there's enough evil in the workings of colonialism, slavery, postcolonialism, and globalization, and neoliberalism, without paranoia. there is a great chapter in apter's monumental Against World Literature, which i recommend to everyone, that refers to the oneworldedness generated by global paranoia. this is how i read the global research site. read apter, she's got it right
ken
--Dear,
Most Effulgent Mwalimu Mama Mzuri Gloria-in-excelsis-Emeagwali,As you may have observed Professor Harrow often chooses to be a minimalist, execpt for some ocassions when he wanst to elevate the discussion...Are you aware as has been pointed out to Ignoramus Cornelius, that Global Research (which I visit often) is riddled with conspiracy theories? The message is short: Be not deceived. One has to be on high alert even as one reads critically.
Of course during the Cold War I was a regular reader of Novosti Press – the Soviet propaganda mouthpiece (just to get a more balanced picture) and an avid devourer of their prodigious propaganda booklets. In Nigeria I listened frequently to Radio Moscow jazz programmes – especially their jazz pianists, so endlessly fluent - like the Limpopo - but I guess mainly trained at the classical music academies ( like Keith Jarrett , from the age of three ) …Ah those Cold War years. I've been through Moscow a couple of times ( always mis-taken for an Americano - in Belgrade too- just before war broke out mistaken for a rich American ( they took me to a special "whore house" ) - have been to various parts of Finland but up to this day have never touched down at Helsinki which is the capital of Finland and which during the cold war was rumoured to be one of the Secret Service headquarters, so it's an old hangover and up to today I haven't been to Helsinki because since some people usually mistake me for an American I have never been keen to be taken for a member of the CIA, especially in enemy territory.
In short, we cannot afford to believe everything that we read there or even here.
In good faith,
Cornelius
On Thursday, 4 February 2016 00:12:45 UTC+1, Kenneth Harrow wrote:wikipedia tells another story of its origin.
On 2/3/16 5:49 PM, Emeagwali, Gloria (History) wrote:
--Who Owns the Zika Virus?
Global Research, February 03, 2016
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Zika virus a global health emergency on Monday (February 1) without providing much detail on the disease. So here are some facts until we receive more information:
This sexually-transmitted virus has been around for 69 years and is a product of two companies: LGC Group (headquartered in the UK) and ATTC (headquartered in the US).
The LGC Group is:
"…the UK's designated National Measurement Institute for chemical and bioanalytical measurements and an international leader in the laboratory services, measurement standards, reference materials, genomics and proficiency testing marketplaces."
One of its branches, LGC Standards, is:
"…a leading global producer and distributor of reference materials and proficiency testing schemes. Headquartered in Teddington, Middlesex, UK, LGC Standards has a network of dedicated sales offices extending across 20 countries in 5 continents and more than 30 years experience in the distribution of reference materials. These high quality products and services are essential for accurate analytical measurement and quality control, ensuring sound decisions are made based on reliable data. We have an unparalleled breadth of ISO Guide 34 accredited reference material production in facilities at 4 sites across the UK, the US and Germany."
LGC Standards entered into a partnership with ATCC, of which the latter is:
"…the premier global biological materials resource and standards organization whose mission focuses on the acquisition, authentication, production, preservation, development, and distribution of standard reference microorganisms, cell lines, and other materials. While maintaining traditional collection materials, ATCC develops high quality products, standards, and services to support scientific research and breakthroughs that improve the health of global populations."
This "ATTC-LGC Partnership" is intended to facilitate:
"the distribution of ATCC cultures and bioproducts to life science researchers throughout Europe, Africa, and India and [...] to make access to the important resources of ATCC more easily accessible to the European, African, and Indian scientific communities through local stock holding of more than 5,000 individual culture items supported by our local office network delivering the highest levels of customer service and technical support."
And who owns the patent on the virus? The Rockefeller Foundation!
Source: http://www.lgcstandards-atcc.
org/products/all/VR-84.aspx? geo_country=es#history Why has the issue of patent ownership of the Zika virus not been the object of media coverage?
Lest we forget the words of David Rockefeller in an address to a Trilateral Commission meeting in June of 1991
"We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost 40 years. … It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But, the world is more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supernational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national auto-determination
practiced in past centuries." Is the ownership of the Zika Virus by the Rockefeller Foundation part of that agenda of "supernational sovereignty [dominated] by an intellectual elite and world bankers…"?
Of significance, the Zika virus is a commodity which can purchased online from the ATCC-LGC for $599.00.
The original source of this article is Global Research
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