martes, 7 de noviembre de 2017

Officials Investigate Contradicting Civilian Death Toll In Afghanistan Strike

Officials Investigate Contradicting Civilian Death Toll In Afghanistan Strike

 According to officials, Afghan and U.S. military personnel are
investigating reports that about 13 civilians were killed during an
operation in Kunduz.

 In this Oct. 2, 2015 file photo, Afghan security forces inspect the site of a U.S. airstrike in Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo)

Why Attempts to “Reorganize” Afghan Military Can be Perceived as a Major Challenge for the Region | New Eastern Outlook

Why Attempts to “Reorganize” Afghan Military Can be Perceived as a Major Challenge for the Region | New Eastern Outlook

 

 It’s curious that American advisers in Afghanistan, while citing the
decisions adopted at the International Conference on Afghanistan of
2011, as well as NATO’s Chicago summit
of 2012, are now forcing Kabul to reorganize its law enforcement
agencies. According to their proposal, this “reorganization,” which
should begin in early 2018, must result in the reduction of Afghan army
troops from its present level of 172,000 to just 136,000. Although
current president of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, would decide to postpone
the implementation of the above mentioned measures until a ceasefire
agreement is signed with the Taliban, American advisers would force the
Afghan government to adopt the so-called “legislative decree” last
September anyway, changing the status of Afghan servicemen.

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There Is a New Urgency to the Threat of Nuclear Annihilation

There Is a New Urgency to the Threat of Nuclear Annihilation

 

 

acTVism Munich Editorial Pick: Dr Helen Caldicott

"Despite Donald Trump's vows to seal the US border and eradicate ISIS, the real terrorists of the world today are
the United States and Russia. They possess 94 percent of the nuclear
weapons on the planet, and they hold the rest of the world hostage to
their provocative and self-serving foreign policies and misadventures.
As a result, we are closer to nuclear war now, at the start of the
twenty-first century, than we've ever been before, even during the
height of the Cold War."

 

 In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korea's Hyunmoo II ballistic missile is fired during an exercise at an undisclosed location in South Korea, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017. (Photo: South Korea Defense Ministry via NUR)A
Hyunmoo II ballistic missile is fired during an exercise in South Korea
on September 4, 2017. South Korea's military says it conducted a
live-fire exercise simulating an attack on North Korea's nuclear test
site, in response to the latter nation's latest nuclear test. (Photo:
South Korea Defense Ministry via NUR)

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Intel Committee Demands Fusion GPS Bank Records; Suspects Journalists Paid To Spread 'Russian Collusion' Claims

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Intel Committee Demands Fusion GPS Bank Records; Suspects Journalists Paid To Spread 'Russian Collusion' Claims

 

 Did the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign
actually pay journalists to push the "Russia collusion" story that they
had paid former a UK intelligence
operative to manufacture in the first place? US Rep Devin Nunes,
chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, is
battling for the financial records of Fusion GPS. He seems to believe
that Fusion GPS, and therefore Hillary and the DNC, may have paid
journalists to spread the Russian collusion narrative which looks
increasingly like nothing more than a cleverly crafted myth.

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Une stratégie européenne pour la gauche, par Frédéric Lordon (Les blogs du Diplo, 6 novembre 2017)

Une stratégie européenne pour la gauche, par Frédéric Lordon (Les blogs du Diplo, 6 novembre 2017)

 

 « Si la dernière élection a confirmé quelque chose, c’est bien que
l’euro est l’hypothèque posée sur toute stratégie de conquête du pouvoir
à gauche. Même les débris de la social-démocratie ont fini par s’en
apercevoir… » — Nouveau billet de Frédéric Lordon

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Russia, China, and Iran Join Forces to Bring Down the US Dollar

Russia, China, and Iran Join Forces to Bring Down the US Dollar

 

 Will Russia, China, and Iran do to the Federal Reserve and the hegemony of private central bank cartels what Ron Paul couldn't?

 The Anti-Media

Destabilising Saudi Arabia? Crown Prince consolidates control; eliminates rivals

Destabilising Saudi Arabia? Crown Prince consolidates control; eliminates rivals

 

 All power is becoming concentrated in the hands of an over-ambitious and reckless young man.

 

Saudi Arabia: Mirage of reform in Wahhabism’s absolute monarchy

Saudi Arabia: Mirage of reform in Wahhabism’s absolute monarchy

 

 A Kingdom at a crossroads.

 

2 radically different interpretations of Saudi's 'great purge' and Lebanese PM Hariri's 'resignation'

2 radically different interpretations of Saudi's 'great purge' and Lebanese PM Hariri's 'resignation'

 

 A new perspective on yesterday's events in the Middle East.

 

Labour List uses fear of offence to censor debate Emily Thornberry - Free Speech on Israel

Labour List uses fear of offence to censor debate Emily Thornberry - Free Speech on Israel

 

 

Yet
more evidence (as if we need it!) that much of the Labour party
leadership is still in thrall to - and enforcing - Blairite orthodoxy,
especially on the question of Israel-Palestine.


Not only did shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry spout toxic
Likud political propaganda in her Balfour Declaration centenary speech
about Israel's "right to exist", but an entirely non-controversial
riposte from Gary Spedding was censored by the Labour List publication
for fear of causing "offence".

It goes without saying, of
course, that Labour leaders like Thornberry are *not* concerned about
any offence they might cause Palestinians. 

 Emily ThornberryEmily Thornberry

Israel arrests 483 Palestinian children this year – Middle East Monitor

Israel arrests 483 Palestinian children this year – Middle East Monitor

 

 The Palestinian children arrested range in age from 13-17 years old.

 Middle East Monitor

Birthright unmasks its real agenda: To erase the narrative of Palestinians like me - Opinion - Israel News | Haaretz.com

Birthright unmasks its real agenda: To erase the narrative of Palestinians like me - Opinion - Israel News | Haaretz.com

 

 Erasing the Palestinian narrative is the whole point of the Birthright.

 Israeli police detain a Palestinian youth during scuffles that erupted in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem. September 8, 2017 

Israeli police detain a Palestinian youth during scuffles that erupted
in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem. September 8, 2017
AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS

Metsamor, un Tchernobyl en puissance, par Damien Lefauconnier (Le Monde diplomatique, novembre 2017)

Metsamor, un Tchernobyl en puissance, par Damien Lefauconnier (Le Monde diplomatique, novembre 2017)

 Les catastrophes de Tchernobyl en 1986 puis de Fukushima en 2011 ont
brisé l’élan de l’énergie atomique en faisant apparaître ses dangers au
grand public. Mais, si la sortie du
nucléaire s’avère incertaine pour les États riches, elle apparaît encore
plus délicate dans les pays en difficulté. Même quand, comme en
Arménie, des réacteurs se trouvent dans une zone sismique…

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Catherine Farish. — « Crashing Atoms 4 » (Collision d’atomes 4), 2004
catherinefarish.com - Galerie Simon Blais, Montréal

CATALONIA -- Catalan economy grows 0.9% in third quarter

Catalan economy grows 0.9% in third quarter

 

 

CATALONIA

#catalunyareferendum

The Catalan economy continued its “strong growth” in the third quarter of 2017 https://goo.gl/EFqyMk ~~~~

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CATALONIA --- Let Catalonia have a free election and respect its results - The Washington Post

Let Catalonia have a free election and respect its results - The Washington Post

 

 

CATALONIA

#catalunyareferendum

Let Catalonia have a free election and respect its results

<<< https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/43c8f90e-c0c4-11e7-9294-70… >>>

  

Demonstrators holding banners reading in
Catalan "freedom for the political prisoners" gather outside the Palau
Generalitat during a protest in Barcelona on Nov. 3. (Manu Fernandez/AP)

CATALONIA --- Various organizations denounce assault by far-right Spanish nationalist group

Various organizations denounce assault by far-right Spanish nationalist group

 

 

CATALONIA

#catalunyareferendum

Attack by far-right group following march for Spain's unity causes outcry ➡️ https://goo.gl/CsXxwZ ~~~~

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CATALONIA --- Direct Rule: the Latest Weapon for Crumbling Governments

Direct Rule: the Latest Weapon for Crumbling Governments

 

 

CATALONIA

#catalunyareferendum

The recent imposition of direct rule by the Spanish government on the
autonomous region of Catalonia is having a ripple effect across Europe
and around the world. Bullying leaders everywhere are rolling back on
constitutional and other agreements granting self-governance and
autonomy to regions and territories.

<<< https://www.strategic-culture.org/…/direst-rule-latest-weap… >>>

 Direct Rule: the Latest Weapon for Crumbling Governments

CATALONIA --- Carles Puigdemont: I’m not just fighting for Catalonia. This is about democracy itself | Opinion | The Guardian

Carles Puigdemont: I’m not just fighting for Catalonia. This is about democracy itself | Opinion | The Guardian

 

 

CATALONIA

#cataloniareferendum

Carles Puigdemont: This is not just about Catalonia. This is about democracy itself

Carles Puigdemont


Spain has imposed a political agenda that goes against the will of the
majority of Catalans. We will defend our rights to the end

<<< https://www.theguardian.com/…/carles-puigdemont-catalonia-d… >>>>

 Protesters Madrid, Catalan


 

 
Protesters outside the high court in Madrid, after eight Catalan ministers were remanded in custody, 2 November 2017.
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

lunes, 6 de noviembre de 2017

The Myth of European Democracy: A Shocking Revelation

The Myth of European Democracy: A Shocking Revelation

 

 The publication of Soros list provides a clue to understanding who rules
the EU and who instigates anti-Russia sentiments in Europe.

 The Myth of European Democracy: A Shocking Revelation

Was Trump Really This Honest?

Was Trump Really This Honest?

 

 Was Trump so honest, so that the only way he can even be framed enough
for him to be forced out of office, is to unleash against him an ‘expert
lawyer’ such as Mueller, who obviously isn’t even a competent piranha?

 Was Trump Really This Honest?

What You Never Knew About The Continuing Threat From WMD - TruePublica

What You Never Knew About The Continuing Threat From WMD - TruePublica

 

 

The Continuing Threat From WMD - That You Never Heard About

By TruePublica:
What do the the international experts on terrorism believe? The Central
Intelligence Agency in the USA has said for decades that terrorist
interest in weapons of mass destruction or WMD is growing. When former
Secretary of Defence Robert Gates was asked in 2010 by the media what
kept him up at night, Gates replied, “It’s the thought of a terrorist ending up with a weapon of mass destruction, especially nuclear.


There’s a reason why Gates responded in such a way.


And yet, it has been over many years since such assessments about the
use of WMD by terrorists began to be publicised. There still has been
no major WMD attack by any terrorist group in the world to date. Still,
Gates knows what the threat really is.


The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) was lanched specifically to
understand these potential threats. In the Nuclear Materials Security
Index (2014), its Co-Chairman and former US Senator Sam Nunn claimed,
“Today, nearly 2,000 metric tons of weapons-usable nuclear materials . .
. are stored at hundreds of sites around the world”. Some of those
materials, according to Nunn, are poorly secured and vulnerable to theft
or sale on the black market. Terrorist organisations have plainly
stated their desire to use nuclear weapons, and Nunn says that the
terrorists need not go where there is the most material; they will go
where the material is most vulnerable.

Israeli-Saudi Tandem Adjusts to Syria Loss

Israeli-Saudi Tandem Adjusts to Syria Loss

 

 Facing defeat in the proxy war in Syria, the Israeli-Saudi tandem is
planning a new front against Hezbollah, presaged by Lebanese Prime
Minister Hariri’s sudden resignation, as ex-British diplomat Alastair
Crooke explains.

 Israeli-Saudi Tandem Adjusts to Syria Loss

Journalist Behind Panama Papers Leak, Blown Up in Her Car

Journalist Behind Panama Papers Leak, Blown Up in Her Car

 

 Maltese Investigative Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was
described as a “One-Woman WikiLeaks” after she led the Panama Papers
investigation, was killed on Monday afternoon in a car bomb near her
home.

 

The rising of Britain's 'new politics' 

The rising of Britain's 'new politics' 

 

 

Guerre aux chômeurs !, par Laurent Cordonnier (Le Monde diplomatique, décembre 2006)

Guerre aux chômeurs !, par Laurent Cordonnier (Le Monde diplomatique, décembre 2006)

 

 Une litanie de « petites phrases » et autres remontrances sentencieuses
de nos hommes politiques à l’adresse des chômeurs a accrédité la thèse
du chômage volontaire.

 

La redoutable influence de Riyad à Washington, par Daniel Lazare (Le Monde diplomatique, juillet 2017)

La redoutable influence de Riyad à Washington, par Daniel Lazare (Le Monde diplomatique, juillet 2017)

 

 En Arabie saoudite, le prince héritier, M. Mohammed Ben Salman, 32 ans, a
fait arrêter des dizaines de princes et de ministres au nom de la lutte
anticorruption. Quelles seront les réactions à Washington ?

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Faisal Samra. — « The Other Behind the Wall » (L’Autre derrière le mur), triptyque, 2009

© ADAGP, Paris 2017 — Ayyam Gallery, Dubai



China’s Strategic Economic Planning versus America’s Failed Capitalism | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

China’s Strategic Economic Planning versus America’s Failed Capitalism | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

 

"
Mired down in gossip, idle speculation and petty denigration of its
leaders, the Western press has once again failed to take account of the
world-historical changes which are currently taking place in China and
throughout the world.

World historical changes, as articulated by
Chinese President Xi Jinping, are present in the vision, strategy and
program of the Congress. These are based on a rigorous survey of
China’s past, present and future accomplishments. "

 

One Year Later, Is Trump a Blessing or a Curse to the Deep State? - TruePublica

One Year Later, Is Trump a Blessing or a Curse to the Deep State? - TruePublica

 

 

By John W Whitehead: Has
Donald Trump been a blessing or a curse to the architects of the
American police state? One thing is for sure: a year into his
presidency, Trump hasn’t done much to improve the lot of the American
people.


 


The predators of the police state are still wreaking havoc on our
freedoms, our communities, and our lives. The government still doesn’t
listen to the citizenry, it still refuses to abide by the Constitution,
which is our rule of law, and it still treats the citizenry as a source
of funding and little else. Police officers are still shooting unarmed
citizens and their household pets. Government agents—including local
police—are still being armed to the teeth and encouraged to act like
soldiers on a battlefield. Bloated government agencies are still
fleecing taxpayers. Government technicians are still spying on our
emails and phone calls. Government contractors are still making a
killing by waging endless wars abroad.


In other words, the American police state is still alive and well and flourishing.

 One Year Later, Is Trump a Blessing or a Curse to the Deep State?

Moscow Outmaneuvers Washington’s Kurdistan Project | New Eastern Outlook

Moscow Outmaneuvers Washington’s Kurdistan Project | New Eastern Outlook

 " Contrary to the slick US and EU propaganda that has portrayed former
President Massoud Barzani and his Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) as
champions of western-style democracy, Barzani is a clan warlord who has
ruthlessly pursued ethnic cleansing against a Yazidi and Christian
Assyrian minority in order to gain control of oil lands those peoples
had historically occupied until 2014. The Barzani clan and his Peshmerga
military arm were trained beginning the late 1960s by Israeli Mossad Lt
Colonel Tzuri Sagi, initially to go against Saddam Hussein’s rule.
Israeli ties to the Barzani clan have remained since. "

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For the moment it looks as if Russian three-dimensional
geopolitical chess moves in the turbulent Middle East have thrown a
giant monkey wrench into Washington plans to create an independent
Kurdistan. In September the Kurdish population in Iraq voted apparently
overwhelmingly for creation of an independent Kurdistan that would
control some of the richest oil fields of Iraq in and around Kirkuk as
well. Today, a month later, Massoud Barzani, the US and Israel-backed
Kurd leader, is facing a major loss of powers from the Iraq Kurd
Parliament. In the middle of the fast-changing developments—whose
outcome is decisive to far more than the Middle East—is Russia and the
Russian state-owned oil giant, Rosneft.
https://journal-neo.org/2017/11/04/moscow-outmaneuvers-washington-s-kurdistan-project/

The North Korea Neither Trump Nor The Media Wants The World to See

The North Korea Neither Trump Nor The Media Wants The World to See

 

 

The Pentagon says that invasion is the only way to disarm North
Korea, when North Korea has stated they will disarm if the US abandons
its war games with South Korea.


MintPress correspondent Eva Bartlett traveled on the ground in the DPRK
to get this exclusive photo report to get the human side of the people
that the U.S. wants to destroy (again).

 North Korea

The US’ Betrayal Of Barzani Puts The Iraqi Kurds On The Cusp of Civil War – OrientalReview.org

The US’ Betrayal Of Barzani Puts The Iraqi Kurds On The Cusp of Civil War – OrientalReview.org

 

 

Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani recently said that he feels
betrayed by his American ‘ally’. He was referring to reports that the US
had advance knowledge of the Iraqi
Army’s liberation operation in Kirkuk but failed to warn the Peshmerga.
He was also obliquely referring to the widespread presumption that
Washington wanted to see an independent “Kurdistan” and would therefore
help its allies to this end, which didn’t end up happening. [ 567 more
words ]

'Paradise Papers' Reveal Tax Avoidance, Shady Dealings of World's Rich and Powerful | Common Dreams

'Paradise Papers' Reveal Tax Avoidance, Shady Dealings of World's Rich and Powerful | Common Dreams

 

 

There is a reason the world's rich and powerful don't want the world to know just how rich and powerful they are...

If people knew, they might just revolt.

 

 

Fake WhatsApp On Google Play Store Downloaded By Over 1 Million Android Users

Fake WhatsApp On Google Play Store Downloaded By Over 1 Million Android Users

 

 Fake app developers are impersonating legitimate developer names—thanks to the Unicode character space.

 

CATALONIA ---- Why the obsession with destroying President Puigdemont? | VilaWeb

Why the obsession with destroying President Puigdemont? | VilaWeb

 

 

CATALONIA

#catalunyareferendum

Why the obsession with destroying President Puigdemont?


«While in Brussels, he has internationalised the Catalan conflict,
exposed Spain’s justice and kept himself and his government free to
continue acting as what they are. All with a single blow»

<<<< https://www.vilaweb.cat/…/why-the-obsession-with-destroyin…/ >>

 

Israeli occupation's brutal routine: Nightly raids, boys cuffed for hours and seized jewelry - Israel News - Haaretz.com

Israeli occupation's brutal routine: Nightly raids, boys cuffed for hours and seized jewelry - Israel News - Haaretz.com

 In the past few weeks, Israeli soldiers raiding the village of Beit
Ummar have arrested a boy, thrust him into a room and forced him to stay
there for six hours, blindfolded and
hands bound; stole money and jewelry from a number of homes; and
handcuffed members of an entire family, including the women, leaving
them bound that way after they left.

 IDF troops seen patrolling the streets of a Palestinian village near the West Bank city of Hebron at night.  

IDF troops seen patrolling the streets of the Palestinian village of Beit Ummar near the West Bank city of Hebron in 2015.
IDF Spokesman

Pour en finir avec l’impunité fiscale, par Eva Joly (Le Monde diplomatique, juin 2016)

Pour en finir avec l’impunité fiscale, par Eva Joly (Le Monde diplomatique, juin 2016)

 

 Au-delà des révélations des « Paradise papers »…

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Louis Soutter. – « Crépuscule du gangster », 1937
Collection Karsten Greve, St-Moritz - Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Paris, St-Moritz

How Regenerative Food and Farming Can Reverse Rural Poverty and Forced Migration in the Americas | By Ronnie Cummins | Common Dreams

How Regenerative Food and Farming Can Reverse Rural Poverty and Forced Migration in the Americas | By Ronnie Cummins | Common Dreams

 

 "Regenerative food and farming is the new gold standard for climate and
environmentally friendly agriculture and land use across the world."

 

"Regenerative
practices are essentially enhanced organic and permaculture production
methods that exclude pesticides, GMO seeds and factory farm techniques,"
Cummins writes. (Photo: Jason Johnson/Flickr/cc)

CATALONIA -- Catalan separatism is energised again --- Eurointelligence - Public

Eurointelligence - Public

 

 

CATALONIA

#catalunyareferendum

Catalan separatism is energised again

" The political consequences of the imprisonment of the entire
dismissed Catalan cabinet - save for the five members of it that are in
Brussels - will be severe. Yesterday there were spontaneous
demonstrations in Catalonia, and pot-banging has returned. There are
calls for a general strike next week. And the odds that there will be a
single non-partisan "civic" list encompassing all separatist parties,
and members of the grass-roots, have risen considerably. In the current
mood, this could possibly also include members of the fence-sitting
Catalan ally of Podemos, and even members of the Catalan socialists. "

<<<< http://www.eurointelligence.com/public/ >>>

 www.eurointelligence.com

domingo, 5 de noviembre de 2017

Russia’s Iranian Energy Deal Killed Four Birds With One Stone – OrientalReview.org

Russia’s Iranian Energy Deal Killed Four Birds With One Stone – OrientalReview.org

 

 

Russia’s gargantuan $30 billion energy deal with Iran simultaneously
accomplished four objectives that are central to the grand strategic
goals behind Moscow’s “Ummah Pivot”.
Rosneft chief executive Igor Sechin announced that his company signed a
roadmap to invest the mind-numbingly large sum of $30 billion in the
Iranian energy sector following his and President Putin’s visit to the
Islamic Republic to hold three-way talks with Azerbaijan. [ 799 more
words ]

How Afghans View the Endless US War

How Afghans View the Endless US War

 

 To understand why the 16-year-old U.S. war in Afghanistan continues to
fail requires a look from the ground where Afghans live and suffer, a
plight breeding strong opposition to the U.S. presence, explains Kathy
Kelly.

 How Afghans View the Endless US War

For 40 Years, Iran’s Been Preparing For The War The US Has Been Threatening

For 40 Years, Iran’s Been Preparing For The War The US Has Been Threatening

 "Your slogan, 'death to America,' does not mean death to the people of
America. It means death to American policies and to arrogance." - Iran's
leader Ayatollah Khamenei

 Mideast Iran Armed Forces

The Great War for Civilisation - Jahane Rumi

The Great War for Civilisation - Jahane Rumi

 

The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East is a book published in 2005 by the award-winning English journalist Robert Fisk. The book is a compilation of many of the articles Fisk wrote when he was serving as a correspondent in the Middle East for The Times and The Independent. The book revolves around several key themes regarding the history of the modern Middle East: the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf War as well as the 2003 Iraq War (United States invasion of Iraq) as well as other regional conflicts such as the Armenian Genocide and the Algerian Civil War. The Great War for Civilisation is the second book Fisk has written about the Middle East with the first one, Pity the Nation, (Nation Books, 2002) being about the Lebanese Civil War.Fisk's book details his travels to many of the hotspots of the Middle East, such as Iraq and Iran during the Iran–Iraq War, and his numerous interviews with both the country's leaders and its people. Along with these interviews, Fisk also provides much of the historical context to these conflicts.

 The Great War for Civilisation

Democrats In Denial Over Allegations That Confirm Primary Was Rigged

Democrats In Denial Over Allegations That Confirm Primary Was Rigged

 

Full story: http://www.mintpressnews.com/democrats-in-denial-ove…/234057


Evidence that the DNC rigged the 2016 presidential primary in favor of
Hillary Clinton has been known for well over a year. But the leadership
of the Democratic Party has refused to address evidence, preferring to
“move forward."

 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton listens as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. speaks during a campaign stop at the University Of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016.

 

“AmazonLog” -- A Military Drill With Vast Amazonian Aspirations

“AmazonLog” -- A Military Drill With Vast Amazonian Aspirations

 

 

The
Amazon contains 95 percent of the world’s reserves of niobium, which is
essential for the steel of spacecrafts and intercontinental missiles,
and 96 percent of the reserves of
titanium and tungsten, used in space and military aeronautics; besides
being rich in petroleum, gas, uranium, gold and diamonds.

How US-Saudi Marriage Gave Birth to Jihad

How US-Saudi Marriage Gave Birth to Jihad

 

 Attempts to use Wahhabism to the US' advantage ultimately proved disastrous

 How US-Saudi Marriage Gave Birth to Jihad

Un caillou dans la chaussure américaine, par Jean Ziegler (Le Monde diplomatique, décembre 2016)

Un caillou dans la chaussure américaine, par Jean Ziegler (Le Monde diplomatique, décembre 2016)

 

 Boutros Boutros-Ghali, secrétaire général des Nations unies entre 1992 et 1996 et bête noire de l’administration Clinton.

 

Le Hezbollah maître du jeu libanais, par Marie Kostrz (Le Monde diplomatique, avril 2016)

Le Hezbollah maître du jeu libanais, par Marie Kostrz (Le Monde diplomatique, avril 2016)

 

 Depuis l’Arabie saoudite, le premier ministre libanais, M. Saad Hariri, a
annoncé sa démission, accusant le Hezbollah et son allié iranien de «
mainmise » sur le pays et disant craindre pour sa vie.

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Marwan
Naamani. – Portrait de Hassan Nasrallah lors d’une cérémonie à Dahiyeh
marquant l’anniversaire de la guerre avec Israël, 2007
AFP

CATALONIA -- Catalonia Takes the Independence Leap - Stratfor Worldview

Catalonia Takes the Independence Leap - Stratfor Worldview

 

CATALONIA

#catalunyareferendum

The standoff over Catalan independence has entered a new phase of
political fragility, economic uncertainty and social unrest. On Oct. 27,
the Catalan parliament approved to unilaterally declare independence
from Spain. Shortly after, the Spanish Senate authorized a series of
measures against the rebellious region, dismissing members of the
Catalan government and seizing several Catalan institutions, including
the treasury, the interior ministry and the regional police. The central Spanish government in Madrid has no intention of permanently controlling Catalonia.

Why are so many people stateless? | Human Rights | Al Jazeera

Why are so many people stateless? | Human Rights | Al Jazeera

 

 More than 10 million people around the world do not have a country they legally belong to.

Octobre 1917, la révolution russe en questions (Le Monde diplomatique, octobre 2017)

Octobre 1917, la révolution russe en questions (Le Monde diplomatique, octobre 2017)

 L’ensemble de notre dossier d’octobre dernier sur la révolution russe est désormais en accès libre.

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Giangiacomo Spadari. – « La linea » (La Ligne), 1969

Olivier Pastor - Villa Tamaris Centre D’art, La Seyne-Sur-Mer


The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Visitors to the Colony of Afghanistan

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Visitors to the Colony of Afghanistan

 On October 23, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson “made a secret
two-hour visit” and the Washington Post noted he “flew from Doha to
Bagram [the massive US base]” while “a
total news blackout was imposed until after they left the country and
returned to Qatar.” It is a sad commentary on the state of affairs in
Afghanistan that after sixteen years of US military operations and
expenditure of over 800 billion dollars it is unsafe for the Secretary
of State to visit the place unless his travel is kept entirely secret
from the world — including the president of the country he is visiting!
Winning?

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Military clock cropped out of photo on right to make it look like Kabul instead of US military base.

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Facebook Farce Shows Lawmaker Deviousness, Demagoguery

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Facebook Farce Shows Lawmaker Deviousness, Demagoguery

 What a joke that an ad supposedly taken out by "Russia-linked" sources
showing Jesus punching Hillary is supposed to have fixed the election in
Trump's favor. That's what Senators
want us to believe. Also, how ironic that Senator Ben Cardin delivered a
saber-rattling spiel against "Russian interference" at the National
Democratic Institute — an organization heavily financed by the federal
National Endowment Democracy, which has been caught interfering or
alleged to be interfering in elections in France, Panama,Costa Rica,
Ukraine, Russia, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Haiti and many other nations.

 The Ron Paul Peace and Prosperity Institute

SPAIN AGAINST THE CATALONIA PEOPLE ----The extreme right to the rescue: these are the Ukrainian paramilitaries who have offered to fight the independence movement | Diario Público

Mural of "Spain, a large and free" in UkraineLa “unidad de España” suma inquietantes aliados internacionales | Diario Público

 

 The extreme right to the rescue: these are the Ukrainian paramilitaries who have offered to fight the independence movement

 Mural de 'España, una grande y libre' en Ucrania 

Mural of "Spain, a large and free" in Ukraine

 

 The "unity of Spain" adds worrying international allies The Ukrainian paramilitaries, who offered themselves by video to put an end to the independents

 

 Spain as Ukraine The literal message said that the Ukrainian Veterans Union (ATO) has formed a battalion of volunteers who are prepared to defend the unity of Spain. The Union of Veterans of Ukraine (ATO) expresses its support to the King of Spain and the Spanish people in their efforts to protect

the unity of his state. "When in 2014 the threat of separatism appeared in eastern Ukraine, Spanish citizens along with Ukrainian volunteers
with weapons in their hands, they defended our freedom and independence. Supporting the Spanish brothers when a similar threat emerged in Spain is

our sacred duty. Spain above all! "

 


 

 

sábado, 4 de noviembre de 2017

Roundup On The Rocks, Monsanto Hatches Dangerous New Seeds

Roundup On The Rocks, Monsanto Hatches Dangerous New Seeds

 

 

New report by Whitney Webb:
This year has not been very kind to Monsanto. First, collusion between
Monsanto and the EPA was revealed. Furthermore, Monsanto’s own head toxicologist, Donna Farmer, admitted that she “cannot say that Roundup does not cause cancer."


Monsanto’s promises of a safe, “drift-free” dicamba herbicide have
failed to materialize, as complaints have flooded into state
agricultural departments across the country. So far this year,
regulators have received nearly four years’ worth of complaints
regarding dicamba-related crop damage.

 A crop dusting plane from Blair Air Service dusts cotton crops in Lemoore, Calif. (AP/Gary Kazanjian)

US Govt-Funded Think Tank Praises “Moderate” Al Qaeda

US Govt-Funded Think Tank Praises “Moderate” Al Qaeda

 

 US govt-funded think tank RAND Corporation praises “moderate” al-Qaeda as a useful tool against Syria's Assad:
--> http://www.mintpressnews.com/rand-corporation-praise…/233877 ~~~~

 Members of al-Nusra Front gesture as they drive in a convoy touring villages in the southern countryside of Syria's Idlib province, Decembe, 2014. (Photo: Khalil Ashawi/Reuters)