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Sweden Bans Israeli Travellers
As Bob Dylan once said, “For the loser now will be later to win”. The 60s are not exactly a fading memory (mainly because the Boomers just can’t shut the hell up about them), but the times they are still a-changin’. With dizzying rapidity. Last week’s pandemic “losers”
View from Your Window
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The History of the Taliban Is Crucial in Understanding Their Success Now – And Also What Might Happen Next
Ali A. Olomi Penn State I am a historian of the Middle East and Islam researching, writing, and publishing on medieval and modern Muslim thought. I study how Muslims imagined the “Islamic world” through at the intersection of religion, science, and empire. The rapid takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban
Rarotongan Vaxhole Bans Unclean Unvaxxed from Resorts
In a bizarre move, The Rarotongan Resort General Manager Tata Crocombe has deemed all unvaccinated persons to be unclean and banned them from his various premises! You might think that, for a small island nation that relies almost exclusively on tourism for their livelihood, banning a large chunk of your
Ignoring the Babies, CNN Says Texas Abortion Ban Mainly ‘Affects Low-Income Women’
Mark Finkelstein newsbusters.org You might have expected President Biden’s speech of yesterday defending his disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal to be CNN’s lead story on this morning’s New Day. But it’s a mark of just how central to liberal dogma is the right to abortion that New
Why Many in Sweden Have to Wait a Decade (or Longer) To Land an Apartment
Jon Miltimore fee.org Oscar Stark recently was warming up leftover vegetarian pasta in his flat, a red-brick 1960s tower outside Stockholm. Reheated veggie pasta isn’t exactly a gourmet meal, but it’s all the 20-year-old Swede said he can afford, because the majority of his income is spent
In Afghanistan, Opium Is as Big a Winner as Islamic Extremism
Giada Ferrucci Western University Giada ferrucci is a Ph.D. Candidate in Media Studies at Western University. She holds a BA in Economic Development and International Cooperation from the University of Florence, Italy, where her research focused on the opium trade in Afghanistan and alternative economic development reforms, and an
View from Your Window
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Private Enterprise Comes to the Rescue of Stranded Americans
Leesa K. Donner libertynation.com Leesa K. Donner is Editor-in-Chief of LibertyNation.com. A widely published columnist, Leesa previously worked in the broadcast news industry as a television news anchor, reporter, and producer at NBC, CBS and Fox affiliates in Charlotte, Pittsburgh, and Washington, DC. She is the author of
Joe Rogan Defeats COVID with Ivermectin
Joe Rogan has announced that, following a trip to Florida, he contracted the CCP Virus. He also defeated the virus in just three days with a drug combination that included ivermectin. The NZ Herald still manages to smear both him and the treatment with their article by describing ivermectin as
View from Your Window
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Massive Worldwide Backlash against Forced Vaccinations!
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Bumbling Government Gives up on Those Left behind in Afghanistan
That the Government still does not know how many New Zealanders and Afghan civilians who worked alongside our Defence Force remain stranded in strife-torn Afghanistan is appalling, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. “I asked Minister of Defence Peeni Henare multiple times how many vulnerable New Zealand citizens and
The Media’s Addiction to COVID-19 ‘Fear Porn’ Is Perpetuating an Ever-Worsening Cycle of Societal Damage across the World
Eva Bartlett rt.com Eva Bartlett is a Canadian independent journalist and activist. She has spent years on the ground covering conflict zones in the Middle East, especially in Syria and Palestine (where she lived for nearly four years). Over the past year and a half, hysterical media reporting on