Monthly Archives: January 2018

Slow Com Updated

24 jan 2018 I’m reading via WSWS and Jonathan Cook that the billionnaire bosses of US (anti-)social media sites are hiring these days, but don’t get your hopes up. Most of those jobs (if ,indeed, they are even located in … Continue reading

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“Shithole Countries”, “Oprah for President!”, “Missile Attack!”

Let’s take them in order. Paul Haeder, resident ranter over at DissidentVoice, has a pretty good take on what constitutes a real shithole of a country: our very own United States of America, citing (along with his own very personal … Continue reading

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Complicity

13 jan 2018 John Davis’ article, Mud Slide, on CounterPunch this weekend, talks about a pretty pertinent question when he asks: Can we do good within a corrupt system with which we are complicit? Or, as Adrian Parr notes, in … Continue reading

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Want the Skinny on Iran?

A must read report by Paris-based Irani journalist Ramin Mazaheri on the demonstrations in his home country. http://thesaker.is/iran-protests-western-salivation-agitation-desperation/ Compare Mazaheri’s article to the one I found on CommonDreams, which seems to be veering more and more into NPR (National Propaganda … Continue reading

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