“He was a lonely ghost uttering a truth that nobody would ever hear. But so long as he uttered it, in some obscure way the continuity was not broken. It was not by making yourself heard but by staying sane that you carried on the human heritage.”
— 1984, George Orwell
— 1984, George Orwell
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“The Party said that Oceania had never been in alliance with Eurasia.
He, Winston Smith, knew that Oceania had been in alliance with Eurasia as short a time as four years ago.
But where did that knowledge exist?
Only in his own consciousness, which in any case must soon be annihilated.
And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth.
"Who controls the past," ran the Party slogan, "controls the future: who controls the present controls the past."
And yet the past, though of its nature alterable, never had been altered.
Whatever was true now was true from everlasting to everlasting. It was quite simple.
All that was needed was an unending series of victories over your own memory.
"Reality control," they called it; in Newspeak, "doublethink."..."
— 1984, George Orwell
He, Winston Smith, knew that Oceania had been in alliance with Eurasia as short a time as four years ago.
But where did that knowledge exist?
Only in his own consciousness, which in any case must soon be annihilated.
And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth.
"Who controls the past," ran the Party slogan, "controls the future: who controls the present controls the past."
And yet the past, though of its nature alterable, never had been altered.
Whatever was true now was true from everlasting to everlasting. It was quite simple.
All that was needed was an unending series of victories over your own memory.
"Reality control," they called it; in Newspeak, "doublethink."..."
— 1984, George Orwell
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From our comments section today...
https://off-guardian.org/2022/08/05/the-covid-shell-game/#comment-528697
https://off-guardian.org/2022/08/05/the-covid-shell-game/#comment-528697
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This Week in the New Normal #41
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1. VISA to be held liable for payments it processes?
A California judge has ruled that VISA is potentially liable as a co-defendent in a lawsuit brought against PornHub for hosting child pornography.
The credit processor filed a motion claiming they were “improper defendants” arguing they cannot be held accountable for all of the billions of payments they process, but the judge dismissed the motion.
Why is this relevant to you?…...
Read full article ...
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lS2
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1. VISA to be held liable for payments it processes?
A California judge has ruled that VISA is potentially liable as a co-defendent in a lawsuit brought against PornHub for hosting child pornography.
The credit processor filed a motion claiming they were “improper defendants” arguing they cannot be held accountable for all of the billions of payments they process, but the judge dismissed the motion.
Why is this relevant to you?…...
Read full article ...
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lS2
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“It had long been realized that the only secure basis for oligarchy is collectivism.”
— 1984, George Orwell
— 1984, George Orwell
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12 Memes to Get You Through the Day – Part 19
Well it’s Monday again and, for now at least, that means more memes. Yes, Meme Mondays two weeks in a row! Isn’t that a treat?
Don’t get used to it. You just know there’s an unhealthy dose of reality out there ready to ruin the fun sometime soon.
1.
Some of you may have noticed current thing changed this week.
2.
Nancy pulling some serious double-Gs (I stole that joke).
3.
Seriously, it’s just all the universities and politicians and mega businesses are somehow in the minority.
4.
He makes a good point.
5.
It’ll cure what ails ya.
6.…...
Read full article ...
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lSg
Well it’s Monday again and, for now at least, that means more memes. Yes, Meme Mondays two weeks in a row! Isn’t that a treat?
Don’t get used to it. You just know there’s an unhealthy dose of reality out there ready to ruin the fun sometime soon.
1.
Some of you may have noticed current thing changed this week.
2.
Nancy pulling some serious double-Gs (I stole that joke).
3.
Seriously, it’s just all the universities and politicians and mega businesses are somehow in the minority.
4.
He makes a good point.
5.
It’ll cure what ails ya.
6.…...
Read full article ...
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lSg
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The BBC’s “Unvaccinated”: Propaganda with Professor Fry – Part 1
www.off-guardian.org
The BBC’s “Unvaccinated”: Propaganda with Professor Fry – Part 1 by Iain Davis — AUDIO VERSION — Read by Kari Butler
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lQC
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lQC
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WATCH: A Mass Media Reading List
On the latest Questions for Corbett, Jackie writes in to ask for another book list, so James obliges by going through the reading list for the new Mass Media: A History online course.
You can see the full reading list, as well shownotes and other links, here....
Read full article ...
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lT1
On the latest Questions for Corbett, Jackie writes in to ask for another book list, so James obliges by going through the reading list for the new Mass Media: A History online course.
You can see the full reading list, as well shownotes and other links, here....
Read full article ...
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lT1
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The “Unvaccinated” Question – Revisited
CJ Hopkins
On 1 September, 1941, Chief of Reich Security Reinhard Heydrich, one of the most fanatical, mass-murdering Nazis, issued a now notorious decree ordering Jews above the age of six to wear an identifying badge in public.
The Jewish Badge, a yellow Star of David with the word “Jew” inscribed inside the star, was meant to stigmatize and humiliate the Jews and was also used to segregate them and monitor and control their movements.
Nothing like that is happening currently, especially not in New Normal Germany.
What is happening currently in New Normal Germany is the fascist fanatics in…...
Read full article ...
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lSQ
CJ Hopkins
On 1 September, 1941, Chief of Reich Security Reinhard Heydrich, one of the most fanatical, mass-murdering Nazis, issued a now notorious decree ordering Jews above the age of six to wear an identifying badge in public.
The Jewish Badge, a yellow Star of David with the word “Jew” inscribed inside the star, was meant to stigmatize and humiliate the Jews and was also used to segregate them and monitor and control their movements.
Nothing like that is happening currently, especially not in New Normal Germany.
What is happening currently in New Normal Germany is the fascist fanatics in…...
Read full article ...
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lSQ
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Covid, Ukraine & the real “enemy”: an open letter to Vanessa Beeley
Catte
Journalist Vanessa Beeley wrote this today on her Telegram channel:
“When are people going to realise we all face one enemy and that there is no time for “neutrality”? There is no time for division over the concepts created by the enemy to divide and distract. Focus on the enemy”
This is my response…
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Dear Vanessa,
You became a dear friend during the two initial years of “covid” insanity, so I think – in fact I know – we completely agree about the need to face the common enemy in unity and not allow ourselves to be distracted.…...
Read full article ...
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lTn
Catte
Journalist Vanessa Beeley wrote this today on her Telegram channel:
“When are people going to realise we all face one enemy and that there is no time for “neutrality”? There is no time for division over the concepts created by the enemy to divide and distract. Focus on the enemy”
This is my response…
—–
Dear Vanessa,
You became a dear friend during the two initial years of “covid” insanity, so I think – in fact I know – we completely agree about the need to face the common enemy in unity and not allow ourselves to be distracted.…...
Read full article ...
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lTn
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The BBC’s “Unvaccinated”: Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest – Part 2
Iain Davis
Part II of Iain’s series breaking down the BBC’s “Unvaccinated” documentary – Read Part I here.
I speculated in a previous article that the BBC would attempt to establish a narrative that would promote and support the UK government’s proposed Online Safety Act. And that is precisely what it did in its would-be documentary, “Unvaccinated with Hannah Fry.”
As presenter of the show, Prof. Fry got the relevant propaganda ball rolling when she introduced the segment that supported the UK government’s censorship agenda. She said:
I am really starting to realise that the problem here isn’t so much…...
Read full article ...
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lT9
Iain Davis
Part II of Iain’s series breaking down the BBC’s “Unvaccinated” documentary – Read Part I here.
I speculated in a previous article that the BBC would attempt to establish a narrative that would promote and support the UK government’s proposed Online Safety Act. And that is precisely what it did in its would-be documentary, “Unvaccinated with Hannah Fry.”
As presenter of the show, Prof. Fry got the relevant propaganda ball rolling when she introduced the segment that supported the UK government’s censorship agenda. She said:
I am really starting to realise that the problem here isn’t so much…...
Read full article ...
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lT9
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UK to reverse “accidental” ban on edible insect farming
Kit Knightly
Good news guys, UK companies will soon be free to start producing and selling several species of “edible insects” again.
Apparently, one effect of Brexit is that the UK no longer belonged to the European Union’s “novel foods” programme, which approved many varieties of insects for human consumption.
Because of this the farming and selling of insects as food has been essentially banned in the UK for years.
The BBC had a report about this a few days ago, bemoaning the impact on the UK’s edible insect industry, and headlined:
Has Brexit squashed our edible insect industry?
The…...
Read full article ...
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lUh
Kit Knightly
Good news guys, UK companies will soon be free to start producing and selling several species of “edible insects” again.
Apparently, one effect of Brexit is that the UK no longer belonged to the European Union’s “novel foods” programme, which approved many varieties of insects for human consumption.
Because of this the farming and selling of insects as food has been essentially banned in the UK for years.
The BBC had a report about this a few days ago, bemoaning the impact on the UK’s edible insect industry, and headlined:
Has Brexit squashed our edible insect industry?
The…...
Read full article ...
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lUh
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Radio host Jesse Zurawell has had his Twitter account suspended for the above tweet. He refuses to delete it so he had effectively lost his Twitter presence.
Follow his channel here -
https://t.me/jzurawell
Follow his channel here -
https://t.me/jzurawell
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Is the Bank of Russia buying gold?
Riley Waggaman
On March 25, the Bank of Russia announced it would buy gold at a fixed price of 5,000 rubles per gram. Less than two weeks later, on April 7, Russia’s central bank canceled its new gold-buying policy, opting instead for a negotiated price (at a discount).
The logic behind this move, according to an excellent report by Interfax, is fairly straightforward: sanctions have made it difficult for commercial banks to export their gold to foreign markets. The Bank of Russia is taking advantage of this conundrum by offering to gobble up their gold—at a reduced price. Yes, it’s…...
Read full article ...
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lTl
Riley Waggaman
On March 25, the Bank of Russia announced it would buy gold at a fixed price of 5,000 rubles per gram. Less than two weeks later, on April 7, Russia’s central bank canceled its new gold-buying policy, opting instead for a negotiated price (at a discount).
The logic behind this move, according to an excellent report by Interfax, is fairly straightforward: sanctions have made it difficult for commercial banks to export their gold to foreign markets. The Bank of Russia is taking advantage of this conundrum by offering to gobble up their gold—at a reduced price. Yes, it’s…...
Read full article ...
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lTl
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FYI - in case anyone is unclear - the "raid" on Trump's house "Mar-a-Lago" is theater.
It's aimed at convincing the increasingly lost and bewildered US anti-establishment that Trump is on their side.
It's aimed at corralling and controlling potential resistance.
Trump is just another puppet. If he's being set up for another term it's because the Powers that REALLY Be find him useful.
ADDED - and of course he is also the perfect villain for the libtard crowd.
It's aimed at convincing the increasingly lost and bewildered US anti-establishment that Trump is on their side.
It's aimed at corralling and controlling potential resistance.
Trump is just another puppet. If he's being set up for another term it's because the Powers that REALLY Be find him useful.
ADDED - and of course he is also the perfect villain for the libtard crowd.
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“...Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatus—the bureaucracy, the police, the military.
Not the one facing us across the frontier of the battle lines, which is not so much our enemy as our brothers’ enemy, but the one that calls itself our protector and makes us its slaves.
No matter what the circumstances, the worst betrayal will always be to subordinate ourselves to this apparatus and to trample underfoot, in its service, all human values in ourselves and in others...."
- Simone Weil
Quoted in a comment on OffG today
https://off-guardian.org/2022/08/09/covid-ukraine-the-real-enemy-an-open-letter-to-vanessa-beeley/#comment-530310
Not the one facing us across the frontier of the battle lines, which is not so much our enemy as our brothers’ enemy, but the one that calls itself our protector and makes us its slaves.
No matter what the circumstances, the worst betrayal will always be to subordinate ourselves to this apparatus and to trample underfoot, in its service, all human values in ourselves and in others...."
- Simone Weil
Quoted in a comment on OffG today
https://off-guardian.org/2022/08/09/covid-ukraine-the-real-enemy-an-open-letter-to-vanessa-beeley/#comment-530310
OffGuardian
Covid, Ukraine & the real “enemy”: an open letter to Vanessa Beeley
Catte Journalist Vanessa Beeley wrote this today on her Telegram channel “When are people going to realise we all face one enemy and that there is no time for “neutrality”? There …
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Forwarded from Jesse Zurawell
To further build out its "public-health" panopticon, the Hong Kong regime plans to begin uploading its subjects' and international visitors' digitally surveilled health statuses "to the government's cloud to determine if they hold a red or amber code." But don't worry: "personal data will be encrypted, masked and hashed into unidentifiable information" when uploaded. Sure.
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1661580-20220809.htm
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1661580-20220809.htm
news.rthk.hk
Internet connection required to check health status
The government said on Tuesday that an internet connection will be required for premises responsible for checking vaccine passes – such as restaurants – as part of the health code arrangement for Covid patients and overseas arrivals. Deputy Government Chief…
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Forwarded from Iain Davis
This is part of a global agenda. Look at the Henan banking scandal in China and how COVID-19 apps were used to control people who had their accounts frozen. This is how technocracy is designed to operate.
https://archive.ph/V8nBk
https://archive.ph/V8nBk
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WATCH: The Voluntaryist Handbook
Keith Knight of Don’t Tread on Anyone joins James Corbett to discuss The Voluntaryist Handbook. You can download a free PDF of the book here, or buy a hard copy here....
Read full article ...
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lSZ
Keith Knight of Don’t Tread on Anyone joins James Corbett to discuss The Voluntaryist Handbook. You can download a free PDF of the book here, or buy a hard copy here....
Read full article ...
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lSZ
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The Horrendous Damage of Censorship
Todd Hayen
There has always been a hunger for new discoveries and revelations of the truth, but often, in the past, it took great effort to get past the “agenda”—there has always been one.
Think of the Daniel Ellsberg exposure of The Pentagon Papers as well as many pieces coming out of Viet Nam during the ‘60s by a group of idealist journalists covering the war there. None of these were popular publications with the editors (or the powers that be), and had their difficulty getting published, but they were not altogether censored.
Then jump a few decades ahead and…...
Read full article ...
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lUv
Todd Hayen
There has always been a hunger for new discoveries and revelations of the truth, but often, in the past, it took great effort to get past the “agenda”—there has always been one.
Think of the Daniel Ellsberg exposure of The Pentagon Papers as well as many pieces coming out of Viet Nam during the ‘60s by a group of idealist journalists covering the war there. None of these were popular publications with the editors (or the powers that be), and had their difficulty getting published, but they were not altogether censored.
Then jump a few decades ahead and…...
Read full article ...
https://wp.me/paXmj6-lUv
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