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Posted by: John Phoenix The body collectors were a grim reality during the Black Plague When societies lie about death, the deception leads to the collapse of the very cause they purport to support. Accounting for the dead is one of society’s most important functions—it brings closure to the cycle of life, creating a sense of purpose and belonging essential to the normal functioning of families and communities. The dead were people with names and histories which those close to them would mourn and remember. But when the death toll becomes unmanageable, the names and histories of the departed are forgotten as the normal rituals associated with human death are brushed aside in favor of the exigencies of mass burials. During the Black Plague in the 14th century, body collectors...

Posted by: John Phoenix Oreshnik On 20 November, Ukraine fired six long range US-made ATACM missiles deep into Russia. Russia’s Ministry of Defence said Ukraine had struck Russia’s Bryansk region with six missiles, and that air defence systems intercepted five and damaged one. On the 21 November Ukraine launched two long range British-made Storm Shadow missiles deep into Russia. Two Storm Shadow missiles, six HIMARS rockets, and 67 unmanned aerial vehicles were neutralised by Russian air defence systems. In both acts of war, it was Kiev’s finger on the trigger but Washington that called the shots, cheered on by British imperialism in the unsavoury person of the Labour prime minister Keir Starmer. For months the White House had been agonising over whether or not to ‘...