The new mind control

Photo by Corbis The internet has spawned subtle forms of influence that can flip elections and manipulate everything we say, think and do by Robert Epstein (Robert Epstein is a senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology in California. He is the author of 15 books, and the former editor-in-chief of Psychology Today.This article is a preview of his forthcoming book, The New Mind Control.) Over the past century, more than a few great writers have expressed concern about humanity’s future. In The Iron Heel (1908), the American writer Jack London pictured a world in which … Continue reading The new mind control

Start preparing for the fall of the Saudi Kingdom

© SUSAN WALSH/AP by Sarah Chayes For half a century, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been the linchpin of U.S. Mideast policy. A guaranteed supply of oil has bought a guaranteed supply of security. Ignoring autocratic practices and the export of Wahhabi extremism, Washington stubbornly dubs its ally “moderate.” So tight is the trust that U.S. special operators dip into Saudi petrodollars as a counterterrorism slush fund without a second thought. In a sea of chaos, goes the refrain, the kingdom is one state that’s stable. But is it? In fact, Saudi Arabia is no state at all. There … Continue reading Start preparing for the fall of the Saudi Kingdom

How Britain’s Propaganda Machine Controls What You Think

by Graham Vanbergen  TruePublica On the one hand, just five individual Billionaires in Britain get to control 80% what you read in printed media and on the other hand, just five Internet Service Providers get to control what 87% of people get to see on their devices. Both are heavily influenced by government. It is no wonder what the public think is a misinterpretation of the truth. In fact, so far from the truth, it is more a departure from reality. Propaganda works! Owen Jones’s book, “The Establishment and how they get away with it” focuses on how British democracy … Continue reading How Britain’s Propaganda Machine Controls What You Think

Psychobiotics: Bacteria For Your Brain?

by Kelly Brogan, M.D., Green Med Info, Waking Times Every functional medicine psychiatrist has case stories of the ‘probiotic cure’ – of a patient with debilitating symptoms, often obsessive compulsive range, whose symptoms remitted completely with dietary change and probiotic supplementation. Is this voodoo or is it based on a growing understanding of the role of the microbiome in mental health and behavior? For two decades now, pioneering researchers have been substantiating inflammatory models of mental illnesses such as depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia.  Research has focused on markers that indicate immune distress in an important subset of patients, many of … Continue reading Psychobiotics: Bacteria For Your Brain?