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How Can We Trust Institutions That Lied?
How Can We Trust Institutions That Lied? Trust the Authorities, trust the Experts, and trust the Science, we were told. Public health messaging during the Covid-19 pandemic was only credible if it originated from government health authorities, the World Health Organization, and pharmaceutical companies, as well as scientists who parroted their lines with little critical […]
Of Economic Crises and Pandemics: Facebook as Fact, Government as Truth, Big Pharma as God
Of Economic Crises and Pandemics: Facebook as Fact, Government as Truth, Big Pharma as God If events since March 2020 have shown us anything, it is that fear is a powerful weapon for securing hegemony. Any government can manipulate fear about certain things while conveniently ignoring real dangers that a population faces. Author and researcher Robert […]
Health Authorities Tracked Movements of Canadians via Cellphones During Pandemic
Health Authorities Tracked Movements of Canadians via Cellphones During Pandemic PHAC claims data was anonymized. Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images Health authorities in Canada tracked people’s movements via their cellphones during the pandemic, with trips to pharmacies and liquor stores being logged, it has been revealed. “BlueDot, an intelligence analysis company, prepared movement reports […]
The devil is in the detail
The devil is in the detail If you get your news from the BBC, you might be forgiven for thinking that the economic hit from the pandemic lockdowns and restrictions has come to an end. Indeed, if you merely skim through the headlines in your social media feed, you might believe that the UK is […]
Authoritarian Madness: The Slippery Slope from Lockdowns to Concentration Camps
Authoritarian Madness: The Slippery Slope from Lockdowns to Concentration Camps “All the Dachaus must remain standing. The Dachaus, the Belsens, the Buchenwald, the Auschwitzes—all of them. They must remain standing because they are a monument to a moment in time when some men decided to turn the Earth into a graveyard. Into it they shoveled […]
The Folly of Pandemic Censorship
The Folly of Pandemic Censorship As the latest anti-Substack campaign shows, more and more people are forgetting why free speech works Earlier this week, in the latest in a series of scolding campaigns, a Britain-based group called the Center for Countering Digital Hate gave a sneak peek at a research report on Substack to The Guardian and The […]
Fact-Checkers Are Used to Confuse the Public: Sharyl Attkisson
Sharyl Attkisson, a five-time Emmy Award winning investigative journalist and host of “Full Measure,” in Leesburg, Virginia, on Jan. 14, 2022. (York Du/The Epoch Times) Fact-Checkers Are Used to Confuse the Public: Sharyl Attkisson Five-time Emmy award-winning journalist Sharyl Attkisson said she has seen an increased effort to manipulate the public to appreciate censorship and […]
Rickards: Bad News, I’m Afraid
Rickards: Bad News, I’m Afraid The breakdown of global supply chains is well-known by now. Whether it’s finding groceries in your supermarket, buying a new car or buying appliances like dishwashers and refrigerators, goods are scarce. Also, deliveries take forever and choices are limited. Many people wonder why the problem isn’t going away. Here’s the […]
Supermarkets Slash Hours As Workers Call Out Sick; Store Shelves Remain Bare
Supermarkets Slash Hours As Workers Call Out Sick; Store Shelves Remain Bare Labor shortages at supermarkets across the country have increased in recent weeks as the COVID-19 omicron variant continues to spread. Workers are calling sick, and there are not enough cashiers, baggers, and stockers, forcing some supermarket chains to slash hours of operations. Compounding […]
Oil Producers Aren’t Keeping Up With Demand, Causing Prices to Stay High
Oil Producers Aren’t Keeping Up With Demand, Causing Prices to Stay High OPEC Plus, the United States and others have been slow to ramp up output, lagging production goals. An oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. Lagging production of oil worldwide has been sending prices to seven-year highs and driving inflation.Credit…Brandon Thibodeaux for The New […]
