Interfax
May 9, 2014
Three people die, 25 injured in Mariupol – Donetsk authorities
KYIV: Three people died and 25 were injured and brought to hospitals during the forceful operation held in Mariupol, the Donetsk regional state administration healthcare department said in a statement.
“For now, the healthcare department does not possess information of the affiliation of those killed and injured,” the document said.
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Most of their wealth comes from oil and gasThis morning, you may have read that just one of the arms of Koch brothers' political Dark Money assault against democracy, a shady proto-fascist outfit called Americans for Prosperity, plans to spend a minimum of $125 million on the midterm elections.

In today’s post, I will return to my series on false claims in Mann’s lawsuit about supposed “exonerations”. ( For previous articles, see here).

Prison Planet….
Gary North – May 09, 2014
Gravity was a popular movie. It was lots of fun, except for one thing: it’s going to happen. Statistically, it’s going to happen.
The governments of the world have known this for over 35 years.
Maybe you have heard of the tragedy of the commons. It’s where a valuable asset is not owned. There is no incentive to conserve it. There is great incentive to use it, since it’s free. The result is pollution.

A political sideshow to the escalating focus on the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram is what it means for Hillary Clinton’s presidential prospects. Boko Haram was not officially designated a terrorist group until Clinton stepped down and John Kerry became Secretary of State. This, Republicans tell us, reveals she is weak on terrorism and doesn’t have the leadership or foresight to keep the country safe as president.

Hey – At least he invented something…. (unlike Jay Z who is no doubt Jealous right now)

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – On December 10, more than two dozen police officers from across Miami Dade County converged on a blue Volvo that had crashed in the backyard of a townhouse on 65th Street just off 27th Avenue.
As the car was wedged helplessly between a light pole and a tree, nearly a minute passed before officers opened up – firing approximately 50 bullets at the car and the two unarmed men inside the vehicle.

From The Libertarian Standard, May 9, 2014: Second Thoughts on Leoni, Hayek, Legislation, and Economic Calculation

US Air Force conducting military exercises in South Korea. Credit: DoD
The Cato Institute’s Doug Bandow argues for the U.S. to pull out of South Korea:

By David Lindorff – 10/26/2009

By David Lindorff – 10/26/2009

John Tsitirian, a blogger South Dakota's Constant Commoner, missed the boat, in his own words, on the ideas inherent in regard to the dangers of oligarchy in America. His claim that oligarchy doesn't exist in America is just plain wrong.

May 7, 2014 (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - Thailand's prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra was dismissed from her position along with several ministers from her cabinet by a Constitutional Court ruling regarding her transferring of key officials to pave way for her brother-in-law's promotion to National Police Chief.

Harvard University, the same educational institution that fomented the "Jesus had a wife" blasphemy, will host a reenactment of the Satanic Black Mass on May 12http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2014/05/08/harvard-extension-cu…, this is not a joke.

By Sheldon Richman | FFF | May 8, 2014

By Sheldon Richman | FFF | May 8, 2014

Originally posted at TomDispatch.
Ignorance can be dangerous, as shown in a recent poll asking Americans what to do about the Ukraine crisis.  It turned out that the less those polled were capable of identifying where in the world Ukraine is, the more likely they were to want the U.S. to intervene militarily in that country.

The hysteria that has erupted over the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram over the last few days has been remarkable. The terrorist group abducted hundreds of girls and, thanks to a viral awareness campaign and threats from Washington to intervene, Boko Haram suddenly became America’s new Great Menace that presents an existential threat to the United States.

The numbers are in. For the first quarter of 2o14 the U.S. economy showed virtually no growth at all. At the same time the World Bank says that China is about to surpass the U.S. as the world’s largest economy. On The Weekly Podcast, Ron Paul and Charles Goyette talk about the harm that has been done to American economic dynamism by the welfare – warfare state and the government’s fiat money regime.
Listen here.

Civil Georgia
May 9, 2014
U.S. Navy Frigate Makes Port Visit in Batumi

Tbilisi: U.S. Navy frigate USS Taylor arrived in Georgia’s Black Sea port of Batumi on May 8 for a three-day port visit.

Civil Georgia
May 9, 2014
U.S. Navy Frigate Makes Port Visit in Batumi

Tbilisi: U.S. Navy frigate USS Taylor arrived in Georgia’s Black Sea port of Batumi on May 8 for a three-day port visit.

The race to be the next Governor of Rhode Island is really a battle between two people: a true progressive leader and his fake-Democrat Wall Street opponent. I want to explain why Blue America is lining up behind Angel Taveras, the bold progressive in this race.The other candidate in the race is known for one thing: having put out a "for sale" sign to Wall Street:. That's EMILY's List's supposed Democrat, Gina Raimondo.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
May 9, 2014
British Foreign Minister Backs Georgia’s NATO Membership
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has arrived in Georgia and voiced “very clear support” for the Caucasus country’s bid to join NATO and the European Union.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
May 9, 2014
British Foreign Minister Backs Georgia’s NATO Membership
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has arrived in Georgia and voiced “very clear support” for the Caucasus country’s bid to join NATO and the European Union.

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

The Tombstone-Maker
He primmed his loose red mouth and leaned his head

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

The Tombstone-Maker
He primmed his loose red mouth and leaned his head

Interventions Watch | May 8, 2014

The New York Times is today running an article on France’s attempt to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court, via a U.N. Security Council Resolution.

Kirk, the co-creator of the Informal University, joins us to discuss alternative education, Agorism, autonomy, recreation, philosophy and starting a "church."

Kirk's other projects include Area 23 and Church of the Sword. Both are discussed in this show.

This is an edited version of hour one of the 5-2-14 live show.
Co-hosts: Osborne and Carlos.

Look Closer:

Informal University
http://informalu.org/

Kirk, the co-creator of the Informal University, joins us to discuss alternative education, Agorism, autonomy, recreation, philosophy and starting a "church."

Kirk's other projects include Area 23 and Church of the Sword. Both are discussed in this show.

This is an edited version of hour one of the 5-2-14 live show.
Co-hosts: Osborne and Carlos.

Look Closer:

Informal University
http://informalu.org/

Kirk, the co-creator of the Informal University, joins us to discuss alternative education, Agorism, autonomy, recreation, philosophy and starting a "church."Kirk's other projects include Area 23 and Church of the Sword. Both are discussed in this show.This is an edited version of hour one of the 5-2-14 live show. Co-hosts: Osborne and Carlos.Look Closer:Informal Universityhttp://informalu.org/

Good news–and more horrific testimonies–in Latakia, where 15 civilians (11 children, 4 women) of the reportedly 95 civilians (mostly, if not completely, women and children) kidnapped last August were released yesterday.
Below are a report on the released children and women, prior reports of the massacres which occurred last August, at the time when they were kidnapped, and some reflections from Lilly Martin who lives in Latakia.
 
Latakia captives speak out about their ordeal, others still missing

Good news–and more horrific testimonies–in Latakia, where 15 civilians (11 children, 4 women) of the reportedly 95 civilians (mostly, if not completely, women and children) kidnapped last August were released yesterday.
Below are a report on the released children and women, prior reports of the massacres which occurred last August, at the time when they were kidnapped, and some reflections from Lilly Martin who lives in Latakia.
 
Latakia captives speak out about their ordeal, others still missing

Al-Manar | May 9, 2014

An Israeli former official said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fear-mongering over Iran’s nuclear program, warning that a strike on the Islamic Republish will lead to an all-out war.

Raqqa Christians forced to pay a special tax to the Islamic state in Iraq and the Levant, and are strictly forbidden to wear or exhibited crosses in any way.  Christians are forbidden to repair or maintain war-damaged churches. Christians are not allowed to recite any prayer in the presence of Muslims, and are subject to conservative dress codes as imposed by ISIL

The Sandy Hook "shooting" of 26 children in Newtown Connecticut was a fraud...

Everyone in the photo above is proud gay and every one of them is a Democrat-- some, though, more proud of that than others. The first guy belongs at the top of the stairs. That's Madison, Wisconsin progressive Mark Pocan, a courageous brawler for working families and for equality under the law for all Americans. According to ProgressivePunch, he has the best lifetime crucial vote score of any Member of Congress. He's #1. Go Mark!

http://porkinspolicyreview.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/ppr-episode-22-xinjiang-azerbaijan-gladio-b-christoph-germann.mp3
Download PPR episode 22

https://porkinspolicyreview.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/ppr-episode-22-xinjiang-azerbaijan-gladio-b-christoph-germann.mp3
Download PPR episode 22

I have been asked to give my view of this latest crisis in Nigeria that the media has been using to divert world attention from the US failed coup in Ukraine, the abduction of MH370 by the US military, the US sending advanced weapons into Syria, the US economy collapsing, etc, etc.... I have looked at all of the details about the so called "abduction" of Nigerian school girls by the "Muslim" group known as"Boko Haram" ( I sense a phony group along the lines of "Al Qaeda") and something here stunk to high heaven....

Yesterday marked the 99th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in the Irish Sea between Ireland and Britain.  The German submarine U20 fired one single torpedo into the ship which triggered a larger secondary explosion that rapidly put the ship to the bottom of the Irish Sea.... The ship went down taking some 1,195 passengers on board which included 128 Americans.....

"The truth is, America’s lurch toward widening inequality can be reversed.

Gaza Siege Intensifies, More Ethnic Cleansing Looms, but Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions Campaign Gathers Momentum

Dr A.Clare Brandabur
Fatih University, Istanbul

By Gabriel Donohoe | Fools Crow’s Blog  | May 7, 2014

On this day 99 years ago, a German U-boat sunk the RMS Lusitania off the southern Irish coast with the loss of 1,195 lives, including 128 Americans. 94 children perished, 31 of them mere babies. This incident became the major catalyst for drawing a reluctant America into the European slaughter pens of World War 1.

RIA Novosti | May 8, 2014

KIEV – Ukraine does not acknowledge the $3.5 billion debt for Russian gas deliveries earlier announced by Russian energy giant Gazprom, acting Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan said Thursday.

Bruno Mars opens the podcast with The Lazy Song, dedicated to John Boehner and the Republican House Circus, um, Caucus….Click here for free audiobook download from Audible, and earn $15 for the PBC Podcast!
–do-nothing Congress doubles down on distractions and distortions:  Benghazi and IRS scandals provide catnip for GOP base
–NSA reform bill gets unanimous committee vote
–pressure builds on FCC over Net Neutrality
–industry execs oppose Comcast-Time/Warner deal

RT | May 8, 2014

Ukraine has deployed 15,000 troops on its border with Russia, while NATO continues beefing up its forces in Eastern Europe, Russian Defense Ministry stated as the military alliance and Pentagon accuse Moscow of keeping armed forces close to Ukraine.

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U.S. Department of Defense
May 8, 2014
U.S. Announces More Exercises With East European Allies, Partners
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON: The United States has begun a new military exercise with Estonia amid no indication of a Russian troop pullback from its border with Ukraine.

U.S. Department of Defense
May 8, 2014
U.S. Announces More Exercises With East European Allies, Partners
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON: The United States has begun a new military exercise with Estonia amid no indication of a Russian troop pullback from its border with Ukraine.

Ministry of Defence of Georgia
May 8, 2014
Meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defence