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Infantilizing Black America

Tosin Akintola
Quillette
Sun, 05 Aug 2018 00:00 UTC

In contemporary political discourse, black America often seems to be perceived as a monolith. We are expected to think, act, and vote as one, and any attempt to step outside the bounds of our pre-determined spectrum of thoughts can lead to summary excommunication.

Our diversity pertains to our race, ethnicity, gender orientation, or sexual preference when set against the rest of the American population, but the diversity of opinions, beliefs, and values found among American blacks is seldom acknowledged. Even though the 'black community' in America includes immigrants from Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America, as well as multiracial individuals and descendants of the slave trade, we are often grouped together as one large indistinguishable ideological bloc.

Comment: Any group is made up of individuals with things in common and things diverse. If we are to acknowledge and respect a person, it is on an individual's merits and choices. Surely we are not where we were 100 years ago and surely we will not be where we are today a hundred years from now.

'More data, more profit': Google tracks location, your every move - even when you ask it not to

RT
Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:44 UTC

If you've ever suspected that Google is watching your every move even when you explicitly tell it not to, a new investigation has vindicated your suspicions by proving just that.

An investigation carried out by the Associated Press has found that Google is in fact storing Android and iPhone users' location data even when they have chosen privacy settings to prevent the company from doing so.

Google claims that if you turn off the 'Location History' setting on your device, the company will not be able to store information about where you have been. The company states on its support page, that you can turn off Location History "at any time" and that, with the setting turned off, "the places you go are no longer stored."

But that's not true, the AP report says, because some Google apps continue to store time-stamped location data even when the 'Location History' setting is switched off - without asking for permission.

Some of the examples given by the AP include the Google Maps app, which takes a snapshot of your location as soon as you open it and even completely unrelated searches like "chocolate chip cookies" which "pinpoint your precise latitude and longitude" and save it to your Google account.

Comment: In order to prevent Goo from 'saving location data', they have to have it first. Someone's location should never be a company's cash cow. Deny this usurp of corporate and intelligence 'privilege'.

Weapons depot blast in Idlib, Syria kills 50 civilians - 40 injured

Sputnik
Sun, 12 Aug 2018 16:16 UTC

Death toll from an explosion at an arms depot in the town of Sarmada in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib increased to 50 on Sunday, a source in the Syrian opposition told Sputnik. Earlier in the day, the source told Sputnik that the blast claimed lives of 36, while 40 people were injured.

"Death toll from the blast at the arms depot in Sarmada increased to 50 people, over 40 people injured were delivered to various hospitals," the source said.

The arms depot was located in the basement of an apartment building, the explosion resulted in the building's destruction and many victims. The depot presumably belonged to an arms dealer. The cause of the blast is yet to be determined, according to the source.

Declassified CIA cable from Thailand blacksite gives steamy description of torture methods

RT
Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:01 UTC

A declassified cable detailing torture at a CIA blacksite in Thailand operated by now-CIA Director Gina Haspel employed hokey language perhaps better suited for an erotic novel - as opposed to documenting the agency's actions.

The bizarre literary work, one of 11 cables obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the National Security Archive, a research institute at George Washington University, describes a "catlike" linguist and "hulking, heavily muscled guards." Just to be clear: The December 2002 cable details the "enhanced" interrogation of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a suspected al-Qaeda terrorist - not a scene from '50 Shades of Grey.'

"HVTI and linguist ... strode, catlike, into the well-lit confines of the cell at 0902 hrs... deftly removed the subject's black hood with a swipe, paused, and in a deep, measured voice said that subject - having 'calmed down' after his (staged) run-in with his hulking, heavily muscled guards the previous day - should reveal what subject had done to vex his guards to the point of rage," the titillating CIA cable, documenting the daily shenanigans at a secret torture dungeon, reads.

"Subject, blinking in the fluorescent light, did a few characteristically flicks of his tongue, reacquired his nervous tick, and in a frail, squeaky voice, replied: 'Nothing.'"

Now even the Left-leaning Washington Post is debunking Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's ignorant talking points

Ashe Schow
The Daily Wire
Sat, 11 Aug 2018 17:55 UTC

Self-described "Democratic socialist" Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been making the rounds on liberal media ever since her surprising win over top Democratic incumbent Joseph Crowley in New York's 14th congressional district.

Her statements have been repeatedly fact checked by right-leaning news outlets, but now the left-leaning Washington Post is following Politifact to debunk many of her common claims. The Post doesn't use its standard "Pinocchios" rating scale when doing a round up like this, but it still takes Ocasio-Cortez to task for her claims.

For example, the 28-year-old former bartender claimed on PBS's "Firing Line" that "Unemployment is low because everyone has two jobs," and "Unemployment is low because people are working 60, 70, 80 hours a week and can barely feed their family."

The Post's Glenn Kessler called her first claim "poppycock."

Comment: Previously:

Senior Taliban official praises initial peace talks with US

Sputnik
Mon, 13 Aug 2018 17:29 UTC

The Arch enemies entered into talks following the successful implementation of a three-day ceasefire in June for the Muslim holiday of 'Eid al-Fitr.'

A Senior Taliban official has described peace talks held last month with the US as "very helpful" in envisaging a path out of Afghanistan's seventeen year old war.

The leader, from an organisation within the Taliban* called 'Quetta Shura,' has been quoted as saying that both sides intend to hold the next round of talks in September, and that these "will be more specific and focused on key issues." He also added that, "once the breakthrough is started it will be stunning for all."

Comment: The US' sudden willingness to meet with the Taliban more likely comes because Afghanistan has started to turn to Russia and China for help, so Washington has been forced into action.

11yo child shows how easy it is to hack election office websites, and she's not even Russian

RT
Mon, 13 Aug 2018 17:09 UTC

Ahead of the US midterms in November, the MSM has talked at length about a Russian hacking threat. Meanwhile, a competition in Las Vegas shows that when it comes to interfering with a US election, even a child can do it.

Hosted by technology non-profit R00tz Asylum, the competition was held on the sidelines of the annual Def Con hacking conference in Las Vegas, where children between the ages of 8 and 17 were tasked with hacking into replica election office websites in key "battleground" states where the upcoming US midterm elections in November are expected to be tight.

Of the 39 contestants who entered, 35 were successful in breaking into the sites with the fastest being 11-year old Audrey Jones. She cracked the site's code in just 10 minutes.

Comment: Apparently anyone can hack into these systems, even an 11 year-old child. So much for the 'Russia done it' narrative.

Russian warship claimed to have located and tracked US 'stealth' nuclear sub for hours

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Sat, 11 Aug 2018 17:04 UTC

A major Russian daily newspaper on Friday revealed a classified incident wherein a Russian battleship located and tracked a 'stealth' US nuclear powered submarine.

It reportedly took place last April, near in time to when the US, UK, and France launched massive strikes from air and sea on targets in and around Damascus in response to the alleged government chemical attack on Douma.

The popular Russian-language daily Izvestia newspaper revealed the story, citing a source in the Russian Navy. While not itself state-owned, the historic newspaper was in the past owned by Gazprom prior to being sold, and has long had close ties to the government.

Comment: Potentially more evidence that Russian military capabilities have left America's bloated, corrupt military-industrial complex in the dust?

Gender studies professors earning roughly $15k more than their math and science counterparts

Celine Ryan
Campus Reform
Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:35 UTC

Professors of subjects such as Women's Studies and Ethnic Studies are largely outearning those that teach more traditional subjects like math and science, according to a new analysis.

A report released by The College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) reveals that the average salary for professors of "Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies" during the 2017-2018 academic year was about $15,000 more per year more than for Biology, Math & Stats, and Science professors.

Comment: How are these 'Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies' professors helping students become constructive and productive members of society? Becoming 'the resistance' doesn't count.

Israeli military deliberately targeting civilians in Gaza as 'collective punishment'

Whitney Webb
MintPress News
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 18:40 UTC

Palestinia's Said al-Mis’hal cultural center

© Khalil Hamra / AP
Palestinians inspect the Said al-Mis’hal cultural center after it was hit destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Aug. 9, 2018

A newspaper article published in the Hebrew-language version of Israeli newspaper Haaretz has stated that the Israeli military (IDF) is intentionally targeting civilians in Gaza as a form of collective punishment aimed at placing Hamas - which Israel continues to regard as a resistance group, though it has governed Gaza since winning elections there in 2007 - "in a problematic situation."

The article states that, after a rocket launched by Hamas' armed wing landed in Beersheva, "the IDF began to attack civilian targets, including population centers, with the goal of causing the residents to understand the price of escalation and placing Hamas in a problematic situation." In other words, the article acknowledges that the IDF is deliberately targeting civilians in Gaza to collectively punish all those living in Gaza for the primitive rockets allegedly launched by Hamas into Israeli territory.

The article goes on to claim that the IDF's deliberate targeting of civilian sites is a "change in policy" for the IDF, as past Israeli airstrikes had "focused on Hamas' clear military objectives, mostly in areas where civilian presence is sparse." Yet, past airstrikes have targeted civilian infrastructure, which were then labeled, after the fact, as Hamas military sites and assets.

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Society's Child

Infantilizing Black America

'More data, more profit': Google tracks location, your every move - even when you ask it not to

Weapons depot blast in Idlib, Syria kills 50 civilians - 40 injured

Declassified CIA cable from Thailand blacksite gives steamy description of torture methods

Now even the Left-leaning Washington Post is debunking Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's ignorant talking points

Senior Taliban official praises initial peace talks with US

11yo child shows how easy it is to hack election office websites, and she's not even Russian

Russian warship claimed to have located and tracked US 'stealth' nuclear sub for hours

Gender studies professors earning roughly $15k more than their math and science counterparts

Israeli military deliberately targeting civilians in Gaza as 'collective punishment'

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