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How Slovenian campaigners beat euthanasi
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How Slovenian campaigners beat euthanasi
December 11, 2025

Organizers are opening up about the strategy—and what they call the “miracle”—behind their stunning victory in Slovenia’s November 23 euthanasia referendum, which saw 53% of citizens who participated vote against the government’s law legalizing physician-assisted suicide. The ‘no’ voters in the euthanasia referendum represented over 20% of Slovenia’s 1.7 million eligible voters, ensuring that the results were valid.

‘Explain to us why we kill people who are not armed’
December 11, 2025

Sen. Rand Paul gets to the moral heart of the Venezuela pressure campaign.

‘Explain to us why we kill people who are not armed’
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The double significance of the fall of Pokrovsk
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The double significance of the fall of Pokrovsk
December 10, 2025

The Russians call Pokrovsk Krasnoarmeysk. Perhaps we should get used to calling it that, too.

The former Israeli spies overseeing U.S. government cyber security
December 10, 2025

A company with deep ties to Israeli intelligence oversees cyber security across than seventy US government agencies, including the Department of Defense and Homeland Security.

The former Israeli spies overseeing U.S. government cyber security
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The Hegseth killings must stop
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The Hegseth killings must stop
December 9, 2025

Last week the Pentagon, under “War Secretary” Pete Hegseth, carried out yet another military attack on a boat in the high seas that the Administration claims is smuggling drugs. That makes 23 boats blown up by the US military in the waters off Latin America – most near Venezuela – and nearly 100 persons killed.

An Unholy Alliance: The EU’s role in containing Ukraine’s corruption scandal
December 9, 2025

A major corruption scandal unfolding in Ukraine, centring on the embezzlement of an estimated $100 million from the state nuclear operator Energoatom, is revealing than just high-level graft; it is exposing the complex and often contradictory dynamics of international geopolitics that African nations should be extremely attentive to.

An Unholy Alliance: The EU’s role in containing Ukraine’s corruption scandal
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Viva Venezuela!
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Viva Venezuela!
December 8, 2025

A very close friend of mine in southern California used to listen to Fox News pretty much non-stop. The Venezuelan Communists, according to Fox, were planning to invade the USA, he warned me. Hordes of savage Venezuelans were about to ravage the lovely coast of Southern California.

Big Europe has lost the war over Ukraine
December 8, 2025

Much remains uncertain about the final outcome of the war in Ukraine. On the diplomatic battlefield, competing peace plans (28 points? 19 points? Crimea in? Crimea out?) have been flying backwards and forwards between capitals. Meanwhile in the real warzone, the Russian military continues to rain down military drones and missiles on Ukrainian cities, and the bodies continue to pile up on both sides in fierce street fighting, with no end in sight.

Big Europe has lost the war over Ukraine
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