Monthly Archives: January 2022

2022-01-13: News Headlines

Walden Bello (2022-01-12). Bin Laden and Trump: Two Bookends to America's Imperial Decline. fpif.org The end of 2021 and the beginning of a new year is a convenient time to take stock of the causes of America's decline. | This past year saw both Washington's inglorious exit from Afghanistan after 20 years in the country that had served as the launching pad for its direct military intervention in the Middle East and an historic insurrection at the very heart of the empire. Add to this the absolute lack of traction for President Biden's recent "Democracy Summit" in contrast to Beijing's surefooted diplomacy, the erosion of an already weak U.S. economy by COVID-19 followed by uncontrolled inflation, and the deepeni…

Staff (2022-01-12). As dust settles in Kazakhstan, locals left wondering why violence broke out. rt.com Groups of rioters appeared to be well-coordinated, residents tell RT | As Kazakhstan recovers from a wave of street violence, RT spoke with residents of the country's largest city, Almaty, who say they are frustrated and confused about why peaceful protests turned into unprecedented unrest. | After a few days of relative calm, the center of the metropolis still resembles a war zone, with burnt-out husks of government buildings, boarded-up looted shops, and damaged vehicles lining the streets. | The city is patrolled constantly by heavily armed police and military officers, but locals are still wary of authorit…

sputniknews (2022-01-12). 'Can't Justify My Tone, Words': Actor Apologises to Ace Shuttler Saina Nehwal for 'Rude Joke'. sputniknews.com Earlier, Indian actor Siddharth, known for his performance in the movie 'Rang De Basanti', was brutally trolled for the usage of an alleged sexual innuendo in his reply to badminton star Saina Nehwal and referring to her as "Subtle c*ck champion of the world".

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2022-01-12: News Headlines

Staff (2022-01-12). As dust settles in Kazakhstan, locals left wondering why violence broke out. rt.com Groups of rioters appeared to be well-coordinated, residents tell RT | As Kazakhstan recovers from a wave of street violence, RT spoke with residents of the country's largest city, Almaty, who say they are frustrated and confused about why peaceful protests turned into unprecedented unrest. | After a few days of relative calm, the center of the metropolis still resembles a war zone, with burnt-out husks of government buildings, boarded-up looted shops, and damaged vehicles lining the streets. | The city is patrolled constantly by heavily armed police and military officers, but locals are still wary of authorit…

sputniknews (2022-01-12). 'Can't Justify My Tone, Words': Actor Apologises to Ace Shuttler Saina Nehwal for 'Rude Joke'. sputniknews.com Earlier, Indian actor Siddharth, known for his performance in the movie 'Rang De Basanti', was brutally trolled for the usage of an alleged sexual innuendo in his reply to badminton star Saina Nehwal and referring to her as "Subtle c*ck champion of the world".

Caitlin Johnstone (2022-01-11). Meta Censors Anti-Imperialist Speech in Obedience to the US Government. orinocotribune.com By Caitlin Johnstone — Jan 5, 2022 | Anti-imperialist commentator Richard Medhurst

Project Censored (2022-01-11). American Exception: Empire and the Deep State with Aaron Good and David Talbot. projectcensored.org Mickey presents a discussion between political scientist Aaron Good and author David Talbot on the subject of the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy. This conversation is excerpted from a…

John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2022-01-11). Cancel Culture's War on Free Speech. dissidentvoice.org Political correctness is fascism pretending to be manners. — George Carlin Cancel culture—political correctness amped up on steroids, the self-righteousness of a narcissistic age, and a mass-marketed pseudo-morality that is little more than fascism disguised as tolerance—has shifted us into an Age of Intolerance, policed by techno-censors, social media bullies, and government watchdogs. Everything is …

Reynard Loki (2022-01-11). As Cryptocurrency Becomes Mainstream, Its Carbon Footprint Can't Be Ignored | Take Action Tuesday @EarthFoodLife. independentmediainstitute.org As Bitcoin prices rise, so will the incentive to mine it, creating a feedback loop that spells trouble for the climate. By Robin Scher, Independent Media Institute 10 min read For advocates of cryptocurrency, the promise of an economic future that is managed by a blockchain (a decentralized database that is shared among the nodes …

WSWS (2022-01-11). Quebec government's decision to let Omicron run rampant pushes hospitals beyond the brink. wsws.org Despite the propaganda from the mainstream media claiming that the Omicron variant is "mild" and unlikely to cause serious symptoms or death, hospitalizations and deaths are on the rise across Quebec.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-11). Canada, Racial Profiling, and the Five Eyes. libya360.wordpress.com John Price Far from enhancing Canadian security, CSIS and the Five Eyes alliance are enmeshing this country in a campaign of disinformation and propaganda regarding China reminiscent of the McCarthy era, writes John Price. Illustration courtesy RS Kingdom. Amid the wreckage of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States and its allies have turned…

Gérard Delépine (2022-01-11). High Recorded Mortality in Countries Categorized as "Covid-19 Vaccine Champions". The Vaccinated Suffer from Increased Risk of Mortality compared to the Non-vaccinated. globalresearch.ca This "health strategy" based on false simulations, lies, promises never kept, propaganda and the fear campaign has become unbearable. In turn it has been followed by the extortion of consent to be vaccinated, by outright blackmail.

Staff (2022-01-11). Presidential hopeful says no to 'politically correct propaganda' in schools. rt.com French far-right figure Eric Zemmour wants to rid schools of 'feminist, LGBT ideologies' | Eric Zemmour, who is running in the 2022 French presidential election, has vowed to stop the "brainwashing" of school students and focus on academic excellence instead. | "Over the past 40 years, our children have been indoctrinated," Zemmour, an essayist and a political pundit, said on Monday. | "Schools can't be a place where feminist, LGBT and decolonial ideologies brainwash our children." | "There's no prosperous nation without a school that transmits knowledge, and without a school that makes it possible to strive f…

Colin Todhunter (2022-01-11). Living in Epoch-Defining Times: Food, Agriculture and the New World Order. dissidentvoice.org Farmerless farms manned by driverless machines, monitored by drones and doused with chemicals to produce commodity crops from patented genetically engineered seeds for industrial 'biomatter' to be processed and constituted into something resembling food. Data platforms, private equity firms, e-commerce giants and AI-controlled farming systems. This is the future that big agritech and agribusiness envisage: a …

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