2021-09-29: News Headlines

Paul Gregoire (2021-09-29). Dutton, Morrison increase the surveillance state's reach. greenleft.org.au Civil Liberties Australia said new powers to allow intelligence agents to manipulate and omit data will likely lead to the manufacturing of evidence. Paul Gregoire reports.

WSWS (2021-09-29). Samoa's Supreme Court ends bitter parliamentary standoff. wsws.org Behind the Pacific country's political upheaval is mounting opposition to growing inequality, poverty and authoritarianism, and intensifying geo-political rivalry in the region between the US and China.

Brian Shilhavy (2021-09-29). Whistleblower Lawsuit! Government Medicare Data Shows 48,465 Dead Following COVID Shots — Remdesivir Drug Has 25% Death Rate! globalresearch.ca

The Liberty Beacon (2021-09-29). Video: Nurse Whistleblower: Vaccines & Remdesivir Are Killing and Maiming, Not Fake Variant. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2021-09-28). Imperialist gangsterism and the CIA plot to kill Julian Assange. wsws.org Plots of imperialist violence and assassination, once organised through accomplices, kept closely under wraps and strenuously denied, are now carried out in ever more open fashion.

Kevin Gosztola (2021-09-28). Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo Was Reportedly Obsessed With Killing Assange. thedissenter.org Former CIA director Mike Pompeo, who could not stop thinking about how to kill Assange | Photo by Now, we learn that the CIA redefined WikiLeaks as a "hostile entity" and sought to label WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as an "information broker" to justify aggressive…

Staff (2021-09-28). The Plot to Kill Julian Assange: Report Reveals CIA's Plan to Kidnap, Assassinate WikiLeaks Founder. democracynow.org Did the CIA under the Trump administration plan to kidnap and assassinate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during a shootout in London? That is one of the explosive findings in a new exposé by Yahoo News that details how the CIA considered abducting and possibly murdering Assange while he took refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to avoid being extradited to Sweden for rape allegations, charges that were dropped in 2017. More than 30 former officials say former CIA Director Mike Pompeo was apparently motivated to get even with WikiLeaks following its publication of sensitive CIA hacking tools, which the age…

Josh Frank (2021-09-28). The Plot to Kill Julian Assange. counterpunch.org

WSWS repost (2021-09-28). US government, CIA plotted to kidnap or assassinate Assange in London. indybay.org The latest report confirms that the attempt to extradite and prosecute Assange is the pseudo-legal cover for an extraordinary rendition plotted by the very criminals exposed in WikiLeaks' publications.

Staff (2021-09-28). Headlines for September 28, 2021. democracynow.org As Government Shutdown Looms, Senate GOP Blocks Bill to Fund Government and Raise Debt Ceiling, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Solicits Funds from Lobbyists Opposing Democrats' $3.5T Spending Bill, R. Kelly Found Guilty on All Counts in Sex Trafficking Trial, Biden Receives COVID-19 Booster, Urges Unvaccinated to Get First Shots, New York National Guard May Fill Roles of Healthcare Workers Who Refuse Vaccinations, CIA Pushed Trump Administration to Kidnap or Assassinate WikiLeaks' Julian Assange, International Criminal Court Probe on Afghanistan War Crimes Excludes U.S. and Allies, Taliban Tightens Restrictions on Afghan Wo…

MEE staff (2021-09-28). Senior UAE officials, including MBZ, met with Trump insider Tom Barrack: Report. middleeasteye.net Senior UAE officials, including MBZ, met with Trump insider Tom Barrack: Report | The UAE's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, national security adviser, and intelligence director worked to direct Barrack's influence campaign, according to Bloomberg | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 17: 15 | The Barrack indictment refers to a phone call between an official and Trump on 29 January 2017, a date when MBZ is reported to have spok…

Rosalind English (2021-09-28). Can AI qualify as an "inventor" for the purposes of patent law? ukhumanrightsblog.com Thaler v Comptroller General of Patents Trade Marks and Designs [2021] EWCA Civ 1374 The Court of Appeal has ruled that an artificial intelligence machine cannot qualify as an "inventor" for the purposes of Sections 7 and 13 of the Patents Act because it is not a person. Further, in determining whether a person had …

_____ (2021-09-28). China's 'Hostage Diplomacy' Wins. popularresistance.org Big crowds greeted Huawei senior executive Meng Wanzhou's arrival back in China, which believes its show of strength against America forced Washington to back down in this three-year standoff. | The biggest story of the weekend saw Meng released from house detention in Canada and returned to China, while Beijing subsequently released two Canadian prisoners it had accused of spying. The development brought an end to a horrific three-year saga for all involved. | On arrival in Shenzhen, Meng, the company's chief financial officer, was greeted with a hero's welcome, including thousands who gathered at the airport to…

_____ (2021-09-28). Nations Petition Supreme Court To Protect Indian Child Welfare Act. popularresistance.org Cetan Sa Winyan, director of the American Indian Movement's Indian Territory Oklahoma chapter, said all tribes — not just the four already petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court — should stand together against potential changes to the Indian Child Welfare Act in a case the court has been asked to review. | "They closed the boarding schools and opened up CPS (Child Protective Services), but it's the same thing — they're still coming in and taking our children," Winyan said. | The ICWA was enacted in 1978 to help keep Indigenous children in Indigenous homes. In ICWA cases, the first preference for placement is that…

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