José-André Lacour: War’s sanguinary peacock
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
José-André Lacour
From Death in That Garden (1954)
Translated by Humphrey Hare
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
José-André Lacour
From Death in That Garden (1954)
Translated by Humphrey Hare
By James Petras | December 28, 2013
The transformation of Christmas from a story about a migrant working-class family fleeing state persecution, in the search for a safe haven and receiving support and solidarity to the biggest capitalist commercial bonanza of the year – has far-reaching political consequences.
Taking Christ out of Christmas
By Gilad Atzmon | December 28, 2013
JVP is moving from strength to strength. Though it didn’t liberate Palestine yet, it certainly managed to convince a few Jews that Jewishness is actually a good thing.
Today we learned that the legendary activist and scholar Noam Chomsky appealed to the general public to donate to the Jews only Group.
Everyone blames Nazi-sympathizer John Foster Dulles, Eisenhower's Secretary of State, and his bumbling and incompetent brother, Allen, head of the CIA, for the unintended consequences brought on by the violent CIA overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddegh. History blames them-- and history was meant to blame them. Eisenhower's fingers are nowhere near any of that stuff-- only on his revered speech warning Americans about the Military-Industrial Complex.
After several years of discussions between the two governments, the first package of US drone material made its way to Baghdad last week and ahead of its 2014 schedule. The possibility of drone-aid has surfaced periodically in response to al-Qaeda’s ongoing campaign and the violence that continues to plague Iraq, with options ranging from material […]
The rushed campaign to insert Stanley Fischer straight from his position leading Israel’s central bank into the number two spot at the Federal Reserve has allowed little time for research into the appointee’s career or for informed public debate about his record. Like the failed recent Obama administration-Israel lobby pincer move to ram approval for […]
JINBA, Occupied West Bank, (IPS) – Jinba is in the crosshair of ‘Firing Zone 918’ – and ‘Firing Zone 918’ is a microcosm of the Israeli occupation. Together with seven other communities, Jinba is slated for demolition to make way for an Israeli training ground. Forced eviction hangs over a thousand Palestinians. Mahmoud Raba’i is […]
by KenI was looking at this box, Broadway in a Box, that I got for some agreeably modest price as an Amazon special -- 25 cast recordings of Broadway musicals, mostly Original Broadway Cast recordings, but with seven revivals mixed in, four from Broadway and three from the Music Theater of Linco
Here was my comment subsequent to Michael Collins Piper’s December 26, 2013 appearance on Spingola Speaks with Deanna Spingola: Once again, Mike Piper said nothing to refute any of the specific evidence put forward for crisis actors at Sandy Hook or Boston. And he keeps putting out Cass Sunstein and his memo out there, as […]
by Judith Curry [S]ilence is an advocacy for the status quo. – Kevin Anderson The issue of scientists and advocacy continues to generate interesting discussion. Brigitte Nerlich At the blog Making Science Public, Brigitte Nerlich has an interesting post Making … Continue reading →
Same violence seen used by Thaksin Shinawatra in 2010, now unfolding again. December 28, 2013 (Tony Cartalucci) - At approximately 3am Saturday morning, regime gunmen drove by the anti-regime rally site near Chamai Maruchet Bridge and gunned down one security guard - leaving several others injured.
[We continue our encore presentation of Noah's Idiocracy series.
At least 11 people were killed and 62 more were wounded, including a number of casualties at an Iranian camp outside the capital.
By David Macaray | Dissident Voice | December 26, 2013
A brief summary of what’s been happening in Seattle between the Boeing Corporation and its union workforce, the IAM (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers). Aware they have the upper hand, and that thousands of relatively well-paying jobs hang in the balance, Boeing has resorted to an unsubtle form of carrot-and-stick extortion.
With UPDATE: Saturday's StripDOONESBURY -- Wednesday[Click to enlarge]"Okay, I might've said it, but I was probably drunk."-- how GOP pols should not respond to queries about"Lady Problem" gaffes, says their special consultantby KenIn our last post Howie took a nostalgic look back at the age-old and still-raging Repub
Here are 10 questions I have for Lew Rockwell, founder of the government-regulated and tax-exempt Ludwig von Mises Institute, and founder of the purported “anti-state” site, LewRockwell.com: 1) Why did you enter into a voluntary agreement with the very same government you said is “far worse than the mafia?“ 2) When there were prominent voices […]
By Noel Brinkerhoff and Danny Biederman | AllGov | December 27, 2013
Defense officials in the Obama administration were more than a little off when they told Congress the cost of maintaining the nation’s nuclear weapons arsenal over the next 10 years.
They missed the mark by at least $140 billion.
According to the Ludwig von Mises Institute’s 2012 IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt filing, it reported a total of $22,268,915 in assets. We see then, how the promotion of Austrian economics is big business, and why its associates and founder, Lew Rockwell, are limited in what positions they will take on certain issues. For example, Lew Rockwell […]
Anyone who voted for this should be voted OUT! This article does not mention the Unlawful detainment clause. Its there. Here is the full Text of the bill: H.R. 1960: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 WITH OVER 5000 PARTS… This thing is MASSIVE! (Section 3054 deals with Federal Agency water rights. This could be a clause to deal with activists attempting to lobby states to cut water to the NSA facilities?)
Murdered after all.
Read the rest at WHO WHAT WHY
Sometimes we cover the Republican War on Women, and invariably some pompous Republican asshat denies that there's any such thing. But it's very real and very serious and profoundly undemocratic. And it's got to stop.
Or is this a diversion from why Kyle was really assassinated… He knew too much?
Was Kyle against the Craft mission in Boston? (Above Craft Contractors mass at the Boston Marathon.)
Craft contractor with backpack. Matches closely the pack destroyed by explosion…
…. And there is no picture of the Brothers without a backpack?
Widow of Famed Sniper Chris Kyle Is Suing Executives at the Company He Started
For four consecutive years since 2010, Canada has been ranked more economically free than the United States. As of 2013, Canada was ranked as the 6th most economically free country in the world, with a freedom index of 79.4, with the U.S. ranking in 10th place, with a freedom index of 76.0. Embarrassingly for the […]
http://voiceofrussia.com/2013_12_27/US-NATO-missile-defense-key-to-first-strike-Bruce-Gagnon-3713/
Voice of Russia
December 27, 2013
US/NATO missile defense key to first strike – Bruce Gagnon
John Robles
Photo: EPA
Voice of Russia
December 26, 2013
President Putin man of the year/Obama an empty raincoat – George Galloway
John Robles
Photo: RIA Novosti
Five years after the devastating Israeli war on Gaza, called ‘Operation Cast Lead,’ Israel has again bombed the densely populated open air prison strip to its south. Several Gazans have been reported injured and at least one toddler has been killed.
Russia & India Report
December 25, 2013
Why Russia deployed Iskander missiles at the EU borders
Viktor Litovkin
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Vladimir Pozner
From First Harvest (Les Gens du pays) (1943)
Translated by Haakon Chevalier
Until last week I didn’t know anything about Duck Dynasty. I really couldn’t have cared less about those people, their business or their antics. Apparently, however, enough of my fellow human beings find them entertaining enough to make it worth A&E’s time and effort to produce a show based on their lives. Now, suddenly, I know way too much about them. Now, suddenly, I feel like someone has grabbed me by the neck and shouted in my face “These people are important! What’s happening to them is important!
ED: Living in LA in the 1980′s / 90′s I became so scared of getting busted for “Jay-Walking” that when I went to NY (where you have to cross against lights to even get around) I could not function…. Should police have better things to do? Is this just another way to get in your business, and do a little fishing? Yep
Don’t pay the Ticket…. Go to JAIL!
Via Reason
I get a weird pleasure of watching supporters of the obscure arts, whose fans lean overwhelmingly liberal-prog-commie, get increasingly bewildered as their heroes obdurately refuse to ratify their politics for them, forcing them to confront the unbelievable: decent worthwhile humans I admire might disagree with me about core elements of my politics!
Over twenty years ago, the estate recovery clause was added to Medicaid. If you are 55 or over and receive Medicaid coverage, the state you live in can seize your estate when you die to recover the costs they paid out for your health care.
As I confirmed during my December visit, there is evidence of backlash against North Carolina oligarchist "Puppet Master" Art Pope's way-far-right agenda.by NoahThere are two Popes in the news lately. Both represent organizations that claim to speak for Jesus Christ. One's name is Pope Francis, leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Francis is the better-known of the two, and his actions befuddle and anger U.S. Republicans. The other's name is Art Pope.
By Kevin Barrett | Press TV | December 27, 2013
With some people – the really bad liars – it’s easy to spot what criminologists call “guilty demeanor.”
When George W. Bush sat reading to schoolchildren on the morning of 9/11, remaining in the classroom for almost ten minutes after supposedly learning that America was under attack, the guilty look on his face was palpable.
Jewish Power is the ability to get us to stop talking about Jewish Power. Gilad Atzmon.
Since 1998, Antiwar.com has been in the forefront of the battle for peace and the restoration of the Constitution: I have personally written thousands of columns commenting on this or that aspect of the struggle, and my co-writers have contributed many tens of thousands of words to that same effort. And so I’m wondering: have […]
Despite an atmosphere of deep mutual distrust, two major rival Syrian Kurdish bodies have agreed to attend an expected international conference on the fate of Syria, known as Geneva II, on the side of the Syrian opposition forces, Syrian Kurdish sources told IPS. That is contingent on the possibility that only two sides will be […]
It was a year much like any other – until it wasn’t. In the Balkans, the tone for 2013 was set in December 2012, when the Empire-installed regime in Belgrade pledged to break Serbia in exchange for lording over its ruins. But the understanding of Empire’s Balkans policy was much illuminated in late January, by […]
On December 26, 1963, hastily pushed up in response to public demand, Capitol Records released their first Beatles record, a single of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" backed with "I Saw Her Standing There." It wasn't the first Beatles release in the U.S., but it was the first by the group's official label (or any major one), and the first properly promoted and distributed. The rest, as they say, is history.by NoahAs a youngster in the early 1960s, I had a portable radio.
At least 20 people were killed and 29 more were wounded in scattered violence across Iraq.