Month: November 2022

Protestors Won’t Give Up on Brazil

The grassroots conservative movement in Brazil will continue and is already giving Lula much stronger opposition than he had counted on.

Frozen Bank Accounts: The New Mechanism of Political Coercion

The take-home lesson here is that among the world’s politically functioning countries, there are three dominant regimes, namely authoritarianism, totalitarianism, and progressive liberalism, all of which share family resemblances.

The Apple of His Eye: On Self-Reflection in Genesis

To apply to myth the reigning science of the day, in an attempt to transform it into a factual chronicle of human affairs, means inevitably to mangle what is most intrinsic to myth: its kaleidoscopic abundance, its playfulness, its immeasurable depth.

EU China Critics Make Taiwan Visit

To dissuade Beijing, the U.S. has struck a deal with Australia to host more of its B-52 bombers, which can carry nuclear as well as conventional weapons.

EU Commission Proposes Major Clean-up of Air and Water

The commission estimates that by 2040, 27% of the €3.8 billion annual cost of managing urban wastewater would be covered by industrial polluters, principally pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies.

Dutch Government Seeks Power to Monitor All Transactions Over €100

Dutch Government Seeks Power to Monitor All Transactions Over €100

The news comes after Queen Máxima called for the creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), defending CBDCs as instruments of “inclusivity” at an International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting in Washington D.C. earlier this month.

November 2, 2022
Nord Stream Sabotage: New Allegations

Nord Stream Sabotage: New Allegations

The prevailing opinion among most ‘observers,’ Politico explains, is that “Russia blew up the pipelines … in an effort to further destabilize Europe’s energy supplies.

November 2, 2022
Netanyahu Likely Winner of Israeli Elections

Netanyahu Likely Winner of Israeli Elections

Though the final, official count will not be available until later in the week, exit polls give a narrow lead to former prime minister and Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu.

November 2, 2022
Austria’s National Rightist FPÖ Tied for First Place, Poll Reveals 

Austria’s National Rightist FPÖ Tied for First Place, Poll Reveals 

The FPÖ, the only major party in Austria to oppose sanctions against Russia, is now polling at 26% of the national vote.

November 2, 2022
Observers Fear Brazil on Brink of Civil War Following Elections

Observers Fear Brazil on Brink of Civil War Following Elections

Protesters have blocked roads using trucks, agricultural machinery, cranes, and burning tires, wearing green shirts stamped with the Brazilian flag evocative of support for the current president.

November 2, 2022
Realms of Inversion: Of Saints and Shadows

Realms of Inversion: Of Saints and Shadows

A realm grotesquely mimicking our own; a vale of psychic parasitism just beneath the surface. We consider the meaning of uncanny inversion in horror stories.

November 2, 2022
Ukrainian Author Receives Peace Prize of the German Book Trade

Ukrainian Author Receives Peace Prize of the German Book Trade

The Ukrainian author Serhiy Zhadan received the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. Lauded for his “unequivocal humanitarian stance,” he warned against a “peace without justice.”

November 1, 2022
Eurocrat Entitlements & Pensions Skyrocket as Workers Get Poorer

Eurocrat Entitlements & Pensions Skyrocket as Workers Get Poorer

Pension and entitlement claims of Eurocrats climbed to a 122.6 billion euros at the end of 2021, a six billion increase compared to the total amount recorded at the end of 2020.

November 1, 2022
Unvaccinated Doctors to be Reinstated in Italy

Unvaccinated Doctors to be Reinstated in Italy

Meloni’s government has turned the page on COVID-19: as of November 1st, the obligation to wear masks in hospitals, clinics, and diagnostic centres will be over.

November 1, 2022
Chief Inspector Fired for Saying Most Crime is Committed by Immigrants

Chief Inspector Fired for Saying Most Crime is Committed by Immigrants

The chief inspector for the Central Police Station in the city of Valencia, Ricardo Ferris, has been fired after publicly stating that “practically all street crime is committed by illegal immigrants.”

November 1, 2022
Ukraine Wants €500 Million a Month From Germany to Rebuild

Ukraine Wants €500 Million a Month From Germany to Rebuild

Ukraine’s push for €500 million a month from Germany for rebuilding efforts is clashing with the reality of a German economy in rapid decline. German social democrats are considering taxing the rich to pay for reconstruction.

November 1, 2022
Rural Spain Sees Through the Scam of Renewable Energy

Rural Spain Sees Through the Scam of Renewable Energy

Locals have pulled back the curtain on the false promises of wind and solar, telling the dirty secrets of supposedly clean and green energy, and doing their best to form a democratic shield against technocrats and capitalists from Madrid to Brussels.

November 1, 2022