There is a lot of complaining from right-wing online media about ‘bias’ in social media, and while this is true, there are few real alternatives. However, some people believe they have found a new social media savior in the Parler platform, which Zero Hedge by way of Alt-Market reports is a ‘conservative-friendly’ free speech platform. […]
It is rare to find a very clear case of explicit behavior illustrating the dichotomy between the false left-right paradigm and how it is used as a strategy of tension because those who put together such operations invest considerable amounts of time and resources into making sure as best as possible that the general public […]
Propaganda is a part of all governments, and while it can in certain cases serve a constructive purpose, it often has a negative association with attempting to force a lie to be accepted as a “truth”, and there are many ways that one can do this. Thus it is with interest that the Trump administration […]
Asheville is to North Carolina what San Francisco is to California, Austin is to Texas, or Provincetown is to Massachusetts- it is a very liberal and generally ‘strange’ place with a lot of strange or extreme idea of the far-left variety. according to an article from the Asheville Citizen Times, the city council has recently […]
By Theodore Shoebat The parliament of Tobruk in Libya just approved a motion authorizing Egypt to make a direct military intervention into Libya’s civil war if the Egyptian military is needed to war against the Turkish backed Government of National Accord (GNA). The Egyptians are backing Khalifa Haftar, a Libyan general who until recently controlled […]
Economics always precedes politics, and as such trade wars often precede ‘hot wars’ with soldiers and guns. With data being the currency of the twenty-first century and the free flow of data vital to economic interchange, the Associated Press reports in a major ruling from the European Court of Justice that the current arrangement for […]
If COVID-19 was not troubling enough in how it has been used to annihilate the job market, it is even more interesting that MSN News according to the AP is replacing dozens of human staffers with AI programs. Microsoft cut dozens of full-time staffers from its MSN news service, continuing an initiative to move away […]
By Theodore Shoebat Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan has broken out yet again over one of the most disputed territories on earth: Nagorno-Karabach. Over the weekend shelling was fired from both countries. Eleven Azeri soldiers and one Azeri civilian was killed, while Armenia is reporting that four of their soldiers were killed. However, officials from […]
Reuters reported on a fascinating story about an “Oliver Taylor”, a man who claimed to be a student and wrote numerous articles for various newspapers has since been exposed by them alongside an Israeli deepfake detection company as being a deepfake, with the real identity of the person who made the original posts still unknown […]
There is a lot of malthusian talk about the dangers of ‘overpopulation’ and how the human population needs to be ‘reduced’ as though man were just a race of mindless animals meandering through life to satisfy basic needs. But this has never been true, for not only can the world sustain far more people than […]
By Theodore Shoebat Some of my thoughts on the refugee crisis:
A major issue that I cannot emphasize enough is that the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis, which is happening right now, is going to get a lot bigger, with the potential of a second wave incoming. It is of interest then that as Mediaite.com reports, CDC Director Robert Redfield says he expects this Fall and Winter to […]
By Theodore Shoebat Gunmen in South Africa attacked a church, burning five people alive and murdering a security guard, as we read in a report from Christian Today: A hostage situation at a church in South Africa left five people dead. At least 40 people were arrested after the attack on the church in the […]
A lot of people have expressed concern that cash may be banned using COVID-19 as an excuse. It is interesting that this observations follows at the tail major retailers, such as the second largest or largest (depending if one counts Wal-Mart as a grocer or not) in the US of the Kroger corporation and her […]
AP News reports, in a story that is not a surprise at all, that small businesses are being destroyed by COVID-19. As economies around the world reopen, legions of small businesses that help define and sustain neighborhoods are struggling. The stakes for their survival are high: The U.N. estimates that businesses with fewer than 250 […]
I have been constantly warning on Shoebat.com that a wave of bankruptcies was imminent, and that it will have major impacts on the economic future of the country. Bloomberg is now reporting that over one-hundred and growing major businesses and employers have filed for bankruptcy. Retailers, airlines, restaurants. But also sports leagues, a cannabis company […]
