“You’re gaslighting me.” These days, it’s a phrase tossed around casually, sometimes in jest, sometimes over the smallest fib. · But real gaslighting is far more serious. · A few carefully chosen words can serve as deliberate psychological manipulation, enough to make someone question their memory, judgment, and even their grip on reality. · It’s not just lying. It is a calculated effort to distort reality until a person begins to distrust…
A centrepiece of Prof Stephen Hawking's theory of black holes states that black holes can only grow. Thanks to precision observations made with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), this theory has now been verified for the first time. By Prof Thomas Hertog · This marks a new milestone exactly 10 years after LIGO’s first detection of gravitational waves. · Above all, it demonstrates that advanced observations of…
A Canadian psychiatrist is warning lawmakers that the country’s expanding euthanasia regime is creating what he describes as a dangerous “suicide contagion” among vulnerable people suffering from mental illness. By Frank Bergman · Dr. John Maher, a psychiatrist specializing in severe mental illness, delivered the warning during testimony before Parliament’s Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). · During his testimony,…
Carney goes to Armenia and declares the rules-based order will be rebuilt out of Europe — then names Louise Arbour, architect of the ICC apparatus that produced Jack Smith, as Canada's Governor General. Trump's DOJ and USDA name the meatpacker cartel and we trace it to Lloyd's of London. Susan Kokinda · As attention focused on President Trump's Iran breakthrough, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met European and Commonwealth leaders in…
A question worth asking as identity, policy, and performance collide · The question posed in the Norwegian piece is confronting, but it is not uniquely Norwegian. · That got me thinking... It is a question New Zealanders should be asking themselves. · Not emotionally. Not reactively. But honestly. · Have we seen something similar happen here? · A shifting definition of identity · New Zealand once had a clearly understood cultural identity. ·…
Over the past several days Western leaders have gathered in Armenia, a post-Soviet nation that still hosts a Russian military base, for what Western media described as a “historic summit.” By RT · The meeting was framed as charting Yerevan’s path away from Moscow while highlighting the European Union’s growing geopolitical role. · The summit also provided Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Western leaders an opportunity for political…
President Donald Trump was not “pulled in” to the war on Iran by Israel, but chose to attack the Islamic Republic based on his “America First” policy, War Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a Pentagon press briefing. By RT · During the event, Hegseth was asked whether Washington was risking “getting roped back into a war” by Israel, as “the Israelis are explicitly stating their intent to continue fighting at a later date.” · Hegseth argued that…
US President Donald Trump should send large amounts of weapons to Iranian civilians in order to spark a civil war in the country, Senator Lindsey Graham has suggested. By RT · Speaking to Fox News host Sean Hannity, the South Carolina Republican framed the proposal as a “Second Amendment solution” for the Islamic Republic and an alternative to deploying American ground troops. · “If I were President Trump and I were Israel, I would load the…
A group of 30 Democrats in the US House of Representatives have demanded that the administration of President Donald Trump disclose information about Israel’s nuclear arsenal and relevant policies. The lack of transparency threatens the entire Middle East, the lawmakers have argued. By RT · West Jerusalem has neither confirmed nor denied possessing nuclear weapons, nor has it publicly presented any doctrine outlining the potential use of such…
A deadly strike in Central Russia as a Ukrainian drone strikes a civilian building. That's as Moscow declares a ceasefire for the upcoming Victory Day celebrations, warning if Kiev attacks during the truce the Ukrainian capital will be targeted. · While Russia puts a ceasefire on the table - corruption in Ukraine is focused on continuing the conflict as its revealed one of the country's weapons manufacturers opposes ending the war fearing the…
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