(2021-10-08). Were Pandora Papers a Controlled Leak?—Misión Verdad's William Serafino Comments. orinocotribune.com The Pandora Papers are a controlled leak that does not take aim at the system that privileges US and UK interests, explained William Serafino, a researcher at the Samuel Robinson Institute. | For Serafino, a Venezuelan political scientist, this new case of the Pandora Papers, that recently linked world political leaders and celebrities accused of trying to hide their fortunes in infamous tax havens, constitutes a controlled leak in that "it touches intermediate sectors of the transnational elite" but does not point out "the true root of the problem, which is the system of incentives and privileges that the United…
(2021-10-08). How to Challenge Online Censorship. Support Global Research. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | For much of this year, independent media — including Global Research — has felt the sting of increased online censorship", in the form of a "crackdown on news that challenges official government narratives". | September 2021 marks our 20th …
(2021-10-08). Beware of Any War On Terror Fought by a Terrorist Nation. counterpunch.org January 6 was a day that will live on in infamy, an unparalleled assault on the precious vital organs of our exceptional democracy that this great nation is still reeling to recover from, or at least so I'm told. According to the mainstream media and heavy hitters in both parties, this thing was worse than
(2021-10-08). Climate Lies and Green Energy Propaganda: Time for Truth-Telling in Glasgow. globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-08). Examining the Methods and Means of COVID Propaganda Dissemination. globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-08). Science Saturday: A robotic GPS for targeting, delivering regenerative biotherapies. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A remote-controlled bronchoscope that acts like a GPS system hunts down hard-to-find lung masses and accurately biopsies them, according to a Mayo Clinic collaborative study. This multisite research, which is published in Annals of Thoracic Surgery, lays the foundation for precisely finding early-stage cancer and targeting it with regenerative biotherapeutics needed to stimulate healing. Artificial intelligence gleaned from CT scans directs the robotic fiber optic cable, providing a GPS-like pathway to tiny nodules, or masses, that manual bronchoscopes…
(2021-10-07). Stop Calling the Military Budget a 'Defense' Budget. counterpunch.org It's bad enough that mainstream news outlets routinely call the Pentagon budget a "defense" budget. But the fact that progressives in Congress and even many antiwar activists also do the same is an indication of how deeply the mindsets of the nation's warfare state are embedded in the political culture of the United States. The
(2021-10-07). Chinese 'Disinformation' And US Propaganda. popularresistance.org In Western media's latest anti-China crusade, unsubstantiated allegations of a Chinese disinformation campaign—which the reports themselves admit have had little engagement on social media, and nonexistent impact offline—supposedly represent a very serious threat to the US. | FAIR (3/9/17, 11/29/17, 4/9/20) has repeatedly pointed out how governments like to decry "fake news" or "disinformation" to discredit sources of unfavorable information, or to use those nebulous accusations as a cynical pretext to outright censor perspectives they dislike. Corporate media reports of "bots" or fake social media ac…
(2021-10-07). The Mandates, Restrictions and Propaganda: The Death Knell of Universities? globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-07). Minneapolis Is About To Vote On Whether To Dismantle The Police. popularresistance.org It was a cool Friday in Minneapolis, made cooler by the shadows of the skyscrapers towering over People's Plaza. In the brick-lined courtyard between the Hennepin County Government Center and Minneapolis City Hall on September 17, the Yes 4 Minneapolis campaign and its allies held a rally whose purpose had come undone the day before. | Yes 4 Minneapolis is working to amend the Minneapolis City Charter by removing a mandate for a mayor-controlled police department with a certain number of officers per resident (0.0017, to be exact). In its place, the amendment establishes a Department of Public Safety under the jo…
(2021-10-07). Japan and Russia Agree to Move Forward on Peace Treaty. telesurenglish.net At a press conference, Kishida reported that during a telephone conversation with Putin, the two agreed to resolve the issue of the status of four islands now controlled by Russia. | RELATED: | The head of government said he expressed his desire to develop relations between Tokyo and Moscow which are mutually beneficial. At the same time, Putin declared his intention to continue dialogue on a variety of bilateral issues. | Japan and Ru…
(2021-10-07). Ready for the mega-ugly 2024 rematch? The perennial optimist vs. the perma-troll. salon.com Whether or not Trump runs again, his entire operation is about undermining the guy who's actually trying to help…