Daily Archives: December 9, 2020

2020-12-09: News Headlines

Global Research News (2020-12-09). Selected Articles: How to Get Saved from COVID-19 Under Nuclear Bombs. globalresearch.ca By Given the outrage over what the court historians and the U.S. mainstream press have long maintained was an unprovoked attack by Japan on the United …

Fight Back (2020-12-09). Big win for Venezuela's PSUV, assurance for President Maduro. fightbacknews.org In a compelling victory, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and its allies won 68% of the vote for the Venezuelan National Assembly on December 6. This strengthens the position of President Nicolas Maduro and buries any hope the U.S. had of installing a right-wing pretender in office. | The PSUV and its allies will now take 189 of 277 seats in the National Assembly. Rightist opposition parties won only 28% of the vote and lost control of the body, which functions like a senate. Despite U.S. corporate media claiming the right-wing opposition boycotted the election, there was very public campaigning by…

Stephen Lendman (2020-12-09). COVID Vaccines: Protection or Biohazard? globalresearch.ca All vaccines are hazardous to human health. | Annually, the US Vaccine Adverse Reporting System (VAERS) reports thousands of serious adverse vaccine reactions, including many deaths and disabling disabilities. | Instead of highlighting the danger, corporate-controlled establishment media suppress what's vital for …

Project Censored (2020-12-09). Mickey Huff and Andy Lee Roth discuss the New Project Censored Book. projectcensored.org Today on the Project Censored Show Mickey Huff and Andy Lee Roth discuss the new Project Censored book, and explain its analytical approach. Project Censored's new annual volume, "State of…

Media Lens (2020-12-08). Stuck in a Lift with John Pilger: News and How to Use It by Alan Rusbridger. dissidentvoice.org Noticing the way journalists seemed unable to resist commenting on our work, even if it was just to slag us off, Glenn Greenwald tweeted us in 2012: 'You are really deeper in the heads of the British establishment-serving commentariat than anyone else — congrats.' ((Greenwald, Twitter, 12 September 2012.)) If that was true then, our relationship …

Ralph Nader (2020-12-08). Action for Change Starts in Congress. counterpunch.org We know their names! We've given immense power to Five Hundred and Thirty-Five People to do good or bad. One Hundred Senators and Four Hundred and Thirty-Five Representatives. Unfortunately, some 1500 corporations control most Members of Congress. Think about all the dreams for a better world that could come to be realized if our elected officials

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-12-08). 'They Pointed Guns at My Kids': Outrage After Florida Cops Raid Home of Scientist Who Refused to Censor Covid-19 Data. commondreams.org Data scientist Rebekah Jones on Monday evening assured Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that she would not stop reporting accurate information about the coronavirus pandemic in the state, despite a raid by state authorities at Jones's home Monday morning which she says was aimed at silencing her. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

_____ (2020-12-08). NATO Is Determined to Find Threats and Challenges to Justify Its Existence. strategic-culture.org Government and media propaganda has firmly convinced most of the citizenry of the West that Russia invaded Crimea, and the truth has dissolved in the swirling miasma that the anti-Russia movement has dubbed as history. | In March 2014 the ethnically Russian province of Crimea declared itself to be separate from Ukraine. There was a

Danny Haiphong (2020-12-07). "Awkwafina is Nora from Queens" demonstrates the depths of New Cold War propaganda against China. mronline.org In the season finale, the liberal mask comes off and the program morphs into a screed for the U.S.'s New Cold War on China.

Nur Ayoubi (2020-12-07). 'Trolling to another level': Palestinians pose as Emiratis in Tel Aviv. middleeasteye.net 'Trolling to another level': Palestinians pose as Emiratis in Tel Aviv | Israelis flock to Palestinian men in dishdashas for photographs in viral video praised for its humour | Mon, 12/07/2020 – 13: 14 | Palestinians wearing traditional Emirati clothes as they filmed themselves in Tel Aviv on Saturday (Screengrab/ Twitter) | Palestinian citizens of Israel are often subjected to hostility and suspicion in th…

David Edwards (2020-12-07). Stuck In A Lift With John Pilger — 'News And How To Use It' by Alan Rusbridger. zcomm.org Pilger tells the unfiltered, uncompromised truth about the foundations of power. His focus is on speaking up for the victims of power, not on serving power…

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COVID Vaccines: Protection or Biohazard?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
All vaccines are hazardous to human health. | Annually, the US Vaccine Adverse Reporting System (VAERS) reports thousands of serious adverse vaccine reactions, including many deaths and disabling disabilities. | Instead of highlighting the danger, corporate-controlled establishment media suppress what's vital for …
globalresearch.ca/covid-vaccines-protect…

Big win for Venezuela's PSUV, assurance for President Maduro
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-12-09
In a compelling victory, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and its allies won 68% of the vote for the Venezuelan National Assembly on December 6. This strengthens the position of President Nicolas Maduro and buries any hope the U.S. had of installing a right-wing pretender in office. | The PSUV and its allies will now take 189 of 277 seats in the National Assembly. Rightist opposition parties won only 28% of the vote and lost control of the body, which functions like a senate. Despite U.S. corporate media claiming the right-wing opposition boycotted the election, there was very public campaigning by…
fightbacknews.org/2020/12/9/big-win-vene…

Big win for Venezuela's PSUV, assurance for President Maduro
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-12-09
In a compelling victory, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and its allies won 68% of the vote for the Venezuelan National Assembly on December 6. This strengthens the position of President Nicholas Maduro and buries any hope the U.S. had of installing a right-wing pretender in office. | The PSUV and its allies will now take 189 of 277 seats in the National Assembly. Rightist opposition parties won only 28% of the vote and lost control of the body, which functions like a senate. Despite U.S. corporate media claiming the right-wing opposition boycotted the election, there was very public campaigning by…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/12/9/big-win-…

Mickey Huff and Andy Lee Roth discuss the New Project Censored Book
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-12-09
Today on the Project Censored Show Mickey Huff and Andy Lee Roth discuss the new Project Censored book, and explain its analytical approach. Project Censored's new annual volume, "State of…
projectcensored.org/mickey-huff-and-andy…

Selected Articles: How to Get Saved from COVID-19 Under Nuclear Bombs
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
Pearl Harbor and the Bay of Pigs | By Jacob G. Hornberger, December 09 2020 | Given the outrage over what the court historians and the U.S. mainstream press have long maintained was an unprovoked attack by Japan on the United | …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-how-…

Labor to the front in the battle against COVID-19
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-12-09
As of December 1, 2020, the coronavirus pandemic is in an uncontrollable spread in 49 out of 50 states. Our country has over 10 million confirmed cases and over 270,000 deaths. With more than 100,000 new cases a day, hospitalizations and deaths will grow exponentially. Today over 1000 deaths are happening each day. The death rate, even with improved treatments since March, will likely grow significantly as hospitals and health care workers are already becoming overwhelmed. That is the best-case scenario in the large cities. Rural areas are entirely unprepared, lacking equipment and knowledge of the most up-to-dat…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/12/9/labor-fr…

Stuck in a Lift with John Pilger: News and How to Use It by Alan Rusbridger
Media Lens | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-08
Noticing the way journalists seemed unable to resist commenting on our work, even if it was just to slag us off, Glenn Greenwald tweeted us in 2012: 'You are really deeper in the heads of the British establishment-serving commentariat than anyone else — congrats.' ((Greenwald, Twitter, 12 September 2012.)) If that was true then, our relationship …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/stuck-in-a-li…

Action for Change Starts in Congress
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-08
We know their names! We've given immense power to Five Hundred and Thirty-Five People to do good or bad. One Hundred Senators and Four Hundred and Thirty-Five Representatives. Unfortunately, some 1500 corporations control most Members of Congress. Think about all the dreams for a better world that could come to be realized if our elected officials…
counterpunch.org/2020/12/08/action-for-c…

NATO Is Determined to Find Threats and Challenges to Justify Its Existence
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-12-08
Government and media propaganda has firmly convinced most of the citizenry of the West that Russia invaded Crimea, and the truth has dissolved in the swirling miasma that the anti-Russia movement has dubbed as history. | In March 2014 the ethnically Russian province of Crimea declared itself to be separate from Ukraine. There was a referendum on sovereignty by its 2.4 million inhabitants, and there was not a single case of bloodshed in the entire process. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) was asked by the gove…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/12/08/na…

'They Pointed Guns at My Kids': Outrage After Florida Cops Raid Home of Scientist Who Refused to Censor Covid-19 Data
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-12-08
Data scientist Rebekah Jones on Monday evening assured Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that she would not stop reporting accurate information about the coronavirus pandemic in the state, despite a raid by state authorities at Jones's home Monday morning which she says was aimed at silencing her. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2020/12/08/they-po…

US Congress and corporate media deploy massive lie, claiming Venezuela's gov't threatened to starve non-voters
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-12-07
Max BLUMENTHAL, Anya PARAMPIL | Spun out by the US Congress and Wall Street Journal, the cynical deception is part of an assault on Venezuela's legislative election, in which even opposition politicians were sanctioned for participating. | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US corporate media declared Venezuela's legislative elections a "sham" before results were even announced, opening a new front in the propaganda war on the besieged country and its leftist government. | Among the most blatant distortions deployed against…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/12/07/us…

'Trolling to another level': Palestinians pose as Emiratis in Tel Aviv
Nur Ayoubi | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-07
'Trolling to another level': Palestinians pose as Emiratis in Tel Aviv | Israelis flock to Palestinian men in dishdashas for photographs in viral video praised for its humour | Nur Ayoubi | Mon, 12/07/2020 – 13: 14 | Palestinians wearing traditional Emirati clothes as they filmed themselves in Tel Aviv on Saturday (Screengrab/ Twitter) | Palestinian citizens of Israel are often subjected to hostility and suspicion in th…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palest…

"Awkwafina is Nora from Queens" demonstrates the depths of New Cold War propaganda against China
Danny Haiphong | mronline.org | 2020-12-07