SOMETHING BIG IS ABOUT TO DROP FROM WIKILEAKS: ROBERT DAVID STEELE

Former military intelligence and CIA officer, Robert David Steele joins Dave at the X22 Report to discuss all things coup d’état but I’ve set the inpoint to where he talks about the possibility of a wild card WikiLeaks data dump next February when Julian Assange is expected to be extradited to the US from prison …[continue reading]

PUNCHING BACK: LIL’ JOEY MIFSUD | THE MALTESE FALCON

Italian prosecutors made an announcement on Friday evening that there is an “80 percent” chance that Professor Joseph Mifsud is no longer alive. Mifsud had been charged by the Agrigento Public Prosecution office with misuse of finances at a university where he was president in the southern Italian city of Agrigento, Sicily. The Mueller Report …[continue reading]

Food Stamp Cuts – Western Capitalism & “Useless Eaters”

Donald Trump recently announced changes to the US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly called “Food Stamps.” This program enables low income Americans to buy food. As a result, 750,000 people will immediately lose their food assistance, while it is expected that as many as 3 million will be deprived of their benefits in the …[continue reading]

Your power in a decaying world

“Solutions to private problems and public problems require the ability to think things through, logically, and to reject what is unworkable or biased—but above and beyond that, a person needs to be able to imagine solutions that haven’t been tried before.” “Propaganda says: defect from your own power. Never find out what it is. Assume …[continue reading]

Anatomy of a Bribe

Working in conjunction with Wikileaks, the highly reputable Al Jazeera Investigates goes deep inside a complex and corrupt system with Anatomy of a Bribe. The film weaves a disturbing tale involving high ranking African government officials, large multi-national corporations, and the illegal transfer of millions of dollars to curry political favor. The corporation in question …[continue reading]

How we can protect truth in the age of misinformation

Fake news can sway elections, tank economies and sow discord in everyday life. Data scientist Sinan Aral demystifies how and why it spreads so quickly — citing one of the largest studies on misinformation — and identifies five strategies to help us unweave the tangled web between true and false.   This talk was presented …[continue reading]

Nerdcore comedy

Performer and web toymaker Ze Frank delivers a hilarious nerdcore standup routine, then tells us what he’s seriously passionate about: helping people create and interact using simple, addictive web tools.   This talk was presented at an official TED conference, and was featured by our editors on the home page. ABOUT THE SPEAKER     …[continue reading]