The “Israel Lobby” threatens freedom of speech in Germany
Jewish groups led by the American Jewish Congress (AJC) has demanded that popular German daily Stuttgarter Zeitung apologize to Jewish people for publishing a cartoon which implies that Netanyahu is ready to kill the latest Israel-Palestinian peace talks initiated by John Kerry.(Cartoon below )Editors Note
What is the state? In the Lockean language of the U.S. founding documents, it is the apparatus of government "instituted among Men" to secure "certain unalienable Rights" such as "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness". A more cynical perspective, informed by the experience of the 20th century, would term the state a protection racket […]
Sen. Rand Paul’s bill to cut off US aid to Egypt certainly was prescient, wasn’t it? The bill failed in the Senate, 86 to 13, on account of heavy lobbying by AIPAC, the pro-Israel advocacy group which packs a powerful punch on Capitol Hill. To those unlettered in the intricacies of American foreign policy, this […]
Perhaps more than any other state in the Middle East, Israel has historically shown a special sensitivity to its nemeses’ efforts to acquire strategic capabilities that might change the regional balance of power. It has also demonstrated a unique willingness to take military action to curb such endeavors from coming to fruition. Israeli air strikes […]
1. “Hey, How Come They Got All the Fun?” Now that Darth Vader’s breathy techno-voice is a staple of our culture, it’s hard to remember how empty was the particular sector of space Star Wars blasted into. The very day the Paris Peace Accords were signed in 1973, Richard Nixon also signed a decree ending […]
You've probably seen a parade of Republican clowns wooing teabaggers by insisting that the government be sent into bankruptcy unless Obama agrees to defund the Affordable Care Act. That's all their irresponsible-- and/or delusional playing for the cameras. Most of the noise has been coming from far right Confederates in all white gerrymandered districts. But Wednesday Tom McClintock was up to the same trick in California. Watch him up top. His district is very safe-- with a PVI of R+10.
At least 40 people were killed and 115 more were wounded in the today's attacks. The Iraqi government also reported the deaths of 38 suspects during a recent security operation in Anbar province. Meanwhile, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari vowed that the government would work to keep Iraq from sinking back into a full-blown sectarian war.
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:
Story #1: Encrypted Email Providers Shutter Services To Protect Users From Government Snoops
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Microsoft Reverses Itself on Xbox One Camera Requirement Because Of NSA Spying Revelations
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According to the Wall Street Journal of August 14, 2013, top members of the Egyptian military junta now ruling that nation after the coup are Israeli assets.The U.S. media are not calling the murder of more than 500 protestors a massacre because the killers are Israeli allies.In the eyes of the American media, everything that happens in the Middle East is weighed on the Talmudic scale of whether the action or event benefits or harms the Israeli government.Morsi was an ally of Hamas, therefore the military that overthrew Morsi, a man elected in a democratic vote, cannot be that bad.
RT | August 15, 2013
Four journalists have been killed in violent clashes which swept Egypt on Wednesday, with a number of the press core suffering serious injuries in the clashes. At least 238 civilians died in total as security forces brutally broke up pro-Morsi rallies.
Egypt has been swept by horrific street violence, showers of gunfire, blazing fires and tear gas as relentless clashes have shaken cities in government attempts to break up the demonstrations.
RT | August 15, 2013
The Syrian government has accepted the ‘essential modalities’ under which the UN was ready to investigate whether chemical weapons had been used in the country, the body has announced, signalling that experts will shortly be traveling to Syria.
Eric Draitser joins Glen Ford on Black Agenda Radio to discuss the significance of President Robert Mugabe’s electoral victory in Zimbabwe. They examine the importance of Mugabe and ZANU-PF’s win both for the people of Zimbabwe, and Africa more generally. Eric also explains why the defeat of Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC represents a defeat for neoliberal capitalism and the imperial powers.
By Ali Fathollah-Nejad | World Policy Blog | July 31, 2013
Iran’s President-elect Hassan Rohani has promised to ease the tensions surrounding the international relations of his country. In line with the will of the majority of Iranians, the issue of economic sanctions – weighing heavily on the latter’s day-to-day life – will be a key to that end.
Eric Draitser joins Glen Ford on Black Agenda Radio to discuss the significance of President Robert Mugabe’s electoral victory in Zimbabwe. They examine the importance of Mugabe and ZANU-PF’s win both for the people of Zimbabwe, and Africa more generally. Eric also explains why the defeat of Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC represents a defeat for neoliberal capitalism and the imperial powers.
Following up on Kelley Vlahos’s brilliant post about the ongoing failure of the U.S.’s vaunted surge in Iraq, an important question arises as to why Iraq remains on the verge of civil war. It is not, as many seem to think, for mysterious and complex reasons that are too difficult to figure out much less solve.
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:
Sugar is deadly.I'm so lucky. While staying at a house in the country near a tiny village in Tuscany, Montespertoli, I immediately noticed that the gelateria in the square, where the whole town gathers every evening, serves dozens of flavors of ice cream, including two-- lemon and cappuccino-- that are senza zucchero, sugar free. My friends kept asking me why I'm such a fanatic.
By Yves Engler · August 14, 2013
The extremism of Canada’s support for Israel just keeps growing.
Press TV – August 15, 2013
Brazil says it may go to the UN over a controversial US spying program on Brazilian citizens, rejecting Washington’s claims that the operation was purely aimed at fighting terrorism.
Addressing a congressional panel on Wednesday, Brazilian Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo said Brasilia was not satisfied with the explanations presented by US Secretary of State John Kerry during his Tuesday visit.
Think back a couple weeks and recall the political narratives accompanying Obama’s pick for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, the journalist and Harvard scholar at the forefront of the debate over humanitarian interventions for the past decade. Foreign Policy’s John Hudson described Power’s “staunch advocacy of U.S. intervention on moral grounds.” Max Boot said she is a “principled advocate of humanitarian intervention.”
RT | August 15, 2013
Israel is set to recruit students to work undercover in “covert units” at universities. The students will post messages on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube on the Israeli government’s behalf – without identifying themselves as government agents.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
August 15, 2013
Statement by the NATO Secretary General on the events in Egypt
NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Mediterranean Special Group visiting Egypt in 2008
I am deeply concerned by the situation in Egypt, and the continuing reports of bloodshed. I deplore the loss of life.
Tuesday, conservative polemicist Byron York was worrying the Republicans could lose the House in 2014. And if the Democratic Party was even vaguely competent, they could.
Agence France-Presse
August 14, 2013
Ex-NATO Chief: 15,000 Troops Should Stay In Afghanistan After 2014
The United States and its allies should immediately announce how many troops will stay on in Afghanistan after 2014, former NATO supreme commander Admiral James Stavridis argued on Wednesday.
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Jean Giono
From To the Slaughterhouse (Le grand troupeau) (1931)
Translated by Norman Glass
“Arthur of all people,” Jerome said. “I never knew a finer fellow. And what guts he had and what a damn hard worker he was.”
Interview by Kourosh Ziabari | Fars News Agency | August 14, 2013
Canadian columnist and political author Greg Felton believes that the new round of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority will ultimately fail and lead to nowhere as the Israeli regime is continuing to insist on its illegitimate demands and also is not ready to engage in talks on equal footing.
Today we’re joined by Guillermo Jimenez of TracesofReality.com to discuss the issue of the “constitution-free zones” that the ACLU have identified as existing anywhere within 100 air miles of any US border.
Nile BowieRussia TodayMass protests in Bahrain are by no means a sectarian conflict, though they threaten to further entrench political polarization and serve as an ugly thorn in the Bahraini monarchy’s side unless they hear the popular calls for constitutional reform.
The massive NSA snooping revelations have cast a shadow over John Kerry's trip to Latin America - his first visit there since he assumed the position of Secretary of State. He has already received a chilly reception in Colombia - where officials demanded an explanation to reports that Washington had collected vast amounts of internet data there. The next stop on his trip is Brazil - which allegedly was the top regional target of the surveillance program.
1. The First Coming of G.I. Joe It was 1964, and in Vietnam thousands of American “advisers” were already offering up their know-how from helicopter seats or gun sights. The United States was just a year short of sending its first large contingent of ground troops there, adolescents who would enter the battle zone dreaming […]
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been going around the world as well as regularly appearing on American television telling everyone who might be inclined to listen that "The [Iranian] president was replaced but the goal of the regime remains obtaining nuclear weapons to threaten Israel, the Middle East and the safety of the world." […]
Writer, researcher and "crackpot historian" Adam Gorightly speaks about his new article in Paranoia Magazine called 'The Dead Comedian Conspiracy'.
Two stories this week in Inside Radio demonstrate, once again, why Hate Talk Radio is doomed. In short, the format isn't reaching a demo and advertisers-- other than adult diaper makers, the NRA and the Republican Party-- want to reach. The key ad target demos don't want to hear bitter old white men screaming crazy, hateful conspiracy theories at them.
At least 35 people were killed and 35 more were wounded in today's attacks.
This is one hell of an info packed post. I would very much appreciate the gift of your time to read as I gifted my time to research and write. Thank-You in advance :)When I began working on this post, news out of Egypt had just started hitting the media. What was clear from those earliest reports is that this had been a brutal operation. Starting at dawn, protest camps fogged heavily with tear gas. Bulldozers, helicopters, snipers and live fire were all immediately reportedEarliest casualty counts had approximately 40 dead.
The July-August issue of Culture Wars, a Catholic magazine published by E. Michael Jones, PhD., has an extensive review of Michael Hoffman's book, Usury in Christendom: The Mortal Sin that Was and Now is Not.The review, titled "Has the Catholic Church Changed Her Teaching on Usury?" is authored by Anthony Santelli, PhD., a fomer professor at George Mason University and the founder and hedgefund manager of AES Capital.The 19-page review is on pp. 30-49 of the July-August issue. A pdf.
It's almost as though King has a political death wish. His House district has been redrawn and while still the reddest seat in Iowa, it isn't nearly as safe as it once was. The PVI is R+5, Romney beat Obama 53-45% and King himself had a relatively close call, alos winning just 53% of the vote against Christie Vilsack. Vilsack beat him in 7 counties, including two of the three big ones, Cerro Gordo and Story.
