By Mike Masnick | Techdirt | November 6, 2013

Whether Huntsman was the one who revealed that multimillionaire GOP tax cheat Mitt Romney paid no taxes at all for years, what we do know for sure is that for the years he did pay something his rate was 13.9%, considerably less than the 35% the very rich are supposed to pay.

By Mike Masnick | Techdirt | November 6, 2013

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford | November 6, 2013

North Atlantic Treaty Organization
November 6, 2013
NATO Secretary General visits Steadfast Jazz exercise in Latvia

by Judith Curry [T]here is a routine confusion between science as a process (the scientific method), and science as an institution. – Ben Pile This thread is motivated by the recent publication of a paper entitled The Subterranean War on … Continue reading →

By JOHN PILGER | CounterPunch | November 6, 2013

The corridors of the Australian parliament are so white you squint. The sound is hushed; the smell is floor polish. The wooden floors shine so virtuously they reflect the cartoon portraits of prime ministers and rows of Aboriginal paintings, suspended on white walls, their blood and tears invisible.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -
John Moffitt wasn’t unhappy with a lack of playing time in Denver. He quit the NFL because he’d lost his love for the game and was tired of risking his health.
[skipping ahead]
Moffitt, 27, made about $1.5 million before taxes in his 2 1/2 seasons in the NFL.

In an attempt to justify further cuts to social programs and other essential elements of the US budget, politicians and media demagogues have been fear-mongering Americans regarding the nation’s debt.
At the same time, the Federal Reserve and the major financial institutions that control it, literally laugh all the way to the bank.

The U.S.

Aaron welcomes back Adam, formerly of the Glasgow Truth Group, to discuss another film. The action film Pacific Rim is picked apart, its special effects set aside, and its promotion of ideas brought to the fore. Listeners be sure to note that Adam and Aaron will be reviewing a new film each month from here on out.

The big exclusive up at Foreign Policy reveals that Obama’s promises to shift the drone war from the shadows of the CIA over to the Defense Department are being broken. The obstacles to completing this promised shift are “practical” as well as bureaucratic, Gordon Lubold and Shane Harris report, and the DoD just doesn’t seem ready to handle it.

By Stuart Littlewood | Intifada – Palestine | November 6, 2013

Later this month Palestinians will be celebrating an important anniversary, namely the decision by the UN General Assembly a year ago to recognise Palestine as a non-member observer state.
But not with much joy, I suspect.

Published on Nov 6, 2013 Brett Veinotte of the School Sucks Project presents: Part five in a series of short videos based on John Taylor Gatto’s book, The Underground History of American Education. This excerpt is from Chapter One – The Way It Used to Be Section Four: “The Art of Driving”(p.26-27) Would you like to know more? Get the […]

MEMO | November 6, 2013

Online Current Events Radio at Blog Talk Radio with Truther Talk on BlogTalkRadio Published November 6, 2013 Summary:  In Truther Talk Episode 53: Revelations and Revolutions!!! April and Virstyne talk to 9/11 whistleblower and founder of TragedyandHope.com, Richard Grove. In 2003, Richard Grove filed for federal whistleblower protection under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In 2006, he released on mp3 […]

James Corbett of The Corbett Report joins Abby Martin of Breaking The Set to discuss “Gladio B,” the continuation of the clandestine NATO program, Operation Gladio. We talk about the history of Gladio and the transition of the program into a campaign to fund and foment Islamic terrorism in the Central Asia/Caucasus region.

Published on Nov 6, 2013 James Corbett of The Corbett Report  joins Abby Martin of Breaking The Set to discuss “Gladio B,” the continuation of the clandestine NATO program, Operation Gladio. We talk about the history of Gladio and the transition of the program into a campaign to fund and foment Islamic terrorism in the Central Asia/Caucasus region. For more […]

Press TV
November 5, 2013
US drone strikes ‘outrage to global morality’
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US drone attacks in rural Pakistan and Afghanistan are “an outrage to global morality” and international law, says Rick Rozoff, manager of the organization Stop NATO International.

Sunday we looked at North Carolina Republican congressional candidate Jason Thigpen's switch from the GOP to the Democratic Party. Monday evening Jason went on air with Lawrence O'Donnell to talk about his oddessey (above).When I spoke with him over the weekend, Jason seemed to me to be a very independent-minded, thoughtful, progressive-oriented citizen with a keen understanding of a Constitution he takes very seriously.

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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Arnold Zweig: Selections on war
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Arnold Zweig
From Education Before Verdun (1935)
Translated by Eric Sutton

Ever since the first big revelations about the National Security Agency five months ago, Dianne Feinstein has been in overdrive to defend the surveillance state. As chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, she generates an abundance of fog, weasel words, anti-whistleblower slander and bogus notions of reform – while methodically stabbing civil liberties in the back.

Kerry on despot tour to reassure

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Press TV – November 6, 2013

The results of a new poll show that most Americans are opposed to supporting foreign-backed Takfiri militants fighting the Syrian Government.
The poll was conducted by HuffPost/YouGov between October 7 and 10 and its results were published on October 29. The aim of the study was to discover the American respondents’ view on providing militants with arms.

By Neil Clark | RT | November 6, 2013

The only surprising thing about the news that the US is sabotaging peace moves in Afghanistan and Pakistan is that anyone should find the news surprising.
As reported on RT, Pakistan has accused the US of sabotaging peace talks between the authorities in Islamabad and the Taliban following last Friday’s drone assassination of the Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud.

 Appeasement dooms Palestinians to everlasting misery

 
by Stuart Littlewood
UN’s precious gift empowering legal action is squandered while Israel, with US/UK/EU acquiescence, continues to seize land and resources with impunity
 
Later this month Palestinians will be celebrating an important anniversary, namely the decision by the UN General Assembly a year ago to recognise Palestine as a non-member observer state.

I did find this interview extremely enlightening. So much so I listened thrice! ;-)And thanks to Henrik at Red Ice Creations for providing this interview for us all to enjoy

I know it’s early to talk about the 2016 presidential race, but that’s only true for normal people: ideologues of one sort or another like me and my Twitter followers are already deep into it, and with good reason. That’s because the stakes have never been higher. It’s important who sits in the Oval Office, […]

Originally posted at TomDispatch. When Barack Obama took office, the sky was the limit in the Greater Middle East. After all, it seemed the U.S. had hit rock bottom. President Bush had set the region aflame with a raging debacle in Iraq, a sputtering conflict in Afghanistan, and a low-level drone war in Pakistan. The […]

In an outrageous setting of priorities in the National Security Agency (NSA) spying scandal, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Diane Feinstein (D-CA) has implicitly placed the feelings of foreign heads of state above the constitutional rights of Americans. Responding to anger, complaints, and pressure from powerful German Chancellor Angela Merkel about revelations that NSA had intercepted […]

On a purely rational view, it is hard not to be optimistic about the upcoming talks with Iran in Geneva (Nov. 7-8), and about what might follow. On the Iranian side, the negotiations are now under the direction of a very accomplished diplomat who reports to a President who wants to resolve the nuclear dispute […]

The race most people were most interested in today was the lesser-of-two evils gubernatorial election in Virginia. As expected, the lesser of two evils, Clinton bagman Terry McAuliffe, won.

At least 29 people were killed and 29 more wounded in mostly shootings and small bomb attack. In Mosul, a bomb targeting police killed two of them and wounded six more. A policeman and a gunman were killed in a shootout. Gunmen killed a policeman. At least one more policeman was killed. In Baghdad, an […]

I am finally feeling much better and over my recent horrendous bout of Sinusitis.... It is time to get back to doing articles at this blog, and to do some catching up on what has been happening around the world...Just the other day, I took the time to look over all of the facts and evidence concerning the recent "shooting" of a TSA agent by a "lone gunman" at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), and what I saw just did not make any sense at all... In fact, as usual I had my suspicions from the very beginning that this was another set up and a false flag attack....

Progressive Radio Network
November 1, 2013
Stephen Lendman interviews Rick Rozoff
Transcription and links at bottom are courtesy of Kathleen Welch, for which deepest gratitude
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A trivia question today for CA readers.
Most readers are aware of the picture of Scott Mandia of the “Climate Rapid Response Team” in spandex Superman uniform, though, as a costumed vigilante, Mandia would arguably be more the hapless Defendor than the aspirational Superman.

Vice President Biden appears to be arguing forcefully that the pathetic homeless guy next to him shouldn't lose his food stamps. Oh wait, on closer examination the guy turns out to be Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe.

RT | November 5, 2013

A minor traffic stop went nightmarishly wrong for a New Mexico man who was detained by police and forced to undergo a series of anal probes and other medical examinations against his will.

The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on FacebookIt's a shame that most media covers Toronto Mayor as a clownish crackhead instead of what he actually is-- Canada's most prominent right-wing politician… and a clownish crackhead.

By Charles Davis | False Dichotomy | November 5, 2013

According to the president of the United States, “we’re all created equal and every single American deserves to be treated equally in the eyes of the law.”

By Chris Morran | Consumerist | November 4, 2013

By Glyn Moody | Techdirt | November 5, 2013

Russian Information Agency Novosti
November 5, 2013
Russia Unprepared for War in Arctic
MOSCOW: Russia is unprepared for a war in the Arctic, a government report says.
The country, which has the longest Arctic border, would be unable to quickly respond to an attack in the area, the Regional Development Ministry said in an assessment of risks to economic interests in the Far North.

Beijing has been preparing for a very long time for a future without the dollar. I have reported in the past that China has been co-operating with the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England to suppress the price of gold and silver to make the dollar and the pound appear to be healthier than they really are. The Chinese government is as corrupt as anything you will see in Washington or London. Take a look at this picture of smog in Beijing. The cities of China have particulate matter in their air 40 times UN recommendations.

By John W. Whitehead | Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity | November 5, 2013

“There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.”
-Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century

Weekly News Update on the Americas | November 3, 2013

WOW…. Of course we have seen this before from Dr Paul and C4L orgs.
Could this be a further payoff for his son Rand Paul’s future? When will we stop this ‘INSANE’ endorsement of the lesser of two evils of the one party system?????

 
Via CONservative Byte

Also details on yesterday’s CT Campus shooting – BELOW

Matt Cartwright wasn't in Congress when the Affordable Care Act passed. People taken in by conservative lies-- or who are freaked out about the incompetent roll out of the website-- can't really blame Cartwright the way they're trying to blame other Democrats in Congress. Cartwright could have laid low and let the battle rage on around him.

We are always told, “If you have nothing to hide, then why should care about the NSA (for ex.) monitoring everything you do?” We answer with the 4th and 5th amendments of the US Constitution! We have a right to our privacy, the US police, FBI et al do not. They work for YOU! But if they have nothing to hide… why are they working so hard to hide everything?

This friends, is a COVERUP!         ~   Jack Blood