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When a profession fails to deliver, people inevitably suffer. When that profession happens to be the study and practice of economics, the entire world suffers.
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(ANTIMEDIA) As Facebook and other digital social platforms face repeated accusations of censorship, a new blockchain-based social networking platform is emerging — with the express purpose of combating censorship.

I started a conspiracy to harm Her Majesty’s Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (HMGUKGB&NI). I wanted to deal as much damage to them as possible so I conspired with a poet to plant an explosive and incendiary petition right in the heart of their own website. It was a petition to make the UK Government respond or debate the question of appearing before the International Court of Justice and allowing it to rule on the case of the Chagos Archipelago.

It’s really 19th century behavior in the 21st century. You don’t just invade another country on phony pretexts in order to assert your interests.
— John Kerry, Meet the Press, March 2nd, 2014

(ZHE) “Hillary Clinton is now poised to become the Democratic nominee for president of the United States, but she simply lacks the integrity and temperament to serve in the office. From the bottom of my soul I know this to be true. So I must speak out.

(ANTIMEDIA) United Kingdom — Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched an attack on the British mainstream media, labeling aspects of the industry shallow, facile, and misinformed. The opposition leader’s angst about his portrayal in the press inspired a fierce attack against the BBC, in particular, in which he accused the outlet of being “obsessed” with trying to damage his leadership.

The group SSUK (sŭk), has registered its strong objection to, and condemnation of, the participation of Dr. Tim Anderson in the Crossing Borders Conference on Refugees, to convene July 7-10 on the Greek Island of Lesbos. Dr. Anderson is the author of The Dirty War on Syria: Washington, Regime Change and Resistance.

In a highly-regarded public speaking competition 15 year-old Leanne Mohamad, a pupil at Wanstead High School in London, stood up and gave an impassioned speech about the appalling situation back home in the Holy Land. It was so moving that she won the regional final and a video of her speech was posted on the organisers’ website.

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Henningsen on CrossTalk: American Foreign Policy 'Dumbed Down'

(ANTIMEDIA) United Kingdom — With the E.U. debate fiercely dominating the U.K. press, news that more than a dozen police forces are investigating the systematic abuse of election rules by the Conservative party has barely merited a whisper.