There's an interesting debate taking place in the United Kingdom, over whether or not performance enhancing drugs are ethical: Drugs, implants to enhance work raise ethics debate Now, for those of you who've been following my blogs about the Transhumanist phenomenon, or read my recent book (with co-author Scott D de Hart), Transhumanism: A Grimoire of Alchemical Agendas, you'll be aware that the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency, DARPA, has been studying various methods of cutting down the amount of sleep required by soldiers by significant amounts, thus expanding the amount of … [Read more...]
GREAT BRITAIN’S GROWING DISTANCE FROM THE EU
The Daily Bell once again gives us something to think about, and I think this on is particularly critical given my comments last week on the growing implications of Germany's demands for an audit of its gold reserves: Diminishing EU a Wonder to Behold In my comments last week on the geopolitical implications of Germany's gold audit quest, I noted that one nation that it was now critical to watch was Great Britain. My reasons then for thinking this, and The Daily Bell article reaffirms this, although in a kind of round about way, are these: 1) Britain stands as a crucial country in the … [Read more...]
THE GROWING DISCONTENT: THE CAPTURE, AND RUMBLINGS OF REVOLT, WITHIN THE PROFESSIONS
As most of you are aware, I've written a lot on this site, and spoken in my video blogs News and Views from the Nefarium, about the growing erosion of the "social contact" between the western oligarchs and the people, and this growing cynicism is also reflected by a growing uneasiness within the professional classes. I continue to be intrigued - not shocked, nor surprised - by the emails I get from professionals, particularly physicians and lawyers, but in a few cases, academics or even people in the finance and banking sectors, reflecting a growing discontent. Indeed, in the political climate … [Read more...]
BEHIND THE ECUADORIAN DECISION TO GRANT ASSANGE ASYLUM: A LONG HISTORY OF ECONOMIC RAPE AT THE HANDS OF THE FINANCIAL POWERS OF THE WEST
Two days ago - that is to say, Thursday August 16, 2012 - I spoke in my News and Views from the Nefarium about the decision of the Ecuadorian government to grant celebrated (or depending on one's lights, infamous) Wikileaks founder Julian Assange political asylum in its embassy in London. In that talk, I suggested that the Ecuadorian government and foreign ministry had probably done a bit of shrewd geopolitical calculation, and that there was more behind its decision than meets the eye. I suggested that this geopolitical calculation included its own national sovereignty, for the British aide … [Read more...]
NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE NEFARIUM AUG 16 2012
Joseph comments on the story of the U.K.'s threats against Ecuador to turn over Julian Assange: For the Mike Huckabee and Bob Beckel execution statements, see these: US embassy cables culprit should be executed, says Mike Huckabee Fox News' Bob Beckel Calls For 'Ilegally' Killing Assange: 'A Dead Man Can't Leak Stuff' (VIDEO) … [Read more...]