Jeff Merkley-- doing something to stop itI hate writing about Kavanaugh and I'm so glad Noah does every night at midnight. Instead I want to say something about one of my favorite U.S. senators, Jeff Merkley (D-OR). But first a couple of Kavanaugh quickies.

An internet star followed by millions was assassinated in Baghdad.
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The fake establishment lapdog corporate crony mockingbird mouthpiece dinosaur media has finally learned that no one pays attention to the fake establishment lapdog corporate crony mockingbird mouthpiece dinosaur media anymore. This is humorous, but also worrying. James Corbett discusses what it feels like now that the Eye of Sauron is gazing directly at The Corbett Report in his latest installment of Financial Survival with Melody Cedarstrom.

Part 3 of 3: "Last Looks"Tomas "Dutch" Deckaj and Scott Bowers are film makers and School Sucks Podcast listeners. I met them last spring in New Orleans where they were working together on a project.Dutch was the film's First Assistant Director, and he told me his job on set is similar to a principal at a high school. From there we discovered many connections between schooling and the film production process, including Hollywood's reliance on "factory model" of production.In this final installment, we discuss how to film us in the studio as a scene in a movie.

Press TV – September 28, 2018 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his baseless claims against Iran at his UN speech, saying Tel Aviv is in no position to level such accusations against Tehran. “Netanyahu must explain how Israel, as the only possessor of nuclear […]

By Julian Vigo | Dissident Voice | September 27, 2018 Two weeks ago the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) gave a landmark ruling against the UK government’s mass surveillance program, stating that it violated human rights and offered “no real safeguards” to the public. This surveillance programme, according to the Strasbourg court, allowed the British […]

Sputnik – 27.09.2018 A commission established by North Carolina to investigate that state’s role in a CIA torture campaign is urging authorities to launch a criminal probe of a state-based airline used to transport Muslim terror suspects, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said on Thursday. The ACLU press release summarized a report by the […]

By Ramzy Baroud | Dissident Voice | September 27, 2018 The US government’s decision to slash funds provided to the United Nations agency that cares for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, is part of a new American-Israeli strategy aimed at redefining the rules of the game altogether. As a result, UNRWA is experiencing its worst financial crisis. […]

A Genoa bridge that collapsed last month killing 43 people is privately owned, but a key factor that has slowed basic infrastructure investment in Italy in recent years is the fault of the EU, reports Andrew Spannaus.   By Andrew Spannaus in…Read more →

Good day for Trump yesterday? High ratings, certainly. Not ratings about quality-- rating as in eyeballs. But that's what he cares about. His UN thing (at the bottom of the post) was a doozy and that hour and a half long rambling vaudvillian press conference (above)... oy veh. Bragging, lies, bullshit...It's hard to watch him, to listen to him. It makes me sad for our country, especially that thing at the UN, the best part of which being when the world's leaders just laughed at his campaign-mode crap. Seth Meyers was better:Everybody who fact checks, fact checked his press conference.

Originally appeared on The American Conservative.
Nicholas Kristof has written an excellent column attacking U.S. support for the war on Yemen:

A peace deal will not be concluded among the United States, North Korea, and South Korea in the next three to five years predicts Lawrence Wilkerson, a College of William & Mary professor and the former chief of staff for Secretary of State Colin Powell, in a recent interview with host Aaron Maté at The Real News.

Pierre Krahenbuhl, who runs the UN agency for Palestine refugees, left, and President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine. The agency, called Unrwa, said it raised $118 million in a fund-raising lunch at the UN on Sept. 27, 2018, leaving a $68 million gap for the year, after the Trump administration ended its $300 million annual contribution.

September 28, 2018 (Joseph Thomas - NEO) - China recently opened yet another high-speed rail line, this one linking Hong Kong to China's mainland, cutting the trip to Beijing from 24 hours to just 9.Yet progress made by China in expanding what is already the largest high-speed rail network in the world, has been decried by Western media organisations.

Both Ford and Kavanaugh present emotional testimony in rigged hearing—will it shift any GOP senators’ votes in rushed process?....--Christine Blasey Ford gave credible testimony, and the GOP hired gun didn’t undermine her story in any major way
--Kavanaugh’s staunch and repeated denials were delivered with anger, sniffling and a few tears
--where the hell is witness Mark Judge?

Three years of Saudis dropping American bombs on Yemeni civilians is starting to get noticed in Congress. A requirement in the defense authorization bill that the Administration certify that the Saudis were at least not trying to kill civilians was put into place and now a new piece of legislation seeks to remove the US military from the conflict. Will it work? Tune in to today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report:

(ANTIMEDIA Op-ed) — The media, Congress, and the American people continue to fix to their attention on Brett Kavanaugh and today’s hearings regarding allegations of sexual assault and harassment against him. While these are serious issues and should not be taken lightly, there are numerous other developments that are falling by the wayside as the national conversation remains […]

(ZHE) — In the aftermath of Elon Musk’s infamous Tesla going private “funding secured” tweet, the investing public had been split into two camps: the first, and more cynical, said that the SEC would never pursue what was a clear case of securities fraud and stock manipulation – after all, Elon Musk is “too big” of a “visionary” to […]

Derrick Broze takes a look at a recent poll that suggests Democrats are more trusting of the media than Republicans. Sources: Study Finds Partisan Beliefs Drive Attitudes Toward News Media Study Finds Partisan Beliefs Drive Attitudes Toward News Media Partisan media driving a wedge between citizens, study finds https://news.osu.edu/partisan-media-driving-a-wedge-between-citizens-st… U.S. Partisanship Is Highest in Decades, […]

It has now become clear that America’s recent military buildup around Syria is far more serious than suspected. Analysts have predicted a third in the most recent series of fake gas attacks on Syria civilians since 2015, there were several earlier as well, and a predicted US military response, aided by Britain and France.

The DCCC and NRCC both have decisions to make about NY-27It must be horrible for Paul Ryan and NRCC chair Steve Stivers to have to tell colleagues that their reelection efforts are hopeless and that the GOP can't flush any more money down the drain trying to rescue them. It's horrible. I mean, they all deserve all the worst, but it's horrible. I'm a progressive; I have empathy.

That attitudes may not have changed from an older generation to Kavanaugh’s — and may have gotten still worse, and not only at elitist Georgetown Prep, but in society at large — is sad beyond telling. (CN Opinion) — “Are boys really better than girls? I know you are one, but please try to be fair,” asked […]

Trump: An Assessment
Trump the Great?
Paul Craig Roberts
I supported Trump for president for three reasons:
Trump was the only candidate who recognized the need to normalize relations with Russia and bring a halt to the reckless orchestration of conflict with a major nuclear power.
Trump was the only candidate who recognized the need to restore high productivity, high value added jobs to the American workforce.

By Gilad Atzmon | September 27, 2018 All that is left for us to do is to thank British Zionist institutions, the BOD, the CAA, the Jewish Chronicle and the Zionist stooges within British media for making the British Labour party not only the biggest and most united political party in Europe but also a […]

As much as we hear the constant narrative from Team Trump that America is an open market compared to other countries, the U.S. truck market provides a counter-example of a U.S. market that is basically closed to foreign imports because of the prohibitive 25 percent “chicken tax.”

Sputnik – September 27, 2018 The UK government has started resettling White Helmets activists and their families to the UK and the group is reportedly working closely with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. This comes amid reports that the Netherlands has decided to cut off funding for the group due to alleged links between members […]

First, any accuser must have something more than the accusation itself. Second, the accused is presumed innocent of the charge until and unless the accuser makes a reasonable argument that the accusation is true.

(MEMO Op-ed) — A little over a week ago, Idlib was on the verge of a major assault by Syrian and Russian forces with the UN warning of potentially catastrophic consequences. However, a Russian-Turkish deal forged in the Black Sea resort of Sochi has spared the Syrian province from a major attack, at least for now. Indeed, it is difficult […]

By Rob Slane | The Blog Mire | September 26, 2018 Firstly, I’d like to thank the UK Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, who in a Tweet, which he subsequently deleted, wrote in response to the new Bellingcat report: “The true identity of one of the Salisbury suspects has been revealed to be a Russian Colonel. I want to thank […]

Liberal and conservative estimates go back and forth about the year, but without reform, social security will eventually become insolvent; in other words, the program won’t be able to pay out all of its promised benefits. With that information, there have been several suggestions as to how to reform social security. Unfortunately, all of them come up short.

(ZHE) — The Pentagon is removing Patriot missile systems from several Middle Eastern countries next month, in a move that the Wall Street Journal says coincides with a “realignment of forces and capabilities as the military steps up its focus on threats from China and Russia,” citing multiple senior military officials. The relocation of the systems out of the […]

As a new study finds that an ingredient in Monsanto’s popular herbicide is harming honey bees the corporation is seeking to have a recent $289 million jury award thrown out of court. A newly published study from researchers at the University of Texas at Austin points to the popular chemical glyphosate as a culprit for […]

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The Nefarium, European branch, has been busy the past two weeks. And now they want to set up an alternative financial clearing system to […]
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(MPN) — Though undeniably a game-changer in the Syrian conflict, the imminent delivery of S-300 air defense systems to the Syrian government could risk dangerously escalating the conflict. Indeed, recent statements from top Israeli and Syrian government officials have made it clear that open war between the two countries could potentially ignite in the coming weeks and […]

Antisemitism and the Labour Party: Rebecca Ruth Gould interview
by Ian Sinclair
Morning Star
3 September 2018

Does this seem cruel? Perhaps, but not nearly as cruel as what three credible witnesses have now alleged. Are there even more crimes in the wings? In cases like these, there are almost always more more crimes.

Sputnik – 27.09.2018 North Korea supported on Thursday South Korea’s initiative to organize the first bilateral inter-parliamentary meeting before the end of the year. The Yonhap news agency reported that the meeting was suggested by Speaker of the South Korean National Assembly Moon Hee-sang. “The role of the Koreas’ parliaments and political parties is very […]

By John Laforge | CounterPunch | September 27, 2018 The US military practice of placing nuclear weapons in five other countries (no other nuclear power does this) is a legal and political embarrassment for US diplomacy. That’s why all the governments involved refuse to “confirm or deny” the practice of “nuclear sharing” or the locations […]

(ANTIWAR.COM) — President Trump has accused China of trying to meddle in the November mid-term elections, while other US officials are claiming China is try to influence US public opinion to “an unacceptable level.” This is the latest in a series of allegations, surrounding an ongoing US-China trade war, and President Trump blaming China for struggles in […]

Space, the “final frontier,” isn’t what it used to be. In the 1960s and early 1970s I grew up a fan of NASA as well as Star Trek with Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock. NASA was (and is) a civilian space agency, even though its corps of astronauts was originally drawn from the ranks of military test pilots. Star Trekoffered a vision of a “federation” of planets in the future, united by a vision “to explore strange new worlds,” venturing forth boldly in the cause of peace.

While awaiting execution, Bonhoeffer recorded a number of his thoughts in a work we now know as 'Letters and Papers from Prison.' One of these essays, entitled 'On Stupidity,' records some of the problems which Bonhoeffer likely saw at work in Hitler’s rise to power.

British health experts are predicting that obesity will eclipse smoking as the leading cause of cancer among women in the UK. Cancer Research UK writes in a new report that an estimated 23,000 women will be stricken with obesity-related cancer by 2035 – 2,000 fewer than the number of cases caused by smoking. [1]
But if current trends continue, obesity will become the #1 cause of cancer among women in Britain by 2043, according to the authors.
As it stands, smoking is behind 12.4% of cancers in UK women, while obesity is the cause of 7.5% of cases.

The development, which came about over Iran, symbolised a world-turned-upside-down by US leader Donald Trump’s unilateralism.

The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris break down Russia’s plan to effectively seal up Syria’s airspace in response to last week’s downing of a Russia IL-20 electronic reconnaissance plane. The United States, and specifically John Bolton, have warned Russia on its decision to deploy the S-300 system in Syria.

Two days ago, US President Donald Drumpf made his speech in front of the UN General Assembly in New York City...... I read the entire speech, and I honestly had to throw up... It was full of some of the worse LIES ever by a sitting US President, and I wondered to myself how in the hell Drumpf had the nerve to stand up in front of all those nation's delegates to deliver that drivel...I was asked by a reader via email to take this speech by Drumpf and tear it to shreds much like I have done so many times in the past when these liars have the nerve to spew their garbage...

When done well, economics regularly reveals that that which appears to the popular mind to be undeniably true is often a mirage, or at least highly questionable. No service performed by economists is as important as this one.

China recently opened yet another high-speed rail line, this one linking Hong Kong to China’s mainland, cutting the trip to Beijing from 24 hours to just 9.

Via Zerohedge…

Data from the Independent Authority for Public Revenue show tax arrears totaled 182.5 billion euros ($214 billion) on Aug. 10, according to a note sent from the agency to parliament last week and seen by The Associated Press Wednesday.