My Neighbourhood tells the story of Mohammed El Kurd, a Palestinian teenager growing up in the heart of East Jerusalem. When Mohammed’s family is forced to give up a part of their home to Israeli settlers.
On HuffPost, where Andrew Lam also posts, this photo (unidentified on both New America Media and Nation of Change postings, is captioned: "Lunch at my uncle's home in Saigon in 1972.
This is how it is possible in what is often regarded a free and democratic state, the national government commits itself to murder and mayhem, using its people’s resources without informing them and without their consent, all the while vigorously lying to them. Can you really have democracy that way?
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 125. Richard Heathen of Liberty Machine News interviews Stephan Kinsella about the evils intellectual property, why it it illegitimate and how it empowers crony capitalism through heavy handed state enforcement. (recorded April 10, 2014; uploaded May 12, 2014)
MEMO | May 12, 2014
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has accepted an Israeli offer to help search for 223 kidnapped school girls by the extremist Boko Haram group, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced yesterday.
John Pilger examines the drift to a wider war in Ukraine and the Orwellian propaganda that masks the dangers.
Joe Jackson opens with “Sunday Papers” as your humble host browses and opines on Ukraine, pipelines, and Catholic extremists: listen!…Click here for free audiobook download from Audible, and earn $15 for the PBC Podcast!
–90% plus approve secession vote in Eastern Ukraine in low-credibility election on Sunday
–Russian gas bill to Ukraine jumps from $2 bil to $22 bil
–German media report picked up by RT says 400 Academi mercenaries are fighting with Ukraine military
Only one of these Democrats could ever be a credible populist alternative to HillaryThe headlines over the weekend about Biden's fundraiser in Columbia, South Carolina was about him taking a shot at "The Clintons."
I stated it before and I will state it again.... The abduction of "300" Nigerian schoolgirls is a LIE...
This is a common and disastrous theme in contemporary society. As long as we are willing to perceive, or deem ourselves responsible for, only one small part of our world, the suffering of the world as a whole can be overlooked, or declared beyond our job spec: 'I'm an oil executive, it's not my job to protect the climate.' 'I'm an arms manufacturer, it's not my job to prevent people killing each other.' 'I'm a science writer, it's not my job to comment on my government's war crimes.'
Al-Akhbar | May 12, 2014
Israel is placing increasing numbers of arrested Palestinian children in solitary confinement, an international children’s rights group said in a report issued Monday.
The report came just months after Israel’s army, under international pressure to introduce reforms, agreed to test alternative treatment for children it detains in the West Bank.
Al-Akhbar | May 12, 2014
The foreign ministry said Monday that France and Germany intend to prevent Syrians living in their countries from voting in Syria’s presidential election, expected to return President Bashar al-Assad to power.
Germany and France are “preventing Syrians living in their territory from voting,” the foreign ministry said.
Al-Akhbar | May 12, 2014
Syrian rebels have agreed to free 1,500 families in exchange for food and the release of jailed opponents of President Bashar al-Assad, a newspaper close to his government said Monday.
The reported agreement involves the release of families held by rebels in Adra, a pro-government town northeast of Damascus controlled by rebels and under siege by army troops.
United States European Command
May 9, 2014
SOCEUR kicks off expanded training with Baltics, regional partners
United States European Command
May 9, 2014
SOCEUR kicks off expanded training with Baltics, regional partners
Attorney Phillip Crawford and Antiwar.com’s economist David Henderson are spearheading a protest Opposing U.S. Intervention in Ukraine. The demonstration is scheduled for Tuesday, May 13 staring at 4:00 PM. The protest held at Window-on-the-bay in Monterey, California on Del Monte Blvd near Camino El Estero, across from the McDonald’s restaurant. Professor Henderson is the co-chair of the Peace Coalition of Monterey County and a leader in Libertarians for Peace.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
May 12, 2014
NATO Deputy Secretary General stresses value of partnership in visit to Moldova
NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Alexander Vershbow said that the Alliance is interested in strengthening its partnership with the Republic of Moldova at the start of a three-day visit to the country which started on Monday (12 May 2014).
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
May 12, 2014
NATO Deputy Secretary General stresses value of partnership in visit to Moldova
NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Alexander Vershbow said that the Alliance is interested in strengthening its partnership with the Republic of Moldova at the start of a three-day visit to the country which started on Monday (12 May 2014).
Stars and Stripes
May 12, 2014
NATO flexes muscles as Combined Resolve II unfolds in Hohenfels
By Michael S. Darnell
GRAFENWÖHR, Germany: More than 4,000 troops from across Europe and hundreds of tons of equipment have arrived at the training facilities here, getting ready to take part in the multinational Combined Resolve II exercise that begins Thursday.
Stars and Stripes
May 12, 2014
NATO flexes muscles as Combined Resolve II unfolds in Hohenfels
By Michael S. Darnell
GRAFENWÖHR, Germany: More than 4,000 troops from across Europe and hundreds of tons of equipment have arrived at the training facilities here, getting ready to take part in the multinational Combined Resolve II exercise that begins Thursday.
The Federal Reserve System is a direct cause of the systematic devaluation of the average citizen’s money and exacerbates the income gap by funneling freshly printed money to the big banks. This allows the rich to get richer by investing the funny money before it loses purchasing power. (Result? Total Monopoly, while the world is plunged into un-payable debt!)
“We, the people of Donetsk, based on results of the May 11 referendum and the declaration of sovereignty of the Donetsk People’s Republic, declare that from now on DPR is now a sovereign state,” Republic Co-Chairman Denis Pushilin said. “Given the will of the people of the Donetsk People's Republic, and in order to restore historical justice, we ask Russia to consider the issue of our republic’s accession into the Russian Federation,” he added.
A Navy commando who worked on counter-narcotics missions pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy. He had his wife carry the suitcase of cocaine from the plane — but she left it behind.
Buzzfeed
RT | May 12, 2014
The French government has said that it will go ahead with 1.2 billion euro ($1.6 billion) contract to supply Russia with two Mistral helicopter carriers because cancelling the deal would harm Paris more than Moscow.
In the wake of the crisis in Ukraine, the United States had been pressing France as well as Britain and Germany to take a tougher line against Russia and cancel the Mistral contract.
by Gary North on May 12, 2014
Prices for agricultural produce in U.S. supermarkets will be up this summer. Why? Drought, plus government planning. Call it a drought of liberty.
Utility rates in California will rise.
Small businesses in the state will be hit hard.
There will be 50% unemployment in some agricultural towns.
Farmers are not planting. The water costs too much.
Is all this possible? More than possible. Likely.
RT | May 12, 2014
There has been a “significant increase” in the number of UK Afghanistan veterans seeking treatment for mental disorders, a charity has said. The number is likely to rise as the British military prepares to withdraw from the country this year.
Ben Swann
WASHINGTON– Last year, United States Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) criticized Obama for acting “like a king or monarch” as the administration threatened to unconstitutionally bypass Congress on gun control. It seems as though the administration felt the title should stick.
As one of 13 schools at Harvard University, Harvard Extension School has degrees that allow you to enhance professional skills, prepare for a new career, or pursue intellectual inquiry for personal enrichment.
The Crimson
UPDATED: May 11, 2014, at 2:37 a.m.
Also see: John Brennan – The CIA -Zbigniew Brzezinski – Columbia University and Obama
The outrageous strategy to destroy Russia
by Arthur Lepic
“Let me repeat again, that in Russia’s view, the blame for the crisis in Ukraine lies with those who organized the coup d’etat in Kiev on February 22-23… But whatever the case, we must look for a way to solve the situation as it is today….And, as I said, what is needed is direct, full-fledged and equal dialogue between the Kiev authorities and the representatives of people in southeast Ukraine….I don’t know whether a Geneva-2 round of talks.. is realistic. (But) I believe that if we want to find a long-term solution to the crisis, there must be an open, honest and equal dialogue .
As James Franco said, "It's what the people want."On Saturday Jodie Evans, a cofounder of CodePink: Women for Peace, went to David Barron’s house and gave him this letter. She asked if he really believed it was ok to order the death of a US citizen without due process. He slammed the door on her. Does that mean he does believe it so didn’t want to answer her question? Jodie didn't figure in Tim Phelps' L.A.
The international community’s failure to coordinate on aid and weapons for the rebels dramatically set back efforts to fight the regime, the secretary of state told opposition leaders.
In a private meeting with Syrian opposition leaders, Secretary of State John Kerry said he believed the international community “wasted a year” by not working together to help topple strongman Bashar al-Assad.
Here is the link to the patent which Apple holds for this technology.
James joins Joyce and J.D. on The Power Hour every other week to discuss economics, world events, geopolitics and everything else. This time they discuss the new global tax transparency agreement that has been signed by 47 nations and how it may feed into the globalists’ coveted global tax grid. Also discussed are Fukushima updates, Bitcoin, Benghazi and cognitive dissonance.
SHOW NOTES:
New Study Examines U236 and PU Isotopes in Fukushima Fallout
907 – Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang Dynasty after nearly three hundred years of rule.
1215 – English barons serve ultimatum on King John; leads to Magna Carta
1510 – The Prince of Anhua rebellion begins when Zhu Zhifan kills all the officials invited to a banquet and declares his intent on ousting the powerful Ming Dynasty eunuch Liu Jin during the reign of the Zhengde Emperor.
1588 – French Wars of Religion: Henry III of France flees Paris after Henry of Guise enters the city and a spontaneous uprising occurs.
RT | May 12, 2014
Donetsk People’s Republic has proclaimed itself a sovereign state and has asked Moscow to consider its accession with Russia, the Republic’s council said.
“We, the people of Donetsk, based on results of the May 11 referendum and the declaration of sovereignty of the Donetsk People’s Republic, declare that from now on DPR is now a sovereign state,” Republic Co-Chairman Denis Pushilin said.
By Dr. Gerry Goeden It’s true; about 50 percent of the fish we eat are farmed. There is good reason for this as, one by one, the world’s commercial fisheries collapse through overfishing. According to FAO (2010), 70% of the world’s large commercial fisheries have either failed or are not ...
Here is a summary I prepared of Stephan Kinsella’s April 27, 2014 non-debate with Jan Helfeld on minarchism vs. anarchy. I have preserved the foul language that Kinsella used, to get a full picture of his anger issues and irrationality about a topic that demands rationality. 10m – Ad hominem by Kinsella, refers to “God […]
RT | May 11, 2014
The results of referendums have been announced in Donetsk and Lugansk Regions, showing the majority of voters support self-rule, amid an intensified military operation by Kiev which resulted in several deaths.
Almost 90 percent of voters in Donetsk Region have endorsed political independence from Kiev, the head of the Central Election Commission of the self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’, Roman Lyagin, announced.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Maritime Command
May 12, 2014
NATO’S SUBMARINE RESCUE EXERCISE DYNAMIC MONARCH BEGINS
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Maritime Command
May 12, 2014
NATO’S SUBMARINE RESCUE EXERCISE DYNAMIC MONARCH BEGINS
I spent most of yesterday, Mother's Day, with my mother and of course with my "better half".... I have said many times that family does come first, and it does push this blog and my writings here to the sidelines.... I have some catching up to do on what has been happening around our world, and I figure I would get down to it.....I came across a very important video the other day that I wanted to share with my readers here...
A tufts University Study in Boston found that not only was low B-12 levels common in the entire population but 39% of Americans were actually b12 deficient. Even though these individuals were eating as much as 3 times the recommended daily intake. There was also a large scale Framingham Offspring Study that found nearly 40% of participants between the ages of 26-83 had low b12 levels ~ a level in which some people experience neurological symptoms. Scary. Again vegans and vegetarians are routinely tested but people eating animal bits and pieces are not.
Interfax
May 12, 2014
Ukrainian troops open artillery fire at village of Adreyevka, Donetsk region – headquarters of Donetsk region’s self-defense forces
MOSCOW: The Donetsk region’s self-defense forces are saying the Ukrainian troops have opened fire on the village of Andreyevka, a suburb of Slovyansk, using heavy mortars and howitzer weapons.
Interfax
May 12, 2014
Ukrainian troops open artillery fire at village of Adreyevka, Donetsk region – headquarters of Donetsk region’s self-defense forces
MOSCOW: The Donetsk region’s self-defense forces are saying the Ukrainian troops have opened fire on the village of Andreyevka, a suburb of Slovyansk, using heavy mortars and howitzer weapons.
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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 Guerra (1930)
Translated by Huntley Paterson
