BBC redacts article on Idlib to hide unwelcome facts
The push for “action” following the alleged chemical attack in Idlib, Syria is reaching fever pitch. Indeed, it may already have had disastrous consequences. The spokespeople for power that...
Idlib chemical attack: A sign no change of policy is on the horizon
The alleged chemical attack, reported yesterday, is the latest in a series of atrocities notionally carried out by the Syrian government ("The Regime", in the partisan parlance of the...
The establishment needs to make up its mind: do "false flags" happen, or not?
Just hours after the alleged terrorist attack on a St Petersburg metro station, a BBC news reporter stated (see the video above): Well, there have been demonstrations – political...
"Experts" reveal their "evidence" of Russian "hacking"
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence convened today, hearing testimony from three “star witnesses”. If you have a spare three hours, and a strong stomach, feel free to watch...
Article 50 triggers strong reactions on both sides…but what will change?
There is a wonderful episode of South Park from 2008, based around the first election of Barack Obama. As the results are announced the democrats...
Global Laundromat update: "Bank did bank things with famous person"
Perhaps this is the beginning of a new series for the Guardian? Maybe in the future we can expect stories entitled “Man who voted Brexit regularly beats wife” and...
"There is no American Deep State…it just looks like there is"
Last week the New Yorker, and yesterday Salon magazine, published editorials arguing against the very existence of an "American Deep State". The arguments presented are very...interesting. Both are, perhaps,...
"Global Laundromat" has the Guardian in a Spin
by Kit The latest “breaking” story from the Guardian and Luke Harding is hitting the headlines. Almost exactly 1 year after the explosive anti-climax that was “The Panama Papers”,...
Guardian promoting GCHQ demand for more internet censorship
In the past year the Guardian has been overtly promoting internet censorship. A while back they uncritically coordinated with Yvette Cooper’s insinuating “take back the internet” programme to make...
Crumbling Monolith Resents an Angry Public
Nick Cohen's latest column is headlined: Farage meets Assange in a shameless illiberal alliance, but might more properly be entitled "Why I drink more than I...
Wikileaks’ Timely Reminder of our Digital Panopticon
Wikileaks latest release of classified documents, entitled Vault 7, comes as a timely reminder to all of us (as if we needed it) that the theorized panopticon – the...
The decline of the American Left in 2 pictures
UC Berkeley has a proud tradition as centre of protest and speaking truth to power. In the early to mid sixties the campus was the site of a string...
Of course Donald Trump’s phones were tapped!
The ongoing clashes between the factions that make up the US political elite keep getting more and more absurd. And annoyingly, as no particular fan of Donald Trump, I...
MSM and Selective Blindness
The McCarthy-like witch-huntery is gaining momentum. Where it’s going is hard to gauge…but, where ever it is, it will get there fast. Currently in the media cross-hairs is Trump’s...
CNN using intentionally misleading headlines (again)
This is CNN’s latest article on the all ways Trump is allegedly linked to Russia, Russian spies and Vladimir Putin. Above, a screen-grab of their headline. It seems intercepted...
What’s the End Game: hype and hysteria surrounding the "Muslim Ban"
Kit Knightly They’re calling it the “Muslim Ban”, that’s the headline attention-grabber. It has its own twitter hashtag too. Everyone, all around the progressive “free world” is coming together...
The Beatification of Barack Obama
As the eight-year term of America's first black President draws to a close, the media are already in the process of myth-making. There's room for an honest autopsy of...
Neo-Liberal paranoia is extreme, and it is everywhere
I consider Nick Cohen an unpleasant man. His columns are smug, rude, ill-informed, intellectually dishonest, hypocritical and self-righteous. A perfect example of the modern journalist, in his natural habitat....
Georgia Sec. of State claims DHS hacks his office during elections
Brian Kemp, the secretary of State for Georgia, has joined his voice to the choir of American political figures decrying the “hacking” of American politics. The only trouble is,...
How far will they go to avoid a President Trump?
by Kit Overturning or ignoring Trumps victory poses a very real risk of massive riots and civic unrest. Would the Powers That Be really be willing to go that...
