Archive for the 'Fraud' Category
Journalist Interrogated, Fired for Story Linking CIA and Syria Weapons Flights
February 6th, 2019Via: ZeroHedge: A months-long investigation which tracked and exposed a massive covert weapons shipment network to terror groups in Syria via diplomatic flights originating in the Caucuses and Eastern Europe under the watch of the CIA and other intelligence agencies has resulted in the interrogation and firing of the Bulgarian journalist who first broke the […]
The One About Screen Time Not Harming Children
February 3rd, 2019And now, tobacco industry grade nonsense is being used to justify the insanity around screen time and children. “…little or no support for harmful links between digital screen use and young people’s psychological well-being.” Well-being. *snort* See what they did there? Try looking at language acquisition or physical development and screen time. The Actual Effects […]
U.S. Army Recruiting Rap
February 1st, 2019Economic collapse got you down? Don’t want rent or electricity bills? Come kill for Uncle $cam! But before that, check out Anybody’s Son Will Do. This is the Marines, but it’s pretty much the same, regardless of military branch or country. Anybody’s Son Will Do (1983) Via: United States Army:
European Bond Cartel
February 1st, 2019Via: Bloomberg: Eight banks are being targeted in a European Union probe that alleges traders colluded to acquire and trade euro government bonds, a month after the EU regulators implicated lenders in a separate bond-trading case. The European Commission didn’t identify the banks being investigated for “a collusive scheme that aimed at distorting competition” for […]
Google Manipulates Users Into Constant Tracking
February 1st, 2019Via: Forbrukerrådet: Google tracks users through “Location History” and “Web & App Activity”, which are settings integrated into all Google accounts. For users of mobile phones with Android, such as Samsung and Huawei phones, this tracking is particularly difficult to avoid. – Google is processing incredibly detailed and extensive personal data without proper legal grounds, […]
Nobel Peace Prize Winner: Obama Spoke at Boeing Retreat After Firm Gave Millions to Library Fund
January 28th, 2019Via: Bloomberg: Boeing Co. lined up a surprise motivational speaker for an executive retreat in Arizona this month: former U.S. President Barack Obama. He was the second former U.S. president in two years to offer up leadership tips to managers gathered for Boeing’s annual desert planning session. George W. Bush addressed the group last year, […]
Army’s Long-Awaited Iraq War Study Finds Iran Was the Only Winner
January 27th, 2019The arms industry and the mercs did ok, too. Via: ArmyTimes: A two-volume Army study of the Iraq war is a deep examination of the mistakes and success of the war effort that also takes aim at critics who would slough off the conflict as they shift to near-peer threats. The study, commissioned by former […]
‘Scientists Are Working On a Pill for Loneliness’
January 26th, 2019Mmm hmm. Via: Guardian: Modern life has led to greater isolation, which can fuel an array of disorders. If there are medications for social pains like depression and anxiety, why not loneliness?
EU Adds Saudi Arabia to Draft Terrorism Financing List
January 25th, 2019Via: Reuters: The European Commission has added Saudi Arabia to an EU draft list of countries that pose a threat to the bloc because of lax controls against terrorism financing and money laundering, two sources told Reuters on Friday.
Prescription Eyewear Scam
January 22nd, 2019Via: Los Angeles Times: Prescription eyewear represents perhaps the single biggest mass-market consumer ripoff to be found.
