September 20, 2017
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Unmasked: Trump Doctrine vows carnage for new axis of evil By Pepe Escobar
This was no “deeply philosophical address”. And hardly a show of “principled realism” – as spun by the White House. President Trump at the UN was “American carnage,” to borrow a phrase previously deployed by his nativist speechwriter Stephen Miller. One should allow the enormity of what just happened to sink in, slowly. The president… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Bowing Down Before The BBC: Polly Toynbee and The Role Of A Liberal Propagandist
A standard technique deployed by corporate journalists to fend off challenges from the public is to point to selected examples of ‘abuse’ and then tar all reasoned criticism with the same mucky brush. Or, if that doesn’t work, to sneer at claims of ‘conspiracy’ or ‘plots’, thus permitting instant dismissal of the arguments made. Polly… Continue reading
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Media’s Instinct to Rehabilitate the Powerful Has Not Changed Under Trump
When Stephen Colbert introduced a surprise guest at the end of his Emmys opening monologue on Sunday night, the audience didn’t seem to expect to see former Trump administration press secretary Sean Spicer. The Late Night host shocked most of the crowd—Veep actress Anna Chlumsky was particularly amazed—with the selection of one of comedy’s favorite… Continue reading
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ICH Headlines 20 September 2017
20 September 2017 — Information Clearing House Trump Vomits Hatred All Over The United Nations General Assembly Video & Transcript US may ‘have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea’. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/47838.htm Continue reading
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Trump Convenes Friends into “Humanitarian Warfare”: Selected Articles
20 September 2017 — Global Research Starve Them to Death: Wall Street Journal’s Solution to North Korea By Mike Whitney, September 19, 2017 In an article titled “Options for Removing Kim Jong Un” the WSJ’s editorial board suggests that the US use “all of its tools to topple the North Korean regime” including, of course, vital food imports Continue reading
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Sign to Protect Encryption!
Five powerful countries — the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States — have just recently agreed to combine their efforts to break the encryption that keeps our daily lives safe and private. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 19 September 2017 (11/17)
19 September 2017 — Statewatch.org/ Also available as a pdf file: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2017/sep/email-19-9-17.pdf ANALYSES, BRIEFING & VIEWPOINT: http://www.statewatch.org/analyses.htm 1. EU: New report: Market Forces: the development of the EU security-industrial complex 2. Analysis: A Pyrrhic victory? The ECJ upholds the EU law on relocation of asylum-seekers Continue reading
The New Dark Age 