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Four journalists killed covering Egypt clashes
RT | August 15, 2013
Four journalists have been killed in violent clashes which swept Egypt on Wednesday, with a number of the press core suffering serious injuries in the clashes. At least 238 civilians died in total as security forces brutally broke up pro-Morsi rallies.
Egypt has been swept by horrific street violence, showers of gunfire, blazing fires and tear gas as relentless clashes have shaken cities in government attempts to break up the demonstrations. -
Syria accepts essential terms of chemical weapons probe – UN
RT | August 15, 2013
The Syrian government has accepted the ‘essential modalities’ under which the UN was ready to investigate whether chemical weapons had been used in the country, the body has announced, signalling that experts will shortly be traveling to Syria.
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The Importance of Mugabe's Victory in Zimbabwe
Eric Draitser joins Glen Ford on Black Agenda Radio to discuss the significance of President Robert Mugabe’s electoral victory in Zimbabwe. They examine the importance of Mugabe and ZANU-PF’s win both for the people of Zimbabwe, and Africa more generally. Eric also explains why the defeat of Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC represents a defeat for neoliberal capitalism and the imperial powers.
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Fallouts of Iran Sanctions
By Ali Fathollah-Nejad | World Policy Blog | July 31, 2013
Iran’s President-elect Hassan Rohani has promised to ease the tensions surrounding the international relations of his country. In line with the will of the majority of Iranians, the issue of economic sanctions – weighing heavily on the latter’s day-to-day life – will be a key to that end.
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Zimbabwe Elections on Black Agenda Radio
Eric Draitser joins Glen Ford on Black Agenda Radio to discuss the significance of President Robert Mugabe’s electoral victory in Zimbabwe. They examine the importance of Mugabe and ZANU-PF’s win both for the people of Zimbabwe, and Africa more generally. Eric also explains why the defeat of Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC represents a defeat for neoliberal capitalism and the imperial powers. -
US-Backed Maliki Gov’t is Driving Iraq Into Civil War
Following up on Kelley Vlahos’s brilliant post about the ongoing failure of the U.S.’s vaunted surge in Iraq, an important question arises as to why Iraq remains on the verge of civil war. It is not, as many seem to think, for mysterious and complex reasons that are too difficult to figure out much less solve.
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Interview 722 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato
Welcome to http://NewWorldNextWeek.com — the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week:
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Does Debbie Wasserman Schultz Want To Poison Your Family? Of Course Not... She Just Doesn't Care One Way Or The Other
Sugar is deadly.I'm so lucky. While staying at a house in the country near a tiny village in Tuscany, Montespertoli, I immediately noticed that the gelateria in the square, where the whole town gathers every evening, serves dozens of flavors of ice cream, including two-- lemon and cappuccino-- that are senza zucchero, sugar free. My friends kept asking me why I'm such a fanatic.
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Morality be damned in Canada’s support for Israel
By Yves Engler · August 14, 2013
The extremism of Canada’s support for Israel just keeps growing.
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Brazil says may go to UN over NSA espionage
Press TV – August 15, 2013
Brazil says it may go to the UN over a controversial US spying program on Brazilian citizens, rejecting Washington’s claims that the operation was purely aimed at fighting terrorism.
Addressing a congressional panel on Wednesday, Brazilian Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo said Brasilia was not satisfied with the explanations presented by US Secretary of State John Kerry during his Tuesday visit. -
Egypt: Paging Samantha Power!
Think back a couple weeks and recall the political narratives accompanying Obama’s pick for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, the journalist and Harvard scholar at the forefront of the debate over humanitarian interventions for the past decade. Foreign Policy’s John Hudson described Power’s “staunch advocacy of U.S. intervention on moral grounds.” Max Boot said she is a “principled advocate of humanitarian intervention.”
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Israeli government to recruit students as undercover agents on social media
RT | August 15, 2013
Israel is set to recruit students to work undercover in “covert units” at universities. The students will post messages on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube on the Israeli government’s behalf – without identifying themselves as government agents.
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NATO Chieftain: Egypt Important Partner In Mediterranean Dialogue
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
August 15, 2013
Statement by the NATO Secretary General on the events in Egypt
NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Mediterranean Special Group visiting Egypt in 2008
I am deeply concerned by the situation in Egypt, and the continuing reports of bloodshed. I deplore the loss of life. -
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Is The Democratic Party Still Alive As A National Organization?
Tuesday, conservative polemicist Byron York was worrying the Republicans could lose the House in 2014. And if the Democratic Party was even vaguely competent, they could.
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Ex-NATO Commander: Keep 15,000 Troops In Afghanistan After 2014
Agence France-Presse
August 14, 2013
Ex-NATO Chief: 15,000 Troops Should Stay In Afghanistan After 2014
The United States and its allies should immediately announce how many troops will stay on in Afghanistan after 2014, former NATO supreme commander Admiral James Stavridis argued on Wednesday. -
Jean Giono: Led to the slaughterhouse
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Jean Giono
From To the Slaughterhouse (Le grand troupeau) (1931)
Translated by Norman Glass
“Arthur of all people,” Jerome said. “I never knew a finer fellow. And what guts he had and what a damn hard worker he was.” -
Greg Felton: Mideast Peace Talks Doomed to Failure
Interview by Kourosh Ziabari | Fars News Agency | August 14, 2013
Canadian columnist and political author Greg Felton believes that the new round of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority will ultimately fail and lead to nowhere as the Israeli regime is continuing to insist on its illegitimate demands and also is not ready to engage in talks on equal footing.
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Interview 721 – Guillermo Jimenez on Constitution-Free Border Zones
Today we’re joined by Guillermo Jimenez of TracesofReality.com to discuss the issue of the “constitution-free zones” that the ACLU have identified as existing anywhere within 100 air miles of any US border.
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Bahrain protests: Will the House of Khalifa fall like a house of cards?
Nile BowieRussia TodayMass protests in Bahrain are by no means a sectarian conflict, though they threaten to further entrench political polarization and serve as an ugly thorn in the Bahraini monarchy’s side unless they hear the popular calls for constitutional reform.
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Kerry On Damage Control: NSA spying under fire in Latin America
The massive NSA snooping revelations have cast a shadow over John Kerry's trip to Latin America - his first visit there since he assumed the position of Secretary of State. He has already received a chilly reception in Colombia - where officials demanded an explanation to reports that Washington had collected vast amounts of internet data there. The next stop on his trip is Brazil - which allegedly was the top regional target of the surveillance program.
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War Games: The Secret History of G.I. Joe
1. The First Coming of G.I. Joe It was 1964, and in Vietnam thousands of American “advisers” were already offering up their know-how from helicopter seats or gun sights. The United States was just a year short of sending its first large contingent of ground troops there, adolescents who would enter the battle zone dreaming […]
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Who Is the Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been going around the world as well as regularly appearing on American television telling everyone who might be inclined to listen that "The [Iranian] president was replaced but the goal of the regime remains obtaining nuclear weapons to threaten Israel, the Middle East and the safety of the world." […]
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Adam Gorightly on 'The Dead Comedian Conspiracy'
Writer, researcher and "crackpot historian" Adam Gorightly speaks about his new article in Paranoia Magazine called 'The Dead Comedian Conspiracy'.
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Hate Talk Radio Fading-- At Least In Terms Of Demos Advertisers Are Interested In
Two stories this week in Inside Radio demonstrate, once again, why Hate Talk Radio is doomed. In short, the format isn't reaching a demo and advertisers-- other than adult diaper makers, the NRA and the Republican Party-- want to reach. The key ad target demos don't want to hear bitter old white men screaming crazy, hateful conspiracy theories at them.
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Double-bombing in Baquba Lifts Tally to 35 Killed in Iraq
At least 35 people were killed and 35 more were wounded in today's attacks.
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Egypt: Creating a false paradigm to justify death and destruction
This is one hell of an info packed post. I would very much appreciate the gift of your time to read as I gifted my time to research and write. Thank-You in advance :)When I began working on this post, news out of Egypt had just started hitting the media. What was clear from those earliest reports is that this had been a brutal operation. Starting at dawn, protest camps fogged heavily with tear gas. Bulldozers, helicopters, snipers and live fire were all immediately reportedEarliest casualty counts had approximately 40 dead.
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Hoffman’s book on usury reviewed in “Culture Wars” magazine
The July-August issue of Culture Wars, a Catholic magazine published by E. Michael Jones, PhD., has an extensive review of Michael Hoffman's book, Usury in Christendom: The Mortal Sin that Was and Now is Not.The review, titled "Has the Catholic Church Changed Her Teaching on Usury?" is authored by Anthony Santelli, PhD., a fomer professor at George Mason University and the founder and hedgefund manager of AES Capital.The 19-page review is on pp. 30-49 of the July-August issue. A pdf.
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Iowa Republican Steve King On The Attack Again-- Except This Time His Target Is The GOP House Leadership
It's almost as though King has a political death wish. His House district has been redrawn and while still the reddest seat in Iowa, it isn't nearly as safe as it once was. The PVI is R+5, Romney beat Obama 53-45% and King himself had a relatively close call, alos winning just 53% of the vote against Christie Vilsack. Vilsack beat him in 7 counties, including two of the three big ones, Cerro Gordo and Story.
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U.S. Military Chief Speaks Of Crafting New Syrian Government
U.S. Department of Defense
August 12, 2013
Israel, Jordan, U.S. Face Common Threats, Dempsey Says
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Snowden: NSA targeted journalists critical of government after 9/11
By Jonathan Easley | The Hill | August 13, 2013
Leaker Edward Snowden accused the National Security Agency of targeting reporters who wrote critically about the government after the 9/11 attacks and warned it was “unforgivably reckless” for journalists to use unencrypted email messages when discussing sensitive matters.
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233: Tools - The Brain Software (With Richard Grove and Paul Verge)
Paul and Richard have been using this software for years, with some impressive results. Recently I have come to understand its value for personal organization, creativity, and historical research.
I highly recommend the full video version of the show, available here:
Look Closer:
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233: Tools - The Brain Software (With Richard Grove and Paul Verge)
Paul and Richard have been using this software for years, with some impressive results.
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233: Tools - The Brain Software (With Richard Grove and Paul Verge)
Paul and Richard have been using this software for years, with some impressive results. Recently I have come to understand its value for personal organization, creativity, and historical research.
I highly recommend the full video version of the show, available here:
Look Closer:
The Brain - http://www.thebrain.com/ -
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Pro-NSA Editorial Flails Wildly, Snarks At Internet Users And Claims Those Challenging NSA’s Reach ‘Hate Obama’
By Tim Cushing | Techdirt | August 13, 2013
As more details of the NSA’s Fourth Amendment-abusing surveillance programs continue to be unveiled, it’s been remarkable to watch the verbal and written contortions deployed by supporters to justify each new bit of exposed information.
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New Jersey... What Now?
Every New Jersey Democrat I know-- even the best of 'em-- are warning about the need to rally around Cory Booker now that he's in a face-off against a big bad right-wing lunatic. Early this morning, on her way to the airport, Barbara Buono told me that "When the polls closed I went to Cory Booker’s election night party. I know that Blue America members may not have supported Cory in the primary.
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Palestinian factions support formation of coalition against the negotiations
Palestine Information Center – 14/08/2013
RAMALLAH, GAZA — Palestinian MPs and officials expressed support for the formation of a coalition of all national and Islamic factions on the Palestinian arena to stand against the negotiations with the occupation.
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