Artificial Intelligence: A Tool of “Empowerment” and/or “Devastation and Impoverishment”

By Ben Bartee, June 29, 2023

Surveying the latest transgressions against decency, morality, and humanity itself by artificial intelligence and its biological architects. One theme I’ve tried to work into my conversations with Joe Jarvis and Nicolas Creed regarding artificial intelligence, transhumanism, and related issues is: technology is a tool.

The Saudi Football Seizure

By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, June 30, 2023

Sports stars are making a heated rush for it, cresting on the money wave, and finding sanctuary in Mammon’s big breasted glory.  And that wave is coming, oddly enough, from a desert country, alien to such matters till recent decades, when oil came with blessings and political power.

France Erupts in Rebellion After Police Killing of North African Youth

By Abayomi Azikiwe, June 30, 2023

On June 29, thousands marched in Paris demanding an end to police brutality and institutional racism which people believe was the motivating factor in the death of Nahel M, a legal citizen in France of Moroccan and Algerian descent.

The US Kept the Middle East Destabilized to Profit the Military-Industrial Complex: Interview with Kevork Almassian

By Kevork Almassian and Steven Sahiounie, June 29, 2023

The Middle East is entering a new era, which is has seen the US side-lined while China and Saudi Arabia take new leadership positions. Gone are the days when a Middle Eastern monarch marched to orders written in the Oval Office. Newly exerted independence and diplomacy tracks have led to paths designed to support peace and prosperity in the region.

Pfizer Vaccine Batches in the EU Were Placebos, Say Scientists

By Robert Kogon, June 29, 2023

Scientists have uncovered startling evidence that a substantial portion of the batches of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine deployed in the European Union may in fact have consisted of placebos – and that the German regulator knew this and did not subject them to quality-control testing.

The Real Casualties of Russia’s ‘Civil War’: The Beltway Expert Class

By Max Blumenthal and Wyatt Reed, June 29, 2023

Numerous serious casualties were incurred during Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s supposed “coup.” The Grayzone offers an in-depth look at the massacre carried out by some of America’s top Russia experts against their own credibility.

Zelensky Causing Nuclear Hysteria Over Fake Claims

By Ahmed Adel, June 29, 2023

The claim by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Russia allegedly wants to blow up the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is causing mass hysteria in the country. Ukrainians are buying iodine, used to help block one type of radioactive material from being absorbed by the thyroid, and the authorities intend to conduct drills in response to a “possible nuclear threat.” This is part of Ukraine’s global campaign to fearmonger against Russia.

Russia’s Intel (FSB) Spooked the CIA on “Prigozhin Coup”

By M. K. Bhadrakumar, June 29, 2023

The CNN, followed by the New York Times, broke the story on Sunday that the US and western intelligence were indeed aware of the failed coup attempt on Friday night by Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group of Russian military contractors, “for quite some time and making preparations for such a move, including by massing weapons and ammunition.” 

Be Very Skeptical of US Intel Claiming That Russia’s Army General Surovikin May Have Helped Plan Prigozhin’s Coup

By Andrew Korybko, June 29, 2023

The New York Times (NYT) published a piece on Tuesday citing unnamed US officials who claimed that their country’s intelligence services believe that Army General Sergey Surovikin was aware in advance of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s failed coup attempt and may even have helped planned it.

US Strangling China One More Time on Chips

By Karsten Riise, June 29, 2023

NVIDIA made a downgraded “China-version” of their A100 to an A800 chip – now the US government wants to forbid that too. See this. No reason to talk about the latest and more advanced NVIDIA “China-chip” H800 – it will be banned for China too.