How Modern Jihadism Became Co-Invented by the U.S. and Saudi Governments
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at Strategic Culture Modern jihadism was co-invented in 1979 by Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan al Saud, and U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, working together, and here is the background for it, and the way — and the reasons — that it was done: Back in the later Middle Ages,…
Stress Test of a Straining Superpower
Via Patrick J. Buchanan… How great a burden can even an unrivaled superpower carry before it buckles and breaks? We may be about to find out. Rome was the superpower of its time, ruling for centuries almost the entirety of what was then called the civilized world. Great Britain was a superpower of its day,…
Istanbul moves towards Islamic nationalism as Hagia Sophia is redesignated a Mosque [Video]
Russia Today and the BBC both report that the Hagia Sophia (The Church of Holy Wisdom), the single largest Church in Byzantium, is to be repurposed as a mosque. This move ends 86 years of the building serving a “neutral purpose” as a museum, where neither Muslim nor Christian was allowed to pray in open…
China’s Coronavirus Cover-Up Rips Pages From Soviet Chernobyl Playbook: Report
China’s repeated attempts to obscure the origins of the novel coronavirus have been a striking callback to the Soviet Union’s efforts to downplay the Chernobyl meltdown. In the immediate aftermath of Chernobyl, the Soviet Union kept the truth from even the residents they forced to evacuate — and many were told they’d be allowed to…
Bernie Says The USSR Was Not A Socialist Country
March 09, 2020 8:36 PM ET Independent Vermont Sen. and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said Monday that “what happened and existed” in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was not socialism. During a Fox News town hall with Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, a woman named Margaret asked Bernie what the difference is between his…
Orthodox Christianity versus Socialism, Part III – The history of conflict
In this section of our Orthodox Christianity versus Socialism series, we examine the historical nature of the conflict between these two religions – a conflict that is recent, and yet ignored by even some of the people that experienced it directly. And, yes, I called socialism a religion here. There is good reason to call…
Orthodox Christianity versus Socialism, Part I – all about stuff
In a newsfeed I receive from Ayatollah Khameini, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, I saw this interesting post. It would appear that the Ayatollah likes socialism. He presumed, amazingly, to offer some advice to Americans about their capitalist government: I guess the Grand Ayatollah is… a Bernie Sanders supporter? This should…
Opinion: Why the world should pay attention to President Trump [Video]
President Trump is a man unleashed. After the dreadfully powerful and public failure of the Compleat Fake Impeachment Inquiry (and Show Trial), Donald Trump did not put his gained political capital in his pocket. He is instead, off and running with a vengeance not seen in modern American politics, certainly not in the fifty some…
Bernie Sanders Has A Complicated History With Violent Rhetoric And Communist Regimes
January 24, 2020 4:23 PM ET Throughout his political career, Independent Vermont Sen. and 2020 presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has had a complicated relationship with condemning violent rhetoric and endorsing Communist regimes. From the brutality of the Soviet Union to politically motivated attacks by Bernie supporters, Sanders has a sordid history with violent political rhetoric.…
Project Veritas: Bernie Sanders Campaigner Says ‘Guillotine the Rich’
A purported staffer for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) presidential campaign says he’s ready for the United States to undergo a “revolution” and wants to see the elites guillotined, according to undercover footage released Tuesday by Project Veritas. The scene begins with a man identified by Project Veritas as Martin Weissgerber, a field organizer in South…