170 Killed, 158 Wounded in Iraq; Bombers Target Sahwa Gathering
At least 170 were killed and 158 were wounded in recent violence, but several new mass graves have yet to be examined closely.
At least 170 were killed and 158 were wounded in recent violence, but several new mass graves have yet to be examined closely.
• And now a word about South Carolina• Pat Robertson and his magic asteroid• I'll have a pack of Twizzlers and an IUD to go, pleaseEight-year-old South Carolinian Olivia McConnell (see No. 1, Exhibit B) thinks she's so-o-o smart just 'cause she's smarter than the whole of her state's GOP. Okay, she's only eight, so she doesn't realize that this isn't all that remarkable a feat.
Hate speech attacks on Mary and Jesus are timed to coincide with Christmas and Good FridayBy Michael Hoffman | Christmas Eve, 2014The Cryptocracy has a proclivity for timing the publication of heavily publicized speeches, “news” articles and books that dishonor and defame Jesus and Blessed Mary close to Advent and Lent — observances which some Protestants and Mormons disparage as meaningless or even pagan, but which the Cryptocracy knows are archetypal sacred seasons linked to the people’s image of Christ, presenting an opportunity for demon-possessed individuals to ritually insult and tra
Winter Solstice By Ruel F. Pepa | CounterPunch | December 23, 2014 Solstice: the sun stands still. In temperate countries of the northern and southern hemispheres, every year there are two: summer and winter. The northern hemisphere’s summer solstice, which occurs on a day in the middle of the year (June 20 to 22, depending […]
My trusty lasso and I had rounded a bunch of news stories, over the week, safely corralling them but not getting them into the barn. Consider this post the metaphoric barn.MH17 Witness registered truthful by lie detector- May be taken in to protective custody
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Al-Araby Al-Jadid – December 23, 2014 If the aim behind promoting a draft resolution for the recognition of a Palestinian state is to recognise the Palestinian-ness of the land and undermine the legitimacy of settlement expansion, then the clauses [of this resolution], especially as they have been amended under US pressure, seek to reinforce the […]
DC on BFP #62 | Tom Secker joins us to discuss the various theories circulating around the Sony hack, who may have ultimately been responsible, and why North Korea is the least likely of culprits. We also explain what the US government has to gain from pinning the attack on the North Koreans, despite their flimsy evidence.
MEMO | December 24, 2014 Israeli police yesterday broke into an Arab house belonging to the Qubran family in the Al-Ajami neighbourhood of Jaffa, Arabs48.com reported. The Israeli police razed trees and the garden, and handed over an eviction notice to the family ordering them to leave in order for the house to be destroyed. […]
Utah's Mike Lee (R), Jim Matheson (D)-- it doesn't get any worseFar right Utah Republican Mike Lee has been playing Tonto to Ted Cruz's Lone Ranger since the day he managed to get into the Senate. And plenty of Utah Republicans don't appreciate that-- nor the way he did get into the Senate, namely by smearing mainstream conservative 18-year Senate veteran Robert Bennett.
Watts Up With That? | December 23, 2014 “…startling data omission that he told me: “eclipses even the so-called climategate event.”” Willis Eschenbach tips me to a story by Marita Noon, titled: What if Obama’s climate change policies are based on pHraud? I’ve reproduced portions of it here, with a link to the full article. The graph […]
Ma’an – 24/12/2014 JERUSALEM – Israeli forces on Wednesday afternoon shot a 5-year-old Palestinian child in the face with a rubber-coated steel bullet in East Jerusalem as he was getting out of a school bus on his way home, relatives said. “An Israeli soldier fired a black rubber-coated bullet at the child from a close […]
by Judith Curry
How has the terrain of the climate blogosphere changed over the past 5 years?
1166 – John, King of England (d. 1216) was born.
1777 – Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.
1814 – The Treaty of Ghent is signed ending the War of 1812.
1818 – The first performance of “Silent Night” takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria.
1826 – The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.
1851 – Library of Congress burns.
1865 – The Ku Klux Klan is formed.
By Robert Fantina | Aletho News | December 24, 2014 It might be easy to assume that the United States’ ignoring of the horrific suffering in Palestine, suffering it caused by its military and financial support of Israel, is just part of the general racism inherent in U.S. culture. Despite civil rights laws, and the […]
“For A Direct Confrontation With Russia” By Sherwood Ross | Aletho News | December 24, 2014 President Obama’s “gift” to Americans this holiday season is to renege on his 2009 pledge “to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.” He is upgrading the lethality level of an atomic arsenal already so […]
It is of course Christmas Eve, and I really want to wish everyone a most Merry Christmas... I personally will probably be spending the next few days with relatives and my own family celebrating this time of the year...With everyone being in holiday cheer, I must remind everyone that we must not forget those less fortunate and do our part to help and aid our fellow man...
Early Monday morning we took a look at an inspiring address FDR made to Congress in January, 1936, after his historic landslide win against the Republican Party, a landslide that decimated the GOP in both Houses of Congress as well, leaving them with just 16 Senate seats and 88 House seats. There was no question in the minds of the voters who was on their side and who was standing with Wall Street.
By William Yeatman | Cooler Heads | December 23, 2014 An inconvenient truth encountered by global warming alarmists is voter indifference. Poll after poll suggests that Americans lend ultra-low priority to climate change (rightly so). This is why candidate Obama ran to the right of Romney on energy/environment policy during the 2012 campaign. Indeed, voter […]
Ministry of Defence of Georgia
December 24, 2014
Meeting with Defence Attaches
Deputy Defence Minister Levan Girsiashvili hosted military attaches accredited to Georgia.
Ministry of Defence of Georgia
December 24, 2014
Visit to USA
Delegation of General Staff of the GAF paid two day working visit to the USA. Chief of Staff USCENTCOM, Major General Michael X. Garrett hosted the representatives of the Georgian Armed Forces, led by Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Colonel Roman Jokhadze.
Civil Georgia
December 20, 2014
Georgian MoD Statement on Death of Georgian Volunteer Fighting for Ukraine
Tbilisi: The Georgian Ministry of Defense expressed condolences over death of a Georgian national in battle in eastern Ukraine and said in a statement that “representatives of former authorities” of Georgia are to be blamed for his death, because they are encouraging Georgians to fight in Ukraine.
RT | December 24, 2014 Russia’s Investigative Committee has confirmed the claims by a Ukrainian, who said he witnessed the deployment of a Ukrainian warplane armed with air-to-air missiles on the day the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down. The interview was conducted on Tuesday, spokesman for the committee Vladimir Markin told the media […]
December 24, 2014 (Tony Cartalucci - LD) In the end, we have more in common with the furthest flung foreign common man than the closest corporate-fascist that presumes dominion over our lives.During the early 1900's, Europe was locked in the first World War. Millions would perish - tens of thousands in a single day. On one brief occasion, a pinhole of light shined through this utter madness, revealing the truth of this man-made nightmare.
In terms of losses in human lives, 2014 has been a horrific year for Palestinians, surpassing the horrors of both 2008 and 2009, when an Israeli war against the Gaza Strip killed and wounded thousands. While some aspects of the conflict are stagnating between a corrupt, ineffectual Palestinian Authority (PA), and the criminality of Israeli […]
The Senate Select Intelligence Committee report on torture has revived debate worldwide about the United States’ use of torture in the aftermath of 9/11. Some have applauded the report – including organizations such as Human Rights Watch and the Center for Constitutional Rights, which have pushed for a full accounting of the use of methods […]
At least 228 were killed in Iraq. Twenty of the dead were found in an undated mass grave that must be several weeks old. Another 32 were wounded.
The Michael Grimm saga has always been special for me-- not because my sister lives on Staten Island or because his congressional district includes a part of the Brooklyn neighborhood I grew up in-- but because, in 2005-06-- when I was looking into the "disappearance" of a $400,000 that GOP serial criminal Tom Kontogiannis paid Duke Cunningham to get Bush to pardon him-- a reader inf
You might think that the Prince of Darkness has more important things than answer foolish letters from childen, but apparently not."[I]f you really want a job that allows you to make a great deal of money in a fast and unethical way (a rather admirable goal in my opinion), you can go ahead and send me your résumé.
Having gotten a ton of publicity for the upcoming movie “The Interview” by claiming they were never going to release it, Sony has now announced that they will be releasing the movie on time on Christmas Day.
The movie was previously pulled after hackers threatened to “9/11″ every movie theater that showed it, and several theater chains pulled out. North Korea has denied involvement with the hack, and says they would not attack innocent movie-goers.
Al-Akhbar | December 23, 2014 Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti criticized on Monday the UN resolution submitted to the Security Council by the PLO, urging the Palestinian Authority (PA) to reword the proposal. In a letter sent to Ma’an news agency from jail, Barghouti said the UN resolution is an “unjustified fallback which will have […]
By James Petras :: 12.23.2014 Introduction China is in the midst of its second ‘cultural revolution’ in a half century. While the first (under Chairman Mao Tse Tung) was intended to ‘revitalize socialism’; the current is directed to ‘moralizing’ capitalism. The first CR was a frontal attack on the hierarchy of power and privilege inside […]
In our final 2014 News & Comment podcast, we list critical questions that weren't asked at Obama's last press conference.....The President's final news conference of the year, on Friday December 19, was most notable for what was not covered. In an agitated fit, your humble host compiled a list of important questions that corporate media reporters never bring up to Obama. My notes are listed below.
1572 – Theologian Johann Sylvan executed in Heidelberg for his heretical Antitrinitarian beliefs.
1688 – As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.
1783 – George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
1805 – Joseph Smith, American religious leader, 1st President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1844) was born.
By Robert Fantina | IIPRC | December 22, 2014 Israel and the United States are forever talking about Israel’s ‘vulnerability’, proclaiming it as the U.S.’s ‘best friend’ in the Middle East, the only democracy there, and the one with the most moral army in the world. To paraphrase William Shakespeare, ‘Methinks they do protest too much’. […]
For the last week the Jew spew MSM has been going absolutely wild with all the reports about this "Sony Hacking" that even has the US Government involved... From the very start, I smelled a rat (as I always do when it comes to these issues) and I knew that what we were being told was nothing but pure lies...
To hear our DEBUNKING of the North Korean + (Axis of Evil) US / NWO Conspiracy Thoery, and how this is likely a FALSE FLAG / Inside Job – Tune in to the Jack Blood Show! 3 – 5PM EST on www.radiofreeblood.com (free archive here at Deadlinelive.info
by Stephen Lendman
by Gaius PubliusI wrote here about the CR–Omnibus Spending bill that was recently approved in both the House and Senate, and about how three groups of Democratic senators voted:
Palestine Information Center – December 23, 2014 GAZA – Hamas Movement announced on Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority’s draft resolution tabled with the UN Security Council did not represent the Palestinian people. Official spokesman for Hamas Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri said in a press release that the resolution did not have any national backing. He […]
Reflecting on our book catalog, which was published here yesterday, Mr. N.G. writes from Ireland: "What a truly remarkable collection of publications.
Ma’an – 23/12/2014 JERUSALEM (AFP) — Eight Palestinians from annexed East Jerusalem were indicted on Monday for inciting anti-Jewish violence and supporting “terror” in postings on Facebook, an Israeli justice ministry spokeswoman said. The eight men, aged 18-45, were charged at Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court with “incitement to violence or terror and supporting a terrorist group” […]
By Robert Parry | Consortium News | December 22, 2014 Among honest and knowledgeable people, there really isn’t much doubt about what happened in Ukraine last winter. There was a U.S.-backed coup which ousted a constitutionally elected president and replaced him with a regime more in line with U.S. interests. Even some smart people who […]