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Abundance 2029? | NationofChange
If asked to describe the leadership of the US Democratic Party over the last 35 years in one word, a good choice would be “feckless”. Except for a now forgotten moment at the beginning of the Biden presidency against the backdrop of a global pandemic, the same basic economic playbook as Ronald Reagan without the dog whistles has been the status quo from Bill Clinton to Kamala Harris.
Rug pulls, stable coins and selling the American presidency
Sometimes, usually as a result of stupidity, hubris or a combination of the two, those involved in what looks a lot like criminal behavior do so without shame, in full public view. One short but lucrative con that’s become common in recent years is the ‘crypto rug pull,’ with the schemes often tied to so-called influencers or minor celebrities.
An Antiwar President?
In at least three separate elections, Donald J. Trump was portrayed by his supporters and right-wing intellectuals as an ‘anti-war’ candidate.
Royden: The slow decline of the press
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Commentary: Newspaper decline, fake news hand-in-hand
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Fishwrap: The slow decline of the press Original
Over the last few months, there have been several stories about the sorry state of the Western press, especially in the United States. While Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign was good for large cable news networks and to a lesser extent national periodicals like The New York Times, consolidation driven by profit-seeking had already deeply harmed smaller outlets, from televised local news broadcasts to small market newspapers.
Internet, echo chambers crowding out real news
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. "Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” Over the last few months there have been a number of stories about the sorry state of the Western press, especially in the United States.
The slow decline of the press
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” Ernest Hemingway • • • Over the last few months there have been a number of stories about the sorry state of the Western press, especially in the United States.
The Slow Decline of the Press
Audio articles on Wilson County News made possible by C Street Gift Shop in downtown Floresville! “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” -Ernest Hemingway Over the last few months there have been a number of stories about the sorry state of the Western press, especially in the United States.
The Growing Threat of ‘Robotic’ Warfare
On October 7th, 2001, the first of a weaponized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) (or drone) occurred in Kandahar, Afghanistan. In what appeared to be a mistake that would become all too common in the years to come, the CIA’s target, Taliban leader Mullah Omar, was nowhere near the scene of the strike.
Disinformation from All "Great" Powers
On June 14th, Reuters broke a story so shocking that it should have been headline news in the United States and around the world. Admittedly, the investigative report entered a news cycle that’s been particularly full, even for a presidential election year but, as someone who spends hours reading the news every day, it surprised me that I didn’t see it until a follow-up piece was published a month later titled U.S. told Philippines it made ‘missteps’ in secret anti-vax propaganda effort.
Disinformation from All "Great" Powers
On June 14th, Reuters broke a story so shocking that it should have been headline news in the United States and around the world. Admittedly, the investigative report entered a news cycle that’s been particularly full, even for a presidential election year but, as someone who spends hours reading the news every day, it surprised me that I didn’t see it until a follow-up piece was published a month later titled U.S. told Philippines it made ‘missteps’ in secret anti-vax propaganda effort.
All The World’s Great Powers Using Disinformation–Including America - Black Star News
By Derek Royden Photos: YouTube Screenshots On June 14th, Reuters broke a story so shocking that it should have been headline news in the United States and around the world.
The Decline of Diplomacy
In the 2023 Netflix drama, The Diplomat, Keri Russell plays Kate Wyler, a career State Department officer who finds herself made ambassador to the UK after an attack on the British aircraft carrier in the Middle East. While it’s over the top in the way it chronicles a U.S. diplomats’ life, the series is surprisingly refreshing in the way it depicts negotiation and peacemaking in a heroic light.
The decline of diplomacy - www.elizabethton.com
Published 10:00 am Friday, May 3, 2024 BY DEREK ROYDEN In the 2023 Netflix drama, “the Diplomat,” Keri Russell plays Kate Wyler, a career State Department officer who finds herself made ambassador to the UK after an attack on the British aircraft carrier in the Middle East. While it’s over the top in the way it chronicles a U.S. diplomats’ life, the series is surprisingly refreshing in the way it depicts negotiation and peacemaking in a heroic light.
The Decline of Diplomacy
In the 2023 Netflix drama, “the Diplomat,” Keri Russell plays Kate Wyler, a career State Department officer who finds herself made ambassador to the UK after an attack on the British aircraft carrier in the Middle East. While it’s over the top in the way it chronicles a U.S. diplomats’ life, the series is surprisingly refreshing in the way it depicts negotiation and peacemaking in a heroic light.
Post-Imperial Entropy - by Derek Royden
Post-Imperial Entropy By Derek Royden April 9, 2024 According to a recent United Nations report there are more armed conflicts throughout the world today than during the 2nd World War. These hostilities don’t always concern opposing nations or coalitions of them as in the past but are in the main being fought against insurgencies and even heavily armed criminal groups.
Commentary: Post-imperial entropy
According to a recent United Nations report there are more armed conflicts throughout the world today than during the Second World War. These hostilities don’t always concern opposing nations or coalitions of them as in the past but are in the main being fought against insurgencies and even heavily armed criminal groups.
Post-Imperial Entropy
What is happening in Haiti offers some proof that colonialism continues to impact those countries that suffered through it. According to a recent United Nations report there are more armed conflicts throughout the world today than during the Second World War. These hostilities don’t always concern opposing nations or coalitions of them as in the past, but are in the main being fought against insurgencies and even heavily armed criminal groups.
Post-Imperial Entropy - www.elizabethton.com
Published 10:22 am Friday, April 5, 2024 BY DEREK ROYDEN According to a recent United Nations report there are more armed conflicts throughout the world today than during the 2nd World War. These hostilities don’t always concern opposing nations or coalitions of them as in the past but are in the main being fought against insurgencies and even heavily armed criminal groups.
Post-Imperial Entropy
According to a recent United Nations report there are more armed conflicts throughout the world today than during the 2nd World War. These hostilities don’t always concern opposing nations or coalitions of them as in the past but are in the main being fought against insurgencies and even heavily armed criminal groups.
Post-Imperial Entropy
According to a recent United Nations report there are more armed conflicts throughout the world today than during the 2nd World War. These hostilities don’t always concern opposing nations or coalitions of them as in the past but are in the main being fought against insurgencies and even heavily armed criminal groups.
Palestinians and Native Americans Experienced Settler Colonialism
Palestinians, Native Americans, and other indigenous peoples have experienced or are experiencing settler colonialism. The US has the linchpin to the ongoing destruction. According to a myth about the founding of Athens, the city’s king, Cecrops, held a contest to decide which god or goddess would be the city’s namesake and protector. Two were chosen for the honor: Poseidon, the god of the sea and Athena, the goddess of wisdom.
Of Olive Trees, Bison and the Dispossessed
According to a myth about the founding of Athens, the city’s king, Cecrops, held a contest to decide which god or goddess would be the city’s namesake and protector. Two were chosen for the honor: Poseidon, the god of the sea and Athena, the goddess of wisdom. Going first, Poseidon opened a spring in the ground by powerfully striking it with his trident but when the citizens tried to drink from it, it was salty and they were less than impressed.
Manufacturing excuses for the inexcusable
In the more than 100 days since the Israeli Defense Forces began their operations in Gaza, its ‘unity’ government has resorted to many distortions of language, some new, some long standing, with what seems to be the goal of dehumanizing all Palestinians. It shows just how much the world has been changed by the unfiltered immediacy of camera phones and social media that Israeli propaganda seems much clumsier and is clearly less influential than it’s been in the past.
Manufacturing Excuses for the Inexcusable
In the more than 100 days since the Israeli Defense Forces began their operations in Gaza, its ‘unity’ government has resorted to many distortions of language, some new, some long standing, with what seems to be the goal of dehumanizing all Palestinians. It shows just how much the world has been changed by the unfiltered immediacy of camera phones and social media that Israeli propaganda seems much clumsier and is clearly less influential than it’s been in the past.
Making Excuses for the Inexcusable
In the more than 100 days since the Israeli Defense Forces began their operations in Gaza, its ‘unity’ government has resorted to many distortions of language, some new, some long standing, with what seems to be the goal of dehumanizing all Palestinians. It shows just how much the world has been changed by the unfiltered immediacy of camera phones and social media that Israeli propaganda seems much clumsier and is clearly less influential than it’s been in the past.
Dangerous Nostalgia
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905. The last two American presidents from the Republican Party share a sad distinction, if for different reasons. George W. Bush bears the ultimate responsibility for the loss of at least a million lives in Iraq, while Donald J.
Derek Royden: Dangerous nostalgia
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”– George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905. The last two American presidents from the Republican Party share a sad distinction, if for different reasons. George W. Bush bears the ultimate responsibility for the loss of at least a million lives in Iraq, while Donald J.
United States of Amnesia
United States of Amnesia By Derek Royden December 15, 2023 Just a little more than 20 years ago, on August 19th, 2003, a cement mixing truck containing a large bomb rolled into the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad. The subsequent explosion killed Sergio Vieira de Mello, the body’s special representative to the country and many others. This event, which led to the UN withdrawing all non-essential personnel from Iraq, occurred just two months after former President George W.
An Eye For An Eye? So Many Are Already Blind - The Bogalusa Daily News
Published 5:17 pm Monday, November 6, 2023 By Derek Royden In March of 2020, when we retreated to our homes in the face of a terrifying new disease, there was a moment when it seemed like there was a chance that we might come out of the crisis with better, more compassionate societies. As the crisis continued, the opposite seemed to happen, as many gave in to feelings of rage and significant numbers fell down strange conspiratorial rabbit holes.
Derek Royden: An eye for an eye? Problem is, so many are already blind
In March of 2020, when we retreated to our homes in the face of a terrifying new disease, there was a moment when it seemed like there was a chance that we might come out of the crisis with better, more compassionate societies. As the crisis continued, the opposite seemed to happen, as many gave in to feelings of rage and significant numbers fell down strange conspiratorial rabbit holes.
United States of Amnesia Original
During Donald Trump’s time in office, more than a million possibly preventable deaths occurred in America. Trump, who showed at best a lack of seriousness during the crisis provoked by the novel coronavirus, seems to have escaped accountability for his catastrophic decisions.
United States of ‘Amnesia’
Audio articles on Wilson County News made possible by C Street Gift Shop in downtown Floresville! Just a little more than 20 years ago, on August 19th, 2003, a cement mixing truck containing a large bomb rolled into theUnited Nationsheadquartersin Baghdad. The subsequent explosion killed Sergio Vieira de Mello, the body’s special representative to the country and many others.
United States of Amnesia
Just a little more than 20 years ago, on August 19th, 2003, a cement mixing truck containing a large bomb rolled into the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad. The subsequent explosion killed Sergio Vieira de Mello, the body’s special representative to the country and many others. This event, which led to the UN withdrawing all non-essential personnel from Iraq, occurred just two months after former President George W.
United States of Amnesia
Just a little more than 20 years ago, on August 19th, 2003, a cement mixing truck containing a large bomb rolled into the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad. The subsequent explosion killed Sergio Vieira de Mello, the body’s special representative to the country and many others. This event, which led to the UN withdrawing all non-essential personnel from Iraq, occurred just two months after former President George W.
United States of Amnesia
Just a little more than 20 years ago, on August 19th, 2003, a cement mixing truck containing a large bomb rolled into the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad. The subsequent explosion killed Sergio Vieira de Mello, the body’s special representative to the country and many others. This event, which led to the UN withdrawing all non-essential personnel from Iraq, occurred just two months after former President George W.
United States of Amnesia: Americans are the best at ignoring tragic events
Just a little more than 20 years ago, on August 19th, 2003, a cement mixing truck containing a large bomb rolled into the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad. The subsequent explosion killed Sergio Vieira de Mello, the body’s special representative to the country and many others. This event, which led to the UN withdrawing all non-essential personnel from Iraq, occurred just two months after former President George W.
Commentary: Individualism is working to planet’s detriment
On Sunday, June 25, I awoke to the smell of a smoldering campfire, a scent most people associate with our earliest, often happiest, experiences out in the natural world. Upon going outside, I found the entire city of Montreal was blanketed by a smoky haze and realized that the wildfires raging throughout the northeast, producing public health warnings across borders, had come home to roost.
Individualism is killing the planet
On Sunday, June 25th I awoke to the smell of a smoldering campfire, a scent most people associate with our earliest, often happiest, experiences out in the natural world. Upon going outside, I found the entire city of Montreal was blanketed by a smoky haze and realized that the wildfires raging throughout the northeast, producing public health warnings across borders, had come home to roost.
Individualism Is Killing the Planet
Individual vs collective systemic change has long been the argument for or against finding a solution. . .
Individualism is killing the planet
On June 25, I awoke to the smell of a smoldering campfire, a scent most people associate with our earliest, often happiest, experiences out in the natural world. Upon going outside, I found the entire city of Montreal was blanketed by a smoky haze and realized that the wildfires raging throughout the northeast, producing public health warnings across borders, had come home to roost. kAm$F>>6C H:=57:C6D 925 2=C625J 364@>6 2 724E @7 =:76 :? E96 H6DE :? C646?E J62CD[ 6G6? C65F4:?8 E96 E@H?
Individualism is killing the planet
On Sunday, June 25th I awoke to the smell of a smoldering campfire, a scent most people associate with our earliest, often happiest, experiences out in the natural world. Upon going outside, I found the entire city of Montreal was blanketed by a smoky haze and realized that the wildfires raging throughout the northeast, producing public health warnings across borders, had come home to roost.
COMMENTARY: Individualism is killing the planet
On Sunday, June 25, I awoke to the smell of a smoldering campfire, a scent most people associate with our earliest, often happiest, experiences out in the natural world. Upon going outside, I found the entire city of Montreal was blanketed by a smoky haze and realized that the wildfires raging throughout the northeast, producing public health warnings across borders, had come home to roost.
Individualism is Killing the Planet
On Sunday, June 25th I awoke to the smell of a smoldering campfire, a scent most people associate with our earliest, often happiest, experiences out in the natural world. Upon going outside, I found the entire city of Montreal was blanketed by a smoky haze and realized that the wildfires raging throughout the northeast, producing public health warnings across borders, had come home to roost.
Echoes of the SS St. Louis today
On May 13th, 1939, the SS St. Louis, a luxury cruise ship, departed Hamburg, Germany bound for Cuba, where its 937 passengers, most of them Jews fleeing Hitler’s Germany, expected to gain entry into the United States. After weeks at sea, likely filled with a mixture of uncertainty and hope, all but 29 of the refugees, most of whom had used their savings to pay for their Cuban visas and the trip, were refused entry.
Echoes of the SS St. Louis Today
On May 13th, 1939, the SS St. Louis, a luxury cruise ship, departed Hamburg, Germany bound for Cuba, where its 937 passengers, most of them Jews fleeing Hitler’s Germany, expected to gain entry into the United States. After weeks at sea, likely filled with a mixture of uncertainty and hope, all but 29 of the refugees, most of whom had used their savings to pay for their Cuban visas and the trip, were refused entry.
Asylum Seekers Echo the SS St. Louis
Minors, deported en masse during the Clinton era, to countries they had little memory of sought protection in gangs like MS 13
Echoes of the SS St. Louis today
On May 13th, 1939, the SS St. Louis, a luxury cruise ship, departed Hamburg, Germany bound for Cuba, where its 937 passengers, most of them Jews fleeing Hitler’s Germany, expected to gain entry into the United States. After weeks at sea, likely filled with a mixture of uncertainty and hope, all but 29 of the refugees, most of whom had used their savings to pay for their Cuban visas and the trip, were refused entry.
PEACEVOICE: Echoes of the SS St. Louis today
On May 13, 1939, the SS St. Louis, a luxury cruise ship, departed Hamburg, Germany bound for Cuba, where its 937 passengers, most of them Jews fleeing Hitler’s Germany, expected to gain entry into the United States. After weeks at sea, likely filled with a mixture of uncertainty and hope, all but 29 of the refugees, most of whom had used their savings to pay for their Cuban visas and the trip, were refused entry.
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