Monthly Archives: September 2021

2021-09-16: News Headlines

Rainer Shea (2021-09-16). Coups, Censorship & Propaganda: the US New Cold War Playbook. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Sep 14, 2021 | Uncountable are the editorials in every American and European newspaper and magazine of note adding to this vocabulary of gigantism and apocalypse, each use of which is plainly designed not to edify but to inflame the reader's indignant passion as a member of the "West," and what we need to do. Churchillian rhetoric is used inappropriately by self-appointed combatants in the West's, and especially America's, war against its haters, despoilers, destroyers, with scant attention to complex histories that defy such reductiveness and have seeped from one territory into another, in…

CJ Polychroniou (2021-09-16). So-Called Democratic "Moderates" Are Right-Wingers Who Have Always Blocked Social Progress. zcomm.org The U.S. is the only liberal-democratic country in the world with a political system set up for two mainstream parties, a long and continuous history of union suppression, and without a major socialist party at the national level…

_____ (2021-09-16). 20 Years Of Post-9/11 Amnesia. popularresistance.org The constant demand that we "Never forget!," the events of September 11, 2001 is rather laughable. Forgetting is difficult after enduring 20 years of war propaganda. News stories about that day are plentiful albeit useless, that is to say they add nothing to our understanding of why the U.S. was attacked and depend upon sentiment, jingoism, and tried and true claims of exceptionalism to maintain fear, hatred, and support for war. | The aftermath of September 11 gets surprisingly short shrift but it is just as important as the who, what, when, where, why, and how of that date. It was just three days later that the…

Jeff Cohen (2021-09-15). To Avert Failure, Biden Should Listen to the "Radicals" — Not Corporate Media. zcomm.org If Biden won't even heed Schumer's urgent advice to give the country an FDR-like push forward — and instead listens to the "go-slow/go-small" warnings of giant corporations and their media — the GOP will win big in 2022…

Moderator (2021-09-15). Biden: Listen to the "Radicals" Or Risk Failure. scheerpost.com [ By Jeff Cohen | If President Biden fails to act boldly and quickly in improving the material lives of poor, working-class and struggling middle-class Americans of all colors, the right wing is likely to come storming back into power through the 2022 and 2024 elections. | With Biden's popularity lagging, success or failure for his administration hinges on who he listens to on various pressing issues. Will he side with the "radicals" or with the go-slow, yes/no, status-quo corporate media? | *** STUDENT DEBT: Biden should list…

_____ (2021-09-15). Is Britain's Security Chief for Real? Top Spook's Rant on Afghanistan Smacked of Fake News. strategic-culture.org Is there a dark game being played here by the spooks in Britain, using a cavernous and inept media machine to create a smoke screen to the real issues? | One wonders if Britain's MI5 chief, Ken McCallum is a real person or some banal technical creation of the boffins of the UK's home security service. His recent comments about the Taliban giving rogue winnable terrorists around the world a moral boost after the calamity of the U.S. withdrawal in Afghanistan not only smacks of 'stating the bleeding obvious' but also of paternal baloney nefariously designed to distract the UK's public attention away from the real i…

Shawgi Tell (2021-09-15). More Mandated Vaccinations Will Not Solve Economic Failure One Iota: May Even Make Things Worse. dissidentvoice.org On September 9, 2021, President Joe Biden publicly issued sweeping statements and demands that make it clear that, whether they like or it, millions more people will have to get vaccinated or risk losing their livelihoods and security. His posture has been described by mainstream media as "aggressive." Many alternative news and information sources describe …

Staff (2021-09-15). Kashmir Plunged Into Internet, Phone Blackout After Death of Resistance Leader. truthout.org One of the most important resistance leaders in Indian-controlled Kashmir, the site of the world's longest and most militarized conflict, has died. Since 1947, Kashmir has been divided between India, Pakistan and China, all nuclear powers. India and Pakistan have fought multiple wars over the region, which both claim as theirs. The majority of people in Indian-controlled Kashmir, however, claim their right to self-determination, with many supporting the creation of an independent Kashmir. Th…

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2021-09-15: News Headlines

Jeff Cohen (2021-09-15). To Avert Failure, Biden Should Listen to the "Radicals" — Not Corporate Media. zcomm.org If Biden won't even heed Schumer's urgent advice to give the country an FDR-like push forward — and instead listens to the "go-slow/go-small" warnings of giant corporations and their media — the GOP will win big in 2022…

Shawgi Tell (2021-09-15). More Mandated Vaccinations Will Not Solve Economic Failure One Iota: May Even Make Things Worse. dissidentvoice.org On September 9, 2021, President Joe Biden publicly issued sweeping statements and demands that make it clear that, whether they like or it, millions more people will have to get vaccinated or risk losing their livelihoods and security. His posture has been described by mainstream media as "aggressive." Many alternative news and information sources describe …

_____ (2021-09-14). Senate Dems Urge Biden to Redirect Billions of Unspent War Funds to Help Afghan People. commondreams.org The U.S. is the only liberal-democratic country in the world with a political system set up for two mainstream parties, a long and continuous history of union suppression, and without a major socialist party at the national level.

Project Censored (2021-09-14). Ray McGinnis and Ken Jenkins. projectcensored.org As the nation marks 20 years since the September 11 attacks, Mickey interviews Ray McGinnis, the author of a new book that looks at numerous questions that remain unanswered by official authorities. This new book further explores questions not even addressed by the 9/11 Commission despite being submitted by the 9/11 Family Steering Committee that lobbied the Bush administration to launch a formal investigation into the attacks. Then long-time 9/11 researcher Ken Jenkins explains why activists must be aware of cognitive biases in their own thinking, especially on controversial issues such as 9/11. While Jenkins st…

Ann Brown (2021-09-14). Black America Voices Concerns About YouTube Showing Naked Lil Nas X Videos To Kids. moguldom.com Openly gay hip-hop artist Lil Nas X may be racking up hit singles and praise from the LGBTQ community for coming out, but he is also stacking up criticism from Black parents over his uncensored video in which he and other Black men appear naked. Parents want YouTube to stop showing it. In July, Lil …

_____ (2021-09-14). To Avert Failure, Biden Should Listen to the "Radicals"—Not Corporate Media. commondreams.org A coalition of 18 organizations called the administration's decision "a terrible blow to its stated commitment to human rights and to the rule of law."

_____ (2021-09-14). Railways and Pipelines Bring Peace and Prosperity. strategic-culture.org Washington should face up to facts and accept that the U.S. must cooperate with China and Russia rather than maintaining its aggressive stance. | Two major developments in international commercial conveyance were reported in August and September, but neither of them received much cover by mainstream western media. First was the news that the China-Europe rail link was proving outstandingly successful, as recounted by the

Sam Carliner (2021-09-14). Never Forget Victims of the Drone Program. counterpunch.org As the mainstream press spent this past weekend once again ensuring that Americans never forget the fear and anger of 9/11 which prompted 20 years of war, 10 of the latest victims of 9/11 were being wiped from historical memory. Just two weeks before the 20th anniversary of 9/11, a US drone killed the Ahmadi

Staff (2021-09-14). Guaidó's 'Asset' at Monómeros Resigns — Flight Risk. orinocotribune.com Amid alerts about her possible escape from Colombia, Carmen Elisa Hernández, the official appointed by former deputy Guaidó and his primary "asset" within the Monómeros company, has resigned. Monómeros was illegally appropriated by groups controlled by the former ultra-right-wing deputy, in complicity with the government of Iván Duque. | Carmen Elisa Hernández was recognized by Colombian authorities as president of the board of directors of the multimillionaire firm belonging to Venezuela's Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), which operates in the towns of Barranquilla and Buenaventura in Colombia. | According to…

Gurkan UA. (2021-09-14). Poloxamer 188 vs Placebo for Painful Vaso-occlusive Episodes in Children and Adults With Sickle Cell Disease. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent issue of JAMA published the results of a phase 3 multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial of poloxamer 188 in children and adults with SCD. Poloxamer 188 is a nonionic block polymer surfactant reported to improve microvascular blood flow and reduce hydrophobic cell-cell interactions, but it is believed not to affect specific receptor-ligand interactions that are critical in adhesive interactions of blood cells and the endothelium in SCD. Poloxamer 188 has been thought to therapeutically reduce whole blood viscosity and to improve blood flow in SCD.

Langland JT. (2021-09-14). A Review of the Diagnosis and Management of Headache. jamanetwork.com To the Editor In an otherwise comprehensive review of preventive therapeutics for migraine headaches, Dr Robbins neglected to include low-dose aspirin as an effective option. The Physicians' Health Study, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 22‚ÄØ071 physicians, found a statistically significant 20% reduction in migraine recurrence with use of 325 mg of aspirin every other day. The British Doctors Trial, which randomized 5139 male participants to aspirin, 500 mg/d, or control, also showed a significant 28.8% reduction in migraine recurrence. A systematic review of migraine pro…

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