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The JFK Assassination: On the Trail of Delusion?… Counterpoint w/ James DiEugenio – Source – Parallax Views (05/07/2021)

Posted on May 7, 2021 by J.G. |

On this edition of Parallax Views, when I started this program I never considered doing an episode on the JFK assassination. That’s because it’s just a too much of a quagmire for me. I don’t know enough about the assassination…

Coalition Mobilizes to Protect Billions of WhatsApp Users From Facebook’s Privacy Invasion – Jake Johnson (05/07/2021)

Posted on May 7, 2021 by wsw staff |

A coalition of more than three dozen social justice, labor, and digital rights organizations launched a campaign Monday aimed at stopping Facebook from further rolling back privacy protections on WhatsApp, a messaging service that billions of people worldwide use to…

Profit Motives American Values – The Ochelli Effect (05/06/2021)

Posted on May 6, 2021 by wsw staff |

“Pearse and JP have been absent from the show recently. Tonight we get both of them on a Tuesday broadcast. With one eye on the strangeness of New York and the other on global concerns, Porkins and Chuck discuss the…

My Take On Cancel Culture, Parler, And Dealing With Social Media Parasites – Mike Swanson (05/05/2021)

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Michael Swanson |

I tried to run an ad on Facebook on Monday for a historical book that I helped publish. I did an ad for it two Saturdays ago and Facebook accepted it, but they rejected the second ad as being too…

How qualified immunity protects police officers accused of wrongdoing – Ronnie R. Gipson Jr. (05/05/2021)

Posted on May 5, 2021 by wsw staff |

Ronnie R. Gipson Jr., University of Memphis When police officers kill people without apparent justification, those officers may face both criminal charges – as in the case of Derek Chauvin, convicted of murdering George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020 –…

On World Press Freedom Day, US Report Reveals ‘Startling Extent of Police Violence Against Journalists’ – Jessica Corbett (05/05/2021)

Posted on May 5, 2021 by wsw staff |

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press on Monday released its fourth annual report about conditions that members of the U.S. media faced while on the job last year—and revealed “the startling extent of police violence against journalists during…

Family meals are good for the grown-ups, too, not just the kids – Anne Fishel (05/04/2021)

Posted on May 4, 2021 by wsw staff |

Anne Fishel, Harvard University For all the parents feeling exhausted by the cooking, cleaning and planning of a million meals during the pandemic, there’s some good news. Commensality, or the sharing of food with others, is beneficial for your physical…

From tulips and scrips to bitcoin and meme stocks – how the act of speculating became a financial mania – Gayle Rogers (05/03/2021)

Posted on May 3, 2021 by wsw staff |

Gayle Rogers, University of Pittsburgh In the late 1990s, America experienced a dot-com mania. In the 2000s, the housing market went wild. Today, there are manias in everything from bitcoin and nonfungible tokens to SPACs and meme stocks – obscure…

Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL) And Xtra-Gold Resources (TSE: XTG) Now In Position As Next Silver/Gold Rally Begins – Mike Swanson (05/07/2021)

Gold and Silver “Flagging Out in a Big Way” – Sprott Money Precious Metals Projections – Chris Vermeulen (05/07/2021)

Quoth the Raven #250 – Our Bullshit Economy: Part 21 of 515 – Source – QTR Podcast (05/0/7/2021)

China Unleashes Financial Tech Crackdown – Ethan Yang (05/07/2021)

Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL) And Xtra-Gold Resources (TSE: XTG) Now In Position As Next Silver/Gold Rally Begins – Mike Swanson (05/07/2021)

Gold and Silver “Flagging Out in a Big Way” – Sprott Money Precious Metals Projections – Chris Vermeulen (05/07/2021)

Coffee Prices Explode For 6+% Gain As Another Commodity Upleg Begins – Mike Swanson (05/06/2021)

Will inflation become ‘problematic’? What soaring lumber means for prices, gold – Jim Wyckoff – Source – Kitco News (05/06/2021)

Quoth the Raven #250 – Our Bullshit Economy: Part 21 of 515 – Source – QTR Podcast (05/0/7/2021)

China Unleashes Financial Tech Crackdown – Ethan Yang (05/07/2021)

The Dark Side of Yield Curve Control Policy – Thorsten Polleit (05/07/2021)

Coalition Mobilizes to Protect Billions of WhatsApp Users From Facebook’s Privacy Invasion – Jake Johnson (05/07/2021)

The JFK Assassination: On the Trail of Delusion?… Counterpoint w/ James DiEugenio – Source – Parallax Views (05/07/2021)

China Unleashes Financial Tech Crackdown – Ethan Yang (05/07/2021)

How NYPD’s Vice Unit Got Prostitution Policing All Wrong – Stephen Engelberg (05/07/2021)

Coalition Mobilizes to Protect Billions of WhatsApp Users From Facebook’s Privacy Invasion – Jake Johnson (05/07/2021)

Category: Culture and Society

The JFK Assassination: On the Trail of Delusion?… Counterpoint w/ James DiEugenio – Source – Parallax Views (05/07/2021)

Coalition Mobilizes to Protect Billions of WhatsApp Users From Facebook’s Privacy Invasion – Jake Johnson (05/07/2021)

Profit Motives American Values – The Ochelli Effect (05/06/2021)

My Take On Cancel Culture, Parler, And Dealing With Social Media Parasites – Mike Swanson (05/05/2021)

How qualified immunity protects police officers accused of wrongdoing – Ronnie R. Gipson Jr. (05/05/2021)

On World Press Freedom Day, US Report Reveals ‘Startling Extent of Police Violence Against Journalists’ – Jessica Corbett (05/05/2021)

Family meals are good for the grown-ups, too, not just the kids – Anne Fishel (05/04/2021)

From tulips and scrips to bitcoin and meme stocks – how the act of speculating became a financial mania – Gayle Rogers (05/03/2021)