The persecution of Julian Assange, along with the climate of fear, wholesale government surveillance and use of the Espionage Act to prosecute whistleblowers, has emasculated investigative journalism. 

The press has not only failed to mount a sustained campaign to support Julian, whose extradition appears imminent, but no longer attempts to shine a light into the inner workings of power. This failure is not only inexcusable, but ominous. 

 

Chris Hedges: Media Abandon Assange & Slit Their Own Throats

 

ONE NEEDS TO BE SARCASTIC ABOUT SOME REPORTS, DESPITE THE LEGITIMATE AND OFTEN ACCURATE STORY TELLER... HERE'S THE VOICE/NARRATOR FROM DARK FOOTAGE WHO ALSO DOES DARK SKIES "AUTHORITATIVE" NARRATIONS IN OTHER "HISTORICAL" FEATURE DOCOS.

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Often seen as marvels of the human ascendancy, the world’s great cities are in mortal danger as the resources that keep them alive stagger, dwindle and give out.

Today the world has 45 megacities – conurbations holding more than ten million citizens apiece – and some 500 smaller cities each of a million or more souls. Together they are home to well over more than half of the human population, rising to 7 billion by mid-century.

 

By Julian Cribb

 

 

Often seen as marvels of the human ascendancy, the world’s great cities are in mortal danger as the resources that keep them alive stagger, dwindle and give out.

Today the world has 45 megacities – conurbations holding more than ten million citizens apiece – and some 500 smaller cities each of a million or more souls. Together they are home to well over more than half of the human population, rising to 7 billion by mid-century.

 

Cities in mortal danger foreshadow the human fateBy Julian Cribb

 

For all their glorious diversity of culture and design, our cities share one thing in common: they are equally at risk of sudden collapse. Not one of them can feed itself – and few provide enough water internally for the needs of their population.

Mass media are often unreliable, but hardly anyone has time to check the news. If news reports later turn out to be false, they are usually already burned into the hard drive of collective memory as “historical truth”.

The government of French President Emmanuel Macron is under attack by the Anglo-American imperial establishment. The civil unrest that erupted across the nation was triggered by the 27 June 2023 Police killing of the 17-year old Nahel Merzouk (NM) in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. NM was driving a car without a driving license, failed to comply with police orders and for that he was shot point blank by two officers in full riot gear. NM was of Algerian origin. The next day, riots broke out in many cities across France: Paris, Marseille, Lille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Grenoble and also Brussels in Belgium. Some areas were left looking like war zones.

 

Australia’s former prime minister Paul Keating has labelled the head of Nato a “supreme fool” for his push to increase the alliance’s ties with Asia in an attempt to contain China.

Keating made the comments about secretary general Jens Stoltenberg in a statement released as Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, travels to Germany and the Nato leaders’ summit in Lithuania to discuss greater support for Ukraine.

The 23rd summit of the heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), held virtually in New Delhi, represented History in the making: three BRICS (Russia, India, China), plus Pakistan and four Central Asian “stans” (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan), finally and formally, welcomed the Islamic Republic of Iran as a permanent member.

And next year will be Belarus’ turn, as confirmed by India’s First Deputy Foreign Minister Vinay Kvatra. Belarus and Mongolia took part in the 2023 summit as observers, and fiercely independent Turkmenistan, as a guest.

After years of US “maximum pressure,” Tehran may now finally get rid of the sanctions dementia and solidify its leading role in the ongoing process of Eurasia integration.

 

BY Pepe Escobar

 

Despite the controversial weapons being outlawed by the majority of nations, the U.S. will now provide cluster munitions to Ukraine for the first time after President Joe Biden approved the delivery. Pentagon senior official Colin Kahl defended the decision to supply Ukraine with the weapons and said that Russia's victory on the battlefield is far worse. Watch this video to know more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt2d0y4wtIc

 

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BY SCOTT RITTER

The Biden administration has announced that it will be authorizing a new tranche of military support for Ukraine

‘Russian victory’ worse than civilian cluster-bomb deaths – Pentagon

A US official defended the decision to supply Ukraine with the weapons, which are banned in more than 100 countries

US fears of Russian success on the battlefield outweigh concerns that deliveries of cluster bombs to Ukraine could result in civilian casualties, a senior Pentagon official acknowledged on Friday.

Speaking to reporters, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl defended the White House’s decision to approve another $800 million weapons package for Ukraine, including cluster munitions. The weapons are banned in more than 100 countries.

When they detonate, the munitions release many small bomblets over a wide area. A percentage of bomblets fail to detonate on impact, however, and unexploded elements pose severe risks to civilians for years after  fighting ends.

The paragraph below from The Atlantic is total BS. The writer, Eliot A. Cohen, is delusional about the worth of Joe Biden…:

I am deeply grateful to Joe Biden. By defeating Donald Trump in 2020, he rescued this country from the continuing misrule of a dangerous grifter and serial liar, a man gripped by vindictiveness, lawlessness, and egomania. By contrast, Biden presented himself, correctly, as a decent, experienced, and entirely normal politician. He may even have saved his country. Americans owe him a profound debt of respect and appreciation.

 

What Cohen wrote after this though is correct: 

He also has no business running for president at age 80. 

 

CORRECT: JOE IS TOO OLD TO RUN AMERICA, OR EVEN GO TO THE TOILET ON HIS OWN….

 

Ken Wyatt made history when he became the first Indigenous member of the House of Representatives in 2010.

In 2019, he became the first Indigenous federal cabinet minister when he was appointed minister for Indigenous Australians in the Morrison government.

On Thursday, he made history again, quitting the Liberal Party over its decision to oppose the Voice at the referendum.

Wyatt, who lost his Western Australian seat at the election, had stood beside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last month as Albanese announced the wording for the referendum.

In government, he had battled, against internal Coalition headwinds, to advance Indigenous recognition and a Voice.

enough is enough — bring him home......

 

Megyn Kelly is joined by Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA and host of The Charlie Kirk Show, to talk about the possibility that we may never find out who left the cocaine at the White House, Pride nudity at the White House and the decline of what was once sacred, and more.

White House Cocaine Update: We May Never Find Out Who Left the Drugs! With Charlie Kirk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhDT1lzLECA

Threads, Meta’s newly launched social media app intended to rival Twitter, saw ten million users sign up to the platform in its first seven hours, the company’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has said.

Writing on the new platform soon after its debut late on Wednesday, Zuckerberg said the service would allow users to “build something great together” before revealing that it had received “10 million sign ups in seven hours.”

Threads is available on the Apple and Android online stores in around 100 countries, but its debut in the EU has been delayed due to privacy concerns.

The app has been hailed as an aggressive challenger to Twitter’s dominance of the social media market, which has come under fire due to several changes imposed on the platform following Elon Musk’s multi-billion-dollar takeover last year.