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Saddam’s Green Light
By Robert Parry, from the first investigative series published at Consortium News in early 1996 In summer 1980, Iraq’s wily president Saddam Hussein saw opportunities in the chaos sweeping the Persian Gulf. Iran’s Islamic revolution had terrified the Saudi princes and other Arab royalty who feared uprisings against their own corrupt life styles. Saddam’s help […]
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The Secret Life of Timothy McVeigh
Published on May 11, 2015 TRANSCRIPT AND SOURCES: https://www.corbettreport.com/?p=14714 Timothy McVeigh. We’ve been told so much about him, the Oklahoma City bombing, and what it meant for America. But what if it’s all a lie? Join us today for this special Corbett Report podcastumentary as we examine the multiple trucks, multiple bombs, government informants, faked […]
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Punishing Another Whistleblower
Former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling was a whistleblower who was then targeted by the U.S. legal system for retaliation, which now includes a 42-month prison sentence. His real “crime” was going to the Senate Intelligence Committee to report on a dubious and dangerous covert operation that involved giving doctored nuclear-bomb blueprints to Iran.
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‘Broadest spying powers imaginable’: SNP MPs plan to block Tory Snoopers’ Charter
RT | May 12, 2015 Scottish Nationalists are hoping to use their new-found parliamentary leverage to block controversial Tory plans to introduce legislation that would see the further erosion of privacy rights across the UK. As the first days of parliament get under way, Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) MPs are planning to rail against Tory […]
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True costs of wind electricity
by Planning Engineer and Rud Istvan
Wind turbines have become a familiar sight in many countries as a favorite CAGW mitigation means. Since at least 2010, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) has been assuring NGOs and the public that wind would be cost competitive by now, all things considered. Many pro-wind organizations claim wind is cost competitive today. But is it? -
This Day In History – May 12 ( George Carlin, Brett Gurewitz, H. R. Giger, Ian Dury….)
1510 – The Prince of Anhua rebellion begins when Zhu Zhifan kills all the officials invited to a banquet and declares his intent on ousting the powerful Ming dynasty eunuch Liu Jin during the reign of the Zhengde Emperor.
1551 – National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, is founded in Lima, Peru.
1588 – French Wars of Religion: Henry III of France flees Paris after Henry I, Duke of Guise enters the city and a spontaneous uprising occurs.
1619 – Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is sentenced to death for high treason. -
Phony Free Speech in Garland Texas
Pamela Geller needs to be exposed for what she is By Philip Giraldi • Unz Review • May 12, 2015 Personally, I believe that the free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment is the bedrock freedom granted by the Constitution of the United States and as long as someone is not using that right explicitly […]
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Interview: Carol Kwiatkowski EDC's-threatening everything?- Chemical Manipulation of Humanity
Informative interview- covering much ground that has been covered here, previously regarding the Chemical Manipulation of HumanityWith much thanks to Lana @ Radio 3/14 for making this available for us all and for sharing her very insightful thoughts on the topic directly after the interviewCarol Kwiatkowski - Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence and Survival?
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The US Proxy War In Ukraine: Some Questions And Answers On Ukraine
The US proxy war in Ukraine continues... Right now there definitely has been a lull in the fighting in the eastern provinces which I call the "lull before the storm" meaning that the criminal US puppet regime has been using this temporary "cease fire" period to build up its armaments and put their ground forces into place with heavy weaponry for the launch of a new campaign to reconquer the eastern provinces from the so called "rebel forces", and in the process main mutilate and murder civilians...
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Ukrainian Parliament approves law allowing forced relocation of Russian citizens
RT | May 12, 2015 The Ukrainian Parliament has approved new regulations on martial law, which among other things allows for extrajudicial detention and relocation of Russian citizens in the country. The law was approved by 254 deputies out of 322. It regulates how martial law can be declared in Ukraine and the changes to […]
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Syrian opposition boycotts talks with UN envoy in Geneva
Press TV – May 12, 2015 Syria’s foreign-backed opposition group, the so-called Syrian National Coalition (SNC), says it is not attending ongoing Geneva negotiations with the United Nations special envoy to Syria. Hisham Marwa, deputy head of the SNC, on Monday dismissed the talks with UN envoy Staffan de Mistura in the Swiss city as […]
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Den här gången fick jag åtminstone veta att jag manipulerats
Igår berättade ett band på Reddit hur deras musikvideo blivit rippad och använts av ett magasin, till och med fått sitt bandnamn bortklippt. Massor med klick på filmen, vars annonsintäkter därmed landade i någon annans ficka. Arga och engagerade läsare hjälpte till att sprida filmen – orginalvideon – överallt.
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Ottawa plans to outlaw support for boycotting Israel: Report
Press TV – May 12, 2015 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government has signaled plans to apply hate crime laws against advocacy groups that encourage the boycott of Israel, a report says. The report by the Canadian broadcaster, CBC News on Monday said the move would target numerous civil society organizations who promote the […]
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KOL182 | Molyneux, Kinsella, and a Student: An Introduction to Libertarian Ethics (2014)
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 182. In January 2014, Stefan Molyneux (of FreeDomain Radio) and I had a discussion with Harrison Fischberg about the foundation of libertarian ethics. I just realized that I never put this on my podcast feed so—here it is.
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Poroshenko violates Minsk deal vowing to recapture Donetsk Airport – Kremlin
RT | May 12, 2015 The Ukrainian president’s decision to reclaim Donetsk Airport, a key strategic point in the conflict in the country’s east, are in violation of the Minsk peace deal, says the Kremlin. Petro Poroshenko vowed on Monday to take the airport back: “I have no doubt – we will free the airport, […]
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Who Owns Agricultural Land in Ukraine?
By Elizabeth Fraser | Oakland Institute | May 8, 2015 The fate of Ukraine’s agricultural sector is on shaky ground. Last year, the Oakland Institute reported that over 1.6 million hectares (ha) of land in Ukraine are now under the control of foreign-based corporations. Further research has allowed for the identification of additional foreign investments. […]
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How Can House Democrats Avoid Another Electoral Catastrophe-- Anything Short Of Winning Back The House-- In 2016?
After last cycle's electoral debacle for the Democrats, I spoke with a dozen Democratic candidates from competitive districts who felt they lost, at least in part, because of astonishing DCCC malfeasance. Almost every single one of them brought up Steve Israel, and not one person said a single word in his defense.
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Failing to Hide Israel-Iran-Iraq Secrets
By Robert Parry | Consortium News | May 11, 2015 By recently releasing a redacted version of top secret “talking points” that Secretary of State Alexander Haig used to brief President Ronald Reagan about Mideast developments in spring 1981, the U.S. government has inadvertently revealed what it still wants to hide from the public some 34 […]
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Canada, Welcome To The US-Style Surveillance State!
As a Canadian, I am still so shocked that there has been little or no outcry or revolt by the Canadian public to the passage of the heinous criminal Bill C-51 by the criminally corrupt Harper regime... That bill which will very shortly become the law of the land here in this once free nation of Canada will strip away Canadian freedoms and turn this nation into a police state...
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Russia invites Greece to join BRICS bank
RT | May 12, 2015 Greece has been invited by Russia to become the sixth member of the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB). The $100 billion NDB is expected to compete with Western dominance and become one of the key lending institutions. The invitation was made by Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergey Storchak on Monday […]
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LIONEL PODCAST: The Preposterous Farrago of Myth, Propaganda and Fantasy of UBL’s Capture and Dispatch
A farrago of nonsense. Behold the American exceptionalism meme, front and center. A Jerry Bruckheimer Production, if I’ve ever seen one. (And he’s been consulted in the past, as you well know. remember the Jessica Lynch saga?) Well, when it comes to the official narrative of dispatching UBL, it appears there’s another turd in the proverbial narrative punchbowl.
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Egyptian newspaper confiscated for the second time in two months
Mada Masr | May 12, 2015 A newspaper’s issue is usually confiscated when it is critical of the authorities. However on Monday the annual issue of the private al-Watan newspaper was briefly confiscated due to a headline that was deemed not quite supportive enough of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The newspaper’s front page headline was […]
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Google's Self Driving Cars Are Getting Into Accidents
This news should come as big NON surprise!
A handful of autonomous cars have been in accidents during test runs in California, posing a key question for the future of driverless vehicles: Are they actually any safer?
If they've been in accidents- the obvious answer is they are NOT any safer.I will highlight the spin Google is putting on this news, to downplay the accidents.
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Saudi regime plans crucifixion of dissident this Thursday
Reprieve | May 12, 2015 Saudi Arabia has been urged to spare the lives of two juveniles and an aging political activist, after plans emerged to execute at least one of them this Thursday. Sheikh Nimr Baqir Al Nimr, a 53-year old critic of the Saudi regime, and two juveniles, Ali Mohammed al-Nimr and Dawoud […]
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Brussels: Moving Georgia Closer To NATO Membership
Civil Georgia
May 12, 2015
Georgian President Meets NATO Secretary General
Tbilisi: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said after meeting with Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili in Brussels on May 11 that implementation of the substantial package of cooperation with Georgia is “well on track.”
Stoltenberg reiterated that NATO-Georgia Joint Training and Evaluation Center, which is one of the components of the substantial package, will be established in Georgia this year. -
Most Robust Ever: U.S. Troops Lead War Games Outside Georgian Capital
Civil Georgia
May 11, 2015
Georgian, U.S. Troops Launch Joint Drills Outside Tbilisi
Paratroopers jump out from aircraft over Vaziani military training ground outside Tbilisi as Georgiana and U.S. solders are lined up in front of Bradley and BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles during an opening ceremony of joint military drills Noble Partner on May 11, 2015. Photo: Eana Korbezashvili/Civil.ge -
Baltics: NATO Holds 20-Warship, 13,000-Troop War Games
Press TV
May 12, 2015
20 NATO warships engage in major war games in the Baltics
Nearly 20 warships representing nine member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have commenced the Baltic Fortress 2015 military drills in waters off the Lithuanian Baltic Sea coast. -
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Anthropocene Boosters and the Attack on Wilderness Conservation
By George Wuerthner A growing debate has serious consequences for our collective relationship to Nature. Beginning perhaps twenty years ago, a number of academics in disciplines such as history, anthropology, and geography, began to question whether there was any tangible wilderness or wild lands left on Earth. These academics, and ...
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IMPORTANT DOCUMENTATION OF “iSRAEL” WORKING WITH AL QAEDA IN SYRIA
May 12, 2015, Hands Off Syria
“This is Sedki al-Maket, a Syrian from the Golan. He was arrested for exposing Israeli relations with al-Qaeda in a series of videos that he would post online.”
**sub-titling of videos by Reme Sakr
Part 1: Sedki al Maket reports on al Qaeda in the GolanPart 2: Sedki reports on field hospitals in the Golan
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Victory: German Retail Giant Removes Glyphosate from 350 Stores
I recently snapped a photo from an advertising circular that was delivered to my home, proudly promoting Monsanto’s ‘probably carcinogenic’ Round Up, on sale no less, at a local hardware store. While US garden and DIY stores are still selling cancer-causing poison in a jug, a German retail giant will no longer carry glyphosate-containing products as of September 30, 2015
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Activism at Work: Boulder City, Colorado Nixes Bee-Killing Neonicotinoids
Boulder City, Colorado has just become the first locality in the state to pass a comprehensive resolution banning the use of bee- and butterfly-killing neonicotinoids.
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Video: Flesh-Eating Bacteria Strikes Again in the Gulf of Mexico
Ever since the BP Gulf oil spill of 2011, the incidence of cases of flesh-eating bacteria coming directly from the Gulf of Mexico has steadily increased. Bacteria such as Vibrio vulnificus are usually the primary cause of these emergency cases. The subsequent raging infections can spread so quickly that they often necessitate the amputation of a limb.
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Autistic Child ‘Forces’ U.S. Flight into Emergency Landing
A United Airlines flight traveling to Portland from Houston was recently forced into an emergency landing when an autistic child made the pilot ‘uncomfortable.’ As one might guess, the family is filing a lawsuit in response.
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Syrian soldier’s skills: lovely guitar music
A beautiful pause in the (nato & co orchestrated) madness.
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Benghazi Is a Dead End for Republicans
In the new book, The Great War of Our Time, Michael J. Morell, former Deputy Director of the CIA, exonerates former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (now National Security Adviser) Susan Rice of skullduggery in dealing with the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, which led […]
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Are We a Nation of Wimps?
We now live in a society where safety and security are to be sought at all costs. The sacrifice of liberty is not a concern for most Americans today. This is not something new and it has been characteristic of most people throughout history but it has gotten especially bad in America since 9/11. In […]
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Preventive War and Avengers: Age of Ultron
Avengers: Age of Ultron is not susceptible to the full libertarian/anti-war “allegory essay” treatment. Thanks to the fallout from Captain America: Winter Soldier (which I allegorized last year), the State (as represented by the global security agency SHIELD) does not feature as prominently in previous Marvel films. However, there are a few themes and moments worth noting. […]
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Action for Happiness’ Happy Cafes spread positivity around the UK
A growing network of Happy Cafes around the UK is helping to counteract the materialistic way of thinking that is damaging to both our mental wellbeing and the planet, says Stan Rosenthal, national coodinator for the Happy Cafe Network
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Sunni Leaders Complain of Lack of Power as 55 Are Killed across Iraq
Two Sunni leaders complained they are being pushed out of the political system despite claims by the government that it is trying to bring Sunnis into power. At least 55 people were killed or found dead.
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Debating the Saudi War on Yemen
Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.org appears on Press TV (May 9, 2015) to debate Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen. Draitser argues that Saudi Arabia, along with its backers in Washington, bears responsibility for the egregious war crimes it has committed, while also pointing to the staggering hypocrisy of Riyadh’s calls for ceasefire. He explains that it is geopolitical and strategic interests that fuel the Saudi war, not the pretext of “legitimacy.” Draitser also outlines a number of other key points in regard to the issue.
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Business Watch: The K-cup people "K-capitulate" (not my pun!), reopening their closed 2.0 system to strange un-pre-cupped coffee
The Breakfast Blend is a light roast, and so has practically no flavor (is breakfast time a "no flavor" zone?), but Green Mountain sells a quite drinkable medium-roast Vermont Country Blend -- and a dark-roast French Roast for people who've been trained by Starbucks to prefer their coffee beans roasted till they screech for mercy.by KenSince my only contact with Keurig-style coffee-making is in the office, where we have a very nice machine, but one that's apparently first-ge
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