Archive for the 'Perception Management' Category
Shocker: Arms Industry Shills Pressed for Military Intervention in Syria
October 13th, 2013Via: Public Accountability Initiative: During the public debate around the question of whether to attack Syria, Stephen Hadley, former national security adviser to George W. Bush, made a series of high-profile media appearances. Hadley argued strenuously for military intervention in appearances on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and Bloomberg TV, and authored a Washington Post op-ed […]
Ghoulish Corporate Fascism and the Cost of Pharmaceuticals
October 12th, 2013In the piece below, “Market competition among pharmaceutical companies,” means a market failure situation with cartel pricing. Via: New York Times: Thanks in part to the $250 million last year spent on lobbying for pharmaceutical and health products — more than even the defense industry — the government allows such practices. Lawmakers in Washington have […]
USC Helps Hollywood Concoct Obamacare PSYOP: “People Learn from TV”
October 11th, 2013Here are some excerpts from related posts: ‘Clearly a Smash Hit’: Population Reduction Through ‘Long-Running Serialized Dramas’: And if the story is right, if the narrative is correct, people will live into that narrative. And in the absence of a good narrative will default into – maybe I will call them more “primal” sort of […]
Hopey Changey: Obama’s Efforts to Control Media Are ‘Most Aggressive’ Since Nixon
October 10th, 2013Via: Threat Level: The President Barack Obama administration has “chilled the flow of information on issues of great public interest,” according to a Thursday report that amounts to an indictment of the president’s campaign pledge of a more open government. The report from the Committee to Protect Journalists, a non-profit dedicated to global press freedoms, […]
NSA Director Alexander Admits He Lied about Phone Surveillance Stopping 54 Terror Plots
October 8th, 2013Via: AllGov: The head of the National Security Agency (NSA) admitted before a congressional committee this week that he lied back in June when he claimed the agency’s phone surveillance program had thwarted 54 terrorist “plots or events.” NSA Director Keith Alexander gave out the erroneous number while the Obama administration was defending its domestic […]
And The Winner Of The World Food Prize Is… The Man From Monsanto
October 8th, 2013Via: NPR: Ever heard of the World Food Prize? It’s sometimes called the “Nobel Prize for food and agriculture,” but it has struggled to get people’s attention. Prize winners tend to be agricultural insiders, and many are scientists. Last year’s laureate, for instance, was , a pioneer of water-saving “micro-irrigation.” This year, though, the World […]
Pharmaceutical Firms Paid to Attend Meetings of Panel that Advises FDA
October 7th, 2013Via: Washington Post: A scientific panel that shaped the federal government’s policy for testing the safety and effectiveness of painkillers was funded by major pharmaceutical companies that paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for the chance to affect the thinking of the Food and Drug Administration, according to hundreds of e-mails obtained by a public […]
The Senate Is Busy Creating a Privileged 1st Amendment Club for ‘Official’ Journalists
September 25th, 2013Via: Alternet: On September 12, 2013, the U.S. Senate Judiciary committee narrowly defined who the law should consider to be a journalist, by amending the proposed Free Flow of Information Act (“FFIA”). The FFIA is a “shield law” that protects journalists from having to reveal their confidential sources when confronted with court subpoenas. The amendment […]
Somebody Stole 7 Milliseconds From the Federal Reserve
September 24th, 2013This is interesting, but I’m sure that these news based trades are being set up days in advance with much smaller volumes. Why am I sure? Because I look for insider buying before news on dogshit stocks before news, and if bum level executives/criminals are doing this with their penny stocks it’s not a stretch […]
Teach People About Food Atrocities with an App?
September 16th, 2013Via: Chipotle Mexican Grill – Scarecrow The Game: Related: The Chipotle Cultivate Foundation Research Credit: ottilie
