Monthly Archives: February 2022

2022-02-12: News Headlines

Matthew J.L. Ehret (2022-02-12). A Memorial for Dr. Luc Montagnier and the Coming Revolutions in Optical Biophysics. dissidentvoice.org On February 8, 2022, Nobel Prize winning virologist Dr Luc Montagnier passed away. Since the earliest moments of COVID-19's appearance, Montagnier was slandered and ridiculed for his challenges to the underlying assumptions of the disease's causes and remedies despite the constant slings and arrows of the deep state which sought to shut the door on …

Angela Aristidou, Rajesh Jena, Eric J Topol (2022-02-12). [Perspectives] Bridging the chasm between AI and clinical implementation. thelancet.com Many advances in artificial intelligence (AI) for health care using deep neural networks have been commercialised. But few AI tools have been implemented in health systems. Why has this chasm occurred? Transparency, suitability, and adaptability are key reasons. The deployment of any new technology is usually managed centrally in hospitals and health systems. For the information technology (IT) teams, there is the concern that input data are drawn from outside the health setting and the algorithm performance, source code, and input data are unavailable to review.

WSWS (2022-02-12). CIA has been secretly collecting information on US citizens for decades. wsws.org Under the authority of an executive order signed by President Reagan in 1981, the CIA has been gathering, storing and analyzing data on US citizens for decades without any oversight.

_____ (2022-02-11). UK Official Secrets Act Proposals Take Cues From US Espionage Act Cases. popularresistance.org The United Kingdom's right-wing dominated government is on course to greatly expand its ability to prosecute and jail whistleblowers and journalists through amendments to the country's Official Secrets Acts. | These potential amendments would be the first major changes to the law since 1989. They come as the U.K. and U.S. governments continue to seek the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for his role in receiving and publishing the Afghanistan and Iraq war logs, Guantanamo Bay detainee files, and U.S. diplomatic cables. | Proposals would expand possible imprisonment for leakers, recipients of leaks…

NAT (2022-02-11). Barret Brown on Greenwald and the Intelligence Oligarchy. indybay.org Barret's live Twitter statements about Glenn Greenwald and his conenctions to his work exposing the capture of the public media environment by state and private intelligence and defence industries, as well as fascist social movements.

deweylaura (2022-02-11). Organize our way out of this crisis! cpusa.org Never in my entire life have I seen and heard so many good solid people, unionists, progressives of various stripes, activists, and fighters verbalizing feelings of extreme frustration, inadequacy, and complete powerlessness. Between COVID, complete legislative gridlock, a Supreme Court packed with conservatives, and Trump's continuing influence over large sections of white people influenced …

Revolution Books (2022-02-11). Wednesday 2/16: Forced Motherhood Is Female Enslavement— We REFUSE to Let the Supreme Court Decimate Abort. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Lowkey (2022-02-11). How the US Uses the NED to Export Obedience, with Matt Kennard. mintpressnews.com Today, Watchdog host Lowkey is joined by investigative journalist In the late twentieth century, the CIA developed an infamous reputation, both inside and outside the United States, as scandal after scandal hit the agency. COINTELPRO quietly infiltrated and subverted all manner of domestic democratic movements, including the student movement, the…

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2022-02-11: News Headlines

NAT (2022-02-11). Barret Brown on Greenwald and the Intelligence Oligarchy. indybay.org Barret's live Twitter statements about Glenn Greenwald and his conenctions to his work exposing the capture of the public media environment by state and private intelligence and defence industries, as well as fascist social movements.

Revolution Books (2022-02-11). Wednesday 2/16: Forced Motherhood Is Female Enslavement— We REFUSE to Let the Supreme Court Decimate Abort. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

The Global Research Team (2022-02-10). Know Your Truth and Stand for It. Let Global Research Help You. globalresearch.ca The COVID-19 crisis has tightened the noose on truth-tellers. Ongoing developments on COVID mandates reinforce the interplay between the Deep State and the Global Elite which dictates the global COVID narrative under the guise of fact-checking. | Independent voices are the …

Ann Brown (2022-02-10). Scholar Gerald Horne Claims Obama's Father Was CIA Asset In Africa. moguldom.com Was former President Barack Obama's father an asset in Africa for the Central Intelligence Agency? Scholar Gerald Horne says the Kenyan-born, U.S.-educated Barack Hussein Obama Sr. did indeed work for the CIA. Dr. Horne holds the Moores Professorship of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. He is the author of 17 …

Gerald Horne (2022-02-10). Barack Obama's father identified as CIA asset in U.S. drive to "recolonize" Africa during early days of the Cold War. mronline.org Over the last decade, the U.S. has been quietly expanding its covert intelligence empire in Africa as part of a growing geopolitical rivalry with China.

Alejandro Agustin Ortiz (2022-02-10). The Most Racist Supreme Court Cases You've Probably Never Heard Of. aclu.org Over 100 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a series of rulings known as the Insular Cases that still prevent millions of people — overwhelmingly, people of color — from accessing certain constitutional rights and protections. These rulings continue to uphold systemic racism today. | In the Insular Cases, the Supreme Court spoke to whether, and to what extent, the rights and protections guaranteed by the Constitution applied to residents in the then-new territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. In this string of cases decided from 1901 to 1922, the court described the territories…

Ali Abunimah (2022-02-10). Benny Gantz war crimes case will go to Dutch supreme court. electronicintifada.net Ismail Ziada is seeking justice for family members killed in Israel's 2014 attack on Gaza.

Sameena Rahman (2022-02-10). Supreme Court OKs Alabama state government plot against Black voters. liberationnews.org With a slew of high-profile cases the Supreme Court is slated to hear this year, it is increasingly clear that the rightwing justices will use every opportunity to take away key rights won by mass movements and move us backwards to greater inequality.

sputniknews (2022-02-10). How Sarah Palin May Save Defamation Law. sputniknews.com How easy should it be to sue a newspaper or any news outlet for defamation? Thanks to a 1964 Supreme Court decision and the proliferation of constitutionally-dubious "anti-SLAPP" laws, it's virtually impossible for someone who accuses a media company of lying about them to get a trial, much less win a damage award.

Karina Huber (2022-02-10). U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenges to college affirmative action. america.cgtn.com The U.S. Supreme Court recently announced it would hear two cases challenging affirmative action at Harvard and UNC. At issue is the practice of considering race in college admissions. Find out more.

Mohamed Elmaazi (2022-02-10). UK Official Secrets Act Proposals Take Cues From US Espionage Act Cases. shadowproof.com This The United Kingdom's right-wing dominated government is on course to greatly expand its ability to prosecute and jail whistleblowers and journalists through amendments to the country's Official Secrets Acts. | These potential amendments would be the first m…

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