Said- alternative news often takes heart lie-making mainstream press is in decline. That the grip of Govt. based operatives embedded within will lose influence and, up comes… all our socio-political enlightenment. On clicks info-warriors. Problem with this thesis, is the notion alt. media is on the up.
Subsequent to the TMR interview with the lawyer Adeyinka Makinde, in which we talked about the case of Abdelhakim Belhadj and the alleged implication of the UK government in his kidnapping and "extraordinary rendition" (=torture), the UK Supreme Court has rejected the UK government's attempt to block legal action against itself on the grounds of state immunity. Whatever we might think of Belhadj as a person is irrelevant; this is good news (so far) for the "rule of law" that the British government says it's so keen on (when it suits its purposes).
Just in case any of you haven't heard yet, Dr. Udo Ulfkotte, a former editor of the major German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, has been found dead (it has been reported) at the age of 56. In 2014, he published the book Gekaufte Journalisten (Journalists for Hire) in which he described how the CIA and its foreign satellites bribe journalists to write fact-free, pro-Western, pro-NATO propaganda.
"The ability for technology and innovations to transform global economics and geopolitics is often underestimated, even sidelined in retrospect. However, from the technological achievements that gave the British Empire mastery over the seas, to the industrial revolution that eventually disrupted and unraveled the empire’s carefully constructed global system of mercantilism, the march of technological progress literally governors the rise and fall of global centers of power and the empires built around them."
I like this song, so I thought I'd share it with you. As the lyrics put it, "It's not a good time for God", but you'll have to listen to Martyn's performance—or, even better, read the lyrics—to get an idea of what's being said. In another sense, of course, it's always a good time for God, because time is God's creation, and God is to be encountered even in the direst of times. But then, of course, the song is really about human beings...
John McAfee, founder of McAfee Associates (the company that apparently developed the first commercial antivirus software), appears on RT to give his candid opinion of the so-called "Russian hack" of the DNC.
We all know the old saying: "If you throw enough mud, some of it will stick." Well, now there's an up-to-date, electronic version: "Print some fake news; tweet it; quietly retract it; move on." And it's benefiting, writes Greenwald, institutions like The Washington Post greatly.
After having to sit and listen to a member of my family (who shall remain nameless) go on about how terrible it is that "the Russians" should have interfered with the US election through state-backed hacking, and how "frightening" this is, I read with pleasure the remarks of Craig Murray—former UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan—who has a word for the whole story, which I shall not repeat, but which is well-chosen.
I know, you've all heard about it, but I just couldn't resist linking to it here at TMR. You've gotta love the Daily Express. This killer squid shape-shifts, has limbs that can stay alive after being cut off, its victims die with a smile on their face, it can lay 200,000 eggs (perhaps), and Russian President Putin may be planning to weaponise it.
This is an excellent episode of ClandesTime, the podcast by Tom Secker over at SpyCulture.com. I highly recommend that people listen to this. In the show Tom looks at the "false-flag exercise" theory (very popular in alt-media circles); examines the theory’s history in military-deception techniques; considers its origins as a popular conspiracy theory; and asks to what extent it has been encouraged in state-sponsored popular culture.
"Whistleblower Julian Assange has given one of his most incendiary interviews ever in a John Pilger Special, courtesy of Dartmouth Films, in which he summarizes what can be gleaned from the tens of thousands of Clinton emails released by WikiLeaks this year."—RT
Julian Charles: I count it a privilege to have spoken with Frank Legge, a former co-editor of the Journal of 9/11 Studiesand a founding member of both Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice and Scientists for 9/11 Truth. Frank joined us on the show just over two years ago to argue the case that Flight 77 did in fact hit the Pentagon on 9/11, contrary to the views of many in the 9/11 Truth Movement. Whatever your views on this matter, I hope you will join me in recognising Frank's legacy of research and his strength of character in pursuing the truth as he believed it to be.
"As the US-backed offensive in Mosul, Iraq begins, the mainstream US media readies the American people to blame the terrorists for civilian casualties, but the opposite rules apply to Syria’s Aleppo, reports Robert Parry."—Consortium News
Here are two very interesting recent interviews with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Does my posting these here mean that I think Assad is a saint? Of course not. Frankly, I'm not confident that I've received enough reliable information about the man from any source to make a judgement as to his moral character. So I won't. But what I will do is listen to what he says, and I encourage you to do so too.
"The world once again finds itself hurtling to the brink of war, and once again the establishment mouthpiece puppet propaganda media is leading the charge. This time around their lies defy description. In the sick world of the would-be warmongers, child beheading terrorist scum are now the heroes. The blood of the innocents that spill from here on in covers the hands of the mainstream media propagandists."—James Corbett
Here's another source that seems to agree in large measure with the views of Dr. Roberts in our recent interview with him. Vanessa Beeley is an independent journalist and photographer who has recently been researching in Aleppo, and she gives a very different view from the mainstream narrative.
The Pentagon gave a controversial UK PR firm over half a billion dollars to run a top secret propaganda programme in Iraq, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism can reveal. Bell Pottinger’s output included short TV segments made in the style of Arabic news networks and fake insurgent videos which could be used to track the people who watched them, according to a former employee.
Following our recent interview with Dr. Paul Craig Roberts on Syria, a TMR listener kindly told me about this recording of a press conference with representatives of the US Peace Council at the UN HQ in New York—(at least, that's what the video claims to be, and I have no reason to doubt it at present). It's worth watching, and if the representatives are to be believed—which judgement I leave with you—what they say tends to corroborate much that Dr. Roberts said in the interview.
