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Orwellian censorship in the age of social media

Catherine Shakdam
RT
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 17:15 UTC

If George Orwell is watching from above, he must be impressed. In his novel 1984, what was meant as a cautionary tale against government control and intellectual obscurantism, seems to have come to pass without our full knowledge.

Where have our media taken us?

To be brutally honest, I would say down the yellow brick road and around the tree a few times over already. As our world has become more and more dependent on media, we have opened ourselves up to the bite of censorship, control and the ever-evolving deity which is 'social trend'.

In other words, our need to be "connected" has pretty much left us dependent on information technology.

Our modern media complex

Social media, the printed press and television networks, has, more often than not, become trapped in a political cycle, serving not the people but their owners - and by extension the interests they each represent.

Creepy clown sightings spike; sightings in more than 10 states since August

Jennifer Smith
Daily Mail
Sat, 01 Oct 2016 17:02 UTC

A recent spike in clown sightings across the country has prompted fears that a menacing trend is on the rise.

Terrified residents have reported being terrorized by people dressed up in the costumes in more than ten states since August.

Among them was one woman who claimed to have been assaulted and worrying accounts of children being lured towards woods by the disguised figures.

In South Carolina, police have issued a stark warning to whoever is frightening the community.

'It's illegal. It's dangerous. It's inappropriate, and it's creating community concern so it needs to stop,' Greenville Police Chief Ken Miller said last month.

Comment: See also:

'Gas from the Zionists is a disgrace': Jordanians protest Israeli gas deal

Yahoo News
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 16:52 UTC

© AFP Photo/Ahmad Alameen
Jordanians protest in Amman on September 30, 2016 against the government agreement to import natural gas from Israel.

Hundreds of Jordanians took part in a demonstration Friday in the centre of Amman to protest a deal signed this week to import natural gas from Israel.

Demonstrators carried banners reading "No to financing the Zionist entity from the pockets of Jordanian citizens" and "No to gas imports from the Zionist enemy."

The protest was called by trade unions and political parties opposed to the 1994 peace treaty between Israel and Jordan, half the population of which is of Palestinian origin.

Comment: The 15 billion dollar Israel-Jordan gas deal that will increase Israeli regional dominance:

Israel is attempting to expand its hegemony in the region through energy as one of its many reactions in the face of its declining economy and worldwide boycott efforts. Israel's plan to export natural gas from the Leviathan to Jordan, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority could not only mean an economic boom, but in the in the opinion of activists and boycott proponents "would also massively undermine our collective efforts to isolate Israel."

Iraqis use JASTA to demand compensation from US for 2003 invasion

Sputnik
Sun, 02 Oct 2016 16:41 UTC

In light of a bill passed by the US Congress allowing families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia, Iraqis have asked their parliament to demand compensation for the US invasion of Iraq.

After the US Congress passed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), which overrides the principle of sovereign immunity to allow families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia, an Iraqi group has requested parliament to prepare a lawsuit seeking compensation from the US for the invasion of Iraq.

The "Arab Project in Iraq" lobby group "sees their opportunity to ask for compensation from the United States over violations by the US forces following the US invasion that saw the toppling of late President Saddam Hussein in 2003," the Al-Arabiya news channel reported on Saturday. "It urged for a full-fledged investigation over the killing of civilian targets, loss of properties and individuals who suffered torture and other mistreatment on the hand of US forces."

Rebels claim responsibility for attack on United Arab Emirates warship transporting 'medical aid' to Yemen

RT
Sat, 01 Oct 2016 16:27 UTC

A United Arab Emirates warship allegedly transporting medical aid has been damaged in an "incident" off the coast of Yemen, the navy announced. Meanwhile Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for the attack on the UAE military vessel in the Red sea.

"General Command of the Armed Forces said one of its leased vessels suffered an incident in the Bab al-Mandab strait this morning during a return trip from a mission in Aden. No injuries were caused," UAE state news agency WAM said in a statement, adding that an investigation into the incident has been launched.

Meanwhile the Houthis, a Shia group that has forced Sunni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to flee to Saudi Arabia in 2015, claimed that its forces completely destroyed the ship in the 20 km (12 miles) wide Bab al-Mandab strait, once home to a shipping route that handled 3.4 million barrels of oil per day.

"Rockets targeted an Emirati warship as it approached the coast of Mokha" on the Red Sea, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels said in a statement on Yemeni sabanews.net website.

Comment: "Medical aid" - yeah right. "Civilians" - more like mercenaries. "No injuries" - unlikely. Lies, lies, and more lies.

United Airlines forces woman to switch seats after 'Pakistani monks' say they can't sit near her

RT
Sun, 02 Oct 2016 16:18 UTC

A California woman is seeking an official apology from United Airlines for discrimination after she was forcefully reseated by the airline agent because two Pakistani monks refused to share a row with a woman.

On September 19, 47-year-old Mary Campos waited in line at John Wayne Airport, Orange County, to board a flight to Houston. Suddenly, she was called to the counter, where the airline agent handed her a new seat assignment.

The representative added that the airline had been forced to give her a new seat on the flight because the two men who had been assigned seats next to her claimed they couldn't be near a woman.

Hurricane Matthew triggers "mandatory evacuation" for all non-essential personnel at Guantanamo Bay

RT
Sun, 02 Oct 2016 16:03 UTC

The US Navy will evacuate 700 family members of military staff from Guantanamo Bay ahead of Hurricane Matthew, although no prisoners will be removed from the infamous prison.

In a statement released Saturday, Guantanamo base announced "mandatory evacuation" for all non-essential personnel ahead of the Category 4 hurricane hitting the island.

Base commander and Navy captain David Culpepper told residents of the military base it was necessary to "prepare for the worst-case scenario."

More than 5000 people live on the base, including 61 prisoners still held in Guantanamo detention center. Prisoners will not be evacuated, and captain John Filostrat said preparations were underway, but would not elaborate.

One cop fired, the other resigned after footage showed them harassing and beating a black man sitting on his own porch

Claire Bernish
The Free Thought Project
Sun, 02 Oct 2016 15:27 UTC

One day after the public release of body-worn camera footage showed excessive and altogether unnecessary force against a Greensboro, North Carolina, resident sitting on his own front porch led to the permanent suspension of one officer's law enforcement certification, the second officer involved has tendered her resignation.

Officer Charlotte N. Jackson resigned this week, according to Greensboro Police spokesperson Susan Danielsen cited by Triad City Beat, likely due to public outcry over the female cop's role in the harassment, intimidation, and assault on resident Dejuan Yourse.

On June 17, Yourse waited for his mom to meet him at the house he's intermittently shared with her for a decade, and because he did not have a current key, she asked him to wait on the front porch in the quiet neighborhood.

An unidentified person who did not recognize the man thought he was a prowler and called police to report a possible case of breaking and entering. Responding officers Cole and Jackson approached Yourse under the assumption the caller — not the man relaxing calmly in broad daylight on the front porch where anyone passing by could clearly see him — must be correct.

'Global war against marriage and family': Pope Francis denounces gender theory

RT
Sun, 02 Oct 2016 04:54 UTC

In the age of "ideological colonization" where gender theory has become a key part of a "global war" on marriage and family, the Pope defended the traditional union between a woman and a man as "the most beautiful thing God created."

Responding to one woman in the audience in Tbilisi, who asked about gender theory being taught in schools, the Pope said: "You mentioned a great enemy of marriage today: gender theory."

Comment: For more information on gender theory: Mummy, why is Daddy wearing a dress? Daddy, why does Mummy have a moustache? (See also Pierre Lescaudron's excellent book: Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection.)

Tensions flare in front of ADL office at rival White & Black Lives Matter protests in Houston

RT
Sun, 02 Oct 2016 14:36 UTC

A small group of White Lives Matter activists protested outside of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) office in southwest Houston on Saturday where they were met by Black Lives Matter counter-protesters and a heavy police presence.

Holding placards and signs while shouting "White Lives Matter!" the group gathered in front of the Jewish non-governmental organization after ADL allegedly accused the activists of being racist.

Comment: Interestingly the protest was held outside the ADL. If there was ever a hate group it's the ADL.

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Society's Child

Orwellian censorship in the age of social media

Creepy clown sightings spike; sightings in more than 10 states since August

'Gas from the Zionists is a disgrace': Jordanians protest Israeli gas deal

Iraqis use JASTA to demand compensation from US for 2003 invasion

Rebels claim responsibility for attack on United Arab Emirates warship transporting 'medical aid' to Yemen

United Airlines forces woman to switch seats after 'Pakistani monks' say they can't sit near her

Hurricane Matthew triggers "mandatory evacuation" for all non-essential personnel at Guantanamo Bay

One cop fired, the other resigned after footage showed them harassing and beating a black man sitting on his own porch

'Global war against marriage and family': Pope Francis denounces gender theory

Tensions flare in front of ADL office at rival White & Black Lives Matter protests in Houston

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