If you've been following the narrative here at DWT, you're aware that Blue America has endorsed our old friend, Compton School Board president Micah Ali for the open 64th Assembly district that covers Compton, Carson and Willowbrook.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization
May 13, 2014
NATO and the African Union boost their cooperation
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Africa: Global NATO Seeks To Recruit 50 New Military Partners
Rick Rozoff
Stop NATO
February 20, 2011
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
May 13, 2014
NATO and the African Union boost their cooperation
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Africa: Global NATO Seeks To Recruit 50 New Military Partners
Rick Rozoff
Stop NATO
February 20, 2011
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Glenn Greenwald just published his account of how he came to receive and report on a trove of top secret documents from Edward Snowden, in a new book, No Place to Hide. Read an excerpt on Antiwar.com today: How I Met Edward Snowden.
In the first episode of The United States of Secrets, a landmark two-part series for Frontline on PBS, Greenwald tells of how he almost missed the scoop of the decade.

Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace & Justice | May 12, 2014

We don’t want them mucking up the frame job on allegedly Patsy Dzhokhar Tsarnaev – No doubt that they will take plea deals to keep their moths shut….
 

By Tim Cushing | Techdirt | May 12, 2014

This is default mode for the Freedom of Information Act.

U.S. conducting surveillance over Nigeria, may use drones to ‘search for Nigerian girls’ [aka overthrow Nigeria's government to get the oil]

U.S. Strategic Command this week is conducting a massive nuclear arms drill designed to “deter and detect strategic attacks” on the United States and allies.

400 US mercenaries ‘deployed on ground’ in Ukraine military op

In Libya and in Syria - they tried three times at the UN - this would be the ultimate pretext for R2P ("responsibility to protect"). But in Ukraine the "terrorists" - Dubya-era terminology included - are the population, and the good guys are the Kiev neo-nazi militias. US ambassador to the UN and top R2P cheerleader Samantha Power exceeded all her previous levels of batshit craziness when she depicted the NATO junta onslaught against civilians as "reasonable" and "proportional", adding that "any of our countries" would have done the same in face of such a threat.

Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV May 13, 2014 Current US and NATO propaganda is based on the idea that Russia under President V. V. Putin has been waging an aggressive campaign against Ukraine, but the reality is that Russia’s actions have largely been of a strategically defensive character, although also containing some aggressive tactics. [...]

The blind ignorance of Boko Haram and other extremist groups, who impose themselves on Islam, springs from an act of overinterpretaion, a wrong reading of religion. Regardless of what benefits the promoters of this parochial mentality may reap, there is one incontrovertible point: they are trying to deliver a blow to Islam. No doubt, they are the sworn enemies of religion and they pursue no objectives other than uprooting Islam.

 

By Ismail Salami

1568 – Battle of Langside: the forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother.
1607 – English colonists, led by John Smith, land near James River in Virginia
1619 – Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after being convicted of treason.
1643 – Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago Chile; kills 1/3 of population
1780 – The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in early Tennessee.

It's becoming obvious that the global elite believe that they can act with total impunity. They understand that the western corporate media will never question, let alone report on, the obvious conflict of interest. They no longer feel the need to disguise efforts to gobble up Ukraine’s natural resources. The rabbit hole of corruption runs deeper by the day.

I stated clearly in my rant last weekend exactly what I saw was going on in Ukraine... I have seen no evidence at all that shows anything on the contrary, therefore I am sticking to my assertions.... The facts are clear that the Ukraine was illegally seized in a US led coup, and since that coup of March, the country has become an unmitigated disaster...

For more than a week now, opposition militants such as Jahbat al Nusra and the Islamic Front have cut off the water supply to one of the largest cities in Syria, Aleppo. Due to the cut off the residents of Aleppo are suffering from water shortage and some are forced to drink water from rivers, which leads to infections. There have been warnings of outbreak of  water-born diseases in the region. Jahbat al Nusra and the Islamic Front are defending their action by saying the Syrian Arab Army is attacking their main supply road with artillery.

A few days ago, the History Channel, debuted a much-anticipated episode in it's Book of Secrets series, "The Billionaire Agenda." I wish I could share it with you but History 2 isn't into sharing, as you can see above. Early in the program, though, there was a chart showing that the U.S. has the most billionaires, followed by China and then Russia. They reported that there are 111 Russian billionaires, although other sources have the number as high as 133. That was fast!

by James Corbett

May 8, 2014

Statement from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition regarding the attack on Gaza’s Ark | May 12, 2014

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition met in London over the last two days to discuss future plans in the wake of the terrorist attack on Gaza’s Ark in the port of Gaza, as well as future plans to struggle against the blockade of Gaza

RT | May 13, 2014

Hunter Biden, son of US Vice President Joe Biden, will join the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, Ukraine’s largest private gas producer. The statement comes amid Ukraine’s growing gas crisis.
“Hunter Biden will be in charge of the Holdings’ legal unit and will provide support for the Company among international organizations,” said the company’s official statement.

Dave McGowan is interviewed about his new book Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon: Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops and the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream. This book is based on his very popular web article series about the dark side of the Laurel Canyon music scene in the late sixties and early seventies.

RT | May 13, 2014

Moscow expressed disappointment over the EU’s newly imposed sanctions against Russia, stressing that it is not worthy of the European Union.

*Between Two Ages:America's role in the Technotronic Age- Book*If you haven't read it, you may want to. Published around 1970. So, more then 40 years ago? And yet so timely.  Besides the pdf , you may find this piece from 2004 very appropriate for this present day. Thinking of the US moves on Ukraine, of course.The outrageous strategy to destroy Russia- Excerpted from  quite a large article

Interfax
May 13, 2014
Pushkov hopes to hear PACE assessment of materials on fight in Odesa sent to it by Russia
MOSCOW: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) may assess the materials sent to PACE by Russia on Tuesday – pictures of burnt and shot victims of the clashes in Odesa on May 2, State Duma international affairs committee head Alexei Pushkov said.

Interfax
May 13, 2014
Pushkov hopes to hear PACE assessment of materials on fight in Odesa sent to it by Russia
MOSCOW: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) may assess the materials sent to PACE by Russia on Tuesday – pictures of burnt and shot victims of the clashes in Odesa on May 2, State Duma international affairs committee head Alexei Pushkov said.

RT | May 12, 2014

Russia is taking its time before reacting to Donetsk People’s Republic’s plea to consider its accession into Russia while calling for dialogue between Kiev and the eastern regions.
The Russian president’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov has told Kommersant newspaper Russia does not yet have a response to the plea.

First news: Israel should punish Assad for killing civilians- Can you believe that headline?Israel as a moral authority? Hilarious? Absolutely!  Yet that is what they are suggesting.Of course punishing Assad is an absurdity- You know that this is really spin for a mass bombing campaign to punish Syrians for resisting the NATO rebels and continuing to live their lives as best they can.Coincidentally or not- HRW is suggesting or implying that the Syrian gov used chemical weapons.. First: Israel as a moral authority

RIA Novosti
May 13, 2014
OPINION: Ukraine Crisis Exposes NATO’s Eastward Expansion Drive
MOSCOW: The Defense Minister of NATO “aspirant” member state Georgia has urged the military alliance to expand eastward while the ongoing Ukraine crisis can serve as a smokescreen, says Rick Rozoff, the owner and manager of the Stop NATO website.

RIA Novosti
May 13, 2014
OPINION: Ukraine Crisis Exposes NATO’s Eastward Expansion Drive
MOSCOW: The Defense Minister of NATO “aspirant” member state Georgia has urged the military alliance to expand eastward while the ongoing Ukraine crisis can serve as a smokescreen, says Rick Rozoff, the owner and manager of the Stop NATO website.

Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts

Henri Troyat: All humanity passing through a crisis of destructive madness

Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts

Henri Troyat: All humanity passing through a crisis of destructive madness

This has now happened three times, with moderators at CBC.ca blocking my fact-based comments about Israel. First, in pointing out the late Rabbi Ovadia Yosef’s comment about Gentiles existing to serve Jews, on an article about his passing. In that case, I actually provided a link to my sources, whereas someone else’s comment without a […]

Democrat Steen Miles on the left; Sam Nunn's daughter on the right, of courseProfessional Democrats are very excited. Sam Nunn's daughter-- who is running for the open Georgia Senate seat on the Democratic Party line-- is doing well in the polls.

This morning we posted an excerpt from Glenn Greenwald’s new book No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Security State. The book was released this morning, and the excerpt was just posted. Thanks to TomDispatch for the excerpt.

Originally posted at TomDispatch. Make no mistake: it’s been the year of Edward Snowden.  Not since Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War has a trove of documents revealing the inner workings and thinking of the U.S. government so changed the conversation.  In Ellsberg’s case, that conversation was transformed only in the […]

In this in-depth interview on Elijah Johnson’s Finance and Liberty, James Corbett details the process by which Russia, China, Iran and other so-called “resistance bloc” nations are being driven into each other’s arms by the increasingly aggressive US-led NATO/IMF community.

This mirrors a more general ideological shift to the right in Israeli society as global sympathy for the Palestinians grows. The world may consider us oppressors, say Israelis, but we refuse to act the part of the guilty: we will proudly parade our tyranny instead.
Israeli society, like its soldiers, is caught in a self-destructive cycle: its very sensitivity to criticism pushes it ever more resolutely towards outcast status.

 by Eva Bartlett, Inter Press Services [note: blog version longer than original]
On a weekday afternoon, the Old City of Damascus heaves with people, cars, motorcycles, bikes. Markets are full, buyers barter with merchants for the heaps of spices, Jasmine and other flowery perfumes, clothing, and most things one needs, abundant in the Hamidiyeh market.

 by Eva Bartlett, Inter Press Services [note: blog version longer than original]
On a weekday afternoon, the Old City of Damascus heaves with people, cars, motorcycles, bikes. Markets are full, buyers barter with merchants for the heaps of spices, Jasmine and other flowery perfumes, clothing, and most things one needs, abundant in the Hamidiyeh market.

by Judith Curry Climate Dialogue explores different views on climate sensitivity and transient climate response. Climate Dialogue is a remarkable blogospheric experiment.  From the About page: [Climate Dialogue is] an international blog where invited scientists discuss controversial topics in climate … Continue reading →

Is overwhelming national military power a reliable source of influence in world affairs? If so, the United States should certainly have plenty of influence today. For decades, it has been the world’s Number 1 military spender. And it continues in this role. According to a recent report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the […]

As 2014 commenced, the media was awash in the events leading up to WWI a hundred years previously: the diplomatic miscalculations, power plays, honor pride, and other human frailties in an ineluctable march to hostilities; all with a vain conceit that it could not happen in today’s world. Yet in the current Ukraine crisis, Washington […]

Planned Satanic Mass at Harvard canceled after venue change (News footage from WCVB-TV Boston)http://www.wcvb.com/news/Planned-satanic-mass-at-Harvard-canceled-after…Harvard Black Mass raises questions about application of tolerance

Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV May 12, 2014 [download video] [download audio]

John Kline is a right-wing extremist from southeast Minnesota. His district, MN-02, stretches from south of St. Paul through Eagan, Burnsville, Apple Valley, and Northfield all the way down to Wabasha and the Zumbro Bottoms State Forest. Although the PVI is still classified R+2, Obama took the district in both 2008 and 2012. Kline is the chairman of the House Workforce and Education Committee, where he has been able to do a great deal of damage to working families.

The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) is now, according to reports, killing more Syrian rebels than is the Syrian army. This is the group that has taken over parts of Anbar province and is attempting to take over more or Iraq. They are also known as ad-Dawla al-Isl·miyya fi al-'Ir·q wa-sh-Sh·m (DAASH).

Although there were fewer reports from Anbar today, there were plenty from other provinces. At least 47 people were killed and 80 more were wounded.

 
http://www.alhadathnews.net/archives/121521
 
The terrorists controlling areas of Aleppo have done a very Zionist-like thing: they’ve shut off the water supply to the over 2 billion civilians there. How is this at all “revolutionary”?
UPDATE:

 
http://www.alhadathnews.net/archives/121521
 
The terrorists controlling areas of Aleppo have done a very Zionist-like thing: they’ve shut off the water supply to the over 2 billion civilians there. How is this at all “revolutionary”?
UPDATE: