Pork is a delicious meat, highly nutritious, and under federal law, cannot be administered growth hormones. This is a good thing. However, Business Insider reports that for the first time, genetically modified pigs will be sold as food, making it the second animal after salmon to be approved for sale as a “gmo” meat. The […]
In October 2020, I wrote the following: …there is a lot of grief in Azerbaijan over the treatment of Azeris by Armenians, particularly because of forced deportations of Azeris from Armenian controlled regions. If Azerbaijan gains territories and does nothing to the Armenians living there, they could present themselves a a sort of benevolent liberator […]
When the Azeris and Armenians were killing each other in their most recent conflict Nagorno-Karabakh, the United States did not get involved. Instead, two regional powers — Turkey and Russia — were the ones who intervened, with Russia brokering the ceasefire. These two former empires filled in the power vacuum, in pursuit of reviving their […]
COVID has changed many things about society, including how people relate to each other. In an interesting article from the AP, a trend has emerged now where some young girls in Africa, due to COVID influenced economic conditions, are being married off early. Many countries had made progress against such traditional and transactional marriages of […]
China seems to be attempting to exert herself to the world with more boldness each day. According to Dnyuz, China’s nationalistic bloc is taking a more aggressive approach to world politics, including the US. The sci-fi digital illustrations by the artist, Fan Wennan, caught fire on Chinese social media in recent months, reflecting a resurgent […]
Fortunately no one seems to have been hurt, but the Wall Street Journal reports that an oil tanker with a Singaporean flag was bombed at port Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. An oil tanker docked at the Saudi port city of Jeddah was struck and suffered an explosion Monday, the ship’s owner said, following a string […]
A lot of people are hoping for better things in 2021. However, according to US News reporting by way of Reuters, this may not be the case, as while there are famines taking place right now throughout the world, there may be in a sense a global food shortage leading to mass famines. Next year […]
COVID did not destroy the world economies, but just exposed what was already there, and with each passing day and the more information that comes out, the more difficult things seem to be. According to the European Central Bank and reported on by Zero Hedge, new market research shows that 93% of economies around the […]
With the dust settling over the election 2020 debacle, the Washington Post asks an interesting and critical question- will lawyers for Trump who filed lawsuits on his behalf now find themselves in a legal crosshair over ‘frivolous lawsuit’ accusations? President Trump’s legal team is entering into what might be its most desperate election challenge yet […]
By Theodore Shoebat A Christian family in North Carolina placed up a cross in front of their home to celebrate Christmas. The HOA ordered that they remove the cross under the threat of a fine. According to ABC 7: A reason for the season or an HOA violation? One North Carolina family would’ve never thought […]
Politics always has been a contentious thing for different peoples throughout history, but sometimes it is more contentious than at other times. The recent fighting between the political ‘left’ and ‘right’ in the US in the last election is a good example of this, and this dislike of other people for political opinions has been […]
Fighting broke out between Armenians and Azeris. What this signals is that the ceasefire isn’t going to fix things, and that the fighting and tensions over Nagorno-Karabakh is going to be ongoing and continuous, giving opportunities to both Turkey and Russia to capitalize on the situation to advance their own geopolitical goals. Overall, this is […]
The fighting has gone on for over a month as people wondered if Trump would still be president or Biden would take his place. After much consternation, fighting disagreements, and general public anger, the series of lawsuits filed by Trump to ‘recount’ the election have finally run their course as a major lawsuit brought by […]
One of the fun facts about the Catholic Church, and something that speaks to her diversity representing the human race’s cultural expressions in the context of theological orthodoxy, are “rites”. These are different ways of celebrating the mass for different groups of people in certain areas. Most of these are tied to major political or […]
The future is always in motion, but with each industrial revolution, it seems more “here” than in a story, but that the stories of the past become reality. In the case of transportation, one of the trends to watch for will be increasing urbanization combined with newer “technologies” for vehicles, such as electric cars. The […]
Looking at what various governments have projected about the 2020s, this decade will be one of military buildup:
