the unbalanced evolution of homo sapiens

by system failure The recent confirmation by the former interim chairperson of the Democratic Party, Donna Brazile, that Hillary Clinton proceeded in an internal "coup" to exclude Bernie Sanders from the race for the Democratic nomination, has vanished the slightest doubt for what the Party has become.   The Democrats have been serving the US corporate/banking elite for decades, but the ethical deterioration of the Party had taken an accelerated course since the early 90s under Clinton administration. Indeed, the Democrats adopted the neoliberal doctrine policies to such an extent that ended to become a second Republican party within the US. The elites secured their absolute domination through the establishment of the bipartisan dictatorship. Especially since the early 90s, it didn't matter at all who was in power. Either with Democrats or the Republicans, the US deep state and the ruthless neocons have seen their agenda fully implemented through for-pro

Washington has expended a whopping $5.6 trillion on wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan since 2001, according to a new study. That figure is more than three times what the Pentagon has claimed in official estimates. Research from the Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs at Brown University found that as of late September, the US wars combined with " additional spending on Homeland Security and the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs " had totaled more than $4.3 trillion since the 9/11 attacks in 2001. That number surged to $5.6 trillion once likely costs were added for fiscal year 2018, along with estimated future spending on veterans. The study noted that its figure is drastically different from the $1.52 trillion which the Pentagon claims the wars have cost US taxpayers between fiscal years 2001 and 2018. That number was given in an earlier Pentagon report titled 'Estimated Cost to Each Taxpayer for the Wars i

The Trump administration is imposing travel and commerce restrictions on Cuba. The new rules, which will make it harder for Americans to visit the island nation, will be released on Wednesday. Americans wanting to visit Cuba will have to go as part of organized tour groups run by US companies, AP said. A representative of the sponsoring group must accompany the travelers. The Treasury Department is exempting trips booked before Trump announced his Cuba policy on June 16. Americans are banned from doing business with dozens of hotels, shops and other businesses that the State Department says are linked to Cuba’s military. https://www.rt.com/newsline/409229-us-cuba-travel-restrictions/

Bitcoin has reached a new record high, surging 10 percent, and was trading at $7,888 on the Bitstamp exchange Wednesday after a controversial update to the cryptocurrency’s software was suspended. The bitcoin rate dipped briefly Tuesday, falling below $7,000 due to uncertainty over a new code proposal, Segwit2x, which could have create a competing cryptocurrency, Bitcoin2x. But after reports emerged Wednesday that Segwit2x had been suspended, the cryptocurrency resumed its surge, swiftly beating its previous record high of $7,601 and reaching $7,888. “ Our goal has always been a smooth upgrade for Bitcoin. Although we strongly believe in the need for a larger blocksize, there is something we believe is even more important: keeping the community together, ” the developers of the Segwit2x upgrade said in an emailed statement, cited by Forbes magazine. “ Unfortunately, it is clear that we have not built sufficient consensus for a clean blocksize upgrade

Israeli Channel 10 News published a leaked diplomatic cable sent to Israeli ambassadors concerning recent events in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia which, according to Zerohedge, began with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s unexpected resignation after he was summoned to Riyadh by his Saudi-backers, and led to the Saudis announcing that Lebanon had “declared war” against Saudi Arabia. Zerohedge notes that “ the classified embassy cable, written in Hebrew, constitutes the first formal evidence proving that the Saudis and Israelis are deliberately coordinating to escalate the situation in the Middle East. ” As is already well-known, the Saudi and Israeli common cause against perceived Iranian influence and expansion in places like Syria, Lebanon and Iraq of late has led the historic bitter enemies down a pragmatic path of unspoken cooperation as both seem to have placed the break up of the so-called “Shia crescent” as their primary policy goal in the region. For Is