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They Sell Your Data to EVERYONE
Posted by M. C. on August 28, 2023
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The Last Time A Foreign Military Threat Was Placed Near The US Border, The World Almost Ended
Posted by M. C. on August 28, 2023
It normally gets obfuscated and manipulated to keep people from looking at it too closely, but that is in fact the argument being presented here. The US empire believes it is the rightful ruler of this planet, and those who are currently shaking their fists at Russia and China for refusing to accept this are fully behind it in that perspective.
It’s ridiculously hypocritical for westerners to condemn Russia and China for responding aggressively to the US empire building up military threats on their borders, because the last time a credible military threat was placed near the border of the United States, the US responded so aggressively that it almost ended the world.
I point out this hypocrisy not because hypocrisy in and of itself is an especially terrible sin — there are much worse things you can be in life than a hypocrite — but to flag the fact that people who think Russia and China should tolerate US actions on their borders that the US would never tolerate on its own borders actually believe the United States should rule the world.
It’s worth spending some time learning about the Cuban Missile Crisis for a number of reasons in the 2020s. First, in a time of soaring hostilities between nuclear-armed governments it’s probably good to have a lucid understanding of how close humanity came to wiping itself out in 1962, and the fact that total nuclear war was averted by a single dissenting decision by a single Soviet officer on a nuclear-armed submarine that was being bombarded by the US navy. Second, in an environment where talk of peace negotiations and compromise are regarded as treasonous Kremlin loyalism it’s good to have an understanding of the fact that the only reason we survived that perilous standoff was because Washington made compromises and pulled its Jupiter missiles out of Turkey and Italy. Third, the Cuban Missile Crisis shows how aggressively the US will respond to a foreign rival placing a military threat near its border.
As we’ve discussed previously, the single dumbest thing the US empire asks us to believe is that its amassing of war machinery near the borders of its top two geopolitical rivals should be seen as a defensive measure, rather than the act of extreme aggression that it obviously is. The US empire was the aggressor when it expanded NATO and began turning Ukraine into a de facto NATO member, and it is the aggressor as it accelerates its encirclement of China and opens the floodgates of US-financed weapons into Taiwan.
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“Information Designed To Show …”
Posted by M. C. on August 28, 2023
Reading through the stupid disinformation stuff one stumbles over this sentence:
[T]he information released by the United States on Friday is designed to show how much deeper Russian influence operations are than those efforts to sow dissent on the internet.
That is quite revealing. The information contained in the CIA release was ‘designed’ or construed to create a certain propaganda narrative.
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/08/information-designed-to-show-.html
Moo of Alabama
Yesterday CNN published another Russiagate like nonsense story:
Newly declassified US intel claims Russia is laundering propaganda through unwitting Westerners
Russian intelligence is operating a systematic program to launder pro-Kremlin propaganda through private relationships between Russian operatives and unwitting US and western targets, according to newly declassified US intelligence.
Caitlin Johnstone takes it apart:
Another Day, Another CIA Press Release Disguised As News
She concludes:
One of the craziest things happening in our world today is how westerners are being trained to overlook the massive amounts of western propaganda they’re inundated with day in and day out and focus instead on “Russian propaganda”, which has no meaningful existence in the west. In 2017 before RT was shut down in the UK, it accounted for 0.04 percent of the UK’s total TV audience. A New York University study published earlier this year found that the supposed Russian Twitter influence campaign ahead of the 2016 election which dominated headlines for years had had “no measurable impact in changing minds or influencing voter behavior”. An earlier study found that suspected Russian accounts showing up in Facebook’s news feed during that time amounted to “approximately 1 out of 23,000 pieces of content.” A study by Adelaide University found that despite headline after headline warning us about a massive wave of Russian bots manipulating online discourse after the invasion of Ukraine began last year, the overwhelming majority of fake accounts they examined (more than 90 percent) were pro-Ukraine accounts.
Contrast this microscopic smattering of influence with the fact that westerners are continually getting their news reporting from western propaganda outlets which openly publish CIA press releases disguised as news on a regular basis. These people are absolutely telling us the truth when they say we’re under constant bombardment by propaganda and influence operations — they’re just lying about who’s really doing it to us.
CNN was not the only outlet that plugged the stupid CIA press release. The New York Times had it too and its report is a bit more revealing:
Russia Pushes Long-Term Influence Operations Aimed at the U.S. and Europe
Reading through the stupid disinformation stuff one stumbles over this sentence:
[T]he information released by the United States on Friday is designed to show how much deeper Russian influence operations are than those efforts to sow dissent on the internet.
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so the most important thing you got to remember is
Posted by M. C. on August 27, 2023
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Obama’s chief economist wants more inflation!
Posted by M. C. on August 26, 2023
What do they smoke in DC?
Furman’s illogical proposal exemplifies the erroneous thinking in the economics profession in general and at the Federal Reserve specifically. For example, the “natural” inflation rate is below zero, i.e., deflation. Thus, the Fed’s policy goal to target a 2 percent inflation rate is fatuous.
As Murray Rothbard pointed out, “rather than a problem to be dreaded and combatted, falling prices through increased production is a wonderful long-run tendency of untrammelled (sic) capitalism.
https://murraysabrin.substack.com/p/obamas-chief-economist-wants-more
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“There is a right way and a wrong way, always choose the right way.” Abraham Sabrin (1914-2001)
Jason Furman was Obama’s chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (2013-2017) and is currently a professor of the practice of economic policy at Harvard. In an Wall Street Journal op-ed yesterday, “The Fed Should Carefully Aim for a Higher Inflation Target,” Furman asserts, “In the short run, the Fed should be aiming to stabilize inflation below 3%. If it can achieve this goal, then it should shift to a higher target range for inflation when it updates its overall strategy around 2025” (emphasis added.)
Furman’s illogical proposal exemplifies the erroneous thinking in the economics profession in general and at the Federal Reserve specifically. For example, the “natural” inflation rate is below zero, i.e., deflation. Thus, the Fed’s policy goal to target a 2 percent inflation rate is fatuous. In a free market economy as the output of goods and services increases prices in general should decline.
As Murray Rothbard pointed out, “rather than a problem to be dreaded and combatted, falling prices through increased production is a wonderful long-run tendency of untrammelled (sic) capitalism. The trend of the Industrial Revolution in the West was falling prices, which spread an increased standard of living to every person; falling costs, which maintained general profitability of business; and stable monetary wage rates—which reflected steadily increasing real wages in terms of purchasing power. This is a process to be hailed and welcomed rather than to be stamped out.”
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Have Religious Conservatives Lost Their Minds?
Posted by M. C. on August 26, 2023
What will Republican-controlled legislatures and boards do when Muslims or Satanists or atheists want government money to start their own charter schools? Will they then have to decide which religions or denominations qualify for state funds?
Are religious conservatives naïve enough to think that government funds will come with no strings attached? He that pays the piper calls the tune.
Although the phrase “separation of church and state” does not appear in the Constitution, the concept is based on the First Amendment, which reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
Down through history, the union of church and state has resulted in great evils. Even today, in the twenty-first century, some countries have state religions or state churches. This includes not only Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia but also “Christian” countries like Norway and the United Kingdom.
Although they differ on the exact meaning and extent of the “separation of church and state,” most Americans — from the irreligious to the devout — oppose the United States having an official religion. They also prefer that the government not take tax money and give it to religious institutions.
Yet, when it comes to the subject of education, most Americans not only see a role for the government: they believe in the union of education and the state. What makes this even worse is when religion is involved.
Some religious conservatives are celebrating the establishment of the nation’s first religious charter school. I am not, even though I am also a religious and cultural conservative.
Charter schools are public schools. They are publicly funded schools managed by independent boards under the terms of a contract or charter with a state or local governmental authority. But they are still public schools that have to follow federal antidiscrimination laws; state academic standards, curriculum frameworks, and testing requirements; as well as provide education at no cost to pupils or parents. According to U.S. News & World Report, “Roughly 8% of public school students are enrolled in charters, according to the latest federal data, and even fewer, 1%, are enrolled in virtual charter schools.”
This past June, the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter Board, by a 3–2 vote, approved the establishment of the nation’s first religious charter school. The St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School is a joint project of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa. The initial vote in April was 5–0 against establishing the school. The school’s charter application specifically states that it will “operate the school as a Catholic School.” Members of the board are appointed by the state’s Republican governor, Kevin Stitt, a supporter of religious charter schools, and the state’s GOP-controlled legislature.
“This is a win for religious liberty and education freedom,” said Stitt. Yet, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond reproved the governor in a statement: “The approval of any publicly funded religious school is contrary to Oklahoma law and not in the best interest of taxpayers. It’s extremely disappointing that board members violated their oath in order to fund religious schools with our tax dollars. In doing so, these members have exposed themselves and the state to potential legal action that could be costly.”
The CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Rachel Laser, likewise said in a statement: “It’s hard to think of a clearer violation of the religious freedom of Oklahoma taxpayers and public-school families than the state establishing the nation’s first religious public charter school. This is a sea change for American democracy.”
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Self Defeating – Def:
Posted by M. C. on August 26, 2023
Charter Schools
“But they are still public schools that have to follow federal antidiscrimination laws; state academic standards, curriculum frameworks, and testing requirements;“
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Posted by M. C. on August 26, 2023
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CDC Now Refusing New COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports in Its V-Safe Program
Posted by M. C. on August 26, 2023
Their inbox must be full.
By David Gortler
Note from Justin: In a shocking turn of events, it seems that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has quietly stopped collecting adverse event reports on their V-safe website. This website, which was actively gathering safety data for COVID-19 vaccines, abruptly stopped collecting data on June 30, 2023, leaving many to wonder why. The CDC now directs users to the FDA’s VAERS website for adverse event reporting, even though they had previously dismissed VAERS as “passive” and “unverified.” This decision raises troubling questions about the safety of mRNA Covid-19 injections and why the CDC would choose to stop monitoring adverse events for such a new and potentially risky technology.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) V-safe website quietly stopped collecting adverse event reports with no reason or explanation. The V-safe website simply states: “Thank you for your participation. Data collection for COVID-19 vaccines concluded on June 30, 2023.” If you go there today, V-safe directs users to the FDA’s VAERS website for adverse event reporting, even though officials continually derided VAERS as “passive” and “unverified.”
VAERS and V-safe are mutually exclusive safety collection databases operated by the FDA and CDC, respectively. VAERS is an older way of collecting safety data where one can fill out a form online, or manually, or by calling a toll-free number, whereas V-safe is a device “app” which requires online registration. Both VAERS and V-safe collect personal information, lot numbers, dates and associated information, but V-safe was an active collection system geared towards a younger app-using demographic.
Here is the last report before deletion.
Does this mean that the CDC believes that the mRNA Covid-19 injections are so safe, there is no need to monitor adverse event reports any longer? What is the argument against continued monitoring, especially since the V-safe website was already up and paid for?
While CDC’s V-safe was stealthily and abruptly turned off, refusing to accept new safety reports, to this very day the CDC continues to urge everyone ages 6 months and older to stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines and boosters.
As a drug safety expert, I personally can’t cite another example of any agency or manufacturer halting collection of safety data. It seems even worse because mRNA technology is relatively new with long-term manifestations unknown. On top of this, both manufacturers and the FDA refuse to share the list of ingredients, such as lipid nanoparticles, which could affect individuals differently and take a long time to manifest clinically.
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Another Day, Another CIA Press Release Disguised As News
Posted by M. C. on August 26, 2023
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/another-day-another-cia-press-release
CNN has a new article out titled “Newly declassified US intel claims Russia is laundering propaganda through unwitting Westerners,” and it’s pretty much exactly what you’d expect if you’ve been critically observing the western mass media over the last several years. An anonymous source making vague and unevidenced claims of an unverifiable nature about a longtime target of the US intelligence cartel, based solely on information provided by that same intelligence cartel.
CNN’s Kate Bo Lillis reports:
“US intelligence agencies believe that the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) is attempting to influence public policy and public opinion in the West by directing Russian civilians to build relationships with influential US and Western individuals and then disseminate narratives that support Kremlin objectives, obscuring the FSB’s role through layers of ostensibly independent actors.
“‘These influence operations are designed to be deliberately small scale, the overall goal being US [and] Western persons presenting these ideas, seemingly organic,’ a US official authorized to discuss the material told CNN. ‘The co-optee influence operations are built primarily on personal relationships … they build trust with them and then they can leverage that to covertly push the FSB’s agenda.’”
“But the official stressed that the Western voices that eventually became mouthpieces for Russian propaganda were almost certainly unaware of the role they were playing,” CNN adds.
As usual, there is no way to prove or disprove these extremely vague claims about “small scale” actions supposedly being orchestrated by a foreign intelligence agency to create mouthpieces for Russian propaganda who don’t know they’re mouthpieces for Russian propaganda. We’re meant to simply take the word of an anonymous US official citing unsubstantiated assertions by US intelligence agencies.
And it brings up a few questions.
Firstly, what precisely are we meant to do with this very vague information about this very broad supposed trend? It kind of seems like we’re meant to just generally feel more paranoid and suspicious about anyone who isn’t toeing the official western line on issues pertaining to Russia. Whose interests would that serve? Would it perhaps serve the information interests of the US empire, which the US intelligence cartel exists to promote?
Secondly, if the US intelligence cartel believes this very broad, vague threat exists, why not just tell us themselves? Why not just issue some public statements from named officials, instead of funneling it through the news media disguised as a news story? What a weird charade.
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