China’s propaganda arm, The Global Times, brags that China’s “continuously improving management over the internet” is becoming a trend in other countries and regions. The Times says “the US is losing a major front to China in the new cold war,” as a “a[...]
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September 24th, 2019 - 5:01 pm § in Donald Trump
“Mitch McConnell criticizes ‘Washington Democrats’ opening an impeachment inquiry into Trump”
That was CNN’s headline on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, after House Democrats met to decide on a course of action. (Read story here.) Screw him.* If a Democrat did a fraction of what Trump has done, he’d be calling for his head. McConnell is loyal to his party and its agenda, not his country[...]
China’s Dominance
THE not so UGLY AMERICAN CHINAMAN (Der Spiegel, abridged and edited) Liao Liang’s title is as a senior editor of the China Global Television Network (CGTN), a subsidiary of Chinese state television. That is an understatement. 先生 Liao Liang’s mission in the Kenyan capital is that[...]
June 2nd, 2019 - 12:15 pm § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
The Attack on Charter Schools
The teacher’s unions and school boards they elect are working hard to block new charter schools from opening. Ironically, this is a liberal agenda but the propaganda and distortions of facts is very much in a Trumpian mold. The biggest example of the Trump effect is the false distin[...]
UPDATE: China is Ready to fight Trump’s Trade War
LET’S LAY OUT THE WEAPONS FOR THIS WAR Trump is demanding that AMERICANS pay a 25% tax if China does not give in to his demands. Trump’s threats, dating back to his election, go as high as 45% tariffs on all Chinese goods. That would essentially cut the US and China off from trade. T[...]
April 22nd, 2019 - 1:04 am § in Misc., Schools & Colleges
Why MEDICARE FOR ALL is more SLOGAN than POLICY
This Is The Part Of ‘Medicare For All’ That You Never Hear About Bernie Sanders and allies want to squeeze hospitals, which is very necessary – and very difficult. By Jonathan Cohn Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and his allies talk a lot about how “Medicare for All” would take[...]
March 25th, 2019 - 12:25 am § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy
As Trump Channels Goebbels
HIDING BEHIND COLLUSION Trump may have pulled of the biggest propaganda feat since Hitler. He has turned “no collusion” into evidence of patriotism. The media reaction to the Mueller report is bizarre. The charge in the report was to investigate the claim that Russia interfered on be[...]
March 16th, 2019 - 3:17 pm § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy
RED HAT NEWS: Barack Obama’s brother asks if Michelle is ‘Michael’…
From DRUDGE: Oh boy! Barack Obama’s half brother, Malik, took to Twitter on Thursday to ask if Michelle is actually “Michael”. Malik Obama Is Michelle Michael? “Is Michelle Michael?” Obama asked, referring to a conspiracy theory that the former First Lady is actually a man. In 2017[...]
The state of academic free speech in China
Zhang Qianfan on Academic Censorship (Translation from China Digital Times): At the start of January, the office of the National Teaching Material Committee issued the “Notice Concerning the Launch of Comprehensive Fact-finding Work on University Constitutional Law Teaching Materials.” The notic[...]
January 3rd, 2019 - 7:14 pm § in Misc.
Trump endorses Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979 “because terrorists were going into Russia,” President Trump told a cabinet meeting Wednesday, adding, “They were right to be there.” Read story here. No, they weren’t. The Soviet occupation of Afghanistan was an evil exercis[...]