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How Many Ministries Of Truth Does One Country Need How many Ministries of Truth does one country need? With Andy Burnham announcing yet another, Prof Michael Rainsborough points out that Britain’s "narratives of decline” arise because the country is, in fact, declining... Authored by Michael Rainsborough via The Daily Sceptic In previous essays I have sought to describe the political condition into which Britain and other Western democracies have been drifting by offering various analogies. At first, I tried being serious. My initial forays drew comparisons with the post-totalitarian societies of late communist...

America Spends More On Defense R&D Than Any Other OECD Country - By A Mile On the OECD's yardstick - defense R&D budget allocations per $1,000 of GDP - the United States spends $3.64. The next country on the list, South Korea, spends $2.06, and nobody else clears a dollar. Britain is third at $0.97, Germany fourth at $0.79, France fifth at $0.50. The average across the 20 countries ranked is $0.58; the median is $0.27. Greece, at the bottom, spends nine cents. The gap is about to get wider: the Department...

Operation Epic Fury: Trump Says Could Last Four Weeks As Chaos Breaking Loose In Mideast Summary: Trump on Iran ops: “We have hit hundreds of targets including Revolutionary Guard facilities, air defense systems, nine ships, and naval buildings.” Britain threatens to join war on Iran — Telegraph Trump says conflict with Iran could last four weeks, Daily Mail reports: "It's always been a four week process. We figured it will be four weeks or so. It's always been about a four week process so - as strong as it is, it's a big...