Archive for the 'Perception Management' Category
U.S. Bank Test Results Delayed as Conclusions Debated
May 1st, 2009Maybe they’re waiting for the Aporkalypse to become an even bigger distraction. Via: Bloomberg: The Federal Reserve will postpone the release of stress tests on the biggest U.S. banks while executives debate preliminary findings with examiners, according to government and industry officials. The results, originally scheduled for publication on May 4, now may not be […]
Texas Doctor Claims Swine Flu Cases Far Worse Than Reported
April 30th, 2009Update: Doctor Taken To Task For H1N1 E-mail Via: KSAT: A New Braunfels emergency doctor’s e-mail sent this week about the H1N1 flu outbreak has many people wondering which information is correct and has Comal County health authorities distancing themselves from the doctor’s message. An e-mail sent by Dr. Marcus Gitterle, an employee of Christus […]
Dr. Russell Blaylock: “Like SARS and bird flu before it, this swine flu scare is a lot of nonsense.”
April 30th, 2009Via: August Review: I was in the military during the first swine flu scare in 1976. At the time it became policy that all soldiers would be vaccinated for swine flu. As a medical officer I refused and almost faced a court martial, but the military didn’t want the bad publicity. Despite the assurance by […]
Obama’s 100 days – The Mad Men Did Well
April 30th, 2009Via: John Pilger: The BBC’s American television soap Mad Men offers a rare glimpse of the power of corporate advertising. The promotion of smoking half a century ago by the “smart” people of Madison Avenue, who knew the truth, led to countless deaths. Advertising and its twin, public relations, became a way of deceiving dreamt […]
Obama On Air Force Activity in Lower Manhattan: “It Was a Mistake”
April 29th, 2009WTF!?
Swine Flu Vaccine Public Service Announcements From 1976
April 28th, 2009“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” —William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun
Mexico Outbreak Traced to ‘Manure Lagoons’ at Pig Farm
April 28th, 2009This is an interesting story. Of course, it doesn’t mention the fact that, back in February, Panasonic knew that a pandemic flu event was going to happen. Via: Times Online: The first known case of swine flu emerged a fortnight earlier than previously thought in a village where residents have long complained about the smell […]
Military Photo-Op Involving Low-Flying Presidential Jet and F-16 Over Manhattan
April 28th, 2009Via: New York Daily News: A perfect storm of idiocy led to a frightening 9/11 flashback for thousands of New Yorkers Monday when a jumbo jet and an F-16 fighter jet buzzed lower Manhattan without warning. A “furious” Mayor Bloomberg denounced the dunces who dreamed up the stunt – and the NYPD officials and bureaucrats […]
U.S. Army Interpreter Who Witnessed Torture in Iraq Shot Herself with Service Rifle
April 26th, 2009Via: Independent: It is possible that one of the victims of the United States’ torture policy is a young, devout Mormon woman from Arizona called Alyssa Peterson. She was a soldier who not only saw the rough interrogation methods that the US military used on Iraqi prisoners, but was deeply troubled by them. Some weeks […]
Merck Drew Up Hit List of Doctors Who Needed to Be “Neutralised”
April 24th, 2009Via: The Australian: AN international drug company made a hit list of doctors who had to be “neutralised” or discredited because they criticised the anti-arthritis drug the pharmaceutical giant produced. Staff at US company Merck &Co emailed each other about the list of doctors – mainly researchers and academics – who had been negative about […]
