(2021-11-11). Venezuela's 21N Elections: CNE Enables Electoral Simulator on its Website. orinocotribune.com The vice president of Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE), Enrique Márquez, reported this Tuesday, November 9, that the website of the electoral body has activated an electoral simulator to educate voters about the voting procedure for the November 21 regional and municipal elections. | In a message posted on his Twitter account, Márquez urged the population to use the simulator if they desire additional information about the voting process for the mega-elections. | "If you want to know how to vote on the #21N elections, we invite you to use the #Electoral Simulator, the online tool that we have enabled…
(2021-11-11). Cuba Sent Over a Million Anti-COVID-19 Doses to Venezuela. orinocotribune.com "More than 1,640,000 doses of the Abdala vaccine were sent from Cuba to our brothers in Venezuela, on a CONVIASA flight, which took off from Havana early today", says a message from the CIGB on the social network Twitter. | The first batch of Abdala, which became the first anti-Covid-19 immunogen developed and produced in Latin America and the Caribbean, arrived in Venezuela last June. | On that occasion, the executive vice pr…
(2021-11-11). SpaceX's Crew-3 mission lifts off for International Space Station. rt.com 
SpaceX and NASA's latest manned mission, Crew-3, has taken off from Florida's Cape Canaveral, set to bring four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) for another six-month science expedition. | Crew-3 appeared to lift off without a hitch on Wednesday evening, as was seen in footage shared by SpaceX, carrying NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, as well as Matthias Maurer — a German national with the European Space Agency — into orbit to rendezvous with the ISS. | pic.twitter.com/P2H0r0VaES— SpaceX (@SpaceX) (2021-11-10). The Facebook Team that Tried to Swing Nicaragua's Election is Full of US Spies. orinocotribune.com By Alan Macleod — Nov 8, 2021 | A tacit agreement between the government and Facebook appears to have been made: you can keep the profits, but we control the message. As such, a cynic might wonder what functional difference there is between Facebook and the national security state. | MANAGUA, NICARAGUA — Less than a week before Nicaragua's presidential election, social media giant Facebook deleted the accounts of hundreds of the country's top news outlets, journalists and activists, all of whom supported the ruling left-wing Sandinista government, a top Washington target for regime change. | Facebook <...
(2021-11-10). Meta Isn't Just About Rebranding Facebook—Could It Bring a Dystopian Future? independentmediainstitute.org On October 28, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched a new company brand, Meta, at the annual Facebook Connect event. According to Facebook, "Meta… brings together our apps and technologies under one new company brand. Meta's focus will be to bring the metaverse to life and help people connect, find communities and grow businesses." Is the …
(2021-11-10). Inside Cuban Dissidents' November 15 Plot: Unpacking the Archipiélago Facebook Group. orinocotribune.com 
(2021-11-10). No End to The Washington Post's War on Whistleblowers. scheerpost.com 
(Jinx_HH / By Melvin Goodman / In an article assessing Facebook last month, Washington Post writer Molly Roberts attacked whistleblowers for demonstrating a "lack of loyalty" to their institutions and described their actions as "betrayal." Roberts argued that it took "gumptio…
(2021-11-10). The Facebook team that tried to swing Nicaragua's election is full of U.S. spies. mronline.org 
A tacit agreement between the government and Facebook appears to have been made: you can keep the profits, but we control the message. As such, a cynic might wonder what functional difference there is between Facebook and the national security state.
(2021-11-10). House Republican Paul Gosar tweets anime video depicting him killing Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. wsws.org Paul Gosar, the fascistic Republican congressman from Arizona and supporter of Trump's attempt to overthrow the 2020 election, posted a video on social media depicting himself attacking and killing Democratic Representative Ocasio-Cortez.
(2021-11-10). Steve Bannon Tells MAGA Audience: We're Going To Get 50 Percent Of Black Men And Govern For Next 100 Years. moguldom.com President Donald Trump's former top advisor Steve Bannon is making bold statements about Black voters. Facing possible criminal charges for defying subpoenas, Bannon claimed in a tweet Monday that the Republican party will attract the vote of 50 percent of Black men and the party of Lincoln will rule for the next 100 years. Bannon …
(2021-11-10). Pelosi Calls for Investigation of Gosar After His Video of Violence Against AOC. truthout.org 
After Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Arizona) tweeted a video depicting an animated version of him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) on Monday, Democratic leaders in Congress have called for an investigation into the Arizona lawmaker. | "Threats of violence against Members of Congress and the President of the United States must not be tolerated," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California)
(2021-11-10). Pfizer deploys meme to fight vaccine misinformation. rt.com 
US drug-maker Pfizer has followed up its CEO's denunciation of Covid-19 vaccine "misinformation" by tweeting a cartoon about "science" protecting humanity from "wild conspiracy theories" — and disabling the replies. | The cartoon shows a blob labeled "science" holding back a humanoid figure from embracing a bubble labeled "wild conspiracy theories." | "It's easy to get distracted by misinformation these days, but don't worry… Science has got your back," Pfizer's corporate account tweeted on Tuesday evening, along with a hashtag #ScienceWillWin. | It's easy to get distracted by misinformation these days…
(2021-11-10). Luis Almagro Dusts Off Coup Script and Targets Nicaragua. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, November 9, the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, posted a message on his Twitter account revealing his intention of promoting a new coup d'état in the region—this time in Nicaragua—following the incontestable results that confirmed the victory of Daniel Ortega in the Central American country's elections this week. | Almagro, once again following Washington's directives, made his interventionist aims clear by calling for the rejection of the results of the general elections in Nicaragua which gave President Daniel Ortega the presidency with alm…
(2021-11-10). Pelosi demands CRIMINAL probe into bizarre anime parody. rt.com 
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) has called for US law enforcement to investigate a Republican colleague who posted a meme anime video depicting himself fighting Democrat leaders. | "Threats of violence against members of Congress and the president of the United States must not be tolerated," Pelosi said on Tuesday in a Twitter post. She urged House minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) to join her in condemning the "horrific video" and calling for criminal and House Ethics Committee investigations. | Threats of violence against Members of Congress and the President of the United States must n…
(2021-11-10). I saw Capitol riot coming, says Prince Harry. rt.com 
Prince Harry said he saw a coup coming and even warned Twitter's boss, Jack Dorsey, that his platform was being used to organize an insurrection just a day before the Capitol riot on January 6. | Read more | | Speaking on a panel called the Internet Lie Machine, organised by Wired magazine, the British royal asserted that he saw the coup coming in the US. | Asked if he had ever spoken to the tech bosses, Prince Harry said he had been in…
(2021-11-10). Saudi Arabia: Cousin of detained minor Ali al-Nimr released from prison. middleeasteye.net 
Saudi Arabia: Cousin of detained minor Ali al-Nimr released from prison | Muhammad Taysir al-Nimr, nephew of Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr, was detained in 2017 | Wed, 11/10/2021 – 12: 53 | Muhammad Taysir al-Nimr as a young boy (Twitter/Ja'afar B Al Nemer) | Saudi Arabia has released from jail Muhammad Taysir al-Nimr, the nephew of an influential Shia cleric, just two weeks after the release of his…
(2021-11-10). Padrino Accuses Colombia of Inventing Enemies to 'Sponge off Dollars'. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's Vice President for Political Sovereignty and Peace, Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Padrino López, dismissed accusations made by the Colombian defense minister, Diego Molano, who claimed that there are Hezbollah cells operating on the Colombian border, with Venezuelan support. | "Now they have invented a so-called common enemy to sponge off a few extra dollars," declared Padrino in a message published on his Twitter account, where he mocked the new accusations by Colombia. | Padrino wrote: "they have not found out that in Israel there are Jews and not fools that would buy this lie of a 11,580-kilometer-aw…
(2021-11-10). Baffling: American General Already Admits Defeat Against Russians and Chinese. strategic-culture.org 
General Milley's address at the Aspen Security Forum is a major piece of news and food for thought. | We live in times of media madness in which it is ever so easy to become cynical or desensitized to even the most heinous or theoretically shocking news. So it may be hard to even get excited about a quote that has nothing to do with gender issues on Twitter, but I implore you to consider the resonance of