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No inverted commas from the liberal heroes at the Guardian: Maduro has been 'captured', not kidnapped, according to this headline.
Trump claims US has captured Venezuelan dictator and wife
Trump claims US has captured Venezuelan dictator and wife
US president says on social media that operation to capture Nicolás Maduro carried out with US law enforcement
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:40 AM
No inverted commas from the liberal heroes at the Guardian: Maduro has been 'captured', not kidnapped, according to this headline.
The Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, has not been 'captured' or 'arrested'; he has been kidnapped in an act of terrorism as part of an unprovoked war of aggression, 'the supreme war crime'. See how often the 'mainstream' media use the words 'kidnap' and 'terror':
www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...
www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...
Trump says US has
The US President says Maduro has been
www.bbc.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:08 AM
The Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, has not been 'captured' or 'arrested'; he has been kidnapped in an act of terrorism as part of an unprovoked war of aggression, 'the supreme war crime'. See how often the 'mainstream' media use the words 'kidnap' and 'terror':
www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...
www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...
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I just read and loved it. I think a lot of it IS about ego - I found those sections fascinating. But I suppose those chapters are the warm up acts for the main attraction, which is captivating and wonderful. Thank you for writing it ❤️
December 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I just read and loved it. I think a lot of it IS about ego - I found those sections fascinating. But I suppose those chapters are the warm up acts for the main attraction, which is captivating and wonderful. Thank you for writing it ❤️
I published ‘A Short Book About Ego… and the Remedy of Meditation’ this year. It’s not really about ego; it’s about my own experience of transforming emotional suffering into love and delight. Is that even possible? It absolutely is!
www.medialens.org/2025/a-short...
www.medialens.org/2025/a-short...
'A Short Book About Ego... And The Remedy Of Meditation’ – An Extract
Introduction – The Machine And The 'Horse Of The Apocalypse'
Today, Media Lens co-editor David Edwards is publishing his first solo book for 27 years, 'A Short Book About Ego and the Remedy of ...
www.medialens.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I published ‘A Short Book About Ego… and the Remedy of Meditation’ this year. It’s not really about ego; it’s about my own experience of transforming emotional suffering into love and delight. Is that even possible? It absolutely is!
www.medialens.org/2025/a-short...
www.medialens.org/2025/a-short...
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Is permanent discontent the human condition? David Edwards on a simple way to free our minds from a nagging need for more: medialens.substack.com/p/the-magic-...
The Magic Begging Bowl, Part 2 - Self-Inquiry
In Part 1, we saw how even the most exalted stars in the celebrity firmament look on in dismay as their greatest successes – Wimbledon titles, World Cups, sell-out concerts - vanish into the magic beg...
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December 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Is permanent discontent the human condition? David Edwards on a simple way to free our minds from a nagging need for more: medialens.substack.com/p/the-magic-...
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The media have all but ignored two important books by renowned investigative journalists that expose the political and financial corruption surrounding Starmer.
Why? In part, because both reveal how the media colluded in Starmer's rise.
More here: medialens.substack.com/p/blanked-a-...
Why? In part, because both reveal how the media colluded in Starmer's rise.
More here: medialens.substack.com/p/blanked-a-...
Blanked - A Tale Of Two Books
A significant feature of the propaganda system is the suppression of clearly important, credible books which are nevertheless deemed unfit for review in the ‘respectable mainstream’.
medialens.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The media have all but ignored two important books by renowned investigative journalists that expose the political and financial corruption surrounding Starmer.
Why? In part, because both reveal how the media colluded in Starmer's rise.
More here: medialens.substack.com/p/blanked-a-...
Why? In part, because both reveal how the media colluded in Starmer's rise.
More here: medialens.substack.com/p/blanked-a-...
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Israel has penned us all into a 'debate', one entirely divorced from reality, that relates only to those killed directly by its bombs and gunfire – not the genocide it is waging by other means.
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/israels-bi...
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/israels-bi...
Israel's biggest con trick: Hiding the true numbers it has killed in Gaza
Israel has penned us all into a 'debate', one entirely divorced from reality, that relates only to those killed directly by its bombs and gunfire – not the genocide it is waging by other means
jonathancook.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Israel has penned us all into a 'debate', one entirely divorced from reality, that relates only to those killed directly by its bombs and gunfire – not the genocide it is waging by other means.
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/israels-bi...
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/israels-bi...
Cogitation: The Magic Begging Bowl, Part 2 - Self-Inquiry
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medialens.substack.com/p/the-magic-...
December 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Cogitation: The Magic Begging Bowl, Part 2 - Self-Inquiry
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medialens.substack.com/p/the-magic-...
Hear Matthew Alford's audio version of today's Cogitation: 'The Magic Begging Bowl, Part 1 - The Failure Of Success':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbTx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbTx...
"The Magic Begging Bowl": Why Tiger Woods was so Unhappy | Audio | Media Lens
YouTube video by Scourge of the Spin Machine
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December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Hear Matthew Alford's audio version of today's Cogitation: 'The Magic Begging Bowl, Part 1 - The Failure Of Success':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbTx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbTx...
'Your pleasures were nothing, just signatures made on water.
‘And your pain was engraved on granite.
‘And you suffered all that pain for these signatures on water.’
medialens.substack.com/p/the-magic-...
‘And your pain was engraved on granite.
‘And you suffered all that pain for these signatures on water.’
medialens.substack.com/p/the-magic-...
The Magic Begging Bowl, Part 1 - The Failure Of Success
‘One day a beggar knocked on the doors of a great king.
medialens.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
'Your pleasures were nothing, just signatures made on water.
‘And your pain was engraved on granite.
‘And you suffered all that pain for these signatures on water.’
medialens.substack.com/p/the-magic-...
‘And your pain was engraved on granite.
‘And you suffered all that pain for these signatures on water.’
medialens.substack.com/p/the-magic-...
Cogitation: The Magic Begging Bowl, Part 1 - The Failure Of Success
medialens.substack.com/p/the-magic-...
medialens.substack.com/p/the-magic-...
The Magic Begging Bowl, Part 1 - The Failure Of Success
‘One day a beggar knocked on the doors of a great king.
medialens.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Cogitation: The Magic Begging Bowl, Part 1 - The Failure Of Success
medialens.substack.com/p/the-magic-...
medialens.substack.com/p/the-magic-...
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The collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation poses an existential threat — but do today’s politicians have the capacity to deliver the more resilient and sustainable economics of tomorrow, wonders ALAN SIMPSON
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/runn...
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/runn...
Running Amoc — the politics of complete confusion
HOW EASY it is to be overwhelmed by trivia. In a faux collision between Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, supporters of Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting fall out over who should lead the Labour Party. At the...
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation poses an existential threat — but do today’s politicians have the capacity to deliver the more resilient and sustainable economics of tomorrow, wonders ALAN SIMPSON
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/runn...
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/runn...
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With all the current talk about Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney, the BBC News website has managed to ignore this important new book by Paul Holden.
Propaganda by omission.
orbooks.com/catalog/the-...
Propaganda by omission.
orbooks.com/catalog/the-...
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
With all the current talk about Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney, the BBC News website has managed to ignore this important new book by Paul Holden.
Propaganda by omission.
orbooks.com/catalog/the-...
Propaganda by omission.
orbooks.com/catalog/the-...
Vital viewing.
Francesca Albanese would be a worthy recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dwb...
Francesca Albanese would be a worthy recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dwb...
The Member States Complicit in GENOCIDE (w/ Francesca Albanese) | The Chris Hedges Report
YouTube video by The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Vital viewing.
Francesca Albanese would be a worthy recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dwb...
Francesca Albanese would be a worthy recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dwb...
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If you think the BBC are left wing then read this. #wato
Our latest media alert is out now.
Inversion Of Reality
The BBC: A ‘Leftist Propaganda Machine’?
medialens.substack.com/p/inversion-...
Inversion Of Reality
The BBC: A ‘Leftist Propaganda Machine’?
medialens.substack.com/p/inversion-...
Inversion Of Reality
The BBC: A ‘Leftist Propaganda Machine’?
medialens.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
If you think the BBC are left wing then read this. #wato
Our latest media alert is out now.
Inversion Of Reality
The BBC: A ‘Leftist Propaganda Machine’?
medialens.substack.com/p/inversion-...
Inversion Of Reality
The BBC: A ‘Leftist Propaganda Machine’?
medialens.substack.com/p/inversion-...
Inversion Of Reality
The BBC: A ‘Leftist Propaganda Machine’?
medialens.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Our latest media alert is out now.
Inversion Of Reality
The BBC: A ‘Leftist Propaganda Machine’?
medialens.substack.com/p/inversion-...
Inversion Of Reality
The BBC: A ‘Leftist Propaganda Machine’?
medialens.substack.com/p/inversion-...
‘The BBC has the most brilliant production values. It produces the most extraordinary natural history and drama series. But the BBC is, and has long been, the most refined propaganda service in the world.’
John Pilger
www.medialens.org/2025/genocid...
John Pilger
www.medialens.org/2025/genocid...
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
‘The BBC has the most brilliant production values. It produces the most extraordinary natural history and drama series. But the BBC is, and has long been, the most refined propaganda service in the world.’
John Pilger
www.medialens.org/2025/genocid...
John Pilger
www.medialens.org/2025/genocid...
BBC News remains steadfast in its commitment not to mention 'genocide'.
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
BBC News remains steadfast in its commitment not to mention 'genocide'.
Great piece, Danny. I discussed the art of mindfully defusing a sneeze here:
'Even as I’m enjoying my estrangement from this weird spectacle, an undetected draft on my upper back generates a tiny peck of chilli pepper deep within my right nostril.'
www.medialens.org/2019/human-a...
'Even as I’m enjoying my estrangement from this weird spectacle, an undetected draft on my upper back generates a tiny peck of chilli pepper deep within my right nostril.'
www.medialens.org/2019/human-a...
November 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Great piece, Danny. I discussed the art of mindfully defusing a sneeze here:
'Even as I’m enjoying my estrangement from this weird spectacle, an undetected draft on my upper back generates a tiny peck of chilli pepper deep within my right nostril.'
www.medialens.org/2019/human-a...
'Even as I’m enjoying my estrangement from this weird spectacle, an undetected draft on my upper back generates a tiny peck of chilli pepper deep within my right nostril.'
www.medialens.org/2019/human-a...
Another superb edition of Cold Type. What an incredible resource. Don't miss it. t.co/SZL2UnoOgA
https://coldtype.net/Assets23/PDFs/ColdType274Nov2025.pdf
t.co
November 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Another superb edition of Cold Type. What an incredible resource. Don't miss it. t.co/SZL2UnoOgA
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The Maccabi Tel Aviv row finally broke Keir Starmer’s cover story for colluding in Israel's genocide.
Read my latest here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/star...
Read my latest here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/star...
Maccabi Tel Aviv row reveals Starmer’s cover story for colluding in genocide
The legal and ethical earthquake from Israel’s carnage in Gaza was never going to be contained there. As the Aston Villa row shows, the shockwaves for Britain will keep growing louder
www.middleeasteye.net
October 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The Maccabi Tel Aviv row finally broke Keir Starmer’s cover story for colluding in Israel's genocide.
Read my latest here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/star...
Read my latest here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/star...
Forget everything you're seeing in the corporate media, here's Jeffrey Sachs with the truth on US gangsterism and Venezuela: www.youtube.com/live/lxR4_Pl...
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs : Trump’s attempt at Venezuelan regime-change and his Gaza Illusions
YouTube video by Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom
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October 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Forget everything you're seeing in the corporate media, here's Jeffrey Sachs with the truth on US gangsterism and Venezuela: www.youtube.com/live/lxR4_Pl...