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Believe it not, often it's someone's paid job. These people are called "trolls" and they operate out of "troll farms" where they post rubbish all day to disrupt meaningful conversation.
A Democrat Party, anti-Bernie Sanders troll revealed by Jimmy Dore. Her name is Sally Albright and she posts pro-Cinton, anti-Bernie tweets all day long under various accounts.
Huffington Post Writer Paul Blumenthal revealed the social media exploits of Sally Albright, which included retweets and trolling from fake twitter accounts to prop-up Clinton and slam Bernie Sanders.
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While western intellectuals do voice criticism over their governments' global policies, failings are too often blamed on political parties, poor leadership, ineffectual strategies, not enough funding, weapons or "will". But venture further for a moment to consider whether the problem isn't more foundational - whether the "western" construction of knowledge itself isn't fraught with troubling inadequacies.
Too few mainstream intellectuals are even prepared to entertain the idea that perhaps western social structures and their underlying epistemology of values are so irredeemably flawed that they make western political regimes a serious burden to human existence.
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WikiLeaks is calling for a global blockade of one of the world's largest crypto-trading exchanges, Coinbase, a large California bitcoin processor, deeming it "an unfit member of the crypto community" after the company banned the whistleblowing organization's online store from using its services "without explanation."
Even though the WikiLeaks Shop mainly sells WikiLeaks-related merchandise, such as T-shirts, hoodies, posters and accessories to help fund its operations, Coinbase has called the shop a "violation of the company's policy" - a very vague statement, which leaves a lot of room for speculation, and the bitcoin community is seriously worried by the payment processor's decision.
© Reuters / Mussa QawasmaPalestinian schoolchildren queue outside a tent where they attend lessons after Israeli troops confiscated caravans used as school classrooms, due to the lack of an Israeli-issued construction permit, in the West Bank village of Jubbet Al Dhib, near Bethlehem August 24, 2017
"Israeli authorities have been getting away for years with demolishing primary schools and preschools in Palestinian communities. The Israeli military's refusal to issue building permits and then knocking down schools without permits is discriminatory and violates children's right to education ... Israeli officials should be on notice that razing dozens of Palestinian schools not only can block children from getting an education, but may be an international crime," Bill Van Esveld, senior children's rights researcher at Human Rights Watch said, as quoted in the watchdog's statement.
More than a third of Palestinian communities in the West Bank's Area C, where the Israeli military has exclusive control over building under the 1993 Oslo accords, currently do not have primary schools.
Since Trump's electoral win in 2016, the Left has rediscovered their love of screaming the word Fascist (and racist and sexist and Nazi) at pretty much anyone whom the label doesn't apply to. Accept the right to keep and bear arms? Fascist! Accept there are only two genders? Fascist! Accept that free markets are the best way to increase the quality of life of everyone, poor and rich, black and white, conservative and liberal? FASCIST!!
Before the word loses all meaning (George Orwell wrote in 1944 that "the word 'Fascism' is almost entirely meaningless ... almost any English person would accept 'bully' as a synonym for 'Fascist,'") let's discuss what "fascist" actually means, where it comes from, and who are the real fascists in America.
"I have no idea why I was blocked and FB does not respond to questions about it. Clearly we have always had strong views posted on FB with no problems. But if any random individual can complain and silence you, Facebook is a forum we will be moving away from" Starrett tells The Gateway Pundit.
Comment: The disingenuous hedging on the part of Zuckerberg who claimed Facebook considers itself to be a 'platform for all ideas' is absurd - outright censorship of any person or organization whose opinions run counter to the establishment is well documented:
- Not a 'neutral public forum': Ted Cruz says Facebook actively censors, suppresses conservative speech
- EXPOSED: Internal Facebook documents reveal actual guidelines for censorship
- How Facebook, Youtube, Twitter and Google silence and crush dissent
- Facebook censorship: Here's how to make sure you still see posts by your favorite sites
© AHMAD GHARABLI / AFPBen Deri
The prosecution reached a plea bargain with the accused, Ben Deri, after a Jerusalem court found the officer caused the death of 17-year-old Nadeem Siam Nawarah by using live ammunition instead of rubber bullets to disperse a crowd during demonstrations in the village of Beitunia, near Ramallah. Deri was found guilty of causing death by negligence.
In his judgement, Judge Daniel Teperberg said Deri committed severe harm to Israeli values of "sanctity of life and the human right to wellbeing." Deri was jailed for nine months and received an additional six-month suspended sentence. Prosecutors had accused Deri of deliberately switching his rubber bullets for live rounds but his indictment was amended as part of his plea deal.
© Mohamed al-Sayaghi / ReutersWomen receive food at a charity kitchen in Sanaa, Yemen April 20, 2018
"It's wider than a famine," Alexandre Faite said of the situation in the country. "There's a problem with structural collapse of the system in Yemen. You have problems of water, you have problems of sanitation... There's also a crisis that has led to a million suspected cases of cholera last year."
With the country's infrastructure falling apart due to the ongoing fighting, "it's not only one of the most serious crises that I've seen, it's one of the most complicated," the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) official said.
Comment: Depriving innocent children of an education is one of the most heinous tactics in Israel's large arsenal of cruelty.