Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Robin McKie warns that the next pandemic is likely to develop from a flu virus, while Augie Ray offers a reminder that…
Alex Jones
Elon Musk, Alex Jones, X – and Freedom
Twitter / X and Elon Musk have reaffirmed their upholding of the inalienable human right to freedom of speech. This is extremely important, and extremely good. “I’m generally against evil…
The Second Jones Verdict
Joanna Slater reports in the Washington Post that: A Connecticut jury ordered Infowars founder Alex Jones to pay $965 million in damages to the families of eight victims of the…
Make Lying Expensive
Alex Jones has built a career on lying. This week, in a courtroom in Texas, he has met with a reckoning. Eugene Robinson writes: The far-right radio host’s trial in…
‘Foreign funded special interests’ and Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party: The ‘New Conspiracism’ comes to Alberta
The new conspiracism has come to Alberta! What is the “New Conspiracism,” you ask, and how is it different from the old conspiracism? “‘Classic’ conspiracy theories … arise in response…
Banning Alex Jones & InfoWars: Social Media Grows Up
This just in from the better-late-than-never department. Last week Apple, Facebook, YouTube and Spotify “deplatformed” Alex Jones’ InfoWars from their platforms and pages. It took them years to acknowledge that…
Alex Jones: Donald Trump Is Being Drugged By the Deep State!
Ever since Donald Trump gave Mitch McConnell the cold shoulder and made a deal with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, Republicans have been in a state of total shock.And to…
Part Political Theatre and Part Schoolyard Bully
And probably the saddest thing is that far too many people take this kind of clown seriously: Recommend this Post
The Day Donald Trump Fired One Of His Trolls
Donald Trump had an army of trolls working for him during the election, spreading fake stories, and flaming his opponents. So it was quite a shock to see him fire…
Alex Jones and the Madness of Donald Trump
Alex Jones is a right-wing radio host, a fanatical Trump supporter, and one of America's most deranged conspiracy theorists.A man so crazy you have to see it to believe it…Read…
Piers Morgan vs. Alex Jones: Jones Explosive Pro-Gun Tirade
I agree with Piers Morgan on this, Alex Jones’ angry rant is the best advertisement out there for gun control. It is people like Jones who defy common-sense, though unfortunately…
America the Not-So-Beautiful: God Shat His Grace On Thee
Close your eyes, and conjure up a mental image of the stereotype of the Ugly American. Loud. Large. Willfully ignorant of customs and countries that lie beyond the border of…