World War II veterans welcome the respect that comes with their once having been a member of the armed forces. This is a normal human trait but chances are they were not volunteers. Conscripts, many of them in their teens, were press-ganged into the armed forces. If there was genuine enthusiasm for the war then conscription would be neither necessary nor desirable.
A viral video has contrasted Prime Minister Scott Morrison telling the UN General Assembly that Australia believes in ‘freedom’ and the ‘dignity of all people’ with Australian cops beating the shit out of citizens for not wearing masks.
There were times when the people of the so-called democracies needed true and principled leadership? During and after the Wall Street transfer of Imperial Russia to the Bolsheviks (1917-1922). The counter-revolution that could have prevented Bolshevism was ruthlessly suppressed by the double-dealing ‘democracies’.
The descent of Wall Street controlled Africa foretells a darker future for the Dark Continent with Europe also being caught in the crosshairs of history by the collateral damage.
The Czech Republic’s prime minister flatly rejects the idea that immigration must be promoted in order to save an aging Europe all while family formation and births plummet, according to remarks he made Thursday at the Demographic Summit in Budapest, Hungary.
A lot has changed for Victorians since the lockdowns started. Our lifestyles. Our waist sizes. The kinds of things we see as normal. And a lot has changed in Victoria itself since we’ve been in lockdown as well. For example, have you seen our police lately?
Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert and Sir John Bell have both said coronavirus will eventually cause illnesses that are as mild as a common cold, playing down fears of a more deadly variant and adding the UK ‘is over the worst’.
Xavier Bertrand, an establishment conservative and one of France’s contenders for next year’s presidential elections, has warned that the country faces a real risk of civil war due to out-of-control gang violence in urban areas.
Belarus has taken the innovative and dramatic step of allowing visa-free travel to countries such as Pakistan, Jordan, Egypt, and South Africa. This move is an open invitation that could result in hundreds of thousands using Belarus as a transit country into the rest of Europe.
An elderly woman believed to be in her 70s was attacked by Melbourne police agents and pepper-sprayed by an operative while she was on the ground during a public protest against Covid-19 lockdowns on Saturday.
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