Christopher Columbus, Pope Francis, the Doctrine of Discovery, the Ottoman Empire, the Battle of Lepanto, and Pachamama

On March 30, Pope Francis renounced the ancient “Doctrine of Discovery” that formalized the right of European powers to colonize the New World. This was hailed by communists throughout the Western Hemisphere as delegitimizing every European founded nation in the New World, except maybe Haiti. His renunciation is apparently based on the idea that the […]

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Covid Made Our Priorities Clear

It is strange what people think is important and what they think is unimportant. Education, child health, the economy, civil liberties, freedom of speech, freedom to travel, non-covid health care, community, faith, family… were found to be unimportant. But WAR, very important. Three wars were fought during the pandemic and oddly there was not a […]

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Drugs, Diamonds, Minerals, People: Smugging Through Open Borders Is the Life Blood of Rebellions

Here is a table (one of many) from an interesting retrospective dataset on how insurgencies are financed. The really successful insurgencies have a good economic base. This list is obviously incomplete but is a good sampling. The line between organzied crime and rebellion is also very thin. The closer a group is to the wealthy […]

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EU’s Massive Refugee Welfare System in Turkey

This press release from the European Commission provides a quick overview of the massive welfare system erected to keep Syrian refugees in Turkey. Very interesting. The website at the link below posts daily press releases from the European Commission on every topic. Essentially none of it appears in the American media. ===== EU Facility for […]

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Maoists At UT-Austin Recruit Mentally Ill Students As Fighters… And Potential Suicide Bombers?

Far Left Watch has just published: Armed Extremist Group Tried To “Radicalize” And Recruit Students With Mental Health Issues. Far Left Watch, February 22, 2018. https://farleftwatch.com/2018/02/22/armed-extremist-group-wants-to-radicalize-students-with-mental-health-issues/ This excellent article describes how the Revolutionary Students Front-Austin (a front group of the Maoist Red Guards-Austin) is openly recruiting mentally ill students at University of Texas-Austin through its […]

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