Archive for the 'Perception Management' Category
Something Very Weird with Google’s Autocomplete, Searching on Google vs. Duckduckgo
December 16th, 2018Yep. I tried it. Via: Reddit:
J&J Knew for Decades that Asbestos Lurked in its Baby Powder
December 14th, 2018Via: Reuters: A Reuters examination of many of those documents, as well as deposition and trial testimony, shows that from at least 1971 to the early 2000s, the company’s raw talc and finished powders sometimes tested positive for small amounts of asbestos, and that company executives, mine managers, scientists, doctors and lawyers fretted over the […]
George Bush’s Wars Set the Stage for 25 Years of Endless War
December 5th, 2018Kinder, gentler… Via: Mises Institute: It’s almost darkly comedic how easy it has been to convince the American people to go along with nearly any justification for invading a foreign country, no matter how flimsy.
Google Pays $1 Billion for Huge Mountain View Business Park
November 26th, 2018“All the better to see you with, my dear.” Via: The Mercury News: In a head-spinning mega-deal, Google has paid $1 billion for a huge Mountain View business park, the Bay Area’s largest real estate purchase this year. It is also the second-largest property purchase in the United States this year, eclipsed only by another […]
Inside the British Army’s Secret Information Warfare Machine
November 19th, 2018Via: Wired UK: They are soldiers, but the 77th Brigade edit videos, record podcasts and write viral posts. Welcome to the age of information warfare.
Analyst Estimates Bayer Could Have $800 Billion in Future Roundup Liability
November 4th, 2018Via: WakingTimes: The judge decided to reduce the punitive damage award from the original total of $289 million following a verdict reached earlier this summer, down to $78.5 million. A decision which concerned jurors who decided on the higher award amount in order to send a clear message to Monsanto that they deserve to be […]
Chinese-Style ‘Digital Authoritarianism’ Grows Globally
November 2nd, 2018Via: AFP: Governments worldwide are stepping up use of online tools, in many cases inspired by China’s model, to suppress dissent and tighten their grip on power, a human rights watchdog study found Thursday. The annual Freedom House study of 65 countries found global internet freedom declined for the eighth consecutive year in 2018, amid […]
Claim: Khashoggi Was Going to Expose Saudi Use of Chemical Weapons in Yemen
October 28th, 2018Via: Express: Last night a close friend of Mr Khashoggi revealed that he was about to obtain “documentary evidence” proving clams that Saudi Arabia had used chemical weapons in its proxy war in Yemen. “I met him a week before his death. He was unhappy and he was worried,“ said the middle eastern academic, who […]
NSA Has Top Secret Documents on Seth Rich
October 26th, 2018I contacted @Ty_Clevenger to confirm that he made a FOIA request to NSA, as described in the piece below. He did: Via: Sic Semper Tyrannis: But now there is new information that may corroborate what the human sources quoted in the Fox article claimed about Seth’s role in getting the DNC documents to Wikileaks. Borne […]
China: “Vocational Schools”
October 24th, 2018Via: BBC: On 12 July 2015 a satellite swung over the rolling deserts and oasis cities of China’s vast far west. One of the images it captured that day just shows a patch of empty, untouched, ashen-grey sand. It seems an unlikely place to start an investigation into one of the most pressing human rights […]
