NATO has decided to expand its footprint in Iraq, following a rocket attack in the city of Erbil that killed one American contractor and injured six more people. This, as the US State Department has threatened consequences for all those involved. NATO announced this Thursday that it will boost its …
Read More »Conscript army can’t end ‘forever wars’ & teach Americans to be better citizens. Dismantling all-volunteer military’s a bad idea
A pair of recent articles have raised the question as to whether America is well-served by the all-volunteer military that has existed since the end of the Vietnam War. Rajan Menon, a political scientist from the City College of New York, writes in Foreign Policy that the forever wars currently …
Read More »‘Go home & remember this day forever!’ Twitter, Facebook & YouTube wipe Trump’s ‘mixed message’ to supporters who stormed Congress
LATEST: Twitter JAILS Trump over ‘go home’ message to protesters, threatening to delete US president’s account over ‘policy violations’ “These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated …
Read More »‘Not forever’: Biden to ‘ask’ Americans to wear masks for ‘just 100 days’ as he taps Fauci to join his team as medical adviser
Biden said he tapped Fauci for the job after their first substantive meeting on Thursday, requesting that he continue his role as a top health adviser and to remain on the White House’s coronavirus task force, where he’s served under President Donald Trump since the team was created in January. …
Read More »Trump’s enduring legacy will be the fact he’s changed the Republican Party forever
President Donald Trump may have just two months left in office before Joe Biden takes over, but his impact on the Republican Party is likely to go down in history as the most significant and lasting aspect of his legacy. The Republican Party has been hard-pressed for years to adapt …
Read More »‘Forever war’ returns: Biden’s Pentagon team puts the military-industrial complex back in command – reports
Joe Biden’s campaign message focused almost entirely on Donald Trump, and on Biden’s supposed ability to “unify” a polarized electorate and “restore the soul of America.” Since he claimed victory last week, Biden’s prospective administration has begun to take shape, and the reality behind the rhetoric has started to emerge. …
Read More »BuzzFeed gaslights millennials that living with your parents forever is fine, as US creates a generation of docile perma-children
Sandbagged out of the gate by the 2008 recession, young American adults have had the economic rug pulled out from under them yet again with the coronavirus shutdowns. As of July, the majority of US adults aged 18 to 29 are living with their parents – 52 percent – and …
Read More »Iranian leader says UAE ‘betrayal’ of Palestinians won’t last long, but ‘stigma’ will stay forever
The new criticism comes over the UAE’s decision to end the boycott of Israel by establishing formal diplomatic ties and lifting a ban on commercial, cultural and other relations. “The UAE betrayed the world of Islam, the Arab nations, the region’s countries, and Palestine. Of course, this betrayal won’t last …
Read More »We might have to wait forever for science to show the Covid threat is over, so let’s use our common sense & get back to normal
The Covid-19 outbreak is largely over, and man’s attempts to slow, stop or understand the virus have failed. Science will eventually discover more about the pandemic but it is a slow process. Science, if it is working properly, will not come to a conclusion that is wholly wrong. But not …
Read More »‘A bit like flu’: Coronavirus will stay with us ‘FOREVER’, British scientist says
The not-exactly-optimistic prognosis was produced by Sir Mark Walport, a member of the UK government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), on Saturday. Unlike some other diseases, like smallpox “which could be eradicated by vaccination,” Covid-19 is unlikely to be completely destroyed, the scientist told BBC Radio 4. At the …
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