Category: Aggregated

Myanmar violence against Rohingya Muslims very horrific: UN

#IndyRef 2.0? Second Scottish referendum would derail May’s Brexit strategy

Catalonia independence activists rally against referendum trial in Madrid

Tens of thousands flood into Sudan from famine-hit South Sudan, says UN

Le Pen attacks election rivals, accuse French media of backing Macron, Fillon

Seoul calls for criminal action against North Korea’s leader

‘Paedophiles shouldn’t face criminal charges for looking at child porn’: Britain’s top child protection cop sparks fury after saying they should only be prosecuted if they’re a physical threat to children

A twentieth-century repetition of the mistakes of ancient Rome would be inexcusable.Rome was eight and a half centuries old when the poet, Juvenal, penned his famous tirade against his degenerate countrymen. About 100 A.D. he wrote: “Now that no one buys our votes, the public has long since cast off its cares; the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions and all else, now meddles no more and longs eagerly for just two things, bread and circuses.” (Carcopino, Daily Life in Roman Times [New Haven, Yale University Press, 1940], p. 202.) Forty years later, the Roman historian, Fronto, echoed the … Continue reading →

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A twentieth-century repetition of the mistakes of ancient Rome would be inexcusable.Rome was eight and a half centuries old when the poet, Juvenal, penned his famous tirade against his degenerate countrymen. About 100 A.D. he wrote: “Now that no one buys our votes, the public has long since cast off its cares; the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions and all else, now meddles no more and longs eagerly for just two things, bread and circuses.” (Carcopino, Daily Life in Roman Times [New Haven, Yale University Press, 1940], p. 202.) Forty years later, the Roman historian, Fronto, echoed the … Continue reading →

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It can be a challenge to follow the pronouncements of President Trump, as he often seems to change his position on any number of items from week to week, or from day to day, or even from minute to minute. Consider his speech last week at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). It was reported as “fiery” and “blistering,” but it was also full of contradictions. In the speech, President Trump correctly pointed out that the last 15 years of US military action in the Middle East has been an almost incomprehensible waste of money – six trillion dollars, he … Continue reading →

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Taken from an essay by Dr. Michael Vlahos, Professor at Johns Hopkins University, entitled “America: Imagined Community, Imagined Kinship.” The focus of his essay is to develop the concept of “kinship as a key dimension in modern state relations….”  More interesting to me is the underlying idea of imagined kinship as opposed to actual kinship. (In all cases, emphasis added.) Kinship drives culture, and cultural rules shape society. This is quite easy for most to understand and accept, I hope. The nation most dependent on invented kinship as the basis of its politics is the United States… Who does the … Continue reading →

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Autism instances have risen significantly over the last 40 years. In 1975, 1 in every 5,000 people developed the disorder, but today it’s 1 in every 68. Research continues to indicate that autism is more than just a genetic issue, but rather one closely related to environmental toxins, prescriptions drugs, and more. In fact, one of the biggest topics at hand regarding autism is how vaccinations may play a part. The appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr, known for his skepticism of vaccine safety, as chairman of a commission tasked with studying the effectiveness, safety, and necessity of vaccines, has been … Continue reading →

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Angelo Codevilla’s The Character of Nations is at once a well-written, closely argued and thoroughly documented look at how today’s the United States of America has made almost an 180-degree turn from the USA of de Tocqueville’s time. Codevilla is at his best when he shows the contrasts between what government frowned upon a generation ago, and that is now promoted by various government programs and agencies: “The contemporary American elites … now enjoin actions once prohibited and prohibit actions once enjoined.” Things that were considered too shameful even to discuss a generation ago are now held out as worthy … Continue reading →

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A Baptist pastor in California is upset and concerned that city leaders and planners have been studying and discussing issues regarding cannabis and the effect it would have on the community to grant cultivation permits for medical marijuana. He says he was asked to share his opinion on the matter, which he did in a long article, and which I have read so you don’t have to. What follows is a series of questions I have based on what the pastor wrote in the article. The things he was saying about marijuana should be quite apparent. What if just because … Continue reading →

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Foreign and national defense ministries around the world, as well as embassies in Washington, DC, are struggling to ascertain who is actually in charge of the U.S. government one month after Donald Trump was sworn in as president of the United States. It is a fair question, considering the conflicting statements issuing forth from the White House, State Department, and the Pentagon. Suffice to say, there are, essentially, three Trump administrations, all with varying degrees of power. The first administration and the most visibly powerful is Trump’s inner circle. At the present time, this consists of Trump, chief strategist Stephen … Continue reading →

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