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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Siegfried Sassoon: Selections on war
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Siegfried Sassoon
Enemies

He stood alone in some queer sunless place
Where Armageddon ends. Perhaps he longed

"When People Cheat, You Cannot As A Regulator Continue Business As Usual"You probably know by now that a great deal of Elizabeth Warren's new book, A Fighting Chance, deals with creating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. "I had no doubt-- zero-- that the banks should be held accountable for breaking the law," she wrote.

FEMEN is not a group that benefits women.The NATO media calls them a 'protest' group. They are not.Sometimes the media calls them a feminist group. I can go along with that if we agree the 'feminist' movement which had it's origin with Gloria Steinam & the CIA, was created to weaken/destabilize our society.  I can agree with the term 'feminist' in that context.

Of course these Syrian presidential elections must be the ‘parody’ and ‘farce’ that Western officials and media are relentlessly claiming.
Because if Bashar Assad wins handily in the first multi-candidate presidential elections in Syria – which all evidence suggests will be the case – that would mean that a majority of Syrians support Assad, the army, the state and ‘the system’.
Which immediately calls into question the past three years of conflict: was there ever actually a widespread, popular uprising against Bashar Assad?

RT | June 6, 2014

Government intelligence agencies have direct access to telecommunication companies’ infrastructure which allows them to spy and record phone calls leaving no paper trail, the UK’s largest mobile phone company Vodafone has revealed.

By Helen Wallace | GeneWatch UK | June 5, 2014

The new Chief Executive of the National Health Service (NHS) in England, Simon Stevens, was recently reported arguing that the NHS must be transformed to make people’s personal genetic information the basis of their treatments (1).

Another serious blow to the United States Constitution. In a unanimous decision last month, the The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals determined that law enforcement officers are not required to present a warrant or charges before forcibly entering a person’s home, searching it,…Read more →

Another shooting that prompts people to cry out for gun control, and another Memorial Day to prompt people to Thank Servicemen for their service. Smedley Butler was right all wars are banker wars. Links: Instead …

NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode195 - Bilderberg 2014, Snowden a Spy, Rancourt Railroaded Welcome to New World Next Week - the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news.

By Michael Hoffmanwww.revisionisthistyory.orgWhile it’s not exactly a Rosetta Stone of the sub-rosa, nonetheless, the epistemology at the center of the movie "Edge of Tomorrow,” which is being officially released to American theatres by Warner Bros.

Abandoned for 66 years by the international community to Israeli war crimes, Palestine needs friends.  Palestine, don’t despair. You are not alone, you have friends around the world: people, strangers, you may never meet, but who, like you have families, jobs, and who share the Palestinian dream of freedom and justice to which they are quietly and actively dedicated.

 

What in the name of all that’s holy is going on in Ukraine? The Kiev "government" – and I use the term loosely – is claiming to have killed over 300 "separatist militants" in the eastern city of Luhansk, and wounded 500 – an extremely dubious claim that even the pro-Kiev Western media is reporting […]

Think of Barack Obama’s recent return to West Point at graduation time to offer his approach to an increasingly chaotic world as a bookend on an era. George W. Bush went to the Academy in June 2002 – less than a year after 9/11, seven months after the U.S. had triumphantly invaded Afghanistan, 10 months […]

On May 23, 2012, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went to the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC) trade show in Tampa, Florida to share her vision of “smart power” and to explain the State Department’s crucial role in extending the reach and efficacy of America’s growing “international counterterrorism network.” First, there is such a […]

The Obama administration deserves much of the blame for the failure of the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

Democrats regularly win statewide races in Maine and South Dakota, though DSCC executive director Guy Cecil, some kind of a self-loathing Beltway creature, has written off both states to the Republicans in November. He's much more excited about spending DSCC millions down in Mississippi on behalf of homophobic, anti-Choice Blue Dog Travis Childers. Don't forget, the last two times Democrats won Senate seats in Mississippi were when John Stennis was reelected in 1982, having first become a senator in 1947, and when James Eastland was reelected in 1972, having first become a senator in 1942.

A large-scale attack took place in Samarra, but the Iraq government was able to repulse the militants. Nearby Baiji also came under attack. Over 120 militants were killed out of the 166 reported dead today. At least 96 were wounded. The numbers will likely rise.

Welcome to http://NewWorldNextWeek.com — the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week:

Everyone has been watching all the lies coming from the Jewish run media these days about the Ukrainian puppet regime in Kiev turning their army on their own people in eastern Ukraine.... We have seen the lies coming from our jew spew news claiming that the people of eastern  Ukraine, who rightfully have voted in referendums to decide their future, are suddenly "Russian rebels" and "terrorists".... The truth is of course that these are innocent people who have indeed decided that their future is not with the criminals in Kiev and enslavement to the IMF...

International Solidarity Movement | June 5, 2014

After the Syrian Election , Bleeding Syria is now the agenda – which is the only reason they are still arming and training terrorists on Syria’s borders, predominantly in NATO-member Turkey to the north of Syria, and in Jordan to the south. The West is also still, very intentionally, sabotaging reconciliation and reconstruction. This is the West’s real agenda on full display – spiteful extraterritorial aggression recklessly destroying the lives of millions for the sake of maintaining global hegemony.

The rabid right-wing beast behind "Stop Hillary PAC" and assorted other right-wing degradations wants his copycat nemesis to acknowledge his "legal brilliance."by KenIt appears that the doody-sucking beast Dan Backer wants a thank you, specifically from Hillary Clinton.

Seattle shooting suspect identified
EATTLE — The gunman suspected of killing one and wounding several others during an afternoon rampage on the campus of Seattle Pacific University was booked into King County jail Thursday night, the Seattle Police Department said in a late Twitter feed, identifying the man as 26-year-old Aaron R. Ybarra.

Three years into the disappearance of Bowe Bergdahl in Afghanistan, Michael Hastings — the journalist whose reporting cost General Stanley McChrystal his job — wrote a Rolling Stone story on the missing soldier, a piece which the magazine called “the definitive first account of Bowe Bergdahl.”
Hastings, who died in a car accident in Los Angeles in June 2013, had unparalleled access for that story.

As Guantanamo controversy builds, we get straight information from journalist Andy Worthington and attorney Jon Eisenberg on force feeding disputes……Click here for free audiobook download from Audible, and earn $15 for the PBC Podcast!
–Bergdahl firestorm continues as Obama defends decision, saying that notifying Congress might have caused his death
–members of Congress shown video supporting claim that Bergdahl’s health was at risk
–more reports of Bergdahl walking away from posts

The findings of the White House Gun Studies are not what Obama expected, much less wanted! This could actually already be considered old news, but with the renewed cries for gun control following the recent maniac massacre in California, I feel…Read more →

By Nicola Nasser | June 4, 2014

Pope Francis’ “pilgrimage” to the Holy Land last week proved to be an unbalanced impossible mission. The pontiff failed to strike a balance of neutrality between contradictory and irreconcilable binaries like divinity and earth, religion and politics, justice and injustice and military occupation and peace.

A better version of these interviews will be posted tomorrow – Enjoy the first take for now ~ Jack

-by Qiao LiAs a young, aspired citizen, I try to fulfill my share of "American dream" by working to become a homeowner in Pasadena, California. It didn’t take long for us to realize that our meager savings limited what we can buy, but what surprised me more was the number of "cash-offer" deals that out-bided us everywhere! How did we get accustomed to cash-only offers? And how could our housing market possibly be affected by corruption in China?

U.S. Air Forces in Europe
U.S. Air Forces Africa
June 4, 2014
Bombers arrive at RAF Fairford to train, exercise capability

U.S. Air Forces in Europe
U.S. Air Forces Africa
June 4, 2014
Bombers arrive at RAF Fairford to train, exercise capability

By Sheldon Richman | FFF | June 4, 2014

The “fog of war” is a reference to the moral chaos on the battlefield as well as the rampant confusion. Individuals kill others for no other reason than that they are ordered to. Things deemed unambiguously bad in civilian life are authorized and even lauded in war. The killing and maiming of acknowledged innocents — in particular children and the elderly — is excused as “collateral damage.”

ht freethinker- who brought this video to my attentionI usually catch all of Jan Irvin's stuff, but, missed this one completely. Sigh...... Can't be everywhere at all times. Quite a thought provoking interview. Or not. Maybe, offensive? Or not. Guess that all depends on you, the individual.

How your cell phone can be secretly hijacked and used against you, by your wife, your boss, hackers, identity thieves, burglars, law enforcement and government agents from the NSA, CIA and DHS, to the FBI, FDA and IRS, as well as every other acronym in…Read more →

North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Command Operations
June 5, 2014
NATO to Participate in 42nd Annual Exercise BALTOPS 2014
Forces from 13 countries, including NATO nations, will participate in Exercise Baltic Operations BALTOPS 2014, this year’s largest multinational maritime exercise in the Baltic Sea from 6-21 June.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Command Operations
June 5, 2014
NATO to Participate in 42nd Annual Exercise BALTOPS 2014
Forces from 13 countries, including NATO nations, will participate in Exercise Baltic Operations BALTOPS 2014, this year’s largest multinational maritime exercise in the Baltic Sea from 6-21 June.

http://youtu.be/YyPDmJkUBXkEric Draitser of StopImperialism.org appears on RT’s CrossTalk to debate the latest developments in Ukraine and the role of US propaganda in framing the conflict.  Draitser explains that the arrogance and obvious incompetence of the State Department and the Obama administration symbolizes the arrogance and incompetence of the entire US political establishment.  He notes that the developments in Ukraine constitute undoubted war crimes, and that Obama’s praise of Poroshenko indictaes the weakness of the US position.

By Mike Masnick | Techdirt | June 5, 2014

A very long, winding, rather personal, lightly edited show addressing the dangers of social isolation and interpersonal disconnection.

A very long, winding, rather personal, lightly edited show addressing the dangers of social isolation and interpersonal disconnection. It expands into other topics from there.

Outline:
Opening Monologue (START-0:06:59)
Free Talk Live warm-up discussion on isolation (0:07:00-0:33:30)
Reading/discussing the articleHow Extreme Isolation Warps the Mind (0:33:30-1:09:45)
Further discussion With Darrell Becker (1:09:45-END)

A very long, winding, rather personal, lightly edited show addressing the dangers of social isolation and interpersonal disconnection. It expands into other topics from there.

Outline:
Opening Monologue (START-0:06:59)
Free Talk Live warm-up discussion on isolation (0:07:00-0:33:30)
Reading/discussing the articleHow Extreme Isolation Warps the Mind (0:33:30-1:09:45)
Further discussion With Darrell Becker (1:09:45-END)

British woman Katherine Tee is saying she spotted what she believes is the missing Malaysian Air flight MH370 while she was sailing.

Last month we reported that the “Walmart” bomber had died in Federal custody.
Story here: Walmart Bomber (FBI Sting Op) found Dead in prison… Tells no tales

We often refer to certain prominent Members of Congress as "crooks" and bribe takers-- particularly Debbie Wasserman Schultz (New Dem-FL), Buck McKeon (R-CA), Steve Israel (Blue Dog-NY), and Joe Crowley (New Dem-NY). Wasserman Schultz, who's in debt to the tune of just over a million dollars, is the 3rd poorest Member of Congress and McKeon is the 4th poorest, with a gaggle of unemployable relatives dependent on him, a $943,000 debt and an unrivaled record of grotesque corruption.