by KenYou've seen Media Matters' Hannah Groch-Begley's report on Fox Noise's "coverage" of the new development in the burgeoning scandals of NJ Gov. Kris KrispyKreme, "Fox Keeps Christie Scandal Buried as New Allegations Emerge," right?First Hannah catches us up on MSNBC's report of the new allegations by Hoboken Mayor
by Finian Cunningham
A rare public spat between Washington and Israeli in recent days has revealed much about the essential political relationship between the two.
The row began when Israeli minister for military affairs Moshe Ya’alon spoke to local media with vitriolic contempt about America’s top diplomat, John Kerry…
Yesterday, the government and allied Sunni tribes implemented a security operation in Anbar province, but they did not release figures until today. Also, a senior official warned of a worsening situation in the Falluja area. Meanwhile, Baghdad saw a number of bombings today, but only a few reports of violence came out of other regions. Overall, at least 73 Iraqis were killed and 111 more were wounded in the latest round of violence.
Rockstar's rhetoric about Canada's oil sands is intemperate, offensive, and ill-informed.
Today on the Film, Literature and New World Order series, James and Richard Grove of the Tragedy and Hope community and the Peace Revolution podcast discuss Oliver Stone’s 1987 flick, Wall Street, and its 2010 follow-up, Money Never Sleeps. We discuss the movies’ historical context and significance, as well as how they relate to Grove’s own Wall Street whistleblowing experience.
What is the UN, really?It is certainly not an organization of ‘united nations’ on equal footing.Or a global institution for justice and peace. To end all wars...You would have to be a fool to believe that. The UN is and has always been the (illusory) diplomatic face of the global army NATO. A cover for multinationals run amok. Oh and the means to promote global tyranny.Be it through WHO or the IPCC.
Stars and Stripes
January 20, 2014
Former NATO commander warns of wider war in Middle East
By Slobodan Lekic
NATO’s former top military commander has warned that the widening sectarian conflict in Syria and Iraq could engulf a broader region in the Middle East, just as the religious wars in Europe did in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Grimm and Schock, 2 corrupt RepublicansWhen the Republican Party recruited Michael "Mikey Suits" Grimm to run for a House seat on Staten Island and the Mafia-domninated Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, they knew exactly what they were doing. The former FBI agent who crossed over the line and became a Gambino Crime Family operative was perfect for the pathetic shell of the New York Republican Party.
Today is a truly black mark in the history of this once great nation called Canada... Today, the Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, went in front of the criminal state of Israel's Knesset to give a speech that was absolutely one of the most disgusting pieces of garbage that I have ever read....
MEMO | January 20, 2014
ABP, the world’s third-largest pension fund, said the fund might exclude the stocks ‘as a last resort’ if the Israeli banks fail to act
Its all a matter of relativity-- and how you define "progressive"When I was growing up in New York, a sometimes viable alternative to the corrupt Democratic Party Machine was the Liberal Party, which was supposed to be more liberal than the Democrats and less socialist and "Commie" than the American Labor Party-- the original home for leftists who wanted to support FDR and the New Deal without stooping to voting for the Democrats.
Governments use fear of threats at home and abroad to increase their power and abridge individual freedom. If there is any singular lesson in Antiwar.com’s motto, War is the Health of the State, that is it.
By Maysam Rizk | Al-Akhbar | January 20, 2014
Lebanon’s March 14 Christians are banding together in an attempt to pressure former Prime Minister Saad Hariri about the government. However, their game will be over very soon. According to March 14 sources, “March 14 Christians are used by Hariri to fuel his battles then sacrificed when a settlement is reached.”
By Brandon Martinez | Press TV | January 20, 2014
In a recent broadcast, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes denounced the sordid attempts of 16 leading Democratic lawmakers who, under the influence of the Israeli lobby, are pushing to impose new economic sanctions on Iran, which is designed to sabotage Obama’s rapprochement with the Islamic Republic.
Why on earth would the citizens place any trust in the two pilfering bed fellows of government and business.When the largest problem on this planet is government/private banking & multinational pillaging/exploiting business. Along with the stupidity of globalization.
The excited media coverage of former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’s new memoir Duty as an unusually frank retelling of his time in the Bush and Obama administrations caused me to make an exception to my lifelong moratorium on reading the memoirs of politicians or government officials. Reviews and excerpts of the book revealed Gates accusing the Obama White House of being more secretive and centralized than the Nixon-Kissinger White House.
James joins Joyce Riley on The Power Hour to discuss the latest on economics, politics and the environment. In this edition they talk about the developing crisis in China’s shadow banking system, the latest on Fukushima, and the potential solution to the Obamacare fiasco. They also take your calls on a range of subjects.
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Mega Default In China Scheduled For January 31
BRICS Post | January 20, 2014
The United Nations formally extended an invitation for Iran to attend the Geneva II Syria Peace Summit to be held later this week, much to the surprise of US officials and the chagrin of opposition forces fighting to remove the Damascus government.
RT | January 20, 2014
The world’s 85 wealthiest people have as much money as the 3.5 billion poorest people on the planet – half the Earth’s population. That’s according to Oxfam’s latest report on the risks of the widening gap between the super-rich and the poor.
The report, titled “Working for the Few,” was released Monday, and was compiled by Oxfam – an international organization looking for solutions against poverty and injustice.
Voice of Russia | January 19, 2014
Britain announced its plans to spend more than $6.5 billion to purchase 657 military drones, the Sunday People reports. It includes 10 Reaper MQ-9s, which are armed with Hellfire missiles plus laser-guided 500lb bombs and can hover 20,000ft above targets for more than 20 hours.
Press TV – January 19, 2014
Iran is likely to spend oil funds, expected to be unfrozen with the implementation of its nuclear deal with world powers, for aircraft and car spare parts, an Iranian deputy oil minister says.
Ali Majedi made the remarks in an interview with The Wall Street Journal as Iran’s nuclear accord with the Sextet of world powers is to take effect on Monday.
Greg Whiteley's film, Mitt debuted at Sundance in Utah Friday. The documentary is a very up-front and personal look at Romney's two failed attempts at the presidency. At the bottom of this post is a trailer that will give you a good feel for the movie, which was made by director Greg Whiteley. According to Byron York, Whiteley's film New York Doll, had impressed Romney enough for him to grant Whiteley the kind of access needed to make this kind of movie.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
January 20, 2014
SACEUR TO DISCUSS AFGHAN TRANSITION, PARTNERSHIPS AT NATO CHIEFS OF DEFENCE MEETING
Trend News Agency
January 20, 2014
President: Turkey to continue to support Georgia in its accession to NATO
By Nana Kirtzkhalia
Tbilisi: Turkey will continue to support Georgia for its accession to NATO and Euro-Atlantic structures, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said at a joint press conference in Ankara on Jan.20 following a meeting with Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili.
Turkey has a great significance for the stability in the region, according to Turkish president.
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Ferdynand Goetel: Men ripped up by the Moloch of war
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Ferdynand Goetel
From From Day to Day (1926)
Translated by Winifred Cooper
On Friday, a group of young Stratford mums occupied the East Thames Housing Association building (and showroom) and Newham council's housing offices as part of their ongoing fight for decent social housing in Newham.
by Judith Curry Sixteen years into the mysterious ‘global-warming hiatus’, scientists are piecing together an explanation. – Jeff Tollefson Nature has a News and Views piece entitled Climate Change: The Case of the Missing Heat (complete article is available online). … Continue reading →
In this edition of the Questions For Corbett series, James tackles your queries on the Sunni-Shia myth, the April 6th movement, neoliberalism vs. libertarianism, cancer rates, self-publishing, the IPCC and much more. We also hear from a listener who has started implementing solutions in his own life and talk about ways of supporting this research.
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On the line from Toronto, the socially conscious MC named Cale Sampson talks about positive trends, musical matters and his latest album, 'The Big Picture'.Download/Subscribe
"♫Makin' a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫ on Episode094 - Hear In You which features brand new sounds from Ryan Hemsworth, Mat Zo, Poliça, Cool Ghoul
As the US continues and expands its worldwide "war on terror," extending its militarized tentacles into Africa as well as the Middle East, a festering threat looms closer to home: the ungluing of Mexico and its rapid descent into the status of a failed state. How Washington responds may determine not only the fate of […]
Originally posted at TomDispatch. Spying has a history almost as ancient as humanity itself, but every now and then the rules of the game change. This post-9/11 moment of surveillance is one of those game-changers and the National Security Agency (NSA) has been the deal-breaker and rule-maker. The new rules it brought into existence are […]
So far this cycle, when we've talked about Hawai'i politics it's almost always been about a Senate primary in which corrupt New Dem Colleen Hanabusa is challenging progressive Senator Brian Schatz.
At least 31 people were killed and 58 more were wounded in attacks across Iraq. An unspecified number of people were also killed in clashes in Anbar province but those figures were not released. The Iraqi government, along with Sunni tribesmen, launched an assault on the insurgents that have held parts of the Anbar province […]
We are in a fight for our very lives... Right now, the criminal psychotic Jewish elite are working their best at poisoning our food through the insidious chemicals that are added to our food supply as well as through the criminal use of GMO foods via the Jewish run Monsanto, and destroying our minds via their control over our media and by the lies they perpetuate through their so called "history books"...
By Don DeBar | Black Agenda Report | January 17, 2012
“The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today: my own Government… I cannot be silent.” – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Image: The US backs mobs in Kiev, Ukraine attacking police with clubs, sticks, and baseball bats - while it calls protesters in Bangkok, Thailand "anti-democratic militants" even as the US-backed regime there carries out nightly, and now daily terror attacks against them. ....January 20, 2014 (
Texas Congressman Ralph Moody Hall was born a few weeks after Warren G. Harding died in office, Vice President Calvin Coolidge had been sworn in and the Republican Teapot Dome bribery scandal was shaking confidence in the Republican Party. He was ten when FDR was first elected and an adult when there was an President in office not named Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Other than John Dingell (age 87), Hall is the last living congressman who fought in World War II. An attorney, he was elected to the Texas state Senate in 1962 and then to Congress in 1980.
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode178 - ICC Vs. UK, CFR + The Fed, WV WTF 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.
Obama calls pot laws ‘important to society’
One for the good guys! Credit to Obama for realizing that THIS is not a bad legacy to have. The Pot Prez! (And idiot “conservatives” are very afraid!) Our time has come! Now Mr Obama…. Call off your dogs!
Legislação e direito em uma sociedade livre, Portugese translation of “Legislation and Law in a Free Society,” Mises Daily (Feb. 25, 2010). Translations of my other writing is here.
One of the greatest bands of the 1970′s! Mark Farner was the Guitarist / Singer / Frontman, and primary song-writer of this historic group.
Why aren’t they in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame? Mark answers this question, and briefly discusses the break up (Mark was “railroaded” for his political and spiritual beliefs… We hear it cuts pretty deep. )
Phil Stanford may be the bravest Investigative reporter you never heard of, or if you have… One of your favorites!
Phil’s history of going where few dare to tread is capped off (uh no pun intended) by his latest book: “White House Call Girl – The REAL Watergate Story”
Yes, it is Sunday again, and time for my usual rant...I am one truly pissed off blogger this week... I have been absolutely disgusted by the actions of some of those who call themselves "truth seekers" and yet are not....
RT | January 19, 2014
A medical bill has been signed into law in Turkey that requires doctors to obtain government permission before administering emergency first aid. Critics have blasted the bill as a crackdown on doctors who treat activists injured during protests.
