Penned from the crooked
timber of humanity
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Silencing the Inner War: Autoimmune Disease Breakthrough
University of Bristol researchers have discovered how to stop cells from attacking healthy body tissue in debilitating autoimmune diseases (such as multiple sclerosis), where the body’s immune system destroys its…
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The Nation-State’s Fight for Survival: Scotland and Catalonia
Even if Scotland and Catalonia do not secede this time around, quests for secession and autonomy will not go away because in Europe the nation-state does not respond in a…
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The Minsk “cease fire” agreement and the calm before the storm.
Given that no one anywhere (including in Russia) seems to still believe the fairytale of Russia’s “non-involvement” in Ukraine, Putin may just decide to drop the pretense, and engage “the…
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Putin’s Reminder – “Russia is one of the leading nuclear powers.” (Thoughts from Kiev)
“Thank God, I think no one is thinking of unleashing a large-scale conflict with Russia. I want to remind you that Russia is one of the leading nuclear powers.” –…