By Kevin Veale | – The “Christchurch Call” summit has made specific progress, with tech companies and world leaders signing an agreement to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online. The question now is how we collectively follow up on its promise. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron at the […]
Archives for May 2019
Leaked Document Revives Controversy over Syria Chemical Attacks
(Al-Bab.com – A leaked document which contradicts key findings of an official investigation into chemical weapons in Syria has surfaced on the internet. Described as an “engineering assessment” and marked “draft for internal review”, it appears to have been written by an employee of the Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) – the international […]
Could Trump’s Tensions with Iran, Venezuela Cause Gasoline Prices to Spike?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The tensions between the Trump administration and two of the world’s significant oil producers, Iran and Venezuela, in addition to the campaign of warlord Khalifa Haftar in Libya to take the capital of Libya (another oil state) have raised the prospects of tightening world oil production. Then a few days […]
Our Climate Emergency was no Accident: Big Oil knew
(Otherwords.org )- As far back as 1982, fossil fuel executives knew they were trading a few decades of profits for the entire future of the planet. Years ago, tobacco companies discovered the link between their products and lung cancer. Did they warn their customers? No — they denied the link entirely, misleading the public for […]
That Time a Fox News Contributor Called for the Destruction of Palestine
Who would miss it?
Is Trump’s trade war saving American jobs – or killing them?
by Jeffrey Kucik | – With the U.S.-China trade war intensifying, there is a lot of talk about whether tariffs save American jobs – as President Donald Trump claims – or destroy them. On May 14, for example, Trump said his tariffs helped save the U.S. steel industry. Whether or not that’s true, many economists […]
Are ExxonMobil Executives the most evil people in the 200K-yr-long History of Humanity?
They are Darth Vaders and Thanatoses, they are destroyers of a planet
The Death Lobby in Washington and the Yemen War from Hell
By Mashal Hashem and James Allen | – (Tomdispatch.com) – A springtime wedding in Northern Yemen’s Al-Raqah village took place in April 2018, a moment of reprieve from the turmoil and devastation of that war-torn country, a moment to celebrate life, love, and the birth of a new family. From the tents constructed for the […]
9 Easy Propaganda steps to War with Iran
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Trump administration is now in full disinformation mode, using all the classical techniques of propaganda to put the gullible US public on a war footing with Iran. Here is how it is done. 1. Iran warmongers like National Security Adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pretend […]
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