North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Air Command
July 10, 2014
MIDTERM REVIEW OF BALTIC AIR POLICING
Ramstein, GERMANY: It’s been a good eight weeks since NATO’s Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission got underway. That being said, it’s time for a review.
Rustavi 2
July 10, 2014
Appathurai sums up his visit to Georgia
NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, James Appathurai summed up his visit to Georgia briefly after his departure from Tbilisi.
Rustavi 2
July 10, 2014
Appathurai sums up his visit to Georgia
NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, James Appathurai summed up his visit to Georgia briefly after his departure from Tbilisi.
So wrong... in so many ways-- Gingrich, Molinari, PaxonChekov's last play, The Cherry Orchard, was performed for the first time in 1904. There's a production of it in New York next week-- free no less-- starring Ellen Burstyn and one of my friends snagged some tickets. I'm a Chekov fan; he's a Burstyn fan.
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Vercors
From Les Animaux dénaturés (1952)
Translated by Rita Barisse
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Vercors
From Les Animaux dénaturés (1952)
Translated by Rita Barisse
By Lawrence Davidson | To The Point Analyses | July 10, 2014 Dogmatists in the Justice System Scattered throughout the ranks of U.S. federal prosecutors and judges there have always been men and women who are unwilling to make a distinction between their own biases and the rules of evidence that are designed to keep […]
By Lawrence Davidson | To The Point Analyses | July 10, 2014 Dogmatists in the Justice System Scattered throughout the ranks of U.S. federal prosecutors and judges there have always been men and women who are unwilling to make a distinction between their own biases and the rules of evidence that are designed to keep […]
One reason for Israel's assault on Gaza. Straight up resources theft! There are others- read onUpdates at bottom recalling previous news on Israel's covetous ways
By Robert Parry | Consortium News | July 9, 2014 A principal way that the New York Times and other leading U.S. news outlets engage in propaganda is by selecting which facts to include in a story and which ones to exclude, a process exemplified by a Times article on an interview in which the head of […]
By Robert Parry | Consortium News | July 9, 2014 A principal way that the New York Times and other leading U.S. news outlets engage in propaganda is by selecting which facts to include in a story and which ones to exclude, a process exemplified by a Times article on an interview in which the head of […]
Interventions Watch | July 9, 2014 From the Gov.uk website: ‘The Prime Minister spoke to Prime Minister Netanyahu earlier this evening about the situation in Israel. The Prime Minister strongly condemned the appalling attacks being carried out by Hamas against Israeli civilians. The Prime Minister reiterated the UK’s staunch support for Israel in the face […]
Interventions Watch | July 9, 2014 From the Gov.uk website: ‘The Prime Minister spoke to Prime Minister Netanyahu earlier this evening about the situation in Israel. The Prime Minister strongly condemned the appalling attacks being carried out by Hamas against Israeli civilians. The Prime Minister reiterated the UK’s staunch support for Israel in the face […]
July 10, 2013 (LocalOrg) - Make Magazine describes a makerspace as a "gym where you get a membership to use the equipment." That equipment ranges from everything including basic hand and power tools, to machining equipment and 3D printers.
As Iraq stands on the verge of a complete breakdown into mini sectarian states, former leading neoconservative and Iraq war advocate Richard Perle made a sudden appearance on Newsmax TV. His statements in the interview were yet another testament to the intellectual degeneration of a group that had once promised a "new Middle East," only […]
The murder of three Israeli youth by unknown Palestinians and the less-publicized but equally tragic murder of three Palestinian youth by Israelis, along with Israeli bombing of urban areas in Gaza and the arrest and detention of hundreds of Palestinians by Israeli occupation forces, serves as a reminder that Israeli-Palestinian peace is still a long […]
In what appears to be one of Edward Snowden’s final revelations, the former CIA and NSA agent has demonstrated conclusively that the National Security Agency has collected and analyzed the contents of emails, text messages, and mobile and landline telephone calls from nine non-targeted U.S. residents for every one U.S. resident it has targeted. This […]
Photo above: Nasser Shyoukhi Jewish settlers attack elderly Palestinian woman while Israeli troops stand around and do nothing. From Hebron
As Human Rights Watch warned, Israel’s recent actions – mass arrests; armed raids; the killing of Palestinians, including minors; lockdowns of cities, house demolitions; and air strikes – amounted to “collective punishment”, international law’s euphemism for revenge, against Palestinians.
You probably missed the article in the Daily Mail, a bottom tier London tabloid, about how rich boys are more competitive than girls. In a Norwegian study of 15 year olds shows that "boys really are more competitive than girls...
At least 145 people were killed and 74 were wounded in the latest reports. At least 53 were found in a massive body dump south of Baghdad, but there were killed several days ago.
It should come as no surprise in the era of Edward Snowden that the U.S. military is keeping an eye on your social media habits, but the Defense Department is also funding Facebook-style behavioral experiments on you.
In fall 2013, Seattle, WA, residents noticed mysterious white boxes installed on street corners throughout downtown Seattle. Their interest only grew when curious WiFi networks with the names of those street corners began to pop up on their mobile phones as available networks to connect to. The boxes and WiFi turned out to be a wireless mesh network set up by the city for emergency personnel to communicate in case of a disaster.
From the Institute for Public Accuracy:
In an unprecedented push for whistleblowing in the nation’s capital, the new organization ExposeFacts announced today that 13 billboards have gone up near Capitol Hill, the Justice Department, the White House, the Government Accountability Office, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the State Department, a popular bookstore at Dupont Circle and other prominent locations.
German authorities are investigating the second case of a government employee suspected of spying on confidential government affairs for US secret services within a week.
Public prosecutors confirmed that the home and office of a defence ministry employee in the greater Berlin area had been searched on Wednesday morning.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to “further intensify attacks on Hamas” in the Gaza Strip, following talks with his defence chiefs.
He said the Palestinian militants would “pay a heavy price” for their rocket attacks on Israel.
Israel’s military said Hamas had fired 82 rockets at Israeli cities on Wednesday, after dozens of overnight air strikes in Gaza.
Some 50 Palestinians are reported to have died in the recent hostilities.
Can the World Cup really be unreservedly evil if it leads to the possibility of pancakes (or even, hypothetically, waffles)?by KenLet's dispose of the obvious questions about Matthew Barzun first.(1) He's currently the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom -- or in fancier lingo, ambassador to the Court of St. James. So you can tell he must have raised a lot of money for President Obama's presidential campaign(s). Ding-ding-ding-ding!
The empire is in a particularly testy and truculent mood. Two of its appendages have, virtually simultaneously, eschewed ceasefires in their respective campaigns of aggression. Both have bombarded civilian centers with airstrikes, and Ukraine has been rolling in armored vehicles, while Israel is preparing to do the same. As Jason Ditz reports:
By Alexander Main | CEPR Americas Blog | July 9, 2014 Once upon a time, the U.S. government ran a very tight ship at the Organization of American States (OAS), a multilateral institution created by Washington at the start of the Cold War. Though the OAS’ 1948 Charter calls on its members to uphold democracy […]
By Alexander Main | CEPR Americas Blog | July 9, 2014 Once upon a time, the U.S. government ran a very tight ship at the Organization of American States (OAS), a multilateral institution created by Washington at the start of the Cold War. Though the OAS’ 1948 Charter calls on its members to uphold democracy […]
“Smoke and fire rise from an Israeli missle strike in Rafah, Tuesday, July 8, 2014.” (AP/Eyad Baba)”
The sheer genocidal power of these bombs being criminally dropped on Palestinian homes and hospitals is horrific. “Strategic strikes” my ass.
The Zionists continue to bomb all over Gaza. I’m not there, my heart is and I wish I were…but there are some great Palestinian and international journalists, activists and bloggers keeping the info and photos coming out of Gaza.
Greenwald’s promise to “name names” of surveillance target is finally published, names only 5 Muslim Americans targeted under Bush administration….
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–Greenwald finally publishes delayed article, names 5 Muslim-Americans who were targeted under Bush
–Snowden docs include racial smears on Muslims, White House says “unacceptable”
–in Amy Goodman interview, Julian Assange raises important questions about Greenwald and Omidyar
By Mike Masnick | TechDirt | July 9, 2014 We already wrote about Glenn Greenwald’s big story concerning how the FBI has been spying on prominent Muslim American politicians, lawyers and civil rights activists. If you follow this stuff closely, you may have heard that Greenwald was originally supposed to publish that story last week, […]
By Mike Masnick | TechDirt | July 9, 2014 We already wrote about Glenn Greenwald’s big story concerning how the FBI has been spying on prominent Muslim American politicians, lawyers and civil rights activists. If you follow this stuff closely, you may have heard that Greenwald was originally supposed to publish that story last week, […]
We haven't really been covering the Arkansas elections this cycle. Basically, all the contests are classic lesser or two evils situations-- Democrats rated D or F and Republicans rated F-minus. Is there anything less than an F these days?
By Noel Brinkerhoff | AllGov | July 9, 2014 Going after government officials for corruption has not been a priority of the U.S. Department of Justice under President Barack Obama, compared with his predecessors. Cases of public corruption that have been prosecuted are down this year versus what they were last year, according to the […]
By Noel Brinkerhoff | AllGov | July 9, 2014 Going after government officials for corruption has not been a priority of the U.S. Department of Justice under President Barack Obama, compared with his predecessors. Cases of public corruption that have been prosecuted are down this year versus what they were last year, according to the […]
RT | July 9, 2014 Serbia has signed a 2.1 billion euro contract with Gazprom subsidiary Centrgaz to construct the South Stream pipeline across its territory. There is increasing pressure from the EU to suspend the project because it claims it breaks competition law. Centrgaz will be involved in the design, procurement, construction and installation […]
RT | July 9, 2014 Serbia has signed a 2.1 billion euro contract with Gazprom subsidiary Centrgaz to construct the South Stream pipeline across its territory. There is increasing pressure from the EU to suspend the project because it claims it breaks competition law. Centrgaz will be involved in the design, procurement, construction and installation […]
RT | July 9, 2014 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he will reduce the country’s “useless” science programs to finance the production of drones and precision weapons. “There will be no more spending of billions of people’s money, taxpayers’ money on useless research programs, which were used as a tool for theft,” said a statement […]
RT | July 9, 2014 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he will reduce the country’s “useless” science programs to finance the production of drones and precision weapons. “There will be no more spending of billions of people’s money, taxpayers’ money on useless research programs, which were used as a tool for theft,” said a statement […]
cant wait for all money to be electronic so the garnishing will be easier… NOT! The EPA can start with itself, and its controllers!
Part 7 in the survey series, A Renegade History Course. This is a live discussion with historian Thaddeus Russell, the author of A Renegade History of the United States. Antigone Darling of Sex, Lies & Anarchy co-hosts.
Part 7 in the survey series, A Renegade History Course. This is a live discussion with historian Thaddeus Russell, the author of A Renegade History of the United States. Antigone Darling of Sex, Lies & Anarchy co-hosts.
Part 7 in the survey series, A Renegade History Course. This is a live discussion with historian Thaddeus Russell, the author of A Renegade History of the United States. Antigone Darling of Sex, Lies & Anarchy co-hosts.Discussed Today:-Objectivism vs. Relativism-The organic connection between Nazi Germany and New Deal America-What is Thad's problem with science?-How church and state destroy community-Corporatism parallels between the US, Italy and Germany-Was the New Deal Fascist?
By John W. Whitehead / The Rutherford Institute
July 08, 2014
1540 – King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
1572 – Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
1755 – French and Indian War: Braddock Expedition – British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat by French and Native American forces.
1776 – George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out loud to members of the Continental Army in New York, New York, for the first time.
By Chloé Benoist | Al-Akhbar | July 9, 2014 As Israeli forces began their assault on the Gaza Strip, Israel’s leaders and media ramped up a rhetoric offensive, using dehumanizing discourse to garner support for deadly military action in the besieged Palestinian territory. Operation “Protective Edge” – Israel’s latest military offensive to be given a […]
