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NPR censors their podcast to cover up for US govt censorship


Spy Culture
Sat, 23 Nov 2019 20:54 UTC
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Yesterday, NPR's podcast Marketplace released a new episode titled How Chinese censorship changed "Top Gun" (and the rest of Hollywood). It is the latest in the never-ending stream of mainstream media output complaining about Chinese government censorship of Hollywood.

The episode's segment focused on Top Gun: Maverick, and the removal of a patch on the back of Maverick's leather jacket featuring a Taiwanese flag. The change was presumably made to pre-empt the Chinese government censors, for whom the notion of Taiwan being an independent state is a no-no. This caused a controversy when sharp-eyed Top Gun fans noticed the change in the trailer for the film.

At the time I criticised the US media for failing to place this apparent act of self-censorship in the proper context: namely, of both Top Gun films having been through the stringent censorship process operated by the US military. Not a single article thought to draw that parallel. Every single one was written from the perspective of 'look at what these dirty foreigners are doing to OUR movies'.

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NPC

Animal rights activist stabs woman inside Ohio church for wearing fur


Cleveland.com
Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:00 UTC
meredith lowell, knife attack animal rights
Cleveland Heights police believe that a woman stabbed another woman inside a Fairmount Boulevard Church because the woman was wearing fur boots.

Meredith Lowell, 35, of Cleveland Heights, is charged with attempted murder and felonious assault in the stabbing that happened about 5:15 p.m. Wednesday at Fairmount Presbyterian Church, according to a Cleveland Heights police report and Police Chief Anne Mecklenburg.

Police believe based on a prior arrest for a similar incident in 2012 that Lowell, an animal-rights activist, stabbed the woman because she was wearing fur, Mecklenburg said.

The victim's current condition was not immediately available, but police said Thursday morning that she was taken to University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. Police report that she was stabbed twice in the arm and once in the abdomen.

Comment: Another local news source adds that the activist's previous arrest was for hiring a hitman to kill a person wearing fur. In this instance the woman she attacked was wearing faux fur boots! It appears the animal rights movement has been co-opted because many of its current member's antics seem designed more to inspire fury and disgust than to actually help abused animals.

Animals are not people: Disentangling animal rights vs. animal welfare

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1.2 Billion people's data - including social media profiles and contact info - found on unsecured Google Cloud server


RT
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 22:23 UTC
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A massive four-terabyte trove of sensitive personal data belonging to over a billion profiles has been found on an unsecured Google Cloud server - its owner still a mystery - in one of the largest single-source data leaks ever.

The mountain of data, including phone numbers, email addresses, and social media profiles, was sitting unprotected on an anonymous server hosted on the Google Cloud when security researchers Vinny Troia and Bob Diachenko found it while scanning for vulnerabilities last month. After they reported the massive exposure to the FBI, it disappeared within hours. It's not clear who accessed it before Troia and Diachenko, and what they did with the data, but the sheer enormity of the leak, with 1.2 billion unique data profiles potentially slurped up by malicious actors, is enough to cause alarm.

Comment: It's rather interesting that as soon as the FBI were notified, the data disappeared. It's almost as if someone got tipped off.

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Eye 1

Tony Robbins: Who is watching the watchdogs?

Tony Robbins
Medium
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 00:01 UTC
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The story BuzzFeed doesn't want you to read

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter said, "Without a free press, there can be no free society."

Freedom of the press is central to the democratic experiment and our last, best line of defense against those in power who threaten the rule of law. But in recent years we have drifted a long way from those days when that press played an integral role in the battle for freedom.

Today, when anyone can spread gossip and false information without consequence, and online and entertainment media companies disguise themselves as "news organizations", we must ask a fundamental question: Who is watching the watchdogs?

Comment: Buzzfeed is total trash, but they're not markedly worse than any number of mainstream media outlets. Once all these tabloids are left with a readership of zero, they may finally understand that it doesn't pay to use journalism as a propaganda tool. More and more people are demanding facts.

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Arrow Up

Massacre at Moscow's top university averted thanks to vigilant students & brave lecturer


RT
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:59 UTC
Moscow
© Sputnik / Maksim Blinov
Moscow State University building.
Moscow State University almost became the scene of a school massacre when a man brought a knife and a gun to class, but the students and their professor worked together and stopped a possible tragedy from occurring.

There are almost 300 freshmen attending the Faculty of Journalism at MSU, Russia's main university - and having an eye for detail is a paramount quality for any good reporter. So, some students noticed an unfamiliar face among them, even before classes began on a Friday morning.

A strange student

The man was older than the rest of the group and was acting suspiciously, closely studying everyone around him.

Comment: There have been a number of similar incidents in Russia: See also: And check out SOTT radio's:

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Snakes in Suits

Former Bill Clinton pilot charged with aggravated child molestation, sodomy and statutory rape

Shane Trejo
Big Leauge Politics
Thu, 21 Nov 2019 23:03 UTC
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The rabbit hole goes deep.

Steven Robert Setzer, a former U.S. Marine Corps pilot who once escorted former President Bill Clinton on the crew of the Marine One, is facing years in prison after being hit with child sex charges.

Setzer was put behind bars in May with sexual exploitation of a minor, sodomy, enticing a child for indecent purposes, statutory rape, and aggravated child molestation. He has been forced to shut down his aircraft charter company, Strategic Moves, due to loss of clients after his incarceration.

On Thursday, WBTV in Rowan County, NC broke the news of Setzer's arrest and associated charges. This report was only revealed due to the shuttering of Setzer's company, an entire six months after Setzer was accused of the heinous victimization of minors.

Strategic Moves made the announcement that they were shuttering on their website: "Thank you for your patronage and loyalty over the last 15 years as clients of Strategic Moves. Strategic Moves has discontinued operations as of 10/31/2019. Many of our clients have transitioned to Davinci Jets who are capable and excited to provide an excellent level of service."

According to Setzer's biography, he learned quite a bit while helping Clinton jetset throughout the world. Setzer claimed that he learned precise attention to detail, which assisted him in being able to achieve excellence for the VIPs who obtained his services. One can only wonder what details Slick Willy wanted Setzer to handle while they were aboard the Marine One.
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Snakes in Suits

Federal judge overseeing key lawsuit relating to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein dies


Fox News
Tue, 26 Mar 2019 00:00 UTC
Judge Robert W. Sweet
A U.S. District Court judge in New York who was presiding over a lawsuit involving a wealthy, Clinton-connected financier and sex offender died Sunday at the age of 96.

Robert W. Sweet died at his home in Ketchum, Idaho, while on vacation, The New York Times reported. He was appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1978. Politico reported that Sweet was presiding over the lawsuit that followed what many saw as an unusual plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein.

Alexander Acosta, the current U.S. Secretary of Labor, negotiated what critics called a sweetheart, potentially corrupt plea deal with Jeffrey Epstein when he was the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida. The arrangement required Epstein to pay restitution to dozens of victims, but offered a variety of unusual concessions as part of a non-prosecution agreement.

Comment: See also: Jeffrey Epstein is gone, but many more questions remain to be answered

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Black Magic

Irish govt prepares to roll out mandatory hardcore porn programming for primary school children


Gript News
Sat, 23 Nov 2019 21:32 UTC

Comment: Down, down, down we go...


sex ed porn ireland
© gript.ie
The flip chart notes from an actual 'sex ed class' in Ireland last month
A "porn workshop" featuring 'porn alphabet games' is being advocated by a leading campaigner for a new sexual education programme for school children. A selection of potential terms to be explained in workshops was posted by Kate Dawson of NUIG, a porn studies advocate and sexual educator, on her Twitter feed.


Comment: Porn studies. Seriously??


In a tweet - since deleted - Dawson said "interesting morning exploring #porn in our #PornLiteracy workshop."
ireland sex education pornography
"The porn alphabet is a great way to gain insight into the level of knowledge/engagement a group has. #sexeducation #SexEdBill," Ms Dawson tweeted.


Comment: It's also a great way to reinforce abnormality as normal. People like her will say 'but porn is everywhere; so let's talk about it with the kids', completely overlooking that it could be banned or at least heavily regulated - as in China and many non-Western countries.


The hashtag #SexEdBill is being used by campaigners, such as Ruth Coppinger TD, to drive support for a more explicit - and mandatory - sex-education programme in schools.


Comment: The bill hasn't passed yet, but it's coming.

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Yellow Vest

As Irish govt prepares draconian 'hate speech laws', hundreds take part in free speech rally in Dublin

Mike Irish
thetricolour.com
Sat, 16 Nov 2019 20:56 UTC
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© thetricolour.com
Hundreds of free speech supporters braved the winter elements and descended on Dail Eireann this afternoon calling on the Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan and Fine Gael to ditch controversial plans restricting freedom of speech in Ireland.

The rally was organised by the Free Speech for Ireland movement and a coalition of other groups including the Irish Freedom Party, Renua Ireland and Yellow Vest Ireland. Speakers included journalist and political commentator Paddy Manning, Dolores Cahill and Hermann Kelly of the Irish Freedom Party, anti-evictions activist Ben Gilroy, and Patrick Greene of Direct Democracy Ireland. Also in attendance was former Kilkenny Councillor Melissa O'Neill who is contesting the Wexford by-election later this month.

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Dollar

Virtue signalling: EasyJet joins corporate environmentalism trend, pretending to go green by capitalizing on 'Greta phenomenon'


RT
Sat, 23 Nov 2019 06:06 UTC
easyJet airplane
EasyJet's plan to offset emissions clearly falls in line with now trendy environmentalism, but unfortunately it has little to do with really improving the climate situation on the planet, aviation industry experts have told RT.

Earlier this week, the UK airline vowed to become the first major carrier to operate net-zero carbon flights by planting trees and investing in green projects. The idea is not actually new. Other large airlines like British Airways and Lufthansa offered passengers the chance to pay a little extra to compensate for their carbon footprint, according to independent international affairs and aerospace industry analyst Alessandro Bruno.

He says that airlines are not alone in jumping over themselves to come up with initiatives like this. This happens due to the current public sentiment, but the problem is that it does not matter whether such projects work or not. The point is to publicly show that the company is responsible and "doing something."
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