The billionaire Peter Thiel is unimpressed with our pace of innovation. In this episode, he critiques artificial intelligence, longevity science and space travel — and warns that our lack of progress could lead to catastrophic outcomes, including the emergence of the Antichrist.
Mehmet Perinçek stated that peace talks have been sabotaged by outside powers. He said that the allegations of child abduction are efforts to undermine the peace initiatives. Similarly, despite the agreement on the exchange of sick and wounded prisoners, Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinskiy later stated that Ukraine did not comply with it.
The conservative victory in Poland’s second round of presidential elections on Sunday is the first overseas political victory of the second Trump Administration. Dr. Karol Nawrocki, who heads Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance and was backed by the opposition “Law & Justice” (PiS) party, narrowly beat liberal Mayor of Warsaw Rafal Trzaskowski from the ruling Civic Coalition (KO). The electoral commission made the announcement early Monday morning: 50.89% vs. 49.11%.
The ongoing internal conflict in Myanmar may soon lose its sting as chances of fresh elections, leading to a phased political transition in the country have brightened recently.
[NOTE — I published this piece in November 2023. In light of the possible meeting between the Russians and the Ukrainians on Thursday in Istanbul, I think it is worth publishing it again for many of you who may have missed it the first time. I decided to do this after listening to Nima’s podcast with Ray McGovern and John Helmer. They had a major, yet polite, disagreement on what happened during Istanbul 2022. Helmer insisted that the Russian’s cancelled the deal. Simply not true. Sergei Lavrov, during my meeting with him in early March of this year, recounted the same sequence of events that I wrote about in November 2023. Also worth noting that Russia is sending the same negotiating team that was in place for the 2022 talks.]
Behind all the talks about a combination of ecology and politics there are always the interests of certain oligarchic groups.
Perhaps I can put it this way: a lot of good initiatives undertaken in a haphazard way that could limit their effectiveness or even result in failure. I will use a few of Trump’s initiatives to illustrate my concern. I will begin with Trump’s approach to ending the conflict in Ukraine. Next I will examine Trump’s use of DOGE’s revelations about waste, fraud, and grift in the federal budget. Then I will examine Trump’s approach to tariffs.
Last Saturday the New York Times completely abandoned the official narrative of the Ukraine Conflict, thus overturning the apple cart full of lies. Jeff Childers gives us the gist of the New York Times abandonment of the ruling lie. https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/narrative-whiplash-sunday-march-30?utm_campaign=email-post&r=15k3qo&utm_source=substack&utm_med...
The recent targeting of Jaffar Express by Baloch separatists, causing horrendous casualties, has jolted Pakistan.
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