Broadcasting from deep in the heart of the American Empire, join your host Elan Martin, and fellow Sott.net editors, as they discuss everything from current events and the latest machinations and manipulations of the global elite to history, science, and religion, and how it all fits together.

While it may not be quite as 'black and white' as the title suggests, there are different spheres of 'behavior' among many governments that do point towards a particular direction that certain countries are striving towards. For instance: What does sound economic policy look like among countries that are seeking to be constructive? How is force applied when a country is aligned with the forces of destruction? And what are the things that the leaders of these countries say and do that suggest sincerity, or duplicity?

The contrasts we see are stark, but seem lost on all too many of the propagandized people of the world. But with the plethora of objective information being revealed today concerning geopolitical events, we can certainly make some important distinctions that point to some clear truths.

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As we pass the arbitrarily chosen date to mark another successful pass around the sun, it is traditional for residents of this Big Blue Marble to reflect upon the year that's passed and make resolutions, of varying degrees, to attempt improvement in some facet of our lives.

Today on the Health and Wellness Show on the SOTT Radio Network we'll be looking into the phenomenon of New Years resolutions, but more specifically, we'll be picking out some good ones for turning around one's health in 2016. Whether you're not in the best state of health or are just looking for ways to take your body, mind and emotional health to the next level, there will be something we cover that will address ways you can make your 2016 your healthiest year yet!

Join us Fridays at 10 am EST for the SOTT Radio Network's Health and Wellness Show. With us, as always, will be resident animal health expert Zoya, with her Pet Health segment.

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The US media continues printing reams of unverifiable nonsense about the American Muslim husband-and-wife team found posthumously guilty in trial-by-media of murdering 14 state workers at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California on December 2nd, 2015.

Meanwhile, citizen journalists in the free and alternative media struggle to learn at least some of the facts. The InvestmentWatch Blog have picked out some interesting police reports from the police scanner feed in San Bernardino that day. Supporting what we reported in our earlier analysis of the San Bernardino massacre, one police officer can be heard reporting at 26:27:

"We have two witnesses who watched the whole thing. They said there are three shooters with rifles, without a doubt. They said there are definitely three."

At 52:28, there is a report of "two males, race unknown, removing black clothing on Hunt Lane at the bridge overpass." On the map below, you'll see that this location is south of both the site of the massacre and the slaying of whoever was shot up in that black SUV. Who were these two men? Two of the three gunmen, perhaps?

The pen has been used to fix what the sword has ripped to shreds in our history.

- J.K Paasikivi

Every state that participated in the Second World War has written its history in support of national unity, with its narratives eliminating certain facts and emphasizing silence over controversial and 'unpleasant things'. This has resulted in the patriotic, religious and quasi-scientific mythologization of war events, and fomented a hysterical attitude towards anyone who disagrees with the official narratives. Today we are in a situation where those unpleasant things are unconsciously avoided because openly confronting them causes fear, anxiety and uncertainty.

A specific interpretation of history, in which absolute evil and blame for the war is projected onto the adversary, even decades later, becomes, for most people, 'how it was always so'. Conversely, 'absolute good' is measured by good deeds on behalf of the constituted authorities of the motherland, and done in the name of liberal-individualist 'freedom and democracy'. Such a black-and-white 'division of values' has no place for self-criticism, compassion/forgiveness, or openness to new ideas.

In Finland, we have been so strongly raised (conditioned) in this "patriotic" (i.e. non-questioning) way that even the slightest hint that our war-time leaders bear some responsibility for the war invites accusations of heresy and evokes strong emotional resistance in most, along with pronounced cognitive dissonance.

Selective memory theories and the Separate War Thesis

Finnish historian Heikki Ylikangas wrote, in Mitä on historia - ja millaista sen tutkiminen ('What is history and how is it researched'), about the factors hindering renewal of historical narratives, not least the control of research by policy-makers. Commenting on the 1939-1940 Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland, he wrote:

Even today, contemporary policy-makers limit the picture of the political background behind the Winter War. The hand of the clock that measures the progress of research on this issue is stuck in place. It is stuck at the point where Tanner, Ryti and Mannerheim penned their words on the matter. From the perspective of historical research by the amateurs of like mind in this field, and from the point of view of strongly biased people in legal research, a historical picture of the political background of the Winter War was constructed, which continues to be almost fully in force.

This is a very common problem in the writing of history. The closer the personal ties historians have with a topic, the more critical we should be about what they say. A classic example is the great effect Cicero and his writings have had in shaping today's perception of Julius Caesar: Many historians have ignored the fact that they were political rivals, which makes Cicero a very questionable source when building an objective portrait of Caesar. Ask yourself, would future societies get a realistic description of Russian President Vladimir Putin by only using American politicians and Western media as sources, or the fifth column of Russian 'opposition' leaders?

As Christians mark another Winter Solstice by celebrating the coincident anniversary of the birth of 'Jesus Christ' - a name that has loomed over Western civilization for some 2,000 years - we're taking the opportunity to talk once again with author and historian, Laura Knight-Jadczyk about her latest research.

Despite much scholarly research already providing grounds for doubting the historical accuracy of 'Jesus', most assume that this figure nevertheless had at least some historical basis in fact. Fundamental to this is the pairing of Roman historical data with key elements of the Jesus story.

Laura Knight-Jadczyk believes she has found conclusive evidence that there was no 'Jesus', and that the figure we know by this name is a composite of different narratives woven together to create a new religion. But if there was no 'Jesus', why and how can there today be three major world religions based (or reliant) on one?

Join your hosts this Sunday 20th December 2015 from 2-4pm EST / 11am-1pm PST / 7-9pm UTC / 8-10pm CET for the answers to the greatest story ever sold.

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Broadcasting from deep in the heart of the American Empire, join your host Elan Martin, and fellow Sott.net editors, as they discuss everything from current events and the latest machinations and manipulations of the global elite to history, science, and religion, and how it all fits together.

Globally significant events came fast and furious in 2015 as we witnessed the world enter a near free-fall state towards chaos. While the power centers within the US have been revealing themselves to be as insane as we all feared, those who yearn for truth, decency, and humanity have been provided with some relief in seeing the Russian President Vladimir Putin be a force for good. Join us as we discuss some of the major events of the year and the impact they have had in shaping our present and our future.

The Truth Perspective is brought to you by the SOTT Radio Network and SOTT.net, your one-stop source for independent, unbiased, alternative news and commentary on world events.

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This week on the Health and Wellness Show, we take a look back at some of the headline events of 2015 in health. Mandatory vaccination creeping ever closer, Big Biotech further cementing their position on GMOs, the WHO declaring red meat to be carcinogenic and Big Pharma price gouging were some of the big events in the world of health this year. We'll be covering these and looking at some of the updates as things continue to unfold. We'll also be looking at some of the positives that happened as more and more people seem to be waking up to the terror of the situation - saturated fat being redeemed, the truth about cholesterol seeing the light of day, the keto diet gaining wider acceptance, new developments in understanding autoimmune conditions and people power popping up in the fight against Big Pharma and mandatory vaccination.

Join us every Friday at 10am EST as we expose the lies and emphasize the truth about health in our modern world. With us as always will be Zoya with her Pet Health Segment.

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Dear Readers and Critics,

It is time we had a little talk about what is going on here on our planet, our home; our beautiful blue, green and gold marble that spins through the velvet blackness of space in tandem with its brother and sister planets and its parent star: our Sun that gives us life. Lovely image, yes? Poetic, even. Well, all of those complicated things involved in the gift of life seem to be presently under threat by that most interesting of evolutionary developments: homo schizoidius.

We all know something is wrong in our world. Just consider the hysteria that is spreading like a plague. Most recently we have a French teacher stabbing himself and claiming it was a terrorist attack. After being arrested, he was sent to the mental ward. This was a guy who had been teaching and influencing children for twenty years! Then, there was the absolute limit: a waitress in a bar called police after mistaking a mic stand for a gun! A band member was carrying it inside to set up for a performance! Streets were shut down, SWAT team came out, and people could have been killed - including said waitress if she would only stop to think a moment. How many people have recently called cops to help sort a situation only to end up having their loved ones killed, or even being shot themselves? If she has so little common sense, that waitress ought not to breed and spawn, that's for sure.

On this week's episode of Behind the Headlines, we're speaking once again with James and JoAnne Moriarty, an American couple who witnessed first-hand the so-called 'Libyan Revolution' in 2011. Invited by an international NGO to participate in a fact-finding mission, and trusted by Libyan political and business leaders, the Moriartys travelled throughout Libya during NATO's massive bombardment of the country in 2011, observing and documenting events, and personally witnessing numerous unspeakable atrocities.

After barely escaping with their lives when the 'rebels' placed them on a kill-list, the Moriartys finally made it back to the US with bodies and evidence intact... only to discover that their troubles had barely begun. In this second interview with the Moriartys, we'll be asking them about the current political climate in the destroyed country, and discussing some of the myriad connections between the criminals brought into Libya to tear it apart and those brought into Syria to do same.

You can listen to our first interview with the Moriartys here or here. You can find extensive documentation for the Moriartys' claims on their website, http://libyanwarthetruth.com/, where you can also purchase their DVD, Escape from Al Qaeda.

Join your hosts this Sunday 13th December 2015 from 2-4pm EST / 11am-1pm PST / 7-9pm UTC / 8-10pm CET for what promises to be another horrifying but informative interview.

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Broadcasting from deep in the heart of the American Empire, join your host Elan Martin, and fellow Sott.net editors, as they discuss everything from current events and the latest machinations and manipulations of the global elite to history, science, and religion, and how it all fits together.

Accompanying the US/NATO - led War of Terror abroad, we are now barraged with an ever increasing number of acts of mass violence at home, and in several different forms. This violence: physical, emotional and psychological, affects nearly everyone and is being implemented on a number of different levels to keep the masses divided and in fear. How has it come to this - and how are people reacting and responding to the horrific State-sponsored aggression that is being implemented in both overt and covert ways?

The Truth Perspective is brought to you by the SOTT Radio Network and SOTT.net, your one-stop source for independent, unbiased, alternative news and commentary on world events.

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