Press TV – October 25, 2013
With European auto sales near a 20-year low, it’s unthinkable that an automaker would willingly cut ties with its largest foreign client. But in February 2012 Peugeot did just that by severing ties with Iran. The move was forced by its new partner, General Motors, which had just been bailed out by the US government.
Gifford Miller’s most recent study on radiocarbon dates of Baffin Island moss has attracted recent publicity, including covers at Judy Curry, WUWT and Jim Bouldin, due to its claim to have demonstrated that the present is the warmest in 44000 years.
Some blog called “Armed With Science” decided to be a propaganda mouthpiece for the NSA for at least one post (perhaps that’s the blogs regular shtick; with a .mil domain, that wouldn’t surprise me). They interviewed General Keith Alexander and let him tell us whatever least untruthful statements he could devise.
Absent greater transparency, Americans should assume the worst
Is Noam Chomsky an anarcho-syndicalist or proponent of the Federal Reserve? A fearless political crusader or defender of the Warren Commission JFK orthodoxy? A tireless campaigner for justice or someone who doesn’t care who did 9/11? Join us this week on The Corbett Report as we examine some of the subjects that Chomsky would prefer you didn’t think about.
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Thursday Rachel Maddow focussed on the Daily Show to make the same point Alan Grayson made when he pointed out that teabaggers are basically a modern-day version of the KKK. I wonder if Claire McCaskill, Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Joe Crowley will condemn Rachel the way they condemned Grayson. In any case, you need to watch this segment.
Now that we are having some kind of relations and diplomacy with the Iranians, the agents of Zionism are PISSED! (This is why Shelly dumped 10′s of millions into the 2012 campaign!) American CONSENSUS has turned against the Neo o Cons! False flag imminent?
by Judith Curry It’s your turn to introduce topics for discussion.Filed under: Uncategorized
Even Hollywood celebs see shades of Nixon in Obama spy crimes
Via WND
A group of entertainment celebrities are fed up with the Obama administration’s willingness to spy on American citizens through the National Security Agency, or NSA – even comparing his actions to those exposed by Nixon’s Watergate scandal.
Its been happening in the USA for decades…. CPS ARE the child molesters best friends here, and it gets worse from there. WHO’S WATCHING THE WATCHERS???
‘Police gunman told me to ignore paedophiles’, says ex-child protection officer
James takes a moment out of showing his family around Japan to answer some listener questions. This time, topics covered include the federal reserve and the national debt, the Golden Dawn in Greece, psychopaths in a free society, martial law, and that strange toy on the bookshelf behind James.
(NOTE: This month’s Film, Literature and the New World Order episode on Rudyard Kipling’s “Kim” (audiobook here) has been postponed until next month)
Obviously this is yet ANOTHER offense that can bind us together (despite our differences!) Just like global protests over GMO food, it seems we can work together to make the world a better place!
Ministry of Defence of Georgia
October 25, 2013
Meeting with Chairman of NATO Military Committee
Minister of Defence of Georgia Irakli Alasania met with the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee General Knud Bartels. The meeting was held within the frames of the visit of Defence Minister in Brussels.
Committee to Stop FBI Repression | October 23, 2013
A Palestinian woman, Rasmieh Odeh, was arrested at her home this morning, Oct. 22, by agents of the Department of Homeland Security.
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Ignazio Silone: War with today’s hereditary enemy
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Ignazio Silone
From Bread and Wine (1936)
Translated by Gwenda David and Eric Mosbacher
Former Congressman William Hughes with son, Bill, Jr.Why bother focussing on LoBiondo? There are many districts in red-leaning and even solidly red congressional districts in the hands of Democrats. There are almost no Republicans in blue districts. In California Gary Miller and David Valadao both won because of failed DCCC recruiting and both will probably lose their seats in 2014.
Amnesty International have issued a briefing called “Barred from their Homes” about the Tawergha, an ethnic group of black Libyans who were attacked and driven out of their homes in Misrata and Tawergha by racist rebel brigades and western bombing, during the NATO-backed war on Libya in 2011. The briefing documents the current situation of […]
When Clare Short, Britain’s former minister for international development, revealed that British intelligence agents had spied on former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan by bugging his office just before the disastrous U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003, the UN chief was furious that his discussions with world leaders had been compromised. And as she talked […]
The Washington Post on Thursday reported what it presented as new evidence of a secret agreement under which Pakistani officials have long been privately supporting the U.S. drone war in the country even as they publicly criticized it. Most news outlets picked up the Post story, and the theme of public Pakistani opposition and private […]
by Judith Curry Arctic temperatures highest in at least 44,000 years. A new paper by Miller et al. is getting a great deal of press: Unprecedented recent warmth in Arctic Canada Abstract. Arctic air temperatures have increased in recent decades, … Continue reading →
At least 32 Iraqis were killed and 55 more were wounded during Eid al-Ghadeer observances.
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 091. This is the audio for episode 002 of Liberty Talk, a new weekly-ish Google hangout-based podcast with Jeffrey Tucker and me (Google Plus page; Youtube Channel). This week we talked to Sheldon Richman about Obamacare and the origin of his anti-IP views. For more, see Sheldon’s articles: Sheldon Richman on Intellectual […]
RT | October 25, 2013
Many issues of national importance to Japan, probably including the state of the Fukushima power plant, may be designated state secrets under a new draft law. Once signed, it could see whistleblowers jailed for up to 10 years.
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 090. I spoke at Liberty on the Rocks-Houston last night on the topic of intellectual property. Nice crowd and a good time. I touched on a number of matters, from negative servitudes to positive rights. Zoe Russell and others did a great job running/arranging this. This is my own iPhone recording: […]
by Judith Curry On the other hand, serial climate disinformer Judith Curry (Georgia Tech) announced “Consensus distorts the climate picture.” - Michael Mann What, exactly, is a ‘disinformer’?. From the Wikipedia: Disinformation is intentionally false or inaccurate information that is spread deliberately. It is an act of … Continue reading →
Hopefully you remember Corey Robin and his amazing, penetrating book, The Reactionary Mind. Yesterday he was tweeting about a NY Times apologia by Robert "Mr. Republican" Taft's grandson, John G. Taft, The Cry of the True Republican.
DHS under O’Busha is resorting to blatant Gestapo tactics to cover up their misdeeds. How can any of you justify this?
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
The National (United Arab Emirates)
October 22, 2013
Nato must concentrate more on Arabian Gulf to ensure regional security, experts say
Caline Malek
DUBAI: Nato will have to focus more on issues in the Arabian Gulf to ensure its stability, security experts say.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Command Operations
October 25, 2013
NATO and partner nations will conduct Exercise Steadfast Jazz 2013 in Latvia and in Poland from 2 – 9 November 2013. The event will mark the culmination of a series of dynamic and demanding exercises designed to train and test troops and commanders from the NATO Response Force (NRF). More in this video (at link above):
Let’s face it, with rising public criticism of the Obama administration’s drone war, embarrassing political posturing and shutdown politics on the domestic side, and unprecedented worldwide outrage over NSA spying, the U.S. government has seen better days (something worthy of celebration, in my opinion).
Jon Stewart sums it up well:
In a commentary that appeared in USA Today, RAND Corporation senior adviser Brian Michael Jenkins praises President Obama’s increased reliance on Joint Special Operations Command raids in place of drone strikes.
“The two U.S. commando raids in Libya and Somalia this month,” Jenkins argues, represent “a significant shift” that “has the potential to both reduce public hostility to the drones…and to improve intelligence by capturing rather than killing terrorist leaders.”
I've been very excited about how the MoveOn/PPP polls show all those Republican committee chairs who Steve Israel tries to give free reelection passes to are vulnerable because of their support for shutting down the government. Israel only knows how to go up against hapless backbenchers and leaves the evil-doers alone. Opponents to Republican policymakers like Buck McKeon, Paul Ryan, Darrell Issa, Fred Upton, Mike Rogers, etc get no support from the DCCC.
Back to Egypt:To understand where we're going let's step back to a previous post on Egypt
And open with an excerpt from that piece:
Xinhua | October 23, 2013
PYONGYANG — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Wednesday it would not unilaterally dismantle its nuclear deterrence unless outside nuclear threats were removed, the official KCNA news agency reported.
“As action for action remains a basic principle for finding a solution to the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula, the DPRK will not unilaterally move first,” a Foreign Ministry spokesman said in a statement.
Last cycle we saw the DCCC rush into westernmost reaches of North Carolina, the Catawba Valley and everything from Lenoir and Morgantown to the Tennessee border and back to Arden and Hendersonville, bust carefully skirting Asheville-- NC-11. "Ex-Blue Dog Steve Israel was petrified the progressive champion of the region, City Councilman Cecil Bothwell-- who had driven reactionary Blue Dog Heath Shuler out of the race-- would become the Democratic nominee. So the DCCC backed an even worse Blue Dog than Shuler, Hayden Rogers, and got him through the primary with cash and lies.
RT
October 19, 2013
US begins shifting Afghan logistics hub from Kyrgyzstan to Romania
Then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld inspecting the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in 2004
The Pentagon has begun transitioning its Afghanistan air logistics base to Romania and plans to complete the shift from Manas Transit Center in Kyrgyzstan by July 2014 when its contract ends.
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