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December 2016Big Media's Contra-Cocaine Cover-upPosted: Monday, December 12, 2016 Michigan Cops Strap Black Man To A Chair As One Officer Severely Beats Him Until He Is Blind In One Nobel Peace Prize: Santos calls for 'rethink' of war on drugs The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, has used his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech to call for the world to "rethink" the war on drugs. Big Media's Contra-Cocaine Cover-up Twelve years ago, a campaign of character assassination by the major U.S. newspapers drove an honest journalist to suicide. Now those papers claim to be paragons of truth-telling, says Robert Parry. Game over for the US in Syria With Aleppo on the brink of liberation from US-supported 'moderate' jihadi rebels, Barack Obama's White House is in damage control mode — but it's about time they admit it's game over. The Agenda of Corporate Media Is Regime Change' in Syria US to send 200 more troops to Syria to bolster Raqqa assault Ash Carter announces extra personnel and criticises allies in Middle East for not doing enough in fight against Isis Boeing's $16B aircraft deal with Iran Air faces challenges Netanyahu to Offer Trump 'Five Ideas' for Killing Iran Nuclear Pact Claims There Are Several Ways to Sabotage the Pact Iran says Gulf worried about war risks with Trump Iran summons UK envoy over 'divisive' May remarks to Gulf Arabs How To INSTANTLY Tell If Russia Hacked the Election Anonymous CIA officials claim that Russia hacked the U.S. election by accessing emails from top Democratic officials and then leaking them to Wikileaks. Anonymous Leaks to the WashPost About the CIA's Russia Beliefs Are No Substitute for Evidence The Washington Post late Friday night published an explosive story that, in many ways, is classic American journalism of the worst sort: The key claims are based exclusively on the unverified assertions of anonymous officials, who in turn are disseminating their own claims about what the CIA purportedly believes, all based on evidence that remains completely secret. Britain says West cannot treat Russia as an equal partner Britain's defense minister said on Sunday he was ready to work with his new U.S. counterpart but that Western nations could not treat Russia as an equal partner as Moscow was a strategic competitor. China 'seriously concerned' after Trump questions Taiwan policy President-elect says he sees no reason why the US should continuing abiding by One China policy unless a bargain is reached with Beijing involving trade Bombing at Egypt's main Coptic Christian cathedral kills 25 Bombing comes during a sweeping crackdown against Islamic militants by security forces; many supporters of former Muslim Brotherhood president Mohammad Morsi blame Christrians for his ousting. A Clinton Fan Manufactured Fake News That MSNBC Personalities Spread to Discredit WikiLeaks Docs The phrase "Fake News" has exploded in usage since the election, but the term is similar to other malleable political labels such as "terrorism" and "hate speech"; because the phrase lacks any clear definition, it is essentially useless except as an instrument of propaganda and censorship. The most important fact to realize about this new term: Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it. Former Icelandic minister claims US sent 'planeload of FBI agents to frame Julian Assange' during mission to the country in 2011 Think Trump's scary now? Posted: Friday, December 2, 2016 This is why everything you've read about the wars in Syria and Iraq could be wrong It is too dangerous for journalists to operate in rebel-held areas of Aleppo and Mosul. But there is a tremendous hunger for news from the Middle East, so the temptation is for the media to give credence to information they get second hand Think Trump's scary now? Obama is leaving him with broad war powers The president-elect keeps news cycles churning with his unhinged tweets, but it's the current administration's expanding military license that should scare us Political Science's "Theory of Everything" The famous Indian story of the Blind Men and the Elephant is a metaphor highlighting that while one's subjective experience can be true, it can also be limited by its failure to account for other truths or a totality of truth. A similar metaphor can be used to try to explain the hidden forces guiding the US Government UN apologizes for Haiti cholera spread, not for causing it |
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