We are all aware of inflation, prices rise steadily and surely, though sometimes not so steadily, but does the price of anything ever come down? How about computing? In 1927, a famous half hour trans-Atlantic telephone call cost £150, around £10,000 in today’s money. In April 1992, a correspondent for the New Scientist wrote that […]
As we have seen in part one of this investigation, billionaire eBay founder Pierre Omidyar has partnered closely with many of the U.S.-funded outfits that fulfill the role the CIA used to play during the Cold War in backing opposition media and civil society in countries targeted for regime change. However, Omidyar has also sought state-of-the-art design solutions from a shady U.S. government national security consulting firm with a myriad of ties to the hawkish D.C.
(ANTIMEDIA) — Internet giant eBay made headlines this week over its decision to drop Paypal as a payment processor on its site. While this was news in itself as Paypal’s stock price took a dive, perhaps more interesting are the potential options that come with eBay’s new processor, a Dutch company called Adyen. Adyen, which processed roughly $25 billion worth […]
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Guillermo Jimenez Presents Mark Mondalek
Guillermo Jimenez Presents Stanley Cohen
On this edition of De-Manufacturing Consent: Guillermo is joined by attorney and activist, Stanley Cohen, who currently represents one of the “Anons” collectively known as the PayPal 14. We discuss who the PayPal 14 are, what they did, why they did it, and the shameful actions of eBay and Pierre Omidyar throughout the ordeal. Stanley also shares his thoughts on the new “hip Rupert Murdoch,” the rise of the “billionaire independent media,” the Snowden files, Greenwald “shilling for points” with the Israel lobby, and much more.
The NSA Whistleblowing Case: Something is Awfully Rotten in the State of …?
