Lordre: 2023

A Desire Named Streetcar; Or, What Happened to Mass Transit?

Thomas Knapp: I like mass transit. When I’m living in or visiting a substantial city, there’s simply no better way to get around than the local bus or (if I’m lucky) train system. Why battle heavy traffic when I can relax, crack a book, and let someone else drive me to within easy walking distance of almost … Continue reading A Desire Named Streetcar; Or, What Happened to Mass Transit? → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: Ukraine’s Latest Paranoia About Russian Sleeper Cells Is Dividing Its Security Services By Andrew Korybko Zelensky himself set this divisive process into motion by recently warning that Russian agents are supposedly plotting to carry out a “Maidan 3” against him. Ukrainian... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: As part of its deal to put together a majority coalition (and therefore a government), The Guardian reports, New Zealand’s National Party has agreed to a demand from the New Zealand First Party for repeal the country’s “generational” tobacco ban, due to come into force in 2024. The ban — a “world first” that’s since … Continue reading New Zealand’s “Generational” Smoking Ban Repeal: Finally, Taxes Do Some Good → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: Saudi Arabia Is Expected To Eventually Resume Its Secret Normalization Talks With Israel By Andrew Korybko To deflect from predictable accusations of “selling out to the Zionists”, Mohammed Bin Salman might have his country offer to fund Gaza’s reconstruction. Biden speculated on Friday... Read More › - Voice of East

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Voice of East: Why Don’t The EU’s Reported Security Guarantees To Ukraine Include Mutual Defence? By Andrew Korybko The West doesn’t want to risk getting embroiled in a larger conflict with Russia by miscalculation once that bloc’s failed proxy war against it inevitably freezes.... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: On November 20, X Corp. — the corporate entity through which Elon Musk owns X, formerly known as Twitter — filed suit against Media Matters for America, which styles itself a “progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.” At issue is a Media Matters … Continue reading X Marks the Spot Where Advertisers Must Decide What Their Advertising is For → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: NATO’s Proxy War On Russia Through Ukraine Appears To Be Winding Down By Andrew Korybko Considering all the disadvantageous dynamics that are rapidly converging nowadays, there’s little doubt that NATO’s proxy war on Russia is winding down, though that doesn’t automatically... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: When I think of Thanksgiving, I seldom think of the Pilgrims and Wampanoag people dining together (likely sans turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie) in Massachusetts in 1621. Rather, my thoughts wander to Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 proclamation inviting his fellow citizens “to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a Day of … Continue reading War: Thanks But No Thanks → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: The Quran And The Fate Which Awaits Israel – Sheikh Imran N. Hosein – Part 2 In his second video message on Israel’s war on Gaza, Sheikh Imran N. Hosein has explained an important topic from the Quran. He has... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: Maybe I didn’t really want to write this column. According to Robert Sapolsky I just couldn’t help myself. Sapolsky, a Stanford biology professor and author of Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, argues that everything we do is pre-destined. Not by an all-knowing and completely controlling god, but by biology. Our brains work in … Continue reading Is Reading This Column Really a Choice? And Does That Matter? → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: Arbitrary Detention Of Kashmiri Journalists: Modi Administration Must Turn To Sanity By Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai The 98th session of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) started on November 13, 2023, in Geneva. It will conclude on... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: On November 13, the US Supreme Court — presumably motivated by bad publicity after the exposure of bribery schemes involving justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, use of judicial aides to promote justice Sonia Sotomayor’s books, and other unsavory activities — announced what it calls a “Code of Conduct,” and what most media outlets describe … Continue reading The Supreme Court’s New “Code of Conduct” Is About Appearances, Not About Ethics → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: How Could Russia Mediate A Series Of Deals Between Djibouti, Ethiopia, And South Sudan? By Andrew Korybko This piece aims to inspire their policymakers to further contribute to this idea with a view towards eventually facilitating such talks between them. Their... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: “Any activists who doubt President Trump’s resolve in the slightest are making a drastic error,” Trump advisor Stephen Miller tells the New York Times. “Trump will unleash the vast arsenal of federal powers to implement the most spectacular migration crackdown.” The disgraced former president’s promised second-term program includes (according to the Times) “round[ing] up undocumented people … Continue reading “It Can’t Happen Here” … If We Stop It → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Thomas Knapp: The people of the state of New York don’t like Donald J. Trump much. They think he falsified business records, and have him in court over it. Protecting abortion and legalizing marijuana are the will of the people of Ohio. They said so in a recent election. Why does the United States have a constitution? … Continue reading Vox Populi, Vox Humbug → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: Arabs Or Turkiye Will Not Go To War To Prevent Israel’s Reoccupation Of Gaza By Andrew Korybko There’s been a deluge of fake news since the onset of the latest Israeli-Hamas war alleging that the Arabs, Hezbollah, Turkiye, and/or even Russia... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: “It don’t mean a thing,” Duke Ellington and Irving Mills informed us in 1931, “if it ain’t got that swing.” Does Ohio still have that swing? Over the last few years some, including University of Cincinnati political science professor David Niven, have cast doubt on the state’s long-held “swing state” or “belwether” status in national … Continue reading Election 2024: How Democrats Could Get Their Swing Back → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: What Did The Houthis’ Attempted Bombing Of Israel Aim To Achieve? By Andrew Korybko The Houthis’ attempted bombing of Israel is a major move because it was arguably approved by Iran, which authorized this attack despite the risk that it could... Read More › - Voice of East

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Voice of East: How An American Woman Became The Voice Of People Of Kashmir By Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai Washington, DC – A memorial service was held today for Marguerite Helen Velte Hasbrouck at Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College Campus, Massachusetts, USA. It began... Read More › - Voice of East

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Voice of East: Three Reasons Why The Wall Street Journal’s Report About Wagner And Hezbollah Is A Psy-Op By Andrew Korybko The Mainstream Media and its supporters have self-explanatory reasons for lending false credence to this information warfare provocation, but the Alt-Media Community should... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: On November 3, Special Counsel Jack Smith filed the “United States’ Opposition to Applications to Broadcast the Criminal Trial of United States v. Trump” with the US District Court for the District of Columbia. A “coalition of media organizations” has petitioned the court to allow recording and broadcasting of former president Donald Trump’s federal trial … Continue reading Jack Smith v. the Public’s Right to Cameras in the Courtroom → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: No Equivalence In War Between The Oppressor And The Oppressed – Sheikh Imran N. Hosein - Voice of East

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Kim Petersen: Presumably, if Israeli Jews were not occupying the majority of historical Palestine, laying siege to Gaza, oppressing, humiliating, dehumanizing, liquidating, and refusing statehood to the Palestinian people that Hamas, a Palestinian resistance, would not have been driven to launch an attack on Israelis. Placing the Palestinians under oppression, occupation, and siege was an undeniable denial […] - Kim Petersen

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Voice of East: Rioting In Purported Support Of Palestine Discredits Its People’s Independence Cause By Andrew Korybko It’s unrealistic to expect Russia to deviate from its aforesaid policy, especially in the face of foreign-instigated rioting, not to mention after anti-Semitic slogans were shouted amidst... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: Ghouls and vampires weren’t the only things refusing to die at the end of October. Oren Cass disinterred centuries-old economic fallacies in “Why Trump Is Right About Tariffs” (The Wall Street Journal, October 27). It has been over a century and a half since the American Free-Trade League imported the words of Frederic Bastiat across … Continue reading Zombie Isms of the Protectionists → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: Time Magazine Shared Some “Politically Inconvenient” Truths About Ukraine By Andrew Korybko The most “politically inconvenient” truth of them all is that NATO’s proxy war on Russia through Ukraine failed to strategically defeat that targeted Eurasian Great Power, the awareness of... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: Like most people, I’m a sucker for click bait, and one of my favorite variations of the genre is the feel-good big-tip story. For example, rapper Post Malone leaving a $3,000 tip above and beyond the $500-plus “gratuity” charge on a large restaurant bill. Nice guy by virtually all accounts, and the server was grateful … Continue reading Anti-Tipping Rules Hurt Workers → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: Gog – Magog And The State Of Israel – Sheikh Imran N. Hosein Sheikh Imran N. Hosein who is an expert in Islamic Eschatology, had this to say about the current war imposed by Israel on the Palestinian people: I... Read More › - Voice of East

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Voice of East: The Quran And The Fate Which Awaits Israel – Sheikh Imran N. Hosein In his latest video message in the aftermath of Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza, Sheikh Imran N. Hosein has given very important message for the whole world.... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: “Civilians are not collateral damage,” the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean tweeted (or whatever it’s called now on X, formerly Twitter) on October 27. “Patients are not collateral damage. Health staff & health facilities are not collateral damage. Children, women & men sheltering in health facilities are not collateral damage. International … Continue reading “Collateral Damage” Is A Confession, Not An Excuse → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: Putin’s Important Speech From His Meeting With Representatives Of Different Religions By Andrew Korybko The signal being sent by praising Judaism, condemning anti-Semitism, and offering sincere condolences to the Israeli victims of Hamas’ terrorist attack is that the Jewish State can... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: “US officials,” Nahal Toosi, Lara Seligman, and Paul McLeary write at Politico, “are worried that violence in Israel’s neighbors will spiral into a larger regional war.” More specifically, they’re worried that such a war will result in US casualties among US troops across the region. For some reason, though, the Biden administration is flooding the region … Continue reading When It’s Always The Beginning of History, It Can Never Be The End Of War → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: War On Gaza: Has Humanity Died? By Dr Maqsood Jafri, Chairman World Peace Forum I would like to comment on the War on Gaza Strip/Palestine and humbly and impartially suggest the ways and means to end this horrible plight, so... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: “The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations,” George Washington wrote in his farewell address as first president of the United States, “is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. … it is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with … Continue reading Which Country Are Ron DeSantis and Opponents Running for President Of Again? → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: President Putin Raised Awareness About Russia’s Investment Potential In The Arctic At This Year’s BRI Forum By Andrew Korybko By encouraging more foreign investment in the North-South Transport Corridor that India is involved in, including from China as regards those projects... Read More › - Voice of East

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Voice of East: From Kashmir To Palestine, Occupation Is A Crime: WKAF And KDC By Our Special Correspondent Washington, DC – The World Kashmir Awareness Forum (WKAF) and the Kashmir Diaspora Coalition (KDC) issued the following joint statement in solidarity with the Palestinian... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: Three weeks after a small group of House Republican rebels led by Matt Gaetz (R-FL) removed Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as Speaker (with the assistance of a unanimous Democratic caucus), the position remains vacant. On October 20, Republicans gave up (after three ballots) on Jim Jordan (R-OH). “Moderate” Republicans seem disinclined to either jump ship and … Continue reading Speaker Vacancy: Bug for Politicians, Feature for the Public → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: The West’s Double Standards Towards Israel And Ukraine Discredited It In The Global South By Andrew Korybko Even the most casual observer of foreign affairs now knows that Western allies like Israel are allowed to violate the humanitarian dimension of that... Read More › - Voice of East

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Voice of East: Israel Is Visiting A Nightmare On Palestinians: Holocaust Survivor Dr Gabor Mate By News Desk A renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr Gabor Mate who is himself a Holocaust survivor speaks out against Israeli atrocities in Palestine: I’m personally a Holocaust... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: “Fewer than 26% of US households still have someone working remotely at least one day a week,” Bloomberg reports, “a sharp decline from the early-2021 peak of 37%,” citing US Census Bureau statistics. “Remote employees have been blamed for dwindling profits and costing cities billions, and fears of a recession have eroded their ability to … Continue reading “Return To The Office” As Corporate Welfare → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Thomas Knapp: March 2023: “While the US has many vital national interests,” Florida governor and 2024 presidential aspirant Ron DeSantis wrote in response to a questionnaire from Tucker Carlson (as of that time still a Fox News host), “becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia is not one of them. ” As of … Continue reading Ron DeSantis’s Only “National Interest” Is In His Political Prospects → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: Possible Scenarios Of Further Escalation In The Middle East By Alexander Dugin Let us try to describe one of the possible scenarios of further escalation in the Middle East. The Palestinian uprising begins in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.... Read More › - Voice of East

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Voice of East: Egypt’s Dilemma: Facilitate Ethnic Cleansing Of Palestinians Or Allow Their Possible Genocide By Andrew Korybko If Egypt opens its borders for all refugees, then there’s a very real chance that most of the population will flee, thus raising the likelihood that... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: Complaining of “media bias,” Hamas spokesperson Dr. Basim Naim denies allegations that its members intentionally murdered civilians and non-combatants in their assault on Israel last week. The operation “targeted only the Israeli military bases and compounds,” he says, and Al Qassam Brigades commanders ordered their troops to “avoid targeting civilians or killing them.” Given the … Continue reading Murder Most Foul: Thoughts on Moral Responsibility → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: UN Must Intervene Immediately To Stop Israel’s Unprecedented Atrocities On Palestinians By Dr Maqsood Jafri Israel has hegemonic and expansionist malicious designs. Her fascist policy is a naked threat to world peace. When Adolf Hitler bestially killed Jews in thousands,... Read More › - Voice of East

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Voice of East: President Putin: The U.S. Is Responsible For Middle East Crisis And Neglecting Fundamental Palestinian Rights By News Desk Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking about Palestine-Israel Conflict, has put the blame squarely on Joe Biden-led US government’s policies. Putin called it... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: On October 9, Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley called for the government she seeks to eventually head to “[f]reeze Iranian access to the $6 billion in Qatari banks and send that money to Israel instead.” That’s a terrible idea, and garners Haley big points in her quest to win the Tom Knapp Whack-a-Doodle of the … Continue reading Nikki Haley: Still Far Too Unhinged for the Presidency → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Kim Petersen: NEW on Smithsonian Voices: Everyone's history matters. The #Thanksgiving story deeply rooted in America’s curriculum reduces the Wampanoag Indians to supporting roles. The true history of Thanksgiving begins with the Indians. @SmithsonianMag
https://t.co/nQkI2CnLk4 pic.twitter.com/UhuksA9RGf — National Museum of the American Indian (@SmithsonianNMAI) November 23, 2017 No one will dispute that the Indigenous peoples of Turtle […] - Kim Petersen

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Voice of East: The Top Ten Takeaways From Hamas’ Sneak Attack On Israel By Andrew Korybko Everything that’s happened thus far has been eye-opening for everyone. Hamas launched an unprecedented sneak attack on Israel over the weekend that completely caught the self-professed Jewish State by surprise... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: In an October 6 interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, 2016 presidential also-ran Hillary Clinton doubled down on her critique of the voters who subsequently rejected her in favor of Donald Trump. Back then, half of them were “deplorables” — “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic” — but the other half were, at least potentially, wise and … Continue reading Politics: The Cults We Will Always Have With Us → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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