ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS
News and commentaries that reveal historical facts and trends that place current events into perspective and make it possible to anticipate future events.
US: Federal judge rules that Texas has no right to prohibit Syrian refugees from settling within its borders. More than half of the nation’s governors supported Texas and threatened to block refugees due to lack of security screening, but they were told that federal government sets immigration policy, and refugees can move freely once they arrive. Huff Post 2016 Jun 16 (Story) (Cached)
US: Jeh Johnson, head of the Department of Homeland Security, wants his agency to be in charge of gun control to protect against homegrown violence. The Second Amendment Foundation responded by saying that the right to keep and bear arms is America’s original homeland security, and Johnson needs to remember that. [The truth is that Johnson knows it very well but wants to change it.] PR Newswire 2015 Jun 16 (Story) (Cached)
NATO has announced that cyberspace is a military zone and, therefore, cyberspace attacks now will be considered as justification for conventional military ‘counter-attacks’. Amazing! All governments are hit by cyber attacks from other governments and private sources every day. Often the origin of those attacks is unknown and speculative. It is even possible for governments to attack their own cyber-facilities to put the blame on other governments to turn public opinion against them. Now, NATO countries will be able to launch full-scale war against anyone they choose simply by claiming they are counter-attacking against cyberattacks. [Orwell would be impressed.] AntiWar 2016 Jun 15 (Story) (Cached)
Jerry Day analyzes the use of science to build a system of social and political rule by a priest class of scientists and technocrats. [It is yet another way of disguising the ideology of collectivism as something new.] Corbett Report 2016 Jun 14 (Story)
