Al-Akhbar | November 13, 2013
A 16-year-old Palestinian stabbed an Israeli soldier to death on a bus on Wednesday in an attack apparently motivated by the jailing of his relatives in Israel, police said.
The death came as Israel backtracked on an announced plan to expand illegal settlements in the West Bank, calling for “intelligent and coordinated” construction despite international condemnation.
The election of the reformist Iranian president Hassan Rouhani and his strong diplomatic efforts to hammer out a deal with western powers on outstanding issues over Iran's nuclear program led many observers to expect a rapprochement with Tehran.
I am truly amazed by what I watch is happening in the once great nation called the United States of America right now... I have long said that the US is slowly disintegrating and is on the verge of total economic collapse.. I have compared the collapse as "a train wreck happening in show motion" for quite some time now, and I do wonder how much more the average American will take before they decide to take action against the criminals responsible for this mess....I was sent the following video that absolutely broke my heart....
RT | November 13, 2013
Norway’s Health Ministry is considering a proposal on regulating the circumcision of boys. Some political parties are calling on a complete ban of the practice on minors, a possibility that would affect Jewish and Muslim communities.
In an initially pointless exercise that lasted nearly an hour, I flipped between two Palestinian television channels, Al Aqsa TV of Hamas in Gaza and Palestine TV of Fatah in the West Bank. While both purported to represent Palestine and the Palestinians, each seemed to represent some other place and some other people. It was all very disappointing.
By Noel Brinkerhoff and Danny Biederman | AllGov | November 13, 2013
Getting shot has been made that much worse in New York City, where officials have taken a hard-line with bystanders caught in the line of fire of police officers.
Civil Georgia
November 13, 2013
U.S. 6th Fleet Flagship Visits Batumi
Tbilisi: The U.S. 6th Fleet flagship, USS Mount Whitney, arrived in Georgia’s Black Sea port of Batumi on November 11 “for a regularly scheduled port visit that will include combined training exercises with the Georgian Coast Guard,” according to the U.S. embassy in Tbilisi.
I hope you saw the Blue America e-mail about Maine senatorial candidate Shenna Bellows yesterday. She's the former ACLU executive director who's taking on Susan Collins this cycle. Although Collins is an old fashioned mainstream conservative, who nonetheless backs her reactionary colleagues nearly all the time, the media just delights in terming her a "moderate." Just like Chris Christie.
SOMEDAY (Song for Palestine)
SOMEDAY — By Finian Cunningham, political analyst, singer-songwriter, originally from Belfast Ireland, featuring Tubby Corrway on lead guitar and Colin Merrill on drums.
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Stars and Stripes
November 12, 2013
NATO wraps up major exercise in Poland, Baltics
By Matt Millham
DRAWSKO POMORSKIE, Poland: NATO’s biggest military exercise in seven years ended over the weekend after more than a week of drills and simulations designed to test the alliance’s readiness to deploy to combat or other emergencies.
In 1776 the 13 colonies voted to declare their independence citing a list of grievances against King George. This article attempts to cite some of the crimes committed by the current regime in Washington against the people.
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Alfred Neumann
From The Devil (1926)
Translated by Huntley Paterson
The historic divide between the “respectable” vs. the “renegades” is the subject of historian Thaddeus Russell’s 2011 book A Renegade History of the United States, which argues that when renegade groups gain civil rights and social acceptability, they lose their renegade culture.
RT | November 13, 2013
The United States intelligence community’s research arm is set to launch a program that will thoroughly broaden the capabilities of biometric facial recognition software in order to establish an individual’s identity.
Remember Stuxnet? The cyber warfare viral attack launched by US and Israel?
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 096. This is a show I did Jan. 18, 2012, on WMNF 88.5 Radio, “Live for Liberty with Blake Westlake and Chris Horan,” which was just uploaded to YouTube. Chris Horan kindly forwarded the link to me. We had a nice, short interview about the anti-competitive nature of intellectual property law.
Despite having an increasingly autocratic and sectarian Shi’ite government that allows overflights of Iranian arms to a Syrian government opposed by U.S.-supported rebels, President Obama has pledged to increase military assistance to Iraq – reversing a five-year trend of disengagement and aid reduction. The Obama administration will increase intelligence support to the Iraqi government and […]
We are living in dangerous times – and this moment, when the Geneva talks with Iran over their nuclear program have reached the tipping point, is potentially a decisive turn for the worst. Two factors are simultaneously moving us toward a general cataclysm, and both have to do with the state of Israel: 1) The […]
Signs of rapprochement between Tehran and Washington are growing. A new era seems about to begin. It is now possible to imagine a political solution that would put an end to the 33-year confrontation between Iran and the United States. In early September, we were once more on the verge of war in the Middle […]
Lewandowsky’s recent article, “Role of Conspiracist Ideation” continues Lewandowsky’s pontification on populations of 2, 1 and zero.
As observed here a couple of days ago, there were no respondents in the original survey who simultaneously believed that Diana faked her own death and was murdered. Nonetheless, in L13Role, Lewandowsky not only cited this faux example, but used it as a “hallmark” of conspiracist ideation:
The Democratic Party prides itself on being a big tent so the answer is both yes and no. Mainstream FDR progressives are very serious about equality-- like the Pennsylvania state Senator, DaylinLeach, in the video above. Confused conservatives who, for whatever reason, stumbled into the wrong party are not. When I was growing up, my grandfather, a dedicated Socialist, told me to never trust the Democrats.
At least 18 people were killed in shootings and bombings across central and northern Iraq. Nine more were wounded.
Munchener Bach-Chor and Orchester conducted by Karl Richter; with Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Hertha Topper (contralto), Horst Laubenthal (tenor) and Herman Prey (bass). Recorded September 12-28, 1969 in the Klosterkirche, in Diessen am Ammersee.
Yes, the mast counts! One World Trade Center (right) wins!by KenIt all came down to the meaning of "tall." Or maybe "building." But just in time for the opening tomorrow of the modest 72-story 4 World Trade Center, the Council on Tall Buildings and Habitat (what? you didn't know there was a Council on Tall Buildings and Habitat?
The Australian security state is collecting intelligence on a scale never seen before
by Judith Curry Where trust is most needed, it is least likely to be gained by relying on the source factors identified in empirical scholarship on persuasion. In the early days of Climate Etc., Communication was a frequent topic for posts. This topic … Continue reading →
Itar-Tass
November 12, 2013
Libya falls into pieces controlled by armed groups
MOSCOW: Libya is practically disintegrated, and the real power is in the hands of numerous small armed groups, the president of the Institute of Middle East Studies, Yevgeny Satanovsky, told Tass on Tuesday in comments on the recent developments in the country.
By Noel Brinkerhoff and Danny Biederman | AllGov | November 12, 2013
One of the nation’s leading banks wants Congress to amend federal law adopted in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis so it and other Wall Street institutions can go back to gambling with risky investments and have taxpayers cover the losses again if they bet wrong.
In the aftermath of the chemical attack in Syria on August 21st, each side naturally blamed the other, with western intelligence agencies providing evidence supporting the opposition, and Russian intelligence supporting the regime. Both sides issued biased reports with cherry-picked evidence, only adding to the confusion. A sadly rushed and deficient interim UN Report by […]
South Wales Argus
November 12, 2013
‘Embrace Nato talks – the world is coming to Newport’
NATO: Some 60 heads of state are expected
There was excitement last month when Prime Minister David Cameron announced that the military alliance would be convening at the Celtic Manor Resort next autumn, as well as venues in Cardiff.
ForUm
November 12, 2013
Ohryzko: Association with EU to entail Ukraine’s rapprochement with NATO
The association of Ukraine with the European Union will entail rapprochement with the NATO, ex-foreign minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Ohryzko said in comments to a ForUm correspondent.
Editor Note: Taxing doesn’t work! As Mr Brand points out, is it too easily escaped by those in powerful places, and… What he doesn’t point out; These “taxes on the Rich” are simply passed along to the rest of us in the form or Regressive Tax and high prices on necessities. Maybe a Luxury tax on multi million dollar homes and cars is the answer, but it too would likely be another brunt to bare for the rest of us…
Trend News Agency
November 12, 2013
Foreign Ministry: Georgia’s integration into NATO develops vigorously
Nana Kirtzkhalia
Tbilisi: Simultaneously with the process of rapprochement of Georgia with Europe, the country’s integration into NATO is developing dynamically, Georgian Foreign Minister Maya Panjikidze told journalists on Nov.11.
According to her, in the past six months the NATO-Georgia Commission held several meetings.
AzerNews
November 12, 2013
NATO expert group arrives in Baku
By Nazrin Gadimova
NATO’s expert group on military education arrived in Baku on November 11.
According to Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry, the purpose of the visit is to provide assistance in some areas of military education to the Azerbaijani Armed Forces.
At the meetings, the expert group discussed military education and personnel training with the Azerbaijani side. The visit will end on November 14.
Monday morning, Nasiruddin Haqqani, the son of the founder of Afghanistan's Haqqani network-- and that group's chief financial officer-- was shot dead in Islamabad by gunmen on a motorcycle. He was definitely on a worldwide "most wanted" list and the only surprise about his violent end is that he wasn't killed in a drone strike. His younger brother, Sirajuddin, heads the Haqqani network which is connected to the Taliban and has been one of the most effective groups against the U.S.
Judge to Listen to Newtown 911 Tapes Before Decision 08 Nov 2013 New Britain Superior Court Judge Eliot Prescott said Friday he will listen to recordings of 911 calls made from Sandy Hook Elementary School — “as little as I may want to do that” — before deciding whether the calls should remain secret pending an appeal of an order to make the tapes public.
Even with such perfect numerological occult (Illuminati) significance… Somehow we are not scared. The is likely just a Beta Test to get ready for the next E-PEARL HARBOR. This will lead to the I-PATRIOT ACT which we hear is already written up and waiting for roll out! (Internet Censorship: The i-Patriot Act Waiting To Be Implemented? )
BDS won’t work, Zio leaders tell Methodists…
by Stuart Littlewood
Of course, it wasn’t going to be long before the Board of Deputies of British Jews (BoD) stuck their oar into the Methodists’ big debate on BDS (Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions) against Israel http://www.methodist.org.uk/bdsbriefing, which included a public consultation questionnaire.
Remember when the Bush Regime’ counted McDonalds’ fast food jobs as “manufacturing jobs” ….. What are the other 2/3rds of Americans doing in the statistics? Slave or Slave owners?
A record high 91,541,000 Americans did not participate in the labor force this October.
According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 932,000 people dropped out of the labor force last month, from at total of 90,609,000 in September to 91,541,000 in October.
* Editor Notes: “Crimes against Humanity” is the charge. Of which Obama and crew are certainly GUILTY! On every level! Since this report discusses some collusion with the “Muslim Brotherhood”, we thought it might be useful to give you some background on them.
Al-Manar | November 12, 2013
Russia said the Islamic Republic of Iran was not to blame for the failed outcome of nuclear talks in Geneva last week, hinting at cracks in what had previously appeared to be a relatively united international front on the issue.
By Yossi Gurvitz | November 11, 2013
Israeli soldiers try to arrest Activestills photographer Yotam Ronen, as Palestinian and international activists block 443 highway, which connects Tel Aviv and Jerusalem through the West Bank, during a protest against the violence of the Israeli settlers, October 16, 2012.
Obama's imperious behaviour at the 2009 climate summit is a key reason negotiations have failed dismally in recent years.
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by James Corbett
BoilingFrogsPost.com
November 12, 2013
50 years ago this month, the President of the United States had his head blown off in broad daylight.
Steve Israel works to elect conservatives to Congress; Garrison and AguilarSean Sullivan covers national politics for The Fix. Prior to joining the Washington Post in the summer of 2012, Sean was the editor of Hotline On Call, National Journal Hotline’s politics blog. He has also worked for NHK Japan Public Broadcasting and ABC News. Sean is a graduate of Hamilton College, where he received a degree in Philosophy. He lives in Washington, D.C.
