This Week in the New Normal #106
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the...
The Very Straight and the Very Narrow
Todd Hayen
I see a lot of young people in my practice. You know, the kids just out of university and setting out to make their mark in the world. They...
WATCH: The Lost Art of “Yes, And…” – #SolutionsWatch
Let me give you some advice that could change your life forever. It’s called “yes, and” and it will transform your arguments into productive conversations. Let me show you...
The BritCard Digital ID Psyop
Iain Davis
Apparently, in order to be able to work in the UK, we will all be forced to adopt digital ID—the mandatory so-called BritCard. There is absolutely no public appetite for...
Battlefield America: Trump’s War on the Enemy Within—the American People
John & Nisha Whitehead
“The era of the Department of Defense is over… From this moment forward, the only mission of the newly restored Department of War is this: warfighting… We untie the hands...
Transhumanism, Psychotherapy and ChatBots
Todd Hayen
Strange times, indeed, folks. Strange times. Should we be concerned? I think so. In the end, I am sure it will work out, but there will likely be a...
PANEL: The IMA Discuss Free Speech
The latest IMA panel discusses the principle of “free speech” and what exceptions (if any) should be made, including the age-old “fire in a crowded theatre” argument and the...
Yuck! The Sour Taste of the Modern Food System
Colin Todhunter
The Yuka app is a mobile application designed to help consumers quickly assess the health quality of food and cosmetic products by scanning their barcodes. It produces a health...
WATCH: Escaping the Madhouse – #SolutionsWatch
If you’ve watched Dissent Into Madness then you’ll not only know about the ways that psychological insights are being weaponized against us but, more importantly, you’ll have an idea about what...
Would Orwell Be Branded a Terrorist? The Government’s War on Thought Crimes
John & Nisha Whitehead
“Those who created this country chose freedom. With all of its dangers. And do you know the riskiest part of that choice they made? They actually believed that we...
A New and Darker McCarthy Era Descends with the Night
Edward Curtin
“In a dark time, the eye begins to see…What’s madness but nobility of soul At odds with circumstance?…A steady storm of correspondences!” Theodore Roethke, In a Dark Time We are...
In Defence of the Em Dash
JR Leach
This is a tale of punctuation. A small one — a dash, to be precise. The em dash, for those still confusing it with the hyphen. A mark so...
Why worry?
Niall McCrae
As a distributor of The Light newspaper, one of the ironies of the heckling I sometimes hear is the accusation of fascism by people who behave like fascists. Similarly ironic is...
Consumerasaurus — Eating Everything in Sight
Todd Hayen
If I had to name one thing as the worst attribute of modern humanity, it would be consumerism. If I could name two, the second would be our need...
Political Gaslighting: The Government’s Latest Playbook for Dismantling the Constitution
John & Nisha Whitehead
“That was when they suspended the Constitution…There wasn’t even an enemy you could put your finger on.” Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale What we are witnessing is not a government of the...
Spreading My Ashes in the Twisting River
Edward Curtin
“You may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for” Billy Joel, You May Be Right They say a stitch in time...
WATCH: Dissent Into Madness
What if the delusions of the dissidents are in fact real? What if their paranoid fantasies are not fantasies at all? In other words, what if it’s not the...
WATCH: Where the Towers Went
The final film in our un-official 9/11 documentary season is a presentation by Jonathan Cole, a former civil engineer and veteran 9/11 truther, responding to Dr Judy Wood’s book...
How Tyranny Becomes Entrenched: 9/11 and the Police State’s Endless Power Grabs
John & Nisha Whitehead
“The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.” Thomas Paine They said it was for safety. They said it was for order. They said...
WATCH: The 9/11 Faker
This is a fascinating tale. In 2008 Tania Head, then-President of the 9/11 Survivors Group, was outed as a fake. Not only had she not been rescued from the...
