Archive for the 'Perception Management' Category
The Frankenfood Industry’s Strong Arm Tactics with Researchers
October 13th, 2009Via: GM Watch: The increasingly fractious relationship between public sector researchers and the biotech seed industry has come into the spotlight in recent months. In July, several leading seed companies met with a group of entomologists, who earlier in the year had lodged a public complaint with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over restricted […]
Russian Mafia/Government Crooks vs. Hedge Fund Crooks
October 13th, 2009Via: Guardian: Thousands of Russians are watching a YouTube video that accuses their government and officials of high corruption. A Russian version of a video by Hermitage Capital, the London-based hedge fund claiming to be victim of a $230m (£146m) scam, has attracted over 12,000 hits, and is the most viewed news clip on YouTube […]
The Westminster Conspiracy: Former BBC Director General, Greg Dyke, On the Media-Political Opposition to Radical Change
October 12th, 2009Via: Media Lens: Last month, Greg Dyke, who was the BBC’s director general from 2000-2004, described the BBC as part of a “conspiracy” preventing the “radical changes” needed to UK democracy. Speaking at the Liberal Democrat party’s conference, Dyke said: “The evidence that our democracy is failing is overwhelming and yet those with the biggest […]
The World’s Largest Shopping Mall — Is Empty
October 10th, 2009Must see. Beyond must see, especially for connoisseurs of the surreal and the absurd. Via: PBS: Is nothing American sacred anymore? The largest mall in the world turns out not to be the famous Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. It’s the South China Mall outside of Guangzhou, China. Outdoing the techniques of American consumerism, […]
How Nonsense Sharpens the Intellect
October 8th, 2009I liked this New York Times piece. Here are a couple of related terms that Cryptogon readers may find interesting. Inattentional blindness: Inattentional blindness, also known as perceptual blindness, is the phenomenon of not being able to see things that are actually there. This can be a result of having no internal frame of reference […]
Afghanistan: Massive Election Fraud
October 5th, 2009“This was an important step forward in the Afghan people’s effort to take control of their future… The United States did not support any candidate in this election. Our only interest was the result fairly, accurately reflecting the will of the Afghan people…” —Barack Obama on Afghan Election Via: Times Online: The head of the […]
Britain: Girl Dies After Receiving Cervical Cancer Vaccine
September 29th, 2009UPDATE: Ambulance Called for Second Girl Who Received Cervarix at Same School as Natalie Morton: Unfortunately, the source is the Daily Mail. Via: Daily Mail: Another schoolgirl at Blue Coat Church of England School needed an ambulance after having the cervical cancer jab, it emerged last night. The 15-year-old pupil became cold, weak and dizzy […]
Mexico: Army Raid Finds Cash Addressed to Police
September 23rd, 2009Via: AP: Soldiers raiding a drug gang safehouse in northern Mexico found money-stuffed envelopes earmarked for various police forces and one marked for “press,” authorities said Tuesday. Four people were arrested and $5 million in U.S. and Mexican currency was seized during the raid Monday in the industrial city of Monterrey, according to an army […]
Top U.S. Commander for Afghan War: More Forces or ‘Mission Failure’
September 21st, 2009Failure? Someone wound up with a whole lot of opium and heroin, and a bunch of corporations made a killing from a gusher of absurd and lucrative contracts. That sounds more like just another day at the office than failure to me—considering the criminal organizations involved and their blood soaked gravy train. Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s […]
China’s “Cancer Villages” Bear Witness to Economic Boom
September 19th, 2009Becky runs a food buying co-op. Both of the “organic” product wholesalers she deals with only sell products like beans, sunflower seeds and peanuts from China. The non-Chinese rice costs 3x to 4x more than the Chinese rice. Obviously, we consume no food from China, regardless of the fact that it’s certified organic. Now, if […]
