“This would in a significant way change the very nature of the conflict … It would mean that NATO countries, The United States, European countries, are at war with Russia.”
by Harley Schlanger, LaRouche Organization: There is a drumbeat for a full scale NATO war against Russia, spearheaded by the City of London’s latest war hawk puppet Prime Minister, Keir Starmer., who will meet with Pres. Biden tomorrow. The endorsement of Kamala Harris by arch-neocon Dick Cheney shows the U.S. is now totally dominated by […]
It is understood that Marx’s theories stand entirely upon his Labor Theory of Value. If that theory is discredited, so is the scenario that leads to the inevitable triumph of communism. That fact, however, doesn’t stop Marx’s disciples from employing other fallacies.
A Georgia judge on Thursday dismissed three of the counts in the indictment accusing former US president Donald Trump and co-defendants of conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the southern state. Two of the three charges thrown out by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee involved Trump, and he now […]
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Gen Z Should Not Be Fooled by Kamala’s Sudden Seriousness
Authored by Ethan Watson via RealClearPolitics,
After yanking Joe Biden off the ticket with a giant vaudeville cane, Kamala Harris has breathed new life into the Democratic party. Kamala opened her campaign with the “politics of joy,” replete with twerking rappers, sassy X clapbacks, and quirky Doritos videos. But, after weeks of pressure from the media, Kamala has finally posted her stance on the issues facing America, and at the debate on Tuesday night, she dove deeper into her policies than ever before. Finally, Gen Z voters have the opportunity to do what everyone least expects from them: weigh each presidential candidate from a policy perspective.
Until now, I’ve been mystified as to why my generation, usually so quick to recognize inauthenticity, was falling for Kamala’s cotton candy campaign. But Gen Z voters were immediately smitten with Kamala, whose light, albeit vapid rhetoric provided a reprieve from the political mudslinging of the last eight years. She threw concerts and posted goofy videos. Instead of engaging in contentious discussions, Kamala supporters could quip “Brat Summer” while retweeting Mark Hamill. It was light and fun, and after years of ugly politics, even her blatant pandering was a nice change.
By spoon-feeding young voters inoffensive content, Harris deflected their attention from her flip-flopping on issues and pushing radical policies like an unrealized capital gains tax. Her proxies dodged questions on air, claiming that she was too busy to sit down for an interview. And most young voters supported Kamala, with 58.7% of voters 18-34 viewing her favorably after the DNC in August.
But Kamala’s actual ideas have been forced into the spotlight. As Harris gets serious, so should Gen Z.
I’ve seen firsthand my generation’s BS detectors in action. We know when we can skip a hokey motivational speaker at a company event or skim the “required” readings. We traverse career fairs, collecting swag and acting interested as phony recruiters try to convince us that their company isn’t a pyramid scheme. In other words, we don’t drink the Kool-Aid.
Now that Harris’ policies are in the open, we should treat her with the same scrutiny. If Gen Z is really dissatisfied with the direction the company is going, per a Spring 2024 Harvard Youth Poll, then perhaps we should consider the fact that portions of her brand new “Issues” page were copied from the Joe Biden campaign site. Remember him? He’s the one who was in charge – or at least who seemed in charge – when that Harvard poll was taken earlier this year.
Additionally, 53% of Gen Z voters believe that there is a dire crisis happening on our southern border, a border that Kamala presided over as border czar. Do we really believe she’s the best candidate to solve that problem?
Another driving factor behind Gen Z’s discontent with the status quo is the economy. On that topic, Harris echoes Joe Biden’s policies. Harris proposes a $25,000 first-time homebuyer handout, doubling down on Biden’s $10,000 proposal. Harris’ policies also include expanding the Affordable Care Act, which has been the law of the land for the past 14 years (and passed while Joe Biden was Vice President). She touts her plan to raise the tax on long-term capital gains to 28% – in other words, 28% of what Gen Z makes in the stock market will go not to a home down payment but to the government. Do we really think that will help young people prosper?
I call on my generation to apply to Kamala Harris the same utility maximization we do in all areas of life. Now that she’s dropped the TikTok-and-vibes charade, we have the chance to think critically about whether Kamala represents the change to the status quo, or whether she’s just Joe Biden 2.0. It seems Kamala can buckle down to business when pressed. Can we?
Ethan Watson is a Young Voices contributor working towards a Master of Accounting degree at the University of Kansas. He holds dual undergraduate degrees in Accounting and Political Science with an eye toward law school in the near future. Follow him on X: @erwatson13.
Tyler Durden
Fri, 09/13/2024 – 06:30
The rise of the nuclear family in Western Europe fostered the creation of private and independent “corporations” that limited state power and promoted economic growth.
By Brandon Smith As a liberty writer and economist I have been working within the alternative media for almost 20…
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Professor Robert Clancy announces some of his new research findings. The microbiome and using bacteria based preparations to impressive theraputic effect, often without expensive drugs.
https://www.trialsitenews.com/a/a-common-mucosal-protection-system-inclusive-of-microbiomes-and-local-immunity-cognisance-through-covid-fe9bbf21
The Covid pandemic drew attention to the distinctive system of mucosal immunity and its limited interplay with systemic immunity with which we were more familiar. The pandemic coincided with a period of fifty years from the recognition of a communicating mucosal immune system. John Bienenstock called this “The Common Mucosal Immune System” (CMS). Lessons relevant to Covid on the relevance of mucosal immunity to both the pathogenesis of disease and vaccination strategies were slowly learnt. Early in the pandemic, protracted changes in the intestinal microbiota were noted that correlated with the progress and severity of infection, and later were linked to development of post-Covid syndrome. The purpose of this review is to pull together through the lens of Covid-19 how a viral infection of the respiratory mucosal space connects with systemic immunity on one hand, and mucosa-related microbiota on the other, within a single integrated mucosal system, to create a carpet of protection. Infection within this unified system can induce changes in balance between microbiota and the relevant local immune response at distant mucosal sites, which in turn, can impact the outcome of the inciting infection in either a deleterious or beneficial manner. Within the broader framework that includes systemic immunity, outcomes of both infection and vaccination, reflect a controlled balance determined by downregulation via suppressor T cells seeded from mucosal sites of infection. The integrity of this comprehensive system has been queried based on regional differences. Such a view fails to recognise mechanisms of critical outcomes of Covid and its management, and opportunities for innovative therapeutic intervention. Variations throughout the mucosal apparatus such as “offsite” generation of airway immunity in the gut and differences in microbial characteristics of microbiomes, reflect adaptation to local influences without compromising the essential qualities of a global mucosal protection system: communication, integration, and cooperation. A central unifying factor for a “Mucosal Immune Microbiome Protection System” or MIMPS, is the idea that a single set of gut-associated lymphoid tissues characterised by specialised M cells, samples appropriate microbiome to generate global mucosal immune defence.
In a recent conversation with my college-educated friend, they expressed their sentiments that college, for many, was a waste, echoing a common critique among libertarians. Further, they continued, that if they were not led to believe that college would guarantee a well-paying career, they could have started working earlier, developing real-world skills, therefore, making closer…
When our ruling classes speak of “believing in democracy,” they are speaking of a romantic version of a form of governance that, in real life, is quite different than the sanitized version presented in our media. Democracy, in reality, is a winner-take-all contest on a tilted playing field.
