This article explains how a new pandemic might occur, what it could be, and what measures might prevent such an event. First, to explain the issue, it’s useful to understand some key terminology:

An epidemic is an outbreak of a disease in a particular location.

A pandemic is an outbreak of a disease which spreads to and occurs in many different geographic areas at the same time.

Endemic diseases are established and circulating regularly in populations. Some endemic diseases such as influenza can have surges in transmission or have epidemics at certain times.

A pathogen is an organism which causes a disease to its host, including but not limited to viruses.

Former US national security advisor John Bolton has said he plans to run for president in 2024, revealing in an interview with Good Morning Britain on Friday that he will challenge his former boss Donald Trump for the Republican nomination. 

The notoriously belligerent Bolton, who served in the administrations of both Bushes and Ronald Reagan before his brief stint as Trump’s national security advisor, told the outlet his campaign will focus on a “much stronger foreign policy.” 

“I think it’s important that it’s understood not just in Moscow, but it’s understood in places like Beijing, that unprovoked aggression against your neighbors is not something the United States and its allies will tolerate,” he said. 

For decades, the idea of dismantling the Soviet Union and Russia has been constantly cultivated in Western countries. Unfortunately, at some point, the idea of using Ukraine to achieve this goal was conceived. In fact, to prevent such a development, we launched the special military operation (SMO). This is precisely what some western countries –led by the United States– strive for; to create an anti-Russian enclave and then threaten us from this direction. Preventing this from happening is our primary goal. Vladimir Putin

Long after the appearance of Deleuze and Guattari's collaborative works Anti-Oedipus (1972), and A Thousand Plateaus (1980, together volumes one and two of Capitalism and Schizophrenia), the influence of the notoriously difficult philosophers, clinical psychotherapists, and activists is, paradoxically, widespread.

Nuclear Ukraine? Amid 'concerns' over alleged Russian threat, the world overlooks the real danger

Kiev is capable of building an atomic device, and its leaders often outline such thoughts

Last year, Western media and high-ranking politicians actively discussed the possibility of Russian troops using atomic weapons in Ukraine. There has even been speculation on the likelihood of a nuclear war breaking out. However, it could be said that the risk is probably a lot higher on the other side of the barricades

By Olga Sukharevskaya, ex-Ukrainian diplomat

Why are we being bombarded by fact-checks and “anti-disinformation” efforts in our timeline scrolls? When reading the new, we too often find that so-called “experts” are behind whatever claim media professionals make, no matter how outlandish or disconnected from reality such claims may be.

At the beginning of the 5th century AD, Augustine, bishop of Hippo, wrote his "De Mendacio" ("On Lying"). Reading it today, we may be surprised at how rigid and strict Augustine was in his conclusions. A Christian, according to him, could not lie in any circumstances whatsoever; not even to save lives or to avoid suffering for someone.

The suffering of the material body, said Augustine, is nothing; what's important is one's immortal soul. Later theologians substantially softened these requirements, but there was a logic in Augustine's stance if we consider his times: the last century of the Western Roman Empire.

BY Ugo Bardi

THE ARTICLE THAT FOLLOWS BELOW IS COMPLETE (NOT QUITE COMPLETE — AS IT IS SOMEWHAT INCOMPLETE) BULLSHIT. BUT IT IS FASCINATING TO SEE HOW A REALITY SUCH AS THE CHANGING DAILY WEATHER CAN INFLUENCE OUR THOUGHTS, IDEAS AND CONCEPTS. 

PRESENTLY THE TEMPERATURES IN EUROPE HAVE GONE BEYOND RECORD TERRITORY WITH MORE THAN 20 DEGREES CELSIUS IN SWITZERLAND IN JANUARY — WHILE IN THE USA, A RECORD COLD SNAP HAS STRANDED UP TO A THIRD OF AMERICANS AND CANADIANS. 

MEANWHILE, IN AUSTRALIA, SYDNEY HAS EXPERIENCED ITS WETTEST YEAR (2022) ON RECORD (AND IT'S STILL RAINING CATS AND DOGS TODAY) WHILE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, BUSHFIRE SEASON HAS ALREADY BEGUN. 

THE POINT IS TO KNOW WHAT IS HUMAN INDUCED, AND WHAT IS NATURAL.

B-21s for Australia? Not on the basis of defending against a Chinese base in Australia’s nearer region. 

Defence policy often proceeds under a number of heroic and muddled assumptions. Most likely, the Defence Strategic Review (DSR) will also. These must be tested.

Defence policymakers often make assumptions about potential adversaries that are convenient for their own purposes. Adversaries are expected to attack or invade Australia in a manner that validates preconceived preferences. More problematically, they assume deterrence only works in one direction.

Let simple Wordsworth chime his childish verse,
And brother Coleridge lull the babe in nurse.

                           Lord Byron… [GL QUOTE]

The popularity of both William Wordsworth, the Romantic English poet, and the Avatar franchise — in their respective eras — indicates a steady decline to destruction, writes Jonathan Cook.

There is some terrible double-foolishness afoot, that is certain to be widely noticed beyond the Western bubble. Australia is stepping forward with gusto to secure its position as a best-military-buddy not only with America, the most warlike nation in history, according to Jimmy Carter, but also with Japan, one of the 20th century’s most infamous warmongers, presently rearming with alarming relish. You are, as they say, known by the company you keep.

America imposed a Pacificist Constitution on Japan in 1947, after it was defeated in World War II. Article 9 of this constitution outlaws the resort to war by Japan as a means to settle international disputes involving the state.

Archival documents published in 2012 confirm the organization of the Second World War by not only German industrialists and bankers, but also by American and British bankers, covered by President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain , hoping to destroy the USSR.

But before going any further, a clarification on what the European Union really is.

The European Union was conceived by Nazi fascism and “given birth” by American, French and German imperialism.

by Berthe Poggiale Avidor

THE LIES OF THE EMPIRE ARE SO WELL CONSTRUCTED THAT WE RARELY GET A GLIMPSE OF THE BOWELS THAT MANUFACTURE THE BLATANT SHIT.  

EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO CONCOCT THE LIES SEEM TO BELIEVE IN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LIES, AS IF THIS BELIEF WAS A RELIGIOUS DOGMA. THERE IS ZERO CREDIBILITY AND ZERO EVIDENCE ON OFFER, BUT THE STRUCTURE OF THIS PROPAGANDA IS DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE INSTITUTION THAT CONTROLS THE LOOT OF EMPIRE. THE LIES, THE LOOT AND THE LAWS ARE THE FOUNDATIONS OF A PROFITABLE SAND-CASTLE ORGANISM. THE MIX IS MUDDY, SWAMPY AND SMELLY, BUT THE PROPAGANDA IS LIKE A CHEAP BUT POWERFUL PERFUME.

IT IS SO CONSTRUCTED THAT SHOULD WE STOP TO BELIEVE THE LIES, THE WHOLE STRUCTURE WOULD COLLAPSE INTO ITS OWN SHIT.

Insider trading involves trading in a public company's stock or other securities by employees with non-public, material information about the company. Insider trading can be either illegal or legal depending on when the insider makes the trade and the laws of the country the person is in.

THE PICTURE ABOVE COMES FROM AN ARTICLE (IN FRENCH/T: JULES LETAMBOUR) ON HOW THE POLITICAL ELITES CONTROL THE "MARKET". IN AUSTRALIA THE SMOKE AND MIRRORS ARE VERY SIMILAR AND THE PRICE OF YOUR FISH ISN'T THE SAME AS THE PRICE OF THEIR FISH.

BELOW: by Michael West

The United States was founded by dissenters. The Declaration of Independence is one of history’s most significant dissenting documents, inspiring people seeking freedom around the world, from the French revolutionists to Ho Chi Minh, who based Vietnam’s declaration of independence from France on the American declaration*. 

But over the centuries a corrupt centralization of American power seeking to maintain and expand its authority has at times sought to crush the very principle of dissent which was written into the United States Constitution.