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Israeli Minister Warns of War in Middle East if Biden Wins While Egypt worries Biden will empower Islamists in the region. Israeli Settlements Minister Tzachi Hanegbi warns that a Biden presidency could ignite war in the Middle East, while Egypt fears Biden would aid the resurgence of Islamists in the

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China Brings Down the Fist

China Brings Down the Fist

Lest anyone doubt exactly what they are dealing with if they choose to hold their hand out for China’s gold, the Chinese regime periodically shows the world in no uncertain terms just who they are. Anyone who deludes themselves that China is “opening up” ought to have been rudely

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Australian Government Cracks Down on China Deals

Australian Government Cracks Down on China Deals

While New Zealand seems certain to join a conga-line of third-world banana republics happy to dance for China’s BRI handouts, the Australian government is moving to slash the strings that are firmly tied to Beijing’s seeming largesse. First in the Morrison government’s sights are clueless, socialist state

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China’s Trade War Is a Winner for Locals

China’s Trade War Is a Winner for Locals

Tasmania is famous for producing some of the world’s best seafood, wine and lamb. Not that Tasmanians ever get much chance of enjoying the bounty of their own state: even if we’re prepared to pay through the nose for certain local produce, we end up getting the leavings

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A History of the Swedish COVID Response

A History of the Swedish COVID Response

Sebastian Rushworth M.D. Health and medical information grounded in science sebastianrushworth.com The Swedish response to the covid pandemic has become one of the most talked about topics of the last six months, and there’s a lot of misinformation floating around. Since that’s the case, and since

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Open Letter to President Donald Trump

Open Letter to President Donald Trump

Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano Tit. Archbishop of Ulpiana Former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America Mr. President, Allow me to address you at this hour in which the fate of the whole world is being threatened by a global conspiracy against God and humanity. I write to you

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A Thousand-Year Night Falls on Europe’s Jews

A Thousand-Year Night Falls on Europe’s Jews

Somewhere in Hell, Hitler must be laughing. The EU has achieved what the Third Reich couldn’t: the virtual elimination of the Jews of Europe. Pre-War, there were about 9.5 million Jews in Europe. After the Nazis, there were about 3.5 million left. Today, that population has been

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Maybe if We Don’t Talk About It, It Won’t Come for Us

Maybe if We Don’t Talk About It, It Won’t Come for Us

In J K Rowling’s Harry Potter books, almost all the characters avoid saying the name of the series’ arch-villain, Voldemort. No matter whether they’re good or evil, all but a couple of characters refuse to name him out of fear. Voldemort’s own followers call him “the Dark

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Religious Persecution in China Must Be Called Out

Religious Persecution in China Must Be Called Out

Olivia Enos Emilie Kao papundits.wordpress.com Olivia Enos contributes posts at The Daily Signal, and she is an Asian Studies Center senior policy analyst within The Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Emilie Kao is director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center

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Isn’t It Time a Real Peace Maker Won the Nobel Peace Prize?

Isn’t It Time a Real Peace Maker Won the Nobel Peace Prize?

Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for doing nothing at all. He didn’t get any peace deals across the line and his foreign policy was missing in action yet for some reason he was nominated and won. Jacinda Ardern was supposedly nominated too. Our lickspittle media declared her

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Lockdowns in Europe Are Back

Lockdowns in Europe Are Back

Ryan McMaken mises.org Back in August, European politicians were threatening lockdowns and calling for “vigilance.” But given the economic devastation wrought by full, nationwide lockdowns, politicians have become fearful of going down that road again. For example, in the Czech Republic, where the seven-day average for reported covid deaths

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Let My People Go

Let My People Go

Eliora Martyn Iles from the ACL (Australian Christian Lobby the advocacy organisation, not the ACL knee joint that can be injured in rugby) reports that they have been petitioning Government to let people go to church during the COVID 19 pandemic. The sentiment of faith groups is clear, from a

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Disappearing Daigou Hint at China’s Economic Reality

Disappearing Daigou Hint at China’s Economic Reality

Launceston has long grown accustomed to empty shopfronts in its CBD, a trend only exacerbated by the Wuhan plague. So, when a new shopfront opens it naturally piques local interest. The more so when the shop sports entirely Chinese-language livery, is stocked with row upon row of baby formula – and

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