Will Lebanese Allies Open the Gates to Fight Hezbollah?
At the same time Jabhat al Nusra in preparing to penetrate Lebanon and fight Hezbollah inside in its neighborhoods as Manal claims Hezbollah has done to the civilians of Syria and Iraq.
At the same time Jabhat al Nusra in preparing to penetrate Lebanon and fight Hezbollah inside in its neighborhoods as Manal claims Hezbollah has done to the civilians of Syria and Iraq.
ThinkPol | March 9, 2015 Air Canada had a very simple plan to increase its profits. Step 1: Spin the airline’s heavy maintenance unit off as a separate entity Step 2: Starve the spin-off of work and bankrupt it gradually Step 3: Outsource the operations to an Israeli military drone manufacturing company wholly owned by […]
Press TV – May 2, 2015 The US House of Representatives Armed Services Committee has approved funding for Israel’s missile systems and an amendment authorizing research and development of an anti-tunneling system. The committee allocated $474 million for the Iron Dome short-range missile system, the David’s Sling medium-range system and the Arrow program. The bills […]
*I again have been busy with business and personal needs these last few days, and as a result, this blog has fallen again by the wayside...
New Cold War | May 1, 2015 Enclosed are two recent news articles on the case of Nadiya Savchenko, a former pilot in the Ukrainian air force. She stands accused by the Russian court system of directing fire in June, 2014 in eastern Ukraine resulting in the deaths of two Russian journalists. Because of her […]
U.S. Department of Defense
May 1, 2015
Breedlove Receives Atlantic Council’s Leadership Accolade
By Jim Garamone
WASHINGTON: The Atlantic Council presented Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove its Distinguished Military Leadership Award last night during a black-tie event here.
U.S. Department of Defense
May 1, 2015
Breedlove: Russia Now Taking ‘Different Path’
By Jim Garamone
WASHINGTON: The West assumed the best of Russia once the Cold War ended, but Russian President Vladimir Putin had other plans and NATO must remain strong in face of the threat from the East, Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove said here yesterday.
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Juan Valera
From Pepita Jiménez (1874)
Translator unidentified
State of the Nation | April 23, 2015 SOTN Editor’s Note: The following open letter by a PhD Immunologist completely demolishes the current California legislative initiative to remove all vaccine exemptions. That such a draconian and cynical state statute is under consideration in the ‘Golden State’ is as shocking as it is predictable. After all, […]
Mada Masr | May 1, 2015 For the first time in living memory, Egypt is not celebrating Labor Day. The only official commemoration took place on Monday, April 27 behind closed doors at Cairo’s Police Academy in the presence of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, governmental officials and state-appointed leaders from the Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF). […]
Politics can be a divisive subject. But rather than arguing about our differences before the election, an event called Turn Up and Hold Hands is inviting people to take a moment to celebrate what unites us as human beings. Organiser Samantha Moyo explains
May 2, 2015 (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - There are two kinds of "ambassadors" the US employs across the globe to project its unwarranted power and influence beyond its borders.
For all the macho posturing of the late Chris Kyle, gunned down at a shooting range by a PTSD-afflicted veteran, his prolific killing has nothing on the death and destruction rained from above by those who carry out US drone strikes in the Middle East. For all intents and purposes, former drone operator Brandon Bryant […]
You know all those biotech shills who still claim that there is no ‘science’ behind anti-GM claims? What if millions of members (PDF download) of the global medical community disagreed? There is no consensus on the safety of GMOs, though numerous organizations believe that they should be labeled at the very least.
As Environmental Sciences Europe explains:
Music therapy has proven to be an extraordinary healing modality for many years now. Those fortunate individuals who have music in their life on a regular basis typically have a more positive frame of mind and emotional comportment. Truly uplifting music triggers a whole set of favorable responses from the human body and psyche.
Denver, Colorado city officials have banned more than 60,000 marijuana plants meant for sale due to possible unapproved pesticide contamination.
Denver officials ordered one warehouse full of these plants (worth $60 million in product) to go under quarantine due to the suspected use of pesticides that could harm consumers were the plants to be inhaled.
Politics can be a divisive subject. But rather than arguing about our differences in the run up to the election, an event called Turn Up and Hold Hands is inviting people to take a moment to celebrate what unites us as human beings. Organiser Samantha Moyo explains
Baghdad officials are blaming displaced Sunnis. The Islamic State militants took credit for the blasts, saying they were in retaliation for several attacks against those displaced Sunnis.
♫Makin' a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫ on Episode156 - Light It Up which features brand new sounds from BNLX, Abram Shook, Sun Breaks, DMA's,
It remains to be seen how badly David Wildstein, who pled guilty today to a menu of federal charges, can hurt his old high school pal, Governor Krispy.by KenIt wasn't a happy day for His Eminence the Rat Bastard Satrap of New Jersey Kris Krispy, which by itself is cause for celebration among decent folk everywhere.
What would you get when you combine 2 of the largest chemical-biotech-seed companies on the planet? We may just find out soon enough, as biotech juggernaut Monsanto is reportedly looking to take over another big player in the biotech field, Syngenta. The merge would likely result in the further monopolization of the food supply – with GMOs and chemical pesticides at the crux.
Logo of the Greek Golden Dawn political partyby Gaius PubliusI haven't written much about Greece lately, but there's quite a story going on. It's not that difficult to follow, but you have to be careful whom you read. Conventional wisdom (backed by corporate, pro-austerity media outlets here and abroad) says it's a morality tale — bad Greeks who went into too much debt and now they can't pay up.
--Baltimore state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby files criminal charges against 6 cops, including murder and manslaughter for death of Freddie Gray...
--Mosby is under fire from all sides for alleged conflicts of interest
--ACLU California releases app to capture police abuse videos
--as Congress goes through the motions of surveillance reform, House Judiciary offers bill that would change little, make some things worse
--Airbus consortium sues over industrial espionage by US, Germany
The Member of Parliament Iryna Farion for the party Svoboda who took power at the 2014 revolution in Ukraine, tells children in a kindergarten that their names are wrong. This woman has also said things like, the demonstrators against the government should be killed, and after the arson fire in Odessa that killed 35+ anti-Kiev […]
For our second interview this week we welcome Dr. Simon Pardoe, director of "Vote Or Vote NONE" (VoteNone.org.uk), who joins us to discuss the hopes, aims and merits of that campaign as we approach the UK General (S)election on the 7th of May 2015.
For our second interview this week we welcome Dr. Simon Pardoe, director of "Vote Or Vote NONE" (VoteNone.org.uk), who joins us to discuss the hopes, aims and merits of that campaign as we approach the UK General (S)election on the 7th of May 2015.
Lou Vince-- progressive congressional candidate for CA-25The Military Times super-serves a very specific readership. A few days ago they went into overdrive because conservatives made it clear that there is an expansion of legislation Elizabeth Warren has pushed that they want to destroy-- protection for military families from predatory lenders.
“An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.”Now is the time to come together, on common ground. This is not the time to let ourselves become even further divided and conquered… But rather, Now is the time to channel the anger, outrage, fury and fear into creative, conscious and constructive actions, that effect meaningful, positive and substantial change. […]
The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terror shows how the FBI has, under the guise of engaging in counterterrorism since 9/11, built a network of more than 15,000 informants whose primary purpose is to infiltrate Muslim communities to create and facilitate phony terrorist plots so that the bureau can then claim victory in the war on terror. […]
It’s time to follow our moral compass… and FREE MUMIA NOW. Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook) s an American activist and journalist who was convicted and sentenced to death in 1982 for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. Mumia is an INNOCENT MAN. Immortal Technique stands up for Mumia Abu Jamal: Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks Out from Jail […]
Some people have been wondering what has happened to Whitewraithe, who of course hosts with myself the Turbulent Times shows over at Blogtalk radio, and also runs the website: "Pragmatic Witness" at www.whitewraithe.wordpress.com....Well, she got injured a few days ago and is presently laid up with bruising and a very sore back....
Sukant Chandan
Sons of Malcolm
40 Years since the Victory of Vietnam against Colonialism and Neo-Colonialism
Mera Naam, Tera Naam VIETNAM! VIETNAM!
(My name, your name is VIETNAM VIETNAM!)
– Solidarity slogan of South Asian peoples during the Vietnamese War of Liberation
30 April 2015
By JEAN BRICMONT | CounterPunch | May 1, 2015 On April 30, 1975, Saigon fell. The last Americans fled the country. Vietnam was reunited, as it was supposed to have been twenty years earlier according to an international agreement sabotaged by Washington. The Vietnam War, which had been going on for thirty years ever since […]
[audio mp3="https://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2015-05-01%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio]This week on the New World Next Week: the pope weighs in on climate change; a psa gets revised when martial law subliminals are revealed by alt media; and the 3D printing revolution continues to advance.
Press TV – April 30, 2015 The Iranian Embassy in Denmark has reportedly said that a cargo ship recently impounded in the Persian Gulf by Iranian Navy forces will be released if the ship’s operator company settles its overdue debts to an Iranian plaintiff. “Iranian authorities reiterate that there has been absolutely no political or […]
RT | May 1, 2015 European aviation consortium Airbus said it would file criminal charges over industrial espionage, following reports that US and German foreign intelligence spied on the industry giant. “We are aware that as a large company in the sector, we are a target and subject of espionage,” the company said in a […]
Unity. Rival street gangs, including the Bloods and Crips, put their differences aside to “take out” Baltimore cops. Breathtaking.
Television screens throughout the US, and around the world, have broadcast in recent days images of Baltimore in crisis: young people of color on the streets clashing with police, protesters marching peacefully shoulder to shoulder, and a relatively small number of city residents taking food, toiletries, and consumer goods from stores. Naturally, the forces of political reaction both in the media and society at large have attempted to isolate these incidents – ‘looting’ they call it – in order to demonstrate the purported savagery and lawlessness of people and communities of color.
The Esquire Network just finished running the 4-hour documentary on American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken's congressional run against Republican Renee Ellmers in a very gerrymandered North Carolina district. The documentary was cut up into episodes and shown as a series. It wasn't very good... but I kept watching anyway. There's a piece of one of the last episodes above.
Bad Attitudes | April 29, 2015 Forty years after the Vietnam phase of our eternal war ended we might want to go back another 30 years, to Saigon in September of 1945 when it all really began. What follows is from the diary of a war correspondent in French Indochina named Germaine Krull. The full […]
By Jay Syrmopoulos | The Free Thought Project | May 1, 2015 Baltimore, Md. – In a bombshell revelation, Donta Allen, the man that was in the police transport van at the same time as Freddie Gray, spoke out for the first time publicly and directly refuted information leaked by police. Allen came forward after […]
IMEMC News | May 1, 2015 The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights issued its monthly report on Israeli violations against the Palestinians during April of 2015, and said that seven Palestinians were killed, and 375 were injured. The report documents Israeli violations against the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, the West […]