By Dr. Kevin Barrett | Press TV | March 3, 2014
Do not ever set foot inside a tall building.
According to the US government, steel-frame high-rise buildings can suddenly crumble to dust for no apparent reason, plunging at free-fall acceleration straight into the ground.
International law is suddenly very popular in Washington. President Obama responded to Russian military intervention in the Crimea by accusing Russia of a "breach of international law." Secretary of State John Kerry followed up by declaring that Russia is "in direct, overt violation of international law."
March 1st 2014
Renowned Activist and speaker Eva Bartlett joins Jack Blood to discuss what she and others witnessed while stationed in Gaza for several years.
Is the Control of American foreign policy by the Israeli lobby, media, and finance, too much for the Palestinians to overcome? What atrocities are being committed in our name? How do we stop them? How is it that the people of Gaza are not bitter?
Short BIO:
In the past few months I’ve been giving talks on Gaza, in eastern Canada and Western Can and the US.
RT | March 3, 2014
The self-proclaimed government in Kiev has appointed two of Ukraine’s richest men to govern large industrial regions in the defiant east. One of the reasons for the Maidan protest was the influence the rich have on politics in the country.
The appointments of new governors of Donetsk and Dnepropetrovsk Regions are among 18 made on Sunday by Kiev, which is struggling to consolidate power after the coup which ousted President Yanukovich last month.
We're not facing a new Crimean War - yet. Only up to a point. NATO's wet dream is one thing; it is quite another to pull it off - as in ending the Russian fleet routinely leaving Sevastopol across the Black Sea through the Bosphorus and then reaching Tartus, Syria's Mediterranean port. So yes, this is as much about Syria as about Crimea. The post Carnival in Crimea appeared first on BSNEWS.
Here is a summary I prepared of Fakeologist Radio Episode 90b with Simon Shack of September Clues. I was very pleased to hear Simon call out DallasGoldBug (Ed Chiarini) as an agent, deployed to discredit legitimate researchers of media fakery. 20m – Simon said when he saw Hezarkhani shot, he thought, whoa, this is impossible […]
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee seems content to waste their resources on reactionary Blue Dog Travis Childers' hopeless attempt to win a Senate seat in deep red Mississippi (where Obama lost with 44%) while ignoring the best Democrat running for Senate in years, Maine's Shenna Bellows-- and in a state Obama won with 56%.
Press TV – March 3, 2014
The US Treasury Secretary, Jack Lew, has told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) that all options against Iran “remain on the table.”
Lew, who is the highest ranking Jewish member of the administration of President Barack Obama, made the remarks on the opening day of AIPAC’s annual meeting which began on Sunday in Washington, D.C., and will end on Tuesday.
The U.S. and EU sponsored coup against the elected government and president of the Ukraine had several strategic implications and aims. One of them is the Black Sea base of the Russian Navy which is used to supply and defend Syria. A takeover of the government in Kiev was necessary but not sufficient to neutralize the base as a strategic Russian asset. To do that a takeover of the local government of the Crimea and all its powers would also have to take place.
Russia’s parliament has approved President Putin’s request for the use of force inside neighboring Ukraine, as the latest neocon-approved “regime change” spins out of control and threatens to inflict grave damage on international relations, ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern explains.The post Ukraine: One ‘Regime Change’ Too Many? appeared first on BSNEWS.
1) Russian ambassador could be recalled in response to U.S. statements over Ukraine
2) Foreign Ministry: Russia does not want war with Ukraine
3) Lavrov: New Ukrainian power intends to attack human rights, freedoms
4) Russian Baltic Fleet holds exercises in framework of surprise inspection
5) NATO issues statement condemning Russia
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Interfax
March 3, 2014
Russian ambassador could be recalled in response to U.S. statements over Ukraine
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Pierre-Jean de Béranger
From The Old Fiddler
Translated by William Toynbee
When from the miseries of war
We wake to joyousness one more,
And Peace resumes her sway,
Should those who for your sakes have bled
Seek shelter and a crust of bread,
* Yes we all know that Obama is merely a figurehead, and that he is not making these decisions by himself… But we have to hold our President accountable here. This is dangerous ground, and cousin Barry aint no JFK.
(AE) – The media’s lies and disinformation about the events in Ukraine are absolutely breathtaking. The concerns and predictions laid out in my “REICH WATCH, E2″ video, posted on December 12, pretty much called the whole thing.
Is “regime change” in Ukraine the bridge too far for the neoconservative “regime changers” of Official Washington and their sophomoric “responsibility-to-protect” (R2P) allies in the Obama administration? Have they dangerously over-reached by pushing the putsch that removed duly-elected Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych? Russian President Vladimir Putin has given an unmistakable “yes” to those questions – […]
Last week Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel proposed an additional 40,000 reduction in active duty US Army personnel, down to 450,000 soldiers. As US troops are being withdrawn from the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, it might make sense to reduce not only the active duty military but the entire military budget. However, from the […]
Originally posted at TomDispatch. There is, it seems, something new under the sun. Geopolitically speaking, when it comes to war and the imperial principle, we may be in uncharted territory. Take a look around and you’ll see a world at the boiling point. From Ukraine to Syria, South Sudan to Thailand, Libya to Bosnia, Turkey […]
Americans do not learn from history because they don’t know history, either their own or anybody else’s. That’s why they are so ready to swallow the narrative now being sold to them about what, exactly, is occurring in Ukraine. According to the Official Version, the Brave People of Ukraine are holding off the voracious Russian […]
http://youtu.be/8WUnMuvxnmoEric Draitser of StopImperialism.com provides his analysis of the controversy surrounding the Obama administration’s targeted assassination program and, specifically, of it’s targeting of US citizens. Draitser points out the blatant violations of the US Constitution and the impact of continued propaganda on the American people. He also outlines how the War on Terror is used as an open-ended pretext to justify other systematic war crimes committed by the US government all over the world.
"I am a biology professor, not a lawyer, and I had never considered bringing a gun to work until now. But since many of my students are likely to be armed, I thought it would be a good idea to even the playing field. . . ."In terms of the campus murder rate -- zero at present -- I think that we can all agree that guns don't kill people, people with guns do. Which is why encouraging guns on campus makes so much sense.
At least 131 people were killed and 48 other were wounded in fresh violence. Most of the attacks resulted in few casualties, but there there were many attacks. Also, scores of militants were killed near Mosul.
Last year, I wrote a blog post covering Rosenthal et al 2013 – see here. It reported on interesting Mg-Ca ocean cores in the western Pacific from the foraminfera H. Balthica, which is believed to be a proxy for “intermediate water temperatures”.
The press release stated that the middle depths were warming “15 times faster” than ever before:
We used to have the moral high ground. We aren’t the Good Guys anymore. Rob Kirby
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
1820 – The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
1836 – Texans celebrate the first Texas Independence Day with the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence, officially broke Texas from Mexico, and creating the Republic of Texas.
1845 – Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
The League of Conservation Voters may be, effectively, a political adjunct of the DCCC when it comes to backing House candidates, but their annual scorecard on how incumbents vote, is a very accurate reflection of which Members of Congress are working to save the planet and which are working to allow predatory profiteers like the Koch brothers to destroy it. The average score in the House this year was a dismal 43%, one of the lowest scores ever.
March 3, 2014 (Tony Cartalucci - New Eastern Outlook) - Karl Marx said of religion:
Please listen to a little more then the first minute of Kerry spewing utter absurdities on CBS- Face the NationJust one minute, and a few seconds.I am absolutely gobsmacked by Kerry's statements! I cannot even take this level of propaganda seriously.When hubby told me what Kerry said we laughed and yet we were both appalled and stunned that John Kerry would make this kind of statement!!!! Who could take this seriously?!?!
Environmental champion Tom Steyer elected Terry McAuliffe governor of Virginia-- so why the glum face?Tom Steyer is a San Francisco billionaire and a dedicated environmental activist. Last year, he spent $11 million helping elect one of the most corrupt corporate whores in American politics, Virginia's new governor, Terry McAuliffe.
RT | March 2, 2014
About 10 Ukrainian Black Sea Fleet ships have left the naval base in Sevastopol, with several vessels now heading to Odessa, administrative sources have said. The ships left the base voluntarily but some of them broke down and returned, they claimed.
Press TV – March 1, 2014
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has rejected Israel’s demand to release an alleged report about the Iranian nuclear energy work, saying there is no report that may indicate any diversion in Tehran’s program.
“The IAEA has not prepared any report containing new information relating to possible military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear program,” spokeswoman Gill Tudor said on Friday.
DOONESBURY[Click to enlarge]by KenAlthough the first thing that popped out of me in today's Sunday Doonebury strip was interviewer Mark's white hair, I suppose that's a parochial response, which called to mind the recent series in which our old companion Joanie Caucus came out of retirement to join the staff of Sen.
Al-Akhbar | March 2, 2014
President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday that despite “thousands of hours” of inspection, the UN’s atomic watchdog has found no evidence of military objectives in Iran’s nuclear drive.
His remarks came on the eve of an International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting in Vienna, on the sidelines of which Iran will hold expert-level talks with world powers.
Yes, it is Sunday again, and therefore time again for my weekly rant.... So much has been happening around the world this last week that I may not be able to get everything into this article, but I will try my best....First, I want to let everyone know that Whitewraithe and myself are indeed going to go ahead with a project that we have discussed over the last while, and that is to try to get a new audio show off the ground....
This is something Secretary of State John Kerry actually said. It is not from The Onion:
“You just don’t in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pretext.”
He was criticizing Russia’s incursions into Crimea and Ukraine. But the condemnation apparently did not strike him as hypocritical.
Micah Zenko, of the Council on Foreign Relations, noted the hypocrisy on Twitter:
Voice of Russia
March 2, 2014
Ukraine: a Nazi-like victory of US/NATO lawlessness – Rick Rozoff
John Robles
Recorded on February 24, 2014
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Stars and Stripes
March 1, 2014
US transit hub in Romania fully operational
Matt Millham
MK AIR BASE, Romania: A temporary U.S. base in Romania that will serve as the primary hub for American forces leaving Afghanistan officially reached its full operating capacity Friday.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
March 2, 2014
Doorstep statement
by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen before the meetings of the North Atlantic Council and the NATO-Ukraine Commission
Pew Research 2010
I have convened the North Atlantic Council today because of Russia’s military action in Ukraine. And because of President Putin’s threats against this sovereign nation.
