"The Goal Is To Automate Us" – Welcome To The Age Of Surveillance Capitalism Shoshana Zuboff’s new book is a chilling exposé of the business model that underpins the digital world. Observer tech columnist John Naughton explains the importance of Zuboff’s work and asks the author 10 key questions… ‘Technology is the puppet, but surveillance …
January 2019 archive
Jan 20
Today’s News 20th January 2019
Is The Violent Dismemberment Of Russia Official US Policy? Authored by Erik D’Amato via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity, If there’s one thing everyone in today’s Washington can agree on, it’s that whenever an official or someone being paid by the government says something truly outrageous or dangerous, there should be consequences, …
Jan 19
Today’s News 19th January 2019
The Price Of Empire Authored by Umair Haque via Eudaimonia & Co, Why America and Britain Are Self-Destructing (And What the World Can Learn From it) It’s a striking fact of today’s world that the two rich societies in shocking, swift, sharp decline are America and Britain. Nowhere else in the world, for example, are real …
Jan 18
Today’s News 18th January 2019
Marine Le Pen Says Leaving The Euro "No Longer A Priority" Though they have calmed somewhat since they first erupted late last year, the Yellow Vest protests are set to continue this week as French President Emmanuel Macron’s offerings of olive branches in the form of rolling back a planned gas-tax hike (the original impetus …
Jan 17
Today’s News 17th January 2019
Upgraded Chinese Stealth Jet "Overwhelmingly Superior" To US F-35 Jet: Claims Beijing Analyst As Lockheed Martin plans to deliver the next batch of F-35A stealth fighter jets to South Korea in March, Chinese military observers have stated that an upgraded Chinese J-20 stealth fighter will achieve “overwhelming superiority” over the F-35 in the future and that the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAF) …
Jan 16
Today’s News 16th January 2019
Greece Fined €200MM Over Chinese Tax Fraud Network While president Trump is cracking down on Chinese technology theft “transfer” in the US, with Canada somehow caught in the middle of the ongoing crossfire (as random Canadians are now getting arrested on the mainland in retaliation for Trump’s aggressive practices), it has emerged that China’s Belt …
Jan 15
Today’s News 15th January 2019
Mozambique Mute Over $2 Billion "Tuna Boat" Bribery Scandal Mozambique’s ruling party has kept radiosilence since officials in the United States indicted the nation’s former finance minister and former Credit Suisse bankers in a $2 billion hidden loan and bribery scandal. Since Manuel Chang was detained and sought for US extradition, the Frelimo party under President …
Jan 14
Today’s News 14th January 2019
Russian Navy To Deploy 30 Poseidon Strategic Underwater Nuclear Drones On Saturday, a defense industry source told TASS News that the Russian Navy is preparing to deploy more than 30 Poseidon strategic nuclear-capable underwater drones on combat duty. “Two Poseidon-carrying submarines are expected to enter service with the Northern Fleet and the other two will join the Pacific Fleet. Each of the submarines …
Jan 13
Today’s News 13th January 2019
Hypocrisy Without Bounds: US Army Major Slams The Tragedy Of "Liberal" Foreign Policy Authored by Maj. Danny Sjrusen via AntiWar.com, The president says he will bring the troops home from Syria and Afghanistan. Now, because of their pathological hatred of Trump, mainstream Democrats are hysterical in their opposition. If anyone else were president, the “liberals” …
Jan 12
Today’s News 12th January 2019
Orlov: Placing The USA On A Collapse Continuum Authored by Dmitry Orlov via The Unz Review, The West is rotting!Yes, maybe, but what a nice smell… Old Soviet joke The word ‘catastrophe‘ has several meanings, but in its original meaning in Greek the word means a “sudden downturn” (in Greek katastrophē ‘overturning, sudden turn,’ from kata- ‘down’ + strophē ‘turning’). As …
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