We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. This is the divine mystery supreme. A wonderful thing it is and the source of our happiness. We need not wait to see what others do.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Hero image: British cavalry charging against Russian forces at Balaclava in 1854 (The Relief of the Light Brigade / Public Domain)
The Book
Title: Empire: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Stephen Howe
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
Release date: Jun 8, 2021
ISBN: 9781666114287
Web source: Everand
Stephen Howe interprets the meaning of the idea of "empire" through the ages, disentangling the multiple uses and abuses of the labels "empire" and "colonialism," etc., and examines the aftermath of …
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⚡️ THE MASSIVE FLASH SALE STARTS NOW ⚡️
AAA ZZZ BOTTRILL v GRAHAM & ANOR - NSW - do you know anything about the final Australian court decision that was meant to come out today?
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STOP PRESS: Decision reported today 21 May 2026 by X-account Vexatious Litigant @ExposingNV
As we predicted, the plaintiff and government insider Mr David Bottrill won. He was handsomely rewarded by the particular NSW District Court judge. His reward …
IT DOES NOT SEEM REASONABLE to describe the young man who shot twenty children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012 as a religious person. This is equally true for the Colorado theater gunman and the Columbine High School killers. As one of the members of the Columbine duo wrote: (108)
The human race isn’t worth fighting for, only worth killing. Give the Earth back to the animals. They deserve it infinitely more than we do. Nothing means …
Above hero image: David Kilcullen (left) and Clinton Fernandez (right)
David Kilcullen (born 1967) is the subject of the story here. He was chief strategist in the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the U.S. State Department, from 2005 to 2006. He's certainly no lightweight. He's been a member of the US deep state, yet still appears to be an independent thinker, or so it seems. He came out as highly critical of the decision to invade Iraq, saying "There undeniably would be …
My first port of call for research into new Australian legislation was DeepSeek. This legislation was announced today March 6, 2026. It defines the Muslim religious group Hizb ut-Tahrir as a "prohibited hate group".
Hero image: this is a screenshot of Seven National News TV announcement today.
QUESTION
Can you tell me about new laws passed in Australia yesterday than ban a particular Islamic religious group?
ANSWER from DeepSeek
Note: italics or bold in the cut & paste answers has been …
This is an important interview (below) with Jeffrey Sachs done on January 27, 2026. I’m parking it on this platform for future reference.
The interview helps us understand that our empire is ALREADY at war with Iran - using hybrid and economic warfare - that has the potential to soon cause a regional war in West Asia.
Two key take-always from this interview:-
(i) economic warfare: the intentional collapse of the Iranian currency to cause widespread suffering of the people. This is aimed …
