Month: November 2022

Zelensky Addresses G20

Zelensky’s response to negotiation proposals stressed that “one cannot trust Russia’s words”—denouncing Russian aggression as a breach of former treaties—stating there “will be no Minsk 3, which Russia would violate immediately after signing.”

UN Confirms 4-Month Extension of Black Sea Grain Deal

UN chief Antonio Guterres expressed his deep commitment to remove the “remaining obstacles to the unimpeded exports of Russian food and fertilizers,” as these remain “essential” to avoid a food crisis next year.

A Pro-Choice Atheist Economist Appointed to the Pontifical Academy

According to the Catholic faith, humanity is only fully realised in God—whatever humanity Professor Mazzucato brings to the Academy while being an atheist can only be a truncated and wounded humanity. Why then honour it as an example or trust it as a compass?

The Bolivar Legacy
Part I: In Search of a Past

Bolivar is part of Latin American identity, but in order to transcend the limits of his legacy, he must be understood as the repentant revolutionary that he was. Were he a hero, he would be a tragic one.

Spanish Drivers Rebel

The National Platform in Defense of Transport recently voted to call for an indefinite strike, a move supported by 96% of its members.

Belgium Refuses Imam Iquioussen’s Extradition To France

According to the latest opinion issued by the Court of Appeal of Mons, the facts underlying the European arrest warrant do not constitute an offence under Belgian law, and extradition is therefore not justified.

Mearsheimer Deconstructs Globalists’ Russo-Ukraine War Narrative 

Mearsheimer Deconstructs Globalists’ Russo-Ukraine War Narrative 

Mearsheimer warned of the dangers of escalation, saying: “If the West is successful and pushes the Russians back East, and if the sanctions begin to bite, the Russians will escalate—and there’s a good chance that they will use nuclear weapons.”

November 17, 2022
Border Between Poland and the Russian Oblast of Kaliningrad Reinforced

Border Between Poland and the Russian Oblast of Kaliningrad Reinforced

Landing conditions at Kaliningrad airport have been relaxed, making it possible for ‘tourists’ from the Middle East to arrive there, potentially mixed with Ukrainian refugees from Kherson.

November 17, 2022
DeSantis Leads Trump in Poll

DeSantis Leads Trump in Poll

A recent YouGov poll found that 41% of Republicans want Ron DeSantis to be the party’s next presidential candidate, with 39% saying the same of Donald Trump.

November 17, 2022
When the Law Defines What It Means to Be Human

When the Law Defines What It Means to Be Human

Today, it is all too common to prize self-sufficiency as a virtue—a virtue by nature inaccessible to the sick and to the disabled, to pregnant women and to the elderly, and to children of any age.

November 17, 2022
The Spanish Government Supports Catalan Separatism

The Spanish Government Supports Catalan Separatism

The connivance of the establishment Left (and, though less explicitly, the Right as well) with the long-term strengthening of separatism has been a feature, not a bug, of Spanish democracy.

November 16, 2022
Donald Trump Announces Run for the Presidency

Donald Trump Announces Run for the Presidency

He referred to the dangers of the ‘deep state’ and the political complicity of intelligence and law enforcement that led to the search of his home in Mar-a-Lago.

November 16, 2022
The Subjugation of Democracy Part I

The Subjugation of Democracy Part I

The term ‘democracy’ no longer refers to a system of government held above ideological bias. Increasingly, it is being misused as a synonym for an election won by ‘the preferred ideology.’ That ideology is socialism.

November 16, 2022
SDP Party Conference 2022

SDP Party Conference 2022

The normality of the attendees can perhaps be described by the self-defined “common sense” approach of the party, coupled with broad policies rather than a one-trick-pony approach often associated with marginal parties.

November 16, 2022
NATO Allies Deliberate After Missile Hits Polish Territory, Killing Two

NATO Allies Deliberate After Missile Hits Polish Territory, Killing Two

Ukrainian and Polish authorities claim a Russian-made missile struck a Polish town; Russia’s defense ministry has denied the claim and considers such reports to be “a deliberate provocation aimed at escalating the situation.”

November 16, 2022
Xi, Biden in Candid Talks at G20

Xi, Biden in Candid Talks at G20

Unsurprisingly, Taiwan was the most tense subject of conversation.

November 16, 2022
VOX to March in Barcelona

VOX to March in Barcelona

“We must respond by taking to the street so that this government of treason and ruin falls,” said VOX party leader Abascal.

November 16, 2022
Uneasy with China, Germany Eyes Other Trade Partners

Uneasy with China, Germany Eyes Other Trade Partners

Economy Minister Robert Habeck noted that China remains Germany’s second-largest export partner and largest source for imports—a fact which would do much to dissuade the nation from doing an all-out U-turn.

November 16, 2022