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.

Lyme disease was first discovered in Lyme, Connecticut, near Plum Island, home to the federal animal-disease center. This facility conducted experiments with tics, which are the critters that transmit Lyme. For many years, the government and the medical profession denied the existence of Lyme disease, but now the CDC is openly studying it as a bio-weapon. More than 45% of all counties in the US now have tics that carry Lyme disease, and more than 300,000 people are diagnosed with it each year. RT 2016 Jan 28 (Story)

Contrarian Dude shares an article about how China demolished a brand new 27-story building that had never been occupied just weeks after it was completed supposedly to keep money circulating and to create jobs. This is the insane idea behind something called Keynesian Economics, and it is at the core of all collectivist systems. Contrarian Dude posted 2016 Jan 26 (Story)

Chinese scientists claim they have performed the first successful head transplant on a monkey. The only other successful transplant of this kind was on a mouse. The first human-head transplant is scheduled for the end of next year at a cost of $16 million. RT 2016 Jan 25 (Story)

The US relies heavily on Saudi money to support the Syrian rebels in their war against the Syrian government. Radical Saudi Wahhabism supports numerous terrorist groups and, therefore, is a dangerous partner in the so-called war on terrorism. NY Times 2016 Jan 23 (Story) (Cached)