Press TV has conducted an interview with Alison Weir, Executive Director of If Americans Knew from Washington, to discuss contradictory messages coming out of the White House regarding American intentions towards Iran.
The following is an approximate transcript of the interview.

For months, Senate Bill 744 – which would reform immigration and make citizenship possible for some of the 11 million individuals living illegally in the U.S. – has been – has been stuck in the House. Generally, Republicans think it is too soft. Democrats have pushed and compromised. But the bill is bad. Not because […]

In previous articles that I posted at this blog from videos and articles from a great fellow real truth seeker, Sherrie, who writes the excellent blog:  "Sherrie Questioning All" (www.sherriequestioningall.blogspot.com) evidence was presented that shows that the so called "School" where that so called "massacre" that occurred at Sandy Hook on December 14th, 2012, could not have had students at all...

I’m so glad we have a brand new columnist in the fabulous Lucy Steigerwald!
She’s a columnist for VICE.com, previously worked as an Associate Editor for Reason magazine, and blogs at www.thestagblog.com. She is most angry, she tells us, "about police, prisons, and wars." Well, that’s a start!

DCCC will never win back the House until they get Republicans like this out of Democratic seats-- but that means recruiting candidates and fighting to win-- which Steve Israel refuses to doNow that the DCCC has officially launched its Red-to-Blue program, what happened to Steve Israel's vaunted Jumpstart program and the candidates he tapped, many despite primary races back home? The program itself has been "disappeared" from the DCCC website.

Webster G. Tarpley on The Jeff Rense Program rense.com March 5, 2014 [download audio]

A series of bombings once again rocked Baghdad, while fighting and shelling continued in Anbar province. Celebratory gunfire after a soccer victory may have given cover to some of the attacks. Also, Indian tourists were attacked in the east. The casualty figures for today are 53 dead and 106 wounded overall.

NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode179 - Ukraine Unrest, IP Address Wins, Google Glass Eye Welcome to New World Next Week - the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news.

Listening to the US media, even the most diligent news junkie would find it difficult to know that the U.S. State Department played not only a vital role in the violence and chaos underway in Ukraine but was also complicit in creating the coup that ousted democratically elected President Viktor Yanuyovch.

NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode180 - #SOTU? STFU!, 3D Printer Patent, Drone Rustlers Update Welcome to New World Next Week - the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news.

NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode181 - Bankster Suicides, #Sochi Circus, Academic Torrents Welcome to New World Next Week - the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news.

NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode182 - Revolution Algorithm, Corporate Chemicals, Update Rundown Welcome to New World Next Week - the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news.

BWO Podcast #1 | Or is it Episode 03? Tom Secker, James Corbett, and Guillermo Jimenez are back, better, and more bearded than ever. One today's show we "uncork the bottle of conspiracy" and discuss what Tom refers to as "nihilism within the truth movement."

NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode183 - New Crimean War, Mt. Gox Crumbles, Twitter Predictor Welcome to New World Next Week - the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news.

Awww, isn't this adorable? Big Al 'n' Big Ben, together! Are they on the clock? Holy bank balance, Batman! Or maybe it's like one of those glossy National Geographic photos of a lion or tiger mama tending to one of her cuddly little offspring.

Yale Professor: Fukushima Will ‘Threaten Humanity for Thousands of Years’

Professor Charles Perrow of Yale is sounding the alarm on the disaster that myself and others have been warning against since day one.

Since I interviewed Robert Whitaker for AlterNet in 2010, after the publication of Anatomy of an Epidemic, the psychiatry establishment has pivoted from first ignoring him, to then debating him and attempting to discredit him, to currently agreeing with many of his conclusions.

When I interviewed investigative reporter Robert Whitaker in 2010 after the publication of his book Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America, he was not exactly a beloved figure within the psychiatry establishment.

News breaks that Obama reportedly knew that CIA was spying on Senate Intel Committee’s investigation of torture, rendition and detention….Click here for free audiobook from Audible, and generate $15 to the PBC Podcast!
–McCarthy-type smears of Abby Martin on Facebook, RT reporter Liz Wahl quits on-air over RT’s coverage of Ukraine
–Senate rejects nominee who defended Mumia Abu-Jamal in an indirect way, PBC agrees with Obama’s reaction
–prosecutors moving to dismiss some charges against Barrett Brown

Big power talks make little progress

-High-level diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in Ukraine made little apparent headway at talks in Paris on Wednesday with Moscow and Washington at odds and Russia's foreign minister refusing to recognize his Ukrainian counterpart.

-Russia had earlier rebuffed Western demands that its forces that have seized control of Ukraine's Crimea region should return to their bases.

by Judith Curry Nic Lewis and Marcel Crok have published a new report on climate sensitivity. The title of the report is “A sensitive matter:  How the IPCC buried evidence showing good news about global warming.”  The report is published … Continue reading →

Worth a watch from CNN’s Jake Tapper:

Pretty much everything that comes out of the mouths of the Democrat and Republican talking heads is ideologically driven and devoid of substance.
This also adds to my argument at Reason.com that Russia’s foreign policy is consistent, irrespective of alterations, or the lack thereof, in the U.S. approach.

Xinhua News Agency
March 5, 2014
U.S. to expand military ties with Poland, Baltic states amid Ukraine crisis
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said here Wednesday that the U.S. plans to expand military cooperation with Poland and Baltic states to show ” support” for its allies amid crisis in Ukraine.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization
March 5, 2014
Remarks
by the NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the Press Conference held following the meeting of the NATO-Russia Council at NATO HQ, Brussels
Good evening.
The situation in Ukraine presents serious implications for the security and stability of the Euro-Atlantic area.
And Russia continues to violate Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and its own international commitments.

Who needs "Democrats" like these when we already have Republicans?Today, conservatives in the House voted for the 50th time to repeal the Affordable Care Act-- which is already covering 10 million Americans. Yesterday, President Obama rolled his eyes and said, "You know what they say: 50th time is the charm. Maybe when you hit your 50th repeal vote, you will win a prize. Maybe if you buy 50 repeal votes, you get one free. We get it. We understand. We get you don't like it.

Recalling similar fabrications regarding Georgia’s aggression versus Russia and examining existing Russo-Ukrainian strategic relations before Western-backed mobs overthrew the government in Kiev, we can see there is no “invasion” at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PXruYdjOc4Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.org appears on CrossTalk to debate the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.  Draitser provides his analysis of recent developments on the ground and what they mean for the conflict moving forward.  He explains some of the key geopolitical and economic issues at stake, noting the integral role of the US-EU-NATO powers in fomenting and exacerbating the situation.  Draitser also examines the hypocrisy of US media a

Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
March 4, 2014
 
BOXING IN THE BEAR

 Bruce Gagnon

ACLU | March 5, 2014

Press TV – March 5, 2014

London Mayor Boris Johnson says Muslim children with suspected radical parents must be removed from their families, causing controversy amongst the city’s Muslim community.
The London mayor made the remarks in his weekly Daily Telegraph column published on Monday.

By Jake Johnston | CEPR Americas Blog | March 4, 2014

Via National Review
In response to pressure from Moms Demand Action and a handful of allies, Facebook has announced some changes to the way it will treat pages that relate to firearms. The reforms stop a long way short of what the groups had wanted.

Behold a Pale Horse…..

Heads up! U.S. Africa Command Conducts 5-Day Pandemic Influenza Drill

More anti Russian / Pro Cold War Propaganda…

FU MSNBC-GE-Comcast and the lying dead horse of propaganda you Rode in on. Abby just proved that RT has more sense and freedom of editorial than you do!
Abby’s Brother Robby Martin will be our guest on THE JACK BLOOD SHOW this Friday 3.7.14
 

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James and Jack join forces on The Jack Blood Show to discuss the latest from Ukraine, from foreign intervention to the specter of war. We also discuss the terror attack in Kunming, China, and the worries on the economic horizon.

I can't say I know Kyrsten Sinema well, but I do know her. She briefly joined a board I serve on and she seemed like a normal, smart progressive at the few meetings she attended. Back in 2012, when I heard she was going to run for Congress in a newly created Maricopa County district (AZ-09) that encompasses much of Chandler and Mesa, a bit of Scottsdale, all of Tempe and some of the burbs north and east of Phoenix, I was very excited.

Two stories and I do not believe they are unrelated in the battle for your mindChemical weapons used in Syria appear to come from army stockpile: UNNotice the use of the word "appear". This is not fact. It just 'appears'Yet, I am certain where the chemical weapons originated could be confirmed. So, that headline is immediately suspect. We all know that appearances can be deceiving.

U.S. Department of Defense
March 4, 2014
Missile Defense Agency Director Discusses Threats, Capabilities
By Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr.
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON: The Defense Department’s Missile Defense Agency continues to develop technology and work with its partners amid growing ballistic missile threats around the world, the agency’s director said here today.

As the EU announces that it will be making $15 billion in grants and loans available to the new Ukrainian government, a phone call between the Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and EU Chief Catherine Ashton has emerged in which Peat reveals that those behind the killings of police and demonstrators may be members of […]

The Well-Read Anarchist podcast continuation its exploration of the works of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon with a reading of his first major work, “What is Property?” published in 1840. Today we read Chapter Two of the book, “Property Considered as a Natural Right.”
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A UK parliamentary committee. A Canadian journalist. A rat snake.

According to a YouGov poll conducted this week, only 14 percent of Americans said the U.S. has “any responsibility” to get involved in Ukraine, and only 18 percent think the U.S. “has any responsibility to protect Ukraine if Russia were to invade”

Hard-hitting IPCC journalism - some reasons to cast your vote for this blog.

Amnesty International came out with a report last week documenting cases of abuse and killings by the Israeli army in the West Bank over the time period of January 2011 to December 2013.
The report documents “the killings of 22 Palestinian civilians in the West Bank,” mostly “young adults under the age of 25.” Amnesty reports that “261 Palestinians, including 67 children, have been seriously injured by live ammunition fired by Israeli forces in the West Bank” and “more than 8,000, including 1,500 children – have been wounded by other means” during the period in question.

Update: Estonian Foreign Ministry confirms authenticity of leaked call on Kiev snipers

 
Christof Lehmann

By Chloé Benoist | Al-Akhbar | March 5, 2014

An Israeli military contractor, whose surveillance technology is used along Israel’s apartheid wall constructed in the Palestinian West Bank, has been chosen by the United States to provide similar services on the southern border with Mexico, Israeli media reported on Wednesday.

RT | March 5, 2014

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is sending a delegation which includes representatives from the US and 14 other nations to observe the situation in Crimea amid tensions in Ukraine, according to a US official.