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America against Humanity. “And We Call Ourselves the Human Race” By Stephen Lendman, March 16 2015

America’s rage for global dominance represents humanity’s greatest threat. Never before has survival been more jeopardized.

US Imperial policies may kill us all. They may end life on earth. Endless wars of aggression are waged against one country after another.

Obama’s War in the Western Hemisphere and Venezuela’s National Liberation Struggle By Prof. James Petras, March 16 2015

Why did Obama declare a ‘national emergency’, claim that Venezuela represents a threat to US national security and foreign policy, assume executive prerogatives and decree sanctions against top Venezuelan officials in charge of national security, at this time?

Venezuela’s Support

The Misrepresentation of Israeli Aggression as “Self-Defense” By Matt Peppe, March 16 2015

Last July, shortly after the outbreak of war in Gaza, President Barack Obama declared that “Israel has the right to defend itself against what I consider to be inexcusable attacks from Hamas.” To demonstrate the general moral applicability of this

Among the “Conspiracy Theory” Theorists By James F. Tracy, March 16 2015

The University of Miami’s College of Arts and Sciences and Political Science Department held what was likely the world’s first official academic Conference on Conspiracy Theories from March 12th to 14th. The event was attended by 45 social scientists, historians

“Truth in Media is the Enemy of Washington, Truth is Our Country”: Dr. Paul Craig Roberts By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, March 16 2015

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you for this recognition, for this honor.  As Jesus told the people of Nazareth, a prophet is without honor in his own country.  In the United States, this is also true of journalists.

In the United States …

The State Against The Republic. France’s Backlash against Alleged “Conspiracy Theorists” By Thierry Meyssan, March 16 2015

At the request of President François Hollande, the French Socialist Party has published a note on the international “conspiracy theorist” movement. His goal: to prepare new legislation prohibiting it to express itself. In the US, the September 11, 2001 coup

Spirituality in the New World Order: Is a One World Religious Authority in Formation? By Matthew Butler, March 16 2015

Last September, Israel’s former President Shimon Peres asked Pope Francis to head a future “UN of religions”, a proposed organisation with “unquestionable” authority to proclaim God’s will. Peres argued globalising faith under a single world authority is required to combat

EU Splits on Supplying Weapons to Ukraine — How and Why By Eric Zuesse, March 16 2015

The issue is whether to supply weapons to Ukraine.

On Friday, March 13th, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced, referring to himself in the third person, that:

“The Head of State has informed that Ukraine had contracts with a series

Have Pillaged Iraqi Artifacts Ended Up in a Museum in Israel? By Richard Edmondson, March 16 2015

With ISIS carrying out rampages through archaeologically sensitive areas of Iraq, a pertinent question to ask now is what group’s cultural heritage in the Middle East is being preserved, and whose is being destroyed.

Over the past couple of weeks …

Statues to History: Mahatma Gandhi on Parliament Square. Using “Non-Violence” to Promote Violence By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, March 16 2015

Statues are not for everyone.  They signify flesh made into stone, the sort of transmogrification that frustrates rather than reveals.  It suggest the end of an argument by those who erect it – the statue is there, acknowledge and pay

‘Innocent mistake’: UK’s Nuclear Weapons Web Data Routed Through Ukraine By RT, March 16 2015

Sensitive data from around 170 major companies, including the UK’s Atomic Weapons Establishment and Lockheed Martin, might have be compromised after British Telecom web traffic was accidentally rerouted through Ukraine.

The hijacking of the companies took place over a 90-minute …

US Intelligence Stands Pat on MH-17 Shoot-down By Robert Parry, March 16 2015

Almost eight months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine – creating a flashpoint in the standoff between nuclear-armed Russia and America – the U.S. intelligence community claims it has not updated its assessment since five

CNN Is Beating the Drums of War. Propaganda is Driving the World towards Nuclear War with Russia By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, March 16 2015

President George W. Bush’s national security advisor, Condi Rice, warned Americans that Saddam Hussein’s (nonexistent) weapons of mass destruction could result in a mushroom cloud going up over an American city.  No such threat existed. 

But today a very real

Intelligence Services, Lobbies and Advertisers Dictate Mainstream Media Content, Journalists Admit By Julie Lévesque, March 15 2015

There are many reasons not to trust the mainstream media (MSM). Most, if not all those reasons, have been analyzed by independent news outlets. The MSM is owned by private companies and financed by advertising, both of which have a …

Hyping a Nonexistent Russian Threat By Stephen Lendman, March 15 2015

Western fear-mongering persists. Russia is relentlessly bashed. Putin is irresponsibly considered public enemy number one. 

Cold War 2.0 rages – heading dangerously toward becoming red-hot. Top US officials consistently lie.

One fabricated Russian invasion of Ukraine after another is hyped.

Canada’s “AntiTerrorism” Bill C-51: A Legal Primer, Expands the Powers of Canada’s Spy Agency, Allows Arrest on Mere Suspicion By Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), March 15 2015

By Clayton Ruby and Nader R. Hasan

Six Muslim young adults stand in front of a mosque late at night in heated discussion in some foreign language. They may be debating the merits of a new Drake album. They may

Jews in Paris, London, New York and Los Angeles want Peace and an End to the Likud Zionist Policies that Drive Global Anti-Semitism By Anthony Bellchambers, March 15 2015

The expected result of a new coalition government in Israel’s Knesset on March 17, headed by a new prime minister who really wants a political settlement with the indigenous Palestinian people – now numbering over 5 million – is the

Reports link Islamic State Recruiter to Canadian Embassy in Jordan By Global Research News, March 15 2015

BY Jason Fekete, Lee Berthiaume, and Ian Macleod 

Canada’s embassy in Jordan, which is run by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s handpicked ambassador and former top bodyguard, is being linked in news reports to an unfolding international terrorism and spy scandal.

Who’s Afraid of the Israel Lobby? By Andrew Levine, March 15 2015

Congress is the last place to look for “the brightest and the best” or the most knowledgeable. Still, most Senators and Representatives are at least somewhat better informed than people whose window on the world is Fox News.

Why then …

Why the Media Silence on Lindsey Graham’s Vow to Use the Military to Force Vote in Congress? By Bill Van Auken, March 15 2015

The protracted 2016 presidential campaign cycle has already begun, and with it the close attention of the media to the statements made by prospective candidates in hopes of discovering even the slightest “gaffe” that can be turned into a political

Media, Politicians Seize on Ferguson Shooting to Blackguard Protests Against Police Violence By Andre Damon, March 15 2015

The US media and political establishment have seized upon the wounding of two officers in Ferguson, Missouri on Wednesday night to reiterate their support for the police amid widespread hostility to the wave of police killings in America.

US President …

False Flags and Regime Change in Ukraine: Why We Still Don’t Know What Happened to Flight MH17 By Peter Vlemmix, March 15 2015
Much is not what it seems around the tragedy of the Malaysian airliner MH17 which was shot down above the Ukraine on July 17th 2014. This video explains the true story behind the events in the Ukraine and the loopholes in the official investigation.
Sleepwalking Into World War Three? Why The Independent Media Is Vital By Colin Todhunter, March 15 2015

NATO countries are to all intents and purposes at war with Russia. The US knows it and Russia knows it too. Unfortunately, most of those living in NATO countries remain blissfully ignorant of this fact.

The US initiated economic sanctions …

The Potential Threat of a Far-Right Coalition with WMD as Israel’s Election Looms By Anthony Bellchambers, March 15 2015

As a consequence of government policy, Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has given the state of Israel ultimate military control over both the Mediterranean (and therefore Europe) and the entire Persian Gulf.

Merkel’s difficult relationship with Israel’s current right-wing, prime minister, …

ISIS Terrorists: The US Creates them, Turkey Trains them, Qatar Finances them By Dr. Mohamed Elmasry, March 15 2015

We used to believe it is a crime to organize, support and give political cover to terrorist organizations. Things have changed.

“If the (American) Joint Chiefs are liable to stand trial for crimes against humanity, so is the President –

Fox ‘News’ ‘Expert’ Says We Must “Start Killing Russians.” I Disagree By Eric Zuesse, March 15 2015

On this video from Fox ‘News’:

At 3:30, Lou Dobbs asks the Fox Noise military analyst: “What do you expect” in Ukraine?

At 3:35 he answers: “In the Ukraine, the only way that the United States can have any effect …

False Flag Alert: Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan Intimates that Syrian President Al Assad “Plans to Instigate Chaos in Turkey ahead of General Elections” By Cem Ertür, March 15 2015

Daily Sabah, 13 March 2015

“Acting on intelligence, Turkey has tightened security measures on two of its border gates with Syria to hamper any possible emergence of a security issue created by Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government. According to intelligence
Kiev Junta War Crimes By Stephen Lendman, March 15 2015

A new Foundation for the Study of Democracy (FSD) report is titled “War crimes of the armed forces and security forces of Ukraine: torture of the Donbass region residents.”

It provides graphic evidence of horrendous Kiev war crimes Western media …

Oil Geopolitics: The South Stream Pipeline Has Been Replaced by “The Balkan Stream” By Andrew Korybko, March 15 2015

As Russia begins to build a pipeline through Macedonia that could form the basis of a revised South Stream route, the Hungarian President is in talks with Erdogan over financing this enormous project. 

While many in the Balkans were lamenting …

Israel Supports ISIS: Israeli Officer Killed During Meeting with Terrorists’ Leaders in Golan By Global Research News, March 15 2015

An Israeli officer was killed when he was in a meeting with leaders of terrorist organizations, including leaders in the so-called “Free Army”, in Quneitra countryside, the Lebanese al-Akhbar daily reported.

The daily said in a report published Friday that …

Ukraine Agreed to a Monsanto “Land Grab” to Get a $17 Billion Loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) By Christina Sarich, March 15 2015

This article was first published by Natural Society and Global Research on January 11, 2015.

The World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) is helping biotech run the latest war in Ukraine. Make no mistake that what is happening in …

The Washington Post, Owned by CIA’s Webmaster, Blasts Venezuela’s ‘State-Financed’ News By Jim Naureckas, March 15 2015

These unfortunate Venezuelans don’t have the Washington Post to tell them that it’s normal for the US president to make up national security crises in order to exercise emergency powers. (photo: Miguel Gutierrez/EPA)

Venezuelans are worried because US …

The Student Debt Time Bomb: Breaking the Grip of the Predatory Lenders By Michael Welch, Kéllia Ramares, and Ellen Brown, March 14 2015

 

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Together, we own the bank.

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America Finances ISIS Terrorists: US and Israeli Military Advisors Arrested In Iraq, Employed by ISIS Militia By Alec Cope, March 14 2015
Reports of the arrest of American military advisors assisting ISIS militants in Iraq constitutes evidence of cooperation between the US and the ISIS terrorist group in the Arab country, an Iranian lawmaker said.

Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency on …

Marine Le Pen and the “Detoxification” of France’s National Front By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, March 14 2015

“I fear for my country, I fear that it will smash itself to pieces against the Front National.” – Manuel Valls, The Guardian, Mar 11, 2015

It has been on her agenda for some time.  Marine Le Pen of the …

A Bosnian Scenario for Ukraine? By Ivan Proshkin, March 14 2015

The future for America’s shipments of lethal weapons to Ukraine is not yet clear. However, the current situation there is distinctly reminiscent of another conflict from 20 years ago – the Bosnian War – during which the United States and

Iraq, the Ultimate War Crime: Erasing the History of Mesopotamia. The Destruction of Nineveh By Felicity Arbuthnot, March 14 2015
From the day of the US-UK invasion that “fructifying richness”, societal, cultural, historic has been systematically, deliberately erased in one of the most devastating, despotic, desecrating, pulverizing cultural armageddons in history.
US Ramps Up Anti-China “Pivot to Asia” By Peter Symonds, March 14 2015

The latest US maritime strategic document, “A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower: Forward, Engaged, Ready,” released yesterday, makes clear that Washington is pressing ahead with its “pivot to Asia” and military build-up against China. In doing so, the US

Investors Pledge Billions to Egyptian Junta at Sharm el-Sheikh Conference By Alex Lantier, March 14 2015

Global investors and political officials gathered yesterday in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh for the opening of a three-day Egypt Economic Development Conference, pledging to invest billions of dollars in the bloody military junta of General Abdel

Net Neutrality Is a Classic Trojan Horse: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Rules Designed to Stifle Internet Political Speech By Kurt Nimmo, March 14 2015

On Thursday the Federal Communications Commission made public a document detailing its so-called net neutrality rules that were approved two weeks ago on a 3-2 vote.

A PDF version of the document can be downloaded here.

The rules impose …

Malaysia: More to Anwar Ibrahim Than Meets the Eye By Tony Cartalucci, March 14 2015

The most recent chapter in Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s legal troubles has been framed by the Western media as everything from a politically motivated witch hunt, to discrimination against homosexuality and a violation of “human rights.”

CNN would report …

The Price We Pay: “Dirty Banking” and the Dark History of Offshore Havens and Corporate Tax Avoidance By Global Research News, March 14 2015

Documentary by Harold Crooks, 2014, Canada, 98′

PRODUCED by Nathalie Barton, InformAction Films

http://www.thepricewepay.ca/

The Price We Pay is inspired by Brigitte Alepin’s book La Crise fiscale qui vient. Director Harold Crooks (who co-directed Surviving Progress with Mathieu Roy) blows

Is the U.S. a Fascist Society? Fascism is a Political Economic Structure Which Serves Corporate Interests By Danny Haiphong, March 14 2015

This article was first published on April 8, 2014.

Most Americans are taught in school that fascism is a ruthless one party dictatorship, the most popular example being Nazi Germany. This is a misconception. Fascism is a political economy, not …

CNN on the Frontiers of the Commercialization of News By Jim Naureckas, March 14 2015

Variety is pleased that CNN has “gotten over itself” and is inserting ads into its news programming.

“CNN Tests New Ways to Mix Ads With News,” a Variety headline (3/5/15) declared, over a story about how the cable …

Venezuelan Social Movements Take to the Streets to Oppose U.S. Aggression By Lucas Koerner, March 14 2015

“A lot of balls and ovaries there are here to defend this land. Yankees of shit.” An anti-imperialist refrain inspired by a popular Chávez slogan. (Credit: Lucas Koerner/venezuelanalysis.com)

Caracas – Venezuelan social movements converged in Plaza Venezuela in the center …

Big Pharma Giant Guilty of Selling Tainted Children’s Tylenol – Knowingly By Mike Barrett, March 14 2015

How far does the fraud and contamination of our country’s products go? The list is seemingly endlessRecently adding on to the list, mega-company Johnson and Johnson was recently found out to be knowingly selling adulterated bottles of Tylenol

Week in Review: Washington’s Ally Leading ISIS, NATO Lies and Provocation By Global Research and Global Research, March 13 2015
Russia’s “Anti-Western Anger”: Funny How Russian Propaganda, US Free Press Produce Exact Same Mood Swings By Jim Naureckas, March 13 2015

The Washington Post illustrates a story about anti-Americanism in Russia with a photo of Communist demonstrators carrying a prop missile with an anti-Obama slogan; the Communist were supported by 17 percent of the Russian public in recent polling. (photo:

How ‘Free Markets’ Defame ‘Democracy’: US Foreign Policy in Ukraine and Venezuela By Robert Parry, March 13 2015

The one common thread in modern U.S. foreign policy is an insistence on “free market” solutions to the world’s problems. That is, unless you’re lucky enough to live in a First World ally of the United States or your country

Former Governor of Ukraine’s Zaporizhia Region Found Dead in his Home. Member of “Party of Regions” By ITAR-TASS, March 13 2015

KIEV, March 12 /TASS/. Alexander Peklushenko, the former governor of Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region, has been found dead in his home, Anton Gerashchenko, a Ukrainian parliament deputy and an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister, said on Thursday.

“There are grounds to …

Greece and the Eurozone: What could Possibly go Wrong? The Debt Cannot be Paid Back By Bill Holter, March 13 2015

The latest news out of Greece is truly a head scratcher.  After agreeing with the Eurozone to a four month extension, the new plan to get them from here to there can only be described as insane.  In order to

Threatening Russia: NATO’s Massive Show of Force in Latvia – What’s the Endgame? By Daniel McAdams, March 13 2015

This week NATO delivered more than 100 tanks and heavy armored units, and several thousand soldiers including US troops, to Latvia, on the border with Russia, in its “Operation Atlantic Resolve.” US Army General John O’Conner made no secret that

Obama’s Selma Song: America Is Not Racist – It’s Just Ferguson By Glen Ford, March 13 2015

“Obama’s 2015 Selma paradigm meshes with his 2007 fiction that Blacks had already traveled 90 percent of the road to equality.”

Barack Obama returned to Selma, Alabama, last Saturday, with an updated version of his speech on race delivered eight …

The 9/11 Commission Didn’t Believe the Government … So Why Should We? By Washington's Blog, March 13 2015

GR Editor’s Note

Published below is a review by Washington’s Blog of recent statements by members of the 9/11 Commission.

In many regards, these statements by the 9/11 Commissioners are misleading.  The report is loaded with distortions, fabrications and a

Who is “Jihadi John”? What the Mainstream Media Won’t Tell You By Shawn Helton, March 13 2015

As the Jihadi John narrative continues to evolve, there are pressing questions concerning British security services, Mohammad Emwazi and his family…

Over the past couple of weeks, British security services, along with the FBI, revealed that they had ‘unmasked’ the …

Latest Gallup: Dissatisfaction with U.S. Government Soars. “15 Years of Unmitigated Rotten Government” By Eric Zuesse, March 13 2015

The latest Gallup poll shows that even as Americans are more satisfied with the American economy, they are more dissatisfied with the government; and that this government-dissatisfaction is so high that for the first time while Gallup has been following

Palestinian American Activist: Revoking Her US Citizenship. Rasmea Odeh Remains Out on Appeal Bond After 18 Month Sentence By Abayomi Azikiwe, March 13 2015

Federal Judge Gershwin Drain sentenced Palestinian American activist and community leader Rasmea Odeh to 18 months in prison, revoking her citizenship and imposing $1,100 in fines.

Odeh remains out on bond pending the outcome of an appeal of her conviction

Intelligence Operation in Support of Terrorism: The U.S. and Israel are behind both Boko Haram and ISIS: President of Sudan By Global Research News, March 13 2015

Sudan President, Omar al-Bashir has alleged that the American and Israeli intelligence agencies are responsible for Boko Haram and Islamic State (ISIS) insurgency in Africa.

According to him, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Israel’s national intelligence institute, Mossad …

Sugar Industry Collusion Since 1950s to Hide Dangers of Their Product – Just Like the Cigarette Industry By Christina Sarich, March 13 2015

There’s Big Pharma, Big Ag, and now Big Sugar – all industries too sweet on the smell of money to be truthful about their products to the public. New information has come forth that proves the sugar industry knew their

African Human Rights Body Warns World Bank on Proposals to Reverse Decades of Advancement in Protection of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights By Forest Peoples Programme, March 13 2015

In February 2015, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights met in Banjul,  Gambia, for its 17th Extra-Ordinary Session, to deal with critical matters pending since the cancellation and delay of previous sessions due to the spread of

“US-NATO Military Operations Aimed at Russia”: This Is a Declaration of War By Bruce Gagnon, March 13 2015

At times I feel completely overwhelmed by the current US-NATO military operations aimed at Russia.  It’s growing rapidly – one can’t help but wonder if the recent ‘victory’ of the self-defensive forces in eastern Ukraine wasn’t allowed by Washington and

Fifty Pro-Diplomacy Organizations Urge Senate to Reject Dangerous Iran Legislation By Jamal Abdi, March 13 2015

Washington, DC – On the heels of a series of political stunts on Capitol Hill that have heightened partisanship and threatened to sabotage nuclear negotiations with Iran, 50 organizations sent a letter to the Senate today warning against legislation that

State Crimes Against Democracy and Canada’s 2011 General Election By Prof Michael Keefer, March 13 2015

[W]e have had the possibility of living in democracies. What does it mean? It means places where the privileged are not the ones to make the decisions, but that the underprivileged are going to rise to a status where they

Asylum Seekers on Hunger Strike to Protest Private Corporate Management of U.K. Detention Center By Pratap Chatterjee, March 13 2015

Undercover footage from Harmondsworth. Footage: Corporate Watch.

U.K. asylum seekers have gone on hunger strike to protest living conditions at Harmondsworth immigration detention centre, which is run by Mitie, a British outsourcing company. The protests come months after Mitie took …

US Presidential Election Season Begins By Patrick Martin, March 13 2015

More than a year and a half before the 2016 US presidential elections, the political establishment and media are already beginning to shift their focus to the vast exercise in influence-peddling and insider dealing that is the American electoral process.

Danger of War with Russia Grows as US Sends Military Equipment to Ukraine By Johannes Stern and Alex Lantier, March 13 2015

Washington has begun delivering military hardware to Ukraine as part of NATO’s ongoing anti-Russian military build-up in eastern Europe, escalating the risk of all-out war between the NATO alliance and Russia, a nuclear-armed power.

The Obama administration announced on Wednesday …

The Maui GMO Ban and the Monsanto-Dow Criminal Human Experimentation By Jon Rappoport, March 13 2015

I’ve been keeping my mouth shut for a while on this explosive issue, because I was waiting for the results of a March 10 hearing. Now, strangely, the hearing has been postponed at the last minute.

My readers know I …

US War on ISIS a Trojan Horse By Ulson Gunnar, March 13 2015

In August of 2013, even as the words came out of US President Barack Obama’s mouth regarding an “impending” US military strike against the Syrian state, the impotence of American foreign policy loomed over him and those who wrote his

Dr. Andrew Wakefield Reveals Shocking News About MMR Vaccine in the Vaccine World Summit By Jonathan Benson, March 13 2015

If you’re a parent (or soon to be), you have a moral obligation to look out for the best interests of your child. And this includes making fully informed medical decisions about vaccinations that are based on science rather than …

Venezuela Sounds Alarm after Obama Invokes International Emergency Act By Z.C. Dutka, March 13 2015

Santa Elena, March 10th, 2015. (venezuelanalysis.com)- Venezuelan foreign minister Delcy Rodriguez sent an alert to international solidarity groups this afternoon, indicating that recent actions taken by the US government are meant to justify “intervention,” and do not correspond with international

US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey R. Pyatt: Architect of the Euromaidan Kiev Coup By Global Research News, March 13 2015

Geoffrey R. Pyatt Skirmisher of Euromaidan

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Debt Default and Today’s Bail-Ins: Recalling the 1931 Austrian Credit Anstalt Financial Domino By Bill Holter, March 13 2015

The revelation over this past weekend by Hypo Alpe-Adria has been called by some as Austria’s “Lehman moment”.  This may very well be on a micro scale, I believe it to be the Credit-Anstalt moment on a macro scale.  If

The IMF Ukraine $17.5 Billion Bailout Linked to “Reform” and the Impoverishment of the Ukrainian Population By Eric Zuesse, March 13 2015

Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten article. Translation and notes by Eric Zuesse,

Scroll down for Eric Zuesse’s analysis of the agreement 

SUMMARY:

Ukraine will receive total loans of 40 billion dollars from international tax money. For this purpose, Ukraine will carry out …

Israel Supports Syria Terrorists out of Golan Heights: 85 Wounded Al-Qaeda Militants Transported to Israeli and Jordanian Hospitals By Leith Fadel, March 13 2015

On Tuesday, as many as 85 wounded militants from the Syrian Al-Qaeda group “Jabhat Al-Nusra” (Victory Front) and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) were transported to Israeli and Jordanian hospitals after a powerful joint attack by the Syrian Arab Army’s

Dangerous Crossroads, Acts of Provocation: NATO Fighter Jets Scramble to Intercept Russian Fuel Tanker Over Baltic Sea By Sputnik, March 13 2015

Italian fighter jets protecting airspace over the Baltic states were deployed to intercept a Russian refueling aircraft over the Baltic Sea, Latvian National Armed Forces said via Twitter.

The IL-78 (Midas) is an air-to-air refueling tanker and is part of …

The Real Reason Walmart U-Turned on Wages By Curt Hopkins, March 13 2015

Originally published by Who What Why

Image: Walmart workers picket for higher pay.

Retail powerhouse Walmart prides itself on providing customers with “everyday low prices.” But labor experts believe the retail giant scored itself a public relations bargain with a …

Hollywood War Films, An Instrument of Military Indoctrination: The “American Sniper” Reviewers’ Consensus By Dr. T. P. Wilkinson, March 13 2015

Since American Sniper has become one of the “top grossing films of all time”, garnering a few Academy Award nominations and at least one, if trivial, award, there have been even more reviews written about this insidious and insipid strip

The American Empire is a Threat to Every Nation’s Security By Joachim Hagopian, March 13 2015

President Obama just declared Venezuela a threat to US national security, which is code word for any smaller, less powerful nation possessing balls enough to thumb its nose at the Empire bully America. The lie of accusing another sovereign

“Gold has never been more Valuable than it is Today!” By Bill Holter, March 12 2015

While doing an interview a few months back with Turd Ferguson at www.tfmetals.com, he made the comment “gold has never been more valuable than it is today”.  This is so true and correct, I’d like to break it down

Postcard from the End of America: Washington D.C. By Linh Dinh, March 12 2015

For nearly four years, I lived just 20 miles from Washington, in Annandale, VA, and I worked in D.C. for 9 months. From my home in Philadelphia, I’ve also gone down to Washington at least a hundred times, so this