This week the Center for Responsive Politics issued a widely cited report that makes clear that, for the first time ever, most Members of Congress have net worths of over a million dollars.
As Jason Ditz highlights in the news section today, congressional support for heaping additional sanctions on Iran, even as the interim deal plays out ahead of further negotiations on a final deal, is picking up in the Senate. Up to 58 senators have committed to voting yes on new sanctions, an action the Obama administration and Iranian negotiators have said would kill good faith negotiations.
“As the weather was dusty, the marine forces based there thought he was enemy and opened fire. As a result of mistaken fire, he was killed,” the spokesman for the governor of Helmand Province, Omar Zwak, told Reuters.The post Afghan toddler killed by US troops amid heightened tension over security pact appeared first on BSNEWS.
The verdict is in. All civilized people must hate Dennis Rodman. Politicians from John McCain to John Kerry, and pundits from Bill O’Reilly to Chris Matthews are outraged that any American, let alone the eccentric Rodman, would travel to the land of the third member of the Axis of Evil. Earlier this week, Rodman, along with six fellow former NBA players, left for North Korea where they played an exhibition basketball game against a team of North Koreans. The game took place in front of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, as part of Kim’s birthday celebration.
By Damian Lataan | January 10, 2014
Seventy senior Israeli-centric neoconservatives have written an open letter to Congress imploring them to do more to ensure Iran complies with the conditions of any agreement finally reached with the P5+1 over Iran’s nuclear program.
A Judaic woman flees misogyny and mind control_____________________One Hasidic Housewife's Inspiring — and Unusual — Journey to College and BeyondBy Frimet GoldbergerJewish Daily Forward | January 9, 2014= Excerpt =...I was born in Kiryas Joel, the exponentially growing epicenter for Satmar Hasidim in upstate New York. I attended the village’s only girls school through 11th grade, which is when Satmar girls graduate and begin preparations for their betrothal.
After hearing the verdict in the Mark Duggan inquest I went with his family and friends to a local church in Tottenham where we tried to share a private moment before facing the media. A range of emotions was on display, but it is fair to say that stunned disbelief and anger dominated.The post This perverse Mark Duggan verdict will ruin our relations with the police appeared first on BSNEWS.
By Gilad Atzmon • March 30, 2009
The following is an attempt to present my own personal dictionary of what seems to be the most charged terminology and concepts attached to the Palestinian solidarity and anti-war discourse.
Most people are still reeling from the personal jabs former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates takes at President Obama and his closest advisers in his forthcoming memoir. But beyond the political barbs is actual news. Like, for example, the fact that the U.S. tried to manipulate Afghanistan’s 2009 elections in order to unseat Hamid Karzai.
Sink, Bircher, Jolly, Peters, some other guyOnce Bill Young announced his retirement October 9 and then quickly died on October 18, we've written about the campaign to replace him in FL-13 a few times (here and
James Corbett joins Jack Blood of DeadlineLive.info on the newly relaunched Jack Blood Show to discuss the NSA/Greenwald/Omidyar saga, Fukushima fearmongering and the potential for the fall of the House of Saud. The Jack Blood Show airs on The Micro Effect weekdays from 4:00 to 6:00 PM Eastern.
U.S. Department of Defense
January 7, 2014
Shelton Discusses Importance of Space Defense
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON: Space is fundamental to the economy, the military and the way of life in the United States and officials must continue to guard against challenges in the domain from adversaries, the commander of Air Force Space Command said today.
U.S. Department of Defense
January 9, 2014
Africa Command Deals with Emergencies as it Builds Capacity
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
[Edited by RR]
WASHINGTON: U.S. Africa Command will expeditiously deal with operations on the continent, and will continue growing partner nations’ military capabilities, Army Gen. David Rodriguez said today.
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Mikhail Sholokhov: Selections on war
Russian writers on war
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Mikhail Sholokhov
From And Quite Flows the Don (1928-32)
Translated by Stephen Garry
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: Original Cheerios to Go GMO-Free
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Non-GMO Cheerios More Marketing Boon Than Health Boost?
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Monsanto Calls GMO-free Cheerios a Marketing Stunt
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From the January 8, 2014 article, Bosses shouldn’t ask sick workers for doctor’s note: OMA, in Canada’s largest newspaper, the Toronto Star, they falsely frame the sick note debate. This is typical of the corporate-controlled mass media. On one hand, we have the Ontario Medical Association president making the valid point: ““First of all, you […]
To my surprise, just three days after my article, Why is Gerald Celente Avoiding Dr. Stan Monteith’s Show?, Gerald Celente made a brief appearance (22 minutes) on the show, on January 6, 2014. In my article, I had pointed out that Dr. Stan had tried getting him on at least half a dozen times since […]
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode176 - New World Next Year 2014 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.
The Metropolitan Police Service want their water cannon; they want it by this summer. Previously only employed on the streets of Northern Ireland, the introduction of water cannons is keenly supported by London Mayor, Boris Johnson, to apparently combat a repeat of the 2011 riotsThe post Water Cannons appeared first on BSNEWS.
MIT Professor and Philosopher Noam Chomsky talks with HuffPost's Zach Carter and Ryan Grim about Iraq, Iran, trade deals and more.The post A Discussion With Noam Chomsky appeared first on BSNEWS.
The horrors reported each day from Syria and Iraq are enough to make one cry; in particular, the atrocities carried out by the al-Qaeda types: floggings; beheadings; playing soccer with the heads; cutting open dead bodies to remove organs just for mockery; suicide bombers, car bombs, the ground littered with human body parts; countless young children traumatized for life; the imposition of sharia law, including bans on music … What century are we living in? What millennium?
Channel 4's attempt to stereotype and demonise all of Britain’s 2.49 million unemployed by focussing on just 6 carefully chosen people and showing them in the worst possible light in their programme Benefits Street last night was so successful that Twitter exploded with threats of violence and even death against the participantsThe post Threats of death and violence after Channel 4 programme Benefits Street appeared first on BSNEWS.
People talk about "the character issue" in politics, but is there really any other issue when it comes to judging a political candidate? After all, someone may be advocating Peace On Earth and Good Will Toward Men in public, while in private he could very well be hatching demonic schemes of revenge in retaliation for […]
A draft constitution set to go before a public referendum next week gives the military more privileges, enshrining its place as Egypt’s most powerful institution and placing it above the state. The new text, set to replace the constitution drawn up in 2012 under Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, has stoked fears that Egypt’s military leadership […]
When it comes to war, the American public is remarkably fickle. The responses of Americans to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars provide telling examples. In 2003, according to opinion polls, 72 percent of Americans thought going to war in Iraq was the right decision. By early 2013, support for that decision had declined to 41 […]
At least 86 people were killed and 82 more were wounded in new violence across Iraq.
The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on FacebookAs a service to people who watch Fox News, which has made a great effort to block out the unfolding Chris Christie scandal, here's what happened today to their shockingly incompetent hero-- aside from this, of course:Chris Christie succeeded at one thing in his press conference
As of Friday, January 10, 2013, Exposing Faux Capitalism moves to Friday, from 5 to 6 PM EST on the Truth Frequency Radio Network.
From washingtonpost.com -- click to enlargeby KenI'm not sure why I clicked through to the the "Washington Post e-"News Alert" that went out this afternoon at 4:12:14 PM, but I did, and I was greeted with what you see above.
By Sharmine Narwani
Special to The BRICS Post
What a difference a year can make in the Middle East.
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:
International Solidarity Movement | January 9, 2014
Occupied Palestine – Yesterday, Wednesday 8th January, at approximately 11am in Khalil (Hebron), Vincent Mainville and Fabio Theodule (Swiss and Italian citizens respectively), were arrested by Israeli border police officers.
Elvis would’ve been 79 yesterday, as we note that White House conversations on spying don’t include key NSA whistleblowers….Click here for free audiobook download that generates $15 from Audible to the PBC Podcast!
By Ken Smith | The Socialist | January 8, 2014
After 30 years of gathering dust in the National Archives, the declassification of secret government files has revealed how far Margaret Thatcher and the Tory government went to ensure defeat of the 1984-85 miners‘ strike.
By JEFF SHER | CounterPunch | January 9, 2014
The morning of January 6th I received maybe my fourth warning email, all in the last week or so, from Covered California, the state agency that administers the exchange where individuals can now buy health plans under the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare.
The overly simplistic narrative the media has decided upon to describe the recent instability in Iraq is that al-Qaeda-linked terrorists took over Fallujah, and the question now is how does the U.S. and Iraqi government remedy the situation and stave of a potential outbreak of civil war.
That is about as deep as I’ve seen any news source go into what has happened. While it’s not untrue, it is just too superficial and dangerously excludes crucial details that are indispensable to an accurate understanding of what is going on.
CUI BONO? Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton 2016! Two bad weeks for the RINO Gov Krispy Kreme – Last week he signed “Dream Act” legislation to give NJ Tax money to Illegal Immigrants for College
I found the above quote this morning on the Facebook page of Jason Thigpen, the North Carolina Republican-turned-progressive Democrat running for the House seat occupied by Walter Jones.
Thailand has those who support the regime, others who boldly oppose it, and there is another group - those who believe appeasement, idealism, and denial will solve everything. History disagrees. January 9, 2014 (ATN) - Bangkok Post's column writer Voranai Vanijaka is sharp. He is well informed and a skillful writer. He has demonstrated an astute awareness of the criminality of Thaksin Shianwatra and the danger he poses to Thailand as a democracy and as a free, functioning society. However, like all of us, Voranai is also human.
in Britain, business enterprises like international gun-running are mere whispers in the halls of Westminster, and remain well-hidden behind the walls of London’s infamous city state – the financial Square Mile. A new report this week (see full article below), accuses the British Government of having been caught in their own ‘Fast and Furious’ episode – this time shipping some 44,000 guns to East Africa – in the last 15 months alone. That’s just the tip of the global iceberg.
We all live in an information age - or so we tell each other as we caress our smart phones like rosary beads, heads down, checking, monitoring, tweeting. We're wired; we're on message; and the dominant theme of the message is ourselves. Identity is the zeitgeist.
by Finian Cunningham
For more than six decades since its creation in 1948, the Israeli regime has hidden its crimes against native Arab people with the façade of “national security”.
The Israeli usurpers have systematically stolen land from the native Palestinians, killed them, brutalized them, and pushed millions into exile or into squalid ghettos.
Gilad Atzmon:
If the quenelle is loosely defined as an anti establishment salute, one may wonder why Jews are offended by it and regard it as an ‘anti-Semitic’ gesture? Is it because many Jews actually identify with ‘the establishment’? And how do we explain the fact that the French government is happy to compromise the most elementary liberties just to appease the French Jewish Lobby (Crif)?
