Justin is under the weather, his column will return Wednesday.George Packer, resident egghead-journalist at the New Yorker – and Iraq war supporter-turned-"anguished" semi-recanter – is the latest "liberal" to turn his guns on Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald for their alleged devotion to libertarianism. A whole genre has grown up around this subject: Sean Wilentz, […]
Does it not seem strange that, with the Cold War long over, the Paramount Enemies of the United States remain Russia and China? That is not a bad question to ponder with Vladimir Putin’s visit with Xi Jinping in Beijing. And there is no doubt that Russia and China hold this pariah status in the […]
Where Does Tom Steyer Get His Targeting Advice?Tom Steyer is a San Francisco billionaire and a dedicated environmental activist. Last year, he spent $11 million helping elect one of the most corrupt corporate whores in American politics, Virginia's new governor, Terry McAuliffe.
Shi'ite pilgrims were targeted as they traveled to a shrine in Baghdad where the remains of Imam Kadhim are said to reside. In those attacks and other violence, at least 150 Iraqis were killed and 127 more were wounded.
I have been reading the startling reports over the last while of China and Russia's agreement to end their international trade using the US Dollar and instead use their own currencies for trade and commerce...
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:
The best video or article on money is the one people understand. This short video is from England where they call a non-interest bearing currency Positive Money instead of Greenbacks. Back in the 1930s Irving Fisher had similar ideas called the Chicago Plan and wrote a book entitled 100% Money. Please watch this video.
The best video or article on money is the one people understand. This short video is from England where they call a non-interest bearing currency Positive Money instead of Greenbacks. Back in the 1930s Irving Fisher had similar ideas called the Chicago Plan and wrote a book entitled 100% Money. Please watch this video.
First, It does seem that I am always apologizing for my absence from this blog... I have been busy the last while with a very grueling work schedule and of course taking care of family matters.... It has therefore meant that this blog has become more of a "side show" and I have not been able to keep up with real world news and putting up articles here...
Art Olivier, former mayor, national political candidate and film producer, was interviewed by Iranian PressTV on a recent visit to Iran to produce a film on the late U.S. peace activist, Rachel Corrie, who was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer. He indicated he had to produce it outside of the U.S. because of Jewish […]
Lively 90 min discussion w/ author, expert Liam Scheff follows Jack’s opening remarks…..
Liam is an artist, writer, performer, videographer, host, and author.
I started this one yesterday, but, couldn't get it done- The Ukrainian junta has every reason to want the Odessa massacre to just go away. Particularly right before their so called 'election' just a few days away. So, claiming the anti coup protestors died of asphyxiation and heart damage due to chloroform inhalation would serve the coup government just fine. It would cover up and sanitize their orchestrated atrocity, to their benefit. Yet another example of how it is we have no knowledge of real history.
When former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was asked about World Trade Center Building 7 (WTC 7), he claimed that he had never heard of it. This was despite the unprecedented destruction of that 47-story building and its relationship to the events of 9/11 that shaped Rumsfeld’s career. Although not hit by a plane, WTC 7 experienced free fall into its own footprint on the afternoon of 9/11—through the path of what should have been the most resistance.
By Dmitry Babich | The BRICS Post | May 22, 2014
The Russian press is rarely unanimous in its opinions, but there are two points in today’s coverage of the Russia-China gas deal where all the experts agree.
First, it is not yet clear whether the new deal is a boon for Russia.
Continuing on with the theme of pipelines:Most recently from yesterday, here: Russia & China make energy AND banking deal- bypassing US dollar Continuing on with this post from earlier today : China/Russia Banking/Energy deal- Cue Uighur bombing/attack! And now Bulgaria tes
Another one bites the dust: Ed Schultz ends syndicated radio show after 10 years, will shift to one-hour daily webcast…..Click here for free audiobook download from Audible, and earn $15 for the PBC Podcast!
–sharply weakened “NSA reform” bill passes House 303-121
–in The Guardian, Jason Leopold quotes redacted Pentagon report that calls Snowden leaks “grave” and “damaging” with no proof
–Australian newspaper reports that FBI continues to target WikiLeaks and Assange
Xinhua News Agency
May 22, 2014
Ukraine’s Lugansk declares martial law, asks Russia for troops
KIEV: The leadership of the self-proclaimed “Lugansk People’s Republic” in eastern Ukraine declared martial law Thursday and asked Russia to send troops to “protect civilians”.
“I order the imposition of martial law and declare full mobilization on the territory of the Lugansk Republic,” Valery Bolotov, the self-styled head of the republic, said in a statement.
Xinhua News Agency
May 22, 2014
Ukraine’s Lugansk declares martial law, asks Russia for troops
KIEV: The leadership of the self-proclaimed “Lugansk People’s Republic” in eastern Ukraine declared martial law Thursday and asked Russia to send troops to “protect civilians”.
“I order the imposition of martial law and declare full mobilization on the territory of the Lugansk Republic,” Valery Bolotov, the self-styled head of the republic, said in a statement.
“At the precise moment when Nuwara was shot,” Watson says, “CNN’s camera was rolling, filming an Israeli soldier shooting his rifle at the Palestinians and then demonstrators carrying the mortally wounded teenager to the ambulance.”
On Tuesday May 27, 2014 from 9AM-5PM, Ralph Nader and the Center for Study of Responsive Law will be hosting a free all day event on war, civil liberties and crony capitalism at Carnegie Institute of Washington at 1530 P Street NW Washington, D.C. Registration begins at 8:30 AM. Many speakers familiar to readers of Antiwar.com will be part of panels on defense budgets and empire: Daniel McCarthy, Medea Benjamin, Chris Preble, Bruce Fein, Ron Unz and many more.
Those in the West who hesitate to boycott Israeli universities and academic institutions for fear of being accused of de-legitimizing Israel, need only remember this. The Israelis have no respect for other people’s right to education and, in the Palestinians’ case, do everything to obstruct it. They have de-legitimized themselves.
The Republican wing of the Democratic Party, the New Dems, has endorsed their perfect little corporate stooge-- empty suit and Chamber of Commerce front man Pete Aguilar. Aguilar ran all over the California state Democratic Party convention with shameless corporate whores Gavin Newsom and Eric Bauman assuring all the delegates he's a progressive.
NATO in the Caucasus: Alliance advances Armenia’s integration
Rick Rozoff
The defense and foreign ministers of the Republic of Armenia, respectively Seyran Ohanyan and Edward Nalbandian, visited North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on May 20 where they met with the military bloc’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
NATO in the Caucasus: Alliance advances Armenia’s integration
Rick Rozoff
The defense and foreign ministers of the Republic of Armenia, respectively Seyran Ohanyan and Edward Nalbandian, visited North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on May 20 where they met with the military bloc’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 129. This is a lesson/lecture I presented to a group of “Upper Elementary” Montessori students today at my son’s school, The Post Oak School (Upper El includes 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students, and there were also a few third graders visiting from lower el, who are moving up next year). The students […]
RT | May 22, 2014
The US House of Representatives approved an annual defense spending bill early Thursday after rejecting a proposed amendment that would have prevented the United States government from indefinitely detaining American citizens.
By James Petras :: 05.21.2014
Introduction
The sweeping electoral victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India is the latest expression of the world-wide advance of a new power bloc which promises to impose a New World Order harnessing ethno-religious fanaticism and narrowly trained technocrats to capitalist absolutism.
Police State USA | May 21, 2014
MIAMI, FL — A torturous “punishment” session turned fatal for a mentally-ill prisoner, when prison guards forced him to stand in a tiny shower stall while being blasted by scalding hot water until his skin began to shrivel away from his body and he died. Fellow inmates say he begged for his life before collapsing in the shower.
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Last year, Honolulu City Councilman Stanley Chang wrote a guest post for us explaining why he wants to join the Congressional Progressive Caucus. This week, in their first round of 2014 endorsements, the CPC endorsed Chang, who's in a crowded 9-way August 9th primary for the seat New Dem Colleen Hanabusa is giving up. Stanley's opponents are, first and foremost transactional careerists rather than principled, values-driven leaders.
RIA Novosti
May 22, 2014
OPINION: Biden in Romania Talks Reveals Extramundane Nature of US Push for War
Rick Rozoff
RIA Novosti
May 22, 2014
OPINION: Biden in Romania Talks Reveals Extramundane Nature of US Push for War
Rick Rozoff
This is lengthy,but, worth reading or I would not have taken the better then two hours to put it togetherRussia, China, Ukraine, EU, US, NATO it's all here...Uighurs attack! Bloody car bombing on busy market Absolutely not a surprise. In fact last night, I said to hubby something along the line of- I betcha there is going to be some sort of attack against China involving the Uighurs.
Missile Defense Agency
U.S. Department of Defense
May 21, 2014
Standard Missile Completes First Test Launch from Aegis Ashore Test Site
Standard Missile-3
The Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Navy, and sailors at the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex and Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), successfully conducted the first flight test involving components of the Aegis Ashore system.
Missile Defense Agency
U.S. Department of Defense
May 21, 2014
Standard Missile Completes First Test Launch from Aegis Ashore Test Site
Standard Missile-3
The Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Navy, and sailors at the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex and Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), successfully conducted the first flight test involving components of the Aegis Ashore system.
Shenna Bellows (D) and Rand Paul (R)-- a real bipartisan approachThank God, some of our candidates-- particularly Shenna Bellows (ME) and Jay Stamper (SC) for Senate and
by Judith Curry There are obvious issues, such as protecting the independence of advice, acknowledging the limitations of science and being clear about what we know and do not know, to understand how science informs but does not make policy, … Continue reading →
There is no legal or moral basis for saying that the US and its allies should be able to do things, which if done by other countries, would be condemned as wrong and punished with the imposition of sanctions and/or military attack or invasion. International law and the principles of non-interference in other nations should apply equally to all: regardless of the country's political system or form of government. The British government has no more right to interfere in the internal affairs of Syria than the Syrian government has to interfere in the internal affairs of Great Britain.
Gaddafi did not order the shooting that started the false revolution in Libya. Now after the destruction of Libya, Jalil admits to the world on Libyan Channel One that the protestors that were killed in Benghazi that caused the UN and NATO to attack Libya were killed by a group of spies and mercenaries who were not Libyan. He admits that he knew the truth at the time but it was done to take down the Libyan government and break the state.
The Ukraine crisis has its roots in a policy that dates back nearly 20 years. The origins of the policy can be traced to a 1997 article in Foreign Policy magazine by Zbigniew Brzezinski, titled “A Geostrategy for Eurasia.” The article makes the case that the United States needs to forcefully establish itself in Central Asia in order to maintain its position as the world’s only superpower.
By Lawrence Davidson | Consortium News | May 21, 2014
World Wars I and II created watershed moments in the lives of Western intellectuals, defined here as those who are guided by their intellect and critical thinking and who understand various aspects of the world mainly through ideas and theories which they express through writing, teaching and other forms of public address.
Article 9 of the post-war Japanese constitution is one of the most unabashedly pacifist clauses of any national constitution…or at least it has been. As the Abe government rushes to change the constitution (or its interpretation) to allow for Japanese military involvement overseas, the Global Article 9 Campaign works against this tendency and toward the abolition of war through law.
U.S. Department of Defense
May 21, 2014
NATO Military Chairman Opens Defense Chiefs’ Meeting
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
BRUSSELS: Russia’s actions in Ukraine, Afghanistan, and NATO transformation are important topics for discussion as the alliance’s Chiefs of Defense conference gets underway here today.
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Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is in Brussels to attend the conference.
U.S. Department of Defense
May 21, 2014
NATO Military Chairman Opens Defense Chiefs’ Meeting
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
BRUSSELS: Russia’s actions in Ukraine, Afghanistan, and NATO transformation are important topics for discussion as the alliance’s Chiefs of Defense conference gets underway here today.
Click photo for screen-resolution image
Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is in Brussels to attend the conference.
