by KenThis comes of keeping nytimes.com at arm's length, owing to the NYT's totally understandable effort to realize some financial recompense for online consumption of its semi-expensively produced content: I have paid no attention to an online-only series, moderated by that sterling economist Joseph E.
Itar-Tass | October 17, 2013
MOSCOW – Russia has begun shipping military hardware to Iraq, Ali al-Musawi, advisor of the Iraqi Prime Minister told Russia Today on Thursday.
The official noted that the contract “entails primarily weapon shipments to combat terrorism.” The advisor clarified that Russia will provide “helicopters which were proven to be effective during anti-terrorist operations. Special hardware to combat terrorists will also be supplied.”
By David Swanson | War is a Crime | October 17, 2013
The comments come from Malala and the U.N. respectively.
President Obama invited Malala Yousafzai, a 16-year-old Pakistani advocate for girls’ education, to meet with his family. And she promptly explained that what he is doing works against her agenda and fuels terrorism.
Press TV – October 18, 2013
A new UN report warns that the use of armed drones threatens global security and encourages more states to acquire unmanned weapons.
As of June 30, Mississippi senior Senator Thad Cochran had only raised $773,953, not much for a U.S. Senator. It gave rise to some talk that he might be thinking of retirement. He was born in 1937 and by the end of his next term he'd be 82. Elected in 1978, he's the second most senior Republican in the Senate. And, for a mainstream conservative like Cochran, a Cruz-ified Republican caucus can't be much fun. But when you realize that the last time he was up for reelection he only spent $518,625, you have to reconsider his lackadaisical fundraising as proof he might be retiring.
Progressives like Pennsylvania state Senator Daylin Leach, who's running for the open PA-13 congressional seat, is never going to sell out Social Security, Medicare or any social insurance policies for middle and working-class American families. In fact, his record in the legislature makes it clear that he will fight to expand and strengthen them. Watch his new video above-- and then consider helping him win his crowded primary against a bunch of conservative Democrats.
Press TV – October 18, 2013
The US is considering a proposal to unfreeze billions of dollars of Iranian assets to reciprocate Iran’s confidence-building measures over its nuclear energy program, a senior administration official says.
By JONATHAN CARP | CounterPunch | October 17, 2013
Voice of Russia
October 18, 2013
US Defense to sell bunker bombers and missiles to Gulf countries for $10.8 bn
Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates soon would be having their own advanced weaponry: the Pentagon plans to sell its bunker buster bombs and cruise missiles for $10.8 billion.
Panorama.am
October 18, 2013
James Appathurai: NATO wishes to expand cooperation with Armenia
I have had excellent meetings with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and other senior officials and we discussed a broad range of issues related to Armenia-NATO cooperation, NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai told reporters in Yerevan.
The GOP shutdown may indeed be dead-- at least for now-- and Obamacare is still being birthed but that GOP shutdown cost the taxpayers something like $24 billion, killed a million jobs, raised unemployment, reduced the GDP, left us without food safety inspectors or even nuclear regulatory inspectors and put our government on a very economically precarious and dan
by Judith Curry There is no cost to getting things wrong. The cost is not getting them published. – Brian Nosek, as quoted by the Economist. The Economist has an important article entitled Unreliable research: trouble at the lab, with … Continue reading →
RT | October 18, 2013
Despite a deal to lift the debt ceiling and end the government shutdown, the United States is far from a respite, as it won’t address the underlying, internal issues that have usurped its power in the world, economics professor Rodney Shakespeare told RT.
RT: The default is averted. That’s good news, isn’t it?
I don’t believe in God. However, I do believe in divine retribution. Without going into the specifics of this somewhat counterintuitive theology, suffice to say here that its central axiom is the idea that actions have consequences. One cannot go on committing evil without reaping a whirlwind or two. Eventually Nemesis overtakes Hubris, and the […]
The negotiations this week in Geneva between Iran and the “P5+1” (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council – Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States – plus Germany) offer a promising vehicle for avoiding another destructive war. The talks came on the heels of a virtual uprising by the American […]
Are you one of a tiny handful of Democrats who gets to vote in a primary this cycle? If so, let me suggest which candidate you should vote for-- the one who answers the questions most like this guy Salon talked to yesterday.
I have not put up any articles concerning the Global Warming fraud for a while now. But by now most intelligent people must know that it is a massive fraud and swindle....Even the recent IPCC report that states fraudulently that they have "95% certainty" that Global Warming is "man made" has been exposed as a massive lie... It shows clearly that the IPCC has indeed sold out to criminal interests that only want to use the scam of man made "Global Warming" to bring in more taxation against the public, and as a method of introducing their long desired "One World Government".
By RUSSELL MOKHIBER | CounterPunch | October 17, 2013
Here I sit, in West Virginia, staring down at January 1, 2014.
That’s when my health insurance policy expires and I have a decision to make — renew or not renew?
Right now, I’m paying about $7,000 a year in premiums for a monster deductible and yearly out of pocket of about $15,000 for myself and my family.
RT | October 16, 2013
Toiling in terrible conditions, no salaries for months, passports confiscated by employers – that’s the horrendous reality for migrant workers helping with preparations for the World Cup 2022 in Qatar, as revealed by German filmmaker, Peter Giesel.
by Judith Curry How believable are the IPCC’s continually increasing confidence levels? Disconcerting learning on climate sensitivity and the uncertain future of uncertainty Alexis Hannart, Michael Ghil, Jean-Louis Dufrwsne, Philippe Naveau Abstract How will our estimates of climate uncertainty evolve … Continue reading →
Although the Eid al-Adha holiday began rather quietly, militants unleashed a torrent of violence today that left 76 people dead and 229 more wounded. The capital suffered several bombings, but so did towns in the ethnically diverse north. Also, fugitive vice president Tareq al-Hashemi offered to return to Iraq if the European Union will help guarantee him a fair trail.
Aysor.am
October 17, 2013
S. Sargsyan receives NATO secretary general’s special representative
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and NATO’s Anders Fogh Rasmussen in 2012
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received today Special Representative of NATO’s Secretary General for South Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai.
I was just out shopping this morning, and when I was at my local "Safeway" store, I noticed some advertisements for getting more discounts, access to cost cutting coupons, and other cost cutting ways by simply accessing Safeway through my "Facebook" account.... I was a bit annoyed, since I know the truth about "Facebook" and how it is nothing more than a data mining criminal network. I talked to a lady over the Safeway customer service line and explained that I should not be discriminated against due to my not having a "Facebook" account....
I really have hoped by now that the American people would have seen the Sandy Hook "massacre" that happened last December for what it really is.... A failed false flag attempt on the American nation where the criminals in the US Government had hoped the American people would quickly accept "gun control" legislation.
Welcome to http://NewWorldNextWeek.com — the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week:
Mica & Lankford: 2 ugly right-wing faces of GOP nihilism & cowardiceWhile unreconstructed Confederate nihilists like Louisiana's John Fleming were boasting this morning that they're ready to force another government shutdown in January and another default crisis in February, many Republicans from normal parts of America were breathing a sigh of relief
IMEMC & Agencies | October 17, 2013
The Palestine Now News Agency has reported that Egyptian soldiers opened fire at the Palestinian side near the border area in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
Palestinian security sources in Gaza told Palestine Now that the Egyptian army targeted a number of Palestinians in their lands close to the border, no injuries have been reported.
What happens to people who claim to be Peace Prize winners even though they aren't? They get a job at the White House.
In an interview early this month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said illegal Jewish settlements in occupied Palestinian territory are a “bogus issue” that “don’t stand in the way” of a peaceful solution to the conflict.
Palestine Information Center – 17/10/2013
NABLUS — The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) obstructed the movement of Palestinian vehicles in the northern West Bank on the second day of Eid Al-Adha.
IMEMC & Agencies | October 17, 2013
Palestinian medical sources have reported that an elderly Palestinian man was seriously injured after being hit by a settler’s vehicle in Al-Fondoq village, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the West Bank on Wednesday.
The Palestinian Police said that a speeding settler driving a Toyota Corolla hit Abdul-Hafith Mohammad Tayyem, in his sixties.
The settler, who fled the scene, was driving in the center of the Palestinian village.
Editor’s Note: SSPX priests are not under the control of the Vatican. The SSPX was driven out of the Church of Rome by Paul VI and John Paul II and was never fully rehabilitated by the quondam Pope Benedict. The funeral Mass the SSPX offered for Mr.
Al-Akhbar | October 17, 2013
Construction starts in illegal Jewish settlements on occupied Palestinian land rose by a “drastic” 70 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2013, an Israeli NGO said on Thursday.
This is a follow up to a posting here, probably, 8 months ago. Let's see.........Carl Campeau was kidnapped February 7/2013.
Global Times
October 17, 2013
Syrian crisis shows middle sea still crucial to geopolitical ambition
By Andrea Fais
The Syrian crisis and its repercussions demonstrate that politicians and analysts cannot ignore the Mediterranean if they really want to face global challenges.
The U.S. has deployed “200 Marines to a naval base in Sicily for possible operations in Libya,” according to UPI, the latest in the establishment of “a network of bases in Italy as launch pads for military interventions in Africa and the Mideast.”
Ministry of Defense of Georgia
October 11, 2013
MoU signed between Defence Ministry and Information Centre on NATO and EU
The Ministry of Defence of Georgia and Information Centre on NATO and EU concluded a Memorandum of Cooperation. Deputy Defence Minister Mikheil Darchiashvili and Director of the Centre Elene Gotsadze signed the Document.
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Arnold Zweig: Selections on war
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Arnold Zweig
From Education Before Verdun (1935)
Translated by Eric Sutton
The Wall Street Journal editorial page, the GOP version of the NY Times, warned the congressional Republicans Wednesday morning, "It's time to wrap up this comedy of political errors… 30 or so Members were tired of getting kicked around by Heritage Action and Senator Ted Cruz and want the whole thing settled… Republicans can best help their cause now by getting this over with."Geor
The kick the can down the road approach to the American deficit did nothing about the 915 billion dollars the US adds every month to its total of unfunded liabilities which was 221 trillions dollars just a few months ago. The Republican attempt to either delay Obamacare for a year or to repeal it altogether failed. An Internet radio host with good sources within the Republican party was told the party folded because the American people are not quite bright enough to see how bad Obamacare will be.
As hopeful, albeit vague, statements about talks in Geneva between Iran and the great powers continued to issue from the Swiss city Tuesday, foes of détente between Washington and Tehran maintained their own high tempo of work. The government of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and its supporters in the powerful Israel lobby, which exerts […]
I am sure that many readers of antiwar have seen the Internet message that is making the rounds about congress. It is attributed to Warren Buffett and provides a solution to the problem with the nation’s legislature. Per Buffett, make every congressman accountable for his actions vis-à-vis driving up the national debt: “You just pass […]
