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Libya’s NATO Supported “Pro-Democracy” Rebels Have Joined the Islamic State (ISIS) By Tony Cartalucci, November 19 2014

The United States has attempted to claim that the only way to stop the so-called “Islamic State” in Syria and Iraq is to first remove the government in Syria. Complicating this plan are developments in Libya, benefactor of NATO’s last

It’s Official, Russia Has Banned GMO Products. Commitment to Organic Food By Global Research News, November 19 2014

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev recently announced that Russia will no longer import GMO products, stating that the nation has enough space, and enough resources to produce organic food.

If the Americans like to eat GMO products, let them eat it

Unfree Trade Agreements: The Abdication of Democracy By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, November 19 2014

Dogmas, by their nature, are impervious to the fresh air of questioning revision. The dogma of free trade, much to the misfortune of non-corporate beings, is all to representative of this.  As Richard Denniss points out, “Like buying a house,

Secretive Vaccine Court Exposed: Designed to Shield Manufacturers from Liability By Ethan A. Huff, November 19 2014

For years, the corporate media was reluctant to admit that it even existed. But the special court system designed to handle vaccine injury cases — and ultimately sweep them under the rug as quickly as possible — has hit the …

The ISIS Beheading That Never Was? – The Peter Kassig Killing And Western War Propaganda By Brandon Turbeville, November 19 2014

Currently trending alongside Kim Kardashian’s photo shoot, a Missouri declaration of a State of Emergency, and Charles Manson’s marriage, is the news of the recent alleged beheading of an American citizen by Western-backed ISIS terrorists in Syria.

The latest beheading …

Cancer Deaths Double in Argentina’s GMO Agribusiness Areas By Lawrence Woodward, November 19 2014

Sharply increased levels of crop spraying in Argentina’s most intensively farmed areas have resulted in a public health disaster, writes Lawrence Woodward, with large increases in cancer incidence. And it’s all the result of the widespread use of GMO crops

Ferguson: Military Deploys Chemical, Biological, Nuclear and High Yield Explosive Response Vehicles To St. Louis By Jim Hoft, November 19 2014

The Missouri National Guard deployed to the St. Louis region on Tuesday, one day after Governor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency.

Military vehicles were seen in St. Louis City and in West County.

CERFP Enhanced Response Force Package …

Haiti: As Police Fatally Shoot Demonstrators at Massive March, Ruling Class Rivalry Bursts into View By Kim Ives, November 19 2014

As a national uprising grows with the approach of one-man rule, fissures within Haiti’s ruling clique began to appear this week, auguring tumult in the days ahead.

On Nov. 18, police fired on a massive march of anti-government protesters in …

Global Systemic Economic Crisis 2015: The Tenets of the American Empire vs. BRICS and Euro-Russian Trade By Global Europe Anticipation Bulletin (GEAB), November 19 2014

Since 2006, the GEAB has analyzed the development and anticipated the next steps of what our teams have called, from the beginning, a “global systemic crisis”. No one can doubt the fact that we have really been in a “crisis”

Monsanto’s Glyphosate Pesticide: Cancer Deaths Have Doubled in Argentina’s GMO Agriculture By Carolanne Wright, November 19 2014

A new report by the Ministry of Health in Cordoba, Argentina, has documented a disturbing trend for those who live in areas where pesticide-intensive GM crops are grown — specifically, a dramatic spike in cancer deaths.

The report covered five …

US-Armed Syrian Opposition “Surrenders” to Al Qaeda? And Al Qaeda Affiliates are Now Part of the Islamic State By Ulson Gunnar, November 19 2014

Al Qaeda affiliates are suddenly now Islamic State (ISIS) affiliates, and entire groups of militants the US has been arming, funding, and training are “surrendering” to Al Qaeda, bringing along with them a large number of US weapons. Is this

Mistaken Identity: French Plane Entered Swedish Air Space – not Russian as Reported By RT News, November 19 2014

The Swedish military has confirmed a “Russian” aircraft that entered Swedish airspace on Saturday was actually French. The Expressen newspaper had falsely reported a Russian plane was “a couple of kilometers on the wrong side of the border.”

The military …

Alleged Al Qaeda Collaborator in 9/11 Attacks Says Saudi Prince Financed Operation. Zacarias Moussaoui By RT News, November 19 2014

A former self-described Al-Qaeda collaborator serving a life sentence in prison now says he wants to testify in court about what he claims to know about a Saudi Arabian prince’s alleged role in financing the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Why Quantitative Easing (QE) May Lead to Deflation By Washington's Blog, November 19 2014

“If [They’re] Right, Everything The Fed Has Been Doing To Try To Stimulate The Economy Isn’t Just Useless — It’s Backward”

Preface: Financial experts have been debating since the start of the 2008 financial crisis whetherinflation or deflation is …

The Rule of Lawlessness: The EU’s Mission to Kosovo By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, November 19 2014

Foreign missions are ostensibly sent to monitor and correct perceived problems on the ground.  They are equipped with the language of appropriate righteousness, and the clothing of good will.  That, at least, is what the operation brief is meant to

Montreal, a Model for Repression in Canada By William Ray, November 18 2014

The video below is an examination of the strategy being used in one of Canada’s major cities to repress political dissent.

Brutal police tactics and military weapons being used against senior citizens, young people and the press in an effort …

Propaganda? What Propaganda? Western Media Monopoly vs Alternative and Non-Western Media By Peter Lavelle, November 18 2014

We have recently been hearing a lot about information wars, propaganda and bullhorns. The pitch of this kind of belligerent rhetoric has increased sharply since the advent of the western-induced crisis in Ukraine.

The mainstream media’s echo chamber claim about 

Huge Amounts of Carcinogenic Chemicals Contaminate Air Near Fracking Sites By Julie Wilson, November 18 2014

It seems as though, with each day that passes, yet another health and environmental hazard is identified as being linked to hydraulic fracking, the process of injecting more than 200 chemicals at high pressure into the ground, shattering rock and …

Recession in Japan Sends Shares Tumbling By Mike Whitney, November 18 2014

Japanese stocks suffered their biggest one-day plunge in more than four months following an announcement that the world’s third biggest economy had slipped back into recession. The two consecutive quarters of negative growth were triggered by an increase in the

Ferguson: Missouri Governor Declares State of Emergency, Mobilizes National Guard ahead of Protests By Andre Damon, November 18 2014

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency Monday and mobilized the National Guard, claiming that this was necessary to “keep members of the public safe and protect property” in anticipation of a grand jury decision on whether to

Okinawa Elects All Anti-U.S.-Bases Candidates By David Swanson, November 18 2014

Some news of more resistance in Okinawa from Hiroshi Taka:

“I am writing this email to all the friends who have sent warm messages of solidarity to the people of Okinawa, who fought for a military base-free, peaceful Okinawa in

“Free Trade” Agreements Are Criminalising Farmers’ Seeds for the Benefit of Multinational Corporations By Grain, November 18 2014

What could be more routine than saving seeds from one season to the next? After all, that is how we grow crops on our farms and in our gardens. Yet from Guatemala to Ghana, from Mozambique to Malaysia, this basic …

Cameron Announces Plans to Remove British Passports from Suspected Terrorists By Julie Hyland, November 18 2014

Prime Minister David Cameron has outlined further draconian “anti-terror” legislation.

Under the guise of cracking down on British “jihadists” fighting in Syria and elsewhere, the Conservative-led coalition government is to strip British citizens of their right to leave and return …

Redefining “Imminent”: U.S. Department of Justice Makes Murder Respectable, Kills the Innocent and Jails their Defenders By Brian Terrell, November 18 2014

Political language can be used, George Orwell said in 1946, “to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” In order to justify its global assassination program, the Obama administration has …

US-NATO’s Cold War 2.0 With Russia. How to Reverse the Tide of Global Warfare? By Vladimir Kozin, November 18 2014

The continuation of the Cold War 1.0 or the beginning of the Cold War 2.0 created a number challenges and threats for Europe and for the Russian Federation, in particular.

Nowadays, more and more experts underscore that a new Cold

America Truly Is Becoming A “1984 Society” By Michael Snyder, November 18 2014

If only George Orwell could see us today.  When he wrote “1984” back in 1948, he probably never imagined that the “totalitarian, bureaucratic world” that he imagined would ever actually become a reality.  But that is precisely what

The MH-17 Satellite Photos – Who Can Be Trusted? By Xavier Lerma, November 18 2014

In the West anything coming out of Russia is false, fake and a lie. Minutes after Malaysian MH17 crashed Russia was to blame. So, when Channel One comes out with a video it was slammed as a lie by

More Homeless Children Now Than Any Point in US History: Study By Jon Queally, November 18 2014

New report, America’s Youngest Outcasts, looks at child homelessness nationally, ranks the states, and examines causes of child homelessness and the solutions. (Image: National Center for Family Homelessness)

The annual levels of homelessness among children have never been higher in

Obama’s Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Would Be Disastrous for Europe By Eric Zuesse, November 18 2014

On November 14th, German Economic News (which this writer has found to be the world’s most honest, non-propagandistic, newspaper) published two articles about, and they also posted to the Internet, the first independent study of the likely impacts of

Ten Chemical Weapons Attacks Washington Doesn’t Want You to Talk About By Wesley Messamore, November 18 2014

Washington doesn’t merely lack the legal authority for a military intervention in Syria. It lacks the moral authority. We’re talking about a government with a history of using chemical weapons against innocent people far more prolific and deadly than the

Vladimir Putin Interview: US-NATO’s Global Military Design, Russia’s Sovereignty is Threatened By Pres. Vladimir Putin, November 18 2014

Vladimir Putin answered questions from Hubert Seipel of the German TV channel ARD. The interview was recorded on November 13 in Vladivostok.

HUBERT SEIPEL (retranslated from Russian)Good afternoon, Mr President.

You are the only Russian President who has …

Burkina Faso is Not Alone as Strikes Escalate in West Africa By Abayomi Azikiwe, November 18 2014

A new transitional leader was announced for Burkina Faso on Nov. 17 in the aftermath of a nationwide uprising creating the conditions for the ouster of longtime neo-colonial dictator Blaise Compaore. Coup leader Lt. Col. Isaac Zida has been largely

Israel Faces Sanctions from EU as Netanyahu Seen as the Messiah Who Never Was By Anthony Bellchambers, November 18 2014

On the day that Adolph Hitler took his own life in a Berlin bunker, Binyamin Netanyahu had yet to be born. He only arrived in a Tel Aviv maternity unit five years after the end of WW2 and the Holocaust.

The Global GMO Food War against Humanity. Devastating Health and Environmental Impacts Worldwide By Dr. Gary Null and Richard Gale, November 18 2014

After decades of rearing hogs, Danish farmer IbBorup Pedersen was alarmed at the growing incidence of malformations and biological defects among his newborn piglets. Deformities included gaps in piglets’ skulls, deformed bones, missing limbs and even a female piglet with

Detroit Bankruptcy Exit Plan Excludes African American Majority By Abayomi Azikiwe, November 18 2014

As the corporate-controlled media in the city of Detroit continues to champion the massive theft of healthcare programs, pension funds and public assets, totaling over $6 billion, the majority African American population is being completely disenfranchised by the bank-led so-called

Genetically Engineered Crops, Monsanto’s Glyphosate and the Deterioration Of Health In America By Global Research News, November 18 2014

By Nancy L. Swanson,  Andre Leu,  Jon Abrahamson, and Bradley Wallet 

Abstract

A huge increase in the incidence and prevalence of chronic diseases has been reported in the United States (US) over the last 20 years. Similar increases have been

US Brings Brush Fires and Broken Promises to Beijing. Attempts to Sell the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) By Tony Cartalucci, November 18 2014

In reality, nothing was intended to be decided during US President Barrack Obama’s visit to Beijing, China. US policy regarding China has been more or less set for decades and only superficial, rhetorical changes are made year-to-year for a variety

China’s Renewable Energy Revolution: What Is Driving It? By John A. Mathews and Hao Tan, November 17 2014

Alongside its enormous “black” energy system, China is building a renewables energy system that is now the largest in the world. Following our previous articles on this topic in the Journal, we continue to report the latest trends in development

The G-20 Summit’s “Pathology of Parochialism”: Empty Proposals on Climate Change, Economic Growth By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, November 17 2014

It may well have been one of the more successful operations of silencing in Australia’s political history, a classic of “strategic incapacitation”, but the G20 summit could not contain the crass behaviour of its hosts.  Journalists and state representatives were

US Planes Supplying ISIL with Weapons, Foodstuff. Iraq Intel Report By Fars News Agency, November 17 2014

The Iraqi forces have found out that the US aircraft usually airdrop arms and food cargoes for ISIL militants who collect them on the ground, Asia news agency quoted Iraqi army’s intelligence officers as saying.

“The Iraqi intelligence sources reiterated …

America’s Bases of War in the Greater Middle East. From Carter to the Islamic State By David Vine, November 17 2014

With the launch of a new U.S.-led war in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State (IS), the United States has engaged in aggressive military action in at least 13 countries in the Greater Middle East since 1980. In that

Crops Are Drenched with Monsanto Roundup Pesticide Right Before Harvest By Washington's Blog, November 17 2014

Roundup Is Dumped On Crops Right BEFORE Harvest … to Save a Buck

Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide (technically known as “glyphosate”) has been linked to many diseases.

However, farmers appear to be dumping it on crops right before harvest.

Specifically, …

The 2001 Anthrax Deception: The Case for a Domestic Conspiracy By Prof. Graeme MacQueen and Julian Charles, November 17 2014

We are joined by Dr. Graeme MacQueen, co-editor of The Journal of 9/11 Studies, for an in-depth discussion on his important new book, The 2001 Anthrax Deception : The Case for a Domestic Conspiracy.

Shortly after 9/11, the US was …

Obama’s Pivot to Asia: Can China Contain America? By John V. Walsh, November 17 2014

“Can America Contain China?” it is often asked in the West. But given America’s endless wars and assaults on the developing nations of the world, the question ought to be, “Can China Contain America”? Or at least, can China restrain …

ISIS Agrees to Work with Itself – US Calls for Panic, Attack on Assad By Brandon Turbeville, November 17 2014

In yet another example of how the actions of death squad terrorists in Syria conveniently seem to benefit the agenda of NATO and the United States, new reports suggesting that ISIS and the al-Nusra Front are now working together to …

Obamacare Causes Health Premiums to Nearly Double Among America’s Young Adults By Ethan A. Huff, November 17 2014

The true “affordability” of Obamacare has been called into question by a new study, which found that average premium costs across the board have skyrocketed from what they were before the unconstitutional tax dubbed “healthcare reform” became law in 2010.…

Monsanto’s GMO Creations Caused 291,000 Suicides in India By Mike Barrett, November 17 2014

It is no secret that Monsanto is making life difficult for countless farmers in America with its parented seeds. After all, the biotech giant has already filed 145 lawsuits, or on average about 9 lawsuits every year for 16 straight …

Pentagon Orders Multi-Billion Dollar Revamp of US Nuke Arsenal By Press TV, November 17 2014

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has announced a multi-billion dollar overhaul of US nuclear forces after reviews uncovered serious flaws.

Hagel told reporters on Friday at the Pentagon that there had been a “consistent lack of investment and support” over “far …

War is Part of Human History: Why I Will Never Join The Army By Mike Sygula, November 17 2014

I want to take just a few minutes of your time because this  is really important. Please read this article, watch the videos and check out the documentaries linked below. If you’ve got any friends in the army or know

Global Capitalism in Crisis: Empty Commitment by G20 to Boost Global Economic Growth By Nick Beams, November 17 2014

The communiqué issued at the end of the G20 summit held in Brisbane, Australia, over the weekend stated that agreement had been reached among the participants, whose countries comprise 85 percent of the world economy, to boost global growth by

Supporting War, Opposing Genocide: “Watchers of the Sky” Documentary Falls in a Pit By David Swanson, November 17 2014

The United States is a society incapable of producing a major documentary film opposing the institution of war and explicitly advocating its abolition. If it did so, the major corporate media outlets would not sing such a film’s praises.

Yet …

Missouri Police Who Killed Unarmed Teenager: Across America, Police Prepare Crackdown in Advance of Michael Brown Ruling By Andre Damon, November 17 2014

Police throughout the United States are making preparations to crack down on possible protests following an imminent decision on whether to bring charges against Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Missouri police officer who shot unarmed teenager Michael Brown on August 9.

25th Anniversary of El Salvador Jesuit Murders By Kate Doyle, November 17 2014

Commemorative drawings of the victims of the 1989 massacre at UCA (Photo: Steve Rhodes, 2009)

Washington, DC. – Twenty five years have passed since the horrifying murders in El Salvador of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter, during …

Ukraine’s President, to the People He’s Bombing: “Go to Hell” By Eric Zuesse, November 17 2014

Ukraine’s President, Petro Poroshenko, in an Odessa TV address to the nation, on November 13th, said:

“We will have our jobs. They will not. We will have our pensions. They will not. We will have care for children, for people,

Post Cold War Era. How A Russian Security Analyst Sees Russia’s Relationship with the U.S. and the West By Joseph P Farrell, November 17 2014

Mr. J.L. kindly shared this English translation of an interview with Mr. Nikolai Patrushev, current Secretary of the Russian Security Council (since 2008), and former Director of Russia’s FSB ( Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti, the renamed KGB) from 1999-2008. As such,

Big Pharma Sells Ineffective, Potentially Deadly Anti-Cancer Drugs By Vladimir Platov, November 17 2014

Medical experts are saying that the biggest flaw of Big Pharma today is a high percentage of ineffective products being sold without previous clinical trials. This is particularly true when anti-cancer medications are concerned.The sad fact is that Big Pharma

Environmental Impact Assessments of the Keystone XL Project and the “Melting of Glaciers” By Steve Horn, November 17 2014

A controversial government contractor once again finds itself in hot water, or in this case, melting glacier water.

TransCanada chose Environmental Resources Management Group (ERM) as one of its contractors to conduct the environmental impact statement for Keystone XL on …

The War in Syrian Kurdistan: The Fall of Kobani is a Prerequisite for the Invasion of Syria By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, November 17 2014

Since October 2014, both Ankara and Washington altered or adjusted their approaches to the battle over Kobani. Mounting pressure, including domestic anger and protests in Turkish Kurdistan against Turkey’s ruling AK Party, forced neo-Ottomanist Turkish President Erdogan and his officials

Gold and Silver: Precious Metals, The Bottom Is In! Have We Hit the Bottom of the Bear? By Bill Holter, November 17 2014

This past Friday was a near carbon copy of the previous Friday for the precious metals.  Both were “outside reversal” days where the overnight and morning sessions were quite weak, only to bottom and then reverse to the upside strongly

Navy Plans Electromagnetic War Games Over National Park and Forest in Washington State By Dahr Jamail, November 17 2014

An EA 18G Growler from the Shadowhawks of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 141 takes off. (Photo: Mass Communications Specialists 3rd Class Bradley J. Gee / US Navy)

Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest in Washington State are two …

Monsanto’s Roundup and Other Glyphosate-Based Herbicides Directly Linked to Chronic Disease Spike By Christina Sarich, November 17 2014

new correlation study published in the Journal of Organic Systems has linked glyphosate, the primary ingredient in Monsanto’s best-selling herbicide, Roundup, to an enormous increase in chronic diseases across the United States.

Supporting countless studies before it, this new …

US Network TV Covers Liberia’s Ebola Crisis – Without Liberian Voices By Peter Hart, November 16 2014

On 60 MinutesCBS reporterLara Logan (11/9/14) presented a dramatic and emotional account of the fight against Ebola at one treatment facility in Liberia. But there was just one problem: Liberians didn’t speak on the broadcast.…

NATO Intensifies Threats against Russia over Ukraine By Christoph Dreier, November 16 2014

NATO countries have stepped up their threats against Russia on the eve of the G20 summit in Australia. While they accuse the country of violating Ukrainian sovereignty, they are themselves preparing a massive escalation of military violence.

In an interview …

The Dramatic Plight of Syrian Refugees in Turkey By Dr. Birsen Filip, November 16 2014

The outbreak of the crisis in Syria in March 2011 has resulted in the emergence of new social, political and economic conditions for the Syrians that have been forced to abandon their homeland and seek shelter from the violence and

The Decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) not to Prosecute Israel for War crimes Questions its own Viability By Anthony Bellchambers, November 16 2014

The decision this week by the ICC not to investigate the point-blank killing, by Israeli commandos, of nine unarmed Turkish passengers on board the Mavi Marmara aid vessel in 2010, although there was a ‘reasonable basis’ to believe that Israel

Fake Video Footage: The West’s Propaganda War on Syria Exposed Once Again By Tony Cartalucci, November 16 2014

Fox, the London Telegraph, and the Daily Mail all published articles promoting a video claiming to show a Syrian boy rescuing a young girl amid heavy gunfire during Syria’s ongoing conflict. The Daily Mail article claimed under its titled, “

The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Multiplication of Western Walls By Prof. James Petras, November 16 2014

On November 9, 2014, Germany and its Western Allies, celebrated the ‘Fall of the Berlin Wall’ and the subsequent‘re-unification’of the ‘two Germanys’.  Prime Minister Merkel described the ‘historic event’ as a “victory of freedom for all peoples in Europe and

Why Is Europe Staying with the Leading Fascist Power, That’s Now Turned Nazi? By Eric Zuesse, November 16 2014

The United States is a gung-ho supporter of a genocide that it created. (Click on those links, for the verification of these shocking facts — shocking only because they’re covered up by our ‘press.’) Why does Europe tolerate this,

The Siege of Julian Assange is a Farce By John Pilger, November 16 2014

The siege of Knightsbridge is a farce. For two years, an exaggerated, costly police presence around the Ecuadorean embassy in London has served no purpose other than to flaunt the power of the state. Their quarry is an Australian charged

You Decide: Are Claims of Fascism in Ukraine True or is it Russian Propoganda? By Global Research News, November 16 2014

The following is a short documentary about many of the people that have been described as “Euro-Maidan activists” and their activities inside Ukraine that the US, Britain, France, Germany, Poland and the European Union have supported.  Eric Zuesse 

The International Academics are Wrong on BBC Documentary on Rwanda By Jaqueline Umurungi, November 16 2014

The international scholars, scientists, researchers, journalists and historians were wrong on Rwanda BBC Documentary and are misinformed or confused on this issue because they claim to know more on Rwanda than Rwandans especially on issues that Rwandans either participated in

France: The Issue of War Crimes and the “Right to Use Nuclear Weapons” By Jean-Marie Matagne, November 16 2014

At a time when France is commemorating the carnage of 1914-1918, when the President is planning budget cuts everywhere except on nuclear weaponry, when some 150 nations (including for the first time the USA and perhaps Russia) are expected to

“Net Neutrality”, Save the Internet Campaign: A Common Carrier Free from Corporate Encroachment By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, November 16 2014

This week has been a turning point in a seven month campaign to Save the Internet. The campaign began when FCC Chair, Tom Wheeler, told the media in May that he was considering creating a tiered Internet where wealthy corporations

Vladimir Putin: The Global Financial Situation and Our Common Actions By Pres. Vladimir Putin, November 16 2014

Before the start of the G20 Leaders’ Summit, there was a meeting of BRICS heads of state and government.

Taking part in the meeting were President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff, President of the People’s

Afghan Opium Production Hits All-Time High By Mike Whitney, November 16 2014

2014 was a banner year for Afghanistan’s booming opium industry. According to a United Nations annual survey released on Wednesday, opium cultivation set a record in 2014, increasing by an impressive 7 percent year-over-year and up nearly 50 percent from

Dismantling the Pro-War Cult. The Myth of the Soldier as Guarantor of Freedom By Michael Welch, November 15 2014

If a soldier beat up or shot somebody, all he had to say – if he said anything at all – was that he felt threatened. As a result, our behaviour at war was completely unchecked. That’s why it

G-20 Summit: The Stage is Set for Confrontation with Russia By Peter Symonds, November 15 2014

In a joint press conference yesterday, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his British counterpart David Cameron set a tone of confrontation for the G20 leaders summit due to start today in the Australian city of Brisbane. Both leaders zeroed

The CIA Won the Midterm Elections By Philip Giraldi, November 15 2014

The wheels up party is a venerable CIA tradition, normally celebrated at overseas stations when a particularly incompetent Chief of Station or a hostile ambassador was in the process of permanently leaving post. The drinking would begin at a time

Obama’s ‘Hot Anti-Wall Street Rhetoric’? By Peter Hart, November 15 2014

With that midterm election out of the way, media are spending even more time talking about the 2016 presidential race. And one of the themes is how Hillary Clinton will create distance from the Obama administration’s record.

Along those lines, …

Top General says US Troops may be Needed to Retake Iraqi Cities By Bill Van Auken, November 15 2014

The Pentagon is “certainly considering” sending US ground troops into Iraq for inevitably bloody battles to retake Mosul, the country’s second-largest city, from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and to secure the predominantly Sunni Anbar province and