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Russian Defence Minsitry: No one has asked for antidotes or medicines around location of alleged Idlib chemical attack
A puzzling new development has emerged in the aftermath of the alleged chemical weapons incident in Syria’s Idlib Governorate from the 4th of April.
Since the incident, apparently no one in the Khan Shaykhun area in question has asked for any antidotes for exposure to toxic sarin gas, the chemical allegedly deployed on the 4th of April.
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Tomgram: Danny Sjursen, Remind Us How This Ends...
Make no mistake: after 15 years of losing wars, spreading terror movements, and multiplying failed states across the Greater Middle East, America will fight the next versions of our ongoing wars...
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BREAKING: Britain to have first post-Brexit general election in June
British Prime Minister Theresa May has surprised many by calling for a general election to be held on the 8 of June.
After the Brexit vote in June of last year, many immediately called for a general election in order for Parliament to better reflect the mood of the country in respect of the largely unexpected victory for those favouring Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union. -
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NATO: Policy of Extension for the Sake of Extension
President Donald Trump has signed off on Montenegro's upcoming accession into NATO, helping pave the way for the military alliance's expansion in the Balkans. The Senate ratified the entry last month. All 28 NATO members have already ratified the Montenegro's accession. The US was among the last to do so. The final decision on membership will be made official at the next NATO summit on May 25. What will it lead to?
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Erdogan SLAMS protesters as thousands march against his referendum victory
Yesterday, the Deputy leader of the secular Kemalist CHP opposition party called for the results of Sunday’s Presidential Powers Referendum in Turkey to be nullified due to the Supreme Electoral Board of Turkey’s decision to accept ballots which did not bear the official electoral seal.
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US Didn't "Change Priorities" in Syria, It Lost
April 18, 2017 (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The United States - according to Western media sources - has shifted priorities in Syria, no longer focusing on regime change aimed at Damascus. However, in reality, it is not a shift in priorities, it is recognition that US ambitions in the Middle East have been thoroughly disrupted by Syrian, Russian, and Iranian resolve.The US
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UK Prime Minister Theresa May Announces General Election For June 8th
21st Century Wire says…
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Getting rid of North Korea’s nuclear bombs
By Jonathan Power
April 18th 2017.
There are 29 states which have at one time or another set about becoming nuclear weapons powers or have explored the possibility. Most have failed or drawn back. Only the US, Russia, France, UK, China, India, Israel, Pakistan and North Korea have crossed the threshold. Only the first five have long range, nuclear-tipped, missiles. North Korea wants to walk in their footsteps. -
« Le 23 avril, ne vous trompez pas ! »
Mes chers compatriotes, Dans quelques jours, vous aurez à voter pour choisir le futur président de la République. C’est un choix essentiel pour votre avenir, celui de vos enfants, et pour la France. L’heure est grave. Jamais je pense une élection présidentielle n’a été aussi déterminante. Soit nous continuons avec les politiques qui sont menées depuis des années, sur le ...
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PALACES OF THE MIND: MEMORY STUDY SAYS ANYONE CAN REMEMBER MORE
(Folks, while I've been sick and trying to rest, Ms. K.M. has graciously contributed some blogs. Don't forget, this is a new feature here.…
The post PALACES OF THE MIND: MEMORY STUDY SAYS ANYONE CAN REMEMBER MORE appeared first on Giza Death Star. -
5 misconceptions about North Korea explained
Yesterday, the North Korean Ambassador to the UN gave a tense press conference in which he issued a statement promising that his nation would exercise the full right to self-defence in the event of an attack from the US.
He also affirmed that in his view, the threats from the US justify North Korea’s weapons programmes as it has shown that such things are necessary in order to both deter and defend against an attack. -
NYT mocks skepticism on Syria-sarin claims
The New York Times and other major media have ruled out any further scepticism toward the US government’s claim that Syrian President Assad dropped a sarin bomb on a town in Idlib province, reports Robert Parry.
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Does North Korean Missile Parade Augur a New Asian Superpower?
North Korea had a pretty good week. True, a missile test Sunday failed seconds after launch. But Pyongyang’s ostentatious parade the day before — held to celebrate the 105th birthday of Kim Il-Sung, founder of North Korea — was a missile-laden triumph.
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Ambassador Nikki Haley says US will not ignore unverified reports Chechnya is persecuting “suspected” gay men
Has Nikki Haley never heard of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia?
The propaganda war against Russia continues, and what better way to poison western minds against Putin and Russia than to play the LGBT persecution card.
America’s Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power Nikki Haley said the US will not ignore reports that authorities in the Russian republic of Chechnya are persecuting suspected gay men. -
BREAKING: All powerful Erdogan launches proxy attack against SDF Kurds in Northern Syria
With power now consolidated under firmly under his control, Turkey’s Sultan Erdogan wasted no time instructing his proxy rebel army in Northern Syria to begin their campaign to wipe out SDF Kurdish forces.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) pose an existential threat to Turkey, more than ISIS ever will, and with the recent referendum in his rear view mirror, Erdogan can now focus forward in his push to prevent any Kurdish state from taking hold in Norther Syria. -
Benefitting from Prolonged Warfare
The pattern of the Trump presidency can be reasonably described as alarmingly erratic, but the one loosely consistent thread appears to be his belief that in some fashion there will be benefits from prolonged warfare. He will learn that the beneficiaries will be few but there will be countless victims.
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Book review. ‘Trump Unveiled: Exposing The Bigoted Billionaire’ by John K. Wilson
Book review. Trump Unveiled: Exposing the Bigoted Billionaire by John K. Wilson
by Ian Sinclair
Red Pepper
April-May 2017
“A narcissistic, bigoted, even idiotic fool”, Donald Trump “is just a petty, vicious, angry man”, argues John K. Wilson in this short primer, published just before the US presidential vote. -
Whitewash: The story of a weed killer, cancer, and the corruption of science
New book by Carey Gillam exposes the deception and underhand dealings that have kept glyphosate herbicides on the market
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America is falling in love with Trump at war. Approval rating hits 50%
Now that Trump has become a war President, his approval rating is jumping to new highs.
Both Bush presidents, and Bill Clinton used fake wars to pump up their approval numbers. It’s a trick that never fails, and with Trump’s illegal missile strike in Syria and North Korea war tension rising, Trump has figured out that the only way to unite left and right in America is to bomb countries a thousand miles away.
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FEMEN disrupts Le Pen, removed from stage before she can remove her top (Video)
National Front leader, and French presidential hopeful, Marine Le Pen was interrupted on stage by a FEMEN protester.
The video below shows a young female protester running towards Le Pen with a bunch of flowers held above her head. The FEMEN protestor is about to remove her top before she is rushed away from the stage by Le Pen’s security detail.
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Erdogan Wins Turkey's Referendum—But His Problems Are Far from Over
President Erdoğan has achieved his long-cherished ambition to be acknowledged as the uncrowned sultan of Turkey. However, his goal has been attained at great cost to the country. Turkey is divided down the middle regarding the wisdom of this course. A referendum, changing the constitution to a presidential system with almost unbridled powers for the chief executive, passed on Sunday with the barest majority—51 to 49 percent.
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John McCain tells NBC, ‘I hope the Washington establishment sucked Trump in’ (Video)
With tensions in North Korea pushing the US towards conflict, John McCain took to Meet the Press to help nudge Trump towards war.
Much of the interview focuses on the Korean peninsula, but McCain did find a minute to discuss how his ISIS army must defeat secular Assad, and raise the black flag (McCain has worked so hard to cultivate), over Damascus.
The best part of the interview comes in minute 5 when McCain expresses his sincere joy in the fact that Trump is being swallowed up by the DC establishment. -
Trump Has Killed Beautiful Babies in Four Countries
US president Donald Trump sounded sincere when he described how he felt after seeing pictures of "beautiful little babies" allegedly killed by a Syrian government chemical weapons attack on April 4. “These heinous actions by the Assad regime cannot be tolerated," said Trump, and hours later, the US launched nearly 60 tomahawk missiles in response […]
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War Cries Drown Out ‘America First’
"Why would I call China a currency manipulator when they are working with us on the North Korean problem?" tweeted President Donald Trump on Easter Sunday. Earlier, after discovering "great chemistry" with Chinese President Xi Jinping over "the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake" at Mar-a-Lago, Trump had confided, "I explained … that a trade […]
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American Missile Strikes in Syria Raise Fresh Questions
In the early hours of Friday morning Australian time the United States fired 59 Tomahawk missiles from two of its warships in the Eastern Mediterranean. The target was the Shayrat Air Base in North Eastern Syria.
The purported justification for the missile attack was, in the words of the Sydney Morning Herald’s chief Washington correspondent Paul McGeogh “as punishment for a previous gas attack that killed more than 80 civilians this week.” -
Why The Donald Should Cool It On North Korea – The Fat Boy Can’t Even Deliver His ‘Little Boy’
The realized truth of modern history is crystal clear. Washington had no business intervening in a quarrel between two no-count wanna be dictators (Syngman Rhee and Kim il Sung) on the Korean peninsula in June 1950, and surely has no business still stationing 29,000 American soldiers there 67 years latter. Yet owing to the institutionalized […]
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28 heads of state, leaders to attend Belt & Road summit in Beijing
Dubbed ‘One Belt, One Road,’ the plan is to revive an ancient trading route stretching from Asia to Europe [Xinhua]28 heads of state and government leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, have confirmed they will attend the Belt and Road summit in Beijing on May 14-15.
On Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Chinese President Xi Jinping will host the round table summit of the leaders. Dubbed ‘One Belt, One Road,’ the plan is to revive an ancient trading route stretching from Asia to Europe. -
Donald Trump, North Korea And Nuclear Brinkmanship
Warring toddlers, fanatical children, one-eyed adolescents who confuse noise with constructive contribution – this is the state of the world, with the recent, and ongoing spat chapter of Washington and Pyongyang. However you wish to describe the stout, proud and foolishly dangerous Kim Jong-un, murderous leader of North Korea, comparisons must diminish somewhat before the trigger happy CEO of United[Read More...]
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Donald Trump Juggles Provocations on the Syrian Stage
The US military-industrial complex has always taken acts of corruption, the selling of weapons abroad and levying huge commissions on the resulting sales, and more often than not dropping all the monetary gains into personal coffers, as the rule of the game. Meanwhile, the whole world is still wondering whether an airplane or a rocket brought down the Pentagon on 9/11. After all, the Americans are still searching hard for this notorious aircraft, or rather, its remains.
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USA Moves Toward Major Intervention In Yemen
The USA, according to Defense Secretary “Mad Dog” Mattis, he who ordered the use of chemical weapons in Fallujah, Iraq, is about to take a major step towards direct intervention in support of the Saudi Arabia war on the Yemeni people. According to Jeffrey St. Clair, Editor of Counterpunch, this war has already seen 90,000 Saudi airstrikes on Yemen, or[Read More...]
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The Realist Report – Carolyn Yeager
On this edition of The Realist Report, we’re joined once again by Carolyn Yeager. Carolyn was my special guest on March 30, a discussion well worth listening to if you haven’t already.
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Baghdadi Aide Shot to Death near Mosul; 117 Killed in Iraq
An top aide to ISIS leader al-Baghdadi was shot to death near Mosul.
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Reactive Mismeasures: The New Yorker and the “New” Cold War Propaganda (Part 2)- Cold War 2.0
This is the second part (of 5 ) of a paragraph by paragraph commentary on a recent article posing as journalism in the March 6, 2017 issue of The New Yorker. I hope to demonstrate that this article is basically a totally mendacious concoction of cold war US propaganda constructed out of unsubstantiated opinions expressed by US government officials and various[Read More...]
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Iraqis Making Freelance Bomb Disposal Into a Lucrative New Business
When someone gives you lemons, you make lemonade, right?
And so it goes in Freedom Land of Iraq, where for many, now out from under the heels of Islamic State, the Iraqi people have only to clear out all the bombs, IEDs, and unexploded ordnance left everywhere they want to live by all sides in this ongoing clusterf*ck of foreign policy adventurism. -
BJP’s Rise in UP Shows the Need for a Real Progressive Alternative and Not Votebank Politics
Even as social media remains abuzz with the fake news of Yogi Adityanath, the newly appointed CM of Uttar Pradesh, cutting down reservations for SCs, STs and OBCs in private medical colleges (which never existed in the first place), what has taken the country by storm is BJP’s major upset in the UP assembly elections of 2017. Known to be[Read More...]
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Deconstructing Yogi’s Meat Politics
The crackdown on illegal abattoirs was one of the first decisions taken by Yogi Adityanath soon after taking over as Chief Minister of the most populous and politically crucial state of the country following the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) resounding victory in the recently held assembly elections. The UP is the country’s largest meat exporting state having a business[Read More...]
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California Shaping Up To Be An Elephant's Grave Yard In The 2018 Midterms
The biggest Democratic delegation in Congress is, by far, from California. Of California's 53 House members, 39 are Democrats. Only 14 are Republicans and it's realistic to imagine that 14 being cut in half in the 2018 midterm cycle. Yesterday's L.A. Times noted without flinching that last month’s state registration report reveals an accelerated erosion of Republican strength.
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Photo Essay: Okhla Sabzi Mandi, Life in Action
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players;” (As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7) The quoted lines, written by Shakespeare somehow, explain the cycle of our life. We are born and then we die. But it’s the “in between” where we actually live. We’re actors of the play called ‘Life’ and we go[Read More...]
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Tax Day Protests Joined by at Least 125,000 in 200 Cities as Spring Protest Season Kicks Off
United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Monday, April 17, 2017 Time to Demand Wall Street Sales Tax as Answer to U.S. Budget Crisis; Syria Bounce Proving Short-Lived for White House; Will Democrat Ossoff Win Outright in Tuesday Special Election in Georgia?; Erdogan Garners Meager 51% in Turkey Referendum on Authoritarian Regime as [...]
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Thinking Past the BJP Victory in UP – Response to Biju Mathew: C.P. Geevan
Guest post by CP GEEVAN The following is a response to the piece by Biju Mathew on Kafila, underlining the need for single-minded focus and keep the feet firmly on political realities Given the exuberant optimism that Biju Mathew evokes in these dark days, many of us afflicted by malignant pessimism should not have many … Continue reading Thinking Past the BJP Victory in UP – Response to Biju Mathew: C.P. Geevan
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Is The DCCC Missing The Great Sleeper Issue Of 2018? Take Wisconsin Reactionary James Sensenbrenner
Science sceptic Jim Sensenbrenner attempting to prove male GOP congressmen can become pregnantLast November John Sensenbrenner-- first elected in 1978 to represent the suburbs west of Milwaukee, Waukesha and Washington, Jefferson and Dodge counties further out-- was reelected against Democrat Khary Penebaker 260,703 (66.8%) to 114,469 (29.3%). WI-05 is the most Republican and most right-wing district in Wisconsin.
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FBI Agrees to Give Records to Antiwar.com
After a four-year court battle, the FBI has agreed to turn over records it created when it spied on Antiwar.com and pay $299,000 to settle our attorneys’ fees.
The action only settles a portion of the lawsuit. ACLU attorney Julia Mass said “We will continue to challenge the FBI’s collection and maintenance of descriptions of our clients’ First Amendment activities in violation of the federal Privacy Act.”
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The Destruction of Inlet Beach
The Destruction of Inlet Beach
Paul Craig Roberts
Inlet Beach is an old Florida community in Walton County on the Gulf Coast of the panhandle of Florida. The community circa 1950 originated in federal land dispensed via a lottery to WW II veterans. Winners of the lottery received 1.25 acres in exchange for a $50 filing fee and agreement to construct an 800 square foot block house. -
The truth behind Front National's change of heart
Despite its suggestive rhetoric and its appeals to the lower classes, the party's disguise as a champion of 'the people' is a sham, and must be uncovered argues Tommaso Segantini.
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La Syrie, Rex Tillerson et le cortège d’absurdités occidentales, Philippe Migault
Source : Philippe Migault, 12-04-2017
Le secrétaire d’Etat américain Rex Tillerson et le président Donald Trump© Carlos Barria Source: Reuters -
Talk Bhima or Bhim, Walk Manu
( Photo Courtesy : http://www.bhubaneswarbuzz.com) Bhima Bhoi, saint, poet and social reformer, who lived in later part of the 19 th century and who wielded his pen against the prevailing social injustice, religious bigotry and caste discrimination, would not have imagined in his wildest dreams that in the second decade of the 21 st century … Continue reading Talk Bhima or Bhim, Walk Manu
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Facebook Now Teaches You How to Spot “False News”
21st Century Wire says…
According to these standards, the mainstream media should be banned for life!
Facebook has now fully deployed it’s anti-fake news scheme. The website now offers users the chance to learn how to spot fake news, which it has renamed “false news”; presumably after how badly the attack backfired.
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