Todd attracted attention in 1976 when, at age 25, he predicted the fall of the Soviet Union, based on indicators such as increasing infant mortality rates: La chute finale: Essais sur la décomposition de la sphère Soviétique (The Final Fall: An Essay on the Decomposition of the Soviet Sphere). — Wikipedia
Emmanuel Todd is the author of After the Empire: The Breakdown of the American Order (2001).
Ryan Grim talks to Jason Cherkis about suicide prevention.
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She’s old enough to be president but keeping it tight enough to be a president’s fifth wife. It may be genetics, or it may be expensive products, an exhaustively fitness-focused lifestyle, and a potent combination of Botox, fillers, and laser skin treatments, but this gal’s aging like a fine wine (deliciously for ten to fifteen years before rapidly turning sour and bitter). When younger women meet this mature lady, they always assume she’s their age but a very heavy drinker. The joke’s on them—she hasn’t had a sip of booze in a decade, not because she’s an alcoholic, but because if abstaining from alcohol has worked for Jennifer Lopez, it won’t work as well for this woman but is worth a try anyway. Stay snatched, mom!
Prime Minister Modi opened up the virtual Voice Of Global South Summit on Thursday by introducing India’s official approach to the emerging Multipolar World Order to those representatives of the over 120 developing countries who were invited to participate in this historic event. It can be summarized as the 4R global agenda since the four operative terms begin with that letter and involve ways in which to make International Relations more democratic, equal, just, and predictable. Here’s what he proposed:
While the numbers of Israeli atrocities and crimes are far too many to count, from time to time we come across something that stands out. This time it is the decision of Israel’s outgoing Minister of Interior to deny asylum to a woman facing female genital mutilation.
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This week, Indonesian President Joko Widodo acknowledged the “staggering mass slaughter” that took place 57 years ago.
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Lee Camp is joined by Julian Assange’s father, John Shipton and investigative journalist Kevin Gosztola to discuss the ongoing campaign to save Julian Assange from the clutches of the US national security state.
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