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How to Immunize Yourself Against Vaccine Propaganda

A New York Times editorial attacks “anti-vaxxers” as “the enemy”, but it’s the Times editors who are dangerously irrational and ignorant of the science.

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Interview: On Israel-Palestine, Vaccines, and Mainstream Propaganda

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On January 26, 2019, I joined Deanna Spingola on her radio show Spingola Speaks, broadcast live on the Republican Broadcasting Network, to talk about the two topics that have been the main focuses of my writings for the past few years: the US role in the Israel-Palestine conflict and the threat to our health and liberty posed by public vaccine policy.

We start out talking about my book Obstacle to Peace: The US Rol...

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Interview: A Sober Discussion of the Vaccine Issue

Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking for the fourth time with Pete “Mance Rayder” Raymond on his Free Man Beyond the Wall podcast, and for a second time about the critically important issue of vaccines.

In this interview, I discuss why I’ve shifted the focus of my work increasingly away from other issues and toward this one, as well as how I approach the subject in terms of my research and writing.

For anyone who’s been persuaded by the false impression delivered by the government and m...

How You’re Being Lied to about the Risks of Getting a Flu Vaccine Annually

Every year as the “flu season” approaches, the public is inundated with messages from the government and media about the importance of getting an annual flu shot. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that the influenza vaccine be given to everyone aged six months and up, including pregnant women. According to the CDC, the influenza vaccine is safe, effective, and even “the best way” to prevent the flu. The media uncritically parrot the CDC’s claims to the public...

FactCheck.org, Following CDC’s Example, Lies about Vaccine Safety

On December 11, 2018, Mark Green, a member-elect of the US House of Representatives from Tennessee and a physician, told a town hall audience, “Let me say this about autism. I have committed to people in my community, up in Montgomery County, to stand on the CDC’s desk and get the real data on vaccines. Because there is some concern that the rise in autism is the result of the preservatives that are in our vaccines.”

By saying that he intended to push the CDC on the question of whether vaccin...

Why the Flu Death of a Vaccinated Girl Is NOT Reason to Get a Flu Shot

This week, People published an article about a six-year-old girl who received a flu shot, yet shortly thereafter died from influenza infection. The article highlights how the girl’s parents are now urging other parents to get their children vaccinated, which is also the author’s central message. However, this is not the lesson to be drawn from this tragic death.

The cause of death in this case was determined to be myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart, caused by influenza virus of an unre...

Why Robert J. Shiller Is Wrong about the Fed’s Role in Housing Bubble 2.0

In the New York Times last week, Robert J. Shiller, one of the creators of the Case-Shiller National Home Price Index, acknowledged that the current “housing boom” is not sustainable, but fallaciously deflects responsibility for this unsustainability away from the Federal Reserve.

Shiller writes:

Low interest rates — imposed by the Federal Reserve and other central banks in reaction to the financial crisis — are the most popular culprit in the current boom. There is some apparent merit to thi...

More Than Half of Americans Want a Flu Shot Despite the Science

There was an article this week in Medscape titled “Almost Half of Americans to Skip Flu Shot This Year”. Go ahead and click that embedded link in the title to see how the findings of a public opinion survey were presented, as though the fact that nearly half of Americans won’t get a flu shot this year was cause for lamentation. Also take note of the claims being made about the vaccine, including that it creates “herd immunity”.

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Newsweek Op-Ed Absurdly Lies That Vaccination Entails No Health Risks

There’s a Newsweek opinion article making the rounds on social media this week that shamelessly lies to readers by communicating the message that getting vaccinated does not come with any health risks.

The very title of the piece reveals that it’s nothing more than mindless vaccine propaganda: “The Anti Vaxxer Movement Is Growing—We Need to Restore Faith in Science”.

A screenshot of the Newsweek propaganda piece lying that vaccination entails no risk.

“Anti Vaxxer”, of course, is the media’s...

The Tragic Irony of the UN’s International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

Each year, the United Nations’ International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is commemorated on November 29, the anniversary of the General Assembly’s adoption of Resolution 181, the infamous “partition plan” resolution, in 1947. The tragic irony behind the UN expressing support for the Palestinians in their struggle against colonialism and occupation is that the UN itself was instrumental in helping to cause their plight.

The General Assembly’s adoption of the “partition plan”...