Learn the truth behind the pejorative label of conspiracy theorist. Most so-called conspiracy theorists are really skeptics who question what the government, drug companies, and food corporations tell them. Asking questions is a sign of higher intelligence and wisdom, while blindly believing everything is a sign of mental retardation.

The post-election situation in Honduras continues to deteriorate as President Juan Orlando Hernández, a conservative leader and U.S. ally, has disputed the result of last week's vote while working to crack down on protests sweeping the nation. The opposition has claimed that violent protesters and looters were infiltrators, deployed to give the government an excuse to use the security forces. Corruption is endemic in Honduras where two-thirds of the population lives in poverty. Street gangs and drug traffickers operate freely - the country is said to be one of the deadliest in the world outside a war zone.

Russia is at a disadvantage in its struggle against the US Empire as the US only wants to destroy, while Russia wants to build. Most governments are afraid of antagonizing the US, but the advantage for Russia is that the US is falling apart economically, socially, and politically. The US economy is still huge, but financial and social wealth are conflated into a misleading index of pseudo-prosperity. The US is being bled to death by the imperial parasite feeding on it.

The loss of Russia as a reliable US partner is a massive setback in the fight against global threats, including Islamic State. The high-alert status of American and Russian nuclear weapons is also a key issue that requires negotiation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Russia represents no threat to the United States except those created by Washington and NATO. The expanding alliance between Russia and China is a separate subject and symptomatic of unwise US policy.