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2016 September 24 – 30
2016 September 24 – 30
The Age of Propaganda Is Upon Us
The age of propaganda is upon us
Future historians may well describe our present era as the Age of Propaganda. Never before have the forces of government and communications been so completely unified into a single machine, and never before has the truth been so twisted and filtered on its way to public perception.
This is a byproduct of the fact that most people still believe that democracy is a magic force that allows the common man to select his leaders and, thereby, determine his own political destiny. That being the case, political leaders must master the science of public-opinion engineering so the illusion of the ballot box can be maintained while, at the same time, candidates and policy issues can be selected by power brokers behind the scenes.
The Donald/Hillary cartoon at the top of this page may have led you to assume that I am thinking about the U.S. presidential campaign as I write these words, but that is not the case. That would be too easy and far less controversial than my true destination, which is the war than now is raging for control of Aleppo in Syria.
The following two stories from this week’s news are about the propaganda and lies that have been pumped into the public mind by mainstream media. Why this is being done is a story in itself, but it can be summarized as: Opinion engineering to create public support for aggressive wars that benefit the oligarchs who comprise the military-industrial-political complex of the Western world. It is not about fighting terrorism. It is about using terrorism.
G. Edward Griffin
2016 September 30
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Syria: Jabhat al-Nusra unit commander Abu Al Ezz told a German newspaper that his group is supported by the US through the governments of other countries. He said his group is part of al-Qaeda and was affiliated with ISIS, but ISIS has drifted away from fighting for an Islamic Sharia state because it is working with the intelligence services of the US. He stated that, when his army was besieged, experts from the US, Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Israel showed up to supply and train them with sophisticated equipment. RT 2016 Sep 26 (Story) (Cached)
Syria: This is a must-see briefing on the current lies and deceptions about the war in Aleppo. Journalist Vanessa Beeley, drawing from her first-hand experience in the war-torn area, says that everything reported in the Western media, not only is wrong, it is deliberately wrong. For example, the ‘White Helmets’, which are portrayed as volunteer, humanitarian first-responders who rescue civilian casualties of unprovoked Russian attacks, really are the same terrorists who are being funded and equipped by the US and its NATO allies to topple the Assad regime. The White Helmet image is a propaganda ploy to create public support for further funding of the terrorists and to draw attention away from the real civil-defense workers from the Syrian government. You will be amazed at how well her report explains the otherwise unexplainable events in Syria. RPI 2016 Sep 29 (Story)
THIS WEEK IN REVIEW
THIS WEEK IN REVIEW
Philippines: Using Hitler as a praiseworthy example, President Duterte says he would be happy to slaughter three-million drug addicts to save the future of his country. [This is the mantra of all collectivists: They justify any atrocity imaginable in the name of the greater good for the greater number.] RT 2016 Sep 30 (Story)
John Kirby, spokesperson for the US State Department, made veiled threats against Russia. He said that, if Putin does not stop military attacks against ISIS terrorists in Aleppo, which are supported by the US, terrorists will launch attacks in Russian cities, and Russian soldiers will be sent home in body bags. RT 2016 Sep 29 (Story)
US: Congress overrides Obama’s veto of a bill letting families of 9/11 victims sue Saudi Arabia. Obama said it would open the door for retaliatory litigation against the US, but proponents of the bill said it was narrowly tailored so it only applies to governments that sponsor terror attacks on US soil. [In other words, since there is no way that it could be proved that Saudi Arabia actually sponsored the 9/11 attack, this bill has no teeth for what people were told it was intended to bite. Politics as usual.] Guardian 2016 Sep 29 (Story) (Cached)
Russia has rejected the findings of international investigators of the downing of Malaysian passenger jet MH17. The investigators claim that a Russian-made missile was launched from a pro-Russian separatist area in Ukraine in 2014. Russia says the conclusion of the investigation is politically motivated, and that Ukraine directed the investigation in its favor. Reuters 2016 Sep 28 (Story)
San Diego, California: An unarmed black man who had been acting erratic in traffic was shot to death by police after he reached into his pants and then took an aggressive shooting stance, leading police to believe he was armed. CNN 2016 Sep 28 (Story)
Deutsche Bank dropped over 7% in book value and dragged other highly leveraged and interconnected banks with it. Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase each lost more than 2% in value. But the real losses could be much greater. In 2014, Citigroup sponsored an amendment to a Congressional spending bill that allows banks to keep trillions of derivatives on their books as insured deposits, which they are not. That put the U.S. taxpayer back on the hook for another massive bailout [or bailin] the next time banks collectively fail. That date appears to be rapidly approaching. Wall Street On Parade 2016 Sep 27 (Story) (Cached)
US: Jimmy Kimmel sends a reporter out on the streets to get the opinions of average Americans about the performance of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. As you will see, they had strong opinions. The only problem is that these interviews were conducted before the debate had happened. The Week 2016 Sep 27 (Story)
Sixteen top officials from Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s party are to be charged in one of the largest corruption investigations in Israel’s history. Lieberman himself has not been implicated in any of the charges that include bribery, fraud, drug offenses, and tax violations. MEMO 2016 Sep 27 (Story) (Cached)
Monsanto lost its permit to plant Roundup-Ready genetically modified soybeans in Mexico when a district judge ruled that GMO soybeans pose a threat to the country’s honey industry. Monsanto is expected to appeal. RT 2016 Sep 27 (Story)
Israeli police arrested 35 political activists and members of the Palestinian Arab Balad political party in the Israeli parliament on allegations of money laundering. The Israeli government is keeping details of its allegations secret from the public and even from those arrested. The Balad party says the investigations are an effort to intimidate and de-legitimize Arab political activism. Aljazeera 2016 Sep 27 (Story) (Cached)
The UN World Health Organization says that 92% of the world is breathing polluted air that causes 6.5 million deaths per year. The health hazard comes primarily from particulate matter suspended in the air. It’s called smoke, and it has little to do with CO2 or global warming. Nevertheless, see how smoothly this report glides from the millions of deaths caused by inhaling smoke to the need for the UN to curb climate change. Propaganda like this is highly effective against an unsuspecting public. France24 2016 Sep 27 (Story)
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Obama says he has “ratified” the Paris Climate Accord (which is a treaty) and neither the US Senate (which is the only political entity that has the constitutional power to ratify a treaty) nor the media have called attention to the impossibility of his claim. Donald Trump believes global warming is a hoax and has said that he would cancel the Paris accord if he is elected. The Verge 2016 Sep 27 (Story) (Cached)
New York: Here is the full debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The moderator, Lester Holt, kept Trump on the defensive with questions aligned with DNC talking points: Trump’s tax return, Russia, bankruptcy, sexism, racism, Obama’s birth certificate, etc. As expected, Trump got stuck trying to explain detailed issues while Hillary appeared proficient and skilled at covering up her record in office, and she displayed no evidence of health problems during the 90-minute ordeal. [It is hard to become enthusiastic over the idea that one of these candidates will become President of the United States.] NBC Network 2016 Sep 26 (Story)
Religious Jews appeared outside the presidential debate to deliver a statement to the candidates and to the American people. That statement is that there is a difference between the Jewish religion called Judaism and the political movement called Zionism, which is manifested as the state of Israel. Rabbi Weiss, who is the spokesman for the assembled group, says that many religious Jews are opposed to the policies of the Zionist state, especially the occupation of Palestine. He urges the candidates to stand up against the Israeli government and not be afraid of being falsely labeled as anti-Semitic by AIPAC, the Israeli lobby in the U.S. InfoWars 2016 Sep 26 (Story)
Philippines: The peso sank to a seven-year low, caused by a slowdown in investments in response President Duterte’s open war on drug dealers and users and his provocations against the West. Bloomberg 2016 Sep 25 (Story) (Cached)
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Fraternal Order of Police, reported that 70% of the rioters who were arrested were bused in from out of state. The rioters are not demonstrators but paid thugs. George Soros is the key financial supporter of Black Lives Matter. ZeroHedge posted 2016 Sep 24 (Story) (Cached)
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New documents from the FBI show that Obama used a pseudonym when communicating by email with then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. At least one of those emails ended up on Clinton’s private email server. This indicates that Obama lied when he said he knew nothing about Clinton’s private email server. The FBI released the documents on a Friday, a strategy often used to decrease exposure in the news cycle. Daily Caller posted 2016 Sep 24 (Story) (Cached)
Farmers in India’s poorest region, Bihar, now are producing record rice yields through organic farming, proving once again that GMOs are not necessary to feed the world’s hungry. These bumper crops are due to a new organic method of farming that uses continuously moist soil instead of traditional flooding of the fields. True Activist posted 2016 Sep 24 (Story) (Cached)
ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS
News and commentaries that reveal historical facts and trends that place current events into perspective and make it possible to anticipate future events.
Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen says that the Fed is considering investing in the stock market if Congress will authorize it. [This is almost humorous. For many years, the Fed has operated a so-called Plunge-Protection Team, comprised of the nation’s largest investment firms, that has invested covertly in the stock market through secret deals in which investment losses, if any, are passed on to the taxpayers. Now the Fed is thinking that it might be better to bring the operation into the open by holding the stock directly and making it legal. If the Fed were to ‘invest’ in the market, it would create money out of nothing to acquire stock shares at prices higher than real investors are willing to pay. The political advantage is that it would conceal the reality of falling stock prices and makes the public think the economy is booming when it really is flat on its face. The losses will be passed on to the public through inflation. What could possibly be wrong with such a wonderful plan?] ETF Daily News 2016 Sep 29 (Story) (Cached)
Tech billionaire, Peter Thiel,and other life-extension enthusiasts are hoping to stave off death and tap into the fountain of youth through transfusions of blood from young people, a procedure called parabiosis. Young blood is rich in proteins that improve cell function and can spur similar actions in the recipient’s body. The effect is said to be “almost permanent.” DailyMail posted 2016 Sep 28 (Story) (Cached)
Los Angeles: A self-employed couple practice self reliance by farming their small plot of land in the middle of Los Angeles. They say being frugal is fun because it means you can be free. They provide tips ranging from crop selection, building an adobe oven, water collection, and human sanitation, which can be critical in an emergency. Kirsten Dirksen posted 2016 Sep 26 (Story)
Arcan Cetin, who killed four women and a man at a Macy’s store inside a mall in Burlington, Washington, was arrested after the shooting and confessed to the murders. He is a 20-year old who was born in Turkey but moved with his family to Washington as a child. He has a criminal record that includes domestic violence, and his childhood classmates characterized him as sexually abusive and violent. Stefan Molyneux lays the blame for the attacks on multiculturalism. He says that US immigration policies changed in 1965 from accepting people of European descent to people from third-world countries so the Democrats could expand their voter base. Stefan Molyneux 2016 Sep 26 (Story)
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Sure, my daughter is only eighteen and wants to marry you instead of going to Harvard on full scholarship but, after all, you can’t learn everything about life from college or books.
I sometimes forget how backward I can be. I was wrong. I was a fool. I have now come to my senses, and you have my full blessing to marry my daughter.
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THE MOST EVIL MAN ON EARTH
2016 Sep 20 from Jackie
Mr. Griffin, We all know that it is George Soros and friends that are destroying this country. He tried it in other nations, but they were a lot wiser than the USA and kicked him out before he could ruin their country. He is on the way to victory in the USA, and it behooves me that the intelligence of this country are letting Georgie boy have his way…..What can we do about this? How can we get the most evil man on earth out of our domain….and banned from investing or using this country in any manner, shape or form? Are we Americans supposed to sit back and watch our demise take place? Are we that helpless? George Soros has been at work behind the scenes for years and the country is blind to his dangerous shenanigans.
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WAS IT WRONG TO PUBLISH THE TESTIMONY OF A MAN WHO SAID HE WAS AN ASSASSIN FOR PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT DUTERTE?
2016 Sep 19 from Damien Aargon
How do you know that the information about Duterte is true? It comes from the same government that is angry with Duterte for his action against drug people? So now you trust what this guy is saying to a panel? Hmmmmm.
REPLY FROM GEG:
Hello Damien.
You have raised a good point. We always face this issue when we find adverse information about political figures who have enemies – no matter which side they are on. We try not to jump to conclusions, but events keep moving forward, and we have to make decisions based on our best judgment or just forget trying to report any news at all.
Our best judgment is affected by the answers to two questions: (1) Does the news item seem consistent with what we know to be true? And (2) Is there information from credible sources that contradicts the news item? If the answers are yes to the first question and no to the second, generally we feel that the item is worth reporting.
Our track record has been amazingly good following this formula. I can recall only two times in all the years of reporting the news that we have had to issue a retraction. I hope you agree that we are following the right policy. Thanks for writing.
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MEDICATIONS FOR DIABETES ARE POISON – And a thyroid supplement for 22 cents per day!
2016 Sep 19 from Jerry Hewes
Ed,
First let me applaud you for your comments about your own health experience. Obviously, doctors don’t approve of this because we are not “professionals” but we have found such discussion very informative. Thank you!
Also, I have found that all the medications for diabetes are poison, destroying your pancreas bit by bit. Victoza? Outrageously expensive and pure poison to your pancreas. (My personal experience.) There are already a number of lawsuits against Victoza which is probably why it is so expensive. If you need to take anything, take insulin. Time tested by many people for many decades. It is normal to your body and does not attack the pancreas.
Another miracle supplement is thyroid supplemen-tation. Is has been my wife’s and my observation that doctors do not like to prescribe help for your thyroid because it makes you too healthy and you do not return to doctors. Upon seeing how my wife’s (68yr) health was deteriorating similar to my former experience, she requested thyroid supplementation because she took my “Nature-Throid” and found it indispensable, affecting in a very beneficial way, her whole body!
She requested thyroid medication from two doctors and was told she did not need it by her regular doctor and was “ordered out of the office” in the second case. She went to my alternative care NP and got the prescription, and all has gone very well since. Nature-Throid costs as low as 22 cents a day!
Note: I guess the AMA finally realized that Nature-Throid is a very good medication because they recently stopped the NP from dispensing it in her office.
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