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jueves, 29 de diciembre de 2016

Hear O Israel these parting truths -- John Kerry

One-state Greater Israel is not consonant with democratic ideals, and
Americans and the world will never accept it, John Kerry said. The
unspoken challenge to Jews the world over was, will the Jewish people
accept it?

John Kerry gives speech on Israel Palestine, Dec. 28, 2016

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : 2016: The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year

Here is the laundry list of the horrors of 2016. More war, surveillance,
fake news, etc. The lesson for those of us in the American police state
is simply this: if there is to be any
hope for freedom in 2017, it rests with “we the people” engaging in
local, grassroots activism that transforms our communities and our
government from the ground up.

Geopolitics, Globalization and World Order

Understanding the objectives and logic that accompany the expansion
of nations or empires is always of paramount importance in helping one
draw lessons for the future.

Read a very substantial analysis by our author Federico Pieraccini on the mechanisms that drive great powers - http://www.strategic-culture.org/…/geopolitics-globalizatio… #geopolitics #globalization

10 Times That God Has Hit America With A Major Disaster After The U.S. Attempted To Divide The Land Of Israel » Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!

Because Barack Obama has cursed Israel at the United Nations, America is now under a curse. Friday’s stunning betrayal of Israel at the UN Security Council
is making headlines all over the planet, but the truth is that what
Obama has just done is far more serious than most people would dare to
imagine.

Over the past several decades, whenever the U.S.
government has taken a major step toward the division of the land of
Israel it has resulted in a major disaster hitting the United States.
This keeps happening over and over again, and yet our leaders never seem
to learn. And despite the fact that President-elect Donald Trump,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and prominent members of both
parties in Congress strongly urged Obama to veto Security Council
resolution 2334, he went ahead and let it pass anyway.

Obama’s Christmas Gift To America – The Rundown Live

Barack Obama signed the NDAA for the 2017 fiscal year, it was such a gift, he decided to give it [ 176 more words ]

http://TheRundownLive.com/obamas-christmas-gift-to-america/

Financial Whistleblower Explains What's About to Happen to the Economy

By Isaac Davis

How is the government going to get people to pay their taxes if the government is not viewed as legitimate? ~ Catherine Austin Fitts

The world economy is designed to fail through the mechanism of a banking system that requires all users of money to pay usury every time
a transaction takes place. In this way, the financial systems of the
world can be manipulated into a managed collapse, thereby causing global
chaos so that the world’s nations and citizens can be tricked into
demanding a global currency managed by a global elite.

Problem, reaction, solution. Economic hit man John Perkins
wrote about this strategy as it was used in the 20th century to bring
developing nations under the control of the international monetary fund
and transnational profiteers, and at present this scheme is being
globalized.

CIA Interrogator: At Time of U.S. Invasion, Saddam Hussein Was Focused on Writing Novel, Not WMDs | Democracy Now!

A CIA analyst who interrogated Saddam Hussein after his capture 13 years
ago has revealed in a new book that much of what the CIA believed they
knew about Saddam Hussein at the time of the invasion was wrong.

miércoles, 28 de diciembre de 2016

Tech industry trying to censor Gab.ai to shut down free speech and control the narrative – NaturalNews.com

Tech industry trying to censor Gab.ai to shut down free speech and control the narrative.

Malgré la récente résolution de l'ONU, Israël pourrait annoncer de nouvelles constructions | Agence pour les Droits de l’Homme

Malgré la récente #résolution de l'#ONU, #Israël pourrait annoncer de nouvelles #constructions

L'ONG anticolonisation Ir Amim a annoncé qu'en dépit de la récente
résolution de l'ONU lui demandant de cesser la colonisation dans les
Territoires palestiniens occupés, un comité de planification israélien
doit discuter mercredi de la délivrance d'un permis de construire pour
618 logements à Jérusalem-Est...

http://www.humanrightsagency.com/?p=5936

Ukraine in Full-Blown Collapse: Deep-seated Economic, Social Crisis and Environmental Crisis | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

With
all the action in Syria, the Ukraine is no longer a subject for
discussion in the West. In Russia, where the Ukraine is still a major
problem looming on the horizon, and where some 1.5 million Ukrainian
refugees are settling in, with no intentions of going back to what’s
left of the Ukraine, it is still actively discussed. But for the US, and
for the EU, it is now yet another major foreign policy embarrassment,
and the less said about it the better.

In the meantime, the
Ukraine is in full-blown collapse—all five glorious stages of it—setting
the stage for a Ukrainian Nightmare Before Christmas, or shortly after.

Britain Secretly Pulled the Strings on UN Vote Regarding Israel’s Illegal Settlements. Trump and Netanyahu Blame Obama | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

According to Haaretz: “The British secretly worked the Palestinians and
urged New Zealand to move ahead with the resolution, and a call from
Netanyahu to Putin triggered a real drama at the UN HQ just one hour
before the vote.”

Obama Signs Defense Bill, Establishing Anti-Propaganda Center | Democracy Now!

Press freedom advocates are raising alarm over a little-known bill
rolled into the National Defense Authorization Act, called the
Countering Disinformation and Propaganda Act. It will create a national
anti-propaganda center.

UN vote exposes the true face of Israel’s settlement policy | +972 Magazine

"Whatever the passage of a UN resolution criticizing the settlements may
bring, the fallout has already made one thing clear: the Israeli
government subscribes to a de facto ‘Greater Israel’ policy."

Erdogan Says He Has "Confirmed Evidence" The US Supports ISIS

"We have confirmed evidence, with pictures, photos and videos,” according to the Turkish president.

Obama Quietly Approves Countering Disinformation And Propaganda Act

Did President Obama just kill freedom of the press with the new NDAA?

President Barack Obama hosts meeting of his National Security Council
(NSC) at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016.
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Erdogan says Turkey has "confirmed evidence, with pictures, photos and videos" U.S. is "supporting Islamic State"

Obama’s attempt at regime change in Syria is falling apart in spectacular fashion, as US support for ISIS is being revealed.

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Behind the Real US Strategic Blunder in Syria

The inside story of how Obama got sucked int the failed attempt to
overthrow the Syrian government is one of incredible blunders of
historic proportions. His "experts" had
unshakeable faith in their own prejudices, they had no clue that Iran
would take an interest in the regime change, and they greatly
miscalculated the risks of getting involved with al-Qaeda's Nusra Front.
This is one of the greatest foreign policy disasters in US history and
the truth is only now starting to get out. Read this incredible account
of the imbecility of the "experts" at the link:

CATALONIA ---- Calendar: Power | TIME

My latest: Recent events prove that Netanyahu remains Israel's 'king of incitement'.

Why Netanyahu remains Israel’s ‘inciter-in-chief’

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem. Abir Sultan / AP Photo

Is Egypt's Sisi losing Coptic support?

The Copts are now facing the state's failure to protect them, even though they are among the state's largest supporting groups.

Trump's Frightening Picks for U.S. Policy in the Middle East | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

Trump’s ignorance of the region will make him even more dependent on his advisers than most Presidents.

And that’s not good news.

A Palestinian boy and Israeli soldier in front of the Israeli West Bank
Barrier. Many voters were alienated from Hillary Clinton because of her
hawkish record on the Middle East—we're headed for an administration
even more reckless and dangerous. Image by Justin McIntosh

Verification Handbook for Investigative Reporting

Are you concerned about fake news? Here is how you can equip yourself mentally and learn how to verify fake from factual news:

http://verificationhandbook.com/book2/chapter1.php

Trump Could Use Obama’s Unilateral War Declarations As Precedent

This is why no president - Bush, Obama, nor Trump - should have this kind of power at their disposal.

President Barack Obama is flanked by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and
Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of U.S. Central Command, as he
prepares to address troops at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Sept. 17,
2014. (DoD photo from video)

A Sour Holiday Season for Neocons – Consortiumnews

Exclusive: For the past couple of decades, the neocons have ruled the
roost of American foreign policy, but they have now suffered some
stunning reversals that have left them fuming, reports Robert Parry.

https://consortiumnews.com/…/a-sour-holiday-season-for-neo…/

Former
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaking with supporters at a
campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona, March 21, 2016. (Photo by Gage
Skidmore)

CATALONIA -- Catalogne: les séparatistes en quête d'un référendum légal | Europe

Catalogne: les séparatistes en quête d'un référendum légal | Europe

Le gouvernement séparatiste de
Catalogne a organisé une grande réunion vendredi à Barcelone pour
préparer l'organisation d'un véritable référendum sur l'indépendance de
cette région du nord-est de l'Espagne, tout en disant rechercher
l'accord de Madrid pour le faire.

Le gouvernement de la région avait déjà tenté de célébrer un tel
référendum, il y a deux ans, mais avait dû finalement se résoudre à une
simple consultation symbolique, sans valeur juridique, car interdite par
la justice espagnole.

Désormais, il voudrait être autorisé à célébrer un référendum
d'autodétermination de la région en bonne et due forme, comme celui
accordé en 2014 par Londres à l'Écosse, qui s'était soldé par la
victoire du «non» à la sécession.

Partis séparatistes ou seulement favorables au droit à
l'autodétermination, syndicats, associations: tous étaient invités au
Parlement vendredi soir par le président de la Catalogne, le séparatiste
Carles Puigdemont, afin de constituer un «pacte national pour le
référendum».

«C'est un espace qui naît avec une grande transversalité et pluralité»,
avec «un dénominateur commun qui est la volonté de célébrer en Catalogne
un référendum (...) et de le faire en accord avec l'État», a ensuite
expliqué Carles Puigdemont (conservateur, nationaliste).

M. Puigdemont avait à de nombreuses reprises assuré qu'il convoquerait
coûte que coûte un référendum, avec ou sans l'accord de Madrid. Mais il a
cette fois modéré son discours, pour rallier le camp des partisans de
la charismatique maire de Barcelone Ada Colau, qui plaide pour un
référendum légal et reconnu.

Le gouvernement catalan
avait déjà tenté de célébrer un tel référendum, il y a deux ans, mais
avait dû finalement se résoudre à une simple consultation symbolique,
sans valeur juridique, car interdite par la justice espagnole.

PHOTO ALBERT GEA, ARCHIVES REUTERS

Now is the time for Obama to Recognize Palestine | Informed Comment

Now is the time for Obama to Recognize Palestine | Informed Comment:

By Juan Cole | – –

I’d like to return today to an argument I made two years ago in The Nation, which is that President Obama should recognize Palestine before he goes out of office. For different but related reasons, Jimmy Carter made a similar plea last month.

One of the arguments often heard is that Israel cannot survive as a Jewish state if it annexes all of the West Bank, since it will ultimately acquire 4 million Palestinians (West Bank & Gaza residents) as citizens in that case.

I don’t really care whether Israel has a Jewish majority, just as I don’t care if Egypt has a Sunni Muslim one or if Germany has a German one. In the tradition of the French revolution, I think states should be civil states, for the people of the Republic, whoever they may be. The United States in 1789 was mostly British and had a population of 4 million. Now it is 80 times as big, and has large Italian, Latino, German and Irish populations, not to mention over three million Muslims. So what? All those groups have brought gifts to enrich the nation. In an age of globalization, trying artificially to maintain one ethnic group as a majority is probably a fool’s errand, anyway. (Not to mention that “ethnic groups” are fluid and change definition over time). Israel is importing Thai agricultural workers and initially was welcoming African refugees.

Border Officials Begin Asking Travelers for Social Media Profiles | Democracy Now!

U.S. officials have quietly begun a new program asking noncitizen
travelers to reveal their social media presence when entering the
country. Many fear the program threatens free expression and poses new
privacy and security risks.

CATALONIA ---- Europe, 2017 (1) : y aura-t-il un référendum d'autodétermination en Catalogne ?

Europe, 2017 (1) : y aura-t-il un référendum d'autodétermination en Catalogne ?

CATALONIA

[Série]: Les enjeux européens pour 2017. Première
partie : la question du référendum d'autodétermination en Catalogne,
annoncé pour la mi-septembre par le gouvernement catalan. Mais aura-t-il
bien lieu ? Tentative de réponse.
En 2016, la question de
l'indépendance de la Catalogne a presque entièrement disparu des radars
médiatiques. La victoire des deux listes indépendantistes, Junts Pel Sí
(regroupant centristes et sociaux-démocrates) et CUP (gauche
indépendantiste), lors des élections
autonomiques du 27 septembre 2015, n'a pas débouché sur une sécession
immédiate de la Catalogne. L'année 2016 aura plutôt été celle de la
gestion difficile de l'unité du camp sécessionniste et de la
construction d'une stratégie encore fragile. La cohabitation entre les
deux listes a été particulièrement délicate.

http://www.latribune.fr/…/europe-2017-1-y-aura-t-il-un-refe…

2017 sera-t-elle l'année de l'autodétermination catalane ?
(Crédits : reuters.com)

Israel 'reducing ties' with nations over settlements | News | Al Jazeera

"In 2016, we saw the construction of almost 1,600 settler homes in
Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. This number is four times the
number of illegal homes constructed in 2014."

A construction site is seen in the West Bank settlement of Givat Zeev, near Jerusalem [Baz Ratner/Reuters]

Venezuela, les raisons du chaos, par Renaud Lambert (Le Monde diplomatique, décembre 2016)

En novembre,
manifestations populaires et tentatives de déstabilisation ont
intensifié les convulsions politiques que connaît le Venezuela. Tout au
long des années 2000, les réussites — sociales, géopolitiques et
culturelles — de la « révolution bolivarienne »
d’Hugo Chávez avaient pourtant suscité l’enthousiasme des progressistes
par-delà les frontières. Comment expliquer la crise que traverse
actuellement le pays ?

par Renaud Lambert

Yaneth Rivas. – « El ejemplo que Caracas dió » (L’Exemple qu’a donné Caracas), 2014

Le pouvoir médiatique en France, une affiche (Le Monde diplomatique, décembre 2016)

Cette affiche prend le parti de la lisibilité plutôt que de l’exhaustivité. Y figurent des médias d’information qui « font l’opinion »
et qui dépendent d’intérêts industriels ou financiers, de groupes de
presse ou de l’État : publications généralistes nationales, quotidiens
régionaux, audiovisuel national (et quelques chaînes de télévision
locales). Les journaux départementaux, les titres indépendants (comme Le Canard enchaîné)
ainsi que la presse dite alternative ne sont pas représentés. Enfin, on
a limité les liens capitalistiques aux principaux actionnaires.

Palestinian Home Demolitions for Illegal Settlements Surging

The demolition of Palestinian homes to make way for Israeli settlements
are on the rise. This is illegal under international law, yet is
completely aided and abetted by the Israeli government. Abby Martin and The Empire Files are on the ground to report on this dire human rights violation.

A New Wave Of McCarthyites Emerge In Response To Fake News

It’s the Cold War 2.0, and this McCarthyist, “red scare” type of
fear-mongering against Russia is being used not just to disenfranchise
unpopular views, but to muzzle watchdogs and censor alternative media
throughout the so-called “free world.”

martes, 27 de diciembre de 2016

Paris, Brussels, Nice, Berlin… The Role of “Massive Casualty Producing Events”. The Roadmap to a Police State | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

MICHEL CHOSSUDOVSKY: “You are either with us or with the terrorists”,
said George W. Bush in an address to the US Congress in the wake of the
September 11, 2001 attacks. Western leaders are so to speak “with
themselves as well as with the terrorists”.

British Generals and Military Advisers in Syria to Recruit Retreating Aleppo Terrorists | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

A group of British Generals and military advisors have arrived in Syria
to recruit and train the terrorist groups which have withdrawn from
Aleppo, a Russian daily reported.

Bernie Sanders: Corporate Media is a Threat to Democracy | Democracy Now!

Bernie Sanders:
"What does that say about a country when there’s almost no discussion
of poverty... almost no discussion of climate change, very little
discussion of income and wealth inequality, no discussion of the role of
the corporate media?"

Photographie : les femmes fortes de la communauté kurde | ARTE Info

Les femmes kurdes sont en première ligne des combats contre Daesh. La
photographe berlinoise Sonja Hamad rend hommage à leur courage.

Colombie: hausse de la violence sexuelle contre les femmes en 2016 | Agence pour les Droits de l’Homme

#Colombie: hausse de la #violence #sexuelle contre les #femmes en #2016

La Colombie a enregistré une hausse de 7,5% de la violence sexuelle contre les femmes durant
les dix premiers mois de 2016, par rapport à la même période l'année
précédente, avec plus de 15.000 cas déclarés, selon l'Institut de
médecine légale...

Statement in Reaction to U.N. Security Council Resolution Condemning Israeli Settlements

On behalf of anti-Zionist Jews worldwide, we of Neturei Karta International, Jews United Against Zionism, greet with enthusiasm the recent United Nations Security Council resolution 2334 condemning Israeli settlements as illegal. For decades, the settlements have been a major cause for bloodshed and unrest in the Holy Land. Hundreds of innocent lives have been sacrificed on the altar of nationalism and lust for land. We congratulate the countries in the Security Council for taking this long-overdue step toward justice and peace. And in particular, we congratulate the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, on his success in achieving the passage of this resolution.

At the same time, we wish to reiterate the Torah position that it is not just the West Bank that is illegally occupied. Jews have been sent into exile by the Almighty, and any kind of Jewish sovereignty over any territory is a violation of that decree. Therefore the concept of the State of Israel is entirely illegitimate and forbidden. The crime is compounded when the creation of this homeland entails the occupation, oppression, subjugation and expulsion of another people. Before the era of Zionism, Jews lived in Palestine in peace and security, side by side with the Palestinian Arab population. We fervently hope for the day when Jews return to abiding by the laws of the Torah and living in peace with all peoples.

As Jews, we have always been especially pained by the actions of the State of Israel in general, and the radical settlers in particular, since they claim to be acting in our name.

Predictably, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has reacted with anger to this clear demonstration of unanimous world opinion against his state's crimes. Drawing on Jewish themes, he has cast himself in the role of the Maccabee fighters whose victories we celebrate on Chanukah, and the Security Council nations as their enemies. Let no one be fooled. The State of Israel has nothing to do with Judaism, and on the contrary, it has consistently tried to extinguish Torah observance and values. The Torah values life and service of the Almighty, while Zionism values land conquest and secular culture. The Maccabees did not go to battle for freedom or independence; they wanted only the right to continue to practice Judaism. If any comparison is to be made to the Chanukah story, it is of Netanyahu and his fellow Zionists to the enemies of the Jewish people in the time of the Maccabees.

Netanyahu has vowed to continue building settlements, but we appeal to the world to realize that the Jewish people in general are not behind him. This show of defiance against the world community and the United States for taking up a just cause is completely against the Torah. American Orthodox Jews in particular, as loyal citizens enjoined by the Torah to respect their president, are embarrassed and completely disgusted by Netanyahu and his supporters’ vicious attacks on President Obama.

We also wish to state that the Zionists have no right to control the Western Wall and other holy sites of Jerusalem. All claims the Israeli government makes to these places are baseless. Furthermore, the recent U.N. General Assembly resolution that the State of Israel has no right to impose its laws on these places, in no way detracts from the holiness of these sites in the eyes of Jews.

In these days of Chanukah, may the Almighty send a spirit of repentance into Jewish hearts, so that they look into the Torah and resolve to follow its guidance. And may we be privileged to see peace in the Middle East and the entire world. Amen.

A New Wave Of McCarthyites Emerge In Response To Fake News

It’s the Cold War 2.0, and this McCarthyist, “red scare” type of
fear-mongering against Russia is being used not just to disenfranchise
unpopular views, but to muzzle watchdogs and censor alternative media
throughout the so-called “free world.”

lunes, 26 de diciembre de 2016

Mass graves discovered in liberated areas of Aleppo, once held by US backed "moderate rebels"

The discovery of mass graves in liberated Aleppo will "destroy many myths fed to the world by Western politicians.”

Mike Pence Will Be the Most Powerful Christian Supremacist in U.S. History

Trump is a Trojan horse for a cabal of vicious zealots who have long
craved an extremist Christian theocracy — and Pence is one of its most
prized warriors.

Jihadist Rebels Massacre over 100 Hostages before Leaving East Aleppo. Unreported. Western Mainstream Media Totally Silent | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

The
jihadist rebels of Fatah Halab and Jabhat Fateh Al-Sham carried out
another heinous massacre prior to leaving the last east Aleppo
neighborhoods this past week, an SAA officer from the Republican Guard
told Al-Masdar News on Friday.

Over 100 hostages from the Syrian
Arab Army, mostly young men between the ages of 18-25, were summarily
executed by the jihadist rebels prior to their departure from the
Sukkari and Bustan Al-Qasr districts of east Aleppo.

“These
massacred soldiers were comprised of men that were captured by the
jihadist rebels over a four year span in the Aleppo Governorate; they
were unable to smuggle their hostages from the Sukkari School, so they
chose to execute them instead,” the SAA officer added

RD Congo : au moins 34 civils ont été tués lors de violences au Nord-Kivu - France 24

Des milices ont tué au moins 34 personnes ce week-end à Nyanzale et
près de la ville de Beni, dans l'est de la République démocratique du
Congo, alors que le pays traverse une crise politique.

Au moins 34 civils ont été tués ce week-end par des milices au Nord-Kivu, dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo (RD Congo), a-t-on appris dimanche 25 décembre. Les violences interethniques paraissent s'intensifier dans cette région sur fond d'instabilité politique dans le pays.

>> À voir – RDC : massacres en toute impunité à Beni

Une milice de l'ethnie Nande a tué au moins 13 civils hutus avec des
armes et des machettes, dimanche à Nyanzale, trois jours après la mort
de 17 civils Nande lors d'un raid d'une milice hutue dans un village
voisin, selon Innocent Gasigwa, un activiste local.

© Eduardo Soteras, AFP |
Des manifestants dans le quartier de Yolo à Kinshasa en RD Congo, pays
traversé par une crise politique, le 20 décembre 2016.

There Are No Terrorists? Counterterrorism = Supporting Terrorism? Western Governments Are Supporting Terrorist Organizations Which They are Allegedly Combating | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

The Western media in chorus is accusing the Syrian government and its
allies including Russia and Iran of “crimes against humanity” for
having liberated Aleppo from the clutch of Al Qaeda terrorists. “Putin
and Assad could face justice for war crimes in Syria” according to the
Washington Post.

In the media coverage of Aleppo, the Al Qaeda
affiliated terrorists are casually described as opposition “rebels”
waging a “revolution” against the government of Bashar al Assad, who is portrayed as a “dictator”.

The media propaganda campaign has gone into high gear. The words “Al
Qaeda”, “Al Nusra” or “terrorists” are simply not mentioned in recent
media reports. It never happened. “Opposition rebels” committed to
democracy have been crushed by the Russians, according to
“authoritative” media sources.

According to reports, there were
no terrorists in Aleppo. The “rebels” are now being portrayed as the
victims of Russian aggression. These are the same terrorists who are
the object of Obama’s alleged “counterterrorism” campaign, which is
largely intent upon protecting the terrorists.

Fake news from the Washington Post and NYT is getting thousands of people killed in the Middle East – NaturalNews.com

How fake news from the WashPost is getting people killed in the Middle East

Remembering Berta Cáceres, Assassinated Honduras Indigenous & Environmental Leader | Democracy Now!

In our fifteenth most-watched story of 2016, we remembered assassinated
Honduran environmental activist Berta Cáceres: "She was trying to be a
mother, be a daughter, be an aunt, be a
human being, respect human beings. And this is what she did every day
for the indigenous people of Honduras and across Latin America."

The Good That Trump Could Do. Breaking the Grip of the Neocons over US Foreign Policy | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Despite fears about the many negatives from a Donald Trump
presidency, one positive could be his shattering of the monopoly that
neocons and liberal hawks now hold over U.S. foreign policy, says Robert
Parry.

Americans and the world have valid reasons to worry about
Donald Trump’s presidency, given his lack of experience and his refusal
to recognize that his loss of the popular vote should moderate his
emerging domestic policies. But Trump also could do some good things.

Particularly,
Trump could break the death grip that neoconservatives and their
“liberal interventionist” tag-team partners now have locked around the
throat of U.S. foreign policy.

Trump owes little to these “regime change” advocates since nearly all
of them supported either other Republicans or his Democratic rival,
Hillary Clinton. And the few who backed Trump, such as John Bolton and
James Woolsey, have been largely passed over as Trump assembles his
foreign policy and national security teams by relying mostly on a
combination of outsiders and outcasts.

2017: A Year of Transition and Trouble | New Eastern Outlook

Predictions aside, there are obvious trends, plots, and paradigm shifts
that will continue onward into the new year, that geopolitical observers
should be distinctively aware of.

jueves, 29 de diciembre de 2016

One-state Greater Israel is not consonant with democratic ideals, and Americans and the world will never accept it, John Kerry said. The unspoken challenge to Jews the world over was, will the Jewish people accept it?

Understanding the objectives and logic that accompany the expansion of nations or empires is always of paramount importance in helping one draw lessons for the future.

Read a very substantial analysis by our author Federico Pieraccini on the mechanisms that drive great powers - http://www.strategic-culture.org/…/geopolitics-globalizatio… #geopolitics #globalization

Barack Obama signed the NDAA for the 2017 fiscal year, it was such a gift, he decided to give it [ 176 more words ]

By Isaac Davis

How is the government going to get people to pay their taxes if the government is not viewed as legitimate? ~ Catherine Austin Fitts

Problem, reaction, solution. Economic hit man John Perkins wrote about this strategy as it was used in the 20th century to bring developing nations under the control of the international monetary fund and transnational profiteers, and at present this scheme is being globalized.

A CIA analyst who interrogated Saddam Hussein after his capture 13 years ago has revealed in a new book that much of what the CIA believed they knew about Saddam Hussein at the time of the invasion was wrong.

miércoles, 28 de diciembre de 2016

Tech industry trying to censor Gab.ai to shut down free speech and control the narrative.

Malgré la récente #résolution de l'#ONU, #Israël pourrait annoncer de nouvelles #constructions

In the meantime, the Ukraine is in full-blown collapse—all five glorious stages of it—setting the stage for a Ukrainian Nightmare Before Christmas, or shortly after.

According to Haaretz: “The British secretly worked the Palestinians and urged New Zealand to move ahead with the resolution, and a call from Netanyahu to Putin triggered a real drama at the UN HQ just one hour before the vote.”

Press freedom advocates are raising alarm over a little-known bill rolled into the National Defense Authorization Act, called the Countering Disinformation and Propaganda Act. It will create a national anti-propaganda center.

"Whatever the passage of a UN resolution criticizing the settlements may bring, the fallout has already made one thing clear: the Israeli government subscribes to a de facto ‘Greater Israel’ policy."

"We have confirmed evidence, with pictures, photos and videos,” according to the Turkish president.

Did President Obama just kill freedom of the press with the new NDAA?

Obama’s attempt at regime change in Syria is falling apart in spectacular fashion, as US support for ISIS is being revealed.

September

12: The U.N. General Assembly convenes in New York City for its 72nd regular session.

27–29: The 40th World Energy Engineering Congress, presented by the Association of Energy Engineers, will be held in Atlanta.

TBD: Spain’s Catalonia region is expected to hold an independence referendum.

Obama is trying to leave a chaotic, messed up world before he goes off to retire on the golf course.

Facebook opens up about its US government access to your information

BREAKING: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced that he has evidence that US-led coalition forces are giving support to terrorist groups including #Daesh.#Turkey