Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.'s Blog, page 496

Cutting, Pasting, Splicing DNA

The bright new dawn of genetic engineering of life has a few problems. My, my.

Of course, the engineering companies pitching investors for money downplay the problems, and so do governments. Remember when Biden issued a release glorifying “overwriting cells of the body” (*) to achieve new breakthroughs in…something or other?

From Gene Watch UK, here are documented cases of genetic editing screw-ups. The language is technical, but you can grasp the essentials. Scientists are playing with fire.

“P...

NATO – Deal No Deal Stoltenberg Threatens War in EU

Jens Stoltenberg of NATO has openly declared that previous peace and expansion agreements with Russia don’t exist.   Archived documents – disagree and contradict the statements being made by Stoltenberg.  

“In early February 1990, U.S. leaders made the Soviets an offer. According to transcripts of meetings in Moscow on Feb. 9, then-Secretary of State James Baker suggested that in exchange for cooperation on Germany, U.S. could make “iron-clad guarantees” that NATO would not expand “one inch east...

The World Economic Forum’s Marie Antoinettes

During a grief counseling session for professional censors and propagandists, The Wall Street Journal’s editor-in-chief complained to the World Economic Forum’s aspiring tyrants: “If you go back really not that long ago … we owned the news.  We were the gatekeepers, and we very much owned the facts, as well.  If it was said in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, then that was a fact.”  To the great consternation of those who believe it is their noble prerogative to manipulate the public...

Keeping Up With Japan

Everyone lives in his own little world and unless he makes a special effort from time to time to enlarge it, there is a tendency with age for it to collapse in on itself and become yet smaller. It is for this reason that I sometimes read the Japan Times, for otherwise that country would not be on my horizon at all, despite its undoubted importance.

My view of Japan is full of clichés, if not entirely composed of them. I think of it as a very well-ordered place where these is little crime and no ...

The Dark Ages for US Housing and Manufacturing

The president touted a manufacturing renaissance. However, economic indices show US manufacturing entering a Dark Age. Home sales are not looking bright, either.

Peter explains in his recent podcast:

Manufacturing is a complete disaster. In fact, we got the Philly Fed Manufacturing Index later in the week. This was supposed to be -6.7. It came out at -1.6. And the prior month (which was originally reported as -10.5) was revised to -12.8.” 

Peter is referring to the Philadelphia Fed Manufacturin...

U.S. Claims No Alternative To Larger Middle East War

Mainstream media propagandize their readers not only by what they report but also by not reporting on certain views and issues.

A prime example is a recent New York Times ‘news analysis’ of a White House position on U.S. troops in the Middle East.

The author is Peter Baker the Times chief White House correspondent.

The headline:

As U.S. and Militias Engage, White House Worries About a Tipping Point
The number of attacks on American troops in the Middle East increases the risk of deaths, a red li...

Yale and U.S. News and World Report

Yale Law School has for many years ranked #1 in the highly respected categorization of the U.S. News and World Report. Yet, they have spear-headed an effort, subsequently taken up by numerous other prestigious law schools, to no longer cooperate with this organization. Yale refuses to continue to supply USN with information about its organization, which supports this rating system.

Why? Several hypotheses might explain this decision of theirs.

One is that this university was about to lose its #1...

Will TSA Steal Your Mug?

Dorothy Parker’s signature line, “What fresh hell is this?” is the new mantra for travelers at American airports. TSA is rapidly expanding a program in which travelers stand in photo kiosks that compare their faces with a federal database of photos from passport applications, drivers’ licenses, and other sources to see if people receive official permission to fly.

What could possibly go wrong? Aside from everything? Will Americans tolerate an out-of-control agency intruding ever further into the...

​Biden Doctrine:​’If It’s Broke Don’t Fix It!’

Last week President Biden was asked by a reporter about US attacks on Yemen:

Reporter: “Are the airstrikes in Yemen working?”

Biden: “Well, when you say working, are they stopping the Houthis? No. Are they gonna continue? Yes.”

The exchange perfectly defines the Biden Administration’s foreign policy: “Is our policy working? No. But keep it up, man!”

What is that old saying about the definition of insanity?

At least six rounds of US airstrikes have failed to intimidate the Houthis in Yemen, who h...

Can This Probiotic Fix Your Gut and Hair?

Probiotic supplements have long been promoted for their ability to improve your gastrointestinal health. However, as noted in a 2016 paper,1 gut bacteria also “exert effects beyond the local boundaries of the gastrointestinal tract to include distant tissues and overall health.”

For example, the probiotic bacteria Lactobacillus reuteri help upregulate the hormone oxytocin, a chemical messenger that plays important roles in the male and female reproductive systems and influences aspects of human ...