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[ad_1] Oh Lord, is it time for this song already?? Time to uncork the champagne? Scientists may have found first hint of dark matter. Possible Jesus tomb matching Bible account discovered. What really destroyed the Library of Alexandria? As archaeologists study the prehistoric paintings on the walls of caves, they notice that with the right kind of light some images seem to move. Our brains connected to another dimension 50,000 years ago—and turbocharged our intelligence, radical new theory says (can you believe this link is from Popular Mechanics??). How a small island in Canada appeared, vanished, and was found again.…

[ad_1] It’s becoming increasingly clear that, against all odds and a concerted, anti-American psy-op, the White House is winning its war for oil independence. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Reprinted from Andy Worthington’s website. Many thanks to Dr. Dianne Woodward, a former lecturer in Biological Sciences, and a manager at the Galilee Foundation, a UK charity empowering Palestinian youth since 2007, for writing a compelling article for Al Jazeera, “Toxic waste of war on Gaza reached Israel”, highlighting how the ecocidal impact of Gaza’s genocidal and ongoing 34-month assault on the Gaza Strip is creating a monstrous public health crisis, not just for the Palestinians, but also for the Israelis themselves. An illustration by Fourate Chahal El Rekaby, a French-Lebanese filmmaker, writer, and illustrator based in Beirut, accompanying…

[ad_1] What do the collapse of the Japanese currency and carry trade—and the  interventions by US Treasury Secretary Bessent in the currency and bond markets in recent weeks—have to do with the emerging financial crisis of the American Empire? In August, the US Treasury Bessent intervened in global currency markets to buy Yen to keep it from falling. Moreover it did so by buying Yen with Euros instead of US dollars. Bessent quickly followed that currency intervention with an accelerated buying back of US Treasury bonds, doubling buyback from $4 billion to now $8 billion a week. What do these…

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[ad_1] The universities that educate the majority of Americans are struggling. How college closures will reengineer America’s class system. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Today, the West Bank is a nightmare of vicious settlement expansion, land seizure, economic strangulation, settler violence and forced displacement. With the collusion of the Israeli military and police, the Israeli-occupied territories are effectively ruled by the Messianic far-right settlers who see their mob-like racist pogroms of Palestinians as a divine step to Final Redemption. The ongoing year has accelerated the process from settlement expansion toward territorial consolidation and displacement. The scale is stark. Displacement becomes systematic By August 10, the UN reported 76 Palestinians killed in the West Bank, including 18 children; about 3,800 Palestinians had been displaced…

[ad_1] “A Blairite, a Brownite and a Corbynite walk into a bar. The barman says, ‘What are you having, Andy?’”  OK—it’s an old joke dating from Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s past (failed) Labour leadership campaigns. He has long been accused of telling people what they want to hear, of being a political chameleon. But no one expected him to elevate it into a principle of government. On tax, nationalization, infrastructure and the European Union, Burnham is, as they say in Manchester, all over the shop. His predecessor, Sir Keir Starmer, became renowned for policy reversals on issues such as the…

[ad_1] Photograph Source: The White House – Public Domain Iran does not need to defeat the U.S. military if prolonged conflict can turn energy disruption and war fatigue into political pressure in Washington. On August 31, renewed fighting between the United States and Iran pushed Brent crude above $91 a barrel. U.S. forces had struck Iranian launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, and Tehran said it retaliated against American bases in Jordan. The exchange came only days after President Donald Trump’s administration prepared to meet refiners and fuel retailers over rising gasoline prices ahead of the November…

[ad_1] With just over two months until the midterms, there is good reason to believe polling that suggests Democrats will win control of the House of Representatives. President Trump’s approval ratings are in the tank, the least popular war in our nation’s recent history drags on, and voters are stressed about affordability and the economy generally. Perhaps most importantly, the map (and history) favors a Democratic rejoinder to the GOP’s sweeping victories during the last go-round in 2024. And as November heaves into view, Democratic capture of the Senate—an idea that seemed implausible at the beginning of this year—is also…