RT | March 11, 2014
A resolution passed by the Crimean parliament guarantees proportional representation in the republic’s legislative and executive bodies for the Crimean Tatar ethnic minority and grants their language official status, among other things.
TweetTripoli, Libya today
The failed, illegitimate, puppet prime minister of Libya has been removed from his position today by the GNC (General National Congress). The GNC has voted to put the Defence Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni in charge temporarily.
Many have been deceived by Washington’s propaganda. The world is slowly waking up, but is it in time?
The US media and much of Europe’s speak with one voice parroting Washington’s propaganda, demonizing Washington’s targets, and preparing insouciant Western populations for more war. The Western media, like Western governments, is devoid of integrity. Liars and whores rule.
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Prior Knowledge? Spanish Interior Ministry was making security preparations for a terrorist attack, days before the blasts
Could this plane have been done like “Michael Hastings” / China is going all out looking for it.
Excerpted from Federal Register:
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by James Corbett
BoilingFrogsPost.com
March 11, 2014
When Secretary of State John Kerry made his now infamous statement about Russia’s actions in Ukraine, the hypocrisy was immediately apparent to all but the most clueless of viewers.
Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-CA, and CIA Director John O. Brennan.
By Jon Rappaport
Via Person Liberty
I’ve written several articles questioning Edward Snowden’s past history.
Now, another serious point comes to light.
Snowden claims he raised concerns about NSA spying more than 10 times before he went rogue with stolen files.
Here is the quote from the Washington Post (March 7):
If you read this blog much, you've probably noticed we sometimes express a bit of antipathy towards ConservaDems, New Dems and Blue Dogs, generally speaking, the Republican wing ofd the Democratic Party. Over the years Blue America has even helped defeat some of the worst of them, particularly Al Wynn (MD), Tim Holden (PA), Chris Carney (PA) and Bobby Bright (AL). We've had John Barrow (GA), Jim Matheson (UT) and others like them in our sites for years. But one long-time conservative Democrat who we never really went after has been Nick Rahall (WV).
The UN's climate panel claims to be a 'scientific body.' But it's actually in the business of writing reports that rely on thousands of judgment calls. It's time to stop pretending that fallible human judgment is 'science.'
NATO E-3A Component
March 11, 2014
NATO AWACS to fly surveillance missions over Romania and Poland
GEILENKIRCHEN, Germany: The North Atlantic Council decided March 10, 2014 to employ NATO AWACS (Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft) surveillance aircraft over Poland and Romania.
RT | March 11, 2014
Recent reports from Western media say Russian troops have allegedly seized control of the naval base near the Crimean city of Bakhchisaray on Monday, with “shots being fired in the air.” However, the sailors at the base deny all these reports.
“We were never ambushed or beaten. That’s just nonsense,” Aleksandr Gubenko, a seaman at the Crimean naval base, told Crimea-based journalist Ryan O’Neill.
RT | March 11, 2014
Recent reports from Western media say Russian troops have allegedly seized control of the naval base near the Crimean city of Bakhchisaray on Monday, with “shots being fired in the air.” However, the sailors at the base deny all these reports.
“We were never ambushed or beaten. That’s just nonsense,” Aleksandr Gubenko, a seaman at the Crimean naval base, told Crimea-based journalist Ryan O’Neill.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Maritime Command
March 10, 2014
NATO COUNTER-PIRACY WARSHIP VISITS MADAGASCAR
Antisiranana, MADAGASCAR: In early March, the warship ITS MIMBELLI, currently deployed in support of NATO’s counter-piracy Operation OCEAN SHIELD, wrapped up a port visit to Antisiranana, Madagascar.
Rustavi 2
March 11, 2014
US Secretary of State John Kerry to visit Georgia
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Georgia within few weeks, Georgia`s State Minister for European Integration Alexander Petriashvili said.
The minister said Kerry`s visit has already been scheduled and the State Secretary is expected to arrive in Georgia until late May.
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Bertolt Brecht: Selections on war
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Bertolt Brecht
From Threepenny Novel (1934)
Translated by Desmond I. Vesey
Ma’an – 11/03/2014
JERICHO – A man who was with Raed Zeiter, who was shot dead Monday by Israeli troops at the Allenby Bridge crossing with Jordan, says he suffered three gunshot wounds to the chest.
Mohammad Zayd told Ma’an that about 8 a.m. he, Zeiter and another woman were late to return to the bus after the first Israeli inspection point.
Al-Akhbar | March 11, 2014
A Palestinian died and a second was injured Tuesday after Israeli occupation forces fired on their car near Tulkarem in the northern West Bank, Palestinian security sources said.
The sources told AFP that the car then veered off the road, and it was not clear whether the gunfire or the subsequent crash led to the casualties.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli army.
Ma’an – 11/03/2014
GAZA CITY – An Israeli airstrike killed three Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, an official said.
Gaza Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra told Ma’an that three Palestinian resistance fighters were killed by the airstrike in southeast Khan Younis near the Sufa crossing.
Do you notice that it isn't just conservatives who don't care about protecting the planet but that there's also a fault line between young people-- who believe in a future-- and lots of old people, who just don't get all that worked up over the future? For the record, I'm old-- and I very much do care about preserving our planet.
By Michael HoffmanIn the article below, from the front page of today's New York Times, "For Hateful Comic in France, Muzzle Becomes a Megaphone," we find almost all of the tiresome and monotonous tropes and memes that are familiar to students of Talmudic-inspired megalomania, whereby Judaic persons, in this case in France, accuse and judge the gentiles, while Judaic bigotry and prejudice are immune from the hate laws they demand for others.The worry over French-African satirist Dieudonné M’b
Press TV – March 11, 2014
Russia says proposals by the United States on finding a solution to the crisis in Ukraine are “not suitable.”
The last time we checked in on the Afghanistan elections – which are less than a month away – there was a Karzai on the ballot. Last Friday, the brother of the mercurial U.S. ally and president Hamid Karzai, Abdul Qyayum Karzai, officially quit the race. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that Karzai’s legendary grip […]
Back in my CIA days we sometimes used to describe our opponents in the KGB as "ten feet tall." It was, in truth, a tribute to their tradecraft and ability to operate in largely hostile environments. Soviet case officers were sent overseas meticulously trained in both the local culture and language, remained in a country […]
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain all recalled their ambassadors from Qatar on Wednesday, citing Qatar’s alleged support for organizations and individuals that threaten “the security and stability of the Gulf states” and for “hostile media.” This came right on the heels of a U.A.E. court sentencing Qatari doctor Mahmoud al-Jaidah to seven […]
By now you've probably noticed that the Democratic base's antipathy towards the fascist-leaning Koch brothers has been adopted by Harry Reid and is becoming standard fare in Democratic Party strategies against the "Koch-addict" Republicans. If you're wondering what's behind the new-found populism from the Democratic Establishment, Ashley Parker explained it for NY Times readers last week.
March 11, 2014 (Tony Cartalucci - New Eastern Outlook) - It began in Istanbul’s Gezi Park where we are excepted to believe protests over 2.5 million strong (.pdf) stemmed from opposition to a development project.
March 11, 2014 (Tony Cartalucci - New Eastern Outlook) - Saturday March 1, 2014′s horrific terror attack at China’s Kunming railroad station left 29 victims dead and over 100 wounded. The terrorist attack was the work of Uyghur separatists hailing from Western China’s Xinjiang province.
At least 18 people were killed and 38 more were wounded in today's violence.
Russia and its sympathizers seized control of more Ukrainian military bases and facilities in Crimea on Monday while Moscow issued threatening statements about eastern Ukraine that signaled Russia’s intention to play a significant role in the country’s future. At least four Ukrainian military bases, including one stocked with missiles, were overrun by armed men in uniforms who say they are members of local self-defense units, which are typically under the command of Russian military officers.
1708 – Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
1824 – The United States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
1845 – The Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand.
1845 – Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist (b. 1774) died.
The motives and actions of the various factions involved, and the rapidity of developments, make 'the story' difficult to follow; certainly as presented by the 'mainstream' media. But one unchanging and reliable factor is that BBC News sticks to a propaganda framework which reflects the values and priorities of the UK government and wider Western power.
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Medea Benjamin was brutally deported from Cairo last week; Ed Snowden (virtually) appears in Austin, says he’d do it again….Click here for free audiobook download from Audible, earning $15 for the PBC Podcast!
–Medea Benjamin brutalized in Cairo (excerpt from our exclusive interview)
–Ed Snowden appears in Austin, by video at SxSW, says he’d do it again
–Snowden told European Parliament he tried to talk to superiors before he leaked
–did Army politics taint Gen. Sinclair’s court martial?
Sevastopol is a military city. It is a military base. There have been military vehicles and military ships here since the late eighteenth century. The people here do not acknowledge the military presence here as anything other than normal because the soldiers and military personnel here are their friends and families.
Russia is no more occupying Sevastopol than Britain is occupying Sandhurst or Wooton Bassett
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RT | March 10, 2014
The parliament of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea has sent an official invitation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to send a mission to observe the referendum on the region’s future, slated for March 16.
A week from tomorrow there's a crucial primary in central Illinois' swingy 13th congressional district. It pits progressive physics professor George Gollin against a Machine-backed run-of-the-mill hack, Ann Callis. Tomorrow, however, there's a special election in the 13th congressional district of another state, Florida.
Press TV
March 10, 2014
EU pact furthers Ukraine’s NATO integration: analyst
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Press TV has conducted an interview with Rick Rozoff, manager of the Stop NATO network, Chicago about the rush for the new government in Ukraine to sign the EU pact previously rejected by the former administration of the country.
RT | March 10, 2014
Emails obtained by journalists at NBC News reveal that officials at the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission — the government agency that oversees reactor safety and security — purposely misled the media after the Fukushima, Japan disaster in 2011.
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“Academic freedom entails not only the right to speak from a particular perspective, but the freedom from being compelled to engage in a particular type of speech,” said Chehade. “The frequent demand from apologists for Israeli colonialism that any discussion of the conflict be ‘balanced’ would be considered absurd in most other contexts. For example, must every presentation about the African-American civil rights movement include a speaker who will attempt to justify the denial of these rights?”
Stand up for academic freedom:
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“Academic freedom entails not only the right to speak from a particular perspective, but the freedom from being compelled to engage in a particular type of speech,” said Chehade. “The frequent demand from apologists for Israeli colonialism that any discussion of the conflict be ‘balanced’ would be considered absurd in most other contexts. For example, must every presentation about the African-American civil rights movement include a speaker who will attempt to justify the denial of these rights?”
Stand up for academic freedom:
