(2021-06-26). Rapid exclusion of COVID-19 infection using AI, EKG technology. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Artificial intelligence (AI) may offer a way to accurately determine that a person is not infected with COVID-19. An international retrospective study finds that infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, creates subtle electrical changes in the heart. An AI-enhanced EKG can detect these changes and potentially be used as a …
(2021-06-25). Revealing The Pentagon Papers In Congress: Reading The Papers. popularresistance.org Some scholars believed that, had FDR lived, there may have been no Vietnam War for either French or American troops. But the Pentagon Papers revealed, through access to State Department, Central Intelligence Agency and Defense Department classified material, that though Roosevelt "vehemently advocated" a trusteeship and ultimate post-war independence for Vietnam, Britain, which occupied Indochina after the war, would not allow it. | "Ultimately, U.S. policy was governed neither by the principles of the Atlantic Charter, nor by the President's anti-colonialism but by the dictates of military strategy and by Britis…
(2021-06-25). Afghan President Ghani Visits White House as His Government Nears Collapse. democracynow.org 
The Taliban have continued seizing districts in Afghanistan ahead of the U.S. military pullout set for September 11, now holding twice as much territory as they did two months ago. According to a Wall Street Journal report, U.S. intelligence agencies believe the government of Afghanistan could collapse within six months of the U.S. withdrawal. The Biden administration is reportedly planning to keep 650 troops in Afghanistan after the September 11 deadline, and the U.S. is also looking for nearby military bases for future aerial bombings and other operations. Afghan American scholar Zaher Wahab says Afghan Preside…
(2021-06-25). Wikipedia and the Military-Intelligence Complex: How the Free Encyclopedia Feeds the National Security State from Which It Emerged. counterpunch.org Wikipedia is part of the very internet developed by the military with public money in the 1950s-60s, then called ARPANET. Generally speaking, corporations hope that the systems developed in the military that evolve in the public-corporate realm—satellites, computers, data analysis, etc.—will inspire new military-intelligence innovations in a permanent feedback loop.
(2021-06-25). Snowden hails 'significant victory' for privacy as court rules Baltimore air surveillance unconstitutional. rt.com 
In a decision hailed by the ACLU and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, an US appeals court has sided with black activists and ruled that Baltimore's AIR spying program violated the Fourth Amendment ban on unreasonable searches. | The full bench of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia The ruling is the "m…
(2021-06-25). Geopolitics, Profit, and Poppies: How the CIA Turned Afghanistan into a Failed Narco-State. libya360.wordpress.com Alan Macleod AFGHANISTAN — The COVID-19 pandemic has been a death knell to so many industries in Afghanistan. Charities and aid agencies have even warned that the economic dislocation could spark widespread famine. But one sector is still booming: the illicit opium trade. Last year saw Afghan opium poppy cultivation grow by over a third…
(2021-06-25). Trumka: High Court ruling threatens farm workers' right to organize. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling—on party lines—threatening farm workers' right to organize in Californian fields, is bad for the workers, says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. But it could have been worse, he adds. That's because what the right-wingers who joined the case at the High Court really wanted was to get the justices to …
(2021-06-25). U.S. Supreme Court Rules Child Slavery Is Fine As Long As Its Not On U.S. Soil. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On June 24th, a US Supreme Court ruled in favor of corporate giants Nestlé USA and Cargill, which were sued more than a decade ago by six men who say the two companies were complicit in child trafficking and profited when the men were enslaved on cocoa farms as children. | The Supreme Court ruled 8-1
(2021-06-25). SCOTUS ruling: Bigotry behind the fig leaf of religion. workers.org 
The June 17 ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States, in Fulton v. Philadelphia, represents a bigoted attack on the rights of LGBTQ2S+ people. Outside Supreme Court, Oct. 8, 2019, demanding legal protection from anti-LGBTQ2S+ discrimination. In Philadelphia, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal; the . . . |
(2021-06-25). Nonviolent Protest Over Voting Rights Ends With Arrests In DC. popularresistance.org Activists with the national Poor People's Campaign were arrested Wednesday after blocking a street in front of the Hart Senate building in Washington, D.C. to demand passage of the For the People Act, a popular voting rights expansion bill that Republicans successfully filibustered just 24 hours earlier. | After rallying in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, hundreds of low-wage workers, faith leaders, and advocates—including residents of West Virginia, Kentucky, and several other states—marched to the nearby Senate building to demand meetings with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Republican Mino…
(2021-06-25). Brazil's Supreme Court Annuls Two Trials Against Lula da Silva. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Brazil's Supreme Court (STF) annulled two court cases against ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. These lawsuits were about alleged acts of corruption related to the purchase of land for the Lula Institute and the hiring of remodeling work on a farm in Sao Paulo. | RELATED: | These trials, which kept the left-wing leader in jail for 19 months, were dealt with by Sergio Moro, a former judge whose…
(2021-06-25). Supreme Court limits California Union Recruiting In Favor Of Property Rights. popularresistance.org In a blow to labor, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated a decades-old California rule inspired by César Chávez that allowed union organizers to meet with farmworkers at their place of work. Commercial growers applauded the conservative court's ruling to uphold property rights while union representatives vowed not to be deterred. | Two agricultural producers filed suit after organizers with the United Farm Workers sought to access their property to speak with farmworkers. The plaintiffs in Cedar Point Nursery v Hassid, Cedar Point Nursery and Fowler Packing Company, argued the California regulation requiring them t…
(2021-06-25). A Crime on the Bayou: Taking a principled stand during the civil rights era. wsws.org The movie concerns a young black fisherman from Louisiana, Gary Duncan, falsely charged with assault, whose case went to the US Supreme Court. He was defended by Richard Sobol, a white civil rights attorney from New York.
(2021-06-25). Rapid exclusion of COVID-19 infection using AI, EKG technology. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Artificial intelligence (AI) may offer a way to accurately determine that a person is not infected with COVID-19. An international retrospective study finds that infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, creates subtle electrical changes in the heart. An AI-enhanced EKG can detect these changes and potentially be used as a …
(2021-06-25). No Clear Link Between Number of Brain Cells, Intelligence: Danish Research Casts Doubt on IQ Theory. sputniknews.com Having a big brain with many cells is no shortcut to higher grades, strategic skills and a high IQ, according to a startling new Danish study.
(2021-06-25). Scheer Intelligence: What Has Silicon Valley Done To Our Food? popularresistance.org Companies such as Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods have started to become household names, producing meat substitutes that taste as close to meat as their scientists have been able to engineer. In the midst of a climate crisis that threatens our very existence, plenty of scientists have been recommending that we all look for ways to cut down on our meat intake because cows produce large amounts of methane that has a significant negative environmental impact. Eating animal products also brings up animal rights questions. One of the main selling points of these Silicon Valley companies is essentially that we can sa…
(2021-06-25). The Buried Documents That Linked The Infamous Cult To The CIA. popularresistance.org Washington – Concerning the Finders cult — the elusive Washington, D.C.-based outfit whose antics and ties we began examining in Part 1 of this series — one set of documents in particular held the most explosive allegations made against the group and against the CIA for allegedly covering the story up. Despite their contents, almost no corporate press ever quoted from these documents or addressed the concerns they raise. This article will attempt to remedy that deficit of coverage by fully exploring what the documents have to say. | I previously described the 1987 arrest of two well-dressed men in Tal…