Last [Friday’s shootings in Christchurch](https://www.oye.news/news/shootings/breaking-man-opens-fire-on-a-tram-in-the-dutch-city-of-utrecht/), New Zealand which ended with 50 dead and just as many injured have rung the global bell on a call for tougher media censorship.
Yesterday an open letter from Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, who is the head of Counter-Terrorism Policing in the UK was published on the counter-terrorism website.
Basu’s letter is a plea for the UK Government to recognise the threat that the free flow of information can have on a nation and to do something about it.
Basu points out the ironic fact that *“the same media companies who have lambasted social media platforms for not acting fast enough to remove extremist content are simultaneously publishing uncensored Daesh propaganda on their websites, or make the rambling ‘manifestos’ of crazed killers available for download.”*
He said extremist propaganda that might reach tens of thousands of people through their own channels or networks has the potential to reach tens of millions if a national newspaper published it.
He goes onto say in summary that:
> ‘Society needs to look carefully at itself. We cannot simply hide behind the mantra of freedom of speech. That freedom is not an absolute right, it is not the freedom to cause harm – that is why our hate speech legislation exists.’ [source](https://www.counterterrorism.police.uk/acso-neil-basu-issues-open-letter-about-reporting-of-terrorism/)
Basu continually refers to this dangerous information that the UK’s media is publishing as Terrorist propaganda, which he claims inspires other potential terrorists into action, he bases this assessment from the statements of terrorists his team have interviewed over the years.
I think it is undeniable that information can be dangerous, it can reinforce beliefs and prejudices, it can raise one’s emotions causing anger and fear. This is true whether the information is accurate or not. Information which has been designed to produce a specific public emotional response, propaganda, is even more dangerous – But, it’s not the root of the problem, it merely accelerates an exceptionally small minority of people to do what they were inevitably going to do anyway.
Censoring our media is a far more dangerous path to take, with dire consequences. A government which controls its media and dictates the flow of information is a Government who has a self-perpetuating power and thus unbreakable control over its people.
While we have been condemning dictatorships across the World for decades with the oppression they place upon their people through censorship and their own propaganda we are voluntarily begging for it ourselves, a little bit at a time.
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British Home Secretary Sajid Javid told BBC Radio 4’s that he has signed Julian Assange’s extradition order. The Final decision is now in the hands of the courts said Javid:
> *“The final decision is now with the courts,”*
Where exactly Assange will be extradited to is still unknown, but certainly, it will be either Sweden or the US.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange faces 18 indictments that accuse him of soliciting and publishing Government classified information as well as conspiring with Whistleblower Chelsea Manning to crack a defence department computer password.
Espionage charges were also issued by the Justice Department in Alexandria, Virginia last month.
Assange was [evicted on 11th April from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London](https://www.oye.news/news/world-news/julian-assange-dragged-out-of-ecuadorian-embassy-and-arrested/), where he had been staying since 2012 after Ecuador granted him political asylum. British Police arrested him and was later sentenced to 50 weeks in [prison](https://www.oye.news/news/world-news/first-footage-of-assange-since-imprisonment/) for jumping bail.
Along side the US based charges, Sweden also have rape charges against him. Though it should be noted that both rape charges against Assange are misleading and relate to consensual sex incidents. The charge of Rape is based around alleged deception over the contraception he was using at the time of the intercourse.
The United States will detail all the charges against Julian Assange when it seeks his extradition in a London court on Friday.
Further Reading: [SBS News](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/uk-government-signs-julian-assange-s-extradition-papers-decision-now-with-courts)
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Operation Fast and Furious is well known by name at least, if not by the details. After almost a decade long investigation into the fiasco, unsurprisingly no one has gone to prison and accountability has been diluted down enough to minimise damage to any single Government departments credibility.
##### OPERATION OUTLINE
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives supplied weapons to legal gun dealers in the US in an attempt to then trace low-level buyers who would be allowed to cross back across the border to Mexico, unchecked, and supply Mexican Gun Cartels. I know what your thinking, what possibly could go wrong?
Fast and Furious was just one of the operations under [Project Gunrunner](https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/fact-sheet-department-justice-efforts-combat-mexican-drug-cartels) which was initiated as part of the Department of Justice’s broader [National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy.](https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/ondcp/policy-and-research/swb_counternarcotics_strategy09.pdf)
##### WHAT WENT WRONG?
Well, 2,000 firearms from the operation went missing, many of which began turning up at mass killing scenes in Mexico. The whole situation came to head in December of 2010 when U.S Border Patrol agent Brian A. Terry was killed in a gun battle, other innocent people were injured and killed in this battle – though few media outlets report on these. Many guns from the operation turned up at the scene of this killing spree.
Many of the 2,000 firearms that went missing in the operation have yet to be turned up and are still in circulation.
Believe it or not, a similar operation took place years before under the Bush administration. “Operation Wide Receiver” also failed in [tracking down the supplied firearms.](http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-21/fast-and-furious-scandal-returns-to-haunt-obama)
The operation began to fall apart from the inside as U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke, who headed the Phoenix office, became angry with Special Agent John Dodson for reporting on the failed program before Congress.
Burke, was later forced to resign, leaked information about Dodson’s activities in the operation to Fox News.
[Judicial Watch](https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-justice-department-documents-reveal-widespread-use-fast-furious-weapons-major-mexican-drug-cartels-linked-least-69-killings/) obtained documents in 2016 via Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives seeking:
> *‘All records identifying the locations (including, but not limited to, crime scenes and the locations of seizures) at which firearms – that were identified during the course of or due to Operation Fast and Furious – have been recovered by law enforcement personnel.‘*
The [documents revealed](https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-justice-department-documents-reveal-widespread-use-fast-furious-weapons-major-mexican-drug-cartels-linked-least-69-killings/) that 94 Fast and Furious firearms were seized, 20 were identified as being involved in “violent recoveries.” The “violent recoveries” involved several mass killings.
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##### CORRUPTION OR INCOMPETENCE
The big question here is first, why did this operation even get off the ground, it had failed before in similar attempts and the consequences of failure are catastrophic, as was soon discovered. The second question is after deciding to go ahead with such an operation, why were very few attempts made to track these weapons?
When it comes to Mexican Drug Cartels, the US Government and Firearms there is certainly plenty of reasons to suspect corruption within this operation, the alternative is incompetence at a level which seems almost impossible to comprehend.
Further Reading:
- [8 Facts About Fast and Furious You Might Not Know](https://www.newsmax.com/fastfeatures/barack-obama-scandal-atf-fast-and-furious/2014/12/28/id/613434/)
- [Operation Fast and Furious Fast Facts](https://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/27/world/americas/operation-fast-and-furious-fast-facts/index.html)
- [69 more killed thru Obama’s Fast and Furious](https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2016/05/28/69-more-killed-thru-obamas-fast-and-furious)
- [Department of Justice Efforts to Combat Mexican Drug Cartels](https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/fact-sheet-department-justice-efforts-combat-mexican-drug-cartels)
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E-cigarettes and vapes have exploded in popularity in the last decade, especially among youth and young adults — from 2011 to 2015, e-cigarette use among high school students in the US increased by 900 percent.
Biobehavioral scientist Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin explains what you’re actually inhaling when you vape (hint: it’s definitely not water vapour) and explores the disturbing marketing tactics being used to target kids. “Our health, the health of our children and our future generations is far too valuable to let it go up in smoke — or even in aerosol,” she says.
#### VAPING MAY BE LINKED TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF SEIZURES
The Food and Drug Administration has been [warning](https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm635157.htm) that nicotine-induced seizures could be a rare side effect of vaping. In the past 10 years, there have been 35 reports of seizures, sudden and uncontrolled disturbances in the brain, following the use of E-Cigarettes. The cases were reported through the [FDA’s adverse event reporting system](https://www.fda.gov/drugs/guidancecomplianceregulatoryinformation/surveillance/adversedrugeffects/default.Htm).
Scott Gottlieb, former director of the FDA said:
“While 35 cases may not seem like much compared to the total number of people using e-cigarettes, we are nonetheless concerned by these reported cases, we also recognize that not all of the cases may be reported.”
#### THE MICROSCOPIC PARTICLES PRODUCED BY E-CIGARETTES LINKED TO HEART ATTACKS, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Even when the vapour produced is free from nicotine, it may still carry other significant heart health risks. The heating element in e-cigarettes emits tiny particles, sometimes including metals such as lead and chromium, which can embed themselves deep into the lungs and get absorbed into the body’s circulatory system.
[Recent studies](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749118316051) have shown that puffing on [e-cigarettes](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0398762018309805) increases concentration of these microscopic pollutants — in particular, PM2.5 and ultrafine particles — in indoor environments.
Read more: VOX – [Vaping may be more dangerous than we realized](https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/3/28/18277658/vaping-health-effects-vs-smoking)
#### TARGETING YOUTH
The biggest probel with E-Cigarettes is the blatant targeting towards teenager of these products. They are glamorised and designed to attract the younger generations. With flashing lights, Bluetooth connectivity and various technical ‘mods’, these devices appeal to teenage geeks and the fashion conscious. From Vaping competitions to the endless amounts of different gimmicky juice’s – no teen is left out.
And yet, what are the long term health affects, no one seems to be quite sure. We seem to of replaced a smoking epidemic in teenagers with a new epidemic with unknown consequences. Indeed, for all we know the detrimental health affects caused by Vaping maybe far worse than traditional cigarettes. Either way, its a problem that does need more attention.
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Karolina Pakenaite, who suffers from Usher syndrome, was travelling to Southport with her 16-year-old sibling Saule and guide dog when they were confronted by another passenger.
We have seen a rise in public policing over the past few months, but with the recent mandatory face covering rules now in full effect, well, it seems the public are now all the policing we need.
Take care out there and lets just hope latex gloves are not the next Covid-19 accessory to be mandated.
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Germany is the next Country in a long line of Countries to propose tough new legislation to increase Vaccinate uptake. The Countries Health Minister Jens Spahn told German media that he “Wanted to eradicate measles”.
The proposal comes in response to Germany reporting one of the highest numbers of measles cases in Europe this year, with a total number of cases now at 651, according to the European [Centre for Disease Prevention and Control](https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/portal/files/documents/monthly-measles-rubella-monitoring-report-april-2019.pdf) (ECDC). At the top of the list was Italy, with 2,498 reported cases.
The proposal would affect all Children attending School and Kindergarten and with homeschooling outlawed in Germany that includes every single Child in Germany.
The proposal also states that all educators and medical workers will be required to have their vaccine schedule up to date.
The measles panic is spreading like wildfire and slowly but surely every Government of the Western World is reacting with harsh new measures.
The [UK Health Secretary](https://www.oye.news/news/health/vaccines/uk-health-secretary-wont-rule-out-compulsory-vaccinations/) only last week said he “wouldn’t rule out mandatory vaccines” and the US is passing new vaccine mandates in various states every week it seems.
Whether you support the use of Vaccines or not is not the real danger here, the real danger is our human rights to decide what is best for our bodies and that of our children’s bodies is being taken away from us. This is a truly frightening time in history and though many won’t see the significance of these new heavy handed approaches be issued by various Governments, the repercussions of their ignorance towards it will be felt in time by even them.
You all have a voice – use it.
There has been a lot of discussion recently about the huge amount of power being consumed by the Bitcoin mining industry, in a recent study by [Powercompare.co.uk](https://powercompare.co.uk/bitcoin/) they show that the amount of electricity being used by bitcoin globally has already exceeded the amount used on average by Ireland and most African nations.
They also make the claim that Bitcoin mining over the past year has exceeded the power usage of 159 countries, however this claim is not quite as significant as it first appears. The 159 Countries in question are very low energy consuming Countries. But the fact remains that the Crypto mining industry is causing a huge drain on the Worlds energy reserves.
#### UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES COULD LEAD TO BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATION
The energy consumed by Bitcoin mining is a problem, not just for Environmentalists and Energy reserves but for Bitcoin miners, in fact the ones most concerned are likely the Bitcoin miners. They are fully aware that this cannot continue for too long, if mainstream adoption of Bitcoin is ever going to occur this is a problem which needs to be tackled. But aside from that, the energy costs are a huge hit on any profits made from mining, it is in the interest of industry leaders to reduce these costs. This can happen in one of two ways – a) Produce more efficient equipment or b) Use self-sustaining renewable energy sources.
The latter is the most likely area to increase profitability over the coming years, mining farms need to be running from 100% renewable energy sources if they are to survive, in fact if Bitcoin’s sha-256 mining algorithm is to stay intact this is the only way Bitcoin can survive. Fortunately the industry is already on the case, there are various different approaches to the problem, but all deserve merit and support. In reality this huge problem could result in the solution to free, endless renewable energy. For the first time in history there are Billionaires with plenty of gains to be had from helping to develop the Free energy revolution.
There is also Powerledger, who are trying to decentralize energy supply, effectively through a p2p (peer to peer) energy transactional blockchain we can begin to break down the monopoly these giant power companies have over power and distribute the power to the people, us.
Along with entrepreneurs like Bitclub founder Joby Weeks who are actively looking to find free energy sources to power their huge mining farms, bitcoin mining appears to be the catalyst that was needed for the advancement of free energy.
#### MANUFACTURED BELIEFS TO PERPETUATE GLOBAL ENSLAVEMENT
Power should not be an issue, energy sources of the dark ages such as Coal and Nuclear are a little like comparing an abacus to the latest intel chipset. There is energy all around us, the universe is energy, everything is energy. The development of renewable and practically infinite energy has been heavily suppressed by the industry and Governments for decades. The belief that our energy supply is on short supply is a manufactured belief which allows for greater control over the Worlds population.
Energy production is heavily invested in inefficient and environmentally damaging sources for a reason, it ensures the masses will follow the agenda’s laid out before them by their Governments. Agenda’s which are sold to us as protecting the planet and thus our futures, but in reality are nothing more than lies to ensure the 99% cannot live in a World of abundance.
#### BITCOIN IS MORE THAN JUST A DECENTRALIZED ECONOMY
Few people really grasp what Bitcoin has brought to the World, it is far more than just a decentralized form of exchange. It has started an evolution in how we see the World. It’s really about decentralizing, although Bitcoin and Blockchain have really brought this idea of decentralised, autonomous systems into the public arena, it has been around, disrupting industries for some time. Just look at BitTorrent, this is probably the first major decentralized system to cause massive disruption to an age-old, established industry.
We don’t need overpaid CEO’s directing underpaid minions to do the tasks of a given application, these positions are no longer cost effective due to their inherent ineffectiveness. Decentralized systems will always work far more efficiently and effectively than centralized systems. If you are interested in learning about decentralized systems and how they are disrupting long-established systems for the betterment of humanity I’d highly recommend ‘The Starfish and the Spider’ – It’s possibly one of the best reads you will have had in a long time. Entertaining and interesting right through to the back cover.
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