Berto Jongman: Ukraine Mosaic of Facts — An Exploration Into the Manipulation of Public Opinion

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Can you tell truth from lies in mass media? RTD’s Miguel Francis-Santiago delves deep to try to understand the intricacies of information war. He meets media experts and puts together the Mosaic of Facts, showing how public opinion is manipulated, not just over the Ukrainian Crisis but throughout the world.

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Stephen E. Arnold: Computers Learn Discrimination from People — Algorithms Embrace Bias

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Computers Learn Discrimination From Their Programmers

One of the greatest lessons one take learn from the Broadway classic South Pacific is that children aren’t born racist, rather they learn about racism from their parents and other adults.  Computers are supposed to be infallible, objective machines, but according to Gizmodo’s article, “Computer Programs Can Be As Biased As Humans.”  In this case, computers are “children” and they observe discriminatory behavior from their programmers.

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JZ Liszkiewicz: Cannabis Science History

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This 1 hr documentary profiles the highly decorated Israeli scientist who discovered THC decades ago and who collaborated with people who discovered the THC receptors in the human brain. Treatment of epilepsy with cannabis has been known in the Middle East for a huge number of years and scientifically for nearly 40 years, but all that until recently has been completely ignored by medical establishments.

YouTube (1:02:15) The Scientist

 

Also See:
+ Documentary (highly recommended): Prescribed Grass (won acclaim in Israel) – free
+ TEDxTalk on the successes of medical Cannabis for treating kids with Epilepsy (19min)link
+ Mini-doc (15min) on the success of medical Cannabis for a woman who was on 40 medications – link
+ Video talk: Doug Fine, author of Hemp Bound  discusses his numerous findings from traveling all over the world  visiting hemp farms and talking with people dealing with industrial hemp.
+ Documentary: Bring It Home: Industrial Hemp and a Greener Future (pay)
+ Documentary: The Union – free
+ Nature.com study: Cannabis 114 times safer than alcohol and nearly 10x safer than nicotine
+ The American Academy of Family Physicians calls for cannabis to be reclassified under federal law and decriminalized
+ International Centre for Science in Drug Policy reports (Sept. 2015)
+ Interview with a doctor/author of Stoned: A Doctor's Case for Medical Marijuana
+ DEA employees fail drug test without major consequences
+ Chemists use hemp composite to create efficient battery
+ American Chemical Society paper on carbon nano-sheets derived from hemp for super-capacitors
+ Uses of hemp
+ VoteHemp.com
+ Industrial Hemp Farm Act 2015
+ The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States (CARERS) Act – link
+ Timeline of Cannabis
+ Cannabis Wikipad (in-development)

 

Berto Jongman: Chinese View on US Sponsoring Terrorism Across Middle East

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CAIRO, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) — The United States' flawed policies, including its double standards in counter-terrorism in Mideast, have left deep scars and negative repercussions on the region, and led to the expansion of terrorism, experts here said.  Read full article.

 

Antechinus: US Intelligence Chief a Cartoon Fantasy?

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US intelligence based on a cartoon fantasy? Is this their answer to being called old porn queens by VICE?

Spy Chief James Clapper Compares U.S. ‘Intelligence Community’ To Spider-Man

“Spider-Man is known for his precognitive ‘Spidey Sense.’ Many of our customers expect us to be clairvoyant when it comes to world events,” Clapper said.

RELATED: Berto Jongman: Dutch Teen-Ager Produces Best Map of ISIS in Syria and Has Best Direct Human and Open Source Feeds

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