The West’s missile strike: chaos in place of policy; symbolism in place of action
Over the last few days the word has been the witness of one of the most grotesque and shameful episodes in the history of international relations.
Over the last few days the word has been the witness of one of the most grotesque and shameful episodes in the history of international relations.
Κατά την επίσκεψή μας στη Μυτιλήνη είχαμε την ευκαιρία να δούμε από κοντά την καρδιά του προσφυγικού ζητήματος, να ακούσουμε ανθρώπους που έχουν δώσει το είναι τους σε αυτόν τον σκόπο, με προσωπικό κόστος, άλλους να δυσπιστούν και ακούσαμε ρεαλιστικούς προβληματισμούς για το εξαιρετικά πολυσύνθετο προσφυγικό πρόβλημα: τη μονιμοποίησή του ως αντίληψη, κάτι που προκαλεί ποικίλες αντιδράσεις στην τοπική κοινωνία και δεύτερον, την πραγματική επίδραση του προσφυγικού στην τοπική οικονομία, προβληματισμοί ταμπού.
The missile strike launched by the US, Britain and France continues to puzzle.
It appears that no-one was killed during the strike, and that the only damage done was to a number of civilian buildings – first and foremost those of the Syrian Scientific Centre in Damascus – which according to reports the Syrian authorities – amply warned by the Russians, Western media reports and President Trump’s tweets – had evacuated three days before.
The US has once again flagrantly violated international law. Without UN approval, they launched dozens of airstrikes on Syria. Ottawa immediately supported the US bombing. In a statement Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, "Canada supports the decision by the United States, the United Kingdom, and France to take action to degrade the Assad regime’s ability to launch chemical weapons attacks against its own people."
RT | April 15, 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron said that the US-led strike on Syria was legitimate, but “history will judge” whether the operation was justified. He added that neither France nor its allies are at war with the country. Macron was giving a live interview following the Saturday strike on Syria that was […]
Guns. In a country with more than 300 million of them, a country that’s recently been swept up in a round of protests over the endless killing sprees they permit, you’d think I might have had more experience with them...
In our most challenging and uncomfortable conversation to date, Thaddeus Russell and I explore something I've had trouble accepting and often wonder if I can still change. A lengthy list of topics follows: shame, moralizing, self-sacrifice, relationships as transactions, dishonesty, the war in our heads between the puritan and the hedonist, integrity and personal responsibility. School Sucks Project DOES NOT ENDORSE Alcoholics AnonymousAlso:The Next Renegade University and School Sucks Project event is happening May 11-13 in the original renegade city of New Orleans.
In our most challenging and uncomfortable conversation to date, Thaddeus Russell and I explore something I've had trouble accepting and often wonder if I can still change. A lengthy list of topics follows: shame, moralizing, self-sacrifice, relationships as transactions, dishonesty, the war in our heads between the puritan and the hedonist, integrity and personal responsibility.
School Sucks Project DOES NOT ENDORSE Alcoholics Anonymous
(TFC) – Sometimes bizarre claims by foreign governments are so shocking they are dismissed and never thought of again. But what happens when the events predicted occur exactly as described? A stub of an article published by Reuters on March 13, 2018, almost a month before the purported chemical attack in Ghouta, reads: “Russia said […]
Marianne Williamson has been traveling around the country speaking up for progressive candidates like Jenny Marshall in Winston-Salem and Laura Moser in Houston. Tonight she'll be helping Lillian Salerno in Dallas. And on Saturday afternoon, April 28th, she'll be in San Clemente with Doug Applegate.Last month she did the talk above in Berkeley. This is how Tedx described it:
Chers lecteurs,
Nous sommes très fiers de vous présenter aujourd’hui la nouvelle version du site Les-Crises, en grande partie réalisée par nos formidables bénévoles qui ont énormément travaillé dessus !
Cette refonte est une première étape vers une plus grande professionnalisation du site, dans le but de vous offrir des contenus de plus en plus riches et diversifiés.
A memorial for the late founder and editor of Consortium News, Bob Parry, was held on Saturday in Arlington, Virginia. A video of the event will be posted. Among the many tributes made to Bob was this sent by the…Read more →
Friday – In hour one Jack decodes the week’s news with history, and rants riddled with non sequiturs and digressions. Utah reporter Greg Knight rides shotgun in hour two.
Two US ambassadors – Nikki Haley, the US’s ambassador to the UN, and John Huntsman, the US’s ambassador to Russia – have confirmed that the US Treasury Department will be unveiling further sanctions on Russia tomorrow in retaliation for Russia’s continued support for President Assad.
There are stirrings of an imperative anti-war movement in the wake of the U.S. strike on Syria, but mostly the Pentagon controlled the message, says Gilbert Doctorow. By Gilbert Doctorow Special to Consortium News The arguments between Secretary of Defense…Read more →
(ZHE) While the lack of retaliation by Russia to Trump’s Friday night Syrian airstrikes surprised some, Russia defended its stance of shrugging in response (and not escalating to full blown world war), by asserting that Soviet-made missiles intercepted more than half of the 105 cruise missiles fired at three Syrian facilities (the Pentagon denied any missiles […]
On this edition of The Realist Report, we’re joined once again by Dr. Kevin MacDonald (@TOOEdit) of The Occidental Observer. Dr. MacDonald and I begin by discussing Nathan Cofnas’s (@nathancofnas) critical review of Dr. MacDonald’s seminal work on Jewish evolutionary psychology, which has prompted a healthy debate among the Alt Right and its critics.
Yup, April 15/2018. And there is TWO inches or 5 centimetres + of ice/slush/snow on the ground as the "winter" storm, that's still hitting us, continues. Oh and it's a month into spring. Temperatures are well below seasonal norms. We've had maybe one or two days of 'seasonal' temps. That's it. Next month starts traditional gardening season...
by Judith Curry
The final installment in the CE series on sea level rise.
By M K Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline | April 15, 2018 There is no triumphalism in the US, Britain or France over the missile strike in Syria on Friday. The mood is rather defensive. Indeed, evidence is still lacking on the alleged chemical attacks in Douma, which was the alibi for the missile strike. There […]
April 15, 2018
By Stephen Gowans
A draft resolution, defeated at the UN Security Council on April 14, demanded that the United States and its allies immediately refrain from the use of force in violation of international law.
I join True Free Thinker to cover a host of topics, but primarily the relationship of theology to culture, Darwinism, film and philosophy, and a series of films that feature the theme of MK ULTRA: Banshee Chapter, Butterfly Effect, American Ultra and more. We look at how these films, and even obscure comedies like Volunteers and others, at times reveals quite a bit about CIA drug running and the connection to intentional promotion of the drug culture.
Robert Mueller: Into The Swamp by Nancy Ohanian-by Skip KaltenheuserI don’t want to genuflect to Robert Mueller as if his sainthood is imminent. Plenty of others are already busy at that task. Separating him from his legal environment is a challenge, as it’s difficult to ignore a stench floating above many aspects of the US Dept. of Justice.
Press TV – April 15, 2018 British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has called for a war powers act that would stop the government of Theresa May from launching strikes without first consulting MPs. His remarks came a day after US, British and French forces struck multiple places in Syria following President Donald Trump’s orders for […]
On April 3rd, Trump announced that he was seeking to remove U.S. troops from Syria as soon as possible.
Via The Washington Post…
Al-Manar | April 15, 2018 Western powers claim their missile attacks struck at the heart of Syria’s chemical weapons program but what they destroyed included a scientific research institution producing cancer drugs. The Pentagon said three chemical weapons facilities, including a research and development center in Damascus’ Barzeh district and two installations near Homs, were […]
teleSUR | April 14, 2018 Under the headline ‘Nicaragua fires: aid from Costa Rica rejected as blaze destroys rainforest,’ the U.K.’s Guardian newspaper has published another politically skewed report smearing Nicaragua’s Sandinista government. This time, the pretext is a devastating forest fire affecting the peripheral buffer zone of the Indio Maiz Biological Reserve. Falsely alleging […]
In their effort to right wrongs, the Social Justice warriors often commit the very evil they are attempting to erase.
by Ramin Mazaheri for The Saker blog Part 4 will take a very different tack…. There is a great and hilarious story about Mao during the Cultural Revolution, which is
How the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel Destroyed the US Constitution
https://theintercept.com/2018/04/14/donald-trump-ordered-syria-strike-based-on-a-secret-legal-justification-even-congress-cant-see/
Episode #229 of SUNDAY WIRE SHOW resumes on April 15th 2018 as host Patrick Henningsen brings you a very special LIVE broadcast on the Alternate Current Radio Network (ACR) – covering all the top news stories worldwide…
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In a front-page OpEd on the Chinese state-owned Global Times, China slams Trump’s involvement in Syria…
“The facts cannot be distorted. This military strike was not authorized by the UN, and the strikes targeted a legal government of a UN member state… it has not been confirmed if the chemical weapons attack happened or if it did, whether government forces or opposition forces launched it. International organizations have not carried out any authoritative investigation.”
Dear Readers, Glad to have you back. Firstly, we would like to apologise for being offline most of last week. We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to get back online. On Tuesday April 10th, 2018 at approximately 2pm EST, 21stCenturyWire.com sustained a heavy Denial of Service (DDoS) cyber attack and were only able to restore […]
by R.Lesnoix for The Saker blog One can fault the British for many things but not for their sense of humour. Some time ago I saw a sketch by the
She alleges Folta was paid $400 an hour by Bayer
Rather than trying to elect more technocrats, we should come to terms with the fact that in an increasingly complex world, politicians will be unsuited to regulate most industries, which is why they should do so sparingly.
Sunday.... And I have so much on my plate and to discuss so lets get to it...First, I have been spending a lot of time this last week visiting my sick mother who is supposed to be recuperating from her hip bone surgery, but instead appears to have given up on life now and is now approaching death... I was shocked this last week to see how far she has now declined in her health and her stubbornness in not wanting to eat anything that may help in her recovery....
Anyone who opposes the war in Syria is a Russian troll. That is how the Pentagon war machine shuts down debate.
Don’t question intelligence agencies and military generals under the MIC payroll. They would never create false flags in order to plunge the world into more conflict. Forget all about the lies told and false flags that started Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Iraq 1, Iraq 2, Libya and now Syria.
This is how the sick, twisted, completely corrupt, f***in stupid mainstream media frames the debate.
Never one to burn bridges, Turkish President Erdogan continues to play both sides of the cold war 2.0 fence.
In a statement on Saturday, the Turkish foreign ministry said the US-led operation “has eased humanity’s conscience in the face of” the suspected chemical attack.
The Turkish dictator welcomed illegal US, UK and French strikes against Syria, calling them an “appropriate” retaliation for Damascus’ “inhumane” attacks.
“We consider this operation as appropriate,” Erdogan told a meeting of his ruling party in Istanbul.
Is Drudge trying to say something by linking this RT video on his home page: “RT MARCH 17: US training militants for false flag chemical attack as basis for airstrikes…”
Let’s begin by a short summary of events. About a month ago Nikki Haley announces to the UNSC that the USA is ready to violate the rules of this very
On April 11, one of the “smartest” US presidents ever tweeted: “Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and ‘smart!’ You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!” When Donald Trump’s advisers drew his attention to[Read More...]
Envision a school that is not compulsory or coercive, that is a completely student-directed educational environment. I toured one of those last week.
Political and business leaders have refined the art and science of lying about the economy. From their suites, chauffeur-driven limousines, private yachts and jets, they aren’t too concerned about whether the economy works for everyone, except in speeches and elections. As they tuck into their next fine dining experience, they know that it’s easier and more profitable to mummify[Read More...]
The Red Horse
When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come and see!” Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword.
(Revelation 6:3-4)
“Two weeks after Kristallnacht, Gary Cooper made a publicity trip to Berlin promoting Paramount’s The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, one of Hitler’s favorite movies. No major newspaper in the U.S. covered that. In 1938, MGM helped finance the production of German armaments, and the head of MGM Germany divorced his Jewish wife at the Nazi’s behest. She ended up[Read More...]