Summary: Scott Ritter retired intel is on a mission of cultural and political diplomacy because the U.S. is not willing to undertake the role of peace-maker for Ukraine. Is he a Manchurian candidate for a diplomat? Scott Ritter, retired U.N. Weapons inspector, has been touring Russia to film a “Waging Peace” documentary. The documentary will probably include material from several […]
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“All thoughts that have huge consequences are always simple. My idea is that since vicious people unite with one another and become strong, then honest people must but do the same. It’s that simple.” Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace Easter always brings on unique challenges just like Christmas. At Christmas, the challenge generally is on the competition between consumerism vs […]
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That quip comes from Col. Doug Macgregor commenting on the blind hatred against Russians by leading Americans inside the Beltway in their pursuit of war in Ukraine. Living inside the beltway myself, I don’t believe it’s actually restricted to inside the Beltway; it has to include much of Virginia, and bases all around America, and also around the world. But […]
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While the armies of Russia and China are goose-stepping towards World War, the West’s response has been equally entrenched in darkening the clouds. Nevertheless, the Rage Against the War Machine national protest was successfully held before the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Sunday of President’s Day weekend. On this cloudless blue-sky day with light winds and temperatures in the […]
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Since February 26, 2022, after the Special Military Operation started, with Russia invading the Donbass region of Ukraine, Russia’s nuclear launches are on high alert. According to TheConversation, “Russian president Vladimir Putin overnight ordered the defense minister and the chief of the military to put nuclear deterrent forces in a ‘special regime of combat duty’–possibly referring to readying its tactical […]
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There is a great anti-war rally and demonstration scheduled for February 19th, President’s Day Weekend in Washington, D.C. and many other cities around the globe. RageAgainstWar.com displays a growing list of speakers, spoken performance artists, and much more. Many are name-brand anti-war activists, leaders of think-tanks, and grassroots lobbies. The hope is that world leaders may take notice and do […]
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The fashion right now is that anything spiritual and humane is only skin deep. So it appears with the beautiful people of Davos attending the 2023 World Economic Forum. The World Economic Forum met this January 16-20, in Davos, Switzerland, high in alpine country. It is an international supragovernmental organization that promotes discussion and ideas catering to the globalized interests […]
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We have been learning about Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) ever since the story broke at Redacted.inc about social workers, healthcare professionals, and others openly suggesting to patients that they “take the plunge.” Since Canada has socialized medicine, I always thought it might be the model of what the United States should enact—a real working single-payer system. However according to […]
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That quote block just took ten minutes to design because I kept expecting the quotation marks to appear automatically and the block to set itself apart just as in the Classic Editor. Apparently I have to now manually add the quotation marks, and the only benefit appears to be being able to use the settings in the side bar to […]
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The hardest thing at the End Kalpa (which is what various Buddhist masters believe we are living in this age) is that Truth is hard to find, difficult to discover, and moreover, even when it becomes self-evident, it is rejected. That is what is happening now in the unfolding drama in Ukraine. Each side contends the other side is winning, […]
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This is a crosspost from testing my free wordpress account. Believe it or not, I have never really tested it out, and after a 13-year hiatus between 2009-2022, of course there is a real difference, especially when the free-version is very top-loaded with apps and options. Here is the original link from https://christinehkroll.wordpress.com/ The Times have changed… It’s been over […]
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According to alternative news sources, over 50% of Ukraine lacks electricity right now due to intermittent attacks by the Russians against the energy grid. The attacks include select power plants, takeover of nuclear power plants by Russian forces, on energy conveyance systems such as gas pipelines, and on roads and bridges leading to maintenance facilities. The Ukrainian forces have also […]
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