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The recent change in Polish attitudes toward Ukrainian refugees
The typical Polish strategy of dealing with unexpected crises is to make a quick decision based on one’s gut, dive headlong into the issue, and come up with solutions as problems arise along the way. (more…)
John Martin, The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum (1822)
John Martin, The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum (1822)
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Events in the Middle East continue to escalate. As the great powers of the present day continue their mobilization of resources, men, and materiel, war on a global scale is on the horizon. While the world is transfixed by events in Palestine, fighting in Ukraine grinds on, and the specter of China’s ongoing confrontation with Taiwan remains simmering in the background. (more…)
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The second half of last weekend’s broadcast of Counter-Currents Radio was a solo Ask Me Anything with Greg Johnson, where he took questions from the listeners, and it is now available for download and online listening. (more…)
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After several weeks of not having a Speaker of the House, the GOP have finally settled on a replacement for the deposed Kevin McCarthy. The lucky winner is Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana. Johnson was first elected to Congress in 2016, which makes him the least experienced Speaker since John G. Carlisle in 1883. (more…)
EU front man Donald Tusk, very possibly Poland’s next Prime Minister.
EU front man Donald Tusk, very possibly Poland’s next Prime Minister.
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The Polish parliamentary elections of October 2023 promised to answer the ultimate question of Polish politics: whether the ruling party — in this case Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, or Law & Justice (PiS) — can break the curse and rule for a third time in a row, something which had never been achieved before in the 33 years of Polish democracy, or will it adhere to the iron rule of Polish politics and lose to the main opposition party after being in power for two terms? (more…)
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This is the savagery of, that we only remember from the Nazi crimes in the Holocaust. — Benjamin Netanyahu
Some people are larger than life. Hitler is larger than death. — Don DeLillo, White Noise (more…)
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Greg Johnson and Pox Populi (Telegram, YouTube) talked about the Israel-Palestine War and other Current Things on the latest broadcast of Counter-Currents Radio, and it is now available for download and online listening. (more…)
Yaroslav Hunka at the Canadian House of Commons.
Yaroslav Hunka at the Canadian House of Commons.
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On September 22 of this year, the speaker of the Canadian House of Commons agreed to bring a special guest to the Parliament of Canada. That special guest was a 98-year-old Second World War veteran named Yaroslav Hunka. (more…)
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Richard Hanania’s The Origins of Woke is Christopher Caldwell’s excellent book, The Age of Entitlement, but in a less sober and more opinionated tone, and with more speculation on what’s to be done about the predicament. While both books get the point across, Hanania’s trying to get several other points across that distract from the central thesis: Our legal system contains a civil rights ratcheting mechanism that requires all corporations and organizations to promote a “Leftist” (anti-Christian, anti-white, anti-male, anti-straight) political agenda. (more…)
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Norman Solomon
War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine
New York: The New Press, 2023
See also: The American Regime, here & here
Norman Solomon is one of those rare, honest, old-time liberals who genuinely questions the narratives of the mainstream media and the foreign policy establishment. He was a delegate for Bernie Sanders in 2016. (more…)
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See also, Senile Joe and the Loss of American Deterrence, A Jeremiad to the Empire of Nothing, The Deep State’s War on Russia, & Red Flags in Ukraine
What’s going on here is that the West is leading Ukraine down the primrose path and the end result is that Ukraine is going to get wrecked. — John Mearsheimer at a talk given on September 25, 2015 (more…)
