The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 29th November 2016

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1. A former intelligence officer speaks out on media censorship

   (Annie Machon is a former intel­li­gence officer for MI5, the UK Secur­ity Ser­vice, who resigned in the late 1990s to blow the whistle on the spies’ incom­pet­ence and crimes with her ex-partner, David Shayler. Draw­ing on her var­ied exper­i­ences, she is now a pub­lic speaker, writer, media pun­dit, inter­na­tional tour and event organ­iser, polit­ical cam­paigner, and PR con­sult­ant. She is also now the Dir­ector of LEAP, Europe. She has a rare per­spect­ive both on the inner work­ings of gov­ern­ments, intel­li­gence agen­cies and the media, as well as the wider implic­a­tions for the need for increased open­ness and account­ab­il­ity in both pub­lic and private sectors.)

   ‘Out of sight, out of mind: Perils of censorship in the Digital Age’

   https://www.rt.com/op-edge/368436-memory-hole-perils-censorship-digital/

   “…All these measures smack of an ill-informed and out-of-touch panic reaction by a hitherto complacent establishment. Before they attempt to airbrush history, we need to remember that history teaches some useful lessons about such elitist crackdowns: they never end well for anyone.”

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2. NOT the mainstream media…who believes in the gospel of msm anymore?…the “uninformed and stupid”?

   ‘Learning Nothing, The Hoaxing Mainstream Media Doubles Down’ – Nathan McDonald

   https://www.sprottmoney.com/News/learning-nothing-the-hoaxing-mainstream-media-doubles-down-nathan-mcdonald.html

   “The hoaxing, lying, dying Mainstream Media. Many names are given to this band of happy, merry hacks, that pretend to believe they are the “fourth estate”. Yet, those of us who are truly “awake” know better.

   We can see them for exactly what they are, an extension of the corrupt establishment that attempts to rule over our daily lives and keep us in a constant state of confusion, informing us of half truths and guiding us sometimes gently, other times bluntly, away from the bigger picture.

   During their onslaught against President-elect Donald Trump, the MSM put out hit piece after hit piece, filled with half truths and assumptions. They did whatever they could to get Hillary Clinton elected, discarding their honor, pride, and the truth in the process.

   Fortunately for us in the liberty movement, they failed, and oh, how they failed. Throughout the campaign, I consistently wrote that the MSM was destroying their credibility in the process and causing people to snap out of their trances at a pace never before seen in western history…

   ‘Trump the Great’ – Paul Craig Roberts

   http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2016/11/25/trump-the-great-paul-craig-roberts/

   …We know that Hillary is an agent for the One Percent. The Clintons $120 million personal wealth and $1.6 billion personal foundation are proof that the Clintons are bought-and-paid-for. We know that Hillary is responsible for the destruction of Libya and of much of Syria and for the overthrow of the democratically elected government in Ukraine. We know that the Clinton regime’s sanctions on Iraq resulted in the deaths of 500,000 children. These are war crimes and crimes against humanity. We know Hillary used government office for private gain. We know she violated national security laws without being held accountable.

   What we don’t know is why groups that allegedly are liberal-progressive-leftwing are such fervent supporters of Hillary.

   One possible answer is that these groups are mere fronts for vested interests and are devoid of any sincere motives.

   Another possible answer is that these groups believe that the important issues are not jobs for Americans and avoiding war with nuclear powers, but transgender, homosexual and illegal alien rights.

   Another possible answer is that these groups are uninformed and stupid…

   ‘The Western War On Truth — Paul Craig Roberts’

   http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2016/11/27/the-western-war-on-truth-paul-craig-roberts/

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