Occupy Hong Kong, Take Two
February 4, 2015 (Ulson Gunnar - NEO) Were Hong Kong's street demonstrations a movie, the director's chair would certainly be placed in Washington D.C.
February 4, 2015 (Ulson Gunnar - NEO) Were Hong Kong's street demonstrations a movie, the director's chair would certainly be placed in Washington D.C.
A series of bombing rattled Baghdad on Tuesday. At least 59 people were killed across the country. Another 56 were wounded.
The leak trial of CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling never got near a smoking gun, but the entire circumstantial case was a smokescreen. Prosecutors were hell-bent on torching the defendant to vindicate Operation Merlin, nine years after a book by James Risen reported that it “may have been one of the most reckless operations in the modern history of the CIA.”
The red room at Downton Abbey? No, fooled you! Yes, that is the inspiration, but in fact this is the new office of Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL). Only the congressman doesn't wanna talk about it."I don't even know if he watches it; I don't know what shows he watches. But I don't think he watches much TV."-- Benjamin Cole, Aaron Schock's communications director("he" would be Benjamin's boss, and "it" is Downton Abbey)by KenIsn't this just like us rancid media types?
Hour 2: Fine Artist and Truth activist ANTHONY FREDA is back to discuss the Face Book Wars. (military admits they have paid trolls on social media!)
By James DiEugenio | Consortium News | February 3, 2015 One of the major problems with modern American democracy is the fact that the U.S. government has a serious credibility problem. This is not new of course. In its contemporary strain, it goes back at least to 1964 when two events focused and magnified the […]
The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin has always been steeped in controversy. Keeping this tradition alive here, Aaron examines some of the darker elements of this book.
topics include: Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin, printing, media, propaganda techniques, shaping pubic opinion, secret societies, Junto, American Indians, alcoholism, genocide, Pennsylvania, philosophy, science, Royal Society, Philadelphia Experiments
Last year 900,000 claimants were sanctioned and lost all benefits for four weeks or more, resulting in rent arrears, hunger, a reliance on food banks and all manner of detrimental physical and mental health conditions culminating, tragically, for some, in well-documented cases of suicide and death by other causes
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--Saudi talks with Russia show that crash in oil price may have a political component—part of geostrategy to punish Putin…
--falling oil price prompts new EPA analysis of Keystone pipeline will lead to increase in greenhouse gas emissions
--IS adds immolation to its bag of barbaric tricks, burning captive Jordanian pilot to death
--from our in-depth interview regarding the conviction of former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling, Norman Solomon tries to explain government motives
By Michael Horton | CounterPunch | February 3, 2015 ‘They move like ghosts through these canyons and caves. One minute we think we have their position on a hill side and moments later they’re firing on us from the opposite direction.’ This is how a senior Yemeni Army officer described what it was like to […]
For the millions who shop for store-brand herbal supplements at mega retailers like Walmart, you’re in for a big surprise. An investigation by the New York State attorney general’s office into store-brand supplements has found that many herbal supplements not not only contain arguably no herbs, but also don’t contain the main ingredient/herb advertised.
I wondered when the criminals behind the very fraudulent "ISIS" or "Daesh" or "ISIL" or what ever phoney name they will come up with next, would try something new when it comes to killing their supposed hostages.....
As retired Gen. and ex-CIA Director David Petraeus was about to speak in New York City last Oct. 30, someone decided to spare the “great man” from impertinent questions, so ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern was barred, arrested and brought to trial, prompting McGovern to ask some questions now in an open letter.
Dear Gen. David Petraeus,
U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 2015
Moment’s notice; Crisis Response Marines complete readiness rehearsal from Spain
By Sgt. Paul Peterson, Marine Forces Europe and Africa
MORON AIR BASE, Spain:- A platoon of Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response – Africa completed an unscripted alert drill to test the unit’s ability to rapidly respond to regional crises, Jan. 29.
Ukrinform
February 3, 2015
Poroshenko, Stoltenberg to meet in Munich
KYIV: President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko is going to meet NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Munich this week.
This has been announced by the Alliance speaker Oana Lungescu, an Ukrinform correspondent reports from Brussels.
“The NATO Secretary General and the President of Ukraine are scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference,” she said.
by Planning Engineer
Debates on policy issues around climate and energy often feature opposing sides talking past each other.
International Solidarity Movement | February 3, 2015 Qusra, Occupied Palestine – In the early morning of February 2nd, 2015, Israeli forces demolished a two-room structure, a water well, and damaged a stone wall in Qusra, Occupied West Bank. All of the destroyed property was on land belonging to brothers Anwar and Akram Tayseer. Israeli forces, […]
The takfiris’ destruction of Syria’s heritage—indeed of all humanity’s—is extremely serious. The world’s including the UN’s turning a blind eye to this horrendous crime against humanity is shocking. By Eva Bartlett | Crescent International | February, 2015 Much has been written about the destruction and looting of Syria’s heritage sites. Syria’s Directorate-General of Antiquities & […]
Okay, so there's an Alfalfa Club -- but no Buckwheat Club, Darla Club, or Spanky Club? (Okay, the Alfalfa Club is now more than 100 years old, so maybe the Little Rascals' Alfalfa isn't actually their namesake.)by KenIt seems like only last Friday that we were saying bye-bye to the 2016 GOP front-runner, Willard Romney. Okay, I guess probably it was last Friday.
MEMO | February 3, 2015 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has frozen an additional 400 million shekels ($100 million) from Palestinian tax revenues, Israel Today revealed yesterday. The funds were from January’s tax revenues, the newspaper said, and will be added to the 500 million shekels ($128 million) that Israel froze in December, making the […]
Extreme right-wing Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman (C) holding the Torah stolen from Iraq on January 22, 2015 By Alaa al-Lami | Al-Akhbar | February 3, 2015 Recently, Israel stole one of the symbols of Iraqi Jewish heritage, a rare ancient copy of the Torah. The incident went smoothly and quietly, with blatant collusion between […]
MEMO | February 3, 2015 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that a probe by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) into last year’s Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip should be shelved in light of the recent resignation of inquiry commission head William Schabas. “After the resignation of the committee chairman, who […]
IMEMC News & Agencies | February 3, 2015 The head of a UN inquiry into last summer’s Israeli military offensive in Gaza has said he will resign after Israeli allegations of bias, due to consultancy work he did for the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO). William Schabas, a Canadian academic, was appointed last August by the […]
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1377 – Mass execution of population (between 2,500 and 5,000) of Cesena, Italy, by Breton troops of Giovanni Acuto under the command of Robert, Cardinal of Geneva, acting as the legate of Pope Gregory XI (Cesena Bloodbath).
1451 – Sultan Mehmed II (the Conqueror) inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
1534 – Irish rebel Silken Thomas is executed by the order of Henry VIII in London, England.
1576 – Henry of Navarre (future Henry IV) escapes from Paris during the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre
Smashed altar of Sts. Sergius et Bacchus, Ma’aloula. Dating from early 4th century AD, it was unique in its half-circle, rimmed (vs rectangular and flat) design.
Feb 3, 2015, Crescent International
Almost all wars begin with false flag operations.
The coming conflicts in North Korea and Russia are no exception.
Mass public hysteria is being manufactured to justify aggression against Moscow and Pyongyang, in retaliation for acts attributed to the North Korean and Russian governments, but orchestrated and carried out by the CIA and the Pentagon.
By Larry Chin
I am truly astounded when I see what is happening here in Canada, and the fact that the gullible and dumbed down Canuckleheads that live in this "free" country do not understand (Yet) what exactly is going on, and the ramifications for their so called "freedoms".... The criminals that run this once free nation, that has indeed fallen under the yoke of tyranny, are about to pass the horrific "Bill C-51" that will give the Canadian criminal "spy" organizations unheard of powers for surveillance and monitoring of the Canadian people...
See our past commentary HERE: Was the “Motive” in Seal Sniper Chris Kyle’s Murder, Money? Or… Coverup?
Reuters/Tim Sharp Taya Kyle, wife of Chris Kyle, is shown on the stadium’s video screen as she speaks to friends and family during a memorial service for the former Navy SEAL sniper at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, February 11, 2013.
by Gaius PubliusIt's not on most people's radar, I think, that what's going on inside Ukraine is a proxy war between the West — mainly the U.S., aided by the E.U. — and Russia. In the same way, the long "internal" Nicaraguan conflict of the Reagan '80s was a proxy war between, yet again, the U.S. and Russia (also, between the U.S. and anyone in Latin America who didn't want to live under U.S.
teleSUR | February 3, 2015 The United States officially imposed new sanctions on Venezuela Monday, amid accusations from President Nicolas Maduro that Washington is trying to destabilize his country. The new sanctions expand the number of Venezuelan government officials barred from entering the United States. “These restrictions will also affect the immediate family members of […]
Sabino’s widow, Lucia Martinez de Romero, testified at court today (Aporrea) By Lucas Koerner | Venezuelanalysis | February 2, 2015 Caracas – Dozens of activists gathered outside the Ministry of Justice in the capital today in solidarity with Lucia Martinez de Romero, the widow of assassinated indigenous Yukpa leader Sabino Romero. Today she testified in the trial of Angel […]
RT | February 3, 2015 A still from a YouTube video by sculptor Darren Sutton The theft of a Celtic sea god sculpture from a mountainside in Northern Ireland must be labeled as a religious hate crime, a local pagan priest believes. The statue, made by a ‘Game of Thrones’ set creator, prompted a media […]
UNIAN
February 3, 2015
WSJ: US mulls supplying Ukraine with Javelin anti-tank missiles
The United States is considering supplying Ukraine with sophisticated “fire and forget” self-guided Javelin anti-tank missiles, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Ukrinform
February 3, 2015
U.S. to allocate Ukraine $117 million to counter Russian aggression
KYIV: The U.S. draft budget for 2016 provides Ukraine $117 million to counter Russian aggression, the Yevropeiska Pravda online newspaper reported.
Image: Pakistanis protest against against a bombing at a Shia mosque in Quetta on January 31, 2015. (Courtesy PRESS TV)
Interfax-Ukraine
February 3, 2015
Russia’s aggression a game-changer in European security – NATO’s Vershbow
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is not an isolated incident, but a game-changer in European security, said NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow.
The Aylesbury Estate is where Tony Blair made his first speech as Prime Minister in 1997, making empty promises about social housing. Since then, for the past 18 years, Southwark Council and their developer friends have come up with one misguided scheme after another. All with the same result: to dispossess the residents, demolish their homes, and dispose of the land.
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Stars and Stripes
February 2, 2015
Ignoring caps, Obama proposes big boost in defense spending
By Jon Harper
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $585.3 billion in defense spending for fiscal 2016, but doubts remain about whether actual Pentagon funding will come close to that level.
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From It Can’t Happen Here (1935)
Only one thing you need to know about John Baird- He concerned himself with Israeli interests to a vastly greater extent then he did with the concerns of the Canadian electorate.CBC One John Baird quote say's it all- No Better Friend to Israel, then Ca
Weekly News Update on the Americas | February 2, 2015 Retired Chilean army colonel Pedro Espinoza and former Chilean air force intelligence agent Rafael González Berdugo have been convicted in the murder of US journalist Charles Horman and US graduate student Frank Teruggi during the days after the Sept. 11, 1973 military coup that overthrew […]
Are Monsanto’s shareholders not very proud of the product that they invest their hard earned dollars into? Wouldn’t letting you know that so many food products contain their ‘perfectly safe’ and amazing genetically modified organisms enhance their brand? Or perhaps they simply know that Monsanto would face economic meltdown in the event that consumers knew what they were eating.
When you think of GMO labeling initiatives, you probably don’t immediately think about the tucked away Midwestern state of Minnesota. But in a move that could very well beat out states like California and New York in finally achieving a full-fledged GMO labeling law system, Minnesota legislatures have introduced brand new highly-backed GMO labeling legislation that is shaping up to be quite promising.
While commenting on the ongoing measles outbreak in the US, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ran into some friction with President Obama, stating that there must be a “balance” from the government between parental choice and views on vaccines and public health interests. Christie stressed that parents and families must have a “measure of choice” on the issue of childhood vaccinations – something I think a lot of us can agree with.
Last September President Obama cited his drone program in Yemen as a successful model of US anti-terrorism strategy. He said that he would employ the Yemen model in his effort to “degrade and ultimately destroy” ISIS in Iraq and Syria. But just a week ago, the government in Yemen fell to a Shiite militia movement […]
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu’s acceptance of an invitation to speak to the US Congress on 3 March, two weeks before the Israeli election and without any consultation with the White House, is aimed at advancing both Netanyahu’s re-election and the proposed new set of sanctions against Iran in the US Congress. For many months, […]