NATION
Louisiana petroleum refinery fire and chemical leak forces evacuations YT Mainstream
Wildfires threaten southwestern Louisiana amid intense heat YT Mainstream
“Donald Trump’s Life Is In Real Danger”
Steve Bannon Outlines National American Destiny as Attached to Trump Destiny
Why the House Has No Alternative to an Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden
Is Obama Behind Biden’s Hostility To America?
Maui Fire Evidence Heats Up Suspicion video
Transgender operations nearly tripled from 2016 to 2019 due to Obama-era policies: study Mainstream
Are Markets Tyrannical? Where Christian Conservatives Are Mistaken
While one can decry some of the censorship on social media or a bank refusing an account to someone whose political views are not progressive, one should also see the connection between these businesses and governments with which they are intertwined. Many of these firms simply are carrying out the wishes of progressive governments and their agencies, crony capitalism at work.
For example, the recent ruling against the FBI for its involvement in pressuring social media firms became big new precisely because a federal agency with coercive powers made sure that private firms played ball with the government. Moreover, neither Ahmari nor Littlejohn have addressed the fact that much of American business today is tied in one way to government authorities, either through regulation or by being a vendor.
These relationships make a difference especially when a private firm is carrying out a government diktat, as we saw with the FBI and Twitter. Moreover, there also can be consequences for private firms that make politically-based decisions such as what happened to the CEO of a bank that closed the account of British politician Nigel Farage because she disagreed with his political views. Conversely, no one from the FBI or any other federal agency was tossed into the unemployment lines when news of their misconduct became known.
WORLD
No End to the Neocon Lies About a Victorious Ukraine
“Crime against humanity”. North Korea on Japan’s Fukushima release of Radioactive Wastewater
Saudi Arabia Denies Border Guards Killed Hundreds of Ethiopian Migrants, Asylum Seekers
Denmark Buckles Under Pressure, Moves to Restrict Speech That Insults Other Cultures and Religions
‘Eco-friendly’ paper straws actually contain toxic ‘chemicals’
HEMISPHERE
Alberta courts drop COVID charges against pastors and small businesses
Ortega cancels legal status of Jesuit Society in Nicaragua
Colombia’s Total Peace 1-Year-On: Less State Violence, Stronger Criminal Groups
HEALTH
Kudos to Mark Cuban for Lower Priced Drugs and Increasing Health Care Competition
MACRO
Natural Gas Fills The Gap As Renewable Power Falters
Why Do Some Countries Stay Poor?
What Would it Take for a BRIC-Based Currency to Succeed?
MICRO
Another metals trader says it has been hit by nickel fraud
Why we desperately need wild bees
Arrival of Geometry E triggers a price war in Costa Rica
WORTH ANOTHER LOOK
Lawyer for George Zimmerman explains reasoning behind lawsuit against Trayvon Martin’s parents YT Mainstream. Editor’s Note: Zamisdat has not usually applied a Mainstream disclaimer to local network affiliates, but we are amending that policy and applying the disclaimer henceforth.
PARAHERESY
Clif High Discusses An Occupied Moon Among other topics
CULTURE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
Netflix’s ‘Painkiller’ tells only half the OxyContin story Mainstream
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