While we were being distracted by the ongoing Russia/Ukraine war – and Washington’s increasing involvement in the war – tremendous developments in the Middle East have all but ended decades of US meddling in the region. Peace is breaking out in the Middle East and Washington is not at all happy about it!
Peace Is Breaking Out in the Middle East… and Washington Is Not Happy!
Day: April 11, 2023
Lab-created bird flu virus accident shows lax oversight of risky ‘gain of function’ research
Inside the high-security Influenza Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, two experienced scientists were pulling ferrets out of their HEPA-filtered cages on a Monday in December 2019. Another researcher, still in training, was also in the room to watch and learn.
Lab-created bird flu virus accident shows lax oversight of risky ‘gain of function’ research
Elon Musk Throws Matt Taibbi Under The Bus, Backs Up, and Runs Over Him Again
Matt Taibbi, the former Rolling Stone journalist who was given access to the Twitter Files by Elon Musk, reportedly had his official Twitter account “shadow banned” by the mogul after he refused to permanently decamp from his lucrative Substack subscription newsletter site.
Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi ‘shadow banned’ by Elon Musk in Substack feud
Related:
Elon Musk tweets then deletes DMs from Matt Taibbi over his Substack snit
Elon Musk apparently on the outs with Matt Taibbi over Twitter-Substack feud
Meanwhile, Matt’s supposedly on vacation.
Whoops: Congress Failed To Actually Fund Efforts To “Rip And Replace” Chinese Telecom Gear From U.S. Networks
You might recall that the FCC under both Trump and Biden has made a big deal about forcing U.S. telecoms to rip out Huawei gear from their networks, under the allegation that the gear is used to spy on Americans (you’re to ignore, of course, that the United States spies on everyone, constantly, and has broadly supported backdooring all manner of sensitive telecom products globally).
Whoops: Congress Failed To Actually Fund Efforts To “Rip And Replace” Chinese Telecom Gear From U.S. Networks
Franklin BOMA to vote on ‘Community Decency Policy’, Franklin Pride permit April 11
Franklin’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen is set to vote on a “Community Decency Policy” and Franklin Pride special event permit on April 11 after the Pride Festival vote was deferred last month.
Franklin BOMA to vote on ‘Community Decency Policy’, Franklin Pride permit April 11
Now That Elon Musk Is Labeling NPR And The BBC As ‘Government Funded,’ Shouldn’t He Do The Same For Tesla, SpaceX, And Twitter?
Never a dull moment in Elonland. Last week, as you’ll recall, he decided that NPR should be labeled as “state-affiliated media” even though NPR was literally Twitter’s prime example of what kinds of
Now That Elon Musk Is Labeling NPR And The BBC As ‘Government Funded,’ Shouldn’t He Do The Same For Tesla, SpaceX, And Twitter?independent[corporate] media outlets don’t deserve that label.
Previously:
NPR labeled ‘state-affiliated media’ on Twitter, same as Russia’s RT and China’s Xinhua
How about labeling them all with their sponsors, whether it’s the Military-Industrial-Complex, Big Pharma, Big Corporations, Big Banks, government subsidies, etc?!
French Radical Protests: Can the Sinister Fascist Traits of Capitalism be Overcome?
President Macron is not a king but a pawn of global finance
The current tenant of the Elysee Palace has been called by NUPES, the left coalition opposition in France, a President-King. To do so is to give him a bigger role and more power than what he has. In reality, Macron is just one of the numerous figure heads of the billionaire class that meets in Davos once a year. The power resides there, concentrated, often anonymous and always brutal in a masquerade of do-gooders. In Davos, the financial Masters of the Universe, posturing as philanthropists, have been in reality jealously protecting the complex Gordian Knot that is global capitalism. Perhaps France’s radical protesters, in their quasi insurrection form, are trying to emulate Alexander the Great by putting this giant Gordian Knot to the sword!
French Radical Protests: Can the Sinister Fascist Traits of Capitalism be Overcome?
Saudi Delegation Arrives in Yemen for Talks With Houthis on Ending the War
A Saudi delegation has arrived in the Yemeni city of Sanaa to negotiate with the Houthis, as multiple reports have indicated a peace deal between the warring sides is near.
Saudi Delegation Arrives in Yemen for Talks With Houthis on Ending the War
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