As always, if you appreciate my work and want to contribute to independent media, consider becoming a monthly Patron, or visit the Support Page. Top Links Google and Mastercard Cut a Secret Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales (Bloomberg) CIA and Saudi Arabia Conspired to Keep 9/11 Details Secret, New Book Says (Newsweek) Statement of Principles on Access to Evidence … Read more
“Only the weak hit the fly with a hammer.” – Bangambiki Habyarimana Anyone who tells you the recent escalation of censorship by U.S. tech giants is merely a reflection of private companies making independent decisions is either lying or dangerously ignorant. In the case of Facebook, the road from pseudo-platform to willing and enthusiastic tool of … Read more
If you appreciate my work and want to contribute to independent media, consider becoming a monthly Patron, or visit the Support Page. Top Links How to Permanently DELETE Your Facebook Account – 2018 Update (Just do it, VPN Mentor) AP Investigation: Us Allies, Al-Qaida Battle Rebels in Yemen (Must read and share, U.S. foreign policy is a fraudulent nightmare, … Read more
During my time in Iraq working for the State Department, a time that I initially was a red, white and blue government official, I frequently lied to the media. I lied to them about how things were going, I lied to them about how successful we were. My colleagues and I were contemptuous of them, … Read more
If you appreciate my work and want to contribute to independent media, consider becoming a monthly Patron, or visit the Support Page. Top Links Intercontinental Exchange Announces Bakkt, a Global Platform and Ecosystem for Digital Assets (This is a big deal, Intercontinental Exchange) ‘We Are Not Bots’: Facebook Censors U.S. Activists After Falsely Claiming They ‘Unwittingly’ Planned Protest(Facebook is … Read more
If you appreciate my work and want to contribute to independent media, consider becoming a monthly Patron, or visit the Support Page. Top Links 72% Think Traditional Media Reports Fake News (Axios) California Has 48 Hours to Pass This Privacy Bill or Else (Important article on the tool of direct democracy/referendums, Gizmodo) Pro-Trump Conspiracy-Monger “QAnon” Calls for Regime Change … Read more
If you appreciate my work and want to contribute to independent media, consider becoming a monthly Patron, or visit the Support Page. Top Links Leaked Internal Memo Reveals the ACLU Is Wavering on Free Speech (This is a travesty, Reason) Businesses Have Made Millions Off Trump’s Child Separation Policy (Yahoo) Amazon Hires “Army Of Lobbyists” As Political Spending Outpaces WalMart, ExxonMobil … Read more
If you appreciate my work and want to contribute to independent media, consider becoming a monthly Patron, or visit the Support Page. Top Links Your Phone Is Listening and It’s Not Paranoia (How many people are aware of this reality? Vice) Top Agent Said F.B.I. Would Stop Trump From Becoming President (The New York Times) South Koreans Are Still … Read more
If you appreciate my work and want to contribute to independent media, consider becoming a monthly Patron, or visit the Support Page. Top Links What if Babchenko Had Decided to Stay “Dead”? (One of the most important articles I’ve read in a while, Off Guardian) Hallmark Of An Economic Ponzi Scheme (Excellent read by John Hussman, Seeking Alpha) A … Read more
I’m not the only one of course. The financial crisis of 2008/09 similarly shattered the worldview of tens, if not hundreds of millions of people across the globe. I believe that the old manner of doing things as far as organizing an economy and society died for good during that crisis and its aftermath. Sure … Read more