Watch live 11 to noon Eastern on https://www.youtube.com/c/KevinBarrett
This week’s guest commentator: Canadian human rights lawyer Ed Corrigan
PSAs
1) Help FFWN Say 2 + 2 = 4 https://fundrazr.com/61hdw2
2) Limited Webinar tickets–The 9/11 Truth Film Festival will be ONLINE this year on Sept. 10th https://noliesradio.org/truth
3 )Justice for Geoff: A Conversation with 9/11 Family Member Matt Campbell https://www.ae911truth.org/news/702-justice-for-geoff-a-conversation-with-9-11-family-member-matt-campbell
Beirut Bombing
4) Is Mossad Leaking to Deflect Blame for Israel’s Role in Beirut Disaster? https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2020/08/20/why-is-israel-leaking-claims-that-iran-provided-hezbollah-with-ammonium-nitrate/
5) Phil Giraldi: Mainstream Media Is the Enabler of American Dysfunction https://www.unz.com/pgiraldi/its-not-happening-the-mainstream-media-is-the-enabler-of-american-dysfunction/
War on “Conspiracy Theories”
6) ‘Is that such a bad thing?’: Trump willing to help QAnon conspiracy theorists ‘save the world’ from cannibals and paedophiles https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/donald-trump-qanon-conspiracy-2020-election-a9678946.html
7) NYT: Conspiracy Theorists Are Violent “Chaos Agents” https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/19/magazine/boogaloo.html
8) WaPo Incites Pro-Maskers https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/anti-mask-outrage/2020/08/18/40d0bc96-d746-11ea-930e-d88518c57dcc_story.html
Election
9) DNC Snoozefest – Ratings Down 25% from 2016 https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/18/media/dnc-ratings-2020-night-1/index.html
10) Convicted murderer and rapist speaks at DNC https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/convicted-rapist-torturer-killer-squeezed-victims-testicles-pliers-speaks-dnc-impactful-community-leader/
11) Trump, While Attacking Mail Voting, Casts Mail Ballot Again https://www.npr.org/2020/08/19/903886567/trump-while-attacking-mail-voting-casts-mail-ballot-again
12) Mail sorting machines taken apart in Grand Rapids https://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/20200819/mail-sorting-machines-taken-apart-in-grand-rapids
Meanwhile in Canada
13) Trudeau accused of attempting to cover up scandal by proroguing parliament https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/18/justin-trudeau-scandal-prorogue-parliament
14) Canada-U.S. border closed until September 21 https://www.cicnews.com/2020/08/canada-u-s-border-closed-until-september-21-0815523.html
Meritocracy?
15) Justice Dept. Accuses Yale of Discrimination (Against Whites and Asians) in Application Process https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/us/yale-discrimination.html
16) The Myth of American Meritocracy (Justice Dept. reading Unz Review?) https://www.unz.com/runz/the-myth-of-american-meritocracy/
Facebook Censorship
17) Mark Zuckerberg Questioned Under Oath in F.T.C. Antitrust Inquiry https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/technology/facebook-zuckerberg-ftc-questioned.html
18) FACEBOOK BANNED STEREOTYPES OF JEWS ‘CONTROLLING THE MEDIA AND ECONOMY.’ THE ADL IS STILL UNSATISFIED https://www.infowars.com/facebook-banned-stereotypes-of-jews-controlling-the-media-and-economy-the-adl-is-still-unsatisfied/
19) Facebook Bans “Jew Runs Facebook” as Hate Speech (satire) http://kevinbarrett.heresycentral.is/2020/08/fb-ban/
20) Facebook algorithm found to ‘actively promote’ Holocaust denial https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/16/facebook-algorithm-found-to-actively-promote-holocaust-denial
Holocaust Religion
21) Legendary Alternative Journalist Diana Johnstone Challenges Holocaust Religion https://www.patreon.com/posts/40648393
22) German and Israeli jets mark first joint flyover, honor Holocaust victims https://www.dw.com/en/german-and-israeli-jets-mark-first-joint-flyover-honor-holocaust-victims/a-54605587
23) FBI apologizes for sharing link to anti-Semitic ‘Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion’ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/fbi-apologizes-for-sharing-link-to-anti-semitic-protocols-of-the-learned-elders-of-zion
War Economy = COVID Economy = Gig Economy = No Economy
24) Israel-UAE Deal NOT About Iran—It’s a Ploy to Keep US Bogged Down in Middle East https://newrepublic.com/article/159010/trump-israel-iran-mideast-forever-war related: Pompeo’s Insane Nonsense About Iran Rejected, Mocked & Derided by UN Security Council & Almost the Entire World http://kevinbarrett.heresycentral.is/2020/08/stooge-pompeo/
25) US Military Pirates Steal Oil on the High Seas—Hang the Scurvy Dogs! https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-08-16/the-u-s-brings-state-sponsored-piracy-into-the-21st-century
26) DR Congo’s war-based economy https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/08/04/631066/DRCongo%E2%80%99s-War-Based-Economy
27) Nearly 40% of Americans who lost their jobs during pandemic can’t last a month on savings https://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/nearly-40-of-americans-who-lost-their-jobs-during-pandemic-cant-last-a-month-on-savings
28) Uber ruling shows gig economy is running out of road https://www.ft.com/content/11e2e1bf-c1dd-47cc-81b2-2147433ff16d
29) Germany is beginning a universal-basic-income trial with people getting $1,400 a month for 3 years https://www.businessinsider.com/germany-begins-universal-basic-income-trial-three-years-2020-8
Odds & Ends
30) SEA of people flows through Minsk as protesters across Belarus march against Lukashenko’s presidential victory (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) https://www.rt.com/news/498156-minsk-anti-government-rally/
31) The climate crisis has already arrived. Just look to California’s abnormal wildfires https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/21/the-climate-crisis-has-already-arrived-just-look-to-californias-abnormal-wildfires
32) Pentagon to create UFO commission https://www.nny360.com/news/pentagon-to-create-ufo-commission/article_f461face-0c17-59e3-984e-ea9867331104.html