Motti Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 From Russia with no love? A double-broadside attack against James Clapper's genetic explanation behind Russia's alleged motives to interfere in US elections. James Clapper, former director of US National Intelligence, recently claimed that Russians were “genetically driven” to manipulate and interfere in the affairs of other nations, echoing the Weltanschauung of a bygone dictator who harboured similar views on those “inferior Asiatic” genes. One would be forgiven for momentarily assuming that Clapper was referring to his own nation. The United States has been warring for 93% of its miserable existence, entailing 222 out of 239 years of bloodshed between its founding in 1776 and 2015. No US president has ever led a continuous peacetime administration. I see that temperatures are rising in Washington, Moscow, and all over EU capitals. Interesting times ahead. The rest of the article can be read here: https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201705311054162561-memo-to-james-clapper/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motti Posted June 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 It seems some enlightening has filtered in into US intelligence gauging: "As study after study is showing, the genetic variation between individuals and its influence on traits is more complex and subtle than scientists realized even at the start of this century. The more that researchers probe traits such as intelligence, and show how there is no genetic basis for discrimination, the more they distance themselves from the mistakes of the past. What most people know about intelligence must be updated." https://www.nature.com/news/intelligence-research-should-not-be-held-back-by-its-past-1.22021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motti Posted June 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 As if to buttress that loaded Opinion piece, Newsweek does it’s own brand of introspection: U.S. TAKES DRAMATIC HIT IN GLOBAL PEACE RANKINGS AS RACISM, CRIME AND INCOME INEQUALITY SOAR http://www.newsweek.com/us-more-dangerous-haiti-nation-takes-dramatic-hit-international-rankings-618813 The United States has plummeted on a global ranking of countries based on levels of corruption, violent crime, racism and respect for human rights. The Global Peace Index 2017, issued annually by the Institute of Economics and Peace(IEP), shows the U.S declining 11 places in the global rankings to 114th out of 163 surveyed nations. America is safer than war zones such as Syria —which came in last place—Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia, which are classified ‘very low’. But the U.S. is only ranked ‘medium’ and appears below Haiti, which has struggled with poverty and violent crime since Hurricane Matthew in 2010, and Liberia, which is dealing with the legacy of its brutal civil war. That's quite a grim picture given by Newsweek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Motti said: As if to buttress that loaded Opinion piece, Newsweek does it’s own brand of introspection: U.S. TAKES DRAMATIC HIT IN GLOBAL PEACE RANKINGS AS RACISM, CRIME AND INCOME INEQUALITY SOAR Wow...thank you President Obama..."Hope and Change" ! Still, I wonder why more legal and illegal immigrants choose the U.S. more than any other nation on the planet ? Edited June 3, 2017 by bush_cheney2004 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastRunner Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 10 minutes ago, bush_cheney2004 said: Still, I wonder why more legal and illegal immigrants choose the U.S. more than any other nation on the planet ? That will probably change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 2 minutes ago, WestCoastRunner said: That will probably change. Maybe...it's only been that way for over 100 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastRunner Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 1 minute ago, bush_cheney2004 said: Maybe...it's only been that way for over 100 years. Heh. Much has changed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 Just now, WestCoastRunner said: Heh. Much has changed.... Change is good...that's why more people around the world have voted with their feet for the United States more than any other country for a very long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motti Posted June 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 But how many Americans really do think that they are genetically superior? Phenomena like the one described below thrives on twisted genetic science and beliefs: HOMEGROWN TERRORISM AND WHY THE THREAT OF RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM IS RISING IN AMERICA http://www.newsweek.com/homegrown-terrorism-rising-threat-right-wing-extremism-619724 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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