Society's Child

From fake news to fake porn to fake reality - it's clear we're on a dangerous path

Tomasz Pierscionek
RT
Thu, 30 Aug 2018 12:00 UTC

Deepfake technology may be sold as a new form of entertainment yet has the potential to be used for darker purposes.

In the West we are warned to steer clear of fake news and be wary of information warfare whilst round the clock media coverage bombards us minute by minute with the latest news and images from around the world. Before we can contemplate, not to mention verify, one story, our attention is caught by the next soundbite. Even when a news report is later shown to be inaccurate, people have already moved on as their attention becomes captivated by the latest scoop. We are given the option of trusting the media or delegating our quest for truth to one of the many so called 'fact-checking' websites. Some may choose to give up and heed the words of President Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and declare that "truth isn't truth" or that it "is relative".

The lines between fact and fiction are becoming further blurred by the emergence of so called 'deepfake' technology that makes it easy to create fake videos by superimposing one image onto another. Last year such videos were posted on the internet by a Reddit user named 'deepfakes' that appeared to show various celebrities performing hardcore pornographic acts, including incest. Their faces had been superimposed onto those of porn actors without consent. Although websites such as Reddit and Pornhub have since denounced and banned deepfake pornography, others view deepfake technology as a good business opportunity.

Fake News CNN's ratings plunge double digits in August

John Nolte
Breitbart
Fri, 31 Aug 2018 12:34 UTC

Far-left CNN took a double-digit ratings dive in August even as Fox News and MSNBC grew parts of their respective audiences.

Nielsen Media Research reports that perennial ratings loser CNN had a terrible August despite a banner news month, reports the Hill.

While Fox News notched its 200th consecutive month at number one in cable news and gained in primetime viewers (when compared to this same month last year), CNN lost -12 percent of its primetime viewers and a whopping -15 percent of total day viewers.

Fox News averaged 1.3 million total day viewers (down -4 percent) and an incredible 2.3 million primetime viewers (up +4 percent).

Comment: CNN is in a race to the bottom:

Why California is on the road to becoming a 'Third World Country'

Dr. Ron Martinelli
America Out Loud
Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00 UTC

Fifty percent of all of their murders were gang and drug related, with the predominate gang members being illegal aliens. I can only wonder how Silicon Valley dotcomer's who are paying over half a million bucks for a home and commute over four hours a day to San Jose like living in that violent environment?

I sit in the LAX terminal after concluding business in downtown Los Angeles for the past two days, I cannot help but reflect upon my journey from once a California native to a new resident of the Great State of Texas and why. You see, in my personal and professional opinion, the once great State of California has in essence become a third world country.

Third World Country - "The concept of the "third world" has evolved to describe countries that suffer from low economic development, high levels of poverty and little to no ability to utilize natural or economic resources." French demographer Alfred Sauvey, 1952

While the reasons for California's ever-spiraling downwards status from 1st World economic prominence and prosperity to near 3rd World malaise are many; I will assert that when you combine uber-liberal politicians, with rich elitist Hollywood Celebrities, dotcom CEO's billionaires, disengaged millennials and illegal aliens; you in effect create the circumstances where your city of state becomes a 3rd World environment.

Comment: While the author is clearly on a bit of rant here, he brings up many good points that paint a rather ugly picture of the US state with the largest economy (and, if it were a country would have the 5th largest economy in the world).

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Sting operation leads to arrests of 9 alleged child sex predators, including Banning school dean

KESQ
Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:36 UTC

A sex sting that led to the highly publicized arrest of a Banning school administrator on ''inactive leave'' as a Catholic priest also netted the arrests of eight other men, authorities said today.

During ''Operation Safe Child,'' undercover detectives posing on social media as underage boys convinced the men to meet a decoy at a public place to engage in sexual acts, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.

The nine-day operation led to the arrest of Charles Patrick Mayer, 55, of Menifee, as well as eight other men who allegedly agreed to meet with who they thought was a 14-year-old boy at ''various parks and public parking lots throughout the city of Rancho Cucamonga.''

Tank is seized from owner after running over two kids in St. Petersburg

RT
Fri, 31 Aug 2018 10:48 UTC

© Evgeny Biyatov / Sputnik
A T-60 Soviet light-weight tank of the WWII era on display at the War Motors international exhibition.

A tank, which ran over two children in St. Petersburg this year, has been seized by a court from the head of a local patriotic group. Illegal weapons and a live crocodile were found in his home earlier.

This spring, the leader of the Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star) patriotic organization, Pavel Baranenko, organized tank rides in one of the parks on the bank of the Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia. Thrill-seekers were asked to pay 300 rubles (just over $4) for a chance to sit atop a World War II era T-60 Soviet light tank as it traversed an obstacle course.

Syrian Foreign Minister warns White Helmets kidnapped 44 children to stage chemical attack in Idlib

South Front
Thu, 30 Aug 2018 08:51 UTC

The White Helmets have kidnapped 44 children in Idlib to use in a staged chemical weapons attack in the militant-held part of this Syrian province, Syrian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Walid Muallem stated following talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.

"Behind the creation of the pseudo-organization the White Helmets, are the British special services: they sponsor them, they lead them. They were behind the organization of those fabricated scenarios for the use of chemical weapons and now they are preparing such a development of the situation with the use of chemical weapons in Idlib," Muallem said.

Comment: Of course, you cannot have a convincing, heart-wrenching staged chemical attack if you don't sprinkle the scene with a few bodies of dead children.

The whole world has been warned now. If and when this happens, you know who to blame. You will also know that the Western bombardment to follow will be a naked, cynical and unjustified aggression.

First oil deliveries paid in yuan set to be completed in September

Tsvetana Paraskova
Oilprice.com
Wed, 29 Aug 2018 19:22 UTC

In the first physical settlement of the Chinese yuan-denominated oil futures contract, five companies will deliver a total of 600,000 barrels of Middle Eastern crude grades to buyers of the September futures contract.

China's crude oil futures launched in March, with crude set for delivery in September, the first month which the Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE) designated for deliveries in order to allow the contract to develop and accumulate volumes for physical delivery.

The deliverability, the volume, and smooth process will be key to China fulfilling its ambition to have the yuan-priced oil futures contract become a major crude benchmark on a global scale like the Brent and WTI benchmarks, analysts told Reuters.

The first such test will be next month, during which Chinese companies, including state-held majors, will deliver oil against the Chinese oil futures contract to storage facilities that are among the eight sites that the Shanghai exchange has approved for cargo delivery in the futures contract, according to sources.

The origin of 'white privilege': US aristocrat Peggy McIntosh's catastrophically flawed thesis

William Ray
Quillette
Thu, 30 Aug 2018 19:08 UTC

Peggy McIntosh

"[White Privilege is] the unquestioned and unearned set of advantages, entitlements, benefits, and choices bestowed upon people solely because they are white. Generally white people who experience such privilege do so without being conscious of it." -- Peggy McIntosh, quoted in the Racial Equity Resource Guide

The concept of 'white privilege' was popularized by Peggy McIntosh in a 1989 paper written at Harvard University and titled, "White Privilege: Unpacking The Invisible Knapsack." It was written as a personal, experiential essay, and it details 26 ways in which McIntosh's skin color has been decisive in determining her life outcomes. This hugely influential paper has been responsible for the subsequent proliferation of a rigidly enforced theory of privilege throughout social movements and university classrooms. So central has this doctrine become to progressive politics, pedagogy, and activism, that to even question its validity is to invite the inquisitorial wrath of 'social justice' radicals. But it is for this very reason that it is important to subject McIntosh's ideas to scrutiny. So let us return to the source and to first principles and unpack Peggy McIntosh's knapsack...

Logged off: The teens who refuse to use social media

Sirin Kale
The Guardian
Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:05 UTC

For 17-year-old Mary Amanuel, from London, it happened in Tesco. "We were in year 7," she remembers, "and my friend had made an Instagram account. As we were buying stuff, she was counting the amounts of likes she'd got on a post. 'Oooh, 40 likes. 42 likes.' I just thought: 'This is ridiculous.'"

Isabelle, an 18-year-old student from Bedfordshire who doesn't want to disclose her surname, turned against social media when her classmates became zombified. "Everyone switched off from conversation. It became: 'Can I have your number to text you?' Something got lost in terms of speaking face to face. And I thought: 'I don't really want to be swept up in that.'" For 15-year-old Emily Sharp, from Staines in Surrey, watching bullying online was the final straw. "It wasn't nice. That deterred me from using it."

It is widely believed that young people are hopelessly devoted to social media. Teenagers, according to this stereotype, tweet, gram, Snap and scroll. But for every young person hunched over a screen, there are others for whom social media no longer holds such an allure. These teens are turning their backs on the technology - and there are more of them than you might think.

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#MeToo strikes again: French film star Gerard Depardieu "absolutely denies" claims he sexually assaulted 22yo actress

RT
Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:23 UTC

© Stefanie Loos / Reuters
Gerard Depardieu at the 66th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany Februaryб 2016.

French-Russian film star Gerard Depardieu "absolutely denies" accusations of sexually assaulting a young woman, his lawyers said after a 22-year-old French actress filed a complaint, which then surfaced in the local media.

The complaint against Depardieu, 69, was filed with the Paris prosecutor's office on Monday. It accused the actor of sexual abuse on two occasions, August 6 and August 13, Le Parisien reported. The young woman is understood to be a protégé of Depardieu's and also the daughter of the famous actor's friend.

Depardieu's lawyer Hervé Témime confirmed that a complaint against his client had been filed, but said the actor "absolutely denies having committed the slightest offense" against anyone. He said he expected the complaint to "not prosper on the judicial level."

Comment: Mr. Depardieu has admitted to having a rather unsavory past, so it will be interesting to see if other women decide to come forward.

Ehret an idiot beyond belief

smertzasmert

.. .. are wheel barrel sales are up too?

Jibrish

I doubt any pureblood would object to the "vaccinated" being masked, but if they (the "vaccinated") still feel unsafe then maybe their problem is...

HashAttack2

I said this would happen...now they are looking to mandate companies with less that 100 employees...shits getting real, people[Link]

Bezel Bub

it's all a lie ! :O

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Society's Child

From fake news to fake porn to fake reality - it's clear we're on a dangerous path

Fake News CNN's ratings plunge double digits in August

Why California is on the road to becoming a 'Third World Country'

Sting operation leads to arrests of 9 alleged child sex predators, including Banning school dean

Tank is seized from owner after running over two kids in St. Petersburg

Syrian Foreign Minister warns White Helmets kidnapped 44 children to stage chemical attack in Idlib

First oil deliveries paid in yuan set to be completed in September

The origin of 'white privilege': US aristocrat Peggy McIntosh's catastrophically flawed thesis

Logged off: The teens who refuse to use social media

#MeToo strikes again: French film star Gerard Depardieu "absolutely denies" claims he sexually assaulted 22yo actress

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