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Dec 19, 2019
The Moon and the Waves
"Rest in a state where there is no grasping onto the moon of the mind's reflection, agitated by the waves of dualistic perception, and remain turned inward." Here, the mind of luminosity and the mind of apparent reality are not differentiated. There are also two metaphors: the mind as the reflection of the moon and dualistic perceptions as the waves. If you remain within an unagitated state, you will realize the nature of the mind. At first, the mind is agitated, the reflection of the moon is disturbed by the waves; but if you can rest settled into the nature of the mind, then the waves of dualistic perception will subside and the luminous moon will naturally abide.
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche



Dec 8, 2019
Epitaph, by Roger Tucker

    Well, all good things must come to an end. The One Democratic State website (ODS) could no more escape this fate than any of the storied empires of antiquity. Although the simile is cringingly obtuse, some slack must be given to this grieving publisher. After all, stubbornly continuing for 15 years to put up a new page every day, without any noticeable support, must be acknowledged as a noteworthy feat - or, arguably, as an exercise in bone-headed futility. Yet it will live on in the cloud, most likely eluding historians who are adept at finding precious jewels in the vast heap of detritus cluttering up the Web.

For some years now I have thought that I could, just possibly, make a greater contribution as a writer. We shall soon find out.



Dec 7, 2019

When the Moon Abides Serenely
 
     When the moon is reflected in water and that water is disturbed by the wind, you cannot see the moon clearly. If it is not moved by the wind, the moon abides serenely. Likewise, if the flame of a butter lamp is battered by the wind, it is difficult to focus on it; if it is not fluttering, how would the luminosity be? Like these examples, you should rest in the still, luminous nature of the mind, undisturbed by concepts of dualistic appearances. If you know how to do this, then realization will arise. For this reason, it is important to meditate while settled into the luminous state of the mind.

Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche
Nine Ways of Bringing the Mind to Rest, Rocky Mountain Dharma Center, Summer 1991
Translated by Michele Martin




Dec 6, 2019

  No links today due to personal business. Tomorrow it´s likely to be the same.

If you´re a regular visitor to this site you´re probably aware that I don´t ask for money - in 15 years I never have. But I´m nearly out of the good old dough-re-mi. It´s not an emergency, but in light of the fact that I have spent thousands of hours bringing you the best information available on the web without receiving a penny in more than ten years, well, it´s time to break the mold.

I do this work out of love - for the truth, as best it can be determined through reason, intelligence and awareness - and as a service to others, in light of the Golden Rule. I joke with friends that it´s just a ´retirement hobby,´ but it´s a five hour a day job, seven days a week and I do it as well as I can. 

If you feel inspired to do so, please donate now .

Thank you..




Dec 5, 2019
Stephen Karganovic: Thanksgiving Reflections on the Cruel Hegemon  [Go]

Caitlin Johnstone: 25 Times Trump Has Been Dangerously Hawkish On Russia  [Go]

The Oligarch Takeover of US Pharma and Healthcare, by Jon Hellevig  [Go]

The Short Road: Democracy to Fascism, by Larry Romanoff  [Go]


German Industrialists Created the Euro in Order to Colonize Southern Europe  [Go]

Douglas Valentine: Inside the Organized Crime Syndicate known as the CIA  [Go]

Indispensable No More?: How the American Public Sees U.S. Foreign Policy  [Go]

Can Truth Be Our Future? by Paul Craig Roberts  [Go]


Is/Pal, Zionism, Jewish Identity Politics
The Jewish Problem - More Problematic Than Ever


End of the Line: Understanding Israeli Politics, by Daniel Lazare  [Go]

Baroud: Israeli PM Netanyahu formally Indicted as Israel Faces Political Earthquake
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Helena Cobban: Peace processors say enabling Israel settlements has been US policy for 4 decades
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All bets are off on Jordan’s peace treaty with Israel, by Mohammad Ayesh
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Italian Town Council Rejects Holocaust Memorial, Citing Risk of 'New Hatred,' 'Division'
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UN says Israeli occupation cost the Palestinian economy $48 billion, by James Reinl
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US Presidential Candidates line up behind Israel Lobby, from Peter Myers
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Smoke without fire: the myth of a ‘Labour antisemitism crisis’
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Poland's Ruling Elite Want to Hand Over 30% of Residential Property to 'Holocaust' Survivors
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The Decline and Fall of the USraeli Empire
"Those the gods would destroy they first make mad"


The Derangement Syndrome, by Tim Black  [Go]
Tulsi Gabbard: Wake Up and Smell Our $6.4 Trillion Wars, by Doug Bandow  [Go]
Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes  [Go]

Germans Are Deeply Worried About U.S. Alliance, But Americans Like It
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A microcosm of Iran’s domestic problems, port city bears brunt of crackdown, by James Dorsey
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The End of the WTO - killed by Trump because it favoured China, from Peter Myers
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Army and Secret Services are threatening Corbyn with coup d’ etat
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No to Trump, No to Nato, by Bethany Rielly  [Go]
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Why Jeremy Corbyn is Right About NATO, by Chris Nineham
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British Generals: They like crimes like the Iraq War and Libya bombing, they hate Corbyn!  [Go]

Edward Snowden’s ´Permanent Record´: Book Review by Michael Brenner
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Protests in Colombia, Chile resist government attacks, by Seth Galinsk[Go]

The First Elected Egyptian President? The Death of Mohammad Morsi, by As`ad AbuKhalil
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Dec 4, 2019
Capitalism’s suicidal trajectory can’t be ignored, by Jonathan Cook  [Go]

Middle East Heats Up While Viewers Watch the Impeachment, by Phil Giraldi  [Go]

Can the US Get Out of Its Endless Wars? by Richard Lachmann  [Go]

Cloughley: Human Rights and Hypocrisy in the White House and Congress  [Go]


More Austerity for Developing Countries: It’s Bad News, and It’s Avoidable  [Go]

The Secret War in Africa (Part 2), by Steve Brown  [Go]

Venezuela's Counter-Attack, by Eric Striker  [Go]

Bill the Professor, Writer, Musician and Artist, by Linh Dinh  [Go]



Is/Pal, Zionism, Jewish Identity Politics
The Jewish Problem - More Problematic Than Ever


The International Zionist Conspiracy, by Philip Giraldi  [Go]

Israel’s Unfinished ‘Coup,’ by Ramzy Baroud  [Go]

Christian Zionists celebrate another victory under Trump, reversal on settlements policy
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Netanyahu Wants 'Mutual Defense' With US; Trump, Graham Eager to Oblige Their Master
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Bolivia and Israel, the superpower hidden behind the US
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Planned blackouts hit the West Bank in response to rising debt, by Miriam Deprez  [Go]


The Decline and Fall of the USraeli Empire
"Those the gods would destroy they first make mad"


Macron Wants US Out of Euro Security, by Tom Luongo
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Obama spearheads campaign against Sanders’ nomination, by Patrick Martin
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For Corporate Media, It’s ‘Anybody But Sanders or Warren,’ by Norman Solomon  [Go]

Reporting Syria: I Talked to Everyone, Except Assad, by Robert Fisk
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Trump Flouts Global Trade Rules with China, Embraces Them with EU, by Charles Hankla  [Go]

Bolivia: Post-Coup Update, by Eric Zuesse
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Morales Vows To Do What’s Best for Bolivia, Not Afraid of Jail  [Go]

Cockburn: The Resignation of Iraq’s PM May Not Stop the Mass Uprising on the Horizon
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Putin signs bill on mandatory Russian-made software for electronic device[Go]
Heavily Biased Wikipedia Faces Competition From Russia's Homegrown Internet Encyclopedia  [Go]

Venezuela's Counter-Attack, by Eric Striker  [Go]

In Hong Kong, It's US vs. China Now, by Pat Buchanan  [Go]
Standing up to China: Czech mayor sets a high bar, by James Dorsey  [Go]

Walt Gragg on Apocalyptic Mideast War Novel “the Chosen One”
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On a pathway to death: the NHS, by George Callaghan
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General election news – live: NHS fears grow after Tory minister makes drug price admission  [Go]




Dec 3, 2019
The Empire Should be Placed on Suicide Watch, by the Saker  [Go]

Ukraine, the New Cold War and the Politics of Impeachment, by Rob Urie  [Go]

JH Kunstler: Dems' Discredited, Embarrassing Coup Against Trump Still Alive  [Go]

Code Pink: End the Sanctions #LetVenezuelaLive  [Go]


Trials and tribulations of Central Asia integration, by Pepe Escobar  [Go]

Sam Francis and the Triple Melting Pot, by E. Michael Jones  [Go]

Putin Says Humanity Will End Up in Caves If It Abandons Oil and Nuclear  [Go]

Non-Intervention: an Imperfect Solution to a Terrible Problem, by T. Knapp  [Go]


Is/Pal, Zionism, Jewish Identity Politics
The Jewish Problem - More Problematic Than Ever


How Israel Became One of the World’s Worst Rogue States, by Alain Gabon
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The Contract on Corbyn, by Gideon Levy (Haaretz)
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Holocaust Training for American Police, by Philip Giraldi
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Tax-Cheating Jewish Oligarch Keeps Lying About His Dead Auditor to Make Everyone Hate Russia
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Jewish Kleptocrats Looted Ukraine’s Biggest Bank, by Thomas Müller
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Media Jews Outraged Because Tucker Carlson Says He Doesn't Care About Ukraine, by Douglas Mercer
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Historians Find A Family of Jewish Spies Who Passed Atomic Secrets to the USSR
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What Happened to Jews Sent to the Aktion Reinhardt Camps? by John Wear
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The Decline and Fall of the USraeli Empire
"Those the gods would destroy they first make mad"


War in Ukraine -The One You Are Not Been Told About  [Go]
Yes, Ukraine Meddled in the 2016 US Election, by Yasha Levine  [Go]

UK Election: How Propaganda Props Up Britain’s “Particularly Extreme Form of Capitalism”
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How Rich People Like Gordon Sondland Buy Their Way to Being US Ambassadors, by Dennis Jett
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UK’s military interventions have fuelled terrorism, says Corbyn
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PCR: Hitler’s War Crimes vs. Those of Churchill & the Americans
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´Dealing in Hate: The Development of Anti-German Propaganda´by Michael Connors  [Go]

Quo Vadis, Lebanon, by Andre Vltchek
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The opening of the first laboratory for cancer drugs locally and in the Arab world
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Mexico Won’t Allow US Military Operations Against Cartels, by Jason Ditz
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Bolivian senator: Evo Morales fell due to betrayals, errors  [Go]

Bolivia Coup: Hatred of the Indian, by Álvaro García Linera  [Go]

Saudi-Houthi Talks Raise Hope for Yemen Peace, Sidelining Govt, by Jason Ditz  [Go]

Moscow Scoops Top City Prize in World Travel Awards
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Dec 2, 2019
Why a Second American Revolution Is Necessary for the Entire World, by Eric Zuesse  [Go]

Appeal to Archbishop of Canterbury for Liberation of Julian Assange  [Go]

RAGA Antidote 54, by W George Krasnow  [Go]

The Establishment Loyalist’s Favorite Online Tactic, by Caitlin Johnstone  [Go]


Lance Welton: Hillary Clinton, Not Donald Trump, Has Narcissistic Personality Disorder  [Go]

A Sea Change for Canada: Freeland Replaced by Pro-Chinese Politico, by Matthew Ehret  [Go]

Trump: Destruction by Egotism, by Walter Clemens  [Go]

US, Europe Racially Inundated; Now Ruled by Authoritarian Technocrats, by H. Wallace  [Go]


Is/Pal, Zionism, Jewish Identity Politics
The Jewish Problem - More Problematic Than Ever


As of today, I am the only winner of the 12 Dec Election! by Gilad Atzmon
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American vs. Russian Anti-Semitism, by Anatoly Karlin
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Israel Commemorates the Assassination of Rabin with Another Massacre in Gaza, by Miko Peled
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Hamas and Russia, the benefits of growing relations, by Adnan Abu Amer
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Michael Bloomberg’s Israel connection runs deep, by Kathryn Shihadah
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Sam Francis and the Triple Melting Pot: Race vs. Religion, by E. Michael Jones
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The Decline and Fall of the USraeli Empire
"Those the gods would destroy they first make mad"


Chris Hedges & Abby Martin: No Way Out Through Elections (Video)
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MoA: The House Will Not Vote On Impeachment. It Will Censure Trump
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Money trail of Ukraine corruption engulfs Obama White House (Video)
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The Frontrunners That Weren’t: Joe Biden Is Why Buttigieg’s in the Race, by Joaquin Flores
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Bolivia: Anatomy of a Coup, by Mackler and Monteverde
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How the Telecom Companies Are Losing the Battle to Impose 5G Against the Will of the People
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Poland Proposes Raising Carcinogenic 5G Emission Levels as a “National Norm”  [Go]

How Civilizations Commit Suicide, a Christian View from So. Africa (Peter Hammond Podcast)
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Argentina’s New President Pushes Back Against IMF Nation-Stripping, by Matthew Ehret
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DNC official wants Tucker Carlson fired, by Serban V.C. Enache
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Mainstream Narrative of Syria Conflict Has Imploded, by Max Abrahms
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“It Was Twenty Years Ago Today:” Seattle Diary, by Jeffrey St. Clair
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Seattle 20: What the Global Justice Movement Got Right, by Sameer Dossani  [Go]

Understanding the West’s obsession with (certain types of) inflation, by Ramin Mazaheri
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G.H. Walker Bush: The Bush Family and the Mexican Drug Cartel, by Michel Chossudovsky
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Russia’s $175bn Infrastructure Building Program Gets Underway
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Dec 1, 2019
Will the ICC Prosecute Perpetrators of the ‘War on Terror’? by Ramona Wadi  [Go]

The Empire strikes back – US incited unrest, by Aram Mirzaei  [Go]

Bryan Dyne: The Boeing crashes and the criminalization of American capitalism  [Go]

Show Mercy for Animals, by Eric Margolis  [Go]


A Wicked Cocktail of Corporate Greed, Social Media and Opioids, by R. Bridge  [Go]

Platform for the Planet, by George Monbiot  [Go]

Trump Sentences Future War Criminals to Death, by Thomas Knapp  [Go]

Bill Taylor’s Private War with Donald Trump Ukraine and Russia  [Go]


Is/Pal, Zionism, Jewish Identity Politics
The Jewish Problem - More Problematic Than Ever


Gideon Levy: Israel's massacre of family is a war crime
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Ali Abunimah’s prophecy of Israel’s loss of legitimacy, 10 years after
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The Systematic Torture of Palestinians in Israeli Detention, by Yara Hawari
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WJC: Billionaires, Oligarchs, Global Influencers for Israel
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British chief rabbi plays ´Antisemitic´ Card against Corbyn, from Peter Myers  [Go]
Why Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis is Wrong, by Michael Barker  [Go]

Zionists of the world (&co.) unite against Corbyn, by Jonathan Ofir
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Baroud: Daughter of Assassinated Palestinian Leader Speaks Out (Photos, Video)
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The New Sheriff in Town, by Eric Striker
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The Decline and Fall of the USraeli Empire
"Those the gods would destroy they first make mad"


UK & international pundits blast Assange imprisonment  [Go]
‘Psychologically Tortured’ Assange Victim of British ‘Rogue State’ (Video)  [Go]

Behind Johnson: The most dangerous, pro-war and pro-finance forces of US Imperialism
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Trump Considering Cartels as “Terrorists” – AMLO Worries About U.S. Invasion, Barr Heads to Mexico
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Durocher: Try, and Then Try Again: Lessons from the Career of Charles de Gaulle
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Boris’ Deal is No Left Exit, by Costas Lapavitsas
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This election will be all about identity, not money. And the Tories know it, by Simon Jenkins  [Go]
How Jeremy Corbyn Becomes Prime Minister, by Ronan Burtenshaw  [Go]

Chilean Political Parties Sign “Peace Agreement”. Workers Respond with a General Strike
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What is Happening in Spain? by Vicente Navarro
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Double Insult to Russophobes - Syria to Get 5000 Tons of Grain from Russian Crimea
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Ted Rall: If There's a Warrant for Your Arrest, the Government Should Have to Tell You
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Polar Bears’ Diet Is 25% Plastic, Russian Scientists Say
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