2023-11-15: News Headlines

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-11-15). The Intelligence Community's Latest Novelty: Spy Underwear, Puts Us Closer to the Totalitarian Dystopia Described in Science Fiction Novels. globalresearch.ca

Rhoda Wilson (2023-11-15). Concentrating AI into the Hands of a few Big Tech companies is a Major Problem. expose-news.com In a recent article, Charlie Guo adds to the growing concerns that a too-concentrated ownership of generative artificial intelligence by a few companies could actually be dangerous to civilisation. Generative artificial intelligence …

Wyatt Reed (2023-11-15). Biden admin justifies Israel's assault on Gaza hospitals with recycled Israeli 'intelligence'. thegrayzone.com As Israel assaults Gaza's Shifa Hospital, the Biden administration claims that "Hamas does use hospitals" as military bases. Once again, Washington appears to be relying on dubious Israeli propaganda rather than independent analysis. With Israeli troops storming Gaza's Al-Shifa and Al-Rantisi hospitals, the United States and Israel are doubling down on discredited claims that Hamas has been maintaining "command centers" out of the basements of hospitals in Gaza, even after so-called evidence produced by Tel Aviv was thoroughly debunked. "I …

Binoy Kampmark (2023-11-14). Foolish Exclusions: China and the Bletchley Declaration on AI. counterpunch.org At the conclusion of the Second World War, debates raged on how best to regulate the destructive power of the atom. Splitting it had been used most savagely against the populations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, thereby ending, to date, the globe's costliest war. Visions also abounded on the promise and glory of harnessing such

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-11-14). On Al-Shifa Hospital. orinocotribune.com By Mouin Rabbani — Nov 13, 2023 | I have never been underneath Al-Shifa Hospital and have no idea what is or isn't there. It is however clear that Israeli accusations regarding the hospital are 80 per cent assertion, 20 per cent drawings, and 100 per cent unverified. The enthusiastic confirmation of Israel's assertions by US intelligence officials and European politicians, with zero additional evidence provided, add nothing to the accusations. The confirmations provided by Hamas prisoners can also be safely dismissed. Both because torture in Israeli prisons is systematic, and because as a matter of elementar…

presstv.ir (2023-11-14). US secretly pushing Israel to speed up Gaza war: Russian intelligence. presstv.ir Russian intelligence shows Biden is trying to prevent a prolongation of Gaza war to avoid election setbacks.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-11-14). Video: "Justified Vengeance" and The History of Israeli "False Flags"(2001-2023): Palestine Portrayed as "The Aggressor" globalresearch.ca The longer term objective of "Operation Justified Vengeance" (2001) was and remains the destruction of Palestine and the expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-11-14). Video: Expanding Middle East War. Who is Behind Netanyahu? Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca We stand in Solidarity with Palestine. But we must recognize that the United States Military and Intelligence apparatus is firmly behind Netanyahu. | There are strategic, geopolitical and economic objectives behind Israel's genocide directed against the People of Palestine. | Who : …

Larry Johnson (2023-11-14). Is Zelensky Being Prepped to Join the Friends of the U.S. Club? sonar21.com Former Friends of the U.S. Club | If you have any doubts that Ukraine's President Zelensky is expendable if Joe Biden decides to change course, just take a gander at the following photo essay. | Panama's Manuel Noriega with CIA Director George H.W. Bush in Happier times. | When the CIA Director comes for a visit it is time to check your six (i.e., military slang for seeing if anyone is sneaking up on you from behind). | Here is one of my favorites. During the 1980s the Reagan Administration was supplying arms and military technology to both Iran and Iraq, who were engaged in a brutal war. With friends like Was…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-11-15). New Investigation Exposes CIA Role in 1975 Coup Against Australian Government which Wanted to Remove U.S. Spy Base. covertactionmagazine.com British Prime Minister Harold Wilson, Queen Elizabeth and U.S. President Gerald Ford Sanctioned an Operation to Bring Left-Leaning Prime Minister Gough Whitlam Down by Having an Arms Company and Bank Run by CIA Assets Trick His Deputy Prime Minister into Accepting an Illegal Loan Danny Casolaro was a maverick investigative reporter who was on the …

WSWS (2023-11-15). US Supreme Court papers over rampant corruption with first-ever "Code of Conduct" wsws.org The Supreme Court of the United States issued a 15-page code of conduct on Monday as part of broader efforts by the ruling political establishment to rebuild confidence in the judicial body that has been exposed as a center of corruption and political influence.

Outra Saude (2023-11-14). Private sector stalls implementation of nurses' minimum wage in Brazil. peoplesdispatch.org Two years ago, in November 2021, the Brazilian Senate approved a bill stipulating the minimum salary for nurses. In May of the following year, the Chamber of Deputies granted approval, and in August 2022, the presidency passed Law No. 14.434/2022, establishing the national minimum wage for nurses. | Amid various developments, the Supreme Federal Court temporarily halted the enactment of the law. However, Congress facilitated the payment of the anticipated amounts by introducing two constitutional amendments and an additional law. | In June 2023, the anticipated conclusive decision came: the Supreme Court declared…

Sharon Zhang (2023-11-14). Lawmakers Slam SCOTUS's New Nonbinding Ethics Code as "Useless" PR Stunt. truthout.org Democratic lawmakers are condemning the Supreme Court for its fanfare over its supposedly new code of conduct released Monday, saying that the code is essentially "useless" because it has no binding enforcement mechanism. The nine-page code, accompanied by five pages of commentary signed by the nine justices, comes after a barrage of stunning revelations of deep corruption on the bench. |

Staff (2023-11-14). Headlines for November 14, 2023. democracynow.org U.N. Says Life-Saving Operations in Gaza Will "Grind to a Halt" Unless Israel Allows Fuel Shipments, Biden Says Israel Should Take "Less Intrusive Action" After Attacks on Hospitals, Israeli Peace Activist Vivian Silver Confirmed Killed in Oct. 7 Attack by Hamas, Journalists Say Israeli Military Targeted Them Near Israel-Lebanon Border, Palestinians and Rights Groups Sue Biden for Failing to Prevent Genocide in Gaza, Jewish-Led Protest on Capitol Hill Demands Lawmakers Support Gaza Ceasefire, LGBTQ+ Advocate Jesús Ociel Baena Found Dead in Mexico, Scandal-Plagued Supreme Court Publishes &#…

Editor (2023-11-15). The Supreme Court Has Adopted a Conduct Code, but Who Will Enforce It? scheerpost.com

Jordan Atwood (2023-11-15). Supreme Court's new ethics code: A step forward or a superficial gesture? nationofchange.org In light of recent ethics scandals involving justices like Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor, there is a growing call for transparency and real reform within the Supreme Court.

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