Whenever a for-profit - or even non-profit - organization professes to do good, to be a society's guardian - as Google has - I feel queasy. It's not that I think Google (or more generally corporations, NGOs, charities, even churches) is inherently evil. It's just that no non-government entity owes society at large a fiduciary duty per se, as governments do. Take as a case … [Read more...] about The Euphemism of Freedom – Case Study on Google in the Aftermath of Benghazi
Libya
Rebels Enter Tripoli
It appears that the Rebels have entered Tripoli yesterday without much resistance, although pockets of intense fighting continue to exist. The WSJ reported world reaction as follows: U.S. President Barack Obama: "The people of Libya are showing that the universal pursuit of dignity and freedom is far stronger than the iron fist of a dictator. The surest way for the bloodshed … [Read more...] about Rebels Enter Tripoli
Russia Today: Sending arms to Libyan rebels is illegal, Western media falsifying reporting
Russia Today interviews Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, a researcher at Center for Research for Globalization, about the illegal arming of Libyan rebels. Nazemroaya also tells first hand account of Reuters reporter lying about meeting rebel leaders to give false impression of support by the population in Tripoli. … [Read more...] about Russia Today: Sending arms to Libyan rebels is illegal, Western media falsifying reporting
Russia Today: Gadhafi wanted gold for oil, not printed money
According to the below Russia Today segment, Gadhafi was trying to mobilize the oil-exporting nations to accept only gold dinars as payment - not printed money. … [Read more...] about Russia Today: Gadhafi wanted gold for oil, not printed money
FAIR: “How Many Afghan Kids Need to Die to Make the News?”
(Warning. Image on the left is graphic. Clicking on it will show a larger version of it. Seeing it has made me sick to my stomach.) The U.N. reported in 2009 346 Afghan children were killed and more than half were killed by NATO, mostly through air strikes. Just in the beginning of this month, nine Afghan children were killed by U.S./NATO helicopter attack in Kunar … [Read more...] about FAIR: “How Many Afghan Kids Need to Die to Make the News?”