As the West’s mainstream media portrays Russia as a crazy rogue state, Moscow’s thoughtful critiques of world affairs are ignored, not fitting the propaganda theme. Such was the case when Foreign Minister Lavrov explained why there would be no more “business as usual” with the West, as Gilbert Doctorow describes. By Gilbert Doctorow On Jan.…
In 2008, Hillary Clinton sought to exploit Barack Obama’s limited foreign policy experience by claiming she was more fit to answer a 3 a.m. phone call announcing some crisis, but her national security judgments continue to demonstrate serious weaknesses and fail to meet her own standard, writes Bart Gruzalski. By Bart Gruzalski Journalist Robert Parry…
An insect expert has warned that mosquitoes which carry the Zika virus, have already been spotted in Britain. Biologist Howard Carter claims that the bugs were spotted in Kent and West Sussex, suggesting that the Zika virus could make its way to the UK. RT reports: Carter says he has seen the Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes near Chichester and in other areas of the British countryside. “They are here already and I have seen them myself north of Chichester in West Sussex.
Here’s some unexpectedly good news. Mrs. D. and I are going on a pilgrimage this summer to the Isle of Mull, in the Scottish Hebrides, led by a young Orthodox priest-monk. According to the website:
While China's ghost cities are now a well-known occurrence - massive empty spaces built "Fields of Dream" style for when 'they' come from the countryside - the following massive 500,000 square meters of 'Ghost Pentagon' surely takes the proverbial biscuit when it comes to mal-investment mania. As The BBC reports, the Pentagonal Mart - a shopping mall in Shanghai built in 2009 - inspired by the Pentagon in the United States - has now gained the dubious title of China's largest empty building.
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