U.S. Department of Defense
August 12, 2013
Israel, Jordan, U.S. Face Common Threats, Dempsey Says
By Karen Parrish
American Forces Press Service

By Jonathan Easley | The Hill  | August 13, 2013

Leaker Edward Snowden accused the National Security Agency of targeting reporters who wrote critically about the government after the 9/11 attacks and warned it was “unforgivably reckless” for journalists to use unencrypted email messages when discussing sensitive matters.

Paul and Richard have been using this software for years, with some impressive results. Recently I have come to understand its value for personal organization, creativity, and historical research.

I highly recommend the full video version of the show, available here:

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Paul and Richard have been using this software for years, with some impressive results.

Paul and Richard have been using this software for years, with some impressive results. Recently I have come to understand its value for personal organization, creativity, and historical research.

I highly recommend the full video version of the show, available here:

Look Closer:
The Brain - http://www.thebrain.com/

Tragedy and Hope - http://www.tragedyandhope.com/

By Mark M. Jaycox and Trevor Timm | EFF | August 13, 2013

By Tim Cushing | Techdirt | August 13, 2013

As more details of the NSA’s Fourth Amendment-abusing surveillance programs continue to be unveiled, it’s been remarkable to watch the verbal and written contortions deployed by supporters to justify each new bit of exposed information.

Marc Lynch at Foreign Policy:

Every New Jersey Democrat I know-- even the best of 'em-- are warning about the need to rally around Cory Booker now that he's in a face-off against a big bad right-wing lunatic. Early this morning, on her way to the airport, Barbara Buono told me that "When the polls closed I went to Cory Booker’s election night party. I know that Blue America members may not have supported Cory in the primary.

Palestine Information Center – 14/08/2013

RAMALLAH, GAZA — Palestinian MPs and officials expressed support for the formation of a coalition of all national and Islamic factions on the Palestinian arena to stand against the negotiations with the occupation.

By Damian Lataan | August 14, 2013

Without America’s support, Israel in all likelihood would not by now exist and, without the neoconservatives, there would in all likelihood be no American support for Israel.

Susan Lindauer used to be Senator Ron Wyden’s press secretary. She worked as a back channel representing the CIA and the DIA from 1995 to 2003 with Libya and Iraq before being arrested under the Patriot Act. I have written down her salient points from the video below with my comments in in parentheses. Her video is a little too long for most people to appreciate.
911 put the military establishment in charge of our country. (Not exactly. The military and NSA work for the bankers who have run America since 1913.)
911 changed the civil rights of America.

By Ramzy Baroud | Palestine Chronicle | August 13, 2013

Russian Information Agency Novosti
August 14, 2014
No Progress in Russia-NATO Missile Defense Talks – Official

Graphic by Mikhail Fomitchev with Novosti
MOSCOW: Missile defense talks between Russian and NATO military officials in the past 10 days have reached another impasse, Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said Wednesday.

Martin Cassini of EqualityStreets.com joins us to discuss the Equality Streets campaign for traffic system reform. We talk about what a traffic system without traffic controls looks like, how it can reduce congestion, frustration, accidents and even death, and how this idea has already been implemented in various cities around the globe. We also explore the social and political implications of the idea that humans can be counted on to react responsibly in the absence of overarching systems of control.

By James Petras :: 08.13.2013 

Introduction
Representative democracies and autocratic dictatorships respond to profound internal crises in very distinctive ways: the former attempts to reason with citizens, explaining the causes, consequences and alternatives; dictatorships attempt to terrorize, intimidate and distract the public by evoking bogus external threats, to perpetuate and justify rule by police state methods and avoid facing up to the self-inflicted crises.

I have always used this blog as an important source of information for anyone to come in, read, and take the material for themselves and spread to others.... The message is quite clear, and must be told to everyone about the true evil that has now almost achieved total victory over the rest of mankind, and as a result our enslavement for generations to come....I came across an absolutely fabulous article just the other day that I definitely want to share with all of my own readers here...

Voice of Russia
August 14, 2013
Lavrov never loses his cool, Obama infantile – Rick Rozoff
Recorded on August 9, 2013
Audio

Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Robert Merle
From Weekend at Dunkirk (1949)
Translated by K. Rebillon-Lambley

U.S. law states that if a democratically-elected government is overthrown in a military coup, U.S. aid stops until democracy is restored. After the Egyptian military coup against Morsi, Congress and Obama were complicit in breaking the law, while U.S. corporate media cheered. So who will arrest them all?Californians were bedding down when the killing started. In DC everyone was fast asleep. In Europe people were just having their morning coffee.

Richard Gage, AIA, of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth (ae911truth.org) joins us to discuss the new global initiative to raise awareness of 9/11 Truth, ReThink911 (rethink911.org). We talk about the explosive evidence for the destruction of the towers, as well as how ReThink911 will help to spread awareness of this information through a coordinated campaign of advertisements, PR, grassroots activism, and congressional outreach during the 12th anniversary of 9/11.

With the inauguration of Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, the United States should take a more flexible approach toward Tehran to increase the chances of a successful resolution of the latter’s nuclear programme, according to a new report by the Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG) released Tuesday. The report, “Great Expectations: Iran’s New President and […]

It’s a small detail, in the general scheme of things, but one indicative of a troubling recent trend: when Congress voted on reauthorization of the Patriot Act, in 2011, the administration sent summaries [.pdf] to the House intelligence committee describing – without going into too much detail – the data dragnet conducted by the NSA […]

For air travelers tired of the ever-worsening burden of airport security, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is widening to all U.S. citizens the eligibility of its prescreening process, called PreCheck. Americans, who recently have had their phone records vacuumed up by the National Security Agency spies, can now give the TSA their fingerprints, undergo government […]

The worst thing I can think of in terms of the impact of social media on society is portrayed in the short film (above) by Werner Herzog, "From One Second To The Next."A study by Joseph DiGrazia, Karissa McKelvey, Johan Bollen and Fabio Rojas at the University of Indiana illustrates how Twitter conversations can be used to predict election outcomes, whether they are determiniative or not.

Various attacks left at least 34 dead and 40 wounded across Iraq today. The violence even touched Iraqi Kurdistan when mortars fell on a home. Five people were killed and 14 more were wounded when a car bomb blasted worshippers exiting a Shi’ite mosque in Madaen. Mortars struck a home in Sireen village in Suleimaniya, […]

Pepe EscobarAsia Times OnlineTalk about The Comeback Spy. Prince Bandar bin Sultan, aka Bandar Bush (for Dubya he was like family), spectacularly resurfaced after one year in speculation-drenched limbo (was he or was he not dead, following an assassination attempt in July 2012).

Welcome back to The Asia-Pacific Perspective, that monthly show where James Corbett of corbettreport.com and Broc West of apperspective.net break down all the latest news and headlines from the Asia-Pacific region.

Iraqi Children look at aftermath of a spring bombing in Sadr City, Baghdad (AFP)

Eric appears on RT to discuss the impact of the most recent revelations regarding US surveillance of Brazilian political and business interests. He explains how Washington uses its vast surveillance apparatus as a means of creating leverage in international relations for the purpose of maintaining and extending its hegemony in Latin America and beyond.
The post US surveillance of Brazilian political and business interests appeared first on .

Webster G. Tarpley Ph.D. The Webster Tarpley Program – UnboundRadio August 13, 2013 [download audio]

According to The Hill, Georgia Republicans are starting to panic that their party's demented and ill-informed base will saddle the party with "a flawed candidate" (meaning almost any of the crazy contenders) and allow Democrat Michelle Nunn to win the open seat.

In a new report, the International Crisis Group suggests the election of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani does present a potential diplomatic opening, and that the U.S. should organize direct bilateral engagement with Iran (as opposed to the hollow P5+1). “Now is not the time to ramp up sanctions against Iran,” ICG adds.

On today's menu we have audio from the recent Biodiversity Conference in Seattle which features interviews w/ Eric Holt-Giménez of Food First, Kathleen Hallal of Moms Across America, Rachel Linden of GMO Free Arizona, George Kimbrell from the Center for Food Safety, Rachel Hynes of

By Ken Broder | AllGov | August 12, 2013

Yes, the FBI was spying on the Muslim community in Southern California and, yes, it lied to a federal judge about the existence of documents relevant to a case regarding that   surveillance.
But, no, the FBI shouldn’t be sanctioned for its behavior.

Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV August 13, 2013 [download video] [download audio]

Massive protests are planned for tomorrow, August 14, in Bahrain. The dictator and king of Bahrain, also a close friend and ally of the United States, issued this warning ahead of the planned demonstrations: “The government will forcefully confront suspect calls to violate law and order and those who stand behind them through decisive measures.”
Obama meets with Bahrain King Hamad Bin Isa al-Khalifa

Estonian Public Broadcasting
August 13, 2013
Nato Jets to Conduct More Low-Altitude Exercises Today

Mirage F-1
French Mirage F-1 fighter jets will conduct low-altitude training from 13:00-14:00 today in southern and southwestern Estonia.

In this episode we discuss the “Johnny Appleseed of LSD” and it’s not Timothy Leary. In fact, today we’ll be discussing Captain Trips – Al Hubbard, the man who supplied ALL of North America, including the CIA, FBI, US Army and even Canada, with Sandoz LSD. Every dose of Sandoz LSD-25 that came from the Grateful Dead or Tim Leary, or anyone else, including those involved in MKULTRA, got their LSD from this man.

Lots of good info contained in the over two hour podcast.

Nothing left of the Tea Party Caucus but garbageThe latest battleground is over the debilitating and draconian spending cuts extremist rightists who are in the pockets of the 1 percent are demanding. These are cuts even greater than the cuts neo-liberals in the Obama administration and among the New Dems and Blue Dogs have been implementing.

Press TV – August 13, 2013

The United States is engineering the ongoing civil wars across the Middle East to assist the Israeli regime in implementing its scenario of the Greater Israel stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates, a political analyst says.

MEMO | August 13, 2013

General Martin Dempsey will meet with a number of senior IDF leaders to review ‘mutual security challenges’

Book Review Alexander McCaul’s “The Talmud Tested”Reviewed by Mickey HenryTribalTheocrat.comThe Talmud Tested, and Found Wanting“Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.

By Jennifer Hoelzer | Techdirt | August 10, 2013

Obama’s Syria policy is fundamentally one of contradictions. Back in 2011, the president called for Bashar al-Assad to step down and proceeded to gradually support the armed rebellion. As Joshua Landis, professor at the University of Oklahoma and an expert on Syria, wrote back at the time, “Let’s be clear: Washington is pursuing regime change by civil war in Syria.”

It has been over two years now since the original Israeli attack on Fukushima via their criminal Stuxnet virus (and possibly several small nuclear devices) that has left that facility wrecked and its reactor cores still in meltdown...And in spite of the Jewish news propaganda,  still horribly out of control....  I have kept a vigilant watch over this disaster for two straight years, and NOW it does appear that the Jewish lying media criminals can no longer avoid this situation and are finally having to report to the world the truth....I have been watching reports for the last few weeks comi

Al-Manar | August 12, 2013

Turkey has closed its cultural centers and commercial office in Beirut after the kidnap of two Turkish Airlines pilots, Ankara’s ambassador to Lebanon told AFP on Monday.
The two pilots were kidnapped on Friday by a group demanding the release of nine Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped in Syria in May 2012, but reportedly moved to Turkey, a major backer of the kidnapers.

RT | August 12, 2013

The City of London has demanded that an advertising firm cease its ‘spy bin’ program which uses high-tech trash cans to track people walking through the city’s financial district. The bins follow Wi-Fi signals and capture smartphone serial numbers.

By Mike Masnick | TechDirt | August 12, 2013