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Measles Transmitted by the Vaccinated, Government Researchers Confirm By Sayer Ji, February 03 2015

A remarkable study reveals that a vaccinated individual not only can become infected with measles, but can spread it to others who are also vaccinated against it – doubly disproving two doses of MMR vaccine is “99% effective,” as widely

Smart Meters—Not so Smart.“I’ve Never Been so Sick in my Life” By Amy Worthington, February 02 2015

Electric “smart” meters were installed in Cindy deBac’s Scottsdale, Arizona, neighborhood in 2012. She recalls the day a new meter was mounted on her home as a sort of digital Pearl Harbor attack. “I’ve never been so sick in my

Digital Electronic “Internet of Things”(IoT) and “Smart Grid Technologies” to Fully Eviscerate Privacy By James F. Tracy, February 02 2015
The IoT refers to all digital electronic and RFID-chipped devices wirelessly connected to the internet. The number of such items has increased dramatically since the early 2000s. Today, an estimated 25 billion gadgets are connected Worldwide, or 3.5 units per person.
US Media Coverage of Ukraine: ‘Group-Thinking’ the World into a New War By Robert Parry, February 02 2015

If you wonder how the lethal “group think” on Iraq took shape in 2002, you might want to study what’s happening today with Ukraine. A misguided consensus has grabbed hold of Official Washington and has pulled in everyone who “matters”

US AFRICOM Commander Calls for “Huge” Military Campaign in West Africa By Thomas Gaist, February 02 2015

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) head General David Rodriguez called for a large-scale US-led “counterinsurgency” campaign against groups in West Africa during remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC last week.

Rodriguez’s statements are part of …

Tsipras Rushes to Reassure EU, Banks on Greek Debt By Robert Stevens, February 02 2015

Greek Prime Minister and Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras reassured Greece’s creditors Saturday that his government would do nothing to jeopardise the country’s euro zone membership. He insisted Greece would not default and would not make unilateral demands in talks over

Mourning Our Planet: Climate Scientists Share Their Grieving Process By Dahr Jamail, February 02 2015

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout)

I have been researching and writing about anthropogenic climate disruption (ACD) for Truthout for the past year, because I have long been deeply troubled by how fast the planet has been emitting its obvious

Attack on Israeli Soldiers ‘Most Serious Flare-Up in Years’–if Arab Deaths Aren’t Taken Seriously By Jim Naureckas, February 02 2015

The New York Times caption referred to the strike against Israeli soldiers as occurring “on the Israeli border with Lebanon.” The soldiers were actually in Israeli-occupied Syrian territory when they were hit. (photo: Maruf Khatib/Reuters)

The New York

Who are the “Friends of Ukraine”? By Andrey Polevoy, February 02 2015

by  Andrey Polevoy 

On Jan. 11, 2015, the Ukrainian website “GordonUA” published a rousing article (in Russian) with the suggestive title of “The Best Friends. The Countries Offering Assistance to Ukraine in 2014.” Let’s read that document carefully.

New Housing Bubble: Prices Up, Ownership Down – Wall Street a Mega-Landlord By Mac Slavo, February 02 2015

Want to own your own home, but stuck, temporarily, renting until you can? You aren’t alone.

Wolf Richter outlined a pretty eerie scenario.

The 2008 financial Armageddon was in larger part a result of the housing bubble bursting. Thanks to …

Kiev Junta Plans Escalated War By Stephen Lendman, February 02 2015

On Saturday, Contact Group representatives met in Minsk. Swiss diplomat Heidi Tagliavini represented the OSCE.

Russian ambassador to Ukraine, Mikhail Zurabov, represented Moscow. Former President Leonid Kuchma represented Kiev.

Donetsk People’s Republic (DRP) parliament Speaker Denis Pushilin and Lugansk People’s …

7,000 Trapped Ukrainian Soldiers in Debaltsevo. Kiev Could be Be Faced with Catastrophic Defeat By Global Research News, February 02 2015

Fierce fighting continues around Debaltsevo. If NAF forces succeed in surrounding the estimated 6,000-8,000 Ukrainian troops in the area—which could happen in the next 24 hours or less—Kiev will be faced with a catastrophic defeat, one that will be hard

Netanyahu: Symbol of Rogue Governance By Stephen Lendman, February 02 2015

Arguably he’s Israel’s worst ever prime minister. Disgracing the office he holds. A fascist by any standard. Exceeding Sharonian evil.

Even money to remain prime minister after mid-March elections. Israelis are as out-of-touch as Americans.

Mindlessly supporting what demands rejection.

The Campaign to Revoke War Criminal Tony Blair’s ‘Global Legacy’ Award. Save the Children (STC) Responds and “Apologizes” By Robin Priestley, February 02 2015

In November 2014, Tony Blair was given a ‘global legacy’ award for his anti-poverty work by US branch of Save The Children.

The next day, 38 Degrees member Miranda Pinch started a petition calling on the award to be revoked

The 21 Curious Questions We’re Never Allowed to Ask About Vaccines By Mike Adams, February 02 2015

The surest sign of a medical dictatorship is an aggressively enforced blockade against intelligent questions. Intelligent questions, after all, can destroy a medical police state because they expose the fraud of it.

Intelligent questions — which the vaccine industry characterizes …

The High Social and Environmental Costs of Capitalism By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, February 02 2015

In my book, The Failure of Laissez Faire Capitalism , I explain the concept of external or social costs. These are the costs associated with production that are not incurred by the producer but are inflicted on outside third parties,

Uday Al-Zaidy: The Face of Liberated Iraq By Felicity Arbuthnot, February 02 2015

“Let freedom reign.” (George W. Bush on formation of Iraq’s first US puppet government, 28th June 2004.)

“I don’t see anything wrong with Tony Blair giving his opinions on Iraq, it’s just that he should be doing it at The

“Russian Aggression” and the BBC’s “Drums of Nuclear War” By Oliver Tickell, February 02 2015

The drums of war are beating on the BBC and other mass media, writes Oliver Tickell – naked propaganda about fictitious ‘Russian aggression’ intended to soften us up for a war that could wipe out life on Earth. We must

False Flag Attacks. Historically Documented By Washington's Blog, February 02 2015

Readers are encouraged to post historically-documented instances in which a member of a government admits that his or her government carried out a false flag attack. While there are many documented false flag attacks, we’re focused on finding cases which

Study Shows How Easily False Memories Can Be Planted to Frame Individuals for Crimes By J. D. Heyes, February 02 2015

Is it possible that you could one day be convinced to confess to a crime you never committed — because you don’t remember you didn’t commit it?

How could you not know that you didn’t commit a crime? Perhaps because …

Marijuana Backed By More Studies Than Most FDA Approved Pharma Drugs By Anthony Gucciardi, February 02 2015

Marijuana and its use has been studied over the course of the last few decades more so than even many leading FDA-approved pharmaceutical drugs, with researchers categorizing the effects of marijuana to a much greater degree than many of the …

The Hidden Truth: The Rising Tide of “Global Racism” and Xenophobia By Joachim Hagopian, February 02 2015

Based on polarizing events during the first month of 2015, it would appear that racism around the world may be increasing. Anti-Moslem demonstrations have taken place throughout Europe. Just one day prior to the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris, a

Terrorism Strikes Thailand, Response to Former PM Yingluck Shinawatra’s Impeachment By Tony Cartalucci, February 01 2015

Two powerful bombs exploded in downtown Bangkok Sunday night, just days after ousted prime minster Yingluck Shinawatra was impeached from office amid threats from her political party that violence would follow.

Indeed just days ago the Nation would report …

Islamic State (IS) Mercenary Confesses to Receiving Funds via US By Naveed Miraj, February 01 2015

Law enforcing agencies on January 22 claimed that they arrested al Salafi, along with his two companions, during a joint raid in Lahore. However, sources revealed that al Salafi was actually arrested sometimes in December last year and it was

Color Revolution? US-backed Mobs Back in Hong Kong’s Streets By Tony Cartalucci, February 01 2015

The bad taste left in the majority of Hong Kong residents’ mouths from America’s last attempt at subversion in the Chinese special administrative region, has barely begun to fade as the US State Department and its mobs of “umbrella …

“Social Nationalism”: The Ideology of the “New Ukraine” By Eric Zuesse, February 01 2015

The ideology of the new, post-coup, Ukraine, is the ideology of its leaders. Above all, Dmitriy Yarosh, the founder of Right Sector, is that; but so too are Andrei Beletsky, the founder of Azov Battalion; and Andriy

France: An Eight Year Old Child Arrested by Police for allegedly “Glorifying Terrorism” By Sylvain Mouillard, February 01 2015

A school director has filed a complaint against the father of a fourth grader. He is also supposed to have inflicted “bullying” onto the schoolboy, according to the family lawyer.

January 8th, 2015, the day after the killing at Charlie

Good News! US Corporations Won’t Have to Pay for Nuclear Disasters in India By Jim Naureckas, February 01 2015

“US, India Move Forward on Nuclear Energy Deal” read the headline at the top of USA Today‘s front page (1/26/15). Moving forward–that sounds good, doesn’t it? The subhead was “Obama makes progress on the 1st day of his 3-day

Iraq: The Assassination of Journalists and War Correspondents. Suppressing the Truth By Dirk Adriaensens, February 01 2015

We condemn the repeated attacks on journalists in Iraq and we urge the competent authorities to carry out independent and impartial investigations in order to shed light on the circumstances and identify those responsible.

On January 7, 2015, the  Xinhua

The Spartan Resurrection in Greece. EU Arrogance and Athens’ Creditors By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, February 01 2015

Having just written that Greece needs Spartans in order to prevail over its creditors and the EU, the new Greek government is showing signs of being Spartans. Listen to these words from Greece’s new Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras: “We should

The Social Movement against “Globalized Trade” and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, February 01 2015

Since the President’s State of the Union message where he announced his plan to push corporate trade agreements and seek Fast Track trade promotion authority, the movement against Fast Track, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and globalized trade has grown. Instead

Victoria Nuland at Brookings. Think Tank supporting Wealth, Power and Global Warfare By Stephen Lendman, February 01 2015

Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland is one of many hardcore neocons infesting Obama’s administration.

On January 27, she spoke at Washington’s Brookings Institution. An elitist think tank supporting wealth, power and privilege. An establishment …

The Coming Biological Infowar: US Proposes DNA Database By Tony Cartalucci, February 01 2015

The US is proposing a government-backed DNA database composed of over a million volunteers’ genetic material. RT would report in their article, “Got genes: Obama proposes genetic biobank of 1mn Americans’ DNA to fight disease,” that: 

A new

Delusional America By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, February 01 2015

Robert Parry is one of my favorite columnists. He is truthful, has a sense of justice, and delivers a firm punch. He used to be a “mainstream journalist,” like me, but we were too truthful for them. They kicked us

Jeff Halper, Noted Peace Activist, Touring Canada Jan 17 – Feb 13 By Global Research News, February 01 2015

Dr. Jeff Halper, is the co-founder and Director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) for the past 17 years, as well as a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee.

IJV and the United Network for Justice and Peace in

Inquiry into Death of Alexander Litvinenko Opens in London By Julie Hyland, February 01 2015

An inquiry into the death of the fugitive ex-Russian spy, Alexander Litvinenko opened this week—nearly eight years after he was murdered.

Litvinenko died from radioactive polonium-210 poisoning on November 23, 2006. It is claimed that the toxic element was contained …

Police Murders and the Criminalization of Protest in America By Andre Damon, February 01 2015

On Friday, New York Police Department Commissioner William J. Bratton announced the formation of a 350-member paramilitary police unit specializing in “disorder control and counter-terrorism.” Bratton made clear the new unit would be used to crack down on political opposition.

GMOs, Monsanto’s RoundUp Found in Kellogg’s Froot Loops By Mike Barrett, February 01 2015

Independent DNA lab testing has verified that 100% of the corn in Kellogg’s Froot Loops is genetically modified corn, containing DNA sequences known to be present in insecticide producing Bt and Roundup Ready corn. The soy also contained DNA sequences …

Pentagon Silent on Current Use of Depleted Uranium in Iraq By David Swanson, February 01 2015

Back in October, I reported that, “A type of airplane, the A-10, deployed this month to the Middle East by the U.S. Air National Guard’s 122nd Fighter Wing, is responsible for more Depleted Uranium (DU) contamination than any other platform, …

Are Vaccines Safe? By Richard Gale and Dr. Gary Null, February 01 2015

This article was first published on October 13, 2009.

When we hear official reports released by the FDA and CDC, transmitted throughout major corporate media outlets and publications, that a particular vaccine is safe, we should immediately perk to attention,

Greece: From Austerity to Prosperity? By Ellen Brown, Dr. Binoy Kampmark, and Michael Welch, January 31 2015

The verdict of the Greek people renders the troika a thing of the past for our common European framework..” -Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Greek Syriza Party [1]

The accumulation of large public debts in Western

Politics, Financial Fraud and the “Big Three” Credit Ratings Agencies By Timothy Alexander Guzman, January 31 2015

China and Russia to Launch Credit Rating Agency that will Challenge U.S. Financial System

The “Big Three”Credit rating Agencies Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings are a powerful monopoly and a very influential actor in the World of finance.

The America Police- Warfare State Is Upon Us By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, January 31 2015

Anyone paying attention knows that 9/11 has been used to create a police/warfare state. Years ago NSA official William Binney warned Americans about the universal spying by the National Security Agency, to little effect. Recently Edward Snowden proved the all-inclusive

No Breakthroughs in Syrian Peace Talks By Stephen Lendman, January 31 2015

None were expected. Conflict continues. Ongoing since March 2011. Syria is Obama’s war. There’s nothing civil about it.

Death squad insurgents are US proxies. Recruited, armed, funded, trained and directed by CIA operatives and Pentagon special forces.

So-called IS, Nusra …

Greece’s Prime Minister Has the Good Sense to Make Germany Pay for Nazi War Crimes By Joshua De Leon, January 31 2015

Now that Greece has elected a new prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, he’s announced his first order of business: receive the money owed to them from Germany in part of unpaid World War II reparations, reported The Washington Post.

Tsipras …

Gorbachev Warns Ukraine could Ignite World War III By Niles Williamson, January 31 2015

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the Soviet Union, accused the United States Thursday of initiating a new Cold War with Russia and expressed fears that the conflict could escalate into a nuclear Third World War.

Gorbachev made his comments …

CIA Tested 25 Bombs before helping Mossad Kill Top Hezbollah Figure: Report By RT, January 31 2015

The US helped Mossad assassinate a top Hezbollah figure in Syria in 2008 by lending bomb expertise and surveillance on the ground, Washington Post reported. The joint operation marked CIA’s post-9/11 drift toward modern-day drone killings.

The death of Imad …

A Crazy Thought: Is Gold Money? The US “Claims” to Possess 8400 Tons of Gold By Bill Holter, January 31 2015

Let’s have some fun today!  For a change of pace I thought it a good idea to think way outside of the box and write about something that isn’t possible and wouldn’t really matter even if it was true.  

Recently …

Is Washington Financing Terrorism? Islamic State (ISIS) Mercenary Admits Getting Funds from US By Tony Cartalucci, January 31 2015

The Express Tribune, an affiliate of the New York Times, recently reported in an article titled, “Startling revelations: IS operative confesses to getting funds via US,” that another “coincidence” appears to be contributing to the so-called “Islamic

Israeli Forces destroy Palestine Water Infrastructure, 1,000 Meter Water Pipe donated to Yezra By Global Research News, January 31 2015

Israeli bulldozers, on Thursday, destroyed a water pipe being used in connecting the West Tubas district’s Atoof village with Khirbet Yezra, in the northern Jordan Valley.

Head of Al-Maleh local council, Aaref Daraghmeh, said that the pipe had length of

Amnesty International: Torture and Human Rights Violations By Robert Barsocchini, January 31 2015

(Additions to Amnesty excerpts are in italics or brackets. Bold emphases added.)

USA:

Torture: Amnesty International USA is partnering with human rights allies around the world for a two-year global campaign to stop torture, from Chicago to Nigeria

Google, Gag Orders and the WikiLeaks Investigation By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, January 31 2015

Google’s gargantuan presence on the Internet, be it in terms of search engines, archived data and the use of email, has become a problem.  Given that it traffics in information of virtually every shade and colour, it was bound to

Ecological Economics, and Changing Everything By Patricia Perkins, January 31 2015

This talk was delivered at a forum at Beit Zatoun, in Toronto on January 11, 2015, on Naomi Klein’s recent book, This Changes Everything (2014) [see video at LeftStreamed No. 245].

I would like to thank and acknowledge the

“Cheerful” Dutch Financier, Fourth ABN Amro Banker Suicide. 36 Banker Suicides in 2014 By Zero Hedge, January 31 2015

Following the deaths of 36 bankers last year, 2015 has got off to an inauspicious start with the reported suicide of Chris Van Eeghen – the 4th ABN Amro banker suicide in the last few yearsAs Quotenet

Torture, CIA Rendition Flights. “Interrogations took place” on Diego Garcia, says Bush Administration Official By Reprieve, January 31 2015

A former senior aide in the Bush administration has said that the British territory of Diego Garcia was used for secret interrogations by the CIA, contradicting years of denials by the UK Government.

Lawrence Wilkerson, who was chief of staff …

Moscow Might Bailout Greece: Russian Finance Minister By RT, January 31 2015

Greece hasn’t outright asked Russia for a loan, but Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Moscow wouldn’t rule it out. His statement comes days after Greece openly opposed further economic sanctions against Russia.

“Well, we can imagine any situation, so

The Real Drug Lords: A brief history of CIA involvement in the Drug Trade By William Blum, January 31 2015

This article was first published on August 31, 2008.

1947 to 1951, FRANCE

According to Alfred W. McCoy in The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia, CIA arms, money, and disinformation enabled Corsican criminal syndicates in Marseille to wrestle control …

Birds of a Feather: John McCain Defends War Criminal Henry Kissinger By Brandon Turbeville, January 31 2015

It has been said that birds of a feather flock together, and proof of that statement can be seen in the fact that terrorist sympathizer John McCain was recently forced to act as Knight in Shining Armor for famed mass …

Classified: US Military Imposes ‘Startling’ Blackout on Key Details of War in Afghanistan By Sarah Lazare, January 31 2015

U.S. Army General John F. Campbell speaks Dec 8, 2014 at North Kabul Afghanistan International Airport, Afghanistan. (Photo: ResoluteSupportMedia/flickr/public domain)

In an unprecedented blackout, top U.S. military officials have quietly classified key information about how they are spending the over

2014: The “Bloodiest Year” in History for Palestinian Media Workers By Patrick Strickland, January 31 2015

Relatives of journalists who were killed during Israel’s summer attack on Gaza protest in front of the United Nations’ Gaza City headquarters in September 2014. (Mohammed Asad / APA images)

Maysoon Abu Hayyin is not sure how she …

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Britain’s Sky News TV Portrays Ukraine’s “Far Right” Neo-Nazis as “Heroes” By Eric Zuesse, January 30 2015

On January 22nd, Rupert Murdoch’s Sky News (Murdoch founded it, his son James headed it for a while, and their 21st Century Fox owns “a controlling stake” in it) telecast a puff-piece for Ukraine’s right-wing extremists, several times calling them

Corporate Media Propaganda and CIA Covert Ops By Robert Parry, January 30 2015

Rupert Murdoch, the global media mogul who is now a kingmaker in American politics, was brought into those power circles by lawyer/activist Roy Cohn who arranged Murdoch’s first Oval Office meeting with President Ronald Reagan in 1983, according to documents

Police Violence in America: Police Shoot and Kill Two Teenage Girls within Two Weeks By Evan Blake, January 30 2015

Police in Longview, Texas released footage Wednesday of officers killing a 17-year-old girl in the lobby of a police station on January 22.

Officers Glenn Derr and Grace Bagley shot and killed 17-year-old Kristiana Coignard last Thursday, after officer Gene

Atmospheric Dispersion of Radioactivity from Nuclear Power Plant Accidents: Study By Global Research News, January 30 2015

By Theodoros Christoudias 1,*, Yiannis Proestos 1 and Jos Lelieveld 1,2

1
The Cyprus Institute, 20 Konstantinou Kavafi Street, Aglantzia, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus; E-Mails: [email protected] (Y.P.); [email protected] (J.L.)
2
Max Planck Institute of Chemistry, Hahn-Meitner-Weg
Income Inequality Soars in Every US State By Andre Damon, January 30 2015

Income inequality has grown in every state in the US in recent decades, according to a new study published this week by the Economic Policy Institute. The report, entitled The Increasingly Unequal States of America, found that, even though states

French Police Question 8-Year-Old on Suspicion of “Defending Terrorism” By Ali Abunimah, January 30 2015

France is in a state of “collective hysteria,” says Sefen Guez Guez, the lawyer for a second grader questioned by police in France. (via BFMTV)

Just when it seemed that the crackdown on free speech in France could not …

China’s “New Silk Road”. “One Belt and One Road”: Strategic Eurasia Land and Sea Transport Corridors By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, January 30 2015

The One Belt and One Road initiative is a long-term macroscopic program of strategic development for the entire State.” – Zhao Xijun, Deputy Dean of School of Finance, Renmin University, Global Times, Dec 28, 2014

The Chinese flag hangs …

USA Today Columnist Calls for Arrest and Imprisonment of Vaccine Skeptics By Mike Adams, January 30 2015

Now we finally come to the real agenda of the vaccine industry. After vaccines have been repeatedly documented by the Natural News Lab to contain neurotoxic chemicals such as mercury, formaldehyde and MSG; after vaccine shots have been repeatedly …

Britain’s Trident “Nuclear Deterrent”: Instruments of Armageddon By Jim McCluskey, January 30 2015

The existence of nuclear weapons makes Armageddon possible. If there were no nuclear weapons on the planet the human race would have a dire threat lifted and could focus on the other, less instantaneous, threats to the survival of our

J’accuse!: The Elephant in the Room of Anti-Semitism By Anthony Bellchambers, January 30 2015

The Holocaust in Europe was the extreme distillation of the essence of evil. It was prepared, as are all genocides, by first engineering the dehumanisation of its victims. The ‘Final Solution’ of the Nazis then progressed to the wholesale killing

U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Characterizes “Alternative Media as Terror” By Kurt Nimmo, January 30 2015

Bolivian President Evo Morales weighed in on the controversy over remarks made earlier this month by Andrew Lack, the new chief executive of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG).

The BBG is noteworthy for its connection to the CIA’s effort …
US State Department Collaborating with Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra By Tony Cartalucci, January 30 2015

Comments made by Daniel Russel, a representative of the US State Department, condemned the current Thai government’s legal proceedings against deposed prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the nepotist proxy of her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, also deposed in a military coup

The Forbidden Truth: Islamic State (ISIS) Recruiter Admits Getting Funds from America By Stephen Lendman, January 30 2015

Call it one of many US dirty secrets. Washington covertly recruits, funds, arms, trains, and directs extremist Islamic State and other Takfiri terrorists.

The same ones it lies about waging war on. Uses them as proxies against its adversaries.

Notably …

Daggers Drawn, but Israel and Hizballah Likely Prefer Restraint By Jonathan Cook, January 30 2015

Israeli politicians responded with outrage to Hizballah’s attack on Wednesday on an Israeli military convoy close to the Lebanese border. Anti-tank missiles killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded seven more.

With Israel and Hizballah at the closest point to a …

Saudi Oil and U.S. Hypocrisy By Sara Flounders, January 30 2015

Few events expose the utter hypocrisy of U.S. politicians’ grand words about democracy so starkly as their praise for the recently deceased King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. For decades U.S. imperialism and all the imperialist powers have given political, military

Bilderberg 2015 Location Confirmed By Steve Watson, January 30 2015

The location and dates of the forthcoming 2015 gathering of secretive elites under the Bilderberg Group banner has been confirmed.

Local police have verified that the conference will take place at the opulent Interalpen Hotel, in the Austrian mountains near …

Is the US Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point’? By Drone Wars UK, January 30 2015

Media attention was aroused by the collision of a drone with a tree on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday, reportedly prompting the Secret Service to go into ‘lockdown’.

But dozens of social media sites have been …

Heading for War with Russia? Ukraine is the Epicenter of a Possible European War By Stephen Lendman, January 30 2015

Ukraine is the epicenter of possible European war. Ongoing events should scare everyone.

Kiev’s war on Donbas rages. Area freedom fighters continue routing its military. It’s desperate for more Western support.

Wanting greater numbers of US-led NATO boots on the

Independent Investigation Details Israel’s Deliberate Killing of Civilians in Gaza By Ben Norton, January 30 2015

A new independent medical fact-finding mission in Gaza has detailed Israel’s deliberate killing of Palestinian civilians in its summer 2014 attack, codenamed Operation “Protective Edge.” Acts documented in the investigation include the use of human shields, close-range murder of civilians,

Yanis Varoufakis: From Accidental Economist to Greece’s Finance Minister By Tony Aspromourgos, January 30 2015

Since 2009, the economic situation of Greece has helped expose the architecture and policy regime problems of the European Union and the eurozone. On Sunday the Greek electorate rebelled against the self-defeating austerity policies imposed upon the country by Germany