Atlantic Council
April 30, 2014
Madeleine Albright, Stephen Hadley: Obama, Media Need to Focus Americans on Ukraine
Democratic, Republican Foreign Policy Leaders on US Role in the Struggle for Europe’s East
It is regrettable that the Washington Post’s editorials on foreign policy are rarely as profound as its editorial cartoons.
Someone could easily compile a list of Washington Post editorials and guest articles by bellicose nitwits urging U.S. preemptive strikes for each venue that Tom Toles lists in this ‘toon.
Sterling's wife, Rochelle, is suing his girlfriend, V. Stiviano, claiming she received more than $2.5 million in lavish gifts from the Clippers owner, including a $1.8 million duplex, a Ferrari, two Bentleys and a Range RoverYou've probably read a lot more about Republican Donald Sterling than you have about Dr. Gloria Bromell Tinubu, the Democratic nominee for SC-07. That's the way the media works.
U.S. Army Europe
April 22, 2014
Combined Resolve II to exercise Army’s European Rotational Force
By 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command Public Affairs
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany: The U.S. Army’s European Rotational Force will participate in a major exercise alongside NATO allies and partner-nation forces at the Army’s Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Training Areas in southeastern Germany, May 1-June 30, 2014.
U.S. Army Europe
April 22, 2014
Combined Resolve II to exercise Army’s European Rotational Force
By 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command Public Affairs
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany: The U.S. Army’s European Rotational Force will participate in a major exercise alongside NATO allies and partner-nation forces at the Army’s Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Training Areas in southeastern Germany, May 1-June 30, 2014.
Civil Georgia
May 1, 2014
NATO Special Representative Visits Tbilisi
Tbilisi: NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, James Appathurai, said on May 1 that Georgia “continues to improve” and the Alliance is now looking at “next steps” to bring the country “even closer” to NATO.
Civil Georgia
May 1, 2014
NATO Special Representative Visits Tbilisi
Tbilisi: NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, James Appathurai, said on May 1 that Georgia “continues to improve” and the Alliance is now looking at “next steps” to bring the country “even closer” to NATO.
U.S. Department of Defense
May 1, 2014
Hagel Emphasizes NATO’s Importance to World Security
By Claudette Roulo
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON: On a night in which the Atlantic Council honored Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, the secretary called NATO an anchor of security for the world.
U.S. Department of Defense
May 1, 2014
Hagel Emphasizes NATO’s Importance to World Security
By Claudette Roulo
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON: On a night in which the Atlantic Council honored Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, the secretary called NATO an anchor of security for the world.
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Wildred Owen: Selections on war
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Wilfred Owen
The Show
My soul looked down from a vague height with Death,
As unremembering how I rose or why,
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Wildred Owen: Selections on war
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Wilfred Owen
The Show
My soul looked down from a vague height with Death,
As unremembering how I rose or why,
By Hans M. Kristensen* | April 27, 2014
… The Obama administration is about to give birth to the newest member of the B61 family: the B61-12. And this is a real golden baby estimated at about $10 billion. …
Although based on the same basic warhead design first developed in the 1960s, the capabilities of the remaining version vary considerably with explosive yields ranging from 0.1 kilotons to a whopping 400 kilotons – more than 30 times as powerful as the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945.
By Hans M. Kristensen* | April 27, 2014
… The Obama administration is about to give birth to the newest member of the B61 family: the B61-12. And this is a real golden baby estimated at about $10 billion. …
Although based on the same basic warhead design first developed in the 1960s, the capabilities of the remaining version vary considerably with explosive yields ranging from 0.1 kilotons to a whopping 400 kilotons – more than 30 times as powerful as the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945.
May 1, 2014 (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - Bloomberg reported in their article, “Russia Faces More Sanctions as Monitors Held in Ukraine,” that:
We’ve all heard commentators, spectators and analysts providing their opinions on what is happening in Ukraine, but what about an actual resident of Ukraine? Today we fill in the gap by talking to Roman Skaskiw, a resident of Lviv and someone who is working to correct the misunderstandings and misinformation about the Ukraine crisis that have been spread by the Kremlin and parroted in much of the alt media.
SHOW NOTES
RomanInUkraine.com
On Tuesday, Clayton Lockett died of a heart attack more than an hour after his botched lethal injection began. Things went so wrong that the state of Oklahoma’s second scheduled execution for that night was stayed for 14 days. A notable thing about Lockett’s slow demise is that it came as no great surprise to […]
We now know that despite all the smoke and mirrors Paul Ryan’s budget was primarily a way to reinstate defense sequester cuts. For all its posturing about what future congresses should do, e.g. reforming Medicare and social security, his real budget proposes to take away tax deductions and preferences so as to spend more on […]
When specialists with a good sense of history insist that war with Russia is “not unthinkable” precipitated by events in Ukraine, one should take careful note. The “not unthinkable” quote is from pre-eminent American historian of Russia, Stephen F. Cohen, who recently appeared with John J. Mearsheimer, historian of U.S. foreign policy, on RT’s Crosstalk. […]
http://youtu.be/BekoKy8HEPMEric Draitser of StopImperialism.org appears on RT (Thursday April 24, 2014) to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Specifically, Draitser examines the narrative constructed by Western media and senior Obama administration officials in which the “case against Russia” is built entirely upon fabrications, distortions, and outright lies.
Starbucks “would be deemed complicit in Israel’s violations of international law and would, therefore, face the prospects of popular boycotts and the possibility of legal action,” the BNC statement says.
Clean air-- clearly a Marxist plot against the esteemed Koch borthersThe NY Times called it "a major victory for the Obama administration" but the 6-2 ruling by the Supreme Court yesterday to allow the EPA to regulate the smog from coal plants that drifts across state lines from 28 Midwestern and Appalachian states to the East Coast was a victory for the Amer
Iraqis went to the polls today. Increased security seemed what somewhat effective. Security officials, however, admitted there were at least 50 attacks today on polling stations. In those attacks and others, 26 people were killed and 45 more were wounded. There were also allegations of irregularities with Sunnis claiming they were prevented from voting in […]
Jack Blood of DeadlineLive.info and RadioFreeBlood.com joins us for our monthly run-down of news and headlines from across America and around the globe. This month we pick up on the Bundy ranch situation and what this tells us about government tyranny and the public’s divided response to it. We also touch on the psycho-pharmacological industrial complex with over 7.5% of American school children now taking psych meds.
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David L. Smith of the Geneva Business Insider joins us once again to discuss the latest in economics, finance, geopolitics and society. This month we tackle the ongoing Ukrainian crisis and how it will inevitably backfire on the EU and the US, the so-called European recovery, and the European immigration issue.
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Russia’s South Stream pipeline splits EU energy policy
RT | April 30, 2014
The International Monetary Fund has approved a two-year $17.1 billion loan package for Ukraine. The immediate disbursement of $3.2 billion will allow Ukraine to avoid a potential debt default.
The IMF’s 24-member board agreed to the two-year program to aid Ukraine’s troubled economy on Wednesday.
RT | April 30, 2014
The International Monetary Fund has approved a two-year $17.1 billion loan package for Ukraine. The immediate disbursement of $3.2 billion will allow Ukraine to avoid a potential debt default.
The IMF’s 24-member board agreed to the two-year program to aid Ukraine’s troubled economy on Wednesday.
After 66 years of brutal occupation “peace talks without applying the principles of International Law are an exercise in delusion”
David L. Smith of the Geneva Business Insider joins us once again to discuss the latest in economics, finance, geopolitics and society. This month we tackle the ongoing Ukrainian crisis and how it will inevitably backfire on the EU and the US, the so-called European recovery, and the European immigration issue.
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Occupy organizers launch new populist political group, the Afterparty, in Detroit this weekend with impressive manifesto, platform and grassroots plan….Click here for free audiobook download from Audible, and earn $15 for the PBC Podcast!
–new populist political party, the AfterParty, launches in Detroit this Friday…excerpt from Carl Gibson interview
–Supreme Court heard oral arguments on privacy of cell phone contents, but declined to review NDAA. Here’s commentary from Shahid Buttar
Military is being stressed for the simple fact the NATO media lied about what the OSCE observers were really about... And the real reason why eastern Ukrainians (anti-coup) did not want them in their neck of the woods.
Civil Georgia
May 1, 2014
Alasania Calls for NATO ‘Defensive Assets’ in Georgia
Tbilisi Georgia’s Defense Minister, Irakli Alasania, said in Washington on April 30 that in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine, NATO allies should deploy “defensive assets” in Georgia.
Civil Georgia
May 1, 2014
Alasania Calls for NATO ‘Defensive Assets’ in Georgia
Tbilisi Georgia’s Defense Minister, Irakli Alasania, said in Washington on April 30 that in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine, NATO allies should deploy “defensive assets” in Georgia.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Command Transformation
April 28, 2014
Great Turnout at Norfolk NATO Festival!
Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Hendrick Dickson
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Command Transformation
April 28, 2014
Great Turnout at Norfolk NATO Festival!
Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Hendrick Dickson
Speaking about her inspiring life story in her first TV ad, Eloise Reyes talks about the hard work and perseverance it took to go from topping onions as a small child and working her way through school and law school to the middle class and now running for Congress. "I made the journey," she says, "but for people these days, that journey has become so much harder." Eloise isn't a Republican or a corporate tool like her opponent, Pete Aguilar.
Stars and Stripes
April 29, 2014
Baltic nations welcome US trainers as USAREUR mulls sending more
By Matt Millham
Stars and Stripes
April 29, 2014
Baltic nations welcome US trainers as USAREUR mulls sending more
By Matt Millham
1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
1513 – Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.
1557 – Mapuche leader Lautaro is killed by Spanish forces at the Battle of Mataquito in Chile.
1789 – On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
