Archive for the 'Perception Management' Category
Large Leak of Documents ‘Reveal Slow Death of Middle East Peace Process’
January 24th, 2011I have no idea what to make of this. It’s massive and I haven’t looked and any of the documents yet. Here it is, but, as always, with a grain of salt… or CAST LEAD as the case may be. Via: Guardian: The biggest leak of confidential documents in the history of the Middle East […]
Federal Reserve Creative Accounting to Avoid Insolvency?
January 23rd, 2011Mmm hmm. Via: Reuters: Concerns that the Federal Reserve could suffer losses on its massive bond holdings may have driven the central bank to adopt a little-noticed accounting change with huge implications: it makes insolvency much less likely. The significant shift was tucked quietly into the Fed’s weekly report on its balance sheet and phrased […]
Vatican Warned Irish Bishops Not to Report Abuse
January 18th, 2011Via: AP: A newly revealed 1997 letter from the Vatican warned Ireland’s Catholic bishops not to report all suspected child-abuse cases to police — a disclosure with the potential to fuel more lawsuits worldwide against the Vatican, which has long denied any involvement in cover-ups. The letter, obtained by Irish broadcasters RTE and provided to […]
‘Cows Eat Grass’ and Other Inflammatory Statements
January 18th, 2011Via: Utne Reader: Cows eat grass. You wouldn’t think it’s a big deal to state this, but at Iowa State University a highly qualified job applicant who had the temerity to voice this simple biological fact was ejected from consideration for a post leading a sustainable agriculture program, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports: Among […]
Rudolf Elmer, Former Julius Baer Banker, Hands 2,000 Private Banking Files to WikiLeaks
January 17th, 2011Via: Sydney Morning Herald: THE Swiss whistleblower Rudolf Elmer has provided WikiLeaks with two CDs containing information on more than 2000 bank clients suspected of tax evasion. The disks were handed over in London last night to the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange. They are said to contain secret bank details of clients, including politicians, multinationals, […]
Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science
January 16th, 2011Please click through and read the whole thing. Via: The Atlantic: Much of what medical researchers conclude in their studies is misleading, exaggerated, or flat-out wrong. So why are doctors—to a striking extent—still drawing upon misinformation in their everyday practice? Dr. John Ioannidis has spent his career challenging his peers by exposing their bad science. […]
Tunisians Drive Leader from Power in Mass Uprising
January 15th, 2011I’m not particularly sure of what actually happened in Tunisia. I’d like to think that the Tunisian people won’t go on to “freely elect” some U.S. puppet in the future, after throwing out the dictator who ran the place for over the last 23 years. Come on, Kevin, why piss on the parade? At times […]
The Guardian’s Political Censorship of Wikileaks
January 12th, 2011Via: Counterpunch: The Guardian has deliberately excised portions of published cables to hide evidence of corruption. Research Credit: tochigi
Britain: Royal Family Granted New Right of Secrecy
January 10th, 2011Via: Independent: The Royal Family is to be granted absolute protection from public scrutiny in a controversial legal reform designed to draw a veil of secrecy over the affairs of the Queen, Prince Charles and Prince William. Letters, emails and documents relating to the monarch, her heir and the second in line to the throne […]
The Uncomfortable Truth About Mind Control: Is Free Will Simply a Myth?
January 10th, 2011Decades old, basic information, but just in case… Via: Independent: We have vain brains; we see ourselves as better than we really are. We like to think that we exercise free will, that put into a situation where we were challenged to do something we thought unacceptable then we’d refuse. But, if you believe that, […]
