Censorship spreads.ReutersTwitter bans ads from two Russian media outlets
Read More »Caleb Maupin — Technology & The Marxism of Jack Ma
Technological innovation increases productivity, decreasing the need for human work and increasing the opportunity for leisure. It's a distribution issue. The problem is that under capitalism, gains are capitalized and losses are socialized. Under socialism, gains are socialized and losses are minimized. Who is going to win this race, those aiming at the top or those racing to the bottom?NEOTechnology & The Marxism of Jack Ma Caleb Maupin
Read More »Moon of Alabama — British Involvement In “Trump Dossier” Needs Further Investigation
Michael Sussmann, a lawyer from the same firm that hired Fusion GPS on order of Democrats, hired the Crowdstrike cyber-outlet to investigate the leak of DNC emails. Crowdstrike and the DNC denied the FBI access to the relevant servers but asserted that "Russian hacking" was the source of the leak.... The fake dossier, paid for by the Democrats, was used by the FBI under Obama to get FISA warrants to spy on Republican party operatives. We noted in January that the dossier was additionally...
Read More »Breakingnews — “Your presence in Syria is illegal, you exploit the humanitarian issue for your own purposes” – Moscow to Washington
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova reaffirmed her country's position on the issue of the intervention of the Washington-led international “anti-ISIS” coalition in Syria, pointing out that its presence under the pretext of fighting terrorism is illegal due to not being approved by the legitimate Syrian government.During the weekly session on Thursday, Zakharova pointed out that there are certain parties who always try to exploit the humanitarian issue in Syria for political...
Read More »Vesti — Putin calls for greater Internet security, without freedom barriers for users
Security versus privacy and censorship. It is necessary to improve the security of the Russian Internet (known colloquially as Runet). This was stated by President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Russian Security Council . For this he proposed to adopt additional normative acts. At the same time, the head of state stressed that it is not about limiting access to the internet and not about "total barriers and filters" for citizens."We must fight against those and those who use the...
Read More »China’s Launch of ‘Petro-Yuan’ In Two Months Sounds Death Knell for Dollar’s Dominance
One of the world’s top energy importers, China, is set to roll out a yuan-denominated oil contract as early as this year. Analysts call the plan, announced by Beijing in September, a huge move against the dollar’s global dominance. The so-called petro-yuan is a “wake up call” for investors who haven’t paid attention to the Chinese plans, according to the head of Graticule Asset Management Asia Adam Levinson, as quoted by Bloomberg. Earlier this year, the Chinese government announced...
Read More »Heiner Flassbeck — Thank god, it’s over. Eight years of Wolfgang Schäuble
Severe smackdown.Flassbeck EconomicsThank god, it’s over. Eight years of Wolfgang Schäuble Heiner Flassbeck
Read More »Bill Mitchell – billy blog When the mainstream Left gets lost down its Europhile hole
This is a longish post but well worth the read since it goes into the objections of the progressive left to MMT's emphasis on national institutions that are relevant to policy, and especially economic policy, both fiscal and monetary. [Andrew Watt] thinks our position is “indistinguishable from the extreme right” and thus demands a response. Inasmuch as the ‘extreme right’ has grasped the reality that globalisation does not mean the nation state should surrender its legislative remit and...
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Read More »Daniel Lazare — NYT’s Assault on Press Freedom
The New York Times, which once postured as the champion of a free press, now is seeking crackdowns on news that the public gets from the Internet under the guise of combatting “Russian propaganda,” explains Daniel Lazare.... It's about who controls the narrative. The Establishment is bent on making sure it does.Consortium NewsNYT’s Assault on Press Freedom Daniel Lazare
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