evil, which was his preferred STUDENTS BASHED IN BATTLE OVER ABU-JAMAL'S HEALTHCARE A poignant plea from a group of pupils at a Philadelphia charter school sent recently to Philadelphia’s top prosecutor — that sought release of an inmate widely considered as falsely incarcerated — prompted a barrage of vile threats against those students and one of their teachers from opponents of that inmate. Ironically, that menacing triggered Continue reading "Students Bashed In ARREST OF ACTIVIST EXPOSES RACISM FRANCE IGNORES When Franco Lollia embarked for his protest action outside France’s National Assembly building in Paris on June 23, 2020, the respected anti-racism activist knew something dramatic was desperately needed to end decades of denial and delay on addressing the racial bigotry deeply embedded in the nation that prides itself as the champion of equality for Continue reading "Arrest Of Activist THE ROOTS TO SOCIAL DEMOCRACY, CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM The rise of social democracy. The first social democratic party arose in Germany by union struggles and was founded by Ferdinand Lassalle, in 1863. He was familiar with Marx and Engels’ writings. The latter founded the First International (International Workingmen’s Association) in London, the following year. US POLITICIANS ARE SELLING OUT 1ST AMENDMENT AND COUNTRY On Tuesday, Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) — both Jewish legislators — blocked an amendment called the “Israel Anti-Boycott Act” that the callow and smarmy Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) tried to attach to a end-of-year spending bill. The amendment was backed 56-44, with all Republicans in REP. MADELEINE DEAN WON’T GET MY VOTE FOR RE-ELECTION I voted enthusiastically two years ago for Democrat Madeleine Dean to represent the newly un-gerrymandered Congressional district in which I live here in Pennsylvania. An attorney who moved into politics and was a state representative in Harrisburgh at the time she ran for Congress in 2018, Dean sold herself as a new progressive voice Continue reading "Rep. Madeleine Dean Won’t Get My JFK 50TH ANNIVERSARY: THE EYES OF TEXAS, PT. I JFK 50th Anniversary: The Eyes of Texas, Pt. I. November 25, 2013 by A Contributor to ThisCantBeHappening! A way down South, in Texas. He saw the Eyes of Texas. The Eyes of Texas are upon you, all the livelong day. The Eyes of Texas are upon you, you cannot get away. The Eyes of Texas are upon you ’til Gabriel blows his horn. STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHER'S ARREST: SNAPSHOT OF SYSTEMIC POLICE I don’t know Temple University photojournalism major Ian Van Kuyk, despite his enrollment in Temple’s Journalism Department, where I teach. I do know that dynamics embedded in the recent arrest of Van Kuyk by Philadelphia police--an arrest now generating news coverage nationwide--provide yet another snapshot of the systemic abuses I’ve reported and researched during three decades spent THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING! by Dave LIndorff. The latest police murder — and that’s what it was whatever the circumstances — of 16-old foster child Ma’Khia Bryant by a Columbus, Ohio cop, is sickening to watch. No way did that officer, Nicholas Reardon, have to kill that young teenage girl. Maybe she had a knife, and maybe she was even planning . USEFUL AND IMPORTANT WEBSITES If you'd like a T-shirt, please join our campaign to raise funds for a new order. Use the Donade button above. Anyone who contributes $50 towards that project will receive a free shirt once we get them made, so include your snailmail address! Be a 'major destabilizing influence' in your neighborhood or school! Close-up of the TCBH!

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STILL EVIL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS: THE FRANKLIN SCANDAL AND I have known Nick Bryant since 1995. He was new to New York from Minnesota then, and looking to make a jump from reporting for a science news service to writing for a mass audience. I noticed that he was persistent and ethically motivated and I thought, “He might be a good reporter.” We got to be friends, and had many long discussions about the nature of evil, which was his preferred STUDENTS BASHED IN BATTLE OVER ABU-JAMAL'S HEALTHCARE A poignant plea from a group of pupils at a Philadelphia charter school sent recently to Philadelphia’s top prosecutor — that sought release of an inmate widely considered as falsely incarcerated — prompted a barrage of vile threats against those students and one of their teachers from opponents of that inmate. Ironically, that menacing triggered Continue reading "Students Bashed In ARREST OF ACTIVIST EXPOSES RACISM FRANCE IGNORES When Franco Lollia embarked for his protest action outside France’s National Assembly building in Paris on June 23, 2020, the respected anti-racism activist knew something dramatic was desperately needed to end decades of denial and delay on addressing the racial bigotry deeply embedded in the nation that prides itself as the champion of equality for Continue reading "Arrest Of Activist THE ROOTS TO SOCIAL DEMOCRACY, CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM The rise of social democracy. The first social democratic party arose in Germany by union struggles and was founded by Ferdinand Lassalle, in 1863. He was familiar with Marx and Engels’ writings. The latter founded the First International (International Workingmen’s Association) in London, the following year. US POLITICIANS ARE SELLING OUT 1ST AMENDMENT AND COUNTRY On Tuesday, Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) — both Jewish legislators — blocked an amendment called the “Israel Anti-Boycott Act” that the callow and smarmy Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) tried to attach to a end-of-year spending bill. The amendment was backed 56-44, with all Republicans in REP. MADELEINE DEAN WON’T GET MY VOTE FOR RE-ELECTION I voted enthusiastically two years ago for Democrat Madeleine Dean to represent the newly un-gerrymandered Congressional district in which I live here in Pennsylvania. An attorney who moved into politics and was a state representative in Harrisburgh at the time she ran for Congress in 2018, Dean sold herself as a new progressive voice Continue reading "Rep. Madeleine Dean Won’t Get My JFK 50TH ANNIVERSARY: THE EYES OF TEXAS, PT. I JFK 50th Anniversary: The Eyes of Texas, Pt. I. November 25, 2013 by A Contributor to ThisCantBeHappening! A way down South, in Texas. He saw the Eyes of Texas. The Eyes of Texas are upon you, all the livelong day. The Eyes of Texas are upon you, you cannot get away. The Eyes of Texas are upon you ’til Gabriel blows his horn. STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHER'S ARREST: SNAPSHOT OF SYSTEMIC POLICE I don’t know Temple University photojournalism major Ian Van Kuyk, despite his enrollment in Temple’s Journalism Department, where I teach. I do know that dynamics embedded in the recent arrest of Van Kuyk by Philadelphia police--an arrest now generating news coverage nationwide--provide yet another snapshot of the systemic abuses I’ve reported and researched during three decades spent CORONA - THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING! I saw you coming Years ago Did you see me When I closed my eyes I closed my eyes To everything but you For a millisecond Did you hear me Talking to you From the rocky edges of an island Over the surf Did you hear me Calling out in the meadow Where the Continue reading "Corona" 'KAREN" GOES TO COURT: AMY COOPER'S BIRD BRAIN LAWSUIT She’s at it again! Amy Cooper – the now infamous ‘Central Park Karen’ – is raging again. This time Cooper is raging in a lawsuit against her former employer who fired Cooper after that May 25, 2020 incident in New York City’s Central Park. An enraged Cooper called police and falsely accused a Black man Continue reading "‘Karen” Goes To Court: Amy Cooper’s Bird Brain Lawsuit" MY FRIEND THE LOCAL LEGEND My friend the local legend Sings stories for icecream cone eaters He got his trusty Guild He got his voice Steroids added an octave to his range He got his attitude He’ll sing Ballads old Dylan tunes just right Catch the wind Catch the blues Red white and bruised He’ll tell you the real story Continue reading "My friend the local legend" HOMELESS - THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING! The wind booms in the trees The wind makes the trees on the ridge roar Some say this is a desperate time Some day I will rely upon the help of strangers Someday I will forget why I write Please don’t let that happen until I am ready The wind is bitter cold today What Continue

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ARREST OF ACTIVIST EXPOSES RACISM FRANCE IGNORES Police use assault rifles during arrest of activist Lollia. When Franco Lollia embarked for his protest action outside France’s National Assembly building in Paris on June 23, 2020, the respected anti-racism activist knew something dramatic was desperately needed to end decades of denial and delay on addressing the racial bigotry deeply embedded in the nation that prides itself as the THE ROOTS TO SOCIAL DEMOCRACY, CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM The rise of social democracy. The first social democratic party arose in Germany by union struggles and was founded by Ferdinand Lassalle, in 1863. He was familiar with Marx and Engels’ writings. The latter founded the First International (International Workingmen’s Association) in London, the following year. MARX ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC By Ron Ridenour. Copenhagen — “A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of” COVID-19. For Marx and Engels writing the Communist Manifesto, in 1848, that spectre was communism, their political system of choice. This flaring ghost they described frightened the capitalist class, which endeavored to exorcise its breath. SUPPORT THIS WEBSITE! Giving people an honest alternative source of news and commentary isn't easy and doesn't come cheap. Help support this site by subscribing or underwriting ThisCan'tBeHappening.net. Since we kicked off this online newspaper project back in early May, readers have sent just over $4000, far short of what is needed to keep this site as active as we'd like it to be. read more DEBUNKING THE MYTH OF DENMARK Debunking the Myth of Denmark. Posted on. October 22, 2020. October 22, 2020. by Ron Ridenour. The failure of the left in Denmark has led to surging nativism and the scapegoating of immigrants—an increasingly common phenomenon seen in other European countries and the U.S. Regardless of what Bernie Sanders

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Denmark's Neighboring Leaders Break Silence: EXPOSED: DENMARK BANANA KINGDOM UNCLOTHED IN BED WITH US SPY AGENCY Posted on June 3, 2021June 3, 2021

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(The illustration is a metaphor for a Danish secret military investigation into what the National Security Agency was sucking out of Denmark’s spy network. See footnote Operation Dunhammer. ) Latest revelations concerning Denmark’s systematic spying upon its closest neighbor leaders—Germany, France, Norway and Sweden—since 2013 were broadcast and published online recently by the public … Continue reading “EXPOSED: Denmark Banana Kingdom Unclothed in Bed with US Spy Agency” Peace-washing the anti-war movement and limiting criticism of Biden

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This article by Dave Lindorff and appearing in Salon magazine, was researched and written with the assistance of a grant from the ExposeFacts program of the Institute for Public Accuracy   During the four years of the Trump administration, resistance and even revolutionary talk were in the air as organizations with names like The Resistance and Our … Continue reading “Are Big Donors Neutralizing Peace Movement

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Buried inside an embarrassing scandal now broiling Philadelphia, Pa are legacies from America’s despicable era of lynching. The spark for the scandal in Philadelphia is revelations about morbid mistreatment of human remains of Black victims from the horrific 1985 police bombing and burning in Philadelphia of the back-to-nature group MOVE. During the lynching era, many … Continue reading “Lynching Lynchpin Links Racist Impunity From Tulsa

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President Joe Biden has shown his true colors, as this nation mis-celebrates Memorial Day Weekend by guzzling beer and other alcoholic drinks, racking up  a typically epic death toll on the highways, and risking a new upsurge in the Coronavirus pandemic partying without masks,  marking the date himself by proposing a record new military budget. … Continue reading “Biden Shows True Colors Proposing Bigger War Department Budget than Trump”

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I grow asparagus While remote Arctic bases Sprout in the far north The conning towers Of submarines break through The ice like black plants They say We don’t want War but we will defend our (fill in the blank) Keep your eye on them Keep your eye on yourself too Cross yourself We are In … Continue reading “Asparagus” Lucky once, we can't count on luck again: BIDEN OKAYS PROGRAM TO ANNUALLY BUILD 80 PLUTONIUM ‘PIT’ H-BOMB

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It’s hard to believe I’m writing this, but the Biden administration, while unwinding or reversing a good many rules, regulations and programs of the Trump administration, is forging ahead with one particularly outrageous one: the ramping up of production of so-called plutonium “pits.” These cores of the man-made radioactive element plutonium, each weighing a … Continue reading “Biden Okays Program to Annually Build 80 Plutonium ‘Pit’ H-Bomb Triggers” Recall the tale of Bolivia President Morales' plane in 2013? US BEYOND SHAMELESS IN DECRYING BELARUS’ FORCING DOWN OF PASSENGER PLANE TO NAB JOURNALIST CRITIC Posted on May 24, 2021May 25, 2021

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The gold standard for shamelessness has long been the guy who murders his parents and then pleads for the mercy of the court because he’s an orphan. The US, as well as the lickspittle NATO nations of Europe have pretty much topped this hypothetical example with a real one. They accomplished this by going … Continue reading “US Beyond Shameless in Decrying Belarus’ Forcing Down of Passenger Plane to Nab Journalist Critic” Will the U.S. allow a socialist president in Peru? PERU ELECTION: CLOSE RACE BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT Posted on May 18, 2021May 19, 2021

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Pedro Castillo, Peru left candidate at rally. El Nacional newspaper photo. Peru’s election pits two extremely opposite candidates against one another, uncannily similar to Ecuador’s election on April 11. Nearly at the last minute, the millionaire conservative Guillermo Lasso, former banker and Coca Cola director, won the run-off election over socialistic candidate Andres Arauz, 52.5% … Continue reading “Peru Election: Close Race Between Left and

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When you’re watching those horrific images of massive explosions taking down high-rise apartment buildings in Gaza, and reading the statistics of dead in Gaza (195 dead, nearly half of them women and including over 40 children as young as six-months of age), remember that while it’s Israel bombing these buildings and killing these

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Continue reading “US-Supplied Planes and Bombs are Slaughtering Palestinian Children in Gaza” The CDC blinked as Biden declares 'A great day!' A MASKLESS US HEADS DOWN A DARK ROAD AS THE COVID PANDEMIC RAGES ON Posted on May 14, 2021May 14, 2021

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In the clash between sound science and political pressure from anti-science crackpots in the United States, the Biden administration and the Center for Disease Control have blinked, announcing prematurely that people who are vaccinated can basically give up masking except when traveling on public transit or visiting health facilities. The idiocy and mendacity  of … Continue reading “A Maskless US Heads Down a Dark Road as the Covid Pandemic Rages On”

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