By Stephen Cheney Intro Here, we continue with investigations into the workings of the mind. Terrorists/radicals do not appear to suffer from PTSD: Why is that? Ordinary persons may kill, such as in war, but they do not conduct campaigns of torture and death; unless they become radicalized. Becoming radicalized is a mental process, often a brainwashing process. Those who are radicalized, terrorists being a prime example, commit vicious crimes to instil fear, or at least achieve the cowardice of non-opposition to their rule, bending the knees of all to their authority. Experiencing, or ev ..read more

By Stephen Cheney Intro Here, we continue with investigations into the workings of the mind. What is the Official Treatment for PTSD? Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder treatment can help in regaining a sense of control over one’s life. You may have PTSD if the problems you experience after exposure continue for more than a month and cause significant problems in your ability to function in social and work settings and negatively impact relationships. (from the Mayo Clinic) The primary treatment is psychotherapy; but can also include medication. Treatments include: Hallucinogens. Ecstas ..read more

By Stephen Cheney Intro Here, we continue with investigations into the workings of the mind. These discussions and trainings are meant to encourage budding enthusiasts who are inspired by the likes of the best of Samurai, Knights of the Round Table, Special Forces, fictional Jedi Knight Masters, and other heroes representing the fight of Good against Evil (though not all had honour). Whether child or adult, there is something of value here for everyone.  The near-magical physical and mental abilities of fictional heroes may seem unobtainable. However, the skills taught here will be fo ..read more

By Max Coutinho Elements of the Intelligence Community (IC) meeting on a recreational boat, in an Italian Lake, begs for ominous things to happen. And when you add Israel and Italy to the mix, it becomes explosive.  The recent incident involving intelligence officers of the aforementioned countries raises a lot of questions:  Why meeting on a boat? What were they investigating or planning? Who attacked them?  What did they know?  Who gained from this event?  Media reports claim 2 Italian agents died, 1 Mossad agent perished, along with a Russian wife ..read more

De Max Coutinho What is the purpose of religion: to teach how to love or to teach how to hate?  How to Love When properly taught, any religion is about teaching humans how to love each other. When we speak of love we speak not of a sentiment for someone we appreciate with all heart, nay; we speak of love in a sense that we understand that all people were created by G-d, then we comprehend the differences between people, we accept and respect them which in the end translates into a natural flow of affection for others, therefore ultimately leading to peaceful interaction.  How ..read more

By Max Coutinho All of the sudden, we see Cape Verde’s Passports everywhere. This should not be strange if we think that Cape Verdians rank as one of the world’s top emigrants; however, when the holders of such passports are citizens stemming from Senegal, Guiné-Bissau, Angola, Ivory Coast etc…we can’t help but to wonder… One could argue that maybe they lived in the Islands for more than a decade - yes, true but they don’t speak either Portuguese or Cape Verde Creole. They speak French (including the individuals from Guiné-Bissau). Raise your hand if you get the point.  Cape Verde a ..read more

By Max Coutinho What is the witless statement of the year?  “One thing is to have ten western neighbours and another completely different is to have ten Muslim neighbours in our building” - Filipe Melo, Portuguese MP from the Chega Party I would love to get the footage to see in which context these words were said, however, this sentence a priori is one of the less intelligent ones I have heard off late.  First, yes, it is totally different to have 10 Muslims as neighbours and 10 westerners: 6/10 Muslim neighbours are cleaner, more silent and respectful. I have 5 westerner nei ..read more

By Max Coutinho “Governments need a new paradigm of governance” - I keep telling myself.  Governments became Self-Serving The People are no longer the centrepiece of governance, cause if they were we would not be in the present state of affairs (housing crisis, high cost of living, etc).  It is interesting to see Left leaning Governments invoking Free Markets to justify their negligence: but if Freedom is not entirely Free, why should the Free Market be completely Free? Free Market doesn’t mean Savage Capitalism, one where the People are sucked to the bone-marrow till nothing ..read more

De Max Coutinho We are back to 1996.  The scenes of the Taliban forcing locals to dress more “modestly”, women being shot for not wearing gloves, men being flogged for greeting a woman etc still play in my mind. I remember, at the time, I was living in France; and those scenes shocked me: at 19 it never crossed my mind that humans could desecrate G-d’s Name in such a vile way. But that’s Politics for you… Now, we are in 2021.  The scenes of the Taliban shooting desperate people who want to flee a cruel, despotic and heretic government are shared with the world. Afghani women ar ..read more

By Max Coutinho L'enfant terrible is back. Almost two years ago, I embarked on an interesting journey (to be eventually shared in a series of posts), and after my return I could swear that world affairs suffered little change, apart from COVID-19 constraints - obviously.  By now, my dear readers, you must be wondering: what on earth are you talking about? But bear with me for a couple of minutes and try to answer the question: what has truly changed? ON THE SURFACE The US has a new President - a less than desirable one, but that’s the American choice, so let them deal with it ..read more