Tag: current affairs – international

Chief Israel planner at Pentagon bashes Israel publicly, extensively

“If this is what he’s publicly sharing, who knows what he’s saying behind closed doors,” a Pentagon contractor, who has interacted with Col. Nathan McCormack, told JNS. Andrew Bernard Col. Nathan McCormack, the Levant and Egypt branch chief at the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s J5 planning directorate, has referred publicly to “Netanyahu and his Judeo-supremacist… Read More Chief Israel planner at Pentagon bashes Israel publicly, extensively

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Hans Magnus Enzensberger: The Industrialization of the Mind

First posted March 2013 But certainly for the present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, representation to reality, the appearance to the essence… illusion only is sacred, truth profane. Nay, sacredness is held to be enhanced in proportion as truth decreases and illusion increases, so that the… Read More Hans Magnus Enzensberger: The Industrialization of the Mind

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Trump, Netanyahu and Khamenei – three angry old men who could get us all killed

Whether inept, driven by survival or corrupt, they are unfit to lead their countries, let alone make decisions that imperil the whole world Simon Tisdall This was not inevitable. This is a war Israel chose. It could have been prevented. Diplomatic talks were ongoing when the bombers took off for Iran. Israel’s continuing, illegal, unjustified… Read More Trump, Netanyahu and Khamenei – three angry old men who could get us all killed

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Post-Operation Sindoor blues dog Modi government

A result of the military operations against Pakistan is that India’s strategic vulnerabilities now stand exposed to the world…. While Indian youth has been diverted to detecting beef-eaters, cattle-traders, ‘anti-nationals’, and targeting the minorities, Chinese youth is achieving generational leaps in AI. Our educators have been ideologically brainwashed to the extent that some are trying… Read More Post-Operation Sindoor blues dog Modi government

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China-backed militia secures control of new rare earth mines in Myanmar

REUTERS BANGKOK, June 12 (Reuters) – A Chinese-backed militia is protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar, according to four people familiar with the matter, as Beijing moves to secure control of the minerals it is wielding as a bargaining chip in its trade war with Washington. China has a near-monopoly over the processing… Read More China-backed militia secures control of new rare earth mines in Myanmar

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