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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP): News Briefs 

Posted on January 16, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

News Briefs  Romanian and British authorities have dismantled an alleged organized crime network accused of trafficking young women from Romania to the United Kingdom for sexual exploitation.  Lebanon’s former central bank governor Riad Salame has been charged over his alleged role in a $44.8 million embezzlement … Continue reading →

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Wion: Muslim country Iran wasn’t always ‘Islamic’: How it went from hybrid secular to theocratic state

Posted on January 13, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

LOGIN Muslim country Iran wasn’t always ‘Islamic’: How it went from hybrid secular to theocratic state Authored By Vinod Janardhanan Published: Jun 17, 2025, 13:16 IST | Updated: Jun 17, 2025, 13:16 IST Reza Shah Pahlavi, Imam Reza shrine, and Ayatollah Khomeini are shown in … Continue reading →

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Chay Bowes on X: Denmark has a dark past in Greenland, a past it would rather you didn’t talk about, child abduction, forced sterilisation, forced Labour and exploitation.

Posted on January 13, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

Chay Bowes @BowesChay Denmark has a dark past in Greenland, a past it would rather you didn’t talk about, child abduction, forced sterilisation, forced Labour and exploitation. Denmark’s possession of Greenland, whose actual name is Kalaallit Nunaat, began as a … Continue reading →

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Courage.Media: The Most Dangerous Phase of Jihadism Has Begun

Posted on January 10, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

Commentary The Most Dangerous Phase of Jihadism Has Begun Radicalisation has become faster than detection 7 Jan 2026 John Mac Ghlionn View articles The claim that jihadism is in retreat relies on a dangerous misreading of silence. It treats reduced visibility as … Continue reading →

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Eighty years and 89 seconds: It’s time to fight against midnight

Posted on January 5, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

Join us for the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement Schematics of the “Fat Man” bomb dropped over Nagasaki. Photo courtesy of Los Alamos National Laboratory. Eighty years and 89 seconds: It’s time to fight against midnight By Alexandra Bell | December 10, 2025Share … Continue reading →

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The St. John (According to Thoreau)

Posted on December 25, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

The Wreck of the Famine Ship St. John (According to Thoreau) He encountered the tragedy while visiting Cape Cod On Oct. 7, 1849, the brig St. John struck Grampus Ledge off the coast of Cohasset during a sudden and furious storm. The St. … Continue reading →

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Futurism: Top Spy Says Tech Corporations Are Closer to Running Entire World Than Governments

Posted on December 18, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Future SocietyThe Industrialists Pot Meet Kettle Top Spy Says Tech Corporations Are Closer to Running Entire World Than Governments Who would know better? By Joe Wilkins Published Dec 17, 2025 7:00 AM EST When it comes to toppling governments from behind the … Continue reading →

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Exploring Ireland’s history: UCD Archives. Kathleen McConnell was requested by Eamon de Valera to join the ‘consular staff’ of his tour of America – Occtober 2nd 1919

Posted on December 17, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Kathleen O’Connell was born on 5 October 1888 at Caherdaniel, Co. Kerry, one of eleven children of John O’Connell, farmer, and Mary Ann O’Connell (née O’Sullivan). Educated locally, she emigrated to America in 1904 and trained as a secretary in Chicago. … Continue reading →

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Invisible people: Machine(s) behind Anti-Homeless Rhetoric. Comment: Ireland. Sunday Mail concerning McVerry Trust needs major scrutiny moving beyond the PAC and possibly criminalising some of the people who were in key positions. The people who suffer are those who are homeless while greed is exercising its right to power.

Posted on December 15, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

It’s Not Just One Anchor: The Machine Behind Anti-Homeless Rhetoric By Erin Wisneski Cynthia Griffith Jocelyn Figueroa | December 1, 2025 | Awareness | Narrative Change Credit Image: © Richard B. Levine/Levine Roberts via ZUMA Press This piece exposes the well-funded media and policy ecosystem that reframes … Continue reading →

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Grok 4 AI: The Rising fall-out. Sir John Maxwell. Looking for connection to Michael Comyn K.C.

Posted on December 15, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

See new posts This letter is from a file in the Eamon De Valera Papers (P150/512) with the title ‘British Documents Re: 1916’. The file consists of intelligence reports and despatches between Irish Command [i.e. successive Commanders-in-Chief of British Forces … Continue reading →

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