Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Deutsche Bank: Russian Laundromat
April 18th, 2019Via: Guardian: Germany’s troubled Deutsche Bank faces fines, legal action and the possible prosecution of “senior management” because of its role in a $20bn Russian money-laundering scheme, a confidential internal report seen by the Guardian says. The bank admits there is a high risk that regulators in the US and UK will take “significant disciplinary […]
The U.S. Government’s Indictment of Julian Assange Poses Grave Threats to Press Freedom
April 12th, 2019Via: The Intercept: …the indictment seeks to criminalize what journalists are not only permitted but ethically required to do: take steps to help their sources maintain their anonymity. As longtime Assange lawyer Barry Pollack put it: “The factual allegations … boil down to encouraging a source to provide him information and taking efforts to protect […]
What Bibi Wants, Bibi Gets
April 12th, 2019Via: Pat Buchanan: While a U.S. war with Iran may be what Bibi wants, it is not what America wants or needs. On Monday, President Donald Trump designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization, the first time the United States has designated part of another nation’s government as such a threat. Iran’s Supreme […]
Assange and the Unforgivable Sin of Disemboweling Official Narratives
April 12th, 2019Via: Of Two Minds: There is really only one unforgivable sin in the political realm, and that’s destroying the official narrative by revealing the facts of the matter. This is why whistleblowers who make public the secret machinery of the elaborately artful lies underpinning all official narratives are hounded to the ends of the Earth.
Millions of Chinese Youth ‘Volunteers’ to be Sent to Villages in Echo of Maoist Policy
April 12th, 2019“Persuaded to volunteer…” Good one. Perhaps one could have demerits removed from one’s social credit score for ‘volunteering’ to do this. Via: Guardian: China is planning to send millions of youth “volunteers” back to villages, raising fears of a return to the methods of Chairman Mao’s brutal Cultural Revolution of 50 years ago. The Communist […]
China: Gene-Editing Techniques Make Monkey Brains More Humanlike
April 11th, 2019You’ll love this one. Via: Futurism: For the first time, scientists have used gene-editing techniques to make monkey brains more humanlike. The monkeys, rhesus macaques, got smarter — they had superior memories to unaltered monkeys, according to recently-published research that’s kicked off a fiery debate among ethicists about how far scientists should be able to […]
Mandatory Vaccines in Four Zip Codes in New York
April 10th, 2019Via: CBS: New York City declared a public health emergency Tuesday over a measles outbreak and ordered mandatory vaccinations in one neighborhood for people who may have been exposed to the virus. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the unusual order amid what he said was a measles “crisis” in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg section, where more than […]
Internet Censorship Could Create “Splinternet”
April 10th, 2019Via: AFP: Increasingly, moves by governments to filter and restrict content are threatening to fragment the system created with the promise of connecting the world with a largely unified body of content.
California: Wealthy Obtain Medical Exemptions for Children to Avoid Vaccinations
April 9th, 2019Roughly the same people who don’t allow or severely restrict screentime for their children are also not vaccinating them. Now there’s a problem with, “Unethical physicians,” who are granting these exemptions. Fascinating. Look to Australia to see where this winds up: Vaccine Skepticism In Australia Now Punishable by 10 Years in Jail. Via: California Healthline: […]
Copy, Paste, Legislate
April 5th, 2019Via: USA Today: Each year, state lawmakers across the U.S. introduce thousands of bills dreamed up and written by corporations, industry groups and think tanks. Disguised as the work of lawmakers, these so-called “model” bills get copied in one state Capitol after another, quietly advancing the agenda of the people who write them. A two-year […]
