February 6, 2014
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Care.data questions mount – just who’ll get our medical data? By Jane Fae
Official attempts to inform patients about what will happen to their data when the new care.data database is implemented are inadequate and, on the latest evidence, seriously misleading. In August of last year, the Information Commissioner warned GPs they’d likely breach Data Protection Act if they allowed their patient data to be uploaded to care.data… Continue reading
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Western Powers Back Neo-Nazi Coup in Ukraine By EIR
In his formal remarks at Munich and a week earlier at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, Lavrov also assailed Western governments for supporting neo-Nazi terrorist organizations in their zeal to place Ukraine under European Union and Troika control to tighten the NATO noose around Russia. If anything, Lavrov understated the case. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 5 February 2014: The cynical use of Palestinian workers in the SodaStream controversy
5 February 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterIsrael Approves 558 Settlement Units In Occupied JerusalemIMEMC – [Wednesday, February 05, 2014] The Israeli government of Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, approved the construction of 558 additional units in illegal Israeli settlements, in occupied Jerusalem. … Continue reading
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Contamination of USS Ronald Reagan Potentially a Big Deal for Japan as well as US
As was reported in 2011, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan was exposed to radiation contamination from Fukushima during its earthquake/tsunami rescue operations—“Operation Tomodachi”–off the Japan coast. The original coverage minimized the significance of the contamination, saying it was equivalent to an extra month’s background radiation. Continue reading
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The Quenelle: Blame Dr Strangelove and the Bomb By Stuart Littlewood
The Quenelle is a gesture, some claim, made famous by the French comic Dieudonné M’bala M’bala. As explained by the BBC it involves touching or gripping your shoulder with one hand while holding the palm of your other hand outstretched and pointing to the ground. “Some describe it as a combination of the bras d’honneur… Continue reading
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Trade deals – is the mood turning? By Gus Fagan
Political sentiment on both sides of the Atlantic is turning against anti-democratic trade deals – but high geopolitical and financial stakes means we shouldn’t expect those pushing the deals to give in gracefully. Continue reading
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Spy Agency Engaged In Internet “False Flag” Attacks
A new report from NBC News – based on documents leaked by Edward Snowden – appear to confirm our fears, documenting that Britain’s GCHQ spy agency has carried out cyber false flag attacks Continue reading
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Police State UK: Democratic rights under attack in Scotland By Steve James
An unprecedented police and legal clampdown is underway in Scotland. Primarily directed against young people, an escalation of stop and search measures has been unearthed by a recent report from Edinburgh University. According to the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, the rate with which particularly youth are stopped in working class areas of… Continue reading
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US threats mount against journalists, Snowden By Patrick Martin
Congressional leaders and representatives of the US military-intelligence apparatus have stepped up their threats against Edward Snowden and the journalists who have worked with him to expose massive illegal spying by the National Security Agency (NSA). Continue reading