this world
we walk on the roof of hell
gazing at flowers
— Kobayashi Issa, born on this date in 1763
A firefighter who attended Grenfell tower has written this: Michael Rosen Blog If you can only read one link today, make it this one. Harrowing.
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Other revelations from the Moscow archives revealed that the Soviets had already created schemes that were indeed stranger than fiction. These included a plan to move saboteurs from Nicaragua across the Mexican border and into the U.S. disguised as illegal aliens. Radar stations, pipelines and power towers were all targeted in great detail as were port facilities in places like New York City. Other archive documents, available to researchers for a few years in the early 1990s (when a fistful of hundred dollar bills could work wonders) delivered all manner of disturbing and now well documented proofs. The Rosenbergs were indeed Russian spies, Alger Hiss was mixed up in Russian espionage efforts and the American Communist Party was in the pay of the Soviet Union and served as a tool for espionage, subversion and propaganda. Many left wing writers and politicians were either on the Soviet payroll or eager to assist Soviet espionage activities
Today they assist Kremlin chaos-creating activities
(1) The CEO of a global journalism organization
says fake news "can be turned to our
advantage." (2) Forbes fact-checks President Trump’s economic
tweets while Trump tweets that media doesn’t report good
economic news. (3) Here are some fake news stories "that have rocked
Africa." (4) CQ takes a detailed look — including a
timeline and bibliography — at journalism’s history of trust, fact-checking and more.
(5) The U.S. celebrated Flag Day this week, and a television station knocked
down some misinformation about the nation's flag. (6)
WikiTribune surveyed its potential readers and
found some interesting things, including the percentage of respondents who
subscribed because they’re tired of “fake news.” (7) A lot of people are
killed by guns in America, but it's not 93 million a day. (8) For Donald
Trump's 71st birthday, Libération compiled a list of 71 dubious claims he made over the
years. (9) How should you interview conspiracy theorists? Some tips. (10) New tragedy, new round of misinformation. (11) The UK's
fact-checkers have been busy; here's what Full Fact has done during this election. (12)
There's a new fact-checking effort in Paraguay.
Cybercrooks rake it in with Fake-News-as-a-Service
- Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains[1]
- Give a dog a bad name and hang him[1]
- Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
- Give a man rope enough and he will hang himself[1]
- Give credit where credit is due[1]
- Give him an inch and he will take a mile[8]
- God helps those who help themselves[1]
- Good fences make good neighbours[1]
- Good talk saves the food[1]
- Good things come to those who wait[1]
- Great minds think alike[1][8]