Archive for January, 2021
We Need an Open Digital Commons
January 13th, 2021Via: Reason: The takeaway from the great deplatforming of 2021 is that we need an open digital commons more than ever, a place where individuals maintain ownership of their own identities and where speech is highly resistant to political pressure. Decentralized networks are vital to protecting open discourse not only from Twitter, Facebook, and Google, […]
The ‘War On Terror’ Comes Home
January 13th, 2021And now: Facebook Censors Libertarian Ron Paul Amid Big Tech Purge [Update: Facebook Claims Mistake Was Made. Mmm hmm] Via: Ron Paul on Lew Rockwell: Last week’s massive social media purges – starting with President Trump’s permanent ban from Twitter and other outlets – was shocking and chilling, particularly to those of us who value […]
Trump Going to Alamo, Texas [???]
January 12th, 2021Via: Reuters: U.S. President Donald Trump plans to emerge from seclusion on Tuesday for the first time since the U.S. Capitol was ransacked by pro-Trump protesters and will travel to Alamo, Texas, to visit his signature border wall. … The White House said there was no symbolism to the choice of Alamo for Trump’s visit. […]
Trump: District of Columbia Emergency Declaration
January 12th, 2021Via: whitehouse.gov: Issued on: January 11, 2021 Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that an emergency exists in the District of Columbia and ordered Federal assistance to supplement the District’s response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from the 59th Presidential Inauguration from January 11 to January 24, 2021. The President’s action authorizes the […]
A Nursing Home Had Zero Coronavirus Deaths. Then, It Vaccinates Residents for Coronavirus and the Deaths Begin
January 11th, 2021Via: Ron Paul Institute: Things seem to be working backwards at The Commons on St. Anthony nursing home in Auburn, New York. Vaccinating people is supposed to reduce or end coronavirus deaths. Right? But, at The Commons, such deaths are reported to have occurred only after residents began receiving coronavirus vaccinations. James T. Mulder wrote […]
The Tiny Satellites That Will Connect Cows, Cars and Shipping Containers to the Internet
January 10th, 2021“Enabling a new kind of everywhere…” Via: Wall Street Journal: In the shadow of giants like SpaceX, more than a dozen startups are building their own globe-spanning networks of nanosatellites, enabling a new kind of everywhere, all-the-time connectivity for people, animals and assets on Earth. … In the near future, it isn’t unreasonable to imagine […]
Britons Are Highly Likely to Need Covid Vaccination Every Year for Foreseeable Future
January 10th, 2021Mmm hmm. Via: Daily Mail: Britons are ‘highly likely’ to need a Covid vaccination every year for the ‘foreseeable’ future, Matt Hancock has today warned, as he also revealed 200,000 people a day are now receiving their first dose of the jab. The Health Secretary said the UK could require an ‘dual vaccination programme’, with […]
“The Storming of the Capitol”: America’s Reichstag Fire?
January 9th, 2021Via: Off-Guardian: The media are already spinning a narrative around the events in Washington DC. One that bears no resemblance to reality, does not hold up to any kind of scrutiny and will have massive, far-reaching consequences for all of us. They’re calling it “one of the darkest days in our nations history”, a day […]
Recall Effort Against California Gov. Newsom Passes 1M Signatures
January 9th, 2021Via: New York Post: A grassroots recall effort against controversial California Gov. Gavin Newsom has collected more than 1 million signatures. Just nine weeks remain to get the final 500,000 signatures needed to force a Special Recall election, campaign leaders said.
Amazon Boots Parler Off AWS
January 9th, 2021Via: ZeroHedge: And so the hammer has come down late on Saturday, when Amazon officially kicked Parler off its cloud Web hosting service, AWS according to Buzzfeed. The suspension means that once the ban takes effect on Sunday, the website – which as of this moment is still up – will be offline until it […]
