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DinoFish Makes Science Look Foolish (yet again) — Mickey Z.

(YouTube screengrab) Mickey Z. — World News Trust October 23, 2021 According to “science,” the coelacanth (Latimeria) went extinct 65 million years ago. After all, this carnivorous fish dates back some 400 million years to the age of dinosaurs — or so said the all-knowing men in the white lab coats. Along came a South African museum curator on a fishing trawler in 1938. Lo and behold, he caught h ...

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Planet of the Living Dead (Halloween 2021) — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust October 22, 2021 “The only thing we have to fear…” (the dude who signed Executive Order 9066) Halloween is an odd holiday. The ostensible concept — as it has evolved to b ...

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The End of the Dream | John Michael Greer

Oct. 20, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- There are times when the winds that shape the future blow strong enough to be heard over the jabber of everyday life, and this is one of those times. For a while now ...

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At a New York City Anti-Mandate Rally — Mickey Z.

(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust October 19, 2021 Last month, I stopped by an anti-mandate rally at Columbus Circle/Central Park for a little while. While I was there, a band played mellow mu ...

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Empty Gestures or Substantive Change? On the Nobel Prize in Literature and Its Discontents | Ramzy Baroud

Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah. (Photo: Palfest, via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 18, 2021 The fact that Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has won the 2021 Nobel ...

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Unholy Trinity: Medicine, Science, and Corporate Power— Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust October 17, 2021 This one goes out to all of you who still “trust the science.” Edward Bernays was the nephew of Sigmund Freud. He was a public relations pioneer, one of ...

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COVID-19: By the Numbers— Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust October 14, 2021 Ask just about anyone how many Americans have died from Covid-19 and you’ll get the same answer: 719,000 (as of this writing). Ask just about anyone how ...

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Heroes or Parasites: Europe’s Self-serving Politics on Refugees | Ramzy Baroud

A fishing boat carrying refugees dock in Lampedus, Italy. (Photo: Vito Manzari, via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 13, 2021 Language is politics and politics is power. This ...

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That time my pediatrician lied to “do no harm” — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust October 12, 2021 Once upon a time, I had a pediatrician who made house calls — complete with a little black bag. Dr. Harris practically became part of the family after my ...

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Boredom is Counter-Revolutionary — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust October 10, 2021 “Boredom is the conviction that you can't change the shriek of unused capacities.” (Saul Bellow) A couple of years ago, while riding the Q101 bus during ...

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That Untraversed Land | John Michael Greer

Oct. 6 ,2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- It’s been just over a month since I started talking about how the predictions set out in 1972 by The Limits to Growth were coming true in our time. Since then the situ ...

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