Liberty Links 9/3/16
This should keep you busy over the long weekend.
28 links today. Enjoy.
12 Things I Learned From the FBI Report on Hillary Clinton’s Private Email Server (Total madness, must read, The Washington Post)
This should keep you busy over the long weekend.
28 links today. Enjoy.
12 Things I Learned From the FBI Report on Hillary Clinton’s Private Email Server (Total madness, must read, The Washington Post)
The Chinese and US delegations meet in Hangzhou, Saturday. China and the US had promised to work diligently together to reach a climate control accord when Xi visited Washington last year [Xi]
by Judith Curry
Many academics now consider freedom of speech just another American eccentricity, like guns and religion. – Daniel Jacobsen
Tune in to the Alternate Current Radio Network (ACR) for another LIVE broadcast of ‘The Boiler Room’ starting at 6 PM PST | 9 PM EST for this special broadcast. Join us for uncensored, uninterruptible talk radio, custom-made for barfly philosophers, misguided moralists, masochists, street corner evangelists, media-maniacs, savants, political animals and otherwise lovable rascals.
Israeli legislator vandalizes the New Testament and calls it “garbage” (see below)Knesset = Israeli parliament • MK = Member of the Knesset_______________________________New Testament sent to MKs mailboxesMK (Member of the Knesset) Michael Ben-Ari (National Union Party) is shown ripping pages out of th
The huge upstate New York district (NY-22) that stretches from Lake Ontario through Rome and Utica and all the way down past Cortland and Binghampton to the Pennsylvania border along the Southern Tier ws virtually tied in the 2008 and 2012 presidential races, Obama (twice) and McCain and Romney each getting 49% of the vote.
The meeting of the heads of state comes as the Obama administration is pushing its Asia pivot plan through [Xinhua]
US President Barack Obama arrived in Hangzhou, China Saturday ahead of a pivotal G20 summit being held there and met with senior Chinese officials including President Xi Jinping.
The trip comes amid tensions between Beijing and Washington over the Obama administration’s so-called Asia pivot – to boost US alliances with Asian countries and shift military focus there in a bid to implement a strategy of rebalance in the Asia-Pacific region.
Developers at the University of Michigan are nearing the end of a project that will allow blind people to participate in digital culture much more readily than ever before.
While those without visual impairments often rely on screens, laptops, and tablets to help them accomplish tasks, the technology to allow blind people to do the same has been sorely lacking.
The debt in effect creates a rift between parents and their children, a grandmother was told to consider giving up custody of her grandson in order to avoid paying his juvenile court fees. (Photo: Richard Ross/Youth First) By Nika Knight | Common Dreams | August 31, 2016 Many states are incarcerating poor children whose families […]
Exclusive: Democrats and Hillary Clinton are delighting in attacking Donald Trump from the right, employing McCarthyistic tactics and embracing the imperialist notion of “American exceptionalism,” says Daniel Lazare. By Daniel Lazare Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the most right-wing presidential…Read more →
Chris Kendall of Hoax Busters Call returns to the show to talk about the various hoaxes, myths and frauds that comprise mainstream "reality." We engage in a wandering discussion touching on the economy, fiat debt-based money, fake news, public myths (a.k.a noble lies), manufactured terrorism, education and a few other topics.
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Chris Kendall of Hoax Busters Call returns to the show to talk about the various hoaxes, myths and frauds that comprise mainstream "reality." We engage in a wandering discussion touching on the economy, fiat debt-based money, fake news, public myths (a.k.a noble lies), manufactured terrorism, education and a few other topics.
*Please consider a donation to support this podcast.
IMEMC News & Agencies – September 2, 2016 Israeli occupation forces reportedly committed 51 violations against Palestinian journalists during August of 2016, the government media office stated. According to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, a report published by the office revealed that Israeli forces detained eight journalists, holding four in custody, and served a summons […]
21st Century Wire says…
A review of all the Top Stories from this week – for your consideration.
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
British writers on peace and war
Samuel Butler: Religion of war
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Samuel Butler
From Hudibras
And therefore I, with reason, chose
This stratagem t’ amuse our foes;
Before the American Legion, Hillary Clinton sought to paint herself as the real patriot running for President by invoking “American exceptionalism,” a phrase that has caused much trouble and that Donald Trump disdains, notes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar. By…Read more →
Exclusive: After decades of delays and denials, Jesuit-led Georgetown University finally confessed to a near-two-century-old abuse of African-American slaves, writes ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern. By Ray McGovern Better late than never, Jesuit-run Georgetown University has acknowledged that the school has “been…Read more →
Refugees and asylum seekers in Italy have given up some or all of their daily allowances in order to aid the relief efforts in the aftermath of an earthquake in three small mountain communities that killed nearly 250 people.
The 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck on August 24 in the wee hours of the morning, devastating several homes and ending hundreds of lives 85 miles east of the capital of Rome. [1]
This entry appeared imminent, had some news items bookmarked from yesterday regarding this impending move:Turkish army reinforces Kilis as another cross-border operation nears
Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum. This year, representatives of 35 countries applied to attend the forum. In total, delegations from 56 countries
Vanessa Beeley and Henry Lowendorf of the US Peace Council delegation speak on Syria TV at the end of the fact finding trip to Syria July 2016.
21st Century Wire says…
The Vermont Attorney General has reached an agreement with the Grocery Manufacturers Association and others to dismiss the proceedings related to the state’s GMO labelling law
Chief minister (CM) Nitish Kumar has offered his full support to the Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture (ASHA) to prevent the introduction of GM mustard
Paul Ryan and his utterly dysfunctional House Republican conference is riven with so much in-fighting and back-stabbing and with so many ideological purity tests that they can't get anything done-- not even the most basic functions of government. The Florida delegation-- both Democrats and Republicans-- have been begging and are now demanding that Ryan call Congress back into session to deal with the Zika crisis.
A new analysis of Ebola has confirmed some shocking and surprising news: the virus can stay within the body, particularly within male semen, for a year and a half after recovering from an infection. This means that it is possible for the disease to be sexually transmitted and for this method to trigger another outbreak, especially in vulnerable communities in West Africa. [1]
By Roger Annis | New Cold War | Sept 2, 2016 Western media is becoming unhinged as its anti-Russia propaganda struggles to keep a hold on its consumers. Two recent examples provide evidence. Pro-peace conspiracy emanating from Moscow On August 28, the New York Times published an article by its Moscow bureau chief about the […]
Gene drive technologies will allow new destructive agricultural practices and even use by the military
5/5 (4) And in case you didn't think those education corporations have been sniffing too much glue, check out what British educational racketeer Pearson is up to(courtesy of Mr. S.D.H):
Teachers! Can You Teach an Avatar?
Voila! …
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5/5 (8) I know I've been ranting lately about Amairikuhn edgykayshun and the billionaire busybodies and corporate goofballs intent on continuing the ruination begun by the billionaire busybodies of yesteryear. But I have to rant again,…
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In October 2015, I had the opportunity to debate, in Munich, Professor Hans Werner Sinn on the European Monetary Union and, more broadly, Europe’s economy . On 30 August 2016, at the Alpbach European Forum, I debated Professor Sinn’s successor … Continue reading →
Farida (right, with seed-saving farmers), an eminent critic of GM Bt brinjal’s performance in Bangladesh, will visit 5 venues
This candid conversation took place with representatives of various media outlets during the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, in June 2016.
Ever since the more mainstream Republican right began to turn on Donald Trump, I’ve wondered why they don’t simply bite the bullet and vote for Hillary Clinton instead. Desperate for anyone who isn’t Trump, the GOP has tried to get Weekly Standard editor William Kristol to suggest a candidate – which went as well as […]
The post Why Should Partisan Politics Get in the Way of Warmongering? appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has refused to stand during the playing of The Star Spangled Banner, traditionally played before most football games.
Like Gabby Douglas’ “refusal” to put her hand over her heart during the playing of the United States’ national anthem at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio last month, Kaepernick’s actions have angered patriotic Americans on both sides of the no man’s land that stands in for electoral politics here.
Bombers targeted pilgrims in Iraq, but a fire at a weapons cache also killed several people.
The post 54 Killed in Iraq as Bombers Target Pilgrims appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
Antalya is considered one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations [Xinhua]
Five days after Moscow lifted a ban prohibiting its citizens from using charter flights to Turkey, a Royal Airlines Flight Boeing 767 carrying 309 Russian passengers from Moscow landed at Antalya International Airport.
The airport is 20 kilometers northeast of Antalya city, a popular tourist destination on the Mediterranean Sea.
The Russian tourists were given flowers as they disembarked in a sign of warming relations between Ankara and Moscow.
United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, September 1, 2016 GOP Scapegoats Immigrants for Economic Ills Caused by Malfeasance of Wall Street Derivatives Traders and Congressional Austerity Fanatics; Trump’s Demand for Immediate Deportation of Those Merely Arrested (Not Convicted) for Any Crime Would End Presumption of Innocence and Requirement for Due Process, [...]
You can find the piece to which Paul's directing us here."If you as a journalist are going to say that something 'raises questions,' and if you know the answer to those questions, you have to say that, too.
Ma’an – September 2, 2016 QALQILIYA – A Palestinian photojournalist was injured by Israeli forces Firday afternoon, as dozens others suffered from tear gas inhalation during the weekly protest in the norther occupied West bank village of Kafr Qaddum. Popular resistance coordinator in Kafr Qaddum Murad Shtewei told Ma’an that Israeli forces “assaulted” participants in […]
On September 1, Vladimir Putin gave an interview to the international media company Bloomberg in Vladivostok. John Micklethwait: Mr President, thank you very much for talking to Bloomberg. We are in Vladivostok, at the border of Russia, practically the Pacific Coast is its