U.S. Air Forces in Europe
U.S. Air Forces Africa
April 28, 2014
Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics
By Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann
31st Fighter Wing Public Affairs

U.S. Air Forces in Europe
U.S. Air Forces Africa
April 28, 2014
Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics
By Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann
31st Fighter Wing Public Affairs

at the end of Clash of Civilizations, after confronting the Muslim world in the Mideast in order to steal their oil, Sam then has the US “pivot” to confront China. The book ends with a war between the US and China. It is this Brzezinski-Huntington Policy that we are now seeing put into operation by the Obama administration both in Ukraine against Russia and against China at the same time. Can World War III be far behind?
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While NATO member states and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC ) persist in presenting Syria as a dictatorship, the country continues its reforms. On June 3, it will elect its President of the Republic, while the war continues to ravage a part of its territory. Damascus is doing everything possible to ensure that this election is democratic and blameless, while its attackers have instructed their media to minimize the coverage and their jihadists to disrupt the procedings.

It is mind-boggling that the PA expects others to take its threats seriously

BBC News
April 27, 2014
Four RAF Typhoon jets head for Lithuania deployment

Four RAF Typhoons will leave their base in Lincolnshire later for Lithuania to help carry out Nato’s air policing role of the Baltic states.
The Typhoons and six Polish jets will take over from a US squadron to patrol the alliance’s eastern flanks.

BBC News
April 27, 2014
Four RAF Typhoon jets head for Lithuania deployment

Four RAF Typhoons will leave their base in Lincolnshire later for Lithuania to help carry out Nato’s air policing role of the Baltic states.
The Typhoons and six Polish jets will take over from a US squadron to patrol the alliance’s eastern flanks.

What many people don’t realize is the UK was interfering in the Syria war before the vote – arming and training the Syrian insurgents fighting to overthrow the Assad Government. And although a US-UK military strike has been averted, the UK is continuing to support the insurgents.
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Wilfred Owen: Arms and the Boy and Disabled

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Wilfred Owen: Arms and the Boy and Disabled

The Japanese Nuclear Regulatory Agency is currently considering applications from 8 different utilities companies to restart 17 of the nation’s 54 nuclear reactors, which have been taken offline in the wake of the Fukushima crisis. Today we talk to Aileen Mioko Smith of Green Action Japan about the anti-nuclear movement in Japan and their efforts to stop the reactor restarts from happening.

The Naval War College, based in Newport, Rhode Island, runs a special 11-month course for foreign Navy officers. On February 3, the Naval War College held a special morning session at the Hoover Institution, where I am a research fellow. I was invited to speak. The best invites, in my experience, are those for which […]

For those of us who wondered "whatever happened to the ‘Asian pivot?’" the answer is now in: it was the diplomatic-strategic equivalent of vaporware, i.e. it was never a Serious Thing in the first place. For those not familiar with the foreign policy wonk-speak, the Asian Pivot was supposed to have been a major turning […]

Originally posted at TomDispatch. In mid-April, Abu Ghraib was closed down. It was a grim end for the Iraqi prison where the Bush administration gave autocrat Saddam Hussein a run for his money. The Iraqi government feared it might be overrun by an al-Qaeda offshoot that calls itself the Islamic State of Iraq and the […]

How humiliating it must be for Miss McConnell to be prostrating himself before Rand Paul like his job depended on it. It wasn't that long ago that McConnell recruited Trey Grayson to run as the Kentucky Establishment candidate against Paul, who McConnell helped paint as a whacky Tea Party extremist.

At least 41 people were killed and 63 more were wounded today. Meanwhile, Iraq forces flew into Syria to conduct an air strike. Also, more details about a failed militant takeover in Diyala last month were revealed.

The Georgia Guidestones have proven extremely controversial, causing speculation and rumors of conspiracy that go far beyond northeast Georgia. The Georgia Guidestones is a sinister granite monument in Elbert County, Georgia, built in 1980. A message clearly conveying a set…Read more →

Illustration by Nishant Choksi"After some reflection, I concluded that as long as I still felt infallible Parkinson's would not stop me from continuing to pursue my dream of becoming Pope."-- Michael Kinsley, on his two-decades-past diagnosis of Parkinson'sby KenI guess there are people who think about the way their mind works (or doesn't) and people who don't so much.

By Robert Parry | Consortium News | April 27, 2014

Now that the demonization of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is in full swing, one has to wonder when the neocons will unveil their plan for “regime change” in Moscow, despite the risks that overthrowing Putin and turning Russia into a super-sized version of Ukraine might entail for the survival of the planet.

Tomorrow is the last day of our Beatles contest celebrating Barbara Lee's endorsement of Lee Rogers. The winner is going to get that very collectible, 32" x 24" iconic Beatles image up top. The portrait was shot by Robert Freeman, the band's favorite photographer, for the cover of With The Beatles. Freeman, who did 5 album covers for them starting in 1963, signed this one.

Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association

British private security company G4S helps the Israeli government to run prisons at which Palestinian political prisoners are detained.

RT | April 27, 2014

Pro-Russian protesters have seized a local state TV station in the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, demanding that Russian TV channels be broadcast there. They also want to launch a “Donetsk People’s Republic” TV channel.
According to media reports, technical work is currently being done at the TV station to restart the transmission of Russian channels. Itar-Tass reports that some Russian TV channels have resumed work in Donetsk.

“What happened today is part of an ongoing campaign to intimidate the local population: Israeli forces harass children here in Hebron all the time”.

 
At approximately 7 am on April 23rd, Rami Rajabi, a six-year-old child, was 20 meters away from checkpoint 29 when he threw several pebbles in al-Khalil (Hebron). As Rami walked away towards his school, three Israeli soldiers burst out of an alleyway, grabbed his arm, and detained him in the street.

Photos by Julie Larsen Maher for the Wildlife Conservation SocietyDo gorillas have Mother's Day? I don't know, but I don't think Mom needs words to clue us in to how enthusiastic she would be about anyone or anything presuming to mess with Junior.

Posting below some audio I took as was sitting, interviewing a restaurant owner, Abu Shadi, last night in the old city of Damascus. As it happened, got two of four mortars on audio. The first occurred around 7:05 pm, which Abu Shadi estimated to be 200 metres away, his friend corrected him saying it was only 50 metres away (also about 20 metres from my hotel). Roughly 10 minutes later, the second mortar. There were two other mortars within half an hour.

It is indeed Sunday, and I am of course presenting here my usual "Rant" where I take a look at what is happening around the world.   I take what we are being told by the liars in the mainstream media and rip that to shreds...I have been under attack again for my statement that the media is controlled by the Jews... I honestly do not know what planet these morons are from or if they have been living under a rock for the longest time because of course almost ALL of our media and ALL of so called "Hollywood" (which I rightfully call Jewlywood) is completely controlled by the "tribe".....

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 122. I appeared recently on the Canadian libertarian podcast Ed and Ethan: The Voice of Liberty in Canada (April 26, 2014) (I was a guest in 2012 and 2013 as well). We discussed the Aereo copyright case, IP in the Eastern District of Texas (see reporting by Joe Mullen), net neutrality, and other […]

Ministry of Defence of Georgia
April 22, 2014
Jubilee of National Training Center “Krtsanisi”

[The] National Training Center “Krtsanisi” marks its 17th anniversary. The solemn ceremony was held at the drill ground of the training center. Deputy Chief of General Staff of GAF Colonels Vladimer Chachibaia and Roman Jokhadze congratulated the personnel of “Krtanisi” on its jubilee.

Ministry of Defence of Georgia
April 22, 2014
Jubilee of National Training Center “Krtsanisi”

[The] National Training Center “Krtsanisi” marks its 17th anniversary. The solemn ceremony was held at the drill ground of the training center. Deputy Chief of General Staff of GAF Colonels Vladimer Chachibaia and Roman Jokhadze congratulated the personnel of “Krtanisi” on its jubilee.

Sharing some comments by Syrians, now living in Canada, on the early days of the protests and the nature of the protests.
Salma Nassif:
…this friend i knew who used to go to protests in Qadam when it all started. not ONCE did he witness shootings.. he went to each and every protest in the area he was going to and not ONCE did the police shoot the protestors.. not once did the army intervene.
Lulwa Kasawat:

Interfax-Ukraine
April 26, 2014
Military conscription could be returned in Ukraine – Defense Minister
The Armed Forces of Ukraine could return military conscription, acting Defense Minister Mykhailo Koval has stated.
“The army will be professional – this is the future of the Armed Forces. But now the Armed Forces are not ready for this. Therefore we might have to return 21-23-years-old men for a while, and they will serve the state,” he told reporters in Kyiv on Saturday.

Interfax-Ukraine
April 26, 2014
Military conscription could be returned in Ukraine – Defense Minister
The Armed Forces of Ukraine could return military conscription, acting Defense Minister Mykhailo Koval has stated.
“The army will be professional – this is the future of the Armed Forces. But now the Armed Forces are not ready for this. Therefore we might have to return 21-23-years-old men for a while, and they will serve the state,” he told reporters in Kyiv on Saturday.

Voice of Russia
April 27, 2014
Romanian military units moving towards Ukrainian border

Voice of Russia
April 27, 2014
Romanian military units moving towards Ukrainian border

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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Franz Werfel: To a Lark in War-Time
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Franz Werfel
From The Forty Days of Musa Dagh (1933)
Translated by Geoffrey Dunlop

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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Franz Werfel: To a Lark in War-Time
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Franz Werfel
From The Forty Days of Musa Dagh (1933)
Translated by Geoffrey Dunlop

by Judith Curry For balance, for every @curryja you would need 30 from mainstream. – Victor Venema Climate Change National Forum There is a new blog called Climate Change National Forum.  From the About page: Climate Change National Forum (CCNF) … Continue reading →

At some point it will be too late. Earth may become uninhabitable. I can imagine Koch grandchildren firing up their spaceships and taking off for the next planet they'll destroy. Maybe they'll take along the conservative legislators and political entrepreneurs who aided and abetted them along for the ride. I mean, even when they get to Planet X, someone has to wash the dishes and dig the ditches. The rest of us? We'll curse our grandparents for not having saved us when they could of. I keep a list of Koch products handy and go out of my way to avoid them when I shop.

RT | April 27, 2014

Three members of Ukraine’s special anti-terrorist unit Alpha have been detained during a covert mission in Donetsk region, amid the buildup of Kiev’s military near the cities controlled by pro-federalization forces.

Ma’an – 26/04/2014

SALFIT – Israeli forces stormed the village of Kifl Haris on Friday in order to escort a large group of Jewish Israelis to the village as they visited three religious sites in the northern West Bank village.
Israeli forces erected checkpoints throughout the village and blocked major intersections throughout the raid, which began around midnight and lasted until sunrise.

By Saed Bannoura | IMEMC & Agencies | April 27, 2014

Nawal Saady, 53, wife of Islamic Jihad leader Bassam Sa’ady, was sentenced to five additional months, added to her already existing sentence of 20 months imprisonment, and 10.000 Israeli shekels fine on Saturday.

Bundy standoff is heating up and don’t forget drones can kill you secretly. There is huge measles outbreak in the US, and a small mumps outbreak in New Jersey. NYPD twitter campaign backfires spectacularly and …

Ron Barber is both a New Dem and a Blue Dog-- very much a member in good standing of the Republican Wing of the Democratic Party. According to ProgressivePunch, Barber's crucial vote score for 2013-'14 is a horrific 25.0, a record that is far more in tune with the GOP, particularly on economic matters, than with the Democrats.

Attacks against provincial councilmen and polling centers continued. Today, a councilman from Salah ad Din province was targeted and killed. A number of dumped bodies were found in Baghdad. Some of the attack may have been in revenge for an attack on a political rally yesterday. At least 69 people were killed and 37 more were wounded.

Press TV
April 26, 2014
US ‘waging economic warfare’ against Russia: Peace activist
Audio
The United States is “waging economic warfare” against Russia over the situation in Ukraine, with a real possibility for the two countries to enter a direct military confrontation, a peace activist in Chicago says.

Press TV
April 26, 2014
US ‘waging economic warfare’ against Russia: Peace activist
Audio
The United States is “waging economic warfare” against Russia over the situation in Ukraine, with a real possibility for the two countries to enter a direct military confrontation, a peace activist in Chicago says.

By John Chuckman | Dissident Voice | April 26, 2014