I started working in India in the Anamallai Hills, part of the Western Ghats as they tapered down all the way into the tip of the subcontinent. Before that I had worked for five years in bauxite mining in Guyana, South America and lived on the bank of Rio Berbice, in the middle of the Amazonian rain forest. But that[Read More...]
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Majuli- a picturesque island nestled amidst the mighty Brahmaputra river traversing through the sate of Assam, is proudly holding the tag of being world’s largest freshwater river island. Apart from natural beauty, the island is a home to rare species of flora and fauna making it a biodiversity hotspot and an offbeat tourist destination. It specifically attracts birding aficionados as[Read More...]
(ANTIMEDIA) — Though media coverage Wednesday focused largely on Donald Trump’s Tuesday state of the union, comments from the president made hours before the annual event provide insight into his view of the country’s current status. PBS Newshour White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor attended a lunch with the president and other television anchors, tweeting about his comments on societal divisions in […]
As President Trump signals his intention to authorise publication of the GOP memorandum into alleged abuses by the FBI and the Justice Department, the atmosphere in Washington is turning hysterical.
As I predicted yesterday, the Justice Department and the FBI have been heavily lobbying President Trump to block publication of the GOP memorandum. The FBI has even gone so far as to publish a statement saying that the GOP memorandum omits information and therefore contains material inaccuracies.
21st Century Wire says…
Is this the future of healthcare in America?
You can bet data mining and ‘giving up privacy for lower costs’ will be central tenets of this new technocratic healthcare venture. The key figure heads in this deal are none other than Jamie Dimon, Warren Buffett, and of course, the Amazon Washington Post’s Jeff Bezos.
Media Monarchy plays Rodney Crowell, Kid Dakota, River Matthews and more on #PumpUpThaVolume for January 31, 2018. ♬
by Ramin Mazaheri for The Saker Blog With the recently released data that the Eurozone’s 2017 growth rate was 2.5%, the Eurozone has officially achieved a “lost decade”: its average
In a controversial move, President Trump has decided not to renew sanctions against Russia, said the US State Department on Monday.
The announcement has sent both opposition Democrats and Neoconservative into a fury, with Trump’s detractors claiming Trump is being ‘too soft’ on Russia and that retaliatory sanctions are needed to punish Moscow for alleged ‘election-meddling’, although no actual real evidence has ever been presented to validate the official conspiracy theory which was enshrined in policy under Barack Obama.
In first important legal victory since enactment of laws punishing BDS supporters, federal court overturns Kansas law, citing First Amendment….
--Greenwald's report on court ruling is here
--British court strikes down “Snooper’s Charter” laws that enable mass surveillance like America’s
--Trump lumbered through an 80-minute teleprompter State of the Union speech, dispensing the usual platitudes and sweeping promises
(ANTIMEDIA) Berkeley, CA — Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have managed to record single thoughts as they travel through the brain, and in doing so have clearly shown how the prefrontal cortex acts as a coordinator when human beings respond to perception. Berkeley researchers used electrocorticography (ECoG), a precise but highly invasive method of recording neural activity that requires […]
By Jon Letman | Lobe Log | January 29, 2018 In the days since Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency mistakenly issued an emergency alert warning of an inbound ballistic missile to over a million people, many of us in Hawaii have been thinking a lot about weapons and war. The reaction to the January 13 false […]
I'd saved this big expose from "The Intercept" last week. Flush with Omidyar's Ebay money one would think this alternative media shored up by so called "adversarial journalists" would have been able to get a jump on my one person penny ante blog. But, no. Much of the same information in the intercept article was covered in a pretty well read post done here in July 2016.
The renewed popularity of George W. Bush among Democrats may reflect a growing tolerance of war among American voters, notes Caitlin Johnstone. By Caitlin Johnstone Will Ferrell returned to his familiar role last weekend as George W. Bush on Saturday…Read more →
I ett nytt avsnitt av podden Antikalifen möter jag Patrik Engellau (30/1). Vi pratar om slavhandeln i Libyen efter den arabiska våren? Migranter söderifrån tar sig till landet i hopp om att därifrån kunna segla över Medelhavet till den stora bankomaten Europa.
Men vissa migranter blir bortrövade på vägen och sålda på marknader. Inte för att man behöver dem som arbetskraft, utan för att man hålla dem som gisslan och kräva deras anhöriga i Sengel eller Nigeria på lösen.
By Don North | Consortium News | January 31, 2018 Don North covering the Vietnam War It was the eve of battle. Ngo Van Giang, known as Captain Ba Den to the Viet Cong troops he led, had spent weeks smuggling arms and ammunition into Saigon under boxes of tomatoes. Ba Den was about to lead […]
Sputnik – 31.01.2018 A US military SM-3 missile launched from an Aegis test site on Wednesday off the Hawaiian cost failed to intercept a mock incoming missile, according to US officials. The Missile Defense Agency and US Navy “sailors manning the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex conducted a live-fire missile flight test using a […]
Former British Ambassador Craig Murray discussed the current situation with Julian Assange, the alleged Russian election hack, Trump’s Israel embassy move and more in an interview with Randy Credico and Dennis J Bernstein. By Randy Credico and Dennis J Bernstein…Read more →
Healthcare incorporated, gourmet thieves and destructive psychology + this day in history w/'Down and Out in Beverly Hills' and our song of the day by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club on your Morning Monarchy for January 31, 2018.
(ZHE) — Update 3: ABC has identified the Congressman who was hospitalized today following a train accident near Charlottesville, Va. that left one dead. It is Minnesota Rep. Jason Lewis, who represents Minnesota’s suburban second district. The district encompasses most of the twin cities’ southeastern suburbs, as well as slice of St. Paul.
by Peter Koenig for The Saker Blog The World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos has come and gone, and nothing has really changed. The wonderful people of the world struck
(ANTIMEDIA) — Millions of jobs are at risk of being outsourced to automated artificial intelligence or robotic applications in the next decade.
There’s usually not a whole lot of foreign policy material in the President’s State of the Union address, at least not since the days of George W. Bush and his invocation of Doestoevskyian nihilists as a justification for world conquest. Oh, it gets mentioned, of course, but usually at the end, as the obligatory capstone … Continue reading "The State of the Union: A Year in Trump’s America"
Good friend Tom Secker joins me today in the first hour for an in-depth discussion of the Science and Entertainment Exchange (SEEX). Tom explains what this little know pseudo-govenment NGO is, and how they have been quietly assisting over 1,300 Hollywood films. We talk about their connection to the National Academy of Sciences and their connection to the state. Tom then discusses their stated aim: to assist Hollywood in depicting accurate science, and the promotion of science and scientists. Tom and I then explore how this is not quite an accurate assessment of their work.
The differences between Channel 4’s reel and the FEE’s reel is startling. It seems to suggest that their interest isn’t to represent Peterson’s beliefs, but rather to obscure them. I myself don’t agree with all of Peterson’s views. And Channel 4 certainly has the right to oppose them. But that doesn’t make it right to mischaracterize them. The skills of a video editor should be wielded for the cause of understanding, not the deliberate promotion of misunderstanding.
MEMO | January 31, 2018 The United Nations human rights office said today it had identified 206 companies so far doing business linked to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, where it said violations against Palestinians are “pervasive and devastating”. “The majority of these companies are domiciled in Israel or the settlements (143), with […]
A couple of weeks ago, Wisconsin's far right governor, Scott Walker, warned that Patty Schachtner's upset win over state Rep. Adam Jarchow in a deep red state Senate district was a "wake up call" for the GOP. And he's now figured out how to answer that call. He's refusing to allow special elections to fill vacant seats in the state legislature.
By Robert BRIDGE | Strategic Culture Foundation | 31.01.2018 Last week, the US said it was working to create “alternative government authorities” on Syrian territory. This latest move, aside from demonstrating once again that the US has no respect for Syria’s territorial integrity, indicates we may be seeing more from that group of mercenaries known […]
The team behind the Creative Mentor Network aim to help young people from diverse backgrounds overcome the obstacles to creative careers
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Green energy company Ecotricity has launched a search to find Young Green Britons – inspiring young people who are passionate about the environment
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Billions have been spent on the conflict in Afghanistan. First the object was to liberate the country from the Soviets, at a time no one really thought that would happen as touch upon in Charlie Wilson’s War. But at least would at least make them bleed as the Americans and French had in Vietnam.
The European Union says it is committed to the nuclear deal with Iran even if the US isn’t. In this file photo, Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif, left, and EU Foreign Affairs High Representative Federica Mogherini met in Vienna, Austria during negotiations over the agreement[Xinhua Archive]
The BRICS Post interviewed Holly Dagres, an Iranian-American analyst on Middle East affairs, about US Donald Trump’s pressure on Iran to renegotiate the 2015 nuclear agreement as well as the recent street protests there.
Immigration is, as happens fairly routinely, an important topic in the national conversation these days. It's generally well-accepted that the United States is "a nation of immigrants," and yet there remains a stubborn skepticism about new immigrants. These concerns generally branch into two broad categories: economic concerns and social concerns. Economically, citizens seem to think that immigrants are "taking our jobs" or "a drain on the system." Socially, citizens are of the belief that immigrants are "undermining American culture." But are any of these concerns warranted?
Sputnik – 31.01.2018 The move is the first lawsuit filed under a 2011 Israeli law, which paves the way for legal action against anyone calling for a boycott against Israel, if that call could knowingly lead to a boycott. An Israeli legal rights group, Shurat HaDin, has announced that it is suing the two New […]
Press TV – January 31, 2018 Under pressure from the Tel Aviv regime, the Irish Senate has postponed a vote on a bill that forbids the import and sale of products from Israeli settlements as well as the services originating from the occupied territories. The bill, entitled Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018, […]
(Former Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Ramdas filed a petition in the Supreme Court on January 30, 2018 asking the Suprme Court to investigate the death of Judge Loya and the curcumstances around it. Here’s a testimony on the circumstances behind his action) To Whom It May Concern So Why Am I filing a Writ Petition and PIL on the[Read More...]
What advice or guidance do you give to the young scholar, if any at all? For example, freedom in a more general sense means that we should be able to choose to eat fast food every day, spend forty hours a week in front of our social media, and spend all of our money on plastic jewelry. Obviously, these are poor choices, but choices that we are allowed in a free society.
So what do you say to a fourteen-year-old who has total academic freedom?
Exclusive: Donald Trump’s Israel policies may have more to do with outmaneuvering Democrats than they do with any concern for Middle East peace, argues Jonathan Marshall. By Jonathan Marshall Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to Israel last week revived warnings…Read more →
Laith Abu Naim was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers in the village of Al-Mugheer.
(MEE) — Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian teenager on Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health ministry said.
Laith Abu Naim, 16, was shot in the head as soldiers stormed the village of Al-Mugheer, north of Ramallah, according to a ministry statement.
Le 21 janvier 2011, 50 ans après la mort de Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894-1961), Frédéric Mitterrand, ministre de la Culture, sur plainte de Serge Klarsfeld, avait décidé de faire retirer le nom de Céline du Livre des commémorations nationales de l’année 2011. Tout récemment, Antoine Gallimard a été contraint par nos belles âmes de renoncer à son projet de publier certains « pamphlets » de Céline, dont Bagatelles pour un massacre (1937). Rappelons que ledit « massacre » allait être celui de la boucherie de 1939-1945 contre la venue de laquelle il mettait en garde ses contemporains.
In this call to action, Dan Maguire argues that non-voters and “vote-and-run” citizens are enabling vicious agendas to be carried out. By Dan Maguire In Donald Trump’s so-called Electoral College triumph – which, a year into his presidency, he still…Read more →
