Brace yourself: George W. Bush’s former attorney general, Alberto Gonzales, is arguing publicly that the Obama administration’s drone war exceeds legal limits on executive authority. As anyone with a memory of Gonzales’s tenure under Bush knows, this is more than a little ironic.
CPAC hasn't liked Chris Christie. They saw him as too mainstream or even "moderate." Now they see him as a potential cause célèbre that can be turned into a fundraising bonanza for right-wing groups hoping to milk their base of Foxified saps. Yesterday's Christian Science Monitor pointed out that right-wingers from Paul Ryan and Bobby Jindal to Hate Talk Radio sociopaths Mark Levin and Sean Hannity, who haven't appreciated Christie 'til now, are part of his cheering squad.
By Scott Antel | The Moscow Times | February 3, 2014
We are receiving an almost daily bombardment of security warnings about the Sochi Olympics from the U.S. State Department, various U.S. military agencies and members of Congress. Many of them are appealing for a larger U.S. role to help protect the Games and those attending.
by James Corbett
BoilingFrogsPost.com
February 4, 2014
A recent report from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace advocates several policy recommendations which aim to rectify the “threat” that a rising China poses to “the foundations of the U.S.-backed global order.” Traditional strategies of “containment,” as used against the Soviet Union in the Cold War, won’t work, the report argues, so Washington needs to “balance” China instead.
I and others have been watching the Fukushima disaster continue now almost 3 full years since the initial meltdowns and subsequent release of deadly radiation into both the atmosphere and the adjoining Pacific Ocean, and we are still troubled that much of the world's criminal media attention has been avoiding this catastrophe! It has fallen to the alternative media to keep everyone up to date on what has been happening, including myself...
The Alt Media series continues on Trans Resister Radio with this interview of Alex Ansary. Alex is an alternative media producer best known for his Portland cable access TV show Outside The Box. Over the past few years Alex has been wandering the countryside, testing out off-the-grid lifestyles, and chronicling his many adventures with videos that he posts to youtube. In this interview he gives his opinions on alternative media, and shares some of his hopes for the future.
By Kelley Vlahos • The Unz Review • February 4, 2014
Thanks to an accelerating trend towards ending the prohibition of marijuana in this country, the entire construct of the ‘War on Drugs’ as we know it is about to change and there is no one more frightened of this than the drug war establishment itself.
It is good to be back... I spent the last while clearing up some personal business, and only went into this blog to do my weekly rant.....Many of the Hasbara agents would surely hope that I would quit, but that is wishful thinking..
Again, military officials in the Pentagon are insisting on cutting superfluous weapons programs that are wasting billions of taxpayer dollars, but Congress refuses to cut because the defense corporations that line their campaign pockets want the money to keep coming in.
The Washington Post:
The Fed’s easy money policies have pushed margin debt on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to record levels laying the groundwork for a severe correction or another violent market crash.
Mega-banks might be too big to fail. According to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, they might even be too big to prosecute. But they are not too big to abandon as depositories for government funds.
By Jeffrey Young (Huffington Post) Thanks to a Supreme Court ruling and staunch Republican resistance, Marc Alphonse, an unemployed 40-year-old Marine veteran who is essentially homeless, cannot get health insurance under Obamacare. Three years ago, Alphonse learned he has a kidney disorder that will deteriorate into kidney failure, and possibly prove fatal, if left untreated.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Command Operations
February 4, 2014
OPERATION OCEAN SHIELD COMMANDER VISITS NEW ZEALAND WARSHIP
Al Arabiya
February 2, 2014
NATO prepared to destroy Syria’s chemical arsenal
By Staff writer
Elements of NATO are ready to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, after the United States expressed concern over the Syrian government’s slow efforts to transport the toxic arms to its Mediterranean port, U.S. European Command chief Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove told Al Arabiya News Channel in an interview aired Sunday.
While Steve Israel is wasting money by diverting it into trying to elect anti-Choice/anti-LGBT/anti-environment fanatic Jennifer Garrison, the DCCC has ignored the most sensible red to blue district in Ohio, the 14th, currently held by freshman backbencher David Joyce.
Since mid-January forces that remain allied with the former Jamahiriya political and economic system set up by Gaddafi have taken control of several cities and towns in the south. Clashes have also been reported around the capital of Tripoli, where nationalist forces have fought pitched battles with militias and military forces backed by the GNC regime.The post Anti-NATO Forces Retake Areas in Southern Libya appeared first on BSNEWS.
Arutz Sheva
February 4, 2014
Turkey-Cyprus Clash Shows Israel ‘Defender of NATO’
A recent altercation in Cyprus has raised questions about NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) member Turkey. On Saturday, a Norwegian ship exploring for gas in the southern part of Cyprus was forced to leave the area by a Turkish warship.
There are two Americas. In one, bankers get golden parachutes, insider traders return to society as well-paid consultants, and influence is for sale. In the other, opportunity is scarce and forgiveness scarcer, jail awaits those caught possessing recreational drugs, and cries for help are ignored. Society preaches forgiveness for the rich and retribution for the poor.
A look at the International Banking Cartel led by the Bank for International Settlement (in Basel, Switzerland) known as the bank of central banks (58 central banks) and The US Federal reserve System. Also a look at banking tycoons: from the Rothschild family in Europe to JP Morgan and others in the US. How banks not only control governments but also appoint politicians through huge campaign donations.
Clapper and many others who have come out of the military discern no difference between terrorists and reporters, and by reporters I am not referring to the boot-licking courtiers on television and in Washington who masquerade as reporters. Carry out an interview with a member of al-Qaida, as I have, and you become in the eyes of generals like Clapper a member of al-Qaida. Most generals I know recognize no need for an independent press.
Noting he had written each one privately, the pro-BDS rock star lamented that he was "confused" about Young, who was "always one of my heroes," coming to Israel to give a concert, and that Johansson, who "was a young woman of strength and integrity" had made an "about face" in choosing to be a spokesperson for Israeli company SodaStream.The post Roger Waters takes Neil Young and Scarlett Johansson to task on Facebook appeared first on BSNEWS.
Elite proprietors and parent companies naturally select editors to represent the interests of elite power. Because the same interests run all major media outlets, it is no surprise that they flip as one, like a flock of starlings, towards favourable sources and away from unfavourable ones. The autocratic nature of the media system means that the public has no way to ask even the most basic questions about these decisions.
I read in the newspaper last week now the US Chief Negotiator on the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Martin Indyk, met with a group of Jewish leaders to brief them on the "tightly held" details of what was being proposed by Secretary of State John Kerry. A few days before, New York’s new mayor Bill de […]
The F-16 jets of the Iowa Air National Guard that formerly buzzed the city of Des Moines have disappeared and we are told that their base at the Des Moines International Airport is in the process of refitting into a command center for unmanned aerial vehicles, UAVs, commonly called drones. The MQ-9 Reaper drones themselves […]
Despite our endless blather about democracy, we Americans seem to be able to put our devotion to democratic principles on the shelf, when they get in the way of our New World Order. In 2012, in the presidential election in Egypt, Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood won in a landslide. President Obama hailed the […]
Twenty years of the Oslo peace process between Israelis and Palestinians have made a solution more difficult to attain, rather than easier. That was the conclusion of a poll of Israelis and Palestinians released on Friday. The poll, conducted by Zogby Research Services, showed that barely one-third of Israelis (34 percent) and Palestinians (36 percent) […]
The year of 2014 is starting well for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the premier organization of this country’s Israel lobby. Not only has it been clearly and increasingly decisively defeated – at least for now and the immediate future – in its bid to persuade a filibuster-proof, let alone a veto-proof, super-majority […]
A few days ago I was having dinner with some friends at my favorite vegetarian restaurant in L.A., Crossroads on Melrose, when one of California's most effective and persistent environmental activists, Steve Bing, came over and sat down. "You've got to do more to stop this Keystone XL pipeline." I don't want to repeat what he said about John Kerry but he kept urging me to work harder in the netroots to keep Obama from OK-ing the agreement. Me? He's Steve Bing.
At least 49 people were killed, and another 94 were wounded in attacks around Iraq, but mostly in the greater Baghdad region. The Iraqi government also reported the deaths of 57 militants in Anbar province.
We open with John Dissed’s powerful song about Guantanamo, news that Skinny Puppy sues for using its music to torture….Click here for free audiobook download from Audible that kicks in $15 to the PBC Podcast!
–Sri Lanken men about to be deproted from US after spending 3 years in immigration prison without charges
–Center for Constitutional Rights files suit to overturn Animal Enterprise Terrorism law; Ryan Shapiro explains his case
By Harvey Wasserman | CounterPunch | February 3, 2014
Fukushima’s missing melted cores and radioactive gushers continue to fester in secret.
Japan’s harsh dictatorial censorship has been matched by a global corporate media blackout aimed—successfully—at keeping Fukushima out of the public eye.
Stars and Stripes
February 2, 2014
US and French navies complete combined strike group operations
By Hendrick Simoes
F1 Rafales, attached to the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, refuel on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman during carrier qualification integration in the Persian Gulf.
By Martha Rosenburg | CounterPunch | February 3, 2014
It was a four-alarm fire requiring more than 50 fire departments and 100 firefighters. But owners of S&R Egg Farm in La Grange, Wisconsin say chemicals and explosives were not involved in the late January fire. Unless, of course, you count the ammonia buildup from 300,000 hens caged over their own manure in the barn that burned down. All the birds burned alive.
Despite Obama’s promise in last week’s State of the Union address that he will veto any bill that heaps additional sanctions on Iran while the interim agreement is still in place, hawks in the House of Representatives are still pushing for it.
Another eye-opening discussion with historian Thaddeus Russell, the author of A Renegade History of the United States. Thaddeus tells the story of his paths into and out of socialism and Columbia University.
Another eye-opening discussion with historian Thaddeus Russell, the author of A Renegade History of the United States. Thaddeus tells the story of his paths into and out of socialism and Columbia University.
Another eye-opening discussion with historian Thaddeus Russell, the author of A Renegade History of the United States. Thaddeus tells the story of his paths into and out of socialism and Columbia University.
"♫Makin' a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫ on Episode096 - Take Me To Church which features brand new sounds from James Vincent McMorrow, Pixies, James Supercave,
If you come to DWT on any kind of a regular basis, you probably know I'm not a big Obama fan. In fact, voted for Jill Stein in 2012. But one area where President Obama has managed to move the ball forward, in the face of unrelenting and concerted Republican opposition, has been in regard to LGBT equality. Who would have thought back in 2008 we would come so far!
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
February 3, 2014
NATO flies with partners over Iceland for first time
Swedish JAS Gripen lands in Iceland for air drills
DC on BFP #27 | Ioan Grillo, author of El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency, joins us to discuss the violence in Michoacan and the rise of "autodefensas" (civilian self-defense groups). Also, "narco culture," media and the risk of sensationalism, marijuana legalization, and the drug war economy.
TweetLIBYA'S EYES run tears of Sorrow for the young women captured and tortured by NATO criminal mercenaries. These women are put into prison and gang raped on a daily basis by criminal Libyans and by many foreign mercenaries from France, Egypt, Yemen, Afghanistan and other countries. These women many of them now pregnant by their rapists request (as their right - under their law) to be allowed to commit suicide rather that carry the life of these criminal psychopaths that raped them in prison.
