Foreign policy and trade questions by Marc Batko, 1/5/2025

1. The US is a profligate and wasteful country.  Isn’t our average annual trade deficit around $600 billion since our imports are twice our exports? 2. Once or twice an hour, Trump declares the US subsidizes Canada $100 billion or $200 billion a year.  Isn’t this a complete lie?  3. NATO …

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Turning the screw of escalation

Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 1:26 AM The USA is risking a world war in Ukraine, with European interests falling by the wayside. It is now important to examine which parties stand for a chance of peace. Diplomacy and a U-turn in the war in Ukraine are obviously becoming increasingly …

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The Prince of Peace is Lord of Heaven and Earth by Marc Batko

The Prince of Peace is Lord of Earth and Heaven by Marc Batko  (marc1seed@yahoo.com; freetranslations.foundations) Big Trouble in the Former Land of Plenty and Fantasy Everything is changed On December 17, 2024,  China, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates agreed on a $400 billion trade deal. They supply the …

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On Theology and Politics by Marc Batko, 1/9/2025

ON THEOLOGY AND POLITICS by Marc Batko (marc1seed@yahoo.com; freetranslations.foundation), 1/9/2025 Progress comes through the values of empathy and cooperation, not only through technology.  In the 20th century, science and technology were promoted along with business schools and socially destructive myths like the self-healing market, money as a private matter, and …

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Economic Security by Marc Batko, 1/9/2025

After dominating the world since 1945, the US is an empire in rapid decline.  In 2024, the US for the first time began paying more than $1 trillion in interest on its $35 trillion  debt.  Imports are twice exports.  Since 2000, the US trade deficit has averaged an annual $600 …

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Why Rights for Nature? by Beat Dietschy, 12/17

Why Rights for Nature? by Beat Dietschy [This article posted on 12/17/2024 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://www.neuewege.ch/warum-rechte-der-natur.] Poisoned rivers and streams, dying out species, endangered ecosystems: Should they not have a right to restoration? The liberation of non-human nature from a state of lawlessness requires their …

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We have a right to life, liberty, health care, and enlightenment!

Media: Please quarantine Trump until January 20!!! Renewing Trump’s 2017 tax cuts will cost $5 trillion!!! In 2017, Trump’s two tax heists gave $8 trillion to corporations and households with over one million dollars!! Unlike all previous tax bills, there were no hearings!! The doors were locked and lobbyists took …

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Musings on the New Year

Life is not possible without an opening to the transcendent; in other words, human beings cannot live in chaos.  Once contact with the transcendent is lost, existence in the world ceases to be possible. –Mircea Eliade, quoted in The Cross and the Lynching Tree, by James Cone The swan that floats and …

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The change of strategy

by Felix Feistel This article posted on 12/10/2024 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://www.manova.news/artikel/der-strategiewechsel.]  The renewed escalation in Syria must be seen in the context of the Russian victories and the test of the Oreschnik medium-range missile. After provocations by the West with ATACMS and Storm Shadow …

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Sleep of reason gives birth to monsters by Paul Schreyer, 11/22/2024

Sleep of reason gives birth to monstersby Paul Schreyer, 11/22/2024https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/12/27/18871750.php Sleep of reason gives birth to monsters The latest exchange of missiles with Russia must be frightening. A major world war is no longer a theoretical debate, but within reach. What is particularly frightening is how this danger is completely …

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