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[l] at 10/21/21 12:03pm
For some time I have been trying to get my head around 'wokeness'. It seems to be a typically 'liberal' U.S. phenomenon that has not (yet) been picked up elsewhere. I find it to be an illiberal doctrine that attempts...
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[l] at 10/20/21 11:54am
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[l] at 10/19/21 11:31am
Two years ago France President Macron diagnosed NATO's 'brain death': "What we are currently experiencing is the brain death of Nato," Mr Macron told the London-based newspaper. He warned European members that they could no longer rely on the US...
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[l] at 10/18/21 9:41am
On Saturday the Financial Times published a sensational piece on alleged Chinese testing of a new weapon system: China tests new space capability with hypersonic missile Launch in August of nuclear-capable rocket that circled the globe took US intelligence by...
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[l] at 10/17/21 8:34am
Last week's posts at Moon of Alabama: Oct 11 - Why Do Editors Seek 'Dark Sides' Of China? Related: - China, Taiwan tensions spark debate inside Biden admin as Democrats push for more forceful response - CNN - The West...
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[l] at 10/15/21 12:21pm
In June 2020 Moon of Alabama reported of a planned color revolution in Belarus. During the election in August 2020 the predicted color revolution attempt indeed happened and we predicted that it would fail. By August 15 it was clear...
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[l] at 10/14/21 10:10am
Natural gas prices in Europe exploded last week after reports of too low inventory of natural gas for the upcoming winter. Claims were made that Russia had caused the price increase. But even the BBC finds that this is not...
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[l] at 10/13/21 10:00am
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[l] at 10/11/21 9:35am
There seems to be an inflationary fascination with supposedly 'dark sides' of China: Is there a dark side to China’s high-speed rail network? SCMP, Oct 10, 2021 Toxic '996' work culture, China's dark side of labour exploitation Sify, Oct 8...
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[l] at 10/10/21 8:20am
Last week's posts at Moon of Alabama: Oct 4 - U.S. Government Provides Another Trove Of Offshore Papers Of People It Dislikes Related: - Pandora Papers: Every US state-funded exposé on the lavish lives of elites is about Russia &...
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[l] at 10/9/21 10:18am
Just six weeks after leaving Afghanistan the U.S. wants to get back in: A U.S. delegation will meet with senior Taliban representatives in Doha on Saturday and Sunday in their first face-to-face meeting at a senior level since Washington pulled...
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[l] at 10/7/21 10:51am
Here is a nice example how the U.S. keeps certain issues in the news and thereby propagandizes its people against its perceived enemies. On Friday several news agencies and outlets falsely claimed that Chinese airplanes had 'intruded Taiwan's airspace'. In...
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[l] at 10/6/21 11:44am
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[l] at 10/5/21 12:00pm
The CIA's counterintelligence unit was recently sufficiently shocked to send a 'hair on fire' letter to its case officers all over the world. The New York Times reports today (emphasis added): Captured, Killed or Compromised: C.I.A. Admits to Losing Dozens...
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[l] at 10/4/21 10:40am
So there is another 'leak' of papers about tax saving offshore investments by people the U.S. doesn't like: The secret deals and hidden assets of some of the world’s richest and most powerful people have been revealed in the biggest...
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[l] at 10/3/21 8:19am
Last week's posts at Moon of Alabama: Sep 27 - How Centuries Old Local Differences Still Influence German Politics Related: - How Do Russians View Democracy in Russia? - Greanvillepost - “Inside every —— there is an American trying to...
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[l] at 10/1/21 10:52am
A typical 'western' anti-China propaganda claim is that China is using its military aggressively. 'Western' news agencies do this on a regular base when they report of Chinese air maneuvers around Taiwan. This report by the South China Morning Post,...
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[l] at 10/1/21 1:53am
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on September 24, 2021 Hubei Media Group: According to reports, on September 21, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in his statement at the general debate of the UN General Assembly denounced US willful...
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[l] at 9/30/21 8:27am
On Tuesday I provided that the New York Times and CNN were spreading fake news about Taliban policy in Afghanistan by quoting a hoax tweet from an imposter's Twitter account. Forty-eight hours later both stories are still uncorrected despite the...
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[l] at 9/29/21 11:11am
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[l] at 9/28/21 11:44am
Gareth Porter has described how Corporate media stirred global terror hysteria to push postwar hostility toward new Afghan govt: Following the Taliban’s victory over the U.S. military, U.S. corporate media has churned out a new narrative about the imminent threat...

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