Saturday, September 14, 2019

Fake News Imperialism

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Michael McKibben and his team of researchers at Americans4Innovation.org have dug up “indictable evidence” usable in a court of law regarding the foundation of what we know today as the mainstream media, in tandem with the intelligence agencies of the 5 Eyes Alliance and how the origins of today’s mainstream news propaganda outlets and those of the main national intelligence services are inextricably entwined.

McKibben’s group has uncovered that the original MI5, MI6 and GCHQ were founded and staffed in the first decade of the 20th century by newspaper men, which is a fascinating revelation. There are documents that show how newspaper men and later, those from TV and radio comprised the original staffs at the CIA, FBI, NSA and the State Department – and that all were directly under the thumb of a group of people in England called the Pilgrims Society.

As McKibben says, “This is the body of the Leviathan that is what we call the Deep State today.”

There were 650 people in attendance at the Imperial Press Conference in 1909. On the surface, it was a group of newspaper people from all over the British Empire gathered at Shepherd’s Bush in the West End of London, in a pavilion at the French-British Exhibition called White City. Ostensibly, they were gathered to discuss things like the cost of telegrams used in newspaper reporting and the future of journalism, as one would expect at a conference like this.

But what McKibben’s research team discovered on the side was that a select group were having secret meetings with the House of Commons and the Prime Minister, planning the formation of the Empire Press Union. Soon afterwards, Sir Gilbert Parker, the Prime Minister referenced these meetings as the source for the founding of the Home Defence and Colonial Defense, aka, MI5 and MI6. Gilbert even stated in the parliamentary record that he was going to recruit two people from this Imperial Press Conference to assist him with gathering information from around the planet. These 650 newspaper men would be stationed all over the world in the Commonwealth nations, spreading propaganda as paramilitary soldiers and intelligence agents, controlling public opinion through the printed word.

Thus, all of the leading British and American newspapers were weaponized in 1909 by the British Government-led Pilgrims Society, including The Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Times, Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Sunday Times, Observer, Financial Times, Washington Post, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, etc.

As radio and television emerged in the 1920s, the list of Pilgrim-weaponized intelligence/propaganda/media expanded to BBC, NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, CBC, CNN, CNBC, Comcast, FOX, CIA, FBI, NSA and the State Department. All remain under the  control of the (British) Pilgrims Society to this day.

Douglas Gabriel and Michael McKibben take a deep dive into the historical details of all of this, which sheds such an important light on the agenda driving so much of the information we consume daily.

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Friday, September 13, 2019

The Prosecution Against Julian Assange: Where 2020 Presidential Candidates Stand



(SP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been jailed in London’s Belmarsh Prison since April 11, when Ecuador authorities revoked his political asylum in their embassy and British authorities arrested him.

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Julian Assange To Remain Jailed After Serving Sentence 



WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange was ordered to remain in prison once his 50-week prison sentence ends on September 22, over concerns that he will evade a US extradition request due to his "history of absconding," according to the BBC.  Magistrate says Assange to remain in prison indefinitely.

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BBC tells schoolchildren there are 'over 100' genders

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(Breitbart) The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) tells primary schoolchildren that there are over 100 genders as part of its “Teach” video series, which has some concerned parents and observers up in arms.

“You know, there are so many gender identities,” declares the head teacher in response to child’s question. “We know that we have got male and female, but there are over 100, if not more, gender identities now.”

The video for schoolchildren aged 9-12 is part of nine new BBC Teach films produced as support material for the personal, social, and health education (PSHE) curriculum in UK schools.

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Latest Russian spy story looks like another elaborate media deception



When I was 20, I studied at the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute, in the waning days of the Soviet empire. Most of the Russians I met were amusingly free of stress caused by following news.

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

Did California Just Kill the Gig Economy?

Did California Just Kill the Gig Economy? 

"According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), in 2017, 55 million people, or more than 35 percent of the US workforce, were participants in the gig economy. By 2020, that number is expected to jump to 43 percent."

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

The Suicide Rate In The U.S. Has Hit The Highest Level In 50 Years, And There Is Concern That It Will Go Much Higher

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Despite the fact that more money is being spent on suicide prevention efforts than ever before in our history, the suicide rate in the United States continues to rise dramatically.  As you will see below, one new study has discovered that our suicide rate actually increased by 41 percent between 1999 and 2016.  Even though we have the highest standard of living that any generation of Americans has ever enjoyed, we are an exceedingly unhappy nation and we are killing ourselves in unprecedented numbers.  This shouldn’t be happening, but unfortunately the forces that have taken over our culture have convinced multitudes of Americans that their lives are not worth living any longer.  In a culture where truth has been abandoned, it is easy for lies to run rampant, and it takes a great deal of deception to get someone to willingly choose to embrace suicide.  No matter what you are going through right now, there is always a way to turn things around, and we all have been given lives worth living.

Sadly, the suicide rate in this country has continued to escalate year after year.  According to the Los Angeles Times, 2017 is “the latest year for which reliable statistics are available”, and in that year the U.S. suicide rate hit a 50 year high…

Whether they are densely populated or deeply rural, few communities in the United States have escaped a shocking increase in suicides over the last two decades. From 1999 to 2016, suicide claimed the lives of 453,577 adults between the ages of 25 and 64 — enough to fill more than 1,000 jumbo jets.

Suicides reached a 50-year peak in 2017, the latest year for which reliable statistics are available.

These numbers come from a new study that was just released, and it claims that our suicide rate actually increased by 41 percent between 1999 and 2016…

The researchers evaluated national suicide data collected between 1999 and 2016, then created a county-by-county estimation of suicide rates among all adults between the ages of 25-64. In that time period, suicide rates rose an astonishing 41%; from a median of 15 suicides per 100,000 county residents in 1999 to 21.2 in the last three years of analysis.

And suicide is also a rapidly growing problem among our teens and young adults as well.

In fact, suicide is now the second leading cause of death for Americans from age 10 to age 24.

Everyone goes through very low times, and for many people it can seem like those low times will never end.  But when I was at my lowest points many years ago, I always had faith that better days were coming, even though at the time I couldn’t even imagine the absolutely amazing things that were ahead for me.  The point that I am trying to make is that we simply do not know what the future will hold.  No matter how dark things may seem to you right now, a miracle could literally be right around the corner.

This new study that just came out also discovered that suicide rates are significantly higher in rural parts of the country

It was noted that suicide rates were at their highest in less-populous counties and in areas where people have lower incomes and diminished access to resources. For example, between 2014 and 2016, there were 17.6 suicides per 100,000 people in large metropolitan counties, noticeably lower than the 22 suicides per 100,000 people recorded in rural counties.

The quality of life in rural areas is so much nicer in so many ways, but there is also a lot of isolation and poverty as well.  Humans are meant to be social creatures, and when there aren’t a lot of people around that can feed feelings of depression.  And if someone is deeply struggling with poverty, it can be difficult to see a way out in an area with few economic opportunities.  According to Brookings Institution research analyst Carol Graham, many Americans living in such areas “see no optimism for the future”

“These are the places that used to be thriving rural places, near enough to cities and manufacturing hubs,” she said. “They’re places that accord with a stereotypical picture of stable blue-collar existence — and a quite nice existence — for whites in the heartland.”

With the collapse of extractive industries such as coal mining, the departure of manufacturing jobs, and a strapped agricultural economy, “these communities just got flipped on their head,” Graham observed. “And the people in those places became unhinged. You’d have a sense of places where everything has left. And among those who stay, you see no optimism for the future.”

If this is happening now, while economic conditions are still relatively stable, what is going to happen to the suicide rate during the next major U.S. economic downturn?

There is never, ever, ever a good reason for someone to commit suicide, but unfortunately during the next recession we are likely to see the suicide rate rise substantially higher.

Another factor that is resulting in a higher rate of suicide in rural areas is a lack of health insurance

Last but certainly not least, a lack of health insurance coverage is significantly associated with rising suicide rates in rural US counties.

Specifically, the researchers observed that the more people in a county who didn’t have health insurance coverage, the higher that county’s suicide rate was.

When you are buried in medical bills that you know that you will never be able to pay, it can be exceedingly difficult to envision brighter days ahead.  Our healthcare system is deeply, deeply broken, and this is something that I wrote about on Tuesday.

It is such a tragedy when people choose to end their lives because of financial circumstances, because financial circumstances are always temporary.

No matter how bad things are in your life right now, there is always a way to turn them around.  The best days of your life could still be ahead for you, but you have got to be willing to believe that this is true.

Life is an absolutely incredible gift, and don’t let anyone ever convince you that you should end it.

It has been said that life is like a coin.  You can spend it any way that you want, but you can only spend it once.  I would encourage you to spend it loving others greatly, enjoying each day to the fullest, and doing something that truly matters.

About the author: Michael Snyder is a nationally-syndicated writer, media personality and political activist. He is the author of four books including Get Prepared Now, The Beginning Of The End and Living A Life That Really Matters. His articles are originally published on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News. From there, his articles are republished on dozens of other prominent websites. If you would like to republish his articles, please feel free to do so. The more people that see this information the better, and we need to wake more people up while there is still time.

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New Monopoly Game Gives Women More Money Than Men

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Hasbro officially brought the gender pay gap to game night with its new feminist version of Monopoly called “Ms. Monopoly.”

The new version of the classic board game comes with new rules: Women players will collect $240 in Monopoly money while male players will only collect $200. Women also collect $1,900 in Monopoly money from the banker player at the beginning of the game while men collect $1,500, according to USA Today.

But “if men play their cards right, they can make more money, too,” the game-making company announced in a Monday press release.

MEET MS. MONOPOLY! Mr. Monopoly's niece, a self-made investment guru, is here to celebrate women trailblazers and update a few things. It’s about time! pic.twitter.com/ETSBK7TtWj

— Hasbro (@Hasbro) September 10, 2019

Ms. Monopoly will be “the first-ever game in the Monopoly franchise that celebrates women trailblazers,” according to Hasbro’s press release, and will feature a new, female character on the box cover instead of the game’s original mustachioed mascot, Rich Uncle Pennybags.

Hasbro also announced a $20,580 “real money” donation to three girls ages 13 to 16 “to fuel their inventive spirit and further their projects – which just so happens to be the same amount of Monopoly money featured in the game. … All of the young inventors come from very different backgrounds, but with a common goal to help others using their inventions.”

Hasbro Global Brand Strategy and Marketing Senior Director Jen Boswinkel said that through the new game and the company’s donation to three young women, Hasbro’s goal is to “recognize and celebrate the many contributions women have made to our society and continue to make on a daily basis.”

“We made sure that this felt authentic and was a fun game families could play and learn about these things that they love and are a part of their life that they didn’t know were invented by women,” Boswinkel told USA Today.

Washington Post reporter Dave Jorgenson noted on Twitter that the original patent for the first version of the game called “The Landlord’s Game” was actually created by a woman named Lizzie Magie in 1903.

Hasbro just released Ms Monopoly, but the real Ms Monopoly was Lizzie Magie.

She created the game. Some dude showed up 30 years later, pretended he invented it, threw out one of the rulebooks, got the patent and sold it to Parker Brothers. https://t.co/7B0KclUjx0

— Dave Jorgenson 🗞 (@davejorgenson) September 10, 2019

But however well-intentioned the purpose of the game is, its pay-gap rule received some criticism on Twitter.

"Ms. Monopoly:" Extra cash when you pass go. And instead of a Get Out of Jail card, women get to play Put 'Em In Jail cards with false #MeToo allegations against men...then collect multi-million-dollar civil suits & book deals. https://t.co/MbNZLTB8Rh

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) September 10, 2019

Wow.

Hasbro is perpetuating victimhood through a board game.

They’re instilling in young girls that society views them ‘less than’.

The pay gap comes from PERSONAL CHOICES made by women.

...... and they’re calling this game ‘female empowerment’ https://t.co/Tzaqaf0n2t

— Lisa Britton (@LisaBritton) September 10, 2019

In the "fun new take" women collect more money than men to show how the male-dominated Hasbro executive team is hip with the times. #MsMonopoly pic.twitter.com/dPUC0kRc5W

— Wes Wilson (@weswilson4) September 10, 2019

"You can't win at something unless you get an unfair advantage and, by the way, everyone is going to resent you for it" seems like an amazing lesson for young girls.

Ms. Monopoly #MsMonopoly

— Carol Roth (@caroljsroth) September 10, 2019

Uh, yeah...except the original #Monopoly doesn’t discriminate or offer any arbitrary advantages. Every player is equal. #MsMonopoly is an Animal Farm board game.

I will also point out that HasBRO is the company that makes the game. Very sexist. https://t.co/JdsoKkP5E8

— Greg Scott (@GScottSays) September 10, 2019

The game is set to be released next month.

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This article has been republished with permission from The Daily Signal.

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John Bolton’s Dismissal

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The power of identity politics as a tool of the Establishment to divert and derail opposition to the wealthy elite was demonstrated to me in a stunning and graphic way back in January 2013. I was entering the Oxford Union to attend the presentation of the Sam Adams award for Integrity to Tom Fingar, a senior American intelligence officer who had successfully blocked a push for military action against Iran by insisting on the barring from assessments of highly exaggerated accounts of Iran’s nuclear programme. A person of integrity in the right place had been able to stop a repeat of the extreme horrors of war engendered by the Iraqi WMD scam perpetrated by Blair and Bush.

You would hope that some of the points Fingar made would be of interest to Oxford’s students. One point that struck me was that he said he was extremely glad if his actions had prevented a war but that:

“Preventing a war was not the goal. Our only goal was to present a full and accurate assessment of Iran’s nuclear capability. Decisions about what to do were for the policy makers.”

You can see Fingar’s full talk here:

You can see a fascinating series of very brief contributions by major whistleblowers made at the event here. I had not really watched my own speech since giving it; I have to say I think it is one of the most powerful I ever made.

More interestingly, there was an extremely thoughtful and insightful talk by Julian Assange, delivered by videolink.

It is worth watching that, not only for the fist rate content, but also to remind ourselves of the quiet and questing actual personality of my friend, who has been demonised by the media on a massive scale.

Which brings me to my point on identity politics. I had to push my way into this event through a crowd of angry students who were picketing the event in protest against the appearance of Julian Assange.

Yet the very night before, serial war criminal John Bolton, one of the most evil men of power in the world, had spoken on the very same platform in the Oxford Union and not one single student had demonstrated against him. His reception inside was also on the fawning side. (Remember this is the venue that spawned the careers of David Cameron, Boris Johnson, William Rees-Mogg and others).

That incident is to me is a microcosm of the use of identity politics by the state. Through self-evidently flimsy allegations, the state can mobilise feminists to silence the world’s most important dissident voices, while warmongers are feted. Enough “progressives” favoured Clinton’s faux-feminism to help ditch (aided by some cheating) Bernie Sanders’ bid for a better life for the mass of people. Here in Scotland the energies of the SNP are routinely diverted into gender and trans issues instead of getting on with Independence, while precisely the same tactics are employed against Alex Salmond as against Julian Assange, to take another major threat to the status quo out of the political game.

I am delighted by Trump getting rid of Bolton as National Security Advisor. The warmonger always appeared entirely at odds with Trump’s professed isolationism, and it appears that Trump no longer feels the need to appease the part of the Republican Party establishment who were placated by Bolton’s appointment. I know that my failure to see Trump as the incarnation of pure evil upsets some people, and I do detest many of his domestic policies. But it remains the case that Trump has not destroyed a state nor initiated nor escalated a war, and by recent US standards that makes him a big improvement. The dismissal of Bolton gives hope that may remain the case.

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This Is Why So Many Americans Are Deathly Afraid Of Going To The Hospital…

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What you are about to read in this article is likely to make you very angry. Once upon a time, the primary mission of our hospitals was to help people, but today they have become vicious financial predators. Many Americans try very hard to avoid visiting the hospital because of what it might cost, but […]

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Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Media Response to Engineering Report on WTC 7

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Many readers have responded to my request to let me know if they come across a report in the presstitute media of the study concluding that WTC 7 fell by controlled demolition.  At this time, the only known examples in the US media are a local TV station in Anchorage Alaska ( https://www.ktva.com/story/41015153/fire-did-not-cause-world-trade-center-building-7-collapse-uaf-study-suggests ) and a local newspaper in Fairbanks Alaska ( Fairbanks Daily News-Miner ).

The online site of the British newspaper Express provides this account:  https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1175375/9-11-world-trade-center-twin-towers-September-11-conspiracy-theories 

Other readers report:

“There have been no news that I have seen in any paper in canada on this report.”

“I haven’t come across a single report on US tv news, and I monitor it daily.”

“In German language media I found no mentioning of the report; I found some reports on the study in a few German language alt-news sites.”

” I have not seen any coverage of the Hulsey UAF report in any media other than social platforms.”

“there are NO (-0-) responses to the report by the University of Alaska in the German ‘media’. Only a number of alternative online publications is reporting on the study in detail.
It’s springtime for fascism not only in America, but also in Europe. The masses are deceived with impunity.”

“Not a word about the report in Australian media.”

Reports on the study are confined to a few alt-news internet sites.

So, here we have a stunning piece of news from experts and it is blacked out.  What more proof do you need that you live in The Matrix where what you know is only what those in charge want you to know?

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CIA blasts CNN's 'simply false' reporting

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(FOX NEWS) The Central Intelligence Agency on Monday evening slammed what it called CNN’s “misguided” and “simply false” reporting, after the cable channel’s chief national security correspondent authored a hole-filled piece claiming that the CIA had pulled a high-level spy out of Russia because President Trump had “repeatedly mishandled classified intelligence and could contribute to exposing the covert source as a spy.”

The extraordinary CIA rebuke came as The New York Times published a bombshell piece late in the evening, which largely contradicted CNN’s reporting. According to the Times, CIA officials “made the arduous decision in late 2016 to offer to extract the source from Russia” — weeks before Trump even took office.

Concerns about media reporting on Russian election interference drove the decision, according to the Times, which described the source as “the American government’s best insight into the thinking of and orders” from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Monday, September 9, 2019

Suicide Rates In Rural America Jump, Nearly Half A Million Dead



From 1999 to 2016, the suicide rate of Americans ages 25 to 64 jumped 41%, researchers noted in JAMA Network Open. The study found Americans living in rural communities had a 25% higher probability of taking their own life than those in cities. 

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Sunday, September 8, 2019

Paying Attention to the Real Voice of Martin Luther King



Dead men make such convenient heroes. They cannot rise to challenge the images we would fashion from their lives. And besides, it is easier to build monuments than to make a better world.

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