Bayer to ditch Monsanto name after mega-merger
German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer will discard the name Monsanto when it takes over the controversial US seeds and pesticides producer this week
German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer will discard the name Monsanto when it takes over the controversial US seeds and pesticides producer this week
Soros suggested that Russia is funding Matteo Salvini and the right-wing League party whose popularity has seen a dramatic rise because they have promised to to deport hundreds of thousands of migrants to neighboring liberal European countries. Soros' solution is for the EU to pay off Italy instead of resettling the migrants. The League responded to Soros by saying that the wind has changed for him and for all of those who have profited from the deaths of hundreds of people.
The US FDA has stated that golden rice does not meet the nutritional requirements to make a health claim
Marcus Lindskog, Peter Gärdenfors och Åsa Wikforss.Vi människor har en unik förmåga att reflektera över oss själva. Men när blir vi självmedvetna och finns det ens ett "jag"? Förutom ett medvetande har människan också ett självmedvetande som gör att vi kan reflektera över våra tankar, beslut och vår framtid. Men finns ens medvetandet och våra jag? Det finns teorier om att det bara är en illusion eller konstruktion. Att jaget är en jazzorkester utan ledare där olika instrument spelar sina solon.
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.
The Trump administration is considering lending additional support to the atrocious Saudi-led war on Yemen:
Farmer welfare and sustainable practices will be at the centre of new 6 million-farm programme
What happens when the entire mainstream media are in lockstep with NATO member states on the ‘WMD’ narrative? Recent history demonstrates this is usually a prelude to war.
Last week, Consortium News writer Daniel Lazare pulled together the story of Britain’s involvement in fabricating the Trump-Russia collusion narrative which was then capitalized on by the Obama White House, the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016, and later by the US deep state (CIA, FBI, DOJ and
Press TV – June 4, 2018 The United States is considering a request from the UAE to provide direct support for an attack to seize the Houthi-held port of Hudaydah, a major lifeline for Yemen, officials say. US officials said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has asked for a prompt assessment of the UAE’s appeal […]
Of course, pointing fingers at "who started it" doesn't resolve the fundamental problem. Neither Brussels nor Trump have an understanding of how trade relations work. If the European Union wants to appropriately respond to new tariffs on steel and aluminum, it should actually reduce tariffs on US imports. This would send a clear sign that the belief in free trade in Europe is consistent, no matter how much Trump uses mercantilism for political point-scoring with his base.
If there is to be a trade war, it should be a trade war to see who can slash tariff barriers the most.
Some residents in a posh neighborhood in Paris have objected to a new migrant settlement built nearby. It is the 34th time in three years that roadside tent communities have been uprooted and moved, but thousands of people continue living in makeshift tents along the canals. More than 500 new asylum seekers arriving in the capital every week. Oddly, no one mentioned deportation and closing the borders as a solution. [...]
By M.K. Bhadrakumar | Asia Times | June 4, 2018 The visit by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Pyongyang on May 31 was a poignant moment for both countries. This was a rare meeting between a senior Russian official and a member of the Kim dynasty. Yet, Russia has been the oldest friend […]
Former head of US Intelligence James Clapper just admitted that the United States "tried to manipulate or influence elections or even overturned governments," because the US was looking out for the "best interests" of the citizens of those countries. This statement is directly at odds with the moral high ground claimed by President Obama and other US officials on the topic of Russian election meddling. US leaders have a history of destroying and pillaging, and then leaving the mess behind in their wake.
Nathan Larson is running for Congress on a platform of less government, an end to wars in the Middle East, defense of the Second Amendment, and closing the borders. However, he also has a background of violence, rape, and pedophilia. His candidacy is ideal for collectivists who want to paint all who oppose them as despicable characters. Could it be that collectivists are his hidden sponsors and handlers? If so, this is a classic case of controlled opposition - which means action that appears to be opposition but really is designed to damage or destroy genuine opposition.
If creating jobs made a country great, North Korea would be very great, as one can read between the lines in a story on North Korea in The Economist of last week. The poor North Koreans fear getting sent to a labor camp, where between 80,000 and 120,000 of their fellow citizens are incarcerated.
The Federal Aviation Administration recently changed their hiring practices by sacrificing merit for diversity. Carlson the pointed out that certain standards such as understanding science and math are drastically diluted in the new hiring process that poses a danger because a small mistake could cause many people to die. The union, National Air Traffic Controllers Association, controls a large PAC (political action committee) that funds politicians. [...]
Google gave in to employee demands after dozens of them quit and close to 4,000 signed a petition demanding that the tech giant cancel its contract with the Pentagon to build artificial intelligence (AI) technology for weapons and that it implement “a clear policy stating that neither Google nor its contractors will ever build warfare technology." [...]
By JW Williams In this video report, Gary Gileno argues that, if California really did have a water shortage, why does it invite unlimited migrants? The California water shortage is greatly exaggerated for political purposes, [...]
Sputnik – 04.06.2018 Russian president Vladimir Putin has signed a bill on countermeasures against the United States and its allies. The law enters into force on the day it is published. The bill was passed by the Russian Lower House in May. The goal of the legislation is to defend Russia’s sovereignty from “unfriendly actions” […]
I am still under periodic attack from those that continue to claim that the problem in our world is not the fault of the JEWS but just a select few of these tribe members called "Zionists"..... They continue to claim that I should not blame the entire tribe but just that radical part of Judaism....When I first became "Jew wise" some 30+ years ago, I honestly thought that the entire tribe could not be doing all of the damage to our world and that it was indeed just a small faction that was responsible...
What to make of this new research?Considering the theory of evolution has always been, a theory. Despite it's wide acceptance as reality.Hence it's moniker.But, Is it actuality?Techtimes
Since tens of thousands of NATO troops arrived in Serbia’s southern Kosovo province in June 1999, the lot of all non-Albanians has grown progressively worse.
Roseanne Barr lost her popular show on ABC two days ago after she tweeted a racist and Islamophobic comment about former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett. The network’s response was fairly instant, and Barr launched into apology mode.
Even if Juncker et.al. are able to break the Italians again and keep them tethered to the euro, it will be a Pyrrhic victory.
There is no credible economic or geopolitical reason for Trump’s “tough” China policies because America’s economic woes are not of China’s fault. It is US Inc’s focus on maximizing short-term gains that led to globalization, relocating manufacturing abroad and establishing a global supply chain to exploit each country’s comparative advantage.
As most regular readers of this website are aware, I'm fascinated by the story of Malaysia Air Flight 370, the flight that for all […]
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It’s hard to say if they will agree to make any declaration, but it’s easy to predict that fault lines, even invisible ones, will open up within the G7.
by Noah"Imagine a world where" this milk carton really did appear on the shelves of America's grocery stores. "Imagine a world where" Melania Trump had not finally broken her silence about her whereabouts after not being seen or heard from for 22 days. The events described below never actually happened... or did they?So where is Melania? Three weeks ago, her fake president husband's very fine staff were saying she was in the hospital.
We share with you the Interim Report of the People’s Inquest into the circumstances leading to Tamilnadu Police opening fire on protestor’s demanding closure of Vedanta Group’s Sterlite Copper smelter at Thoothukudi (Tuticorin). The protests had been intensified over the past four months, as twenty years of struggle to demand closure of the highly polluting copper smelter had failed. 15[Read More...]
A sad and distressing anniversary slipped by this week almost unnoticed — the centenary of the first use of a premier killing machine. On May 31, 1918, the Renault FT a French light tank was first deployed in battle. The 30 tanks sent against two German infantry divisions advancing in the sector bordering Ploisy and Chazelles caused havoc, crippling the[Read More...]
This will document that the ‘new Cold War’ between the U.S. and Russia did not start, as the Western myth has it, with Russia’s involvement in the breakaway of Crimea and Donbass from Ukraine, after Ukraine — next door to Russia — had suddenly turned rabidly hostile toward Russia in February 2014. Ukraine’s replacing its democratically elected neutralist Government in[Read More...]
Every night I hear trains, which are pulling stuff into Boston city, MA, USA. Oh wow, it’s amazing. Some of the engines are pulling more than a hundred cars. Clickity-clack again and again for a long amount of time! Then the next train comes with the same sounds. I try to imagine about what is on their cars: drugs,[Read More...]
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There are two major issues today that the League of Nations did not have to face. Thus when the League was reincarnated in 1945 as the United Nations, no one considered how to structure appropriate responses. The major political issue today is the disintegration of Member States. The second major issue is the ecological and social consequences of global warming.[Read More...]
The May 18 wedding of British Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, an African-American woman, set loose an astonishing display of euphoria among many progressives and people of color. They were “swept away” by Markle and elements of Black culture—a Black preacher, a gospel choir, a young Black cellist—that broke the mold… that is, the form—of the usually all-white and deadly[Read More...]
Sometimes a new book for its contested contents makes one dust the archives and look for answers and explanations for the controversies raised in it. In a situation like that of our where peopleare caught up in a morass of political uncertaintyandare struggling for ending it many times, books are sponsored by the establishment to cloud the historical realities. [Read More...]
Indian farmers are on a 10-day long nationwide strike demanding fair prices for their produce and implementation of the Swaminathan Commission recommendations and farm loan waivers among other things. They are throwing vegetables and pouring milk on the road the farmers are letting out their grievances. The farmers are also preventing the movement of their produce to cities. This has[Read More...]
(ANTIWAR.COM) — Saudi King Salman has threatened to take military action against neighboring Qatar if the nation follows through with a plan to install an anti-aircraft defense system. Salman said he would take military action to “eliminate this defense system.” Saudi Arabia and many of its allies severed ties with Qatar last year, based around a false media […]
Remember Donald Trump’s magical plan to turn $200 billion in federal money… hey, presto!… into $1.5 trillion in investment in America’s aging, underfunded infrastructure (to which the American Society of Civil Engineers gave a grade of D+ in 2017)? Why should you, especially since that plan is now officially dead in the water in Congress … Continue reading "The Military-Industrial Complex Strikes (Out) Again"
Shlomo Sand, a remarkable scholar who studies how “peoples,” including the Jewish people, have been invented through myths propagated by court historians and politicians, makes a startling yet obvious connection in his book The Invention of the Land of Israel (2014): In fact, it was the United States’ refusal, between the anti-immigration legislation of 1924 … Continue reading "How the US Created Israel and a Whole Lot of Trouble"
Dear friend of Antiwar.com, I’m told by my Antiwar.com colleagues that they’ve received many inquiries about my health status since my cancer diagnosis, and they’re urging me to write an update. Although I fear they are exaggerating the demand for this, out of a desire to make me feel better, I’ve learned through the years … Continue reading "A Very Personal Message From Justin Raimondo"
Aujourd’hui, démontage d’une énorme Fake News de BHL, visant à manipuler l’opinion publique et à attiser les tensions contre l’Iran.
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Hopelessly red. The last Democrat elected to the Senate was Gale McGee. That was in 1958, although he was reelected in 1964 and 1970, only to lose to Republican Malcolm Wallop in 1976. The only other Democrat from Wyoming in the U.S. Senate in recent times was John Hickey. And that was an interesting case.
Iraq forces continue to focus their attention on the Syrian border where Islamic State militants are based.
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Source : Proche & Moyen-Orient, Guillaume Berlat, 28-05-2018
« La diplomatie ignore la sentimentalité » nous rappelle fort justement Stefan Zweig dès 1938. Or, les diplomates d’expérience le savent bien, une diplomatie réaliste tient compte de l’idéal chez les autres sans se laisser égarer par le sien, quand elle en a un.
By Diana Johnstone | Consortium News | June 3, 2018 The traditional governing parties, center “left” and center “right” all follow the same neoliberal policies and constitute the self-designated “center.” Mainstream media enforce center right claims to authority on the base of orthodox economic expertise, while the center left derives its authority from its “values,” centered […]
(GPA) — The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) announced on Sunday that the DPRK’s ambassador to Syria, Mun Jong Nam, visited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The purpose of the ambassador’s visit has been announced by Pyongyang, which stated that Mun met Assad to deliver credentials for the Syrian President to travel to Pyongyang. While KCNA has yet to provide any […]