Trump eyes ex-agrichemical exec to fill his final Cabinet post
Meanwhile, Obama's guy Vilsack bolts a week early, leaving a void atop the USDA
Meanwhile, Obama's guy Vilsack bolts a week early, leaving a void atop the USDA
Press TV – January 14, 2017 Despite earlier threats made by US President-elect Donald Trump to dismantle the nuclear agreement with Iran, his pick for US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, has called for a “full review” of the accord, but fallen short of seeking an outright rejection. Reacting to the remarks, Iran’s Deputy Foreign […]
By Adam Garrie | The Duran | January 14, 2017 Donald Trump is no fan of post-1979 Iran, but name me any former US President who was? However, there is one character in modern Iranian history that Trump ought to feel some level of sympathy with. That man is former Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. […]
by Judith Curry
A round-up of recent articles from around the world about water — too little, too much, plus new technology and policy ideas.
Friday morning Mark Pocan (D-WI), on behalf of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, proposed an amendment to protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from Paul Ryan.
By Neil Clark | RT | January 14, 2017 Just when you thought ‘Fake News’ had nowhere else to go, up pops BuzzFeed to take it to a whole new level. The site’s publication of an unverified, error-filled dossier on Donald Trump and his alleged links to Russia, marks a new journalistic low. It shows […]
The Russian Finance Minister has warned that oil prices will slip unless OPEC and non-OPEC countries remain committed to output cuts agreed in December [Xinhua]
Russia’s economy is still largely dependent on the export of oil, Tatyana Golikova, Chairwoman of the Accounts Chamber – parliament’s financial control body for the Russian Federation, told local media on Friday.
Russia’s economy slumped since 2015 following European Union/US sanctions and the dramatic drop in oil prices in the past two years.
This is so bad, it’s difficult to watch, while at the same time so bad it’s hilarious to watch.
Celebrity snowflakes in panic mode because crooked Hillary did not win the White House.
Makes me smile! Watch at your own risk…
Mark Dice comments on the bizarre protest collaboration about a song describing a woman in an abusive relationship.
By Phil Butler – New Eastern Outlook – 14.01.2017 Chris Steele is a former MI6 and FBI asset who compiled a dossier of unsubstantiated allegations about President-elect Donald Trump. The current Director at the private security and investigation firm Orbis Business Intelligence, is a curious player in the sensational efforts of Trump adversaries. Here is […]
If the neo-liberal, Hillary Clinton cabal needed anymore reason to hate Donald Trump, here are three…no drugs, no alcohol, no cigarettes.
On January 20th, Donald Trump will be the first US president in 24 years to have never used any form of illegal drugs.
Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton have all admitted (and some taken pride) in using illegal drugs, from cocaine to marijuana.
Not only has Trump stayed away from drugs, but he also steers clear from alcohol and cigarettes.
What Obama Means By “The Russian Threat”
Paul Craig Roberts
What does Obama mean when he alleges Moscow “continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.”
He does not mean that Russia is a threat in the ordinary meaning of the word. To understand what Obama means by threat, it is necessary to understand what is the foreign policy of the United States. The foreign policy of the US is to establish American hegemony over the world.
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
British writers on peace and war
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The CIA, Trump and Unverified News By Binoy Kampmark | Dissident Voice | January 13, 2017 London — Morning breakfast news on the BBC’s Radio Four on Friday was a delightful affair filled with discussions on Russia (when do we not talk about that busy, stirring Bear these days?), Donald Trump, dossiers and the intelligence […]
Drevet mot Katerina Janouch fick en intressant utveckling. Det började med att hon anklagades av Hynek Pallas för att ljuga om Sverige i tjeckisk TV. Till att han nu själv sitter och ljuger om Sverige i TV: http://bit.ly/2jIHt9DHär är några av de lustiga myterna han bestämde sig för att sprida.1.
Trump Agenda Neutralized By CIA Disinformation
Pat Buchanan writes that the hope for normal relations with Russia “is now suddenly impaired.”
January 12, 2017 In part three of The Lobby, our undercover reporter travels to the Labour Party Conference, revealing how accusations of anti-Semitism by group within Labour targeted Israel critics and saw some investigated.
This was an exciting week. Trump hasn't even been sworn in yet, but the Republicans and the conservative Dems who back their reactionary agenda are already moving rapidly in Congress towards the reactionary policies they stand for. Most of the ink has been going towards Republican Party plans to re-do-- or at least wreck-- the healthcare system.
Donald Trump has given an interview to the Wall Street Journal, which provides an insight to his outlook on foreign policy.
At least 40 people were killed in flooding following heavy rainfall that hit southern Thailand [Xinhua]
China is lending a helping hand to flood-stricken Thailand, allocating thousands of dollars’ worth of emergency aid to help victims in the south of the country, the Chinese embassy in Bangkok said on Friday.
Ambassador Ning Fukui visited badly hit areas, donating 1 million baht (approximately $28,600) to flood victims on behalf of the Chinese embassy and consulate.
The Red Cross Society of China will also donate $100,000, the embassy revealed.
Press TV – January 14, 2017 US President Barack Obama has declared the continuation of his country’s national emergency against Iran, claiming that despite full commitment to its nuclear deal with the six world powers, the Islamic Republic still poses “an unusual and extraordinary threat” to America. The outgoing president informed Congress of his decision […]
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Exclusive: The U.S. intelligence community’s unprecedented assault on an incoming U.S. president – now including spreading salacious rumors – raises questions about how long Donald Trump can hold the White House, says Daniel Lazare. By Daniel Lazare Is a military…Read more →
Donald Trump is no fan of post-1979 Iran, but name me any former US President who was? However, there is one character in modern Iranian history that Trump ought to feel some level of sympathy with. That man is former Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.
Mohammad Mosaddegh was the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran in 1951. He promised to make industry work for the people, he promised to make Iran into a society that served Iranian not foreign interests. Many called him a nationalist and an extremist, but his popularity did not wane.
Chilean President Salvador Allende waved to supporters in Santiago a few days after his election in 1970. The car was escorted by General Augusto Pinochet
In last Thursday's News and Views from the Nefarium I reported on an interesting story that appeared in three different (and very divergent) venues…
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In the light of today's main blog, is this the first sign of that "planned reaction" by the Eurocrats? Or a sign of cracks…
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And Zero Hedge is reporting a very different story on the Czech President, and noting that the Czech state wants to arm its citizens…
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This is one of those articles to make you go, "Hmmm....":
Canadian Imam says Islamic Law to be implemented when Muslims are majority
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China’s foreign investments are up but its exports have fallen year on year in 2016 [Xinhua]
China’s foreign direct investments last year hit a record $189 billion dollars, a report released this week showed.
According to the study done by the German Mercatur Institute for China Studies (MERICS) and Rhodium Group, China’s investments abroad rose an overall 40 per cent, with money going to the European Union amounting to $37.1 billion – 77 per cent more than in 2015.
There has been troubling brewing in the South China Sea for quite some time. The difficulties arise around territorial claims of sovereignty centred upon a collection of islands involving claims of various nations including the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Japan and Taiwan as well as Vietnam...
So we have a battle between two devious plans: the devious plan of Ukraine’s fourth richest oligarch against the devious plan of Ukraine’s sixth richest. Each of these devious plans is written from the perspective of personal gain...
Barack Obama is one of the “coolest” American presidents, but his “team of rivals” approach to governing – trying to accommodate and co-opt his adversaries – proved disastrous, especially in the Mideast, says Daniel Lazare.
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2017-01-14%20John%20Whitehead.mp3"][/audio]John Whitehead, author of Battlefield America: The War on the American People and founder of The Rutherford Institute joins us to discuss his retrospective of the Obama administration, "We All Lose: Obama’s Legacy and What It Means for a Trump Presidency."
The Arab taxi driver who brought me to Ramallah had no trouble with the Israeli border posts. He just evaded them. Saves a lot of trouble. I was invited by Mahmood Abbas, the President of the Palestinian National Authority (as well as of the PLO and the Fatah movement) to take part in joint Palestinian-Israeli […]
Will Donald Trump keep his campaign promise to end America’s wasteful wars overseas? Since he’s stated he knows more than America’s generals, will he rein them in? Will he bring major reforms to the military-industrial complex, or will he be nothing but talk and tweets? At Trump’s first news conference as president-elect, he had little […]
We are all familiar with the phenomenon of old news. A story which was on the front page for weeks gradually stops being reported because other things are considered more newsworthy. The issues which made the story so newsworthy are still there, but the media owners decide that the public is bored with them, inconvenient truths, and the audience wants to hear about something else.
This column will soon be out of date. There are only a few days of Barack Obama’s presidential pardon powers left. He will either offer clemency to whistleblower Chelsea Manning, thereby ending her sentence three decades sooner than officially mandated, or he will not. And the chances of her gaining freedom under a Republican-dominated Washington […]
Iraqi Forces took control of Mosul University, government buildings, and at least one bridge during Friday's advancements.
Chris Steele is a former MI6 and FBI asset who compiled a dossier of unsubstantiated allegations about President-elect Donald Trump. The current Director at the private security and investigation firm Orbis Business Intelligence, is a curious player in the sensational efforts of Trump adversaries. Here is what I discovered about the former British intelligence officer.
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The Syrian government has threatened retaliation against Israel following a claimed strike on one of its bases.
The missile strike is reported to have taken place on the al-Mazzeh military airport west of Damascus and to have involved Israeli land based missiles launched by Israeli aircraft from the area of the Sea of Galilee (“Lake Tiberias”) within Israel. It is likely that the missiles used were Popeye missiles which have a range of up to 80 km.
Less than a week before President elect Donald Trump’s inauguration the US House of Representatives took a first step towards Obamacare – US President Obama’s signature policy and the keystone of his legacy.
The Republican dominated House voted 227 to 198 to introduce a budget measure that is widely seen as a first step towards repeal.
This acts on an election promise made by Donald Trump during the recent election.
An editorial in The Global Times – an English language website owned and run by The People’s Daily, which is the official newspaper of China’s ruling Communist Party – is being widely reported around the world as a threat to go to war with the US over the South China Sea. Examples of the way in which this editorial is being reported can be found in The Guardian.
This is a complete misunderstanding of what the editorial said.
Part 1: You've already tried the Google Chromekittens-replacement trick, right?[Click to enlarge.]by KenYou've probably noticed the apparent disconnect between the two questions in the post title: "Election results still got you down?" and "Have you tried thinking about the quantity of shrimp consumed in Las Vegas?" Well, the disconnect is the whole point.
In remarks which pre-empted the announcement of the Geneva talks aiming to create a lasting peace settlement in Turkish occupied Cyprus, I wrote about the injustice of Turkish occupation of Cyprus, an EU state which Brussels has thrown to the dogs when it comes to preserving her ‘territorial integrity’, let alone her economic well-being.