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Beginning on page 411 of the 35th Anniversary Edition of Atlas Shrugged. (from Atlas Shrugged II, Minute 40) Dr. Ferris smiled. . . . . ."We've waited a long time to get something on you. You honest men are such a problem and such a headache. But we knew you'd slip sooner or later - and this is just what we wanted." "You seem to be pleased about it." "Don't I have good reason to be?" "But, after all, I did break one of your laws." "Well, what do you think they're for?" Dr. Ferris did not notice the sudden...

George Soros Gets a COVID Loan — We need to ask ourselves how Harvard University can be publicly shamed into returning COVID relief money, but a Soros group gets a pass? – Your Money 4 SorosDating Apps Become Vaccine Tracking Devices Amid Reports of Vaginal Bleeding — The particularly aggressive effort to evangelize the vaccine to our nation’s youth, who enjoy a virtually negligible death rate from Covid-19 itself, is as bizarre as it is undeniable. - SheepoleChinese Virologist: Coronavirus is 'an unrestricted bioweapon', blasts medical experts for cover-up — Chinese virologist who was among first to tout Wuhan lab...

DOD to,“continuously” monitor military personnel for “concerning behaviors” — An extremism steering committee led by Bishop Garrison, a senior adviser to the secretary of defense, is currently designing the social media screening pilot program, which will “continuously” monitor military personnel for “concerning behaviors,” according to a Pentagon briefing Enemy Within — Black Lives Matter Sides Publically with Iranian Backed Hamas — "Black Lives Matter stands in solidarity with Palestinians. We are a movement committed to ending settler colonialism in all forms and will continue to advocate for Palestinian liberation. ( always have. And always will be ). #freepalestine," the group...

Signs of our time in the news: — More Evidence Dr. Fauci Is Funding China’s People’s Liberation Army In Virus Research — In our May 11, 2021 Gateway Pundit article, we showed the connection between UTMB [Texas] Professor Pei-Yong Shi and PLA scientists at the Military Veterinary Research Institute and cited his appointment as an Honorary Professor at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Pei-Yong Shi has more extensive connections with the People’s Liberation Army and his activity with the Wuhan Institute of Virology is more than just honorary. Pei-Yong Shi appears to have active collaborative work with multiple PLA scientists...

Many are wondering what the next seven years (2008-2015) will hold. Are we looking at Daniel's seventieth week? Will the Tribulation Period be unleashed upon the world? Israel has expressed concern over Iran's nuclear program, saying that if something isn't done about it, Iran will be able to field a nuclear weapon by January 2009. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was outraged over the United States sending a top level negotiator to meet with Iranian representatives after President Bush assured him that we would not do that. Olmert is resigning as Israel's prime minister, effective as of the middle...

Today's attack on a building in Kana, which resulted in the deaths of over 60 civilians and a barrage of criticism against Israel, and Israel alone, appears to have been made possible by Hezbollah's old tactic cowardly hiding among the Lebanese population. And yet, we haven't heard a peep of condemnation directed at Hezbollah; as usual, it is Israel, which has already apologized, that is being accused of all sins possible, including "war crimes". Read the whole thing.The responsibility for today's IDF attack on Kana lies with Hizbullah & Lebanon, Israel says, as the citizens were repeatedly warned to leave....

The China Factor and the Overstretch of the US Hegemony 3 books that can change your mind in 2005 about the geo-politic and geo-economic dynamics going on Interviews by Jorge Nascimento Rodrigues, editor of Gurusonline.tv, Jannuary 2005 Transition Report is a quarterly online journal edited by Gurusonline.tv George Zhibin Gu, the Chinese consultant based in Shenzhen and author of the forthcoming "China's Global Reach" (Haworth Press, US) Chalmers Johnson, president of the Japan Policy Research Institute and author of "The Sorrows of Empire" (Metropolitan Books, US) André Gunder Frank, associate of the Luxembourg Institute for Education and International Studies and...

The quoted, are my thoughts on the current affairs more than a year back (I have published it as Ook elsewhere). Some things have changed, some haven’t. Hope it makes sense. Let's try to remember the days of the Cold War. NATO, lead by the US, opposed the Eastern Block, dominated, rather than lead, by Soviet Union. The United States took the brunt of the expenses on all fronts: intelligence, military, economical, political, and social. The US had to adapt and had to establish the model that would allow it to preserve the democratic values while guaranteeing maximum efficiency and...

Missing RIAA figures shoot down "piracy" canard By Andrew Orlowski in San FranciscoPosted: 16/12/2002 at 20:15 GMT Research by George Zieman gives the true reason for falling CD sales: the major labels have slashed production by 25 per cent in the past two years, he argues. After keeping the figure rather quiet for two years, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) says the industry released around 27,000 titles in 2001, down from a peak of 38,900 in 1999. Since year-on-year unit sales have dropped a mere 10.3 per cent, it's clear that demand has held up extremely well: despite...