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John Rachel has a B.A. in Philosophy, and has written eight novels and three political non-fiction books. His political articles have appeared at OpEdNews, Russia Insider, The Greanville Post, and other alternative media outlets.
Since leaving the U.S. in 2006, he has lived in and explored 33 countries. He is now somewhat rooted in a traditional, rural Japanese community about an hour from Osaka, where he lives with his wife of five years. Daily he rides his bicycle through the soybean fields and rice paddies which sprawl across the surrounding landscape. As of the date of the release of his most recent book, "The Peace Dividend: The Most Controversial Proposal in the History of the World", he has a small but promising organic vegetable garden which begs his attention.
You can follow his writing and the evolution of his world view at: http://jdrachel.com
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(37 comments) SHARE Monday, April 26, 2021 Killer Bees!
So what's going on with the "pandemic"? The simple truth is that a completely manageable health crisis has been willfully mishandled, the chaos and calculated social and economic disruption has been created and exploited for two obvious sinister intents: 1) bleeding more money out of our economy and its citizens; 2) more control, tyranny, and oppression, in order to silence any opposition or resistance to future plunder.
(34 comments) SHARE Monday, February 14, 2022 Regime Change: Up Close and Personal
Let me start out by openly and unequivocally stating that most of the individuals who are in the decision-making and decision-influencing positions which determine U.S. foreign policy and drive it's recklessness are a truly shameful bunch. They are morally bankrupt, ignorant, myopic, barbaric, drunk on power, and as far as I can tell, without any redeeming merit. Let's see what horrors these people are capable of.
(6 comments) SHARE Tuesday, July 15, 2014 From Bill To Hillary With Love
The NSA picked up a cell phone conversation between Bill and Hillary. It is both amusing and instructive. Let's keep our heads screwed on straight about this woman.
(19 comments) SHARE Thursday, May 6, 2021 BOOK REVIEW: Cancel This Book: The Progressive Case Against Cancel Culture by Dan Kovalik
Dan Kovalik's latest is a much-needed, laudable enterprise, courageously sounding the alarm about a tyranny being perpetrated in the name of moral and social renewal. Similar to genocide, it is cultural cleansing, a systematic destruction of what its proponents singularly deem uncomfortable, unsavory, threatening to them and their adherents. Woke is turning the culture and politics of our nation into a snuff film.
(7 comments) SHARE Saturday, May 28, 2016 Putting Boots (Birkenstocks) on the Ground: Part II
Americans actually agree on a lot of important things. Most things! But the astonishing and powerful consensuses get lost in the trivialization, marginalization, and other weapons of mass distraction and sheer propaganda we all endure just trying to find out and understand what's going on. We are teased, taunted, cajoled, manipulated, titillated, dazzled, and generally overwhelmed by the main stream media. Thus we lose focus. Series: Putting Boots (Birkenstocks) on the Ground (5 Articles, 6344 views)
(42 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 12, 2022 Cynthia McKinney Interview: What Are The Prospects For Peace?
Cynthia McKinney is an American politician and assistant professor at North South University, Bangladesh. As a member of the Democratic Party, she served six terms in the House of Representatives, as the first African American woman ever elected to represent Georgia. She demanded an investigation of the events of 9/11 and submitted articles of impeachment against Bush II. Here she offers her unique perspective and insights. Series: What Are The Prospects For Peace? (13 Articles, 16718 views)
(13 comments) SHARE Monday, December 6, 2021 Finian Cunningham Interview: What Are The Prospects Of Peace?
Finian Cunningham has written extensively on international affairs, with articles published in several languages. For nearly 20 years, he worked as an editor and writer in major news media organizations, including The Mirror, Irish Times and Independent. Second-time recipient of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromising Integrity in Journalism (December 2020). His insights are incisive and vital to understanding today's world. Series: What Are The Prospects For Peace? (13 Articles, 16718 views)
(8 comments) SHARE Monday, June 22, 2015 The Race To A Vanishing Point
The U.S. plunges the world toward World War III while Americans play on their smart phones and watch bad TV.
(11 comments) SHARE Monday, August 30, 2021 Bertrand Russell and Ban the Bomb
Six decades ago saw the largest demonstrations in history to "ban the bomb", that is, eliminate all nuclear weapons, banish them from the Earth. Now there are eight nuclear-armed nations and almost 14,000 nuclear bombs. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has the doomsday clock at 100 seconds before midnight, the closest it's ever been. Amazingly, we know what to do and no one even talks about doing it. Time to say it, folks!
(27 comments) SHARE Friday, March 19, 2021 War is the answer! But what was the question?
Without a genuine national conversation which at bare minimum focuses on reducing our military footprint and ending our wanton aggression, redefining the role of the military, promoting real peace, seeking genuine partnerships on a whole host of issues that require international cooperation, real dialogue based on mutual respect and shared values, our current trajectory will continue unabated.
(12 comments) SHARE Tuesday, September 14, 2021 Wow! Britney Spears!
WE MUST TURN TO SOMEONE WHO CAN ACTUALLY SAVE US! Someone who knows the real price of freedom. Someone with some skin in the game! After years and years of struggle and legal battles, this courageous lady has finally escaped the court-ordered lockdown which imposed on her the random tyranny of a bunch of old white men, destroying her career. We should all be very grateful that her nightmare is over. Britney Spears is free!
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, October 21, 2013 Real News
Wonder what you may have missed for the three weeks that the soap opera of the shutdown and debt ceiling crisis monopolized the news? Here are some clues. This is only a start but hopefully offers some perspective.
(13 comments) SHARE Monday, August 27, 2018 "What if?" - A Children's Story by Dr. Goose
Reading stories to children is a beautiful way to expand their horizons and develop a meaningful, lasting bond with them. Here's one of my favorites, "What if?" by the renowned Dr. Goose.
(7 comments) SHARE Monday, January 21, 2013 "The Right To Bear Nuclear Arms"
Guns don't kill people. People kill people! Since this is irrefutable logic, I began to wonder why it has been applied so narrowly. The truth is, guns are just one form of lethal entertainment. Thanks to the amazing advances in science and technology, there is a cornucopia of devices which fit the legal definition of "arms" as referred to in our Constitution.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, September 23, 2021 Mark Skidmore Interview: What Are The Prospects For Peace?
Mark Skidmore is a professor at the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and the Betty and David Morris Chair in State and Local Government Finance and Policy, at Michigan State University. In 2017 Professor Skidmore and his team of graduate students discovered $21 trillion unaccounted for in the U.S. federal budget starting in 1998, continuing until the end of fiscal year 2015. He provides some astonishing insights. Series: What Are The Prospects For Peace? (13 Articles, 16718 views)
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, September 1, 2016 Deep-State Doppelgangers
I now have proof that voting is a complete waste of time. Whoever is elected will immediately be disappeared by the Deep State security agencies and replaced with a robot which you and I will not be able to detect is a fake. Then this deep-state controlled doppelgänger will do and say what it is programmed to. You and I will never be the wiser. So November 8th, save yourself the trouble. Just stay home and watch television.
(4 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 2, 2013 "Take me to your leader!"
I personally believe the President, and members of the House and Senate, both Democrat and Republican, fail on all counts to provide anything resembling strong, visionary, decisive leadership. They have proven time and time again to be weak, evasive, cowardly, unimaginative, sometimes simple-minded, at a time in our history that demands much more.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, June 25, 2016 People Power! (Putting Birkenstocks on the Ground: Part VI)
When we identify candidates who are on our side -- the ones who willingly sign contracts for those specific things the vast majority of us want done -- we unite behind them, a huge voting bloc of citizens who are serious about having true representative government -- real democracy -- in America. Candidate contracts are the surefire way of determining what candidates are on our side.
(9 comments) SHARE Wednesday, May 28, 2014 Why do "they" blame Nader?
There are so-called good reasons for blaming Nader for 2000. But they spell bad news for -- perhaps the destruction of -- American democracy.
(8 comments) SHARE Thursday, October 21, 2021 Woke Venus de Milo
Thanks to the determined efforts of a cadre of young woke activists, we're getting closer to a society which is not run by a bunch of lascivious old white men. This inspiring story offers just such an example and heralds the changes we can look forward to over the coming years.