Louisiana teabagger Steve Scalise isn't the biggest win for the Ted Cruz wing of the GOPThe reaction from ugly Republican racists to the embarrassing Tea Party losses in Oklahoma and Mississippi Tuesday-- two of the most brainwashed and extreme right-wing states in the U.S.-- was, to put it mildly, ungracious. McDaniel, of course, is refusing to concede.
By Roqayah Chamseddine | Al-Akhbar | June 26, 2014 Jean Bricmont’s powerful book Humanitarian Imperialism: Using Human Rights to Sell War , written during the occupation of Iraq, is a timely historical critique of Western interventionism, one worth examining as the United States of America moves once more in the direction of military entanglement in […]
By Roqayah Chamseddine | Al-Akhbar | June 26, 2014 Jean Bricmont’s powerful book Humanitarian Imperialism: Using Human Rights to Sell War , written during the occupation of Iraq, is a timely historical critique of Western interventionism, one worth examining as the United States of America moves once more in the direction of military entanglement in […]
As part of the American Civil Liberties Union’s recent report on police militarization, the Massachusetts chapter of the organization sent open records requests to SWAT teams across that state. It received an interesting response.
Farm to Bong….
Hollywood Reporter
Looking for another reason to vote against Maine Republican Susan Collins?A few days ago, Jonathan Capehart wrote in the Washington Post that "President Obama will be impeached if the Democrats lose control of the U.S.
RT | June 26, 2014 China is moving forward with a plan to create its own version of the World Bank, which will rival institutions that are under the sway of the US and the West. The bank will start with $100 billion in capital. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will extend China’s financial […]
RT | June 26, 2014 China is moving forward with a plan to create its own version of the World Bank, which will rival institutions that are under the sway of the US and the West. The bank will start with $100 billion in capital. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will extend China’s financial […]
4000? And those are just the ones that were RESCUED.
RT | June 26, 2014 Bulgarian officials say the construction of the Russian-led South Stream gas pipeline does not breach EU legislation. The European Commission is concerned the agreement between Russia and Bulgaria violates EU competition law. The Bulgarian government stood by its position on the legality of the pipeline in a Wednesday statement, ITAR-TASS […]
RT | June 26, 2014 Bulgarian officials say the construction of the Russian-led South Stream gas pipeline does not breach EU legislation. The European Commission is concerned the agreement between Russia and Bulgaria violates EU competition law. The Bulgarian government stood by its position on the legality of the pipeline in a Wednesday statement, ITAR-TASS […]
By James Bovard | CounterPunch | June 26, 2014 On this day in 1876, Gen. George Custer led his 7th Cavalry regiment to their demise in Montana. The Battle of Little Big Horn was one of the biggest defeats suffered by the U.S. Army in the war against the Indians. It is only in recent years that […]
By James Bovard | CounterPunch | June 26, 2014 On this day in 1876, Gen. George Custer led his 7th Cavalry regiment to their demise in Montana. The Battle of Little Big Horn was one of the biggest defeats suffered by the U.S. Army in the war against the Indians. It is only in recent years that […]
National Radio Company of Ukraine
June 25, 2014
U.S. offers to compensate Ukraine’s losses following curtailment of military-technical cooperation with Russia
The United States is weighing plans to expand military-technical cooperation with Ukraine and to compensate part of the Ukrainian defence industry’s losses following the curtailment of Ukrainian-Russian military-technical cooperation.
National Radio Company of Ukraine
June 25, 2014
U.S. offers to compensate Ukraine’s losses following curtailment of military-technical cooperation with Russia
The United States is weighing plans to expand military-technical cooperation with Ukraine and to compensate part of the Ukrainian defence industry’s losses following the curtailment of Ukrainian-Russian military-technical cooperation.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
June 25, 2014
NATO Foreign Ministers agree on Readiness Plan, endorse support package for Ukraine
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
June 25, 2014
NATO Foreign Ministers agree on Readiness Plan, endorse support package for Ukraine
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Alfred Neumann: Selections on war
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Alfred Neumann
From Another Caesar (1934)
Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Alfred Neumann: Selections on war
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Alfred Neumann
From Another Caesar (1934)
Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul
By Mike Masnick | Techdirt | June 25, 2014 We already reported on the finally released DOJ legal drone memo that supposedly “justifies” the extrajudicial killing of Americans via drones. However, as we noted, much of it was actually redacted, leaving many of the details and reasons totally secret. Jameel Jaffer, the ACLU lawyer who […]
By Mike Masnick | Techdirt | June 25, 2014 We already reported on the finally released DOJ legal drone memo that supposedly “justifies” the extrajudicial killing of Americans via drones. However, as we noted, much of it was actually redacted, leaving many of the details and reasons totally secret. Jameel Jaffer, the ACLU lawyer who […]
¿dónde está Steve?We've made the case that Debbie Wasserman Schultz has, over the last decade, moved-- at times openly and at times stealthily-- to offer political protection
Image above: ISIS holds military parade in Mosul. ISIS’ military strength in Mosul. Scores of ISIS technicals, as well as several captured US-supplied Humvees, armored cars, and even artillery pieces are shown. Hundreds of ISIS fighters are involved in the parade, which begins during the day and goes on through the night.
The government originally said that the US economy as measured by the GDP shrank at 0.1% in the first quarter of 2014. And that was due to abnormally cold weather probably because Global Warming had been hiding at the bottom of the oceans. Now we are told the US economy actually contracted at 2.9%. This is starting to sound serious. Maybe we can coax that Global Warming to rise up out of the oceans. But Dr John Williams at Shadow Stats keeps much more reliable statistics on the cost of living and inflation.
The government originally said that the US economy as measured by the GDP shrank at 0.1% in the first quarter of 2014. And that was due to abnormally cold weather probably because Global Warming had been hiding at the bottom of the oceans. Now we are told the US economy actually contracted at 2.9%. This is starting to sound serious. Maybe we can coax that Global Warming to rise up out of the oceans. But Dr John Williams at Shadow Stats keeps much more reliable statistics on the cost of living and inflation.
“The way we passed those night patrols was to bang on random houses, no reason and we’d go in, wake everyone up, men in one room, women in another, mess everything up, onto the next house. “That night we wanted to watch the match so we were looking for a house that had a satellite dish. We found one, went in and locked the family in the basement while we watched the match. Why wouldn’t we? That’s what we do in the occupied territories.
Yehuda Shaul says disturbing images represent norm in occupied territories
"Brother, brother," a young man called on me as I hurriedly left a lecture hall in some community center in Durban, South Africa. This happened at the height of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, when all efforts at stopping the ferocious US-western military drives against these two countries terribly failed. The young man was dressed […]
This week, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) published their study of 20 different law enforcement agencies’ use of SWAT teams on 800 occasions between 2011 and 2013. Their conclusions may not surprise people who have been following the militarization and the normalization of that in police departments across the US, but it should shock […]
Once in a while the inconsistencies in American foreign policy become sufficiently clear to reveal the consistency in American foreign policy. Three contemporary inconsistencies in Iraq and Syria, all clearly connected, converge to throw America’s consistent foreign policy into sharp relief. In an astonishing shift of geopolitical realities, America finds itself, literally, at war with […]
I heard about HRC endorsing Susan Collins again a few hours ago. It seems to have surprised a lot of people. It would have surprised me if they hadn't. Susan Collins and HRC are made for each other. Don't they always. Last time, in fact, was the same year they chose not to endorse Tammy Baldwin's congressional election, the same year I removed them from my will.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has rejected international calls for a caretaker government even as militants continue to make gains. Meanwhile, the U.S. is considering again using a Sunni militia group that was effective in fighting militants during the occupation. At least 135 people were killed, and another 99 were wounded in the latest violence.
by Judith Curry
Rarely are the following questions asked: Is the approach that we are taking to climate modeling adequate? Could other model structural forms be more useful for advancing climate science and informing policy?
We call upon the international community, particularly the US and the EU authorities that have been trying to encourage the development of the Palestinian private sector, to voice its opinion on these barbaric actions and recognize the obstacles that we face as a people under military occupation.
This was shared with me and was just too good to not pass along to you! Sometimes the hunter gets way too close to his prey. And though you will probably find both of these videos funny, both showed irresponsible, foolish hunters getting themselves into very dangerous, potentially deadly situations. Hogs can be very temperamental…
by KenActually, those measly fives and singles going into the hat pictured above won't do it if you want to properly celebrate the 30th wedding anniversary of Florida Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and her love-muffin Dexter. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any art that depicts $1000 and $5000 checks dropping into a political hat.Those are the designated numbers for either a seat or a table at the happy couple's upcoming shindig at Miami's Coconut Grove Ritz Carlton.
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Dear “Jewish Defense League”:
It has come to my attention that you have been issuing death threats against my friends and colleagues, including Press TV’s Canada correspondent Joshua Blakeney and freelance journalist Tom Mysiewicz. Check out my new Press TV article:
Food shortages and the fossil fuel climate crisis with its droughts, floods and other destructions are among the ways people experience the downside of capitalism in daily life. Both are the result of the rich having too much control of the wealth produced by society and the large majority having too little. The rich are so deeply invested—directly and indirectly—in fossil fuels that they will cling to its use to the bitter end.
International Solidarity Movement | June 25, 2014 Madama, Occupied Palestine – At 12:30 a.m. on June 22, 2014, approximately 50 Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Madama. Madama, which is located 10 km southwest of Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, has approximately 2000 residents. The soldiers raided close to 100 homes […]
International Solidarity Movement | June 25, 2014 Madama, Occupied Palestine – At 12:30 a.m. on June 22, 2014, approximately 50 Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Madama. Madama, which is located 10 km southwest of Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, has approximately 2000 residents. The soldiers raided close to 100 homes […]
Forest Peoples Programme | June 24, 2014 The UK-listed company, Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO), which is threatening to seize land owned by Liberians in defiance of commitments by Liberia’s President, will today receive a visit from affected communities. Members of the Jogbahn Clan, together with representatives from Liberian and international NGOs, will deliver a petition […]
Forest Peoples Programme | June 24, 2014 The UK-listed company, Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO), which is threatening to seize land owned by Liberians in defiance of commitments by Liberia’s President, will today receive a visit from affected communities. Members of the Jogbahn Clan, together with representatives from Liberian and international NGOs, will deliver a petition […]
I'd rather work cleaning toilet bowls than work for a Wall Street whore like Steve Stivers. Stivers is marking time as an Ohio backbencher until he's built up enough favors to land him a really big job on Wall Street or K Street. Stivers, an employee of Bank One, rode in on the Tea Party wave of 2010 and was immediately rewarded with a position on the most corrupt committee in the House, Financial Services.
Today the driver of Euro-fascism is the Euro-bureaucracy, which gets its directions from Washington. The United States supports the eastward expansion of the EU and NATO in every way possible, viewing these organizations as important components of its global empire. In essence, the EU is a bureaucratic empire that arranges things within its economic space in the interests of European and American capital, under U.S. control.
The No side's worry isn't just over the political, economic and social potentialities of independence, immense as they are. It's the deeper alarm any establishment feels when watching a collective stirring of the independent imagination.
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By Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo | Black Agenda Report | June 25, 2014 The US Supreme Court on Thursday, June 19th ruled that First Amendment protections extend to public employees who provide testimony, under subpoena, on corruption from adverse actions, such as retaliation or job termination. In a rare show of bi-partisan unity in Washington, DC, […]
By Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo | Black Agenda Report | June 25, 2014 The US Supreme Court on Thursday, June 19th ruled that First Amendment protections extend to public employees who provide testimony, under subpoena, on corruption from adverse actions, such as retaliation or job termination. In a rare show of bi-partisan unity in Washington, DC, […]
War profits have soared with the series of military interventions in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. The arms industry lobbyists pressure Congressional and Pentagon decision-makers to link up with the pro-Israel lobby as it promotes even deeper direct US military involvement in Syria, Iraq and Iran. The growing ties between Israeli and US military industries reinforce their political leverage in Washington by working with liberal interventionists and neo-conservatives. They attack Obama for not bombing Syria and for his withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Sleight of hand is often associated with tricks done by magicians. Sleight of hand is a method of deceiving an audience. Whether done by one man. Or a group of many. Sleight defined: Old Norse- dexterity or deceptiveness Cunning; craft; artful practice. 2. A clever or skillful trick or deception; an artifice (subtle but base deception) or stratagem (A military maneuver designed to deceive or surprise an enemy. 2.
If the Eurasian Union becomes a successful political and economic union, the United States, Britain, Western Europe, and Japan will be confined to an economically anemic and socially decadent coastal «Rimland» where the few remaining assets will be fought over by the hungry jackals of the banking houses of Wall Street, City of London, and Frankfurt. The outbreak of wars in Syria, Ukraine, and Iraq are but the first shots of the impending war between «Oceania» and «Eurasia».
