By Richard Edmondson | Fig Trees and Vineyards | November 26, 2013

The mural honoring Edward Said at San Francisco State University.
 
By Nora Barrows-Friedman
 
An anti-Palestinian group is mounting an attack against students at San Francisco State University. Following an on-campus event honoring a mural of the late Palestinian scholar Edward Said, the group asserted that an artistic stencil glorified “the murder of Jews.”

I wasn't raised with any religion. In my own life, I've embraced the teachings of several gurus, Jeus more than any of the others. But organized religion has always repulsed me. Since I started watching Pope Francis I've actually considered joining the Catholic Church. I wonder if Catholics from the Church-without-Jesus sect like Paul Ryan and John Boehner have been thinking about leaving the Catholic Church and joining some snake handler cult.

RT | November 27, 2013

Tehran has strongly rejected Washington’s interpretation of the long-awaited interim nuclear agreement reached by the P5+1 nations in Geneva, as Iran’s Foreign Ministry labeled the factsheet released by the US a “one-sided interpretation.”

Qatar News Agency
November 27, 2013
Qatar participates in NATO-ICI meeting
BRUSSELS: The State of Qatar has participated in the meeting held between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and that Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) under the chairmanship of the NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Brussels.

RT
November 26, 2013
NATO launches ‘largest ever’ cyber-security exercises
NATO has kicked off Cyber Coalition 2013, the largest ever exercise of its kind intended to thwart massive, simultaneous attacks on member states and their allies.
The three-day exercise, based at the 27 member alliance’s cyber defense center in Estonia, will include participants from over 30 European states. Some 400 IT, government and legal experts from across the alliance will take part in the operation.

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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Erich Maria Remarque: Selections on war
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Erich Maria Remarque
From The Road Back (1930)
Translated by A.W. Wheen

 
DEAL DONE. British Foreign Secretary William Hague, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, US Secretary of State John Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius attend a statement on early November 24, 2013 in Geneva. AFP / Fabrice Coffrini
 by Stuart Littlewood

Today on The Corbett Report we are joined by Tjeerd Andringa, Associate Professor in Auditory Cognition at the University of Groningen. Today we discuss his work at GeopoliticsAndCognition.com where he discusses the intersection of geopolitics and cognitive science. Join us for this in-depth conversation on perception, cognition, politics, authoritarianism, libertarianism, conspiracy theory, and much more.
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GeopoliticsAndCognition.com

This is the best 911 documentary available. I wonder why it had to be made by Europeans?

A recent Reuters investigation into the Pentagon’s inability to conduct a simple audit of its finances highlights the principal reason why the American empire is doomed. When reconciling the Navy’s accounts with those of the US Treasury, number-crunchers over at the Pentagon’s Defense Finance and Accounting Service simply made up figures and inserted them. This […]

The 50th anniversary of the assassination and funeral of John F. Kennedy should remind us of his primary legacy: The long shadow of unintended consequences from reckless foreign intervention. JFK’s orchestration of the attempted overthrow of a foreign regime – Fidel Castro’s in Cuba – is usually treated in American history as a one-off disaster […]

At least 30 Iraqis were killed and 37 more were wounded in today's attacks. Also, the Justice Ministry announced the executions of 11 prisoners convicted on terrorism charges.

Aside from AIPAC, Israel has two enormous guns buying leverage for it inside U.S. politics-- mobster Sheldon Adelson on the GOP side and another shady billionaire, Haim Saban, on the Democratic side. The two shovel out immense sums of money to politicians to keep Israeli national interests front and center above even American national interests. We've gone overAdelson ad nauseum here and I think most DWT readers know he's married to an Israeli and that he's a major figure in Israeli politics through ownership of large right-wing media properties.

In my last article concerning Sandy Hook, I released the fabulous video by Sofia Smallstorm that basically rips Sandy Hook apart and takes the firm stand that we are indeed dealing with a massive fraud, swindle, and hoax....

This toddler baboon is presumably the older of the two half-brothers (same father, different mothers) now in residence at Brooklyn's Prospect Park Zoo.

At San Francisco photo-op, immigrant prop refuses to remain silent, challenges Obama over 2 million deportations–Obama tries to mislead….Get a free audiobook of your choice, and support the PBC Podcast! Sign up for free, no-risk trial at Audible.com
WTF!? NSA boss Alexander offered to resign, and White House refused
–Snowden has “doomsday cache” for insurance
–Julian Assange has heard from leakers who say he won’t be prosecuted by US, seeks confirmation from a named source

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Rev. Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping returns with an urgent update: he is facing a year in jail for leading a colorful protest at a bank in NYC.Get a free audiobook of your choice, and support the PBC Podcast: sign up for free trial at Audible.com and they will kick in $15 for you!

Voice of Russia
November 26, 2013
US/NATO continue simulating war against Russia in Germany
John Robles

Another poll came out yesterday, this one from the Public Religion Research Institute, showing overwhelming support by Americans for comprehensive immigration reform. Bottom line: 63% of Americans favor a path to citizenship-- including 60% of grassroots Republicans! Opposition comes from two places: overt racists and the Republican House leadership.

By LAWRENCE Of Cyberia | December 28, 2013

Canada is fully under the control of Jewish interests, and has been for some time now... It is so sad that this country, that at one time was truly a nation that other nations would want to emulate, is now nothing but a YES man for the Jews and Israel's interests.....With the recent signing of the "deal" between the P5+1 group and Iran for "curbing" Iran's (non-existent) nuclear weapons program, most nations have finally begun to lift their illegal sanctions against that peaceful nation.....

RT | November 26, 2013

Arnon Milchan, renowned producer of such Hollywood hits as “Pretty Woman,” “Fight Club” and “LA Confidential”, has come forth with perhaps his greatest story of all: he was an Israeli spy who helped boost the country’s nuclear program in the 70s and 80s.

The battle for UkraineKamNam mentioned the geopolitical situation in Ukraine was about to heat up..Yet, again.Thanks for the heads up KamNam.!!Can’t say this turn of events would come as a surprise. No, not a surprise at all.Some of the featured article is pure spin to justify continued  or new western intervention.But, there is some factual information present.

USA Today joins boycott of White House propaganda
Bout time!

By Trevor Timm | EFF | November 25, 2013

DC on BFP #20 | Ben Swann and Guillermo Jimenez discuss a variety of issues, including jury nullification, the drug war, the militarization of federally subsidized local police departments, the Boston Marathon Bombing and Ibragim Todashev, internet freedom, net neutrality, and so much more.

In the spring of 1995, the FBI let domestic terrorism conspirator Steve Stockman (R-TX) off very lightly for his role in the bombing of the Alfred Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City that killed 168 people and injured almost 700 more.

Following the 2009 military coup in Honduras, the U.S. expanded aid and security cooperation with the new hard-right government and heaped legitimacy on the regime despite steadily increasing human rights abuses. This week, Honduras had an election that many international observers expected to be of dubious validity, thanks to the corruption of the ruling party and its control over the military and police (an occupational distinction which has been deliberately blurred in recent years).

Aaron continues his review of Reflektor, by Arcade Fire. This podcast focuses on Disc 2, and its many occult and esoteric themes. From Classical mythology to the existential dilemma of our modern Reflective Age, there is a lot to think about here.

By Gareth Porter | IPS | November 26, 2013

WASHINGTON – The “first step” agreement between Iran and the United States that was sealed in Geneva over the weekend is supposed to lead to the negotiation of a “comprehensive settlement” of the nuclear issue over the next six months, though the latter has gotten little attention.

The 911 Consensus Project has developed a list of 37 questions that are designed to undo the lies the government and the media require us to believe to be admitted into polite society. Today I want to examine questions 29 thru 37. We begin with Mohamed Atta’s trip to Portland
29) Mohamed Atta’s Mysterious Trip to Portland

By Jeremy Salt – Palestine Chronicle – November 25, 2013

One of the four emerging myths about the Iran-P5+1 deal has reached a fever pitch. Turn on basically any network news channel and you’ll hear it propagated again and again: Iran got too much sanctions relief!

By David Swanson | War is a Crime | November 25, 2013

When Barack Obama became president, there were 32,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan.  He escalated to over 100,000 troops, plus contractors. Now there are 47,000 troops these five years later.  Measured in financial cost, or death and destruction, Afghanistan is more President Obama’s war than President Bush’s.  Now the White House is trying to keep troops in Afghanistan until “2024 and beyond.”

Rustavi 2
November 26, 2013
State Minister leaves for Belgium
State Minister for Reintegration Affairs, Aleksi Petriashvili has left for Belgium this morning to discuss Georgia-EU cooperation issues a few days prior to the EU Eastern Partnership Summit with NATO authorities.

Michael Needham first started appearing on the pages of this blog just over a month ago, in a story about how the Republican Party is being Cruzified. Needham is a spoiled, slimy little operative for the right-wing extremists around Jim DeMint and his Texas protégé, Ted Cruz.

http://www.aco.nato.int/video-exercise-arrcade-fusion-is-well-underway-in-the-uk.aspx
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Command Operations
November 26, 2013

U.S. Naval Forces Europe – U.S. Naval Forces Africa
U.S. Sixth Fleet
November 26, 2013
HDMS Esbern Snare Engages with East African Boarding Teams During Cutlass Express
By Royal Danish Navy 1st Lt. Peter Hojgrav, HDMS Esbern Snare (L 17) Public Affairs

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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Ignazio Silone: Resorting to the bloody diversion of war
Ignazio Silone: War with today’s hereditary enemy
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Ignazio Silone

By Greg Felton | November 24, 2013

For an event that changed the course of world history, the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy passed with barely a ripple. It featured the same sort of superficial solemnity and obligatory rehashing of canonical texts one expects at a religious observance.

November 26, 2013 (Tony Cartalucci) - "...any military operation against Iran will likely be very unpopular around the world and require the proper international context—both to ensure the logistical support the operation would require and to minimize the blowback from it.

November 26, 2013 (Tony Cartalucci) - Unprecedented protests have taken to the streets in Bangkok, now for weeks, where at times, hundreds of thousands of protesters have appeared.

“We will put pressure on America, and our protest will continue if drone attacks are not stopped,” said an angry Imran Khan, leader of Pakistan’s third largest political party, the PTI (the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf). He was speaking on Saturday, November 23, to a crowd of over 10,000 protesters who blocked the highway used by NATO […]

More than ever, Israel is isolated from world opinion and the squishy entity known as "the international community." The Israeli government keeps condemning the Iran nuclear deal, by any rational standard a positive step away from the threat of catastrophic war. In the short run, the belligerent responses from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are bound […]

The “first step” agreement between Iran and the United States that was sealed in Geneva over the weekend is supposed to lead to the negotiation of a “comprehensive settlement” of the nuclear issue over the next six months, though the latter has gotten little attention. But within hours of the agreement, there are already indications […]

“Iran’s Nuclear Triumph” roared the headline of the Wall Street Journal editorial. William Kristol is again quoting Churchill on Munich. Since the news broke Saturday night that Iran had agreed to a six-month freeze on its nuclear program, we are back in the Sudetenland again. Why? For not only was this modest deal agreed to […]

2016 GOP ticket?It's an unfortunate given, but there are people, mostly far right extremists divorced from both the mainstream and from reality, who pay attention to what the overly ambitious junior senator from Texas has to say.

At least 42 people were killed and 97 more were wounded in fresh violence. Most of the attacks were in Baghdad and Mosul, but a former lawmaker was killed in rare violence south of the capital.

By Jamie Dettmer
Running from assault, abduction, and assassination at the hands of jihadists and FSA rebels, Syria’s ancient Christian community fears a religious pogrom is set to erupt.