Almost all the Koch-funded far right extremist groups have now joined the battle to nominate teabagger Matt Bevin over McConnell in the May 20th Kentucky primary. The latest, this weekend, was the Republican Liberty Caucus.

Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network | January 26, 2014

Who Profits released the following report on the involvement of Israeli and multinational corporations in the Israeli prison system:

Just nu är vi i full färd med att skriva och  spela in sketcher till vårens säsong av Carpe Fucking Diem. Programmet kommer att gå under åtta söndagar i vår med start den 9:e februari. Eftersom vi inte går varje dag längre är programmet i gengäld dubbelt så långt, alltså nästan två timmar. Vi kommer så klart lägga upp poddar med alla sketcherna också för er som hellre mixar ihop dem med P2-musik.

The DCCC and NRCC have already spent over half a million dollars in FL-13 smearing, respectively, NRCC candidate David Jolly and DCCC candidate Alex Sink. The DCCC spent $288,151 last week and the NRCC put in , $220,049 last week (bringing their total to $353,419). Two other especially sleazy outfits have jumped in, one on behalf of Jolly, (the Allen West Guardian Fund- $36,930) and one on behalf of Sink (EMILY's List- $15,264).

At least 69 people were killed across Iraq, and another 84 were wounded. Again, as in recent days, many of the casualties were in Anbar province, where some of the residents claim government shelling against insurgents is actually killing civilians.

We all remember last August when the US/NATO/Israel, and the trained monkeys in the Jewish controlled media were screaming to high heaven that Bashar Al-Assad, President of Syria, had committed an atrocity by launching a chemical weapon rocket attack on his own civilians in Damascus, Syria…. But luckily people were NOT fooled, and many automatically saw through the deception and knew from the beginning that this "rocket attack" was actually committed by the American/Israeli bought and paid for murderous "rebels"….

I have put up countless articles in this blog exposing the absolute LIES perpetrated by the hucksters behind the "Global Warming" fraud…. I figure that now with everyone waking up to the reality that it is indeed a massive hoax and swindle, it is time to focus on the present situation, where we see a steep downfall in solar radiation generated from our Yellow Dwarf Star, Sol, or commonly called "The Sun", and the consequences of that decline…There have been some recent alarming reports about how our Sun has gone "quiet"….

By Gareth Porter | IPS | January 25, 2014

Iran’s pushback against statements by Secretary of State John Kerry and the White House that Tehran must “dismantle” some of its nuclear programme, and the resulting political uproar over it, indicates that tough U.S. rhetoric may be adding new obstacles to the search for a comprehensive nuclear agreement.

By Nima Shirazi | | Wide Asleep in America | January 24, 2014

United States Secretary of State John Kerry

"The clandestine influence of the Kochs and their Palm Springs friends would be much reduced if they were forced to play in the sunshine."-- from an editorial in tomorrow's NYT, "The Koch Party"by KenI've noted that the Koch Brothers have turned up in any number of posts from Howie and Noah, and worry that I haven't been wielding my wee cudgel often enough.

Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. TARPLEY.net – World Crisis Radio January 25, 2014 [download audio]  

Yesterday the New York Times published a brief op-ed piece entitled Expand NATO’s Influence and Reach by one Ryan C. Hendrickson, identified as a professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University.

Voice of Russia
January 26, 2014
 

Internal meddling, the new threat to state security
John Robles

Photo: EPA

Trend News Agency
January 25, 2014
Georgia’s inter-ministerial delegation holds meetings in capitals of some NATO countries
By Nana Kirtzkhalia

Georgia’s inter-ministerial delegation visited the capitals of several NATO member-states and met with representatives of the Foreign Ministry, the Defense Ministry and the Parliament of Croatia, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic from January 20-24.

Iran’s pushback against statements by Secretary of State John Kerry and the White House that Tehran must “dismantle” some of its nuclear program, and the resulting political uproar over it, indicates that tough U.S. rhetoric may be adding new obstacles to the search for a comprehensive nuclear agreement. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said […]

When right-wing sociopath Michele Bachmann announced her retirement from Congress last year, followed by Jim Graves' withdrawal from the MN-06 congressional race, we kind of stopped watching this district.

Press TV – January 25, 2014

French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says the country is to expand its military presence in Africa’s Sahel region.
“This redeployment will cover about 3000 troops which we are about to reorganize and re-deploy all over the area,” Le Drian said in an address to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. on Friday.

By Ludwig Watzal | Dissident Voice | January 25, 2014 

 
Vacy Vlazna
 
“Imperialism after all is an act of  geographical violence”  Edward Said
 Is it just me, or do you also see a thread of colonial superiority and racism binding US, Australia, Canada to Israel?

by Judith Curry I fear we are witnessing the “death of expertise”: a Google-fueled, Wikipedia-based, blog-sodden collapse of any division between professionals and laymen, students and teachers, knowers and wonderers – in other words, between those of any achievement in … Continue reading →

Stop NATO
January 25, 2014
1) Moscow urges West not to encourage Ukrainian militants’ actions
2) Lavrov criticizes Europeans for inappropriate reaction to events in Ukraine
3) Protesters piling up firearms at Kyiv City Administration building – Ukrainian interior minister
4) Protesters blockade Ukraine’s Energy Ministry
5) Buildings of four regional state administrations remain seized in Ukraine
6) Crimean parliament urges Yanukovych to declare state of emergency
7) Lawmakers from ruling party banned from travel to U.S.

By Noel Brinkerhoff and Danny Biederman | AllGov | January 25, 2014

An American psychologist who took part in the torture of a Guantánamo detainee has avoided disciplinary action by an association of his peers.

RT
January 25, 2014
Serbian scenario unfolding in Ukraine?

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By Michael Gillespie | Dissident Voice | January 25, 2014 

Boehner told Jay Leno on Thursday that he's learned that "a leader without followers is simply a man taking a walk." His problem, an inability to exercise the kind of skills needed to actually be a leader, never dawned on him when he led his caucus over the cliff last year, despite understanding what a disaster it would be.

Voice of Russia
January 25, 2014
Recorded in late December
US/NATO objective: expulsion of Russian forces – Rick Rozoff
John Robles 

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Russian Information Agency Novosti
January 25, 2014
Russian-Chinese Naval Training Exercise Begins in Mediterranean
MOSCOW: A Russian-Chinese naval training exercise in the Mediterranean Sea began on Saturday involving the Russian nuclear-powered cruiser Pyotr Veliky and China’s Yancheng frigate, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced.

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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Thomas Mann: Dirge for a homeland wasted by war
Thomas Mann: Tolstoy, a force that could have stopped war

Welcome back to The Asia-Pacific Perspective, that monthly show where James Corbett of corbettreport.com and Broc West of apperspective.net break down all the latest news and headlines from the Asia-Pacific region. In this month’s conversation:

Press TV – January 25, 2014

Iran’s oil minister says major world oil companies have voiced readiness to set up shop in the country.
Oil giants attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss city of Davos announced that they were interested to enter the Iranian market, said Bijan Namdar Zangeneh in Tehran after returning from Davos where he attended the conference.

By DSWright | FireDogLake | January 24, 2014

Boehner was so proud yesterday that he picked a girl to give one of the god-knows-how-many "official" Republican responses to the State of the Union message. He seems delusional enough to think that women voters will flock to the GOP because he named some obscure woman congressmember from rural northeast Washington who votes with the Republican patriarchs on everything.

Welcome to http://NewWorldNextWeek.com — the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week:
Story #1: Ukraine Opposition Sets 24-hour Deadline As Protests Rage
http://ur1.ca/ghhxb
Putin Scores a New Victory: What Really Happened In Ukraine
http://ur1.ca/ghhxc
Ukraine Texts Citizens: Hey, We See You’re In a Mass Disturbance

Israel is often viewed by Washington politicians as the most "stable" ally in the Middle East. But stability from the American perspective can mean many things. Lead amongst them is that the "ally" must be unconditionally loyal to the diktats of the US administration. This rule has proven to be true since the United States […]

 By Dr Ismail Salami
 
A five-minute audio message by al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri went viral on the internet in which he enjoins the rebels in Syria to end their infighting and focus their energies on battling against President Bashar al-Assad’s forces.

The cover story of the February 2014 NationalGeographic is "The New Science of the Brain."by KenI don't know how long National Geographic was including a monthly geography quiz on the mailing insert that includes the subscriber's address on subscription copies before I noticed it. But however long it was, it spared me that many months' or more likely years' worth of humiliation.

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees warned that residents are fleeing the areas in and around the cities of Ramadi and Falluja in numbers that rival those at the height of the sectarian war ended six years ago. At least 19 people were killed and 86 more were wounded today. Most of the wounded were injured during shelling in Anbar province.

January 24, 2014 (ATN) - The Economist has recently floated a narrative that the current Thai regime could flee to the north and "separate" the region from Thailand.

Say it ain't so, Glenn B! Did you really "ma[k]e an awful lot of mistakes" that "help[ed] tear the country apart"?

Please note that I use the word Israeli to refer to anyone of Jewish descent who supports Israel over the US. They are willing to defend the attack on the USS Liberty by Israel and the controlled demolition of the World Trade Center Towers 1, 2 and 7 on 911 by the Mossad.

All the ducks are lining up...ducks in a row- militarized ducksCue the peaceful protests that were not peaceful Up the violence Make demands that can never be metUp the violenceMake more insane irrational demands And always continue escalatingIn a no holds barred/no win situtationFirst up- Klitschko- Situation could get out of controlI am going to highlight the interesting bits in three articles. Ready?

by Judith Curry It’s your turn to introduce topics for discussion. I have an exceptionally busy two weeks coming up.  I realize that there is a lot for me to respond to in terms of critiques of my testimony, etc. … Continue reading →

April 20, 2009 

Frank Barat writes of the life and death of Bassem Abu Rahme, shot by an IOF soldier with “the rocket”, a new kind of weapon also used on critically injured US citizen Tristan Anderson some weeks ago.

Crackpot Tim Donnelly could signal the end of California's Republican PartyNo one serious thinks there's a Republican who can defeat California Governor Jerry Brown in November. He turned Schwarzenegger's deficits into surpluses and, other than zombie-partisan rightists, voters love him. In 2010, despite Meg Whitman's jaw-dropping $160 million spend, Brown beat her by over a million votes and she limped ito the finish line with a mere 40.9%.

RT | January 24, 2014

The court in Strasbourg has ordered British ministers to provide submissions on mass surveillance programs by the UK’s spy agency to find out whether GCHQ’s secret activities went against the European convention on human rights.

Obama election team merges with Clintonistas, using superPAC to court fat cat donors; your humble host ain’t ready to settle…Click here for free audiobook download from Audible, and generate $15 to PBC Podcast!
NY Times mag serves up gossippy map of the Clinton networks, along with some FOB’s and FOH’s who have been eased out of the circle

This week our guest is K. Gordon Neufeld, author of Heartbreak and Rage : Ten Years Under Sun Myung Moon, who joins us to discuss the so-called Unification Church.

Speaking from his ten-year involvement with Moonies, Gordon gives us a fascinating overview of that organisation's history, beliefs and founder Sun Myung Moon, and shares with us his own experiences of joining, serving and eventually leaving the Moonies. (For show notes, please visit http://TheMindRenewed.com)

This week our guest is K. Gordon Neufeld, author of Heartbreak and Rage : Ten Years Under Sun Myung Moon, who joins us to discuss the so-called Unification Church.

Speaking from his ten-year involvement with Moonies, Gordon gives us a fascinating overview of that organisation's history, beliefs and founder Sun Myung Moon, and shares with us his own experiences of joining, serving and eventually leaving the Moonies. (For show notes, please visit http://TheMindRenewed.com)

The Propaganda War Heats Up