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New Brazil President to Close “Palestinian” Embassy: “You Do Not Negotiate with Terrorists” By Robert Spencer, October 31 2018

A refreshing dose of reality from a country that has supported the “Palestinian” jihad for a considerable period.

“Brazilians elect first ardently pro-Israel president,” by

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA

Mass Shooting at Pittsburgh Synagogue: Anti-Semitic Violence Erupts in America By Joseph Kishore, October 31 2018

The anti-Semitic massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has raised the crisis of American politics and society to a new level. More and more, the conditions in the United States have the character of a civil

Spooks and the Masked Media By Edward Curtin, October 31 2018

“Back of the world in which we live, far in the background, lies another world.  The relation between the two is not unlike the relation we sometimes see in the theater between the forestage scene in the regular acting area

An Examination of the Politics of White Identity By Adeyinka Makinde, October 31 2018

The projection of white people as having a collective set of interests at both national and global levels is a phenomenon which has taken greater shape in recent times. Fuelled by trends related to changes in demographics, increases in both

Video: The Stone Guest at the Table with Italy and Russia By Manlio Dinucci, October 31 2018

“I consider it very important for us to meet a strategic partner like the Federation of Russia, and also necessary, in order to work out solutions to the main regional crises” – such was the statement by Prime Minister Giuseppe

Trump ‘Not Welcome in Pittsburgh’ Until He Denounces White Nationalism By Middle East Eye, October 31 2018

A progressive Jewish group says Donald Trump is not welcome in Pittsburgh, the US city where a deadly attack on a synagogue took place on Saturday, until the US president denounces white nationalism.

The local branch of Bend the Arc, …

Welcome to the Jungle By Pepe Escobar, October 31 2018

It’s darkness at the break of (tropical) high noon.

Jean Baudrillard once defined Brazil as “the chlorophyll of our planet”. And yet a land vastly associated worldwide with the soft power of creative joie de vivre has elected a fascist

The US Blockade Is the Main Obstacle to Cuba’s Development By Cuba Solidarity Campaign, October 31 2018

On 31 October, the United Nations General Assembly will vote on Cuba’s annual resolution calling for an end to the US blockade.

Resolution 72/4, ‘Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America …

WWF Report Reveals a 60% Decline in Wildlife Populations Since 1970 By Nick Lavars, October 31 2018

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has released its latest Living Planet Report, an assessment of the health of our planet, and it paints a rather grim picture of the damage caused by humanity’s growing footprint on Earth.

The WWF publishes
India’s Farmers Plan Mass March to the Nation’s Parliament as Agrarian Crisis Reaches “Civilization Proportions” By Colin Todhunter, October 31 2018
Angela Merkel’s Last Days By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, October 31 2018

Cultural compilations such as James Frazer’s The Golden Bough are rich with these accounts: the high priest or leader of a tribe, whose lengthy tenure is wearing thin, is set for the sacrifice, either through ritual or being overthrown by

Saudi Death Squad Controlled by Crown Prince. Report By Stephen Lendman, October 30 2018

Reportedly a Saudi tiger hit squad was formed in 2017 by crown prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) to covertly assassinate regime critics internally and abroad.

Its existence is well known to US and other Western intelligence – comprised of dozens …

Jamal Khashoggi Died for Nothing By Philip Giraldi, October 30 2018

The angst over the Jamal Khashoggi murder in the Saudi Arabian Consulate General building in Istanbul is already somewhat fading as the media has moved on in search of fresh meat, recently focusing on the series of attempted mail bombings,

Black Leaders Organize March on the White House to Demand End to U.S. War on Africa By Uhuru News, October 30 2018

The Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice Peace and Reparations has issued a call for black people to descend on Washington D.C. this weekend for a 2-day mobilization demanding an end to U.S. military and economic aggression in Africa

Fake Pipe Bomb Charade Continues By Kurt Nimmo, October 30 2018

If Jeff Zucker can be believed, CNN has received another pipe bomb which, like the previous described pipe bombs, almost certainly isn’t a bomb at all, but a pile of odds and ends made to resemble a pipe bomb (for

“Class War Conservatism” and Resistance to the Doug Ford Tories in Ontario By Jeff Shantz, October 30 2018

The Fordist Conservative government in Ontario presents a pressing challenge to politics as usual and raises the stakes for working class resistance. Almost immediately upon taking office Doug Ford and his Tory regime have gone on an offensive targeting diverse

Fascism on the March in Latin America and the EU By Peter Koenig, October 30 2018
Latin America is re-converting into Washington’s backyard and as a sideline is returning to fascist rule, similar but worse than the sixties seventies and eighties, which stood under the spell of the CIA-led Operation or Plan Condor. Many call the current right-wing trend Operation Condor II
Bolsonaro Is a Pivotal Part of Trump’s Plans to Build “Fortress America” By Andrew Korybko, October 30 2018

The election of Jair Bolsonaro as Brazil’s next president is a major step in the direction of Trump’s plans to build a “Fortress America” that he intends will cement the US’ hegemonic influence in the Western Hemisphere by systematically squeezing

Fascism Triumphs in Brazilian Presidential Election By Stephen Lendman, October 30 2018

In Sunday’s runoff presidential election, hardline Social Liberal Party (PSL) candidate Jair Bolsonaro defeated Workers Party (PT) aspirant Fernando Haddad with 55% of the vote.

He’ll succeed US-installed Michel Temer, serving as interim president after the Obama regime’s orchestrated coup …

Selected Articles: Jair Bolsonaro: Collapse of Democracy in Brazil? By Global Research News, October 30 2018

For seventeen years, Global Research, together with partner independent media organizations, has sought Truth in Media with a view to eventually “disarming” the corporate media’s disinformation crusade.

To reverse the tide, we call upon our readers to participate in an

Alleged “Sonic Attacks” Against US Diplomats in Havana: Rebuttal By Arnold August, October 30 2018

The explanatory Commentary and Editorial published in Cortex on October 9 and 13, 2018, is timely, given that the U.S. has, for quite some time, been ratcheting up its rhetoric against Cuba. The Commentary and Editorial in this new scientific

Two Stories From the Propaganda War By Philip Giraldi, October 30 2018

Two recent stories about Russians have demonstrated how the news is selected and manipulated in the United States. The first is about Maria Butina, who apparently sought to overthrow American democracy, such as it is, by obtaining a life membership

UK Was Aware of Saudi Plot Against Khashoggi Weeks in Advance: Report By Telesur, October 30 2018

The murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi was about to disclose details of Saudi Arabia’s use of chemical weapons in Yemen when he was killed, as reported by the Sunday Express, a source close to him told the media outlet Friday.

This …

Haddad: PT Will Fight for Social Unification of Brazil By Telesur, October 30 2018

The former candidate of the PT said that Brazilians must aspire for a great social movement to defend the freedoms and rights of Brazilians.

Speaking after the results of the Brazilian elections were announced and the victory of far-right Jair

Canada Seems to Prefer State of ‘War’ in Korea, Not Peace By Yves Engler, October 29 2018

Who prefers military might over peaceful discussion to settle a long festering international dispute? Canada, it seems.

It may surprise some that a Canadian general is undercutting inter-Korean rapprochement while Global Affairs Canada seeks to maintain its 70-year old war

What Does Erdogan Know About Khashoggi’s Execution? By Richard Galustian, October 29 2018

“The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of a million a statistic.”  And the death of one man, Khashoggi, at the hand of Saudi assassins in Turkey has reinforced that axiom, amidst tens of thousands of children

Common ground on Syria: What France, Germany, Turkey and Russia agreed upon in Istanbul By RT News, October 29 2018

Despite years of disagreements on Syria, the leaders of Turkey, France, Germany, and Russia worked out a common vision for the steps to reconciliation in the war-torn country when they met in Istanbul. Here’s a summary of it.

Turkey’s President

A Ridiculed Election Show of US-NATO on the Stage of Afghanistan By Defend Democracy Press, October 29 2018

On October 20, 2018, there were Parliamentary Elections in Afghanistan. The election was fully funded and influenced by US-NATO to give legitimacy to their puppet regime in Kabul. Obviously, holding so-called election in an occupied country never represent the will

Why Are Thousands of Hondurans Walking Towards the US Border? By Zoe PC, October 29 2018

For the thousands of Hondurans who are part of a migrant caravan proceeding towards the United States, the recent comments by US president Donald Trump were yet another instance of the persecution they have faced while trying to escape horrible

Far-right Jair Bolsonaro Wins Brazil’s Presidential Elections By Telesur, October 29 2018

Far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro has won the Brazilian presidential elections with over 55 percent of the vote beating leftist Fernando Haddad who scored 44.3 percent in the country’s most polarized elections in decades.

According to the latest polls, support for …

Julian Assange, Ecuador and the Dangers of Farce By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, October 29 2018

This is the next stage of the Julian Assange chronicles: from the summit of information disclosures and meddlesome revelations on classified state matters, the Australian rabblerouser now finds himself the subject of a new round of jokes and ribbing.  WikiLeaks,

Laos-China are Building, High Speed Trains. The Cruel Legacy of War and Colonialism By Andre Vltchek, October 29 2018

Imagine the splendid Mekong River, as it flows not far from an ancient capital of Laos, Luang Prabang. The river is powerful, with muddy banks, surrounded by lush mountains. Imagine poor villages and old ferry crossings, as well as broken

Fact-Checking the Establishment’s “Fact-Checkers”: How the “Fake News” Story Is Fake News By Max Parry, October 29 2018

It would be an understatement to say that during U.S. President Donald Trump’s term in office, the issue of truth and falsehoods has been a central topic of political discourse. It was a reoccurring issue throughout the 2016 election

Israeli Blockade of Gaza.The Only Solution is the Establishment of an Independent Palestinian State By Hans Stehling, October 29 2018

Antisemitism needs an excuse and Netanyahu sadly provides it every day on the Israeli- Gaza border.  His heavily armed snipers have gratuitously killed over 200 unarmed Palestinians at the March of Return protest and injured over 10,000 at the border

Ottawa Doubles Down on Double Standards. Canada’s $15 Billion Armaments Deal with The Saudis By Jim Miles, October 29 2018

Humanitarian standards

I had noted previously the twitter spat between Canada and Saudi Arabia.  After the Saudis were insulted/enraged by Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland’s tweet concerning the sister of a Saudi journalist, the Saudis kicked out the Canadian ambassador.  Since

High Sea Level Rise Projections and the IPCC By Dr. Andrew Glikson, October 29 2018

Global Research Editor’s Note

There is controversy concerning the IPCC analysis.

Global Research will be publishing both sides of this important debate on climate change: the IPCC focus as well as the critics including the analysis pertaining to environmental modification …

US Holds Thousands of Syrian Refugees Hostage, Establishes Military Bases in Northern Syria By Stephen Lendman, October 29 2018

Syria is Washington’s war, launched by Obama in March 2011, escalated by Trump, no end of it in prospect. It’s all about wanting pro-Western puppet rule replacing the Syrian government,  isolating Iran, ahead of a similar scheme to topple its

Gorbachev: Trump Ditching Nuclear Treaty with Russia Poses ‘Dire Threat to Peace’ By Jessica Corbett, October 29 2018

While the Trump administration ignores warnings from nuclear experts and pursues plans to exit the Cold War-era intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty (INF) with Russia, former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev—who initially signed the deal with former President

Blair Refuses to Cancel Lucrative Deal with Saudi Despite Khashoggi Murder By Middle East Monitor, October 29 2018

Tony Blair has resisted calls to end his multi-million dollar deal with Saudi Arabia despite allegations that the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have been authorised by the Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman.

Accounts published last month by the …

The Awful Conclusion of Britain’s Predicament. Political Mismanagement, Corporatism and Extreme Capitalism By True Publica, October 29 2018

Just over 100 years ago, Britain’s empire held sway over 23 per cent of the world’s population and 24 per cent of the world’s landmass. It was the foremost global power, the largest in human history. After the Second World

The Occasional Stupidity of Hope and How, Again, “To Learn from Cuba” By Prof Susan Babbitt, October 29 2018

Hope is pervasive in the North. We live for hope. It pervades medicine. Patients hope for survival, for cure.  Others are dying but it won’t happen to me.  I hope to deny evidence.

Nietzsche was right: When Pandora slammed shut …

Massacre in Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue By Stephen Lendman, October 29 2018

 

On Saturday, alleged shooter 46-year-old Robert Bowers killed 11, wounding six others inside Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue before surrendering to police.

Police said he exchanged gunfire with officers, wounding four, one reportedly in critical condition. He was shot,

Peter Ford Responds to the UK FCO-Media Lynch Mob on Syria By Peter Ford, October 28 2018

Former UK Ambassador to Syria, Peter Ford, slams the Times and UK FCO lynch mob, comprehensively: [Foreign & Commonwealth Office FCO]

“A ‘cabal’ is at work to deceive the British people about Syria. So says The Times. But the …

The Latest Mail Bomb Scare. An Orchestration? By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, October 28 2018

I appreciate readers’ confidence that I can explain the mail bomb scare that has been blamed on Cesar Sayoc.  I have not followed this story and regret that I don’t have an explanation to provide.

Stephen Lendman raises the

Harmless Mail Bomb Scare Suspect Arrested. A Convenient Patsy? By Stephen Lendman, October 28 2018

Is the targeted individual a legitimate suspect or a convenient patsy? Most likely the latter, but it remains an open question. How could an ordinary person access mailing addresses of prominent Trump critics sent harmless mail bombs?

On Friday, Justice …

Selected Articles: Canada’s Arms Deal with Saudi Arabia By Global Research News, October 28 2018

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The Arms Behind the Sydney “Invictus Games”. “For our Wounded Warriors” By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, October 28 2018

The origins of the Invictus Games (“For our Wounded Warriors,” goes the slogan) lies in war.  Wars that crippled and caused depression and despair. The games became a project of grand distraction and worth, a form of emotional bread for

Democracy in Brazil Is Not Just About Voting. Bolsonaro, “The Tropical Trump” By Nino Pagliccia, October 28 2018

According to polls, Brazilians are about to make a great mistake by voting for Bolsonaro – the Tropical Trump. There are indications that the gap with PT Haddad is getting narrow, but Brazilians have to move fast until Sunday to

Ottawa Should End Paradoxical Arms Deal with Saudis By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, October 28 2018

Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) calls on Canada to end, once and for all, its arms trade with Saudi Arabia. The brazen murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi authorities in Istanbul further highlights the

Mumia Abu Jamal and the Prison Industrial Complex By Michael Welch, October 27 2018

“As a criminal, you have scarcely more rights, and arguably less respect, than a black man living in Alabama at the height of Jim Crow. We have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.”

Michelle

The Trump Regime Has Launched a Nuclear Arms Race? By Stephen Lendman, October 27 2018

In response to the Trump regime’s unilateral Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty pullout, former Soviet Russia President  Mikhail Gorbachev  (image below) said the move signals the beginning of a nuclear arms race, saying:

“Over 30 years ago, President Ronald Reagan

China’s Impressive Economic Growth. A Critical Look at China’s Belt and Road Initiative By Prof. Martin Hart-Landsberg, October 27 2018

Originally published: Reports from the Economic Front (October 2, 2018)

China’s growth rate remains impressive, even if on the decline. The country’s continuing economic gains owe much to the Chinese state’s (1) still considerable ability to direct the activity of

Julian Assange Should Be Thanked – Not Smeared – for Wikileaks’ Service to Journalism By Mark Curtis, October 27 2018

Twelve years ago this month, WikiLeaks began publishing government secrets that the world public might otherwise never have known. What it has revealed about state duplicity, human rights abuses and corruption goes beyond anything published in the world’s “mainstream” media. 

Ukraine: Between a Rock and IMF Conditionality. Spiralling External Debt By Bretton Woods Project, October 27 2018

In September, IMF staff visited Ukraine to discuss the next tranche of its $17.5 billion loan programme, first approved in March 2014 (see Observer Spring 2014Spring 2015Winter 2016). As no funds have been received from

Trump Surrenders to John Bolton on Russia and Arms Control By Scott Ritter, October 27 2018

Declaring that “there is a new strategic reality out there,” President Donald Trump’s hardline national security advisor John Bolton announced during a visit to Moscow earlier this week that the United States would be withdrawing from the 31-year-old Intermediate Nuclear

US Military Plane Operated UAVs That Attacked Russian Airbase in Syria By South Front, October 27 2018

A US Poseidon-8 reconnaissance plane operated 13 unmanned aerial vehicles that attacked Russia’s Hmeymim airbase in Syria on January 6, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel General Alexander Fomin said at a plenary session of the Beijing Xiangshan Forum on security

Lost Lightning: The Missing Secrets Of Nikola Tesla By Global Research News, October 27 2018

A mystery surrounds Tesla. His contributions, which were great and many, have descended into obscurity. Why?

Nikola Tesla, a Serbian scientist born in Croatia, was a humanitarian, a US patriot, and yes, an unbridled genius, though he has often …

How $21 Trillion in U.S. Tax Money Disappeared. “Full Scope Audit” of the Pentagon By David DeGraw, October 27 2018
According to the Department of Defense Inspector General and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, $21 Trillion in Taxpayer Funding Is Unaccounted For. To help people comprehend the scale of this, $1 Trillion is $1000 Billion. This means that $21,000 Billion in taxpayer money has gone missing.
Khashoggi versus 50,000 Slaughtered Yemeni Children By Peter Koenig, October 27 2018
For three and half years, the Saudi’s have waged a horrendous war on Yemen. They have slaughtered tens of thousands of Yemenis, more than 50,000 children died by Saudi air raids with UK supplied bombs, and US supplied war planes...
Brazil: The Collapse of Democracy? Rise of the Far Right By Alfredo Saad-Filho, October 27 2018

Brazil will elect its new President on 28 October 2018. Since the judicial-parliamentary coup that removed elected President Dilma Rousseff, of the Workers’ Party (PT), the new administration (led by her former Vice-President, Michel Temer) has advanced its agenda of

Big Business Strikes Back: The Class Struggle from Above. The Neo-Liberal “New Order” By Prof. James Petras, October 27 2018

       Bankers, agro-business elites, commercial mega owners, manufacturing, real estate and insurance bosses and their financial advisers, elite members of the ‘ruling class’, have launched a full-scale attack on private and public wage and salary workers,and small and medium size entrepreneurs

Mail Bombs to Trump Critics Reminiscent of Post-9/11 Anthrax Attacks? By Stephen Lendman, October 27 2018

Elements responsible for both incidents had a specific objective in mind.

In his important book on the anthrax attacks, titled “The 2001 Anthrax Deception: The Case for a Domestic Conspiracy,” Graeme MacQueen connected the incidents to 9/11.

Falsely blamed on …

About Politicians who Befriend Criminals in Power. Donald Trump Needs “Enemies” By Prof Rodrigue Tremblay, October 27 2018

“Regrettably, though, the idea of the benevolent autocrat, the just dictator, is being revived in the Arab world.“ Jamal Khashoggi (1958-2018), Saudi Arabian journalist, a permanent resident of the United States and a Washington Post Global Opinions contributing columnist, assassinated …

Will the US and UK seek a Palace Coup against Mohammed bin Salman? By Mark Curtis, October 27 2018

As pressure continues to mount over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Washington and London are weighing their next moves

As Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) comes under increasing pressure over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, policymakers in …

Trump to Deploy Hundreds of Troops to the Border against Central American Migrants By Andrea Lobo, October 26 2018

The US Defense Department is expected to approve as early as next week the deployment of 800 to 1,000 active duty troops, mostly from the Army and Air Force, to the US-Mexico border, according to Trump administration officials.

While media

Brexit Risk: More than a Fifth of Doctors or Nurses at Some Hospitals Are from the EU By Ben Stockton and Rob Minto, October 26 2018

Key hospitals across England depend on the European Union for more than one in five doctors or nurses, new analysis reveals, as Brexit uncertainty deepens the NHS crisis.

Senior figures in the NHS warn they may soon not be able

America’s Worst Ever Ecological Disaster? The Gulf of Mexico Taylor Energy Platform By Stephen Lendman, October 26 2018

Frequent oil spills, GMO seeds, chemical, and other toxins poison planet earth worldwide – humanity’s survival threatened by ecocide or nuclear war.

BP’s 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill was considered the world’s most disastrous marine incident of …

A Chance for the US to Distance Itself from Saudi Arabia By Gareth Porter, October 26 2018

The murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi now seems very likely to prompt Congress to impose some sanctions on the Saudi government, and it may finally act to end the active US role in the Saudi-UAE war on Yemen.  

Perhaps

As Dictator Kagame Unmasked, It Is Time to Reveal the Canadian Connection By Yves Engler, October 26 2018

Canada’s paper of record pulled another layer off the rotting onion of propaganda obscuring the Rwandan tragedy. But, the Globe and Mail has so far remained unwilling to challenge prominent Canadians who’ve crafted the fairy tale serving Africa’s most ruthless

European Parliament Right to Call for an Arms Embargo against Saudi Arabia By CAAT - Campaign Against Arms Trade, October 26 2018

-European parliament has renewed calls for an arms embargo against Saudi forces

-Saudi-led bombardment has inflicted a humanitarian catastrophe on Yemen

-UK has licensed almost £5 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia since Yemen war began in March 2015

Repeal of Workers’ Rights in Ontario? Ford Government Takes on Bill 148, But There is Resistance By Chloe Rockarts and Gerard Di Trolio, October 26 2018

When the Tories were elected to govern Ontario this past June, it was a day that many were both dreading and expecting.

The Ontario government has finally unveiled their legislation that would repeal the gains workers made from Bill 148. …

The Apocalypse Not Now By Edward Curtin, October 26 2018

It was balmy and breezy by the bench where I sat outside a public library east of Atlanta, Georgia, brooding about the state of the world.  It seemed like the end times, and I had just attended a fire and

Turkish Surveillance UAVs over the Greek Navy in the Mediterranean Region – Greece’s Military Dilemma By South Front, October 26 2018

This analysis is made by Pentapostagma Enimerosis and translated exclusively for SouthFront

As Turkey escalates in the Eastern Mediterranean the real question is how determined Greece is to respond.

Greece is confronting a huge diplomatic and military dilemma after Turkey

Hope Restored: My Life and Views on Canada, the U.S., the World & the Universe: Paul Hellyer By Julia Cox, October 26 2018

This powerful book argues that the human species is at a tipping point when it is forced to choose between a New World Order fascist government committed to rapid depopulation or a world of peace and justice.

Hellyer demonstrates that …

“1244- A Key to Peace in Europe”: The Sovereignty of Serbia, A Just and Durable Solution for Kosovo and Metohija By Živadin Jovanović, October 26 2018

The oldest Serbian Publishing House – Serbian Literary Cooperative – has recently promoted the book “1244 – A Key to Peace in Europe”, authored by Živadin Jovanović, a former foreign minister of Yugoslavia (1998–2000). The book was presented to the

Do Treaties Eliminate Nuclear Wars? By Marwan Salamah, October 26 2018

History teaches that wars are inevitable. They are genetically ingrained into the human mind – as well as the rest of the Animal Kingdom. The use of violence and belligerence to get what one wants, starts as early as childhood

Video: Militants Push Idlib Demilitarization Agreement to Collapse By South Front, October 26 2018

The Turkish government is continuing attempts to convince the international audience that the situation in the Idlib demilitarized zone is under control and that militant groups are fulfilling the terms of the agreement.

Initially on October 8, Turkish state media …

Digital Book Burners By Kurt Nimmo, October 26 2018

Jamie Fly, a former high-ranking Bush era neocon, believes you shouldn’t have the right to post on social media.

“Fly went on to complain that ‘all you need is an email’ to set up a Facebook or Twitter account, …

The Saudi Butchery in Yemen and the World’s Apathy By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, October 26 2018

The cold-blooded killing of the journalist Khashoggi, however gruesome, pales compared to the brutality and gross human rights violations Saudi Arabia is committing in Yemen. The Saudis are deliberately preventing food and medicine from reaching areas where children are dying

Canada
Canada: Starting Down the Path to Marijuana Legalization By Bryant Brown, October 26 2018

In the late 1960’s my wife and I shared an eclectic circle of friends in London Ontario that included business colleagues, social workers, artists, university professors, hippies and students. We were starting a family and I was on the fringe