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The Monday Grail news briefs are ready for their close-up! The no-human future: Terrorists and tech bros alike view accelerationism as a revolutionary weapon – Nick Land glimpsed something much darker. Related: The technocratic conspiracy – how tech tycoons plan to disrupt democracy and become the new rulers of the world. A new study suggests that the carved symbols at Göbekli Tepe may have been part of a sophisticated belief system that connected timekeeping, sacred space, death, and the heavens. UFOs, sex bans, and a mass suicide: Inside the sinister Heaven’s Gate cult. (Archived page link) Class of AI models…
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Trump 'Really Uncomfortable' With Aging at 80 Source link
Netanyahu knew exactly what he was doing when he defied Trump’s red line and struck Beirut this morning Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack. It’s important to understand that, contrary to Donald Trump’s quip to Barak Ravid that Netanyahu has “no f***ing judgment,” the Israeli Prime Minister knows exactly what he is doing: With a set of strikes at the Dahiyeh neighborhood in Beirut, he is trying to kill both the pending US-Iran peace deal and the fragile peace between Israel and Lebanon that would come with it. There is a further strategic dividend. Netanyahu is also seeking to…
Ageless Trump Laughs in the Faces of His Naysayers Source link
Vice President JD Vance called in to FNC’s “Big Weekend Show” on Sunday afternoon to give some details about the administration’s deal with Iran: VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE: I think it’s a big moment for the United States of America, thanks to the president’s leadership and the hard work of the entire team.Three things that are important for the American people to appreciate what this deal does for all of us as Americans. – Number one, the immediate opening of the Strait of Hormuz and the lifting of the naval blockade with Iran along with it.- The number two thing:…
Bernie Sanders Remaking the American Left Source link
The line between civilian society and war is disappearing completely. That is the real story behind Russia now authorizing its central bank and Sberbank to operate anti-drone systems and arm personnel to defend financial infrastructure. A country’s banking system is no longer simply processing transactions or moving money. It is now becoming part of the battlefield itself. Russia passed a new law allowing the central bank, Sberbank, and the Russian Cash Collection Association to deploy their own drone defense systems after repeated Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russian territory. Staff at these institutions can now reportedly be armed as well. This is what…
Download Audio. Scott interviews Ben Freeman of the Quincy Institute about Section 224 of the 2027 NDAA, which, if passed, would essentially integrate the entire US military industrial complex with Israel. Scott and Freeman dig into the consequences of such a change and how you can get involved in the ongoing effort to stop it. Discussed on the show: The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home by William D Hartung and Ben Freeman “Congress quietly moves to integrate US and Israeli militaries” (Responsible Statecraft) thinktankfundingtracker.org Ben Freeman…
Why Hasan Piker Thinks Dems Are Moving in His Direction Source link