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Brutal, Chaotic War – Norms, Conventions and Laws of Conduct Are Being Erased We stand on the cusp of what might be termed  Chaotic War.  Not the formula used by Israel often in the past to intimidate adversaries; this is different. Israeli reporter Eddie Cohen said, in the wake of the attack on the Iranian Consulate:  “We are very clear that we want to start a war with Iran and Hezbollah. Do you still not understand?” “ Israel wants to drag Iran into a full-scale war in order to be able to strike at Iran’s nuclear facilities ”, though these facilities are beyond American and Israeli reach, buried beneath mountains. Cohen, and of course, Israel’s military leadership, will know that; but Israel nonetheless is locking itself into a logic that can only lead to defeat. Iran’s nuclear facilities are safe from Israeli assault. The destruction of civilian Iranian infrastructure, which is out in the open, may kill many, but will not,  per se,  collapse the Iranian state. Trita Parsi  places  I

  Blending Reality: The WEF Calls For Creation Of Metaverse Identity In Latest Push For Digital Dystopia Derrick Broze The latest report from the World Economic Forum outlines a vision of the blending of the physical world with the virtual metaverse dystopia, and claims digital identity is a necessary step in this direction. On March 12, the World Economic Forum released a new report titled,  Metaverse Identity: Defining the Self in a Blended Reality  which is ostensibly aimed at exploring the apparent need for a “metaverse identity”. The document, written in partnership with corporate firm  Accenture , calls for “collaborative, interdisciplinary strategy to navigate identity challenges”. The metaverse is a term that is commonly meant to describe the future of the internet, where digital and physical worlds intersect. “The metaverse, poised to redefine the internet, intertwines the digital and physical, emphasizing the pivotal role of “identity” in shaping immersive, human-centric expe

  The Mechanism: How the “order” Based on Made-Up Rules Is Descending Into Savagery PEPE ESCOBAR   The Europeans will never be able to replicate the time-tested Hegemon money laundering machine The awful shadow of some unseen Power Floats tho’ unseen amongst us, -visiting This various world with as inconstant wing As summer winds that creep from flower to flower.- Like moonbeams that behind some piny mountain shower, It visits with inconstant glance Each human heart and countenance; Like hues and harmonies of evening,- Like clouds in starlight widely spread,- Like memory of music fled,- Like aught that for its grace may be Dear, and yet dearer for its mystery. Shelley,  Hymn to Intellectual Beauty As the de facto North Atlantic Terror Organization  celebrates its 75th birthday , taking Lord Ismay’s motto to ever soaring heights (“keep the Americans in, the Russians out, and the Germans down”), that thick slab of Norwegian wood posing as Secretary-General came up with a merry “initiativ