Monthly Archives: January 2021

2021-01-31: News Headlines

_____ (2021-01-31). Cellebrite: Israel's Good Cyber Cop Is Big Tech's Backdoor to Breaching Your Privacy. strategic-culture.org Israeli digital forensics company Cellebrite has been quietly providing law enforcement agencies with the tools to retrieve data from any device for years, but they want you to know they're on the right side of the law. | By Raul DIEGO | Privacy and security have long-been one of the top selling points for iOS devices in the interminable marketing fracas between Apple and its competitors, with fancy additions to their suite of protection features like fingerprint scanning and facial recognition. Android devices, by contrast, always seemed to lag behind in the personal encryption space, but have caught up fairly r…

Derrick Miles (2021-01-31). MMT and the Green Party: A GPWA Member Perspective. realprogressives.org Please join me in this exploration into the complicated relationship between Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and the Green Party of the United States (GPUS), from my perspective as a member of the Green Party of Washington State. We will be investigating the contrasts between MMT and the current GPUS monetary reform platform position of "Greening the Dollar"; why MMT should be embraced in the GP platform in its place; and the importance for the framework of MMT to be understood by Green Party members. | To begin, it is of the utmost importance to understand that MMT is not an economic policy to be "implemented."

WSWS (2021-01-29). Another grim US jobs report amid stock market frenzy. wsws.org In stark contrast to the stock market frenzy, the government reported this week that US GDP fell 3.5 percent in 2020 while new claims for jobless benefits continued at historically unprecedented levels.

2021-01-30: News Headlines

WSWS (2021-01-29). Another grim US jobs report amid stock market frenzy. wsws.org In stark contrast to the stock market frenzy, the government reported this week that US GDP fell 3.5 percent in 2020 while new claims for jobless benefits continued at historically unprecedented levels.

Online News Editor (2021-01-28). Jaguar cubs rescued in Nicaragua after being offered for sale online. laprensalatina.com Managua, Jan 27 (efe-epa).- Two jaguar cubs were rescued from a house in the North Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua after being offered for illegal sale on social media when their mother was killed by residents, the Nicaragua Zoo reported on Wednesday. The male and female jaguars, just three-and-a-half months old, were underweight when they were …

2021-01-29: News Headlines

Online News Editor (2021-01-28). Jaguar cubs rescued in Nicaragua after being offered for sale online. laprensalatina.com Managua, Jan 27 (efe-epa).- Two jaguar cubs were rescued from a house in the North Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua after being offered for illegal sale on social media when their mother was killed by residents, the Nicaragua Zoo reported on Wednesday. The male and female jaguars, just three-and-a-half months old, were underweight when they were …

teleSUR (2021-01-27). Nicaragua's Economy Is Expected To Grow 2.5 Percent in 2021. telesurenglish.net Nicaragua's Finance Minister Ivan Acosta on Monday announced that his country's economy is forecast to grow 2.5 percent in 2021. | RELATED: | Noting that over US$771 million were destined for social and economic goals since 2007, he recalled that the Nicaraguan economy grew between 1.5 percent and 2 percent in 2020. | The construction of 23,500 houses for about 50,000 families affected by hurricane Eta and Iota will be a top priority…

2021-01-28: News Headlines

Online News Editor (2021-01-28). Jaguar cubs rescued in Nicaragua after being offered for sale online. laprensalatina.com Managua, Jan 27 (efe-epa).- Two jaguar cubs were rescued from a house in the North Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua after being offered for illegal sale on social media when their mother was killed by residents, the Nicaragua Zoo reported on Wednesday. The male and female jaguars, just three-and-a-half months old, were underweight when they were …

teleSUR (2021-01-27). Nicaragua's Economy Is Expected To Grow 2.5 Percent in 2021. telesurenglish.net Nicaragua's Finance Minister Ivan Acosta on Monday announced that his country's economy is forecast to grow 2.5 percent in 2021. | RELATED: | Noting that over US$771 million were destined for social and economic goals since 2007, he recalled that the Nicaraguan economy grew between 1.5 percent and 2 percent in 2020. | The construction of 23,500 houses for about 50,000 families affected by hurricane Eta and Iota will be a top priority…

_____ (2021-01-26). Meet Antony 'Blinkered' — Biden's Choice for America's Top Diplomat. strategic-culture.org Blinken does not seem to have repented from his fundamentalist belief in American imperial goodness, notwithstanding his appeal for "humility". | Barring an earthquake in Washington, Antony Blinken is set to become the new U.S. Secretary of State and America's top diplomat. The youthful and telegenic Blinken (58) takes over from Mike Pompeo who was America's representative to the world under the last Trump administration. | The contrast could not be more stark. In place of Pompeo's thuggish, rough-edged style, Blinken has the appearance of consummate diplomat. He's fluent in French owing to a European education,…

2021-01-27: News Headlines

Online News Editor (2021-01-28). Jaguar cubs rescued in Nicaragua after being offered for sale online. laprensalatina.com Managua, Jan 27 (efe-epa).- Two jaguar cubs were rescued from a house in the North Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua after being offered for illegal sale on social media when their mother was killed by residents, the Nicaragua Zoo reported on Wednesday. The male and female jaguars, just three-and-a-half months old, were underweight when they were …

_____ (2021-01-26). Meet Antony 'Blinkered' — Biden's Choice for America's Top Diplomat. strategic-culture.org Blinken does not seem to have repented from his fundamentalist belief in American imperial goodness, notwithstanding his appeal for "humility". | Barring an earthquake in Washington, Antony Blinken is set to become the new U.S. Secretary of State and America's top diplomat. The youthful and telegenic Blinken (58) takes over from Mike Pompeo who was America's representative to the world under the last Trump administration. | The contrast could not be more stark. In place of Pompeo's thuggish, rough-edged style, Blinken has the appearance of consummate diplomat. He's fluent in French owing to a European education,…

teleSUR (2021-01-26). Nicaragua Approves Life Imprisonment for Femicides. telesurenglish.net Nicaragua approved life imprisonment for misogynists who rape and murder a woman in front of the victim's children. | RELATED: | Life imprisonment "will not be retroactive. It will apply to those who commit grave crimes against girls or women as of Monday," said criminal law expert Jose Pallais. | The rule will also apply to those found guilty of aggravated murder, such as poisoning, asphyxiation, and arson, or when the victim was either pregnant or a…

2021-01-26: News Headlines

A Guest Author (2021-01-26). Elliott Abrams, fire your own president; you couldn't fire mine in Venezuela. workers.org By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein The writer was the director of international relations in Venezuela's presidential office and the country's ambassador to Nicaragua. Currently, he is a guest professor at Shanghai University in China. Translation: Angel Alvarez. Nicolás Maduro In an appearance before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Aug. . . . |