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According to this professor, 'Science, statistics, and technology are all inherently racist'

Sofie Salmon
Campus Reform
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 21:37 UTC
Professor Erik Loomis
University of Rhode Island and Director of Graduate Studies Erik Loomis recently claimed "science, statistics and technology" are racist.

"Science, statistics, and technology are all inherently racist because they are developed by racists who live in a racist society, whether they identify as racists or not," Loomis tweeted in reference to a New York Times article.


"This is why I have so much contempt for those, including many liberals, who 'just want the data.' The data is racist!" he continued.

Loomis has come under scrutiny several times in the past for tweets and blog posts. He most recently made news for his blog post "Why was Michael Reinoehl Killed?" a reference to ANTIFA supporter Michael Reinoehl who was killed by police after killing Trump supporter Aaron "Jay" Danielson during an earlier clash.

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We ignore Big Tech censorship at our peril

Andrew Doyle
spiked.com
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 03:24 UTC
The glee of seeing Trump banned has blinded left-wingers to the threat posed by Silicon Valley
Jack Dorsey Twitter
© spiked.com
The greatest trick of authoritarians is to convince their subjects to rejoice in their own subjugation. Over the past week we have seen self-proclaimed 'leftists' cheering on multi-billion dollar corporations as they ratchet up their policies on censorship and their determination to control the parameters of acceptable thought and speech. The strength of feeling against Donald Trump - entirely understandable, of course - has meant that his permanent ban from all major social-media platforms is being treated as a victory for progressive values. The instinctive sense of satisfaction that comes from seeing one's enemy silenced has blinded many to the broader picture. These are the imbeciles that stare at the finger as the wise man points at the moon.
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Planning the first battle in Biden's America: MAGA vs. The GOP

Andrew Korybko
OneWorld
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 22:29 UTC
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A new party?
Multiple preexisting socio-political fault lines are rapidly rising to the surface in Biden's America, but among the few examples of friction that might actually be to the country's ultimate benefit will arguably be the one between the Trump-inspired "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) movement and the Republicans (the "Grand Old Party", GOP), as the former has the chance to politically smash the latter by simultaneously founding a third party in parallel with putting immense pressure upon their counterpart's leadership from within in an attempt to take wrest control of the party if successful.

MAGA's Split From The GOP

Biden's America is rapidly bringing multiple preexisting socio-political fault lines to the surface, but this might actually be to the country's ultimate benefit if the friction between the Trump-inspired "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) movement and the Republicans (the "Grand Old Party", GOP) becomes the first battle defining this new era. MAGA has the chance to politically smash the GOP by simultaneously founding a third party in parallel with putting immense pressure upon their counterparts' leadership from within in an attempt to wrest control of the party if successful. Former President Trump's unexpected decision to throw in the towel and give up fighting what he vehemently believed was the unprecedented electoral and voter fraud that resulted in current President Biden's certification by the Electoral College and influenced the storming of the US Capitol on the same day earlier this month provoked an irreparable rift between MAGA and the GOP. Many of the former now want nothing to do with the latter.
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Ireland's police are teaming up with Israel's torture ministry. Why?

Ciaran Tierney
Electronic Intifada
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 20:28 UTC
ireland police train with israel
© Liam McBurney ZUMA Press
Ireland’s two police forces are taking part in an EU-funded project alongside Israel’s “torture ministry.”
Ireland's police forces have given unconvincing explanations about why they are cooperating with an Israeli ministry implicated in torture and war crimes.

The European Union has allocated approximately $8.5 million to a research project ostensibly aimed at using new speech and facial recognition technologies to help identify criminal networks.

Named Roxanne, the project includes Israel's ministry for "public security" and a number of law enforcement bodies.

The involvement of Ireland's two police forces in the project has angered campaigners and politicians from across the island. They have pointed out that the Israeli ministry oversees prisons where Palestinians are routinely abused and a police force active in settlements which violate international law.

Comment: Is hiding witnesses to police brutality included in the training curriculum?
The Israeli police have refused to bring Palestinian workers who have been arrested while working without permission in Israel to court to hide police brutality against them, Haaretz newspaper reported on Thursday.

Haaretz said that a large police force attacked a group of Palestinian workers in the Modiin settlement near the occupied city of Jerusalem, causing fractures and severe physical harm.

According to the paper, the police attacked the workers in a construction site after receiving a false tip claiming that they planned to carry out an attack in the settlement, noting that two workers suffered various fractures on the body and face and a dislocated shoulder.

The judge at the Magistrate's Court in Petah Tikva demanded the Israeli police clarify how they dealt with the detainees, and to explain why they decided not to bring three of them to the court.

The police claimed three workers entered quarantine due to suspicion of being infected with coronavirus, however they did not present health reports supporting their allegations.

Despite the police claim, the court accepted the police request to extend the detention period to provide evidence that the workers had been working without permission.

One of the detained Palestinian workers told the court that the Israeli special forces arrived at the construction site and assaulted him and his colleagues breaking his arm and nose, although none of them resisted detention or attempted to escape.


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RIP Larry King: A man from an era of more civil, respectful and insightful journalism. Farewell and thank you


RT
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 19:55 UTC
Larry King on RT
© RT
Larry King at RT
RT is paying tribute to talk show legend Larry King, whose distinguished career served us a reminder of simpler times when questioning entrenched beliefs and listening to those you don't agree with was considered a virtue.

The entire field of broadcast media is shaped to its core by the gold standard that he established, and the debt owed him by all practitioners of his craft can never be repaid in full.

Larry attained national prominence as host of The Larry King Show, taking calls from listeners across the country and giving every last caller a fair hearing; he challenged them, he consoled them, and by making the space everyone's perspective, he enlightened his whole audience.

Comment: Tributes have flowed in for the legendary host:
Beloved US talk show legend Larry King has died in hospital at the age of 87 following a long illness, his family confirmed. The veteran interviewer won stacks of awards during his career and hosted RT America's PoliticKing show.

This is the official RT statement regarding King's death:
"Today the world lost a legend and RT lost a dear colleague and friend. Larry King was a staple on TV screens for decades, shaping the face of news and current affairs for millions, and inspiring generations of journalists. He hosted two landmark shows on RT, PoliticKing and Larry King Now, and we proudly worked with him since 2013. Countless famous faces, world leaders and loyal viewers will feel his absence from the airwaves deeply."
RT's editor-in-chief, Margarita Simonyan, has expressed her condolences over Larry King's death. She called him "the main legend" and a "symbol" of television, as well as "the most recognized TV personality in the world."

She added that King had always said he would work on TV until his death, and she is very proud that he worked with RT over the last eight years. He was a great man who was very easy to work with, Simonyan said, calling his death a "grievous and irreplaceable loss."






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Schizoid nation: French doctors say not to talk on subway - because Covid


Reuters
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 19:24 UTC
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© REUTERS / Stephane Mahe
FILE PHOTO.
Passengers on public transport systems should avoid talking to one another or on the phone in order to minimise the risk of spreading coronavirus, the French National Academy of Medecine said.

"The mandatory wearing of masks on public transport, where social distancing is not possible, should by accompanied by one very simple precaution: avoid talking and making phone calls," the academy said in a statement.

Academy member Patrick Berche said on BFM TV on Saturday that if there were only three people in a subway car there was no problem, but if you were only two centimetres away from the next person it made sense not to converse or talk on the phone.

"It is not an obligation, it is a recommendation," he said.

The academy is not an official advisory body. It can respond to government questions but also issues recommendations, which sometimes go against official policy.

Comment: Obsessive-compulsive behavior (constant hand-washing, mask-wearing). Paranoia. Hysteria. Antisocial behavior. And, as this article suggests, asociality. Covid regulations are designed to induce mental illness in the general public. And it's working.

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"Just like in Ukraine and Belarus": TikTok condemned by Russian parents association over calls for youth to attend Navalny protests


RT
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 10:46 UTC
angel
© Sputnik / Evgeny Odinokov
FILE PHOTO.
Young people attracted by calls for civil unrest from opposition activists could be putting themselves in harm's way, say Russian officials, telling parents to get their kids to watch a movie instead.

The Ministry of Education in Moscow posted the stark warning to its page on the VKontakte social network on Thursday. Responsible for the protection of young people, the authorities noted that "in the last few days, calls for children to go on so-called 'marches' [on Saturday] have begun to appear in droves in various forums."

"We are all aware of children's curiosity, love of harmless pranks and showing off, but in the hands of unscrupulous adults, all this can involve a young person in illegal actions and drag them into a very bad situation," the officials said. "Be as vigilant as possible, take an interest in your children's plans and protect them from the dangers of these 'outings.' Spend the day together!"

Comment: Tweets below reveal some of the planning behind the protests, as well as from the event itself:




"Oleg Stepanov, coordinator of Navalny's Moscow headquarters, detained"





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Google says it will block search engine in Australia if forced to pay for news

Renju Jose
Reuters
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 02:15 UTC
google logo 3d printed
© REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
A 3D printed Google logo is seen in this illustration taken April 12, 2020.
Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday it would block its search engine in Australia if the government proceeds with a new code that would force it and Facebook Inc to pay media companies for the right to use their content.

Google's threat escalates a battle with publishers such as News Corp that is being closely watched around the world. The search giant had warned that its 19 million Australian users would face degraded search and YouTube experiences if the new code were enforced.

Australia is on course to pass laws that would make tech giants negotiate payments with local publishers and broadcasters for content included in search results or news feeds. If they cannot strike a deal, a government-appointed arbitrator will decide the price.

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Ghislaine Maxwell's Epstein court hearing 'hacked' by 14,000 QAnon followers


RT
Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:00 UTC

Comment: That's RT's choice of headline, not ours. You don't 'hack' a court hearing. You publish it. 'Illegally' perhaps, but it's publishing information, not hacking it. The very fact that the two terms are synonymous (thanks to the highly publicized trial of Julian Assange, which amounts to a public torture session) whenever people in power feel threatened by public exposure sums up the absolute state of 'journalism' these days.


Ghislaine Maxwell QAnon Q
© AFP / Handout / Laura Cavanaugh / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA; REUTERS/Patrick Fallon
(L) Ghislaine Maxwell; (R) A QAnon sign
A court hearing involving Jeffrey Epstein's alleged madam Ghislaine Maxwell was interrupted after it was unlawfully live-streamed to thousands of followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory.

The hearing to unseal documents from a bombshell 2015 civil lawsuit against accused sex trafficker Maxwell ground to a halt on Tuesday when the presiding judge was informed that the proceedings were being broadcast on YouTube.

"Judge, I need to interrupt. I was just informed that apparently somebody is broadcasting this on to YouTube, so I don't know if you want to give a reminder that that is illegal to do," the deputy clerk told Judge Loretta Preska.

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Twitter suspends Michelle Malkin, Gateway Pundit, Right Side Broadcasting Network accounts


OAN
Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:26 UTC
Michelle Malkin
© AP Photo
Conservative activist Michelle Malkin is pictured.
Twitter suspended yet another stack of conservative accounts. This occurred less than two weeks after the hashtag "hang Mike Pence" was allowed to trend on the platform for a whole night and hit over 14,000 tweets.

On Tuesday, conservative activist Michelle Malkin took to Telegram to announce Twitter had locked her account without following typical protocol, which would require an explanation of the suspension and opportunity to delete posts violating Twitter policy.

The political commentator asserted her profile's 24-hour suspension was politically motivated and pointed to her account's final tweet. In her last post, she warned Americans about censorship on mass media platforms. She noted these restrictions go against the spirit of the Constitution.

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