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Wanted: People Willing to Stand Up to 'Legitimate Authority' | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 25, 2020 “There is a propensity for people to accept definitions of action provided by legitimate authority … Relatively few people have the resources needed to resist authority.” (Stanley Milgram) Thanks to my financial situation, I have become quite adept at attaining free trials for a wide range of streaming services. Most recently, I ...

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Meet BlackRock, the New Great Vampire Squid | Ellen Brown

June 22, 2020 (Web of Debt) -- BlackRock is a global financial giant with customers in 100 countries and its tentacles in major asset classes all over the world; and it now manages the spigots to tri ...

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The Great Reset | World Economic Forum

The Great Reset: A Unique Twin Summit to Begin 2021 “The Great Reset” will be the theme of a unique twin summit in January 2021, convened by the World Economic Forum. “The Great Reset” is a commitmen ...

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A Chronicle Of A Lost Decade Foretold | Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis Varoufakis, Berlin 2015June 1, 2020 -- ATHENS (YanisVaroufakis.eu) -- To exorcise my worst fears about the coming decade, I chose to write a bleak chronicle of it. If, by December 2030, develop ...

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In the Company of Angels | John Michael Greer

June 3, 2020 (EcoSphia.net) -- So far in our exploration of the hidden history of American magic, we’ve talked mostly about people whose place in this nation’s history has been forgotten -- or, to be ...

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Chomsky: Trump Is A 'Sociopathic Megalomaniac' Who Made US 'Singularly Unprepared' For Pandemic

Noam Chomsky. Photo credit: Oliver Abraham (oliverabraham (at) gmx.de)May 25, 2020 (Common Dreams) -- World-renowned intellectual and author Noam Chomsky called President Trump a "sociopathic megalom ...

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1st Human Trial Of COVID-19 Vaccine Finds It Is Safe & Induces Rapid Immune Response | Lancet

May 22, 2020 (MedicalXpress) -- The first COVID-19 vaccine to reach phase 1 clinical trial has been found to be safe, well-tolerated, and able to generate an immune response against SARS-CoV-2 in hum ...

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The Flame and the Crucible | John Michael Greer

Alchemist May 20, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- Our journey through the hidden history of American occultism has focused so far entirely on traditions brought here from elsewhere -- the German Rosicrucian ...

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Vaccine Hopes And Economic Woes As Virus Spreads | AFP

Credit: CC0 Public Domain May 16, 2020 (AFP) -- President Donald Trump voiced hope Friday that a coronavirus vaccine will be available by late 2020, cushioning dire US economic news as parts of Europ ...

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Climb Every Mountain (Well, Maybe Not) | Mickey Z.

Gangkhar Puensum seen from Gophu La Pass; it is Bhutan's highest mountain at an elevation of 7,570 m (24,836 ft) and most likely the highest unclimbed mountain in the world. Image: Photo by Gradytheb ...

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Toward the Next America | John Michael Greer

The U.S. Courthouse in Salt Lake City. Ricardo630 | Wikimedia CommonsFeb. 19, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- When I mentioned in a post two weeks ago that America was heading into a new phase of its history ...

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