Over the last two weeks the international media, in a concerted effort, outright condemned the warning of some high-ranking French military brass that the country is heading for civil war. An open letter signed by 25 retired Generals warned “The hour is grave, France is in peril.” It is not the first time that a warning of this kind was expressed from active and retired military members, but this time it hit the international headlines. As a response, the French Defense Minister, Florence Parly, has vowed to punish soldiers that signed the open letter. We could call it damage control from the highest level. Nothing new these days – be it Covid, climate change, the denial of an unsolvable looming economic / monetary crisis, social unease – almost anything these days is getting stomped out by the overpowering streamlined private and government media, ridiculed, torched and just simply eliminated. The political behavior that is on display by many governments of perceived democratic countries is certainly nothing close to a democratic …
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Coke and sugar – the glue of the new society
According to marketing analysts there is no product better recognized around the world than Coca-Cola. Its taste as well as its container can be described as iconic, and apparently Coca-Cola is perhaps one of the most internationally understood words. The bubbly beverage was sold for the first time in May 1886 in Atlanta, Georgia. It was the brainchild of John Pemberton, a pharmacist who was trying to find a formula for an all around medical remedy, possible to cure many ailments mainly to cure headaches, upset stomach, and fatigue. For that very reason, the initial recipe of the soda called for alcohol and, until the prohibition in 1929, even cocaine. One glass of Coke contained up to 9 milligrams of the pain numbing drug, that these days is only sold illegally in the backstreets. Apparently, the present Coke drink still to this day contains ingredients of the Coca plant. John Pemberton advertised it as a “brain tonic and intellectual beverage,” but did not see the stelar rise of his product since he died just two years later. As everyone knows, the company is multinational and is the biggest beverage manufacturer and distributor in the world. The world certainly drinks a lot of it – just to make it more graphic, you can find the following comparison – the normal flow rate of Niagara Falls is about 1.5 million gallons per second …