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Human Rights Watch FAIL: Uses Photo of American Bombing Destruction To Condemn Assad
Activist Post | March 9, 2015 Putting its hypocritical and biased nature on full display once again, the alleged human rights organization, Human Rights Watch, was recently caught in an attempt to fabricate “evidence” of Assad’s use of barrel bombs in civilian areas for the purposes of further demonizing the secular Syrian government. On February […]
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‘Dialogue not arms’ deters ISIS in Libya
MEMO | March 11, 2015 The prime minister of the provisional government set up by the Libya Dawn coalition in Tripoli has said that the ISIS presence in Libya is extremely limited and can be confronted by “dialogue and not arms”. In an interview with Anadolu news agency in Tripoli, Omar Al-Hassi said that there […]
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Crooked Republican Closet Case Aaron Schock Draws a Primary Challenge
Maybe Aaron Schock's congressional seat isn't as safe as we've been saying it is. The seat was redrawn in 2010 by the Democratic Illinois legislature to concentrate Republicans in one district in order to make IL-13 and IL-17 safe for Democrats.
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Washington’s Al Qaeda Ally Now Leading ISIS in Libya
By Eric Draitser – New Eastern Outlook – 09.03.2015 The revelations that US ally Abdelhakim Belhadj is now leading ISIS in Libya should come as no surprise to those who have followed US policy in that country, and throughout the region. It illustrates for the umpteenth time that Washington has provided aid and comfort to […]
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Washington and ISIS: The Evidence
By Tim Anderson | teleSUR | March 8, 2015 Reports that US and British aircraft carrying arms to the Islamic State group – better known as ISIS – have been shot down by Iraqi forces have been met with shock and denial in western countries. Few in the Middle East doubt that Washington is playing […]
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Former Co-Triumvir: U.S. Blatantly Insults Georgian Sovereignty Over Saakashvili
Civil Georgia
March 10, 2015
Burjanadze Slams U.S. for ‘Insulting Georgia’s Sovereignty’
Happier (or more deluded) times: Nino Burjanadze with then NATO secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, “friend of Georgia” -
Splitting the Atlantic Alliance: NATO Lies and Provocations
For the first time, EU leaders, particularly Merkel, understand that the United States’ strategic objectives (the pivot to Asia) do not align with those of the EU, in fact, Washington’s geopolitical ambitions pose a serious threat to Europe’s security.
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Alfred Neumann: War is not ambiguous after all, but a horribly intelligent affair
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Alfred Neumann: Selections on war
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Alfred Neumann
From Empire (1936)
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The NSA Has Taken Over the Internet Backbone. We’re Suing to Get it Back.
Every time you email someone overseas, the NSA copies and searches your message. It makes no difference if you or the person you're communicating with has done anything wrong.
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Tying up loose ends, TRR#122
Aaron gives some added points on past podcasts. The World Stage concept continues to be important in its relation to what is said here.
topics include: Carlisle PA, Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Jim Thorpe, Great Sioux War, Benjamin Franklin, David Lynch, Andy Kaufman, performance art, trickster spirit, nothing is real, transcendental meditation, cosmic consciousness, truth, relief, relaxation, religion, cults, Michael Richards, Laurel Canyon, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Bruce Dern, films, Hollywood, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive. -
A Perspective on the Rise of ISIS
By Ruben Rosenberg Colorni | NEWS JUNKIE POST | March 10, 2015 One of the most popular pieces of “information” that is being circulated on the internet and newspapers in my own country of birth, Italy, is an announcement of the imminent arrival of ISIS fighters on our shores. According to United States intelligence agencies, […]
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Factory Farm Antibiotics Making Children ‘Allergic to Fruits and Vegetables’
Farmers who are using antibiotics to keep pests away from their crops are making children allergic to the fruits and vegetables they grow, research suggests.
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Top 4 Most Awesome Anti-GMO Natural Health T-Shirts
In an effort to promote awesome stuff while also supporting the message of natural health and the fight against Monsanto, Natural Society has launched an exclusive new Natural Health Clothing Line from which profits will be directed towards spreading the word about natural health worldwide.
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Fast Food Giants Losing Cash Desperately Try to Convince You They’re ‘Natural’
In a move that follows the continued loss of profits for fast food giants like McDonald’s, Burger King has announced that it will be dropping soda from its kids meal options — a move that undoubtedly comes as the food chain titans realize that the end of fake junk food is coming quicker than expected.
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Hundreds of Farmers Occupy GMO Tree Approval, Force Cancellation
No Transgenic Eucalyptus (GMO trees) for Brazil, thanks to 300 farmers who took over the building and interrupted the meeting where GMO regulator – Brazil National Biosafety Technical Commission (CTNBio) – was to decide about whether or not to plant biotech’s latest atrocity. These efforts along with over 1000 other activists have halted GMO trees in Brazil – at least for now.
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Rand Paul’s Munich
If you read the letter circulated by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), and signed by forty-seven GOP Senators, addressed to "the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran," what’s striking is its condescending tone: "It has come to our attention while observing your nuclear negotiations with our government that you may not fully understand our constitutional […]
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Growing Up in the Shadow of the American War State
Originally posted at TomDispatch. It’s a structure we’ve seldom taken the true measure of, since ground was first broken for its construction in September 1941. With its 6.6 million square feet of floor space, it ranked as the largest building in the country until the World Trade Center came along in 1973 – a position […]
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Iraq: Dozens Killed in Battles in Tikrit and Anbar
Dozens were killed in fighting today, but few exact figures were released.
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CaliphateBook Probably Nonsense
Everyone needs a hobby. For most reporters, it seems to be freaking out about anything even vaguely ISIS-seeming.
That’s where CaliphateBook comes in, which is supposed Facebook, but for ISIS. Cute, right?
The site itself started as an incomplete CMS site, then crashed, (attacked by Anonymous, according to some) and now merely posts a single English-language message denying ties to ISIS. -
Who says that the House's head Benghazi witch-hunter, Rep. Trey "Benghazi or Bust!" Gowdy, isn't a man of principle?
Head House GOP Benghazi witch-hunter Rep. Trey Gowdy makes good his pledge not to fund-raise off Benghazi. If only somebody'd told the Virginia GOP fund-raisers who booked him for their "Beyond Benghazi" event!by KenPeople think it's a piece of cake being a pile of right-wing pondscum. You just lie your putrid guts out and then sing and dance, tra-la!If they only knew!
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The Relationship between Washington and ISIS: The Evidence
Image: Iraq claimed to have shot down two Apache helicopters and to be holding two pilots prisoner.
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Israel threatens Press TV Syria reporter over Golan photos
On Thursday, Press TV crew stationed in Syria near Israeli occupied Golan Heights released photos of Israeli soldiers speaking to Nusra Front militants. Our correspondent in the area Hamad Awidat now says he’s been contacted and threatened by the Israeli army. He earlier spoke to Press TV’s Waqar Rizvi.
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Russia ‘completely ending’ activities under Conventional Armed Forces in Europe treaty
RT | March 10, 2015 Moscow has announced it is “completely” ending activities under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). Russia’s participation in the treaty was first halted in 2007. “The Russian Federation has taken the decision to halt its participation in meetings of the [consulting group] from March 11, 2015. Therefore, […]
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Photos prove cooperation between Israel and al-Nusra Front
Photo: The undated photo obtained by Press TV shows Israeli soldiers speaking face-to-face with foreign-backed militants near the Israeli occupied Golan heights in Syria
Press TV has obtained photos showing al-Qaeda-linked militants next to Israeli soldiers in the occupied Golan Heights.
New photos from the Golan Heights further prove Tel Aviv’s support for al-Qaeda-linked militants, especially al-Nusra Front, that have been wreaking havoc in Syria. -
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Andrew Weaver and Karl Rove-Style Rhetoric
Last year, Karl Rove was reported to have suggested that Hillary Clinton had brain damage:
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Expect Plenty Of Politics In Maryland This Cycle
Maryland State Senator Jamie RaskinEveryone is looking at the scramble among Maryland Democrats to replace Barbara Mikulski in the U.S. Senate. But do you recall what happened when a bunch of House incumbents in Georgia found out that Saxby Chambliss had decided to retire from the Senate? 7 Republican congressmen started rumbling over the seat. In the end Tom Price, Rob Woodall, Lynn Westmoreland and Austin Scott decided-- wisely-- to back away.
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Victoria F the EU Nuland- Her lips are moving so she must be lying
AhramNeo Con Perhaps she is considering a career in stand up comedy?She certainly made me laugh! Absurdity will do that!
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NATO Land Forces Prepare For New Article 5 Collective War
Stars and Stripes
March 10, 2015
NATO country leaders meet to hone response to future threats
ByJennifer H. Svan
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany: High-level NATO leaders met this week at Ramstein to consider the future of the alliance’s ground forces in the wake of the conflict in Ukraine and events in the Middle East and Afghanistan. -
The albedo of Earth
by Judith Curry
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Obama Regime Brands Venezuela a “Security Threat,” Implements New Sanctions
By Lucas Koerner | Venezuelanalysis | March 9, 2015 Caracas – U.S. President Barack Obama issued an executive order this Monday slapping Venezuela with new sanctions and declaring the Bolivarian nation an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security”. The sanctions target seven individuals accused by the White House of alleged human rights violations […]
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Naked, unarmed black man shot dead by white metro Atlanta cop
RT | March 10, 2015 An African American man running and “crawling” naked through his apartment complex in suburban Atlanta was fatally shot Monday by a DeKalb County police officer. The unarmed man may have had mental health issues, authorities said. The unidentified white DeKalb police officer responded to a call regarding a man, identified […]
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The ECB’s Noose Around Greece: How Central Banks Harness Governments
Remember when the infamous Goldman Sachs delivered a thinly-veiled threat to the Greek Parliament in December, warning them to elect a pro-austerity prime minister or risk having central bank liquidity cut off to their banks? (See January 6th post here.) It seems the European Central Bank (headed by Mario Draghi, former managing director of Goldman […]
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PBC News & Comment: Obama Should Call 47 GOP Senators “Traitors”
Senate GOP’s unprecedented interference in Iran negotiations is risky, treasonous move driven by crazy idealogues seeking more wars…
--Iran’s lead negotiator slams GOP tactics, and offers some lessons on international law
--lead author of poison letter, freshman Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas speaks to group of defense contractors today
--signaling failure of unity government, Palestinian Authority arrests 100 Hamas, Islamic Jihad supporters
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Rand Paul joins Democratic senators to push marijuana legalization bill
Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, and likely 2016 presidential candidate, joined Democratic Sens. Cory Booker and Kirsten Gillibrand to end the federal ban on medical marijuana, now legalized in 23 states.
The three senators issued a statement saying the bill would “allow patients, doctors and businesses in states that have already passed medical-marijuana laws to participate in those programs without fear of federal prosecution,” Time reported. -
Mexico Oil, the US and “Narco – Terrorism”
March 9, 2015 by Douglas Lucas
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Obama Declares Venezuelan Democracy a Threat to US National Security?
by Stephen Lendman
Obama finds new ways to disgrace the office he holds. He gives rogue state governance new meaning.
TeleSUR reported Obama committed “aggression” against Venezuelan sovereign independence. Its model democracy is the hemisphere’s best.
It shames America’s sham system. Elections when held are farcical – with no legitimacy whatever.
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NATO seeks regime change in Russia – says envoy
RT
The latest statements by the deputy head of NATO testify to the fact that the leaders of the bloc want to intervene in Russia’s internal politics, and are “dreaming of Russian Maidan.” This is the view of Russia’s permanent envoy to NATO. -
North and South Poles: Important Climate Differences.
A favorite exam question in my first-year climate class was, “Why is the North Pole warmer than the South Pole?” I changed it each year, to confuse students who looked at last year’s exam; “Why is the South Pole colder than the North Pole?” Most people have no idea about the geography of the Poles […]
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This Day In History – March 10 (Dave Blood, Rick Rubin, Jeff Ament, James Earl Ray, Chuck Norris, Tibetan uprising….)
37 – Tiberius Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (14-37), dies at 78
418 – Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire
1578 – Queen Elizabeth I gives Johan Casimir £20,000 to aid Dutch rebellion
1629 – Charles I of England dissolves Parliament, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.
1762 – French Huguenot Jean Calas, who was wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform -
Supreme Court judgment gives Police ‘extraordinary discretion’ to compile database
It is, in short, judicial approval for the mass surveillance of UK political activism.
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Part II: Iran Responds to GOP Letter
Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to UN – March 9, 2015 On March 9, Iran’s U.N. mission circulated the following press release detailing Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s reaction to the GOP letter on a nuclear deal. Asked about the open letter of 47 US Senators to Iranian leaders, the Iranian Foreign Minister, […]
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McDonald’s Keeps Losing Money Month After Month
McDonald’s has been losing money fast, and even underperforming the stock market for quite some time. New revelations from the company’s February sales reveal that the fast food giant is still losing money month after month — even after claiming that they would be ‘changing’ their business model.
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Israeli forces level land east of Jerusalem
Ma’an – 10/03/2015 JERUSALEM – Israeli forces leveled vast areas of land in the East Jerusalem town of al-Issawiya on Tuesday morning, a local committee member told Ma’an. According to Muhammad Abu al-Hummus, member of a local follow-up committee, large numbers of Israeli troops and municipality inspectors escorted bulldozers and excavators into the southeastern outskirts […]
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U.S. Military Moves To Russian Borders For First Time Ever
[In the “frontline’ states of Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania. And also in Azerbaijan, Finland, Georgia, Norway and Ukraine.]
United States European Command
March 10, 2015
3rd Infantry Division arrives to support Operation Atlantic Resolve
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Israeli troops raid newly-established Palestinian media center
Israeli troops at the Q-Press media office (image by Ma’an ) By Celine Hagbard | IMEMC & Agencies | March 10, 2015 In the village of Umm al-Fahm, in the northern part of what is now Israel, a group of Israeli soldiers on Monday invaded a media center that had recently been established in the […]
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