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“Genetically Edited” Food – The next stage of the Great Reset?
By Kit Knightly Source: Off-Guardian The Queen’s Speech was interesting this year. For all the people outside the UK who don’t understand what the “Queens Speech” actually is, it’s a farcical state occasion in which the Queen (or, in this … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Big Pharma, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, Environment, Geopolitics, GMOs, Health, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged Agriculture, Agrochemicals, Bill Gates, Biotech, climate crisis, COVID vaccines, Covid-19, Deep State, environment, Farming, food crisis, Food Shortage, Gates Foundation, geopolitics, GMO, Organic Food, Russia, Syngenta, Technocracy, Ukraine
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5 signs they are CREATING a food crisis
By Kit Knightly Source: Off-Guardian It’s no secret that, according to politicians and the corporate press, “food shortages” and a “food supply crises” have been on the way for a while now. They have been regularly predicted for several years. … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Energy, Financial Crisis, Health, news, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Agriculture, BIRD FLU, Dystopia, Economics, food crisis, food shortages, Global Food Supply, ICE AGE FARMER, oil, Russia, TIM POOL, Ukraine, Wheat
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The American Empire self-destructs.
By Michael Hudson Source: Michael-Hudson.com But nobody thought that it would happen this fast. Empires often follow the course of a Greek tragedy, bringing about precisely the fate that they sought to avoid. That certainly is the case with the … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Energy, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Agriculture, China, Dollar Standard, Economics, empire, Energy, Europe, Federal Reserve, food prices, geopolitics, IMF, imperialism, Inflation, Joe Biden, NATO, Neoliberalism, Russia, Sanctions, U.S. Treasury, war, war profiteers, World Bank
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Our Vanishing World: Rainforests
By Robert J. Burrowes Rainforests are a crucial feature of Earth’s biosphere. Apart from being critical to Earth’s climate and vital carbon sinks, the major player in Earth’s hydrological (water) cycle, a massive producer of oxygen and home to most … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Energy, Environment, Health, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Science, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Agriculture, Biodiversity, biofuels, Biosphere, Cattle, Consumerism, culture, ecosystems, environment, Global Elites, Jair Bolsonaro, junk foods, Logging, mining, Philosophy, rainforest destruction, Rainforests, society, Sociology, vegetable oils
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OUR NEW, HAPPY LIFE? THE IDEOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT
By Charles Eisenstein Source: Waking Times In George Orwell’s 1984, there is a moment when the Party announces an “increase” in the chocolate ration – from thirty grams to twenty. No one except for the protagonist, Winston, seems to notice that … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, education, Environment, Health, imperialism, Neoliberalism, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, Technology
Tagged 1984, Agriculture, Developing Nations, Dystopia, Economics, empathy, George Orwell, Global South, happiness, Health Care, Humanity, Literacy, Nicholas Kristof, Progress, science, Sick Care, Statistics, Stephen Pinker, technology, Third World
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James C. Scott’s Against the Grain
By chilke Source: The HipCrime Vocab During my long discursion on the history of money, the academic James C. Scott published an important book called Against the Grain: A Deep History of the First States. Regular readers will know that this has … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, culture, Economics, History, Social Control, society, Sociology
Tagged Against the Grain, Agriculture, civilization, Economics, Food, Government, Grains, Hunter-Gatherers, James C. Scott, Progress, society, State, Wheat
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Trump proposes huge hike in military and police spending
By Patrick Martin Source: WSWS.org The Trump administration sent instructions to federal agencies Monday proposing a $54 billion increase in spending for the Pentagon, the intelligence agencies and the Department of Homeland Security, to be offset by $54 billion in … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Authoritarianism, CIA, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, Militarization, military spending, news, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Agriculture, Border Wall, CIA, Corporate Welfare, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Domestic Spending, Education, empire, EPA, food stamps, geopolitics, Health and Human Services, Housing, Infrastructure, John McCain, Labor, Medicaid, Medicare, Mick Mulvaney, Militarization, Military, Military Budget, military spending, Office of Management and Budget, OMB, Pentagon, police, police state, Ruling Elite, Social Security, taxpayer dollars, Transportation, Trump, Trump Administration, U.S. Foreign Policy, Urban Development
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