By Gareth Porter | LobeLog | August 20, 2013

Introduction by Jim Lobe

NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode163 -
Lavabit Shutdown, Mars Mission, Weed TV
Welcome to New World Next Week - the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week:

♫Makin' a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫" on Episode072 - Stare At The Sun which features brand new sounds from Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, Azymuth, Bass Drum of Death,

Fyodor Lukyanov  RIA NovostiRussian-Ukrainian relations are again at the center of attention.

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, James and James try something different as they cover a number of updates and addenda to breaking news stories from across the globe:

John Reed at Foreign Policy describes “how the U.S. is encircling China with military bases.”

It's how the Bourbons saw themselves; it's how conservatives always see themselves, especially the plutocratic onesRight after Obama was reelected, the Republican-controlled state government of North Carolina kicked an ALEC-initiated plan into high gear--

Radio program: Hoffman to discuss Usury Your editor will be discussing the thesis of his book Usury in Christendom: The Mortal Sin that Was and Now is Not, on the American Free Press radio network beginning at 10 a.m eastern time, on Monday, August 26.The program is hosted by  journalist Mark Anderson.The show will be heard online at this link:http://www.blogtalkradio.com/americanfreepress_________________

As commander in chief, you’ve been responsible for the treatment of the most
high-profile whistleblower in the history of the U.S. armed forces. Under your
command, the United States military tried – and failed – to crush the spirit
of Bradley Manning.
Your failure became evident after the sentencing on Wednesday, when a statement
from Bradley Manning was read aloud to the world. The statement began: "The
decisions that I made in 2010 were made out of a concern for my country and

As I stated in my previous article, I am one pissed off blogger these days....

United States Army
August 19, 2013
Space, missile defense symposium promotes defensive future
By Jason B. Cutshaw, USASMDC/ARSTRAT

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Rocket City once again became the launching pad for leaders in the space and missile defense universe.

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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Jean Giono: Led to the slaughterhouse
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Jean Giono
From To the Slaughterhouse (Le grand troupeau) (1931)
Translated by Norman Glass

-by LeftGeoffWhen Mark Critz battled Blue Dog Jason Altmire in a member to member primary in 2012, progressives who didn't just walk away in disgust, chose to back Critz over Altmire. It was a bitter pill to swallow. Critz, who a few people viewed as not as bad and unfit for office as Altmire, still left much to be desired. Altmire, was a pro-business/anti-family conservative Democrat; Critz was a pro-labor conservative Democrat.

Images of death, but NO PROOF of chemical attack

By Kevin Barrett | Press TV | August 22, 2013

On Wednesday – just hours after the massacre of hundreds of Syrians with chemical weapons – Israeli Minister of Military Affairs Moshe Yaalon claimed he knew who did it: The Syrian government.

Bradley Manning, the army private whose leaks of classified information and subsequent prosecution have been the subject of fierce international debate for over three years, was sentenced to 35 years in military prison Wednesday, but his legal team and supporters say they will fight the sentence. “It’s tragic,” Nathan Fuller of the Bradley Manning Support […]

As in El Salvador, Nicaragua, East Timor, Angola, Lebanon, and Gaza in previous years, the massive killing of civilians in Egypt is being done with U.S.-provided weapons by a U.S.-backed government. As a result, the Obama administration and Congress are morally culpable for the unfolding tragedy. While the apparent decision to suspend some military aid […]

If there should happen to be an al-Qaeda attack in Calhoun County Alabama, Sheriff Larry Amerson will presumably know what to do. That is because he and a number of colleagues in law enforcement have received paid trips to Israel to learn how to deal with the terrorist threat. The Washington-based Jewish Institute for National […]

Anti-immigrant Know Nothing Joe Carr (R)Tennessee's congressional districts are so gerrymandered that Democrats can only win in the state's two districts that are primarily in big cities, Nashville and Memphis. And in Nashville, the Democratic incumbent, Jim Cooper, is a conservative corporate-friendly Blue Dog who votes with the GOP very frequently. Statewide, it's not as clear cut, although the state has trended red in recent years.

Although no major bombings took place, the usual background violence took at least 16 lives. At least 36 were also wounded. In northern Iraq a shrine and a pipeline were bombed in separate attacks, but no causalities were reported.

Peter Santa-Maria is a Cuban-American artist who mixes humor, pop culture iconography and powerful political statements to create exciting, cutting edge art with a truth message. Today he joins us to discuss his life and work, and dissect some of his most popular images. View and purchase Peter’s art from his website, AttackThePlanet.com.

Exclusive-Photo- Al Jazeera, Reuters published the news of massacre in  Syria one day before the massacre happened

Al Jazeera, Reuters published the news of massacre in East Ghouta, Damascus one day before the massacre happened. Tens of videos were uploaded one day before the massacre. All these evidences show that the terrorists massacred people then recorded the scenes to deceive people of the world, but they were SO FAST and they gave themselves up.

By Chelsea Gray | The Argentina Independent | August 21, 2013

The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) has approved plans for an optic fibre mega-ring which will break its members’ “dependence on the US, and provide a safer and cheaper means of communication.”

By Tim Cushing | Techdirt | August 21, 2013

The EFF finally gets to step away from one of its many legal battles with the government with its hands held aloft in victory and clutching a long-hidden FISA court opinion.

The Winter Garden, the breathtaking public atrium in the World Financial Center, is one of New York City's most beautiful interior spaces.by KenAmid the devastation of 9/11, the fate of the Winter Garden, the majestic and much-loved 10-story atrium of the Cesar Pelli-designed World Financial Center, adjacent to the World Trade Center, may not have been uppermost in many people's minds, but in fact it was pretty much totaled.

RIA Novosti | August 21, 2013

MOSCOW – Five of Russia’s extradition requests sent to the United States in the past few years have been left unanswered, a deputy Russian prosecutor general has said in an interview.

International Solidarity Movement | August 21, 2013

William EngdahlRussia TodayThe reports of massive chemical attacks in Syria might become the “red line” for the US for active military intervention.

The BRAVO! TV show about Steve Israel's constituents and psyche, Princesses: Long Island, has no sympathetic characters. Every single one of them is vomit-inducing.

In compliance with a Freedom of Information Act request, the Obama administration finally declassified a 2011 ruling by the FISA court which found the NSA broke the law and the constitution in its collection of Americans’ communications.

TERRORIST CHEMICAL ATTACK: the allegations against Syrian Armed forces for using toxic gas in Damascus countryside are untrue

JACOB APPELBAUM: [TOR developer & journalist] … it’s not merely a matter of whether or not we have something to hide, because it is not us that will decide whether we have something to hide. It is an analyst somewhere. It is a machine learning algorithm somewhere. … And this is the thing that is perhaps the most terrifying: Because people are flagged, then other people are dispatched.

Stars and Stripes
August 21, 2013
Growing US presence in Australia to include aircraft
By Seth Robson

F-16 Fighting Falcons conduct a training mission over Misawa Air Base, Japan, February 14, 2013

In this exclusive clip from the forthcoming edition of the Jack Blood Podcast, James Corbett and Jack Blood dissect the latest reports of a chemical weapons attack in Syria, occuring just two days after a UN chemical weapons team arrived in the country. James goes over the history of false flag chemical provocations in the country and the reasons why we should doubt the quickly-forming official narrative that this attack was perpetrated by Assad’s military. Listen to the Jack Blood podcast at DeadlineLive.info.
SOURCES:

Hilarious: Aljazeera & MB Duplicity Caught on Camera

Not the path to victory in 2014... or everThe National Memo lists 5 reasons Republicans are beginning to worry they could lose the House in 2014. The reasons are sound. But...

NSA Headquarters, Fort Meade, MD.
According to The Wall Street Journal, new details reveal the NSA’s reach is even broader than we’ve thought in the wake of Snowden’s leaks:

Foreign Policy has posted a nifty map of the world noting “the 7 governments the U.S. has overthrown.” It’s cool and all, but this number 7 is a significant undercount.

I am a very pissed off blogger this morning... I actually turned on the crud Jewish run media for a whole 10 minutes on the Talmudvision to see what the liars are stating about this latest US/Israeli chemical weapons false flag attack in Syria, and all I can see is the lying SOB's in the "media" try to promote the LIES that this latest attack was conducted by the good guys.. The Syrian Government forces.

I started surfing the Internet this morning, and lo and behold, I see the same thing everyone is seeing and hearing about today.... Accusations coming out of the Jew run Mainstream Media that the Government of Syria has just launched a new "chemical attack" on civilians living in Damascus!However, I am not fooled at all, and of course I smell a rat with a huge Star of David on its butt.....It is absolutely ridiculous and moronic to even assume that the Assad government would launch a "chemical weapons" attack on its own citizens...

RT | August 21, 2013

Newly unveiled National Security Agency programs detail how the US government has the ability to monitor approximately 75 per cent of American internet traffic, and further discloses how telecommunications companies are compelled to provide such data.

Al-Akhbar | August 21, 2013

A retired Israeli general said in a television interview on Tuesday that the Israeli Occupation Forces should crack down on the Gaza Strip, Israel National News reported.

By Mike Masnick | Techdirt | August 19, 2013

I doubt we'll see a Republican primary fight between Florida's Bob Smith and Massachusetts' Scott Brown for the worthless GOP Senate nomination. Brown seems to have made up his mind to run for president governor (of Massachusetts), leaving the field open for Smith, who, unlike Brown, actually did at one time, live in New Hampshire, having moved there from New Jersey. In fact, he was both a Representative (beating someone named Dudley Dudley) and a Senator from that state.

I am so on this bogus chemical weapons attack in Syria! POST IS UPDATED AT THE BOTTOM, CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES! Seriously? Can this get anymore obvious. The UN team enter Syria and BINGOa ‘chemical attack’ not far from the team. How convenient.Via WP ."LOGICALLY IT MAKES LITTLE SENSE" : Last paragraphs, first!

North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO Maritime Command
August 21, 2013
NATO Maritime Force Participates In Exercise Open Spirit 2013

BALTIC SEA: On Tuesday, 20 August 2013, the ships of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One (SNMCMG1) joined in Exercise OPEN SPIRIT 2013, the largest Historical Ordnance Disposal exercise in the Baltic this year.

RT | August 21, 2013

The UK government created a “lawless bit of Britain” under the terror act which suspends all checks and balances, Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger said in an interview, adding that the paper is financing David Miranda’s lawsuit against the Home Office.
Rusbridger called ports and airport transit lounges a “stateless bit of Britain,” where a government can use the word “terror” to “suspend all the normal rules.”

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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
H.G. Wells: Selections on war
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H. G. Wells
From The War in the Air (1907)

By Adrienne Pine and Keane Bhatt | NACLA | August 20, 2013