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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Climate Hysteria Is Dangerous (But Typical)
End of the world? No. Exaggeration for political effect? Yes. AOC’s really doing nothing more than politics-as-usual.
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US Interrogators Are Working in UAE Prisons in Yemen
(MEMO) — US interrogators are present in UAE prisons in Yemen, the Daily Beast has revealed today, providing shocking evidence that the American military is a witness to the torture of Yemenis. In a series of interviews, two former detainees have testified to being interrogated by men with American accents, who looked on as they were beaten and electrocuted. […]
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Maduro stays put, mediation can help
By M. K. BHADRAKUMAR | Indian Punchline | January 31, 2019 Russia is doing the right thing by switching tack from strident ‘anti-American’ rhetoric to focus on tamping down the tensions over Venezuela. China had counseled such an approach right from the outset when the crisis erupted last week. On day one of a looming […]
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A radical new vision for the World Bank and the IMF – op-ed with David Adler, in The Guardian
The president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, will step down on 1 February – three and a half years before the end of his term – in search of greener pastures. His readiness to resign from the leadership of one the two most powerful international institutions is a worrying omen. But it is also an important wake-up call.
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Yep, Foxconn Was A Con Job All Along-- You'd Expect Something Different From Trump, Walker And Ryan?
Wednesday morning, Reuters broke an explosive story about how Foxconn is reconsidering the bullshit deal they made with Scott Walker, Paul Ryan and Trump "to make advanced liquid crystal display panels at a $10 billion Wisconsin campus, and said it intends to hire mostly engineers and researchers rather than the manufacturing workforce the project originally promise
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Jeremy Corbyn’s necessary next step: A Speech of Hope for Britain – The Independent
Britain’s prime minister has been remarkable in resolutely following a ruinous path that she keeps insisting remains the least perilous road to Brexit. Theresa May’s first crime against logic was to trigger Article 50 without a plan of what to do on 29 March 2019 if no deal had been struck with Brussels.
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Things discovered on the way to the grave
by Denis A. Conroy for The Saker Blog “Europe ‘coming apart before our eyes’, say 30 top intellectuals”. The Guardian, 26 Jan 2018. The group of 30 writers, historians and
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Health Canada "dead wrong" to OK weedkiller glyphosate, American lawyers say
Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency just reapproved glyphosate
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Peculiarities of US Imperialism in Latin America
By James Petras | Axis of Logic | January 30, 2019 Understanding imperialism as a general phenomenon loses sight of its modus operandi in any specific and meaningful context. While the exercise of imperialist power is a common strategy, its motives, instruments, objectives and engagement vary, depending on the nature of the imperial ruler and […]
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Liberal Elite Still Luring Us Towards the Abyss
We have so little time, but still the old guard wants to block any possible path to salvation, writes Jonathan Cook. By JonathanCook Jonathan-Cook.net A group of 30 respected intellectuals, writers and historians has published a manifesto bewailing the imminent…Read more →
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Replication of India’s Assassination!
On the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Hindu Mahasabha did something embarrassing and vicious to the democracy and prosperity of the nation: they shot the poster of father of the nation with bullets from point blank range and to make it look more real they applied blood to the image exhibiting the ongoing fascism culture of the nation which makes[Read More...]
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William J. Astore on the Absurdity of America’s Afghan War
The ongoing absurdity of America’s Afghan War was captured in two headlines today from my New York Times feed. Here’s the first:
NEWS ANALYSISTaliban Talks Raise Question of What U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan Could MeanBy MARK LANDLER, HELENE COOPER and ERIC SCHMITTA hasty American withdrawal, experts said, would erode the authority and legitimacy of the Afghan government, raising the risk that the Taliban could recapture control. -
PCR Interviewed on the Herland Report — The Unresolved Financial Crisis
PCR Interviewed on the Herland Report
The Unresolved Financial Crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7GgYAzrLKM&t=118s&list=PLlrCpcbN8MxjcppbagnHfPKx8RwgEHbX4&index=71
(The pause in my speaking is when a F-15 flew over. I did not realize that the directional microphone would not pick up the sound.) -
Can Washington’s War Agenda Be Blocked?
Can Washington’s War Agenda Be Blocked?
This interview of Professor Michel Chossudovsky by Bonnie Faulkner on Guns and Butter provides the historical background of the insanity that currently rules the United States. Disinformation fed to the public by media guarantees public ignorance of a war agenda that would destroy life on earth. Professor Chossudovsky analyzes the complex alliances and the prospects for defeating Washington’s war agenda. This is an article that will enhance your understanding of these dangerous times. -
We Have Met the Terrorists and They Are Us
We Have Met the Terrorists and They Are Us
Today antikrieg.com is ten years old. Antikrieg means antiwar in German. Here is an article translated from German into English:
The actual terrorists
Klaus Madersbacher
“Sometimes I wonder what a ‘culture’ is worth that is incapable of giving people enough spiritual resistance that they’ll know when they’re being lied to as cheekily as the media currently do. That lies are against the interests of the vast majority of humanity doesn´t need to be emphasized.” -
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60% of Wild Coffee Species Could Go Extinct – Here’s Why
New research says that more than half of the world’s wild coffee is at risk of extinction. Thanks to an ever-changing climate, deforestation, and disease, your morning caffeine could one day become a thing of the past, if the authors’ conclusions are correct. [1]
Scientists from the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, in the United Kingdom, analyzed 124 known coffee species and found that 75 – 60% – are at risk of extinction. Thirteen of those species were deemed “critically endangered.”
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If You're Warm Right Now, Thank Capitalism
A “once in a generation” polar vortex has swept into the American Midwest from the Arctic, but thanks to capitalism, the people experiencing it are staying warm.
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Who is America’s Real Enemy?
Who is America’s Real Enemy?
Russia, Iran, China, Venezuela, or Israel?
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/how-israel-tried-hide-its-malign-campaign-against-us-citizens
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81-86% of Venezuelans Support Maduro Against Washington
81-86% of Venezuelans Support Maduro Against Washington
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/51006.htm
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American “Tomfoolery,” the Only Thing in America that Really Works
“Tomfoolery, foolish or silly behavior.”
Washington is a city of liars in a nation of liars. From the strutting Perfumed Princes of the Pentagon to the bought and paid for hallowed halls of congress, the business is lying. It’s an industry, carefully coordinated with fake press, Hollywood and the Deep State engine of corruption. -
Pt.2 US Asks Western Allies (Not Turkey) to Form Buffer Zone in Syria
No luck on getting any more of the WSJ article from yesterday.If you missed it, check below:
U.S. Asks Western Allies to Help Form Buffer Zone in Northern Syria
WASHINGTON—The U.S. wants to assemble a coalition of Western nations to create and potentially enforce a new buffer zone in northern Syria, U.S. officials said, but none have yet agreed to the proposal, which includes a promise of American military assistance.."
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US formally requests extradition of Huawei CFO, what will Canada do? (Video)
The US has formally requested the extradition of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou from Canada to the United States. Canada received the extradition request on Tuesday, a day before the deadline expired for the US to submit such a request.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the US indictment of not only Meng, but also Huawei, accusing the technology giant of bypassing US sanctions on Iran, and stealing trade secrets from T-Mobile. -
Six dead as record-breaking Arctic air mass hits US Midwest
A blast of historic cold temperatures hit the US Midwest, with record lows for both daily high and low temperatures expected Wednesday and Thursday across the region. Wind-chills in parts of northern Minnesota and North Dakota reached negative 60 degrees Fahrenheit (negative 51 Celsius) and even lower. The US Postal Service suspended mail deliveries in ten states Wednesday and Thursday[Read More...]
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Reddit’s “Change My View” Is Actually Teaching People How to Challenge Ideas Civilly
It doesn’t matter what political views you hold, one thing every single American can agree on is that as a society, we have become incapable of having meaningful conversations about controversial—or seemingly controversial—topics. Yet, while minds are closing all over the internet, Reddit is providing a space for civil discourse to unfold.
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Venezuela’s oil and the geopolitics of the US-backed coup
The United States has steadily escalated its regime change operation in Venezuela, seeking to remove Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro by means of a coup d’état driven by crippling economic sanctions tantamount to a state of war and the continuous threat of outright US military intervention. The aim is to install the US puppet, Juan Guaidó, who in December traveledto the United[Read More...]
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Your Complete Guide to the N.Y. Times’ Support of U.S.-Backed Coups in Latin America
A survey of The New York Times archives shows the Times editorial board has supported 10 out of 12 American-backed coups in Latin America On Friday, The New York Times continued its long, predictable tradition of backing U.S. coups in Latin America by publishing an editorial praising Donald Trump’s attempt to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. This will be the 10th such[Read More...]
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“The Worst Option is War”: US Intervention in Venezuela Will Only Deepen the Country’s Crisis
The men directed by President Donald Trump to “handle” the situation in Venezuela are not clear-headed diplomats capable of working for peace and democracy. They are war criminals and should be behind bars. The Trump administration is currently working to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in the name of freedom and democracy. Yet Washington’s efforts will only lead to bloodshed and[Read More...]
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Trump Cranks up the Miseries of the People of Venezuela
It is a time for diplomacy and for restraint, not another intervention that unleashes violence that we surely will come to regret President Trump apparently has decided that intervention in Venezuela’s agonies can help repair an image scarred by the government shutdown debacle. In recent days, he recognized an obscure, right-wing opposition leader when he declared himself acting president. Trump[Read More...]
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Existentialismen: frihetens filosofi
Simone De Beauvoir och Jean Paul Sartre på Copacabana, september 1960.Existentialismen är en av 1900-talets mest inflytelserika, filosofiska riktningar. Vad kan den säga oss idag? December 1933. Tre unga vänner träffas på en bar i Paris. En av dem heter Jean Paul Sartre, en annan Simone De Beauvoir. Den tredje, Raymond Aron, har varit i Berlin och studerat fenomenologin: en idétradition som utgår från den levda erfarenheten, istället för abstrakta principer och axiom.
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James Perloff on the The Extraordinary Censorship of “It’s a Wonderful Life”
James Perloff returns to Our Interesting Times to discuss his article “The Extraordinary Censorship of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’ ” We discuss why Frank Capra’s 1946 classic was snubbed by the Oscars in favor of the now forgotten “The Best Years of Our Lives.”
James is the author of Truth Is A Lonely Warrior and The Shadows of Power. His website is jamesperloff.com
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Intelligence Chiefs Appointed By Trump Tell Congress He's Wrong-- About Virtually Everything
Mattis and Kelly by Nancy OhanianA new poll from Morning Consult offered some more bad news for Trump and his congressional enablers-- and for xenophobes in general.
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Interview 1417 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2019-01-31%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio]This week on the New World Next Week: the 9/11 kangaroo court has a medical mishap; a Taiwan school educates children about money; and sheriffs disobey unconstitutional gun grab.
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Tomgram: Rajan Menon, Addicts, Addicts, Everywhere...
President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to declare a national emergency if Congress refuses to pony up $5.7 billion to build the “great, great wall” he promised his base during the 2016 election campaign...
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An open letter to Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
declaring opposition to his agreement with intervention in the internal affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (República Bolivariana de Venezuela); and urging him to facilitate negotiations between the Venezuelan government and its opponents that will allow Venezuela to continue on its visionary path of genuine peace fostered by social and economic justice. 29 January 2019 The Right Honourable Justin[Read More...]
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International Criminal Court judge resigns, citing ‘shocking’ US interference
Christoph Flügge, a senior judge with the UN International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, has resigned from the ICC, after the US threatened judges investigating alleged US war crimes in Afghanistan. Flügge, a German judge, has worked with the ICC and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) since 2008. Recently, he got involved with a preliminary[Read More...]
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How Russia-gate Rationalized Censorship
Russia-gate mania spread beyond a strategy for neutralizing Donald Trump or removing him from office into an excuse for stifling U.S. dissent that challenges the New Cold War, reported Joe Lauria on Dec. 4, 2017.
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Ilaiah Lived His Philosophy
REVIEW of “From a Shepherd Boy to an Intellectuals–My Memoirs by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Sage/Samya/Select. PP 360 by Back in the early 2000s when I was a university student in Delhi, Kancha Ilaiah was all the rage. His book, Why I am not a Hindu, had come out and it was extensively read and widely discussed among the students. The[Read More...]
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Historical Review of JK Land Reform Laws: (From 1887-1976)………Part I
J&K in the past was predominantly agricultural State. Immediately before 1947, near to 90% of its population lived in villages & depended on agriculture. Under Dogra Rule, “in Kashmir the land [belonged] to the Ruler, the cultivators [were] his servants”. 1 In Jammu, proprietorship in lands was claimed by the Dogra monarchs as hereditary, in Ladakh & Batistan it was[Read More...]
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What the Venezuelan Constitution Says About Changing the President
What is taking place in Venezuela is a coup, and it is conquest of a foreign nation, Eric Zuesse writes.
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Venezuela Needs to Sort Itself without American Intervention
Ultimately, the US can only harm Venezuela and itself by interfering. It is time that the US respect Venezuela’s sovereignty (and that of the entire world for that matter). The American Empire has extended too far, and it is draining our resources for a morally bankrupt idea.
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Deep State At War: Intel Chiefs Slam Trump Before Senate
Appearing before the Senate, US intelligence community heads undermined each of President Trump's foreign policy positions and warned that foreign "enemies" would likely interfere in the 2020 elections. The Deep State, neocons, and the liberal resistance all line up against peace and freedom.
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CERN AND MUSK’S BORING MACHINES
Remember that story last week that I blogged about, conCERNing CERN's desire to build an even bigger collider of approximately 100km underneath a sizeable […]
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