{"id":81193,"date":"2016-10-17T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=81193"},"modified":"2016-10-12T19:39:50","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T18:39:50","slug":"think-critically-dont-be-fooled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/10\/think-critically-dont-be-fooled\/","title":{"rendered":"Think Critically! Don\u2019t Be Fooled!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jim-albertini-james.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-54387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jim-albertini-james-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"jim albertini james\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>It seems the U.S. Mainstream Corporate Media (MSM) wants to blame Russia for nearly everything today. Russia (NOT US) did it they scream! War Crimes! Russia is blamed for exposing corruption in the Democratic National Committee that sabotaged Bernie Sanders run for President. We blame Russia for chaos in the Middle East really caused by U.S. regime change wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen. Is regime change in Iran, Russia, and China next? We blame Russia for Wikileaks exposing information that citizens have a right to know in a Democratic society. We blame Russia for interfering in U.S. elections. Is Russia to blame for Donald Trump and Bill Clinton\u2019s sex escapades and Hillary Clinton deleting 33,000 State Dept. emails about possible pay-to-play donations to the Clinton Foundation, providing arms to ISIS, what will benefit Israel, etc. that she didn\u2019t want made public?<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. MSM is very good at blaming and demonizing others, especially people like Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad. The real purpose is to attack anyone who opposes U.S. dominance as the world\u2019s sole superpower. Somehow the U.S. believes it has the right to decide who should rule or not rule in countries all around the world. Who or what gives the U.S. that right?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>U.S. Mainstream Media\u2019s Propaganda on Syria and Russia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/malcolm-x-media-quote.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-81194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/malcolm-x-media-quote.jpg\" alt=\"malcolm-x-media-quote\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t be fooled by MSM propaganda. Do we really want to provoke a war with Russia, a country that has 7000 nuclear weapons? Have we forgotten what massive destruction (the end of civilization) would result globally from a nuclear war?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to come to our collective senses and put a stop to propaganda and the politics of nuclear brinkmanship. Former Soviet leader, <em>Mikhail Gorbachev, <\/em>warned this week about the rising threat of Nuclear war. He said \u201cThe World Has Reached A Dangerous Point.\u201d Gorbachev urged the sides to resume dialogue and push towards demilitarization and complete nuclear disarmament.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Peace Now!\u00a0\u00a0 War is a Crime!\u00a0\u00a0 No More War!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>For More Information: <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/article45653.htm\" >http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/article45653.htm<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thegreatrecession.info\/blog\/wikileaks-syria-about-iran-israel\/\" >http:\/\/thegreatrecession.info\/blog\/wikileaks-syria-about-iran-israel\/<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/the-world-has-reached-a-dangerous-point-rising-threat-of-nuclear-war-gorbachev\/5550430?utm_campaign=magnet&amp;utm_source=article_page&amp;utm_medium=related_articles\" >h<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/the-world-has-reached-a-dangerous-point-rising-threat-of-nuclear-war-gorbachev\/5550430?utm_campaign=magnet&amp;utm_source=article_page&amp;utm_medium=related_articles\" >ttp:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/the-world-has-reached-a-dangerous-point-rising-threat-of-nuclear-war-gorbachev\/5550430?utm_campaign=magnet&amp;utm_source=article_page&amp;utm_medium=related_articles<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Ground the Drones!\u00a0 Say No to War!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Mourn all victims of violence<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Defend civil liberties<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Oppose all discrimination, anti-Islamic, anti-Semitic, anti-Hawaiian, etc.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Seek peace by peaceful means through justice in Hawai\u2019i and around the world.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hilo<\/strong> <strong>Peace Vigil leaflet (Oct. 21, 2016 \u2013 787th week) \u2013 Friday 3:30-5PM downtown Post Office<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>___________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>James Albertini is a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/\" >TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment<\/a>, and director of\u00a0<\/em>Malu &#8216;Aina Center for Non-violent Education &amp; Action<em> &#8211; P.O. Box 489 Kurtistown, Hawai&#8217;i 96760. Phone (+ 808) 966-7622 Email: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:ja@malu-aina.org\">ja@malu-aina.org<\/a>\u00a0 Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.malu-aina.org\/\" >http:\/\/www.malu-aina.org\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/malu-aina.org\/?p=4190\" >Go to Original \u2013 malu-aina.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Mainstream Corporate Media is very good at blaming and demonizing others, especially Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The real purpose is to attack anyone who opposes U.S. dominance as the world\u2019s sole superpower. Somehow the U.S. believes it has the right to decide who should rule or not rule in countries all around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transcend-members"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}