Ralph Nader wrote a very perceptive essay in the wake of the edifying defeat of the despicable arch-imperialist, Israel Firster and reliable servant of Wall St. Banksters, Eric Cantor, at the capable hands of the libertarian leaning Professor David Brat. It was titled "Can Progressives Learn From Eric Cantor’s Defeat"? Can they? Yes. Will they? It is highly doubtful.
TweetThe Great Tribes of Libya have issued a formal statement refusing the suggestion by the UN representative in Libya. I was given a quick translation from some Libyan friends and it is posted below:
“THIS STATEMENT IS ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE LIBYAN TRIBES AGAINST THE SUGGESTION OF FORMING A CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS PEACE BETWEEN THE LIBYANS SUGGESTED BY UNITED NATION CHIEF IN TRIPOLI.
My friend John Johnston (host of the excellent radio program Ballistic Radio) suggested that I write an article about body armor and fitness. He was doing some PT while wearing plate armor in order to improve his fitness for an upcoming…Read more →
'♫Makin' a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫' on Episode113 - Frequent Flyer which features brand new sounds from Chromeo, Little Dragon, Yann Tiersen,
UN to oversee “complete disarmament” of the American people? I don’t think so! The UN Arms Trade Treaty, which has been called a heinous threat to the second amendment, and which President Obama is determined to sign, has caused such controversy because it is a…Read more →
Leave it to EMILY's List to find the most negative candidates anywhereYou know what Democratic primary voters don't like? They don't like negativity against other Democrats. No one minds going negative on Republicans, but sizable numbers of Democrats recoil when Democrats attack other Democrats, especially when they attack women.
Back through the rolling white-rock/earth hills with their low trees and scrub, on the road from Damascus to Beirut.
The conflict is casually described as “sectarian warfare” between Radical Sunni and Shia without addressing “who is behind the various factions”. What is at stake is a carefully staged US military-intelligence agenda.
Known and documented, Al Qaeda affiliated entities have been used by US-NATO in numerous conflicts as “intelligence assets” since the heyday of the Soviet-Afghan war. In Syria, the Al Nusrah and ISIS rebels are the foot-soldiers of the Western military alliance, which oversees and controls the recruitment and training of paramilitary forces.
An excellent interview with scholar of Russian studies Stephen F. Cohen on Russia Today on the subject of “The New Cold War.” Stephen F. Cohen is a professor emeritus at New York University and Princeton University. He writes for The Nation.
RT | June 15, 2014 Nearly 95 per cent of terrorist arrests have been the result of FBI foiling its own entrapment plots as a part of the so-called post-9/11 War on Terror, a new study revealed. According to the report entitled ‘Inventing Terrorists: The Lawfare of Preemptive Prosecution’, the majority of arrests involved the […]
DWT is for Raul LabradorAngry right-wing populists struck out blindly against Eric Cantor last week-- and scored a knockout. But to the victors do not go the spoils, not Inside-the-Beltway. David Brat will become a largely ignored, probably short-term, backbencher; he will not become Majority Leader. Nor will any teabagger who celebrated Cantor's political demise.
By Pete Dolack | Systemic Disorder | June 12, 2014 Competition takes many forms in capitalism. Financial engineering by corporations to avoid paying taxes is one aspect of this competition — under the rigors of market competition, evading responsibility is an innovation to be emulated. The magnitude of tax evasion on the part of multi-national […]
Barack Obama has a chance to be a hero.
With Republicans and hawks pushing him to do something in Iraq, he could go in front of the nation today and assertively say:
RT | June 15, 2014 NATO is preparing a package deal to ramp up the Ukrainian military because it ‘must adapt’ to Russia viewing it as an enemy, the outgoing chief of the military bloc said. The deal would be submitted to foreign ministers of members states later this month, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen […]
RT | June 15, 2014 NATO is preparing a package deal to ramp up the Ukrainian military because it ‘must adapt’ to Russia viewing it as an enemy, the outgoing chief of the military bloc said. The deal would be submitted to foreign ministers of members states later this month, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen […]
by Judith Curry
“For the next two decades a warming of about 0.2C per decade is expected for a range of emission scenarios.” – IPCC AR4
Sunday, and of course it is time for my weekly rant...
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Maritime Command
June 13, 2014
NATO MINE COUNTER-MEASURES SHIPS VISIT MALTA
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Maritime Command
June 13, 2014
NATO MINE COUNTER-MEASURES SHIPS VISIT MALTA
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
León Bloy
From León Bloy devant les Cochons (1894)
Translated by John Coleman
The lament of the sword. The first time the Spirit of Sabaoth spoke about me, it was to keep men from forgetting that I had been seen all aflame on the threshold of the lost Eden.
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
León Bloy
From León Bloy devant les Cochons (1894)
Translated by John Coleman
The lament of the sword. The first time the Spirit of Sabaoth spoke about me, it was to keep men from forgetting that I had been seen all aflame on the threshold of the lost Eden.
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Ma’an - 15/06/2014 RAMALLAH – The Palestinian Authority on Sunday condemned the Israeli arrest campaign across the West Bank and airstrikes against the Gaza Strip, denouncing the “collective punishment of the Palestinian people” by Israeli forces. Spokesman for the Palestinian national consensus government Ehab Bessaiso on Sunday also reiterated Palestinian insistence that they have no […]
Ma’an - 15/06/2014 RAMALLAH – The Palestinian Authority on Sunday condemned the Israeli arrest campaign across the West Bank and airstrikes against the Gaza Strip, denouncing the “collective punishment of the Palestinian people” by Israeli forces. Spokesman for the Palestinian national consensus government Ehab Bessaiso on Sunday also reiterated Palestinian insistence that they have no […]
Last week, the biggest, baddest news in the NY-11 election campaign was about how the indicted Mafioso incumbent, Michael "Mikey Suits" Grimm, had seen his campaign funding dry up-- a big problem since he's been using his campaign donations to finance his legal case and his fight for a plea bargain that will include only minimal prison tim
Al-Akhbar | June 15, 2014 Israel on Sunday broadened the search for three Israeli teenagers believed kidnapped by militants, arresting 80 Palestinians overnight and imposing a tight closure on the southern West Bank city of Hebron. It was the biggest arrest operation in years and came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered security forces to […]
Al-Akhbar | June 15, 2014 Israel on Sunday broadened the search for three Israeli teenagers believed kidnapped by militants, arresting 80 Palestinians overnight and imposing a tight closure on the southern West Bank city of Hebron. It was the biggest arrest operation in years and came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered security forces to […]
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 131. Jeff Tucker and I discuss the recent announcement by Tesla that it will cease enforcing its patents. Relevant links: All Our Patent Are Belong To You, By Elon Musk, CEO, Tesla Tucker, Tesla Shock: A Company Favors Competition Kinsella, The Patent Defense League and Defensive Patent Pooling
Obama has pretty much destroyed Iraq. In the midst of mass executions and roadside beheadings, Obama has really done nothing to help the people of Iraq. What he did do was to set this mayhem in motion. He began by hiring Al Qaeda and other mercenary Jihadists to take down Libya with the help of nearly 30,000 NATO air strikes, some Special Forces and commandos on the ground and a few companies of Qatari soldiers. After the public execution of Muammar Qaddafi, Obama’s mercenaries went on to kill 40,000 black Libyans.
Obama has pretty much destroyed Iraq. In the midst of mass executions and roadside beheadings, Obama has really done nothing to help the people of Iraq. What he did do was to set this mayhem in motion. He began by hiring Al Qaeda and other mercenary Jihadists to take down Libya with the help of nearly 30,000 NATO air strikes, some Special Forces and commandos on the ground and a few companies of Qatari soldiers. After the public execution of Muammar Qaddafi, Obama’s mercenaries went on to kill 40,000 black Libyans.
The Fertile Crescent-- the Tigris and Euphrates River valley-- has a history that predates the Nile Valley's. Even if you don't give much credence to the History Channel's whacky Ancient Aliens series that insists that the Mesopotanians' Anunnaki were extraterrestrials, this Cradle of Civilization was, over time, dominated by the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Medians, Achaemenids, Seleucids, Parthians, Sassanians, Arabs, Mongols, Turkmen and, between 1533 and 1918, the Ottoman Turks.
The push towards Baghdad has now completely stalled, as security forces and volunteers appear to be fighting back effectively in some areas. According to various reports, at least 349 people were killed and 33 more were wounded today. Some of the reports cannot be independently confirmed and should be taken as estimates, particularly those in occupied cities.
Yes, I laid it out in my last article about what I saw happening right now in Iraq, and everything that I have seen over the last few days has absolutely backed up all of my claims.... I see this present crisis in Iraq as a no-win situation for the United States.... It is also a fact that right now the peaceful nation of Iran has been sending in their special forces into Iraq to help stabilize that nation and put a halt to ISIS (or ISIL or what ever phoney name they like to call themselves) advances on the capital city of Baghdad.
Image above : ISIS has convoys of brand new matching Toyota’s the same vehicles seen among admittedly NATO-armed terrorists operating everywhere from Libya to Syria, and now Iraq. It is a synthetic, state- sponsored regional mercenary expeditionary force.
You can click on the photo to enlarge it, but better still is to look at it a photographer Mitch Waxman's intended size and resolution on his Newtown Pentacle blog.by KenI've written before about my happy tramping around NYC with Mitch Waxman (like this June 2012 piece about
I have read and reread this article from Washington PostMain stream media is produced in such a way that it is difficult to discern what is actually being said.Usually I can cut through the bullshit pretty quick, but, this one took several attempts to decipher.
RT | June 14, 2014 Russia’s Foreign Ministry is demanding the immediate release of two Russian journalists detained in eastern Ukraine by the National Guard on their way to Dnepropetrovsk Airport. “Unidentified men” detained correspondent Evgeny Davydov and sound engineer Nikita Konashenkov at around 5 p.m. local time in the Donetsk region on Saturday, Zvezda […]
RT | June 14, 2014 Russia’s Foreign Ministry is demanding the immediate release of two Russian journalists detained in eastern Ukraine by the National Guard on their way to Dnepropetrovsk Airport. “Unidentified men” detained correspondent Evgeny Davydov and sound engineer Nikita Konashenkov at around 5 p.m. local time in the Donetsk region on Saturday, Zvezda […]
The EyeOpener Report | April 17, 2014 SSRI stands for Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor, and it is a class of drugs that is often used to treat depression and anxiety. It includes Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, Paxil and a host of other commonly prescribed antidepressants. And the perpetrators of a raft of school shootings, mass murders […]
The EyeOpener Report | April 17, 2014 SSRI stands for Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor, and it is a class of drugs that is often used to treat depression and anxiety. It includes Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, Paxil and a host of other commonly prescribed antidepressants. And the perpetrators of a raft of school shootings, mass murders […]
It may be inconceivable to you that there are any Democrats who favor getting involved in another war in Iraq, especially a civil war based on bitter religious insanity going back over a thousand years. But it isn't inconceivable to me. Blue America will have to start asking our candidates how they feel about it, although since they are all progressives, I', guessing they will all be opposed.
On the June 14, 2014 episode of Exposing Faux Capitalism with Jason Erb, I discussed the following recent issues of the past week in the audio here: Ontario’s recent election, Libertarian breakthrough, Freedom Party’s balanced budget gimmick, Ellen Brown got the most votes of any third-party contender for California Treasurer, and Canada’s Supreme Court decision […]
Microsoft Fights to Protect Data Held on Servers in Ireland EFF | June 13, 2014 San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has urged a federal court to block a U.S. search warrant ordering Microsoft to turn over a customer’s emails held in an overseas server, arguing that the case has dangerous privacy implications […]
Microsoft Fights to Protect Data Held on Servers in Ireland EFF | June 13, 2014 San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has urged a federal court to block a U.S. search warrant ordering Microsoft to turn over a customer’s emails held in an overseas server, arguing that the case has dangerous privacy implications […]
International Solidarity Movement | June 14, 2014 Ni’lin, Occupied Palestine – A Red Crescent paramedic, present at the Ni’lin demonstration last week, spoke to ISM about the protest last Friday, 6th June. He explained that the demonstration began as the protesters marched towards the apartheid wall, with Israeli soldiers firing tear gas canisters and rubber-coated […]
International Solidarity Movement | June 14, 2014 Ni’lin, Occupied Palestine – A Red Crescent paramedic, present at the Ni’lin demonstration last week, spoke to ISM about the protest last Friday, 6th June. He explained that the demonstration began as the protesters marched towards the apartheid wall, with Israeli soldiers firing tear gas canisters and rubber-coated […]
Steny Hoyer and Al Wynn, a couple of good ole boy Maryland crooksActually, Krugman was only addressing right-wing careerism-- and it's role in the real-time unraveling of movement conservatism-- but much of what he says can be applied to the political hacks on both sides of the aisle.
Xinhua News Agency
June 14, 2014
Finland to have a pro-NATO prime minister
By Juhani Niinisto
Finland’s Alexander Stubb and NATO’s Anders Fogh Rasmussen in earlier meeting
HELSINKI: The delegates of a traditional conservative party of Finland on Saturday elected a value liberal and supporter of Finnish membership in NATO as its chairman.
Xinhua News Agency
June 14, 2014
Finland to have a pro-NATO prime minister
By Juhani Niinisto
Finland’s Alexander Stubb and NATO’s Anders Fogh Rasmussen in earlier meeting
HELSINKI: The delegates of a traditional conservative party of Finland on Saturday elected a value liberal and supporter of Finnish membership in NATO as its chairman.
