Author: nick

[ad_1] Whatever his position on transgenders, Chirayu Rana, the Indian who claims a female executive at JPMorgan made him her “sex slave,” must be wishing he could change his gender right about now. No sooner had he filed a sexual harassment complaint against Lorna Hajdini than the media tore him to shreds. This is something new. The media have believed way more laughable stories than his. In fact, we seem to be living through the Golden Age of women being canonized for falsely accusing men of rape, specifically white men—white lacrosse players, white military contractors, white frat boys at the…

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[ad_1] While drinking my morning espresso this Tuesday, I took a gander at the home webpage of KOMO News, which covers Seattle and western Washington. That region of the country—once renowned for its natural beauty, grunge music, and good governance—apparently isn’t doing too well. “Foss High School students return to class days after stabbing leaves 6 injured,” blared the top headline. “Man arrested for rape, kidnapping after allegedly dragging teen girl into Northgate woods,” read the one below. And, beside that: “Video shows 2 men beating 77-year-old in unprovoked attack in downtown Seattle.” If it bleeds, it leads, as every…

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[ad_1] Israeli military aggression has “reshaped both the physical and ecological landscape” of southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese report (which does not consider the impacts of Israel’s latest barrage of attacks this spring). In her foreword, Lebanon’s minister for the environment Tamara el Zein notes: “The scale and intentionality of the damage to forests, agricultural lands, marine ecosystems, water resources, and atmospheric quality constitute what must be recognized as an act of ecocide, with consequences that extend far beyond immediate destruction.”  Obliteration ecocide in Lebanon Released by the country’s National Council for Scientific Research and presented by the environment…

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[ad_1] TFTC – Truth for the CommonerBitcoin BriefSup, freaks.Tether just froze $344 million in USDT across two addresses on the Tron blockchain in coordination with OFAC and U.S. law enforcement. With one keystroke, the third largest stablecoin issuer in the world rendered hundreds of millions of dollars immovable. This is exactly the kind of action that highlights why Bitcoin exists, and why stablecoins, for all their utility, are fundamentally different from permissionless money.LEAD STORYTether Freezes $344 Million in USDT. This Is Why Bitcoin Exists. Tether announced today that it has frozen more than $344 million in USDT across two wallet addresses…

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[ad_1] Cenk Uygur argued on the “Shawn Ryan Show” that the money-dominated politics in America today increasingly resembles the tightly controlled political systems in China or Iran. Donors pre-select viable candidates by flooding primary races with money, and “news actors” in the corporate media narrow the debate into establishment-approved parameters.”By the time you get to the general election, it’s robot A versus robot B, and they’ve robbed you of all your choices,” he said. “It’s actually the same way it works in China and Iran.””The Chinese have a Politburo like the Soviets used to, and they vote within themselves —…

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