On Wire

Breaking news, updates, and reports on current events.

CNN was manually abusing youtube’s copyright system to order take downs of commentators covering last night’s DNC debate (resulting in 90 day livestream bans for those channels).

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by AssuredlyAThrowAway   One of CNN’s VPs suggested that fair use of such content, for the purposes of news reporting or commentary, was “piracy”. I’ve seen CNN do some pretty shady things over the years, including telling their viewers it was illegal for anyone but the news media to read wikileaks source documents, which were easily … Read more

Those Missing Trillions, and the Fed: The GAO report on the Fed’s Quantitative Easing uncovered a secret $16 trillion feeding tube structured as revolving, low-cost loans to any bank (foreign or domestic) teetering on the edge. The loans started in December 2007 and lasted until at least July 2010.

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by axolotl_peyotl While some are turned off by this type of conspiratorial financial jargon, this type of story honestly hits at the heart of the corruption and the wheelings and dealings of the elite. This article discusses the possibility that the Fed is the “public” face of a hidden financial system, and this system is being developed … Read more

New Whistleblower Allegation: YouTube Manipulated ‘Federal Reserve’ Search Results in Response to MSNBC Host’s Complaint

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Google-owned YouTube manually adjusted search results for “Federal Reserve” after MSNBC host Chris Hayes complained about the prominence of anti-Fed videos in the top results, according to a source who worked at the tech company. Google allegedly added the search term “Federal Reserve” to a “blacklist” file of “controversial” YouTube search queries. This caused search results for the … Read more

Google employee resigns over “Project Dragonfly” A censored search engine being designed for China that enables state surveillance.

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by mixsomnia Jack poulson talks about why he resigned from google due to ethical concerns Here is his resignation letter: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4905801-Jack-Poulson-Google-resignation-letter-20-Aug-2018.html And here is a transcript Q/A where he goes into detail about it. https://irlpodcast.org/season5/episode4/?utm_source=desktop-snippet&utm_medium=snippet&utm_campaign=IRLS5&utm_term=12243&utm_content=rel_esr ​ ​ Over 700 google employee’s were against the project but only one left publicly. Project Dragonfly: https://studybreaks.com/tvfilm/what-is-googles-project-dragonfly-and-why-is-it-so-concerning/ I also just … Read more

WALL STREET JOURNAL: The 99% Get a Bigger Raise: New data show much faster growth in wages and incomes.

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via WSJ: Political discourse nowadays is enough to depress anyone, and the media don’t help by ignoring good economic news. But buck up, Americans: Worker wages are growing much faster than previously reported. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on Tuesday published its annual revisions to personal income data, and the surprise was the huge … Read more

TROUBLES: Head of DEADSPIN, THE ONION facing heat from own reporters… BDG postpones GAWKER relaunch, lays off entire staff… LATIMES’ disappointing digital numbers

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Head of Deadspin, The Onion facing heat from own reporters The head of G/O Media, which owns The Onion, Jezebel and other popular websites, is going on the defensive over a planned expose on his hiring practices — to be published by one of his own reporters. G/O Media’s CEO, Jim Spanfeller, is punching back … Read more

1.1 million expected at southern border this year… New migration surge this fall?

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Flood of illegal migrants to the border outpaces last two years with 1.1M expected in fiscal year 2019 Federal law enforcement based on the U.S.-Mexico border are expected to encounter 1.1 million people trying to cross illegally by the end of the fiscal year Sept. 30, despite Mexico’s assistance stopping migrants on their journey north. … Read more

Two Fed Governors Defy Wall Street, the Media & Trump. Eight Buckle: Powell Tries to Explain, Confusingly Throws “Couple of Rate Hikes” into Mix. Stocks Tank

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “It is not the beginning of a long series of rate cuts”: Powell. After seven months of intense pressure by the White House, Wall Street, and the entire media establishment, eight voting members of the FOMC voted to lower the Fed’s target for the federal funds rate by one quarter percentage point to … Read more

They Said What? Here Are The 13 Nuttiest Quotes From Wednesday’s Democratic Presidential Debate

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by Michael Snyder Are these really the best and brightest that the Democratic Party has to offer?  It was going to take a monumental effort to top Marianne Williamson’s level of craziness on Tuesday night, but on Wednesday there were several Democratic contenders that gave it their best shot.  Kirsten Gillibrand and Jay Inslee were … Read more

Did you know that in 1922 the mayor of NYC gave a speech about the secret powers that control our, and every, government.

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This is for those who believe the US or any other nation has a uniquely corrupt system today. Power hungry sociopaths have always run civilization. Here’s proof. via Wikipedia: The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government, which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states and nation. To … Read more

Black hole? What happened to this multi-billion-dollar spy satellite?

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The loss of a classified, multi-billion-dollar government spy satellite is fast becoming a public black eye for private space transport and a whodunit mystery for industry watchers. SpaceX said its Falcon 9 rocket, launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, performed flawlessly. Northrop Grumman, the aerospace contractor that hired SpaceX to sling its … Read more

BREAKTHROUGH: Creating VERY INEXPENSIVE electricity with only SALT WATER and RUST

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We are inching closer and closer to be able to mass produce electricity using sea water and…..rust. Rust behaves similar to graphene, which produces electricity in the presence of salt water. Unlike most other electricity-producing phenomena, this particular method does not involve any chemical reactions at all. Instead, the iron oxide (rust) somehow converts KINETIC ENERGY … Read more