Last week, my non-profit liber-net unveiled a new database of U.S. government awards to mis-dis-and-malinformation (MDM) and other content control initiatives. A previous Network Affects post broke down where that money came from. This one details where the money went.
Where the Money Went: USG Funding to Counter-Mis/Disinformation Initiatives Read Journal Article
The language continues to contradict previous WHO understanding and public health norms, promoting whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches rather than proportionate measures that minimize long-term harm, and ignores the basic policy requirement of considering any resource allocations against other competing priorities.
Commentary on the WHO’s Draft Pandemic Agreement: Pointless Verbiage Read Journal Article
This is an excellent start to taking the threat of lab-derived pandemics seriously. Obviously, we need a global ban and global enforcement. The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) could be strengthened to meet this need.
Trump Issues Executive Order on Gain-of-Function Studies Read Journal Article
What I did not understand was just how disrespectful of transcendental thinking consumer culture is, and how it can turn the search for human and esthetic discoveries into an endless series of economic transactions.
Pilgrimages to Nowhere? Read Journal Article
April 28th will be remembered as the largest blackout in European history. Power went down in the whole of continental Spain and Portugal. Whatever the cause, we can see it as a symptom of something deeper and more far-reaching.
Power Outage, Inner Power Read Journal Article
None of these eight reforms rub hard on ideological wounds. All are about respecting individual choice. They would amount to the first major steps toward creating parallel systems of experimentation, all within the framework of the existing system.
Small Reforms to Improve the US Medical System Read Journal Article
So much we’ve already forgotten, which is one reason to be grateful for David Zweig’s Abundance of Caution. It chronicles the excuses for not opening schools from the beginning, almost day by day, and explodes every myth along the way.
Were School Windows Really Sealed Shut? Read Journal Article
MedPage published a video interview with Dr. Offit, professional academic pediatrician and vaccine shill, in which he states a series of falsehoods in continuation of the gaslighting and falsehoods which both he and Dr. Marks (FDA/CBER) are becoming known for.
Meet the Latest Vaccine Propagandist Read Journal Article
When asked about the Great Barrington Declaration, Collins said he “regretted” using certain words like “fringe” to describe the position and the authors – Dr. Martin Kulldorff of Harvard, Dr. Sunetra Gupta of Oxford, and Bhattacharya himself (Stanford).
The Perfidy of 60 Minutes Read Journal Article
It’s never as easy as “blame” or “fault” or stringing up the bad guy, and then we can all go home. This is a policy and system problem, which is way bigger than any one individual in that system.
Why California Matters Read Journal Article
Already in such a short time, HHS under Trump has closed Fauci’s gain-of-function lab in Maryland, newly required placebo-controlled trials for vaccines, and said that private interests will no longer share in royalties for new vaccine products.
The Shabby Media’s $176M Canard Read Journal Article
Trump’s instinct may well be right that globalisation had shifted the trading balance to America’s net disadvantage, and the new equilibrium that settles after his rupture of the existing world trading order will reposition the US to recover lost ground.
Making Sense of Trump’s Tariffs Read Journal Article
