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Two Stories from the Propaganda War
Two Stories from the Propaganda War Two recent stories about Russians have demonstrated how the news is selected and manipulated in the United States. The first is about Maria Butina, who apparently sought to overthrow American democracy, such as it is, by obtaining a life membership in the National Rifle Association. Maria, a graduate student […]
The Great Biofuel Swindle
The Great Biofuel Swindle Over the past decade, “biofuel” has been a major buzz word in the world of clean energy and environmental science. As the topic of advanced biofuels continued to trend over the years, investments and studies ballooned accordingly. Now, however, with a bit of hindsight it has become clear that the vast […]
Has America Become a Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy?
Has America Become a Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy? Still from “They Live.” “The poor and the underclass are growing. Racial justice and human rights are nonexistent. They have created a repressive society and we are their unwitting accomplices. Their intention to rule rests with the annihilation of consciousness. We have been lulled into a […]
The Screens
The Screens We are surrounded by screens full of voices that are always lying to us, and experts wonder why we’re so crazy and miserable all the time. The screens tell us, “This is a perfectly normal and sane way of doing things. It is perfectly normal and sane to strip the earth bare and […]
The Ten Big Lies of Traditional Western Politics
The Ten Big Lies of Traditional Western Politics Photo Source DieselDemon | CC BY 2.0 Public lands managed by the federal government loom large in western politics, a defining topic dictating the political debate. Corporate interests – logging, grazing, and mineral extraction most prominently – have often succeeded in dominating that debate through their good-old-boy […]
Trump vs. The Fed: When Markets Crash, Who Is To Blame?
Trump vs. The Fed: When Markets Crash, Who Is To Blame? After a certain length of time examining history in-depth, anyone who is honest and relatively objective comes to understand that most of what we are told about our past in the mainstream is completely fabricated. We learn that much of “history” is not about […]
‘Vast Blind Spot’: IPCC Accused of Ignoring ‘Decades Long’ Fossil Fuel Misinformation Campaign on Climate
‘Vast Blind Spot’: IPCC Accused of Ignoring ‘Decades Long’ Fossil Fuel Misinformation Campaign on Climate The United Nations (UN) climate science panel is being accused of ignoring research into fossil fuel-funded misinformation campaigns that have been key to holding back action on global warming. The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) — an […]
Everything Is A Hoax
Everything Is A Hoax An Israeli expert on terrorism and covert assassination procedures explains that the alleged Russian GRU attack on the Skripals with a supposedly deadly nerve agent is a completely obvious hoax to anyone who knows anything at all. https://russia-insider.com/en/skripals-are-mi6-hoax-not-worthy-ladies-detective-novels-israeli-expert-demolishes-uk-case/ri24912 The official story, says the expert, is “stupidity on stupidity.” I agree with […]
Facebook’s New Propaganda Partners
Facebook’s New Propaganda Partners Reuters (9/19/18) described two branches of the National Endowment for Democracy, set up by the Reagan administration during the Cold War to promote US foreign policy objectives, as “two US nonprofits.” Media giant Facebook recently announced (Reuters, 9/19/18) it would combat “fake news” by partnering with two propaganda organizations founded and […]
3 Ways Facebook Is Increasingly Becoming An Arm Of The US Government
3 Ways Facebook Is Increasingly Becoming An Arm Of The US Government Facebook has lately announced a series of major steps it would take to combat fake news and the global spread of misinformation that it says could influence elections, but the more we learn about just who it is Facebook is partnering with in […]
Brookings Institution a Leading Propagandist for U.S. Invasions
Brookings Institution a Leading Propagandist for U.S. Invasions On September 17th, the neoconservative-neoliberal Brookings institution held a propaganda-event to pump increased sales of weapons by U.S. weapons-manufacturing firms. The event’s main speaker was Robert Kagan, who is one of the many Brookings propagandists for invasions by the United States. Robert Kagan (he’s one of an […]
ThinkProgress Censored By Facebook After Cheerleading Facebook Censorship
ThinkProgress Censored By Facebook After Cheerleading Facebook Censorship In an article last month titled “Facebook announces that fake accounts are now coming not just from Russia”, fauxgressive establishment apologia firm ThinkProgress falsely reported that I have been writing for an outlet that is alleged to be part of an Iranian propaganda campaign. I repeatedlybrought this false claim […]
US, France, and UK In Direct Talks Over Possible Syria Strikes
US, France, and UK In Direct Talks Over Possible Syria Strikes “That has to be, in the history of propaganda in the 20th and 21st centuries, one of the most outrageous claims that I can think of,” John Bolton stated in response to Moscow’s charge that anti-Assad insurgents in Idlib are preparing a chemical false flag in […]
How the U.S. Does Propaganda
How the U.S. Does Propaganda A typical example was on NPR’s “Weekend Edition Saturday,” on September 8th, when the program-host Scott Simon interviewed the Obama Administration’s diplomat Robert Malley, in a segment titled “What’s Next In The Syrian War: Idlib”. Simon’s introduction said: “After this weekend, the last contested region of Syria may come under […]
That Time CNN Staged A Fake Interview With A Syrian Child For War Propaganda
That Time CNN Staged A Fake Interview With A Syrian Child For War Propaganda Imagine if you and some friends wandered into a completely dark room together for some reason. You’ve never been in this room before, and you can’t see a thing. Now imagine one of your friends says he can see everything in […]
