NATO Warplanes On Permanent Patrols From Baltic To Black Sea
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
April 30, 2015
Norway takes the lead for the 38th rotation of the Baltic Air Policing Mission
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
April 30, 2015
Norway takes the lead for the 38th rotation of the Baltic Air Policing Mission
Interfax-Ukraine
May 1, 2015
War to end when Ukraine regains Donbas, Crimea – Poroshenko
The war will be over for Ukraine only when it regains Donbas and Crimea, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said.
====
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson: All labor’s dread of war’s mad waste and murder
====
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
From Halte Hulda (1869)
Translated by Arthur Hubbell Palmer
[audio mp3="https://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2015-04-30%20Financial%20Survival.mp3"][/audio]In this week's conversation on Financial Survival James and Alfred discuss the latest on the Trans-Pacific Partnership and how treaties like the TPP are increasingly being used to merge national economies and political structures behind the scenes. We also talk about China's role in the New World Order and how the oligarchy perpetuates itself behind various political systems.
The overuse of antibiotics is destroying our gut bacteria. Not only do antibiotics cause depleted immunity, but since the gut is often referred to as our second brain, they are also seriously affecting our mental health. Only now is the mainstream media admitting this.
A new study from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) predicts fifty percent more women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the next few decades, with more than 441,000 new cases expected in the US by 2030. The study points to an aging population as the reason why we can expect such a dramatic leap in breast cancer cases, but is that the real reason why women’s health is increasingly in jeopardy?
What does the US Environmental Protection Agency do when it has to save face over the claim that “glyphosate is completely safe” when even the World Health Organization admits what many have known all along – that Roundup/glyphosate probably causes cancer? The EPA will simply place the blame on farmers.
Want to know a newly found secret for living a long and healthy life? Apparently it applies regardless of your age, gender, or ethnicity. The riddle of good health is solved in part with a simple formula, which predicts how many years of someone’s life will be lost to obesity. According to recent research, the key to longevity is having a waist size that is no more than half your height.
Here’s how you work out the formula for better health:
Originally posted at TomDispatch. The SUV slows as it approaches a military kiosk at a break in a dull gray wall. Inside, Ramzi Aburedwan, a Palestinian musician, prepares his documents for the Israeli soldier standing guard. On the other side of this West Bank military checkpoint lies the young man’s destination, the ancient Palestinian town […]
Forty years after the fall of Saigon, Washington is still pursuing the same policies that led to the worst defeat in American military history. We never acknowledged, let alone learned, the lessons of that misconceived campaign to “roll back Communism” in Southeast Asia, thus setting ourselves up for endless repeats – in Iraq, Afghanistan, and […]
Hannah Braime is the founder of BecomingWhoYouAre.net, a self-relationship coach, and an author. She joins me to discuss her book, The Ultimate Guide To Journaling.
Hannah Braime is the founder of BecomingWhoYouAre.net, a self-relationship coach, and an author. She joins me to discuss her book, The Ultimate Guide To Journaling.
Hannah Braime is the founder of BecomingWhoYouAre.net, a self-relationship coach, and an author. She joins me to discuss her book, The Ultimate Guide To Journaling.
A new campaign sees election candidates from all parties – and none – making a committed effort to changing the political playing field in favour of those who rely on it the most: the public
At least 4,811 people were killed in Iraq during April, and 1,358 were wounded. Of those 168 were killed in the last day or so. Meanwhile, the U.S. and Iraq are at odds over the arming of Sunnis and Kurds. All this comes as the European Union publicly acknowledges that the situation in Iraq is just getting worse.
In 2010, the Obama Administration endorsed, then immediately condemned the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) calls for a nuclear-free Middle East, realizing after the agreement that Israel is the only nuclear-armed state in the Middle East.
Chief "Smirkin' John": Too clever for his own good?by KenAs Daily Kos's Adam B writes in a fine post on yesterday's Supreme Court ruling that Florida can indeed bar judicial candidates from personally soliciting campaign funds, the ruling "stunned many Court observers -- certainly including me."Even in retrospect, it looks to have been a ho-hum Ro
General Wesley Clark tells of how Middle East destabilization was planned as far back as 1991
By aiding groups like al-Nusra, the Israelis have forfeited any claim on American sympathy (unless, of course, your a U.S. politician who has been captured by the Zionist lobby).
In 2010, California state Senator Roy Ashbury, a leader of the most contemptibly aggressive gay haters in the state legislature, was outed. Patt Morrison interviewed him for KPCC immediately after he was busted, drunk, with a young male prostitute in his car. Listening to Morrison's interview made me sad for Ashbury and for all the GOP closet queens that infest our political system.
Baltimore’s top cop reveals undisclosed stop by Freddie Gray’s paddy wagon as mainstream media shifts focus to side shows, distractions….
--in latest cop killing of black suspect, dad who witnessed it disputes cop’s version, now we learn cop was charged with assault in 2007; video, details here
--former Baltimore mayor Martin O’Malley was tough on crime, now faces fallout from Gray case and riots as he considers run for president
Press TV – April 30, 2015 Saudi Warplanes have reportedly targeted the bureau of a major TV station in Yemen as Riyadh’s illegal aggression continues to take its toll on civilians. According to reports on Thursday, Saudi fighter jets targeted the office of the al-Masirah TV, a major broadcasting service run by the Ansarullah Houthi […]
by Judith Curry
If deference to the authoritative opinions of experts is essential to our rationality and knowledge, and if that deference unavoidably rests on trust, not only in the competence, but also in the epistemic and ethical characters of our experts–then it is high time that we get to work on the ethics of expertise. Indeed, it is past time. – John Hardwig
Context
The sociology and politics of ‘expertise’ have been the topic of numerous CE posts:
Our first guest this week is Simon Krimms, author of the new and remarkable children-cum-grown-ups' book Rollerdog, that touches on many of the issues examined here at TMR.
Our first guest this week is Simon Krimms, author of the new and remarkable children-cum-grown-ups' book Rollerdog, that touches on many of the issues examined here at TMR.
Gee, what are the folks so upset about? Beats me. I’m doing OK. What’s the big deal? As reported by the UK Independent the Sandtown neighborhood of west Baltimore suffers (a) nearly 52% unemployment, (b) a life expectancy (69 years) 10 years shorter than the US average, (c) a median household income less than half the US average and (d) the nation’s fifth-highest rate of violent crime.
Sibel Edmonds is our final guest as we dissect this shambolic re-telling of the Soviet-Afghan War. Much of this conversation is devoted to what the film leaves out, such as Charlie Wilson being a CIA asset, the origins of Operation Cyclone being older and much more important than one drunk congressman and his ultra-right wing Christian friend and of course the likes of Jalaluddin Haqqani, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and Osama Bin Laden who are completely absent from the movie. This was a no-holds-barred critique of this quite shameful piece of CIA pr
The world, as the very very rich are making itby Gaius PubliusI've been listening for days and days about how bad are those bad people in Baltimore, breaking windows and such. And listening to the media give honoring hours and hours to the calls for peaceful protest.And through my head runs the one message this intends — Violence belongs only to the State.
Just a quick round up-There sure seems to be lots of action taking place, let's catch up with some of it:1-U.S. pressures Saudi Arabia to stop bombing Iran-backed rebels in YemenThat is farcical. Stop providing logistics and refuelling and the bombing will soon stopPresentation?
MEMO | April 30, 2015 A well informed Palestinian source said yesterday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) had sought the cancellation of the former US President Jimmy Carter’s visit to the Gaza Strip, Quds Press reported. Israeli newspaper Haaretz said that Carter had planned to make the visit today in an attempt to draw attention […]
I for the life of me just have never understood people and their insane infatuation with Apple products...
RT | April 30, 2015 In order to break the stalemate in the ongoing conflict in Yemen, Saudi Arabia has reportedly started training hundreds of Yemeni tribesmen to fight the Houthis on the ground, while Riyadh continues its bombardment campaign. “You cannot win a war against the Houthis from the air – you need to […]
RT | April 29, 2015 The US is boosting its military support for security forces fighting against Islamic State in Iraq. The Republicans have proposed a bill to directly fund militia groups operating in the country, such as the Kurdish Peshmerga and Sunni irregular forces. If the bill is passed, tribal groups could receive up […]
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2015-04-30%20James%20Perloff.mp3"][/audio]On the brink of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania, James Perloff of JamesPerloff.com joins us today to discuss his in-depth expose of the incident, "False Flag at Sea." We talk about the sinking of the ship and how it was used to sway American public opinion on "The Great War," how the event was planned and engineered, who masterminded the plan, and why it still matters a century later.
By Noel Brinkerhoff | AllGov | April 30, 2015 The New York City Police Department is back to doing something it was told by the courts decades ago to stop: interrogating demonstrators about their political behavior. At least a dozen people protesting the decision not to prosecute the police who killed Eric Garner were detained […]
South American nation Venezuela tops the list, followed closely by Saudi Arabia.And, CANADA, the Saudi Arabia of North America comes in at number 3Think I'm kidding with the comparison. Certainly, I am not! Canada is Saudi Arabia in more ways then just oil inventory. Bad governance. Largely impoverished populace thanks to plunder by elites within and outside of the country.Just like Saudi Arabia Canada’s populace gets no benefit from the nations resource wealth.Unlike Norway.
The Establishment-- the Democratic Party Establishment-- has fallen to new lows. Wall Street growled about cutting DNC, DSCC and DCCC funding because of Elizabeth Warren and BOOM!... Chuck Schumer, the biggest recipient of Wall Street bribes, excluding presidential candidates, in history is on the road to be the new Senate Democratic Leader.
TechcrunchBefore you read this article- Let's pause and reflect on a few facts: - Don’t count on any government to act in YOUR best interest.-No one will save you, but you and each of us doing our part as individuals cooperating collectively to maintain our privacy and our human dignity.-Because interested parties want these all intrusive devices to proliferate to the point where we don’t have a second of privacy over out entire life time, doesn’t mean it has to happen- We can reject o
If all of us rolled down our car windows at 5 pm on weekdays, we would hear a single great voice booming out across the land as if God himself were thundering from the heavens. In reality it would be countless car radios beaming out in unison “All Things Considered,” sometimes known as “Small Things Considered,” so stunted is its coverage of the news. Such jokes abound, “Boring Edition” at morning commute time, with the whole operation labeled “National Propaganda Radio” or “National Pentagon Radio.” My contribution: “National Pablum Radio.”
311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.
1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged on the public gallows at Montfaucon.
1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
1513 – Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.
1789 – On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
Interfax-Ukraine
April 30, 2015
Obama again puts Russian aggression in Ukraine on par with threats from Ebola virus, ISIL
The United States and Japan oppose Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, U.S. President Barack Obama said during a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday.
Xinhua News Agency
April 30, 2015
U.S. soldiers arrive in Turkey for training Syrian rebels
ANKARA: Some 40 U.S. soldiers have arrived in Turkey to start training Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria, daily Hurriyet reported on Thursday.
The U.S. soldiers, all members of the Special Forces, will join their Turkish colleagues to train Syrian rebels in a military base in the central Anatolian province of Kirsehir, the paper said, citing unidentified sources.
U.S. Air Forces in Europe
U.S. Air Africa
April 29, 2015
Thracian Eagle 2015: ANG F-15s fly with MiGs in Bulgaria
Airmen with the 159th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Louisiana Air National Guard, perform and end of runway inspection prior to takeoff of an F-15C Eagle, April 28, 2015, Graf Ignatievo Air Base, near Plovdiv, Bulgaria. [Photograph at URL above]
By Carlos Miller | PINAC | April 30, 2015 More than two weeks after Baltimore police arrested Freddie Gray, they leaked a document to the Washington Post suggesting that the 25-year-old man killed himself, basing that speculation on statements from an unnamed inmate who was also in the van with Gray, but sitting handcuffed on the […]
RT | April 29, 2015 A forest fire near Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear site may cause problems for communities a long way from the area as the dispersal plumes can transport radiation further to the north, nuclear safety expert John Large told RT. RT: How dangerous is the situation in your opinion? Do you agree with ecologists […]
Baltimore protests are not about race, they are about respecting our civil rights, and also violence. David Simon and Ray Lewis call for cooler heads and a baseball game with no fans. Hillary Clinton is …
Natural Society reported on organic farmer Steve Marsh’s dilemma with GMO cross pollination of his organic farms a while back, but some shocking news has recently bubbled to the surface about Monsanto’s involvement.
Survivalist communities and preppers all over America have learned that properly tilled land can produce tremendous amounts of food. Well-balanced soil is quite generous and will give back much more than it receives. A few organic seeds, adequate watering, and some rich compost can provide even a novice farmer with a bountiful harvest.
What would you do if your child had a serious form of epilepsy that was resistant to treatment by conventional methods? If a form of liquid cannabis was available that had proven results for reducing your child’s debilitating and painful seizures by 53%, wouldn’t you obtain that medicine by whatever means possible? Here’s the only problem – it still isn’t legal in many states.