Day: August 11, 2020

Biden’s blueprint for a right-wing presidency

Ms. Cat

Biden’s blueprint for a right-wing presidency: Part one

It was only a year ago that Biden was caught on tape reassuring wealthy donors at a fundraising event in Manhattan, “No one’s standard of living will change, nothing would fundamentally change” if he won the Democratic nomination, defeated Trump in 2020 and was sworn in as president in January 2021.

Biden’s blueprint for a right-wing presidency: Part two

A Biden administration would be a right-wing government dominated by Wall Street and the military-intelligence apparatus, committed to defending the profit interests of an infinitesimal fraction of the population at the top under conditions of a vast public health crisis, an economic crisis worse than anything since the Great Depression, and mounting global tensions that will continually threaten the outbreak of major wars between the great powers.

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VACCINATION: MOST DECEPTIVE TOOL OF IMPERIALISM

Ms. Cat

VACCINATION — MOST DECEPTIVE TOOL OF IMPERIALISM

Vaccination is probably the most deceptive tool of imperialism that even anti-imperialists often fail to recognize. It displays a humanitarian face but has the soul of a beast. Its true character is that of a deceptive agent of imperialism. The romanticism of western medicine has masked the true nature and ethos of vaccination. However, using the anti-imperialist tool, pedagogy of the oppressed (1), a diligent and deeper study of the history of vaccination and the socio-political and cultural context of that history would reveal the true character of vaccination.

Facebook and Google Don’t Need Your Data to Make Lots of Money

Ms. Cat

Facebook and Google Don’t Need Your Data to Make Lots of Money

These are all weak arguments. There is no reason to fear that sites cannot still make money with advertising. That’s because there are already two kinds of highly profitable online ads: contextual ads, based on the content being shown on screen, and behavioral ads, based on personal data collected about the person viewing the ad. Behavioral ads work by tracking your online behavior and compiling a profile about you using your internet activities (and even your offline activities in some cases) to send you targeted ads.

The Bezler phone tape published by the SBU had nothing to do with MH17

Ms. Cat

The Bezler phone tape published by the SBU had nothing to do with MH17

The publication of the full phone tape of Bezler proves that the official investigation was completely flawed, based on SBU fakes and forgeries, that the experts have not the competencies to assess the authenticity of evidence, and that the court in charge of the MH17 case should immediately stop the hearings and restart the investigation from scratch with a really unbiased team of really competent people.

Related:

Documentary – “MH17 – Call for Justice”

The far right, the Euromaidan, and the Maidan massacre in Ukraine

The “Snipers’ Massacre” on the Maidan in Ukraine

Utah BLM protesters could get life in prison for splashing paint

Ms. Cat

Utah BLM protesters could get life in prison for splashing paint

The felony criminal mischief charges are more serious because they carry a gang enhancement. Prosecutors said on Wednesday that was justified because the protesters worked together to cause thousands of dollars in damage, but watchdogs called the use of the 1990s-era law troubling, especially in the context of criminal justice reform and minority communities.