#MorningMonarchy: July 25, 2016
DNC Leaks, Turkish prisons and deglobalization + this day in history w/Afghan War Diary and our song of the day by The Frightnrs on your Morning Monarchy for July 25, 2016.
DNC Leaks, Turkish prisons and deglobalization + this day in history w/Afghan War Diary and our song of the day by The Frightnrs on your Morning Monarchy for July 25, 2016.
(ANTIMEDIA) Op-ed – I never thought I’d say this, but I’m hoping Bernie Sanders has a little bit of Ted Cruz in him. Let me state, firstly, that I despise Ted Cruz’s policies. Having said that, I admire one quality he possesses: the courage to stand up in front of thousands of screaming Trump followers and say, “Actually, you know what? F*** you.”
Press TV – July 25, 2016 Forbes in a report has hailed Iran’s success in the development of its gas industry and says the country can soon become a main rival over market access to key players like the United States. The world’s leading business magazine says Iran owes the progress it has made in […]
By M K Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline | July 25, 2016 The scathing attack on Russian foreign policies in the Global Times newspaper on Sunday has no precedents. It goes way beyond the occasional sparring in a spirit of ‘glasnost’. Indeed, China-Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Coordination (as it is officially described) is not at […]
(ANTIMEDIA) Following the recent events in the United States, which have resulted in armed civilians taking on police officers—namely in Dallas, Baton Rouge, and most recently in
The Woody Guthrie song above, "Old Man Trump" was written in the early 1950s when Woody Guthrie was renting an apartment from Trump's notoriously racist father Fred in the Beach Haven neighborhood of Brooklyn, not far from where I grew up and where my first girlfriend, Doreen, lived. It paints an accurate picture of the bigoted milieu Little Donald-- who has started unambiguously that "my legacy has its roots in my father’s legacy"-- grew up in.
(MEE) Human rights group Amnesty International said on Sunday it had “credible evidence” of abuse and torture of people detained in sweeping arrests since Turkey’s July attempted military coup.
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network – July 25, 2016 Palestinian teen Qamar Manasra, 16, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, remains detained after she was arrested by Israeli forces who invaded her home in Reineh village on Tuesday, 19 July. Her home was ransacked and her father and two brothers assaulted. Qamar is allegedly being investigated […]
Why does the US spend more on its military than the next largest several countries combined? One reason is that the military budget has far less to do with protecting the United States than it does to further enriching well-connected military contractors. Politicians are under pressure to push weapons systems, that in turn produce “jobs” for their districts. Remember, the disastrous F-35 fighter is built in 45 states and several foreign countries. This doesn’t happen by accident.
In 2012 we reported on the beginning of Africa’s Great Green Wall project. Four years on, we explore how planting trees has nurtured communities as well as the landThe post Africa’s Great Green Wall could halt desertification appeared first on Positive News.
As terrorism struck again in Nice and Germany and… Donald Trump outlined his policy against Islamic State: as president, he will seek a full declaration of war from Congress, the first such formal invocation since Pearl Harbor.
Sputnik — 25.07.2016 France would never deny Israel’s right to Jerusalem, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said in a letter sent to Shmuel Rabinovitch, the Rabbi of the Western Wall and the Holy Sites of Israel on Monday. In April, UNESCO’s executive board released and then adopted a resolution, calling Israel “the Occupying Power” and […]
Israel’s near-seven-decade oppression of the Palestinian people has cost it popular support worldwide and led Zionists to rely more and more on paid-off political allies to shield Israeli interests, observes Lawrence Davidson. By Lawrence Davidson Zionism’s range of influence is…Read more →
RT | July 25, 2016 Ramzan Kadyrov has accused the US authorities of instigating the civil war in Afghanistan and other Muslim countries, and called on senior politicians in these states to set aside their differences and unite in the face of what he sees as a common enemy. “During the 37 years of the […]
(COMMONDREAMS) Though many progressives immediately responded by saying her ouster would not be enough to undo the damage her leadership has done, Democratic National Committee Chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced her resignation on Sunday afternoon, saying she would relinquish her p
Press TV – July 25, 2016 Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) speaker has condemned the recent deadly bombing in Afghanistan, saying that terrorist attacks are being carried out in the troubled Asian country to create rifts among the people. “I am of the opinion that terrorism, extremism and threats against the lives of innocent people are unacceptable […]
By Brandon Turbeville | Activist Post | July 22, 2016 While the United States attempts to back away from its association with terrorist group Nour al-Din al-Zinki, the “moderate” terrorist organization whose members recently videotaped themselves beheading a young boy and discussing whether or not to boil his body afterwards, previous reports coming the from […]
Since Pokemon Go was released this month, it has had some surprising impacts on its millions of users, including offering benefits for players who suffer from mental health conditions.
By Brandon Turbeville | Activist Post | July 24, 2016 Days after the German mainstream press attempted to portray the Munich shooter both as an ISIS fighter and a right wing extremist, more information has come to light surrounding the history of the shooter and his motives. But, the more information reported by the mainstream […]
The anti-Russian propaganda across the U.S. political/media system is so pervasive that even members of Congress know little about the events that launched a new Cold War, as Elizabeth Murray learned and David Swanson reported. By David Swanson Elizabeth Murray served as Deputy…Read more →
Fifteen years after embarking on its largely ineffective quantitative easing program, Japan appears poised to try the form recommended by Ben Bernanke in his notorious “helicopter money” speech in 2002. The Japanese test case could finally resolve a longstanding dispute between monetarists and money reformers over the economic effects of government-issued money. When then-Fed Governor […]
Press TV – July 24, 2016 A senior Iranian commander strongly criticizes France and Saudi Arabia over their cooperation with the anti-Iran terrorists, including the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), saying any act of terror in the Islamic Republic would be blamed on Riyadh and Paris. “Incriminating finger would be pointed at Riyadh and Paris over […]
By Tony Cartalucci – New Eastern Outlook – 25.07.2016 The recently released, previously classified report titled, “Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001″ (.pdf), reveals that indeed long-time US ally, Saudi Arabia, had connections to the alleged hijackers who purportedly carried out the 9/11 attacks. While […]
The Dallas police decision to use a robot-delivered bomb to kill the cornered shooter blamed for murdering five police officers raises troubling legal, technological and public-safety questions, writes Marjorie Cohn. By Marjorie Cohn As in many cities around the country,…Read more →
Ten-year-old Carter Beckhard-Suozzi’s dream has been to meet former President Jimmy Carter for a few years. And not long ago, he got his wish granted from the aptly named Make-A-Wish Foundation, where he was whisked to the Carter Center in Atlanta.
Jimmy Carter, who is also a cancer survivor, rushed to give the young boy a “warm hug” as soon as they saw one another.
Beckhard-Suozzi’s mother, Jane, said:
(ZHE) One month after the tragic Orlando nightclub deaths, which have since been swept away by a series of increasingly more escalating, disturbing and deadly mass shooting assaults in Europe, moments ago newswires reported that at least two people were killed and “at least 14-16” wounded during in a shooting at a Florida nightclub, police said early Monday.
Saturday I did a brief post at the travel blog about the fantastic Museum of Russian Political History in St. Petersburg which I visited a few weeks ago.
It seems the Zika virus is showing no signs of slowing in Brazil, where researchers have found that the virus is present even in many house mosquitoes. These mosquitoes, known as Culex, are the most common and have been spotted in the city of Recife. While it has been confirmed that Culex are carrying the potentially deadly virus, scientists say that more studies need to be done in order to determine if the Culex can indeed spread the virus. [1]
Researchers at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom are looking for volunteers to be injected with ketamine to evaluate whether or not it can be used as a treatment for alcoholism.
The common party drug has already been involved in research on pain and depression and it has been found that it is has helped both issues. The project, entitled KARE (Ketamine for Reduction of Alcoholic Relapse), is funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Innovate UK.
Foreign Minister Boris Johnson is likely to preside over free trade negotiations with nearly a dozen non-EU countries [Xinhua]
With the results of the June 23 referendum firmly backing Britain’s departure from the European Union and new Prime Minister Theresa May establishing a “Brexit cabinet”, a number of countries are lining up to secure lucrative trade deals with London.
On Sunday, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond told the BBC that he shared China’s eagerness to secure a free trade deal between the two countries.
July 25, 2016 (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The recently released, previously classified report titled, "Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001" (.pdf), reveals that indeed long-time US ally, Saudi Arabia, had connections to the alleged hijackers who purportedly carried out the 9/11 attacks.
4.8/5 (10) ...yes, you read that correctly, if you're a woman and have nine months (or thereabouts) to kill, a Harvard professor wants you to bear (and raise?) a nice Neanderthal baby:
Wanted: 'Adventurous woman' to…
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Since the failed coup attempt in Turkey of July 15 there has been much speculation in western media that it in fact was all engineered by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to provide him with the pretext to impose emergency rule and to jail any and all opposition to his rule. At this point evidence still suggests that that was not at all the case.
No city in Iraq is more symbolic of the criminal consequences of the US invasion of Iraq than Fallujah. Prior to 2003, the 300,000-strong, prosperous, predominantly Sunni Muslim community on the Euphrates River, one of humanity’s oldest continuous urban settlements, was known as the “city of mosques.” After 13 years of destruction at the hands of the US military and […]
The post Fallujah: A Symbol of US War Crimes appeared first on BSNEWS.
Amnesty International report: Syrian rebel groups “committed serious violations of international humanitarian law” Syrian rebel groups backed by the U.S. and its allies “have committed serious violations of international humanitarian law, including abductions, torture and summary killings,” according to Amnesty International. A report by the leading human rights organization details how extremist rebel groups have taken over large parts of […]
Unless you want the witch who said ‘we came, we saw, he died’ to become President, you will have to kick it into campaign mode. You might want to try some of these one liners.
Catherine Austin Fitts: America is beginning to look like Mena, Arkansas, during the Mena drug running.”
(Catherine believes America under Hillary will become a Narco Terrorist Sate with law abiding citizens who believe in the Bill of Rights as the enemy.)
Edward Snowden summed up the 2016 Presidential campaign with one tweet:
2016: a choice between Goldman Sachs and Donald Trump.
India’s “pendency problem” has been a topic of discussion for a while now, but came to the forefront recently when the Chief Justice claimed that the country needs 70,000 judges to handle the burden.
As of 01.01.2016 India had a total of 31,035,237 cases pending at all levels of the three-tiered judiciary.
The vast majority of the cases, over 27 million, are pending in the lowest rung, that is, the trial courts.
Justin Raimondo has some business to take care of today, so we’re running his last column. But never fear – he’ll be back on Friday!Julian Assange has done it again: exposed the inner workings – and crimes – of our political class, that is. This time his target is Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National […]
The post The Hunt for Red Trump-tober appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
I recently dug my mother’s childhood photo album out of the depths of my bedroom closet. When I opened it, I found that the glue she had used as a girl to paste her life in place had given way, and on many pages the photos were now in a jumble. My mother was born […]
The post Crimes Against the Future appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
The recently released, previously classified report titled, “Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001″ (.pdf), reveals that indeed long-time US ally, Saudi Arabia, had connections to the alleged hijackers who purportedly carried out the 9/11 attacks.
China’s Huawei is one of the world’s biggest communications equipment providers [Xinhua]Huawei Technologies Co., one of the world’s largest maker of telecom gear, on Monday posted a 40 per cent rise in first-half sales revenue and said it would “maintain current momentum” this year.
Sales revenue reached 245.5 billion yuan ($36.8 billion) in the first six months of 2016, the company said in a statement.
Huawei had ploughed 15 per cent of its 2015 revenue into research.
Good news: Debbie's fired. Bad news: guess who they want to replace her withDebbie Wasserman Schultz was finally put out of her misery by her pals in the Democratic Establishment today, as she was forced to walk the plank hours before the opening of the Democratic Party's national convention in Philly.
At the beginning of April 2016, Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann went on a trip to China. In the course of his visit, he met with the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping. The parties signed a number of documents reinforcing the Swiss-Chinese cooperation. At the press conference that followed the meeting, Mr. Schneider-Ammann and Mr. Jinping declared that the two countries turned a new page in their relations and established a strategic partnership.
Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. TARPLEY.net July 25, 2016 [download audio]
Kadhimiya was the target for a large blast that left dozens dead or wounded.
The post 164 Killed in Iraq; Bombers Strike near Shi’ite Shrine appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
Plus: Dilbert's CEO on "Making the world a better place"Soterios abandoning his WNYC mic? Is this really allowed?by KenYeah, sure, the world is going to hell in a handbasket -- Trump, Hillary, Nice, Istanbul, Munich, blah blah blah. Normally I would be happy to solve those problems, but this week we've got a real problem.
hattip ally:Fire breaks out near NATO base in Turkey TURKEY: A massive fire erupted near a NATO base within the Buca district, Izmir, western Turkey on Sunday, RT reported.