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it tried to link to the Kremlin. An internal report on “the Alabama effort” obtained by the Times detailed its efforts: “We orchestrated an elaborate ‘false flag’ operation that planted the idea that the Moore campaign was amplified on social media by a Russian botnet.” Morgan was not the only prominent counter
My Glorious Defeats: Hacktivist, Narcissist, Anonymous: A Memoir
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the firm had interfered in a U.S. Senate election by—well, let’s not let good copy go to waste: “We orchestrated an elaborate ‘false flag’ operation that planted the idea that the Roy Moore Senate campaign was amplified on social media by a Russian botnet.” The Times report prompted an
The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President
by Bandy X. Lee · 2 Oct 2017 · 369pp · 105,819 words
the Possibility’ of a ‘Staged or Alleged Terrorist Attack.’” Alternet, March 27. www.alternet.org/right-wing/noam-chomsky-it-fair-worry-about-trump-staging-false-flag-terrorist-attack. Goodman, Amy, and Juan González. 2017. “Full Interview: Noam Chomsky on Trump’s First 75 Days & Much More.” Democracy Now, April 4. www
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that “chemtrails” left by planes are part of a secret government mind-control spraying program, that the school shootings at Sandy Hook and Parkland were “false flag” operations, that the government is covering up the truth about UFOs, and of course the more “science-related” ones that the Earth is flat, that
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war and intolerable repression. On the rare occasions when they achieved power, they couldn’t stop it from being usurped by elites operating under a false flag. The Paris Commune of 1871, Barcelona in 1937, the Russian, Chinese and Cuban revolutions all demonstrate this. The literature of the left is littered with
Global Catastrophic Risks
by Nick Bostrom and Milan M. Cirkovic · 2 Jul 2008
and Christensen (1995). Table 19.1 Most Extreme Overall Scenario: Terrorists Precipitate a Full-scale Interstate Nuclear War (Either by Spoofing, Hacking, or Conducting a False Flag Operation) Time Period Likelihood of Motivational Threshold Being Met Likelihood of Capability Requirements Being Met Probability of Successful Attack (Taking into Account Motivations and Capabilities
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to share authentic joy, hope, and pain, we melt the pervasive cynicism that often cloaks our better human nature. When we come together under the false flag of common enemy intimacy, we amplify cynicism and diminish our collective worth. GETTING SOCIAL In our efforts to create more opportunities for collective joy and
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.] * * * [13]: This is being very effectively used at the present time under the guise of “The War on Terror”, a completely manufactured device that utilizes “false flag operations” to herd people into “support camps” for the U.S. imperialist agenda. [Editor’s note.] * * * [14]: This is currently being done, and quite well
The Disappearing Act
by Florence de Changy · 24 Dec 2020
the right moment. Some MHists had even raised questions about her ‘TV performances’, and dismissed her as a ‘crisis actress’ taking centre stage in a ‘false flag’ story. It was amazing what you could find on the internet. Yet, at any rate, Bajc’s LinkedIn profile was flawless, even though she had
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water onto the electric stones, watching the steam rise, he thought of his history with Laila. He had recruited her two years ago, under a false flag, after she had been identified as a potential recruit based on certain postings on a message board for the extreme right. After feeling her out
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