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(ANTIMEDIA) — NBC News attempted to shut down journalist Ronan Farrow’s reporting on sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein, according to sources cited in the Daily Beast and claims made by Farrow’s producer in the New York Times this week. Citing “multiple sources familiar with the matter,” the Daily Beast reported that NBC News’ General Counsel Susan Weiner “made a series of phone calls to Farrow, threatening to smear him if he […]

(CD Opinion) — Cancelling out Monsanto’s name and keeping only that of Bayer, does not mean forgetting the wrongdoings of a company which, according to the verdict of the Monsanto Tribunal of The Hague, is stained with crimes of ecocide. With Bayer’s official takeover of Monsanto, the giant multinational also inherits its liabilities. On the eve of the start of the integration process, Monsanto has been […]

(CD) — After Amazon issued a rare blog post on Wednesday denouncing Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) recent criticism of the retail behemoth as “inaccurate,” Sanders quickly responded with a statement accusing Amazon of being “less than forthcoming” about how much it actually pays its workers and highlighting the fact that Amazon warehouses are considered some of the “most dangerous places to work in the United […]

I felt it was too important to miss especially in these current sanctioned and trade tariff times. Pioneering this effort is an American company called Relex (RLX), the world’s first cryptocurrency-based real property development and investing group.
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Interesting oped from Peter Koenig

(ANTIMEDIA) — The #MeToo movement launched nearly a year ago to fight back against sexual harassment in Hollywood and beyond continues to have ramifications. The once beloved actor Kevin Spacey, who was accused of sexual harassment against both teenage boys and men — and drew additional backlash for responding to the first allegation by coming out as a […]

(ANTIMEDIA) San Onofre, CA — A nuclear power plant in Southern California that was shut down in 2012 continues to leak radioactive material and poses a threat to nearby communities. The aging San Onofre, located in San Clemente, CA, was shut down in 2012 amid a leak that occurred due to malpractice. According to a report released in 2016, […]

I have opined and written about the trend towards de-dollarization before, but with the latest US –Turkish spat it has hit the wallets, mattresses and markets of a number of countries, be they aligned with Washington or not. One thing they all have in common was that in this recent era of low cost available money, many happily fed at the US dollar trough.

(ZHE) A San Francisco Jury awarded $289 million in damages to a former school groundskeeper, Dewayne Johnson, who said Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller gave him terminal cancer. The award consists of $40 million in compensatory damages and $250 million in punitive damages. Johnson’s trial was fast-tracked due to the severe state of his non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph […]

Wonder how many people thought about the fact that Chrystia Freeland employed the Trump playbook method allegedly engaging in diplomacy for twits on twitter? As opposed to the reality of a twit's (a silly or foolish person) twittiness on twitter being a distraction from something else. Isn't it interesting that a twit is a silly or foolish person?-Should that definition inform us all about the twitter reality?-The concept behind twitter? -The reason for the creation of twitter?Personally speaking. This row between Saudi Arabia and Canada is a smoke screen.