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The Latest Job Report Is Another Fiction
The Latest Job Report Is Another Fiction
There were not 312,000 new jobs created in December.
Nevermind. Where does the Bureau of Labor Statistics tell us the jobs are.
Health care and social assistance together with leisure and hospitality account for 36% of the new jobs, with 40,000 new waitresses and bartenders. Retail trade (possible as December is the Christmas month) and administrative and waste services account for 16%. Over half of the new jobs are concentrated in lowly paid and part time sectors. -
‘Operation Iris’ & more: New documents tie Integrity Initiative to spin of Skripal affair
RT | January 4, 2019 Hackers who leaked documents from the Integrity Initiative, a shadowy outfit funded by the UK government, claim they show its connections to the March 2018 alleged poisoning attack in Salisbury and proposed actions against Russia. The Integrity Initiative (II) was set up in 2015 by the equally shadowy “Institute for […]
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Sea levels, atmospheric pressure and land temperature during glacial maxima
by Alan Cannell
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Rand Paul Smacks Down Jake Tapper On Syria
Jimmy Dore narrates Rand Paul’s great smackdown of Jake Tapper on Syria and broader US interventionism:
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The Worst Democraps Who Want To Be President: Terry McAuliffe, Part V
Reports have it that Trump wants Jim Webb as Defense Secretary. He might even make a good Defense Secretary (or a lousy one; I don't know) but I think the two prima donnas deserve each other.
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An Iran Policy of Regime Change in All But Name
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.
Mike Pompeo removes any doubt about the purpose of the administration’s Iran policy of regime change in all but name:
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that “the sanctions on Iran have an ultimate goal” of “creating an outcome where the Iranian people could have better lives than they have today under this tyrannical regime”. -
Health Insurers May Be Raising Rates with Help of Personal Information Collected by Data Brokers
Private data brokers are selling the personal information of 150 million Americans that could be used to predict health care costs. Companies such as LexisNexis Risk Solutions, IBM Watson Health, and Optum have collected over 78 billion records of personal data—including race, education level, online purchases, and more—to predict the health care expenses that individuals will cost their insurers. These data brokers then sell this information to health insurers, who in turn can use it to raise their insurance rates for those deemed high-risk.
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Undercover Officers Involved in Nearly 33% of NYPD’s Fatal Shootings, Study Finds
Drawing on data from the Fatal Encounters project, in May, 2018, the Intercept reported that despite being only a small fraction of the New York Police Department (NYPD) force, on-duty officers who are not wearing uniforms are responsible for many police killings in New York. Plainclothes police, Joseph George and Liam Quigley reported, “have been involved in nearly a third of all fatal shooting incidents recorded since 2000.”
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Scientists Accelerate Coral Reef Regrowth with Electricity
In 2018, BGR and New Scientist reported on a scientific effort using electrical currents to stimulate regrowth of damaged coral reefs. As is generally known, coral reefs, which are crucial components of ocean ecosystems around the world, have been dying off due to climate change and destructive fishing practices. Damaged coral regrows slowly, and rising ocean temperatures lead to bleaching that can cause entire reef systems to collapse permanently.
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Senior Scientists Warn of Inequalities in Medical Benefits of Genetics Research
One of the UK’s leading scientists has called for organizations that fund medical research to acknowledge that genetic tests developed using samples from white Europeans do not necessarily provide accurate results when applied to other ethnic groups, the Guardian reported in October, 2018.
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Inequality from a Drone’s Perspective
Johnny Miller’s photography project, “American Unequal Scenes,” captures inequality across the United States by using aerial drone footage to show how the rich and poor live. From Oakland to Detroit and Baltimore, the stark contrast between rich and poor is evident from Miller’s striking images, which portray million-dollar infrastructure in close proximity to tent cities and homeless encampments. The photos provide much more than a bird’s-eye view of American cities.
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Washington State Addresses Law Enforcement Use of Lethal Force
In March 2018, the Washington state legislature recently passed two measures that will help hold law enforcement officers accountable when they use lethal force. Measures I-940 and ESBH 3003 were passed to eliminate de facto immunity from Washington states use of force statute and to implement reasonable standards for the state’s law enforcement officers.
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US Government Using Secretive FISA Rules to Spy on Journalists
Documents recently obtained by the Freedom of the Press Foundation reveal troubling facts about how the government is secretly using the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to spy on journalists. The documents were released as part of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed by the Freedom of the Press Foundation and Columbia University’s Knights First Amendment Institute.
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Recent Disasters Reveal Racial Discrimination in FEMA Aid Process
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a branch in the Department of Homeland Security, is responsible for responding to disasters that have an overwhelming impact on communities and providing services that will allow those affected to rebuild their lives. Yet, a survey of 1,600 Texans after Hurricane Harvey indicates that “storm victims could face barriers in securing federal aid—especially if they’re not white,” Sue Sturgis reported for Facing South.
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Corporate Food Brands Drive Massive Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico
The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is the largest ever recorded since dead zone mapping began in 1985. Dead zones are areas in a body of water that do not have enough oxygen to support marine life. At 8,185 square miles, the Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone is about the size of New Jersey. As the Guardian and Truthout reported, the dead zone continues to grow because big food companies lack sustainability polices to prevent environmental pollution, including especially animal waste and fertilizer runoff from industrial farms.
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Over Quarter of Formerly Incarcerated People are Unemployed
A 2018 report shows that people released from prison are being disproportionally discriminated against in the pursuit of work. The study—by Lucius Couloute, a doctoral candidate in sociology at the University of Massachusetts, and Daniel Kopf, a reporter for Quartz—found that an average of 27% of formerly incarcerated people are unemployed. That figure, Couloute and Kopf wrote, is greater than “the total U.S. unemployment rate during any historical period, including the Great Depression.”
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Immigrant Caravan Ensures Safety for Survivor of 2010 Massacre
On November 5, 2018 a reporter from Al Jazeera interviewed Billy Noe Martinez, a Honduran immigrant, about why he traveled in a caravan through Mexican territory, to which Martinez responded that he felt safer in a large group of people than by himself.
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Who Runs Our World?
Netanyahu addresses US Congress | Photo from Al Jazeera By Richard Hugus | January 4, 2019 Our world is run by oligarchs, the holders of vast wealth from monopolies in banking, resource extraction, manufacturing, and technology. Oligarchs have such power that most of the world doesn’t even know of their influence over our lives. Their […]
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PBC News & Comment: In Oped, PBC Slams California Supreme Court
For the first time in 53 years, top California court blocks Brown’s clemency in 10 cases, contradicting its own standards….--you can read PBC’s opinion column here
--the Court consigned a man to deportation to Cambodia, just as ICE is blocked by federal court from deporting more Cambodians -
Rumours of An American Withdrawal From Afghanistan Appear Exaggerated
Saw this via the economist the other day and thought to myself- Exaggerating the Afghan withdrawal? Say it isn't so! As I read through this news on Afghanistan all the lies and exaggeration about Syria just kept going round and round and through my mind. I also thought about something Putin said regarding the lie of the US withdrawal from Syria.Quoted
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Why We Should Take the “Socialism” Part of Democratic Socialism Seriously
The question is whether—even if we assume that the process is as democratic as the democratic socialists desire—they can actually create a world of peace and prosperity given the degree to which they wish to abolish markets and profits. I will argue that the answer is no.
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Elizabeth Warren Nails Economy, Muddles Foreign Policy
It’s imperative to criticize presumable progressive politicians and parse their words carefully. It might open the door to actual improvements in policy, writes Sam Husseini. By Sam Husseini Post Haven In her New Year’s Eve announcement about forming an…Read more →
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Dark Overlord Hackers Threaten to ‘Burn Down the Deep State’ with New 9/11 Document Dump
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE COINCIDENCE: WTC owner Larry Silverstein took out two brand new insurance policies against ‘two terrorist attacks’ on New York’s World Trade Center complex just before the attacks of 9/11, and claimed to have famously given the order to “pull” WTC Building 7, which then collapsed into its own footprint in 6.5 seconds.
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All The New House Committee Chairs And Ranking Members Have Been Announced
Which committee chair will get Trump's taxes first?I'm eager see the rosters of the House committees. With so many retirements and election losses, the Republican changes will be monumental. So far they have announced some very key chairmanship changes-- well, ranking members is what they'll have now, not chairs.
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Israel’s plan to ‘worsen conditions’ for Palestinian prisoners is an opportunity for unity
By Ramona Wadi | MEMO | January 4, 2019 Depriving Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails of their basic rights is a “moral duty”, according to Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan. News reports have confirmed that the Israeli cabinet has approved plans to “worsen conditions”, after Erdan set up a committee specifically tasked with […]
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Elizabeth Warren Pierces Through Rhetoric on Economy, Muddles on Foreign Policy
By Sam Husseini | January 4, 2019 In her New Years Eve announcement forming an exploratory committee for the presidency, Sen. Elizabeth Warren made a great point: “Right now, Washington works great for the wealthy and the well-connected. It’s just not working for anyone else.” In case you missed that, she pointedly did not say […]
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Ecuador’s Moreno Prepared to Sell-Out Assange for IMF Payoff, Now ‘Auditing’ His Asylum, Citizenship
As 21WIRE outlined in its annual Year in Review Report, 2018 was the year in which concerted moves between the US and Ecuadorian governments became visible, with the two states conspiring behind closed doors to bring WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange to America for an unlawful trial based on
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The Seven Deadly Sins of Networking
Networking is a fundamental part of getting ahead, but most people aren't all too good at it. They make the same mistakes and wonder why they feel sleazy when networking or like it’s a waste of time. Here are a few major mistakes in networking that can kill your chances of building a world-class network.
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Putin, Netanyahu discuss situation in Syria
The post Putin, Netanyahu discuss situation in Syria appeared first on The Duran.
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The Not So Special US-UK Relationship
The post The Not So Special US-UK Relationship appeared first on The Duran.
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World is safe from global conflict in 2019
The post World is safe from global conflict in 2019 appeared first on The Duran.
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Free Thinker Radio (1/4/18): Houston’s 5g Problem
1/4/18 Free Thinker Radio debuts on FM – For our first episode on the FM dial we will be sharing the history of Free Thinker Radio, breaking down the latest on the 5g resistance in Houston, and interview Matt Cagle, attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California. We will also be playing […]
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How Public Universities Are Getting in on the Eminent Domain Action
Unless state legislatures restrain this practice, colleges will continue to use government power while the public remains in the dark.
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TCR Live #94 (1/4/18): Dark Overlord Hacks the Deep State
Derrick Broze checks in with the most important news of the week.
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Bashir: I was advised normalising relations with Israel will stabilise Sudan
MEMO | January 4, 2019 Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir was advised to begin normalising relations with Israel in order to ensure stability in his country, Haaretz reported him saying yesterday. Speaking during a meeting with religious leaders in the capital Khartoum yesterday, Al-Bashir did not specify who gave him the advice adding only that “sustenance […]
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Israeli Soldier Shoots Live Ammunition and Tear Gas at Palestinian Students
(MEMO) — An Israeli soldier shot live ammunition and tear-gas bombs at Palestinian students who were leaving their school in the northern occupied West Bank village of Tell in Nablus yesterday. Palestinian security sources said Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles as they traveled along the main Nablus-Qalqilya road near the illegal Israeli settlement of Yitzhar. No […]
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Canada charity used donations to fund Israel army bases
MEMO | January 4, 2019 A Canadian charity has been investigated for using its donations to fund infrastructure projects on Israeli army and naval bases. The Jewish National Fund of Canada – an affiliate of parent organisation Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael or the Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) – used its donations to fund infrastructure projects on […]
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