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Syria Insanity Must Continue, Sez Washington Establishment & Media

By James Bovard | December 20, 2018 The Washington Post front page today is in full panic mode over Trump’s decision on Syria. Reading the Post, one would think that US intervention had achieved something aside from getting vast numbers of Syrians pointlessly killed. Washington’s laptop bombardiers are hysterically opposed to Trump’s withdrawal of US […]

Failed Oregon Solar Equipment Plant Leaves Behind Millions in Taxpayer Losses

By Bonner R. Cohen | The Heartland Institute | November 26, 2018 A multi-year effort by federal, state, and local agencies to prop up an Oregon solar-panel manufacturer has ended in a shuttered factory, millions of taxpayer dollars down the drain, and a heavily polluted manufacturing site. In 2010 SoloPower Systems (SoloPower) claimed it could […]

We want to believe: ‘Russian hacking’ memo REVEALS how US intel pinned leaks to Kremlin

By Nebojsa Malic | RT | November 10, 2018 A newly-out memo containing the Obama admin’s talking points about “Russian hacking” in the 2016 election reveals how US spy agencies attributed email leaks to the Kremlin by saying it’s “consistent” with what they think Russia does. The seven-page document was contained within the 49 pages […]

Barack Obama’s Great Tower of Nothing: Gentrification on a Presidential Level

Photo Source Jason Scragz | CC BY 2.0 By Hugh Iglarsh | CounterPunch | November 2, 2018 In Chicago, a low but persistent rumbling is heard these days, especially on the South Side. It is Frederick Law Olmsted, America’s greatest landscape architect and the planner of what would become the city’s Jackson Park, turning in […]

Ex-Pentagon Analyst: US Exit From INF Treaty Could Boost US Nuke Arms Industry

Sputnik – 23.10.2018 WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s decision to scrap the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty will be welcomed by the US nuclear weapons industry and major defense contractors, veteran Pentagon analyst Chuck Spinney told Sputnik on Monday. “The trashing of the INF treaty is simply another step down a slippery slope that […]

What Trump’s pullout from IMF treaty means

By M. K. BHADRAKUMAR | Indian Punchline | October 21, 2018 President Donald Trump’s confirmation that the US is terminating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty (INF) with Russia will be regarded as a defining moment in international security. The INF, which was signed by then US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in […]

FLASHBACK: 11 Dead as U.S. Transport Crashes in Afghanistan, Taliban Claims Credit

Both sides had a different version of events.
It’s an incident back in 2015 which the White House would prefer to sweep under the proverbial rug. After the reports were confirmed of the downing of the C-130 aircraft, a war of words quickly ensued with the Taliban claiming a successful shoot-down, while the U.S. deny any altercation – claiming it was just an accident.
What really happened?
RT International reports…