Archive for the 'Perception Management' Category
NY Fed Fired Examiner Who Took on Goldman Sachs
September 26th, 2014Via: ProPublica: In the spring of 2012, a senior examiner with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York determined that Goldman Sachs had a problem. Under a Fed mandate, the investment banking behemoth was expected to have a company-wide policy to address conflicts of interest in how its phalanxes of dealmakers handled clients. Although Goldman […]
Managing a Nightmare: The CIA Reveals How It Watched Over the Destruction of Gary Webb
September 25th, 2014Via: First Look: Eighteen years after it was published, “Dark Alliance,” the San Jose Mercury News’s bombshell investigation into links between the cocaine trade, Nicaragua’s Contra rebels, and African American neighborhoods in California, remains one of the most explosive and controversial exposés in American journalism. The 20,000-word series enraged black communities, prompted Congressional hearings, and […]
“The Awkward Truth” About Large Amount of Scientific Research: It’s Bullshit
September 8th, 2014Via: BBC Radio: Every day the newspapers carry stories of new scientific findings. There are 15 million scientists worldwide all trying to get their research published. But a disturbing fact appears if you look closely: as time goes by, many scientific findings seem to become less true than we thought. It’s called the “decline effect” […]
Mystery Illness Hits Girls in Small South American Town
September 1st, 2014Mass hysteria. That’s the ticket. Via: AP: A mystery illness has overwhelmed a small town in northern Colombia as scores of teenage girls have been hospitalized with symptoms that parents fear could be an adverse reaction to a popular vaccine against cervical cancer. Authorities say they still don’t know what caused more than 200 girls […]
FOIA Request Reveals NIST Control of 1,000 Hours of 9/11 WTC Phone and Radio Recordings
August 28th, 2014Via: 9/11 Blogger: FOIA records obtained from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) pursuant to a request for internal NIST correspondence during their investigation of the World Trade Center (WTC) building destructions, reveal NIST’s control of 1,000 hours of telephone and radio recordings captured as the events of September 11, 2001 unfolded at […]
Whistleblower: CDC Hid Data Showing MMR Vaccine 3X More Likely to Cause Autism in Black Males
August 26th, 2014Via: Natural News: The CDC whistleblower who has come forward with proof that the CDC knowingly covered up scientific evidence linking the MMR vaccine to autism has now been revealed as William W. Thompson, PhD. The CDC whistleblower who has come forward with proof that the CDC knowingly covered up scientific evidence linking the MMR […]
Hagel: Threat Posed by U.S. Funded and Armed Terrorist Organization ‘Beyond Anything We’ve Seen’
August 21st, 2014Mmm hmm. Via: Reuters: The sophistication, wealth and military might of Islamic State militants represent a major threat to the United States that may surpass that once posed by al Qaeda, U.S. military leaders said on Thursday. “They are an imminent threat to every interest we have, whether it’s in Iraq or anywhere else,” Defense […]
Bank of America in Record $16.7 Billion Mortgage Settlement
August 21st, 2014If you think that sounds like a big number, notice the part in bold below. Anyway, what’s the U.S. government going to do with its cut? Send more tanks to collapsing American cities? Via: BBC: Bank of America has agreed to pay a record $16.7bn (£10bn) to US authorities for misleading investors about the quality […]
Police Come Under Gunfire, Arrest 31 in Missouri Racial Unrest
August 19th, 2014Heavy gun fire??? Via: Reuters: Police said early on Tuesday they came under heavy gunfire and arrested 31 people during another night of racially charged protests in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman 10 days ago. Demonstrations, mostly peaceful but with spasms of violence by […]
James Risen Calls Obama ‘Greatest Enemy of Press Freedom in a Generation’
August 17th, 2014Via: Guardian: The New York Times reporter James Risen, who faces jail over his refusal to reveal a source and testify against a former CIA agent accused of leaking secrets, has called President Barack Obama “the greatest enemy of press freedom in a generation”. Speaking to his colleague Maureen Dowd, Risen accused the president of […]
