Press TV
November 3, 2013
US repeatedly ignored Afghan sovereignty, murdered scores of civilians
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An American political commentator says American and NATO forces in Afghanistan have repeatedly ignored the country’s sovereignty and have murdered scores of civilians with murderous raids.

The Wall Street Journal interviewed Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt on the latest news reported by the Washington Post that the NSA has been going behind the back of Google and Yahoo and infiltrating their data centers around the world. The first few questions in the video below address the issue.

A rough transcript, with help from the WSJ article here.

Last week DCCC staffers were eager to push out a story by Shira Center and Emily Cahn in Roll Call, House Democrats Pull Pages From The Rahm Playbook.

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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Giuseppe Berto: A fable: The war was going well, the war was going badly

By Jim Surfer | Dissident Voice | October 28, 2013

The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.
– Art. 49, Fourth Geneva Convention

By Hilary Aked, Tom Mills, David Miller and Tom Griffin | MEMO | November 4, 2013

by Judith Curry ‘While climate change is occurring, the drivers of change are less clear.’ We have recently considered some reasons for skepticism from engineers, a physicist, and a weather forecaster. Chemistry World, a publication of the  (UK) Royal Society … Continue reading →

If there was ever any doubt that the formerly "Great" Britain of today has devolved into a stinkhole of authoritarianism – a proposition I advanced in a recent column – it has been dispelled by the news that the British authorities justified the detainment of David Miranda by claiming that, in transporting materials released by […]

October was Iraq’s deadliest month since April, 2008. In those five and a half years, not only has there been no improvement in Iraq’s security situation, but things have gotten much worse. More than 1,000 people were killed in Iraq last month, the vast majority of them civilians. Another 1,600 were wounded, as car bombs, […]

Originally posted at TomDispatch. If it’s Tuesday, this must be Belgium – the title of a 1969 romantic comedy – could now fit two intertwined phenomena: the madcap global travels of Secretary of State John Kerry and the nonstop journey of the latest revelations from National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden. In mid-August, there was […]

There are no moderates left in the Republican House Caucus. The "best" you'll get is a mainstream conservative willing to stand up to Tea Party extremism from time to time-- or a libertarian who may be good on an important issue or two but is still, essentially, a raving lunatic on everything else. Walter Jones (R-NC) is kind of a mix of the two.

At least 17 Iraqis were killed and 46 more were wounded in today's violence.

A common angle from the mainstream U.S. media is that NSA leaker Edward Snowden will regret his asylum in Russia (rather than life in prison in the U.S.). A quote from ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern was used in support of that theme, but he has asked the New York Times to clarify it.

Israel Buys the US Congress:  Sabotaging the US-Iran Peace NegotiationsJames Petras jpetras@binghamton.edu“Pro-Israel Policy groups such as AIPAC work with unlimited funding to divert US policy in the region (Middle East)”  --Jack Straw, Member of Parliament and former Foreign Secretary of the British Labor Party “The United States should drop a nuclear bomb on Iran to spur the country to end its nuclear program”    --Sheldon Adelson, biggest donor to the Republican Party and major fundraiser for pro-Israel political action committees,  speech at

by KenSince this is going to rad like another diatribe against Technological Progress, I'd like to start by stressing that this truly isn't what's meant, and the best way I can do that is by quoting part of a New Yorker "Briefly Noted" review (in the Nov. 4 issue) of a book called Smarter Than You Think by Clive Thompson:

This article by Edward Snowden was published Sunday in Der Spiegel. In a very short time, the world has learned much about unaccountable secret agencies and about sometimes illegal surveillance programs. Sometimes the agencies even deliberately try to hide their surveillance of high officials or the public. While the NSA and GCHQ seem to be […]

North Atlantic Treaty Organization
November 2, 2013
NATO’s Steadfast Jazz exercise gets underway

Ministry of Defense of Georgia
November 1, 2013
II Artillery Brigade’s Anniversary

The II Artillery Brigade of the Georgian Armed Forces celebrated its 5th anniversary today. Relating to the jubilee, an oath taking ceremony was held at the Khoni military base.

Voice of Russia
November 3, 2013
President Putin ends Russia/NATO ABM cooperation

ED - While we may not “agree” with everything Brand says in this viral video, we certainly feel that the Left wing in the UK and the USA; are establishment hugging hypocrites to toss him away like last week’s rubbish.

Nostradamus I'm not but I have a strong suspicion that decades from now, historians will look back on our generation with contempt for not dealing with Climate Change. How does anyone ever make sense out of two obscenely wealthy brothers, sons of a vicious anti-American fascist-- keeping the world from saving itself so they could increase their wealth?

Press TV – November 2, 2013

Some 47 million poor Americans – one in four children – see their already meager federal food allowances slashed this week.
The cuts amount to $4 billion a year over the next decade.
That $4 billion figure should ring a bell. It is equivalent to the official annual subvention that the US government sends to Israel – courtesy of the American taxpayer.

Press TV – November 3, 2013

Seventy percent of voters paticipating in a new ICM poll for The Telegraph believe the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) exclusive right to the television licence fee should be cut or scrapped.
According to the poll, 21 percent of voters believe the BBC must face a cut in the amount it receives or have to share with other broadcasters while about 50 percent said the charge should be scrapped entirely.

SECURITY IS AN ILLUSION! Its just another word for Control!

Remember…. What we look for in these events to ID a “False Flag” — 1) Prior Knowledge 2) STAND DOWN (“lax” security) 3) a Cover Up 4) Cui Bono (Gov Brown just vetoed an assault weapons ban in CA, massive increase in $ecurity aka CONTROL, and a giant distraction to O-Care mishaps, and NSA spying scandals….)
We also find it quite a “coincidence” that the Suspect was ranting against the “NWO” and Fiat Currency (The Federal Reserve) — AND that his name is Paul Ciancia (CIA n CIA)!
~ JB
Do you think that you would get this far without some help? Hmmm…
 

Ildar Abdrazakov as Don Giovanni and Andrew Foster-Williams as Leporello, in Washington last October

by Judith Curry It’s time to move beyond the old debates and endless gridlock, and find pragmatic, new leverage points to tackle climate change. – Jon Foley Jon Foley has an interesting essay entitled Breaking the Cycle of Climate Inaction.  Excerpts: … Continue reading →

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Ron Paul explains how Americans stopped Obama from attacking Syria. Thanks to the Mises Institute for this video.

By Tamar Fleishman | Palestine Chronicle | November 1, 2013

Qalandiya – Each time it seems like we have reached the bottom of the pit, but reality proves there to be an even deeper one.

Sunday again, and of course time for my weekly rant... And for all of you Hasbara/JIDF agents, something more to take shots at your sick nation of Israel and your twisted pyschotic tribe...First, I really do HATE having to go through what seems to be an annual ritual with me....

Palestine Information Center – 03/11/2013

RAMALLAH — Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu has given instructions for the building of a wall along the borders with Jordan in the Jordan Valley, Hebrew press reported on Sunday.

Press TV – November 3, 2013

A court in Bahrain has sentenced four anti-regime activists to life in prison and six others to 15-year jail terms, as the country’s prosecutors begin interrogation of opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman.
Bahraini opposition sources said on Sunday that the activists were handed prison sentences for taking part in anti-regime protests.
Earlier this week, ten protesters were also imprisoned over similar charges.

I have written previously that China is co-operating with the Federal Reserve, the US Treasury and the Bank of England to manipulate the price of gold and silver to keep them low to make their currencies look good. Jim Willie did not mention that co-operation but has said this manipulation will be ended soon by market forces. I agree with that. China and Russia have enough gold and sufficient trade surpluses and allies to replace the dollar as the world’s reserve currency as early as January to March of 2014. China is the world’s largest gold producer. China owns gold mines overseas.

RT
November 2, 2013
6,000 NATO troops hold one of largest post-Cold War drills near Russia’s borders
Poland and the Baltic states are hosting the largest strategic war games the defense alliance has held in ten years. The NATO Response Force will practice defending the Baltics from an unidentified foreign invader.

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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Bertolt Brecht: German Miserere
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Bertolt Brecht
From Mother Courage and Her Children (1939)
Translated by Eric Bentley

RIA Novosti | November 3, 2013

MOSCOW  – President Vladimir Putin signed a law Sunday forcing the relatives of terrorists to pay for the damages caused by their attacks.
The law submitted by President Putin in September that includes measures to criminalize training in terrorist camps was approved by the country’s parliament in late October.

You probably saw the anti-union, food stamp-cutting governor of Ohio, John Kasich, publicly bitching the other day that his political party is engaged in a merciless war against the poor. “I’m concerned," said Kasich, "about the fact there seems to be a war on the poor. That, if you’re poor, somehow you’re shiftless and lazy.” He may well have had Republican House budget chairman and class warrior Paul Ryan in mind.

Press TV – November 3, 2013

US Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman says Washington will take into consideration Israel’s security interests at the upcoming talks between Iran and the group of six major world powers.

The drone attack that killed Tehreek Taliban Pakistan chief Hakimullah Mahsud this week seems also to have killed hopes that drone attacks will end. “After the recent debate in international media about U.S-led drone attacks, there was some hope these illegal strikes would end,” Muhammad Bashir a dental surgeon from North Waziristan Agency, tells IPS. […]

Stanley Milgram's experiments on obedience to authority are among the best known social science experiments ever done and we've looked at them before, primarily on the context of what kind of a person will agree to torture another human being-- and what kind of a person will refuse.

At least 20 Iraqis were killed and 72 more were wounded in today's violence.

I have not commented the last few days about Israel's unprovoked and heinous attack on a Syrian military facility near the port city of Latakia, but I figured it is better late than ever that I chime in on this insidious attack, and what I believe is the psychos in Israel wanting to get the war on Syria jumpstarted since their attempt to use the fraud chemical weapons attack of a few months back has failed miserably!I came across the following article, through the Russia Today online news site, at www.rt.com, that I knew belonged here at my blog...

By James Petras | November 2, 2013

Pro-Israel Policy groups such as AIPAC work with unlimited funding to divert US policy in the region (Middle East).
– Jack Straw, Member of Parliament and former Foreign Secretary of the British Labor Party

I have been a bit under the weather the last few days... This year, I was hoping that I could get past my annual attack of Sinusitis... But this year, in spite of my preparations, it came on over the last few days, and I have been laid up trying to fight it.  Luckily, this year I have been overloading my body with both Vitamin C and Vitamin D and the effects have been much diminished over what I have experienced over the last few years.    I also absolutely REFUSE to go and get any "antibiotics" to fight this attack, because I do know the truth that "antibiotics" do more harm than good....

Considering all the extraordinary work Alton Brown did on Good Eats, he remains a real star in my book. Still, can he really be happy having sunk to the level of Cutthroat Kitchen?by KenYou want to know how far I go back with Food Network? When I first got cable (finally!

THE OLIVE TREE

 
The still slow life is mine, my days are years.
 Tied to the soil, I reach towards the sky,
 as men rush by, so driven by their fears,
 and with their fears intact pass on and die.
                          From Plato’s Olive Tree
                          Unknown author
 
 Paul Balles
 

NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode171 - Russell Brandwagon, CIA Healthcare, Food Stamp Riots 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.