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When the tech world news web site CNET published excerpts of a leaked DEA memo [7] explaining how, during an investigation, the agency was unable to access the messages of drug dealers using the Apple iMessage system built into a
This past Sunday, CBS aired a 60 Minutes program called ‘Hunting the world’s most wanted warlord: Joseph Kony.’ Joseph Kony is a man who correspondent Lara Logan said has existed for more than three decades as the leader of the …
Tuesday, April 16. The orchestrated attack on bullion in the paper gold market took the spot prices of gold and silver down on Friday and Monday, but actual physical purchases rose during this period. The sales were of paper claims, …
Huge amounts of US-provided flour smuggled into northern Syria (see image below) have formed the foundation of Al Qaeda’s public relations strategy, the Washington Post and London Telegraph reveal. Together with huge amounts of US-provided weapons, the aid is fueling …
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Across much of the West, after September 11, 2001, we have indeed given
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Boston’s marathon is the modern world’s oldest. It’s the best known. It’s an annual tradition. It’s been held since 1897. It’s one of six World Marathon Majors.
Thousands of runners participate. Professionals and amateurs compete. Hundreds of thousands of spectators
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More than 46 million people, or about 15 percent of the US population, lived below the official poverty level in 2011, according to the US Census Bureau. A new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that the …
President Barack Obama used a briefing Tuesday to declare the bombings the day before at the Boston Marathon “an act of terror,” though the FBI and police still had neither suspects nor a motive for the attacks.
The death toll …
On Tuesday, the Constitution Project, a Washington, DC think tank, released a 600-page report by its “Task Force on Detainee Treatment” documenting decades of war crimes committed by US imperialism and its military and intelligence agencies.
The 11-member Task Force …
Somebody out there is sure getting prepared for something really big. We have just witnessed a takedown of gold and silver unlike anything that we have witnessed in decades. On Monday, the price of gold had fallen by more than …
The U.S. government’s military spending excess — when compared with the rest of the world — is down somewhat due mostly to troop withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan but still accounts for 39 percent of the global total, according to …
We documented earlier today that the American government has squandered huge sums of homeland security and defense spending on useless tasks that increase – rather than prevent -terrorism.
Indeed, the
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The problems that afflict America, and perhaps all of Western civilization, are more profound than the very great and obvious evil in the hearts of people. Bankers revel in the dishonesty of greed, but do bankers make banking dishonest or …
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) the Forerunner of the African Union (AU)
Initiator: Michigan Emergency
Committee Against War & Injustice (MECAWI)
Date: Saturday, May 18, 2013, Noon-5:00pm
Location: 5920 Second Ave. at Antoinette, North …
We documented earlier today that the American government has squandered huge sums of homeland security and defense spending on useless tasks that increase – rather than prevent -terrorism.
Indeed, the head cross-country track coach at the University of Mobile …
Some opening vignettes might set the right tone for properly appreciating the question of “who was right” about the so-called Arab Spring. (The notion of there having been an “Arab Spring,” a term first coined by U.S. neoconservatives such as …
Most people are already aware that there were many similarities between Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher. Both were conviction politicians, both had political love-ins with US presidents and both liked to talk tough. Affable Tony could always ham it up …
The official story presented by “authoritative” financial analysts is that the price of gold plummeted “as fears diminished” that central banks would now be able to “stoke” inflationary pressures, thereby boosting from one day to the next confidence in the …
GR Editor’s Note: Several important questions raised in this report regarding the official version of events.
A number of central issues, however, remain to be substantiated. Some of the points raised are unsubstantiated.
For a careful review which addresses …
The media has vilified Chavez relentlessly. After his December 1998 election, New York Times Latin American correspondent Larry Roher, called him a “populist demagogue, an authoritarian….caudillo (strongman).” He lied saying so.
In death as in life, denunciation continued. Chavez was …
Last week the Al Nusra Front, the military backbone of the US-sponsored Syrian opposition, openly swore its loyalty to Al Qaeda.
Al Nusra leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian-born cleric who served …
The explosion of two bombs Monday afternoon at the Boston Marathon has been accompanied by a rush to judgment by the media, in which claims of a broad new terror attack are being made without any factual substantiation.
The bombs …
Reported by: John Dzenitis
University of Mobile’s Cross Country Coach, who was near the finish line of the Boston Marathon when a series of explosions went off, said he thought it was odd there were bomb sniffing dogs at the
In late September 2011, AFP reported that a man was charged with “planning to fly explosive-packed, remote controlled airplanes into the Pentagon and the Capitol in Washington.” In its report, “US man charged with Pentagon bomb plot,” AFP
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Gold is crashing the most in 30 years.
Zero Hedge notes:
…The rapidity of gold’s drop is impressive, concerning, and disorderly. We have seen two other such instances of disorderly ‘hurried’ selling in the last five years. In
GR Editor’s Note. The following report is largely based on a tweet from the Boston Globe regarding a controlled explosion on the same day of the Marathon. This information quoting the Boston Globe has so far not been confirmed …
In defining who are the main actors in the Iran pre-emptive nuclear warfare equation, the definition of “nuclear weapons states” (NWS) must be addressed. Thermo-nuclear weapons are deployed by the three “official” Nuclear Weapons States (NWS) of the Atlantic Alliance, …
Judging by the official political debate and its media reflection in the United States, one would hardly know that the country remains in the grips of the deepest jobs crisis since the Great Depression. Virtually all attention is concentrated, on …
In meetings with Chinese leaders last weekend, US Secretary of State John Kerry engaged in a barely disguised form of blackmail to pressure Beijing to use “all options” to force its ally North Korea to dismantle its nuclear programs and …
On April 8, 2013, the western world lost a grand dame, an iconic figure, a woman admired by millions while dismissed by others as just another lady in a bouffant hairdo. She came from a modest social background yet she …
The US return to Asia, boosting the number of exercises and military presence in the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East involvement and drone strikes, the gradual intensification of efforts to reinvigorate the African policy – all are the issues in focus. …
Almost thirty years ago, cultural critic Neil Postman argued in Amusing Ourselves to Death that television’s gradual replacement of the printing press has created a dumbed-down culture driven by mindless entertainment.
In this context, Postman claimed that Aldous Huxley’s Brave …
Chris Nineham, vice-Chair of Stop the War, writes that the great advantage of drones for western governments is they can be used without domestic casualties and therefore, they hope, without the risk of popular opposition or protest.
RAF Waddington will …
The death of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on April 8 has renewed an intense political debate in Britain and internationally over her legacy. For her ruling class sycophants, Thatcher was a heroine, “one of the greatest” prime ministers Britain …
Construction is nearing completion on a natural gas pipeline linking Iran and Pakistan, a project that portends a huge geopolitical shift. As regional powers strengthen ties in this key energy market, they’re looking to China, and away from the West.…
Venezuela’s spirit of democracy lives. Celebratory fireworks followed Maduro’s win. They were more subdued than last October. Chavez won then by 11 points.
Sunday’s results were much closer than expected. Polls had Maduro way ahead. With 99.2% of the vote
…According to the Electoral Commission, PSUV’s Nicolas Maduro (United Socialist Party of Venezuela) won the presidential election with 50.7% of the vote against 49.1% for the opposition MUD candidate Henrique Capriles Rodonski.
The polls had indicated that Maduro was way …
It took less than an hour for something like 5,000 barrels (at 42 gallons per barrel) of ExxonMobil’s tar sands oil flow into a residential neighborhood and surrounding wetlands in [1]Mayflower, Arkansas,[1] on March 29, once the company’s
This incisive article by the late Bob Chapman was first published by Global Research in March 2012. It is of particular relevance to current developments in the Gold market.
We have been in and around the gold markets for 53 …
Washington needs enemies. When none exist, they’re invented.
Pyongyang threatens no one. Obama claims no one wants war on the Korean peninsula. He urges Pyongyang “to pursue peace.”
On the other, he’s heightening tensions. He accused its leaders of “bad …
A reverse-history brain-twister to provoke imagining what victims of US firepower must feel. A ubiquitous, war criminal media, steeped in latest techniques of psyop constantly programs a reverse-reality that justifies undeclared wars meant to maintain high profitability for predatory investments …
The rational behind for Malaysia’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement may be attributable to the herd mentality that surrounds regional trade agreements.
One of the least discussed and least reported issues is the Obama administration’s effort to bring the …
What you are witnessing in the gold market right now is the final liquidation of the gold bug. On Friday gold fell $84 an ounce for a 5.38% drop while the HUI gold stock index fell 6%. Big bad moves. …
The conflict in Syria has insistently been tied to the interests of Iran and, to a lesser degree, to Russia. Little, however, has been said about China. Beijing has a major stake in the entire Syrian venture, based on its …
“I have assumed from the beginning that it is the Fed’s concern with the dollar because the dollar is being printed in huge quantities at the same time that other countries are abandoning the use of the dollar as international …
The display of the lynching of Mouamar Gaddafi exposes our societies for what they are. It mesmerizes and dsmantles our capacity to think and critically assess a historical process.
By focusing public attention on what constitutes a “ritualized atrocity” these …
Next Wednesday, Margaret Thatcher’s funeral procession will wind its way through the streets of central London. Although Thatcher has not been accorded an official ‘state funeral’, it’s the next best thing. The ceremonial funeral for Thatcher in St Paul’s Cathedral …
Bill Gross, Nouriel Roubini, Laurence Kotlikoff, Steve Keen, Michel Chossudovsky, the Wall Street Journal and many others say that our entire economy is a Ponzi scheme.
Former Reagan budget director David Stockton just agreed:
So did a top Russian …
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the South Korean capital, Seoul, yesterday on the first leg of a three-nation East Asian tour dominated by escalating US threats against North Korea over its nuclear program. Kerry arrives for talks …
Hit ’em again harder is policy. Cyprus is Exhibit A. It’s pound of flesh demanded got greater. “Could it possibly get any worse,” headlined Cyprus Mail?”
Weeks after agreeing to Eurocrat terms, six billion more euros are demanded. …
The United States is set to send as much as $10 million in direct aid to the armed groups in Syria, Bloomberg TV Channel revealed.
The channel reported that U.S. President Barack Obama said in a directive to the secretaries …
By Ryan Mallett-Outtrim
Venezuelan security forces have foiled a plot to violently destabilize the country, Vice-president Jorge Arreaza announced this afternoon.
“The Bolivarian National Armed Forces and state security agencies have dismantled a plan that would affect the election or …
The “liberal left” has reacted to the publication of detailed reports on the CIA’s role in backing Islamist forces in the US proxy war in Syria by intensifying their support for the war. Forces like the International Socialist Organization (ISO) …
Shareholders Join Bankers, Economists, Financial Experts, Regulators and the American People In Calling for a Break Up of the Giant Banks
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Richard Fisher, has long said that the component parts …
On the eve of the upcoming ministerial level meeting between Indian Commerce Minister Mr. Anand Sharma and EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht, industry and civil society call on the government to reconsider its decision to sign the EU-India FTA. …
Tensions are rising on the Korean Peninsula. Pyongyang has decided to close the industrial complex in Kaesong, which is a joint enterprise zone with South Korea, and has suggested that foreign embassies evacuate the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for …
The Canadian Federal Budget
On March 21, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty tabled his government’s 2013 Budget.
As the title of the document suggests, Jobs, Growth and Long-Term Prosperity: Economic Action Plan 2013 claims to put a focus on job …
As of April 11, ExxonMobil is still working to control all news from the Mayflower tar sands oil spill. Independent reporting is difficult if not impossible.
The first “Tar Sands Oil Arkansas” [1](on April 7)[1] discussed a number …
The Obama administration’s budget released on Wednesday is a historic milestone. The Democratic Party administration is taking direct aim at the two core federal social programs established in the United States in the 20th Century, Social Security and Medicare.
The …
During a pre-trial hearing for Army private Bradley Manning Wednesday, a military judge ruled that government prosecutors can call witnesses to testify anonymously and in secret against the accused whistleblower. The ruling exposes the case for the frame-up that it …
The US-NATO military curtain has fallen the length and breadth of Africa. “Zimbabwe and tiny Eritrea are among the few nations on the African continent that have not yet been absorbed into the AFRICOM matrix.”
“Imperialism with a Black …
The actions of the United States and its allies in Syria have only led to escalating violence and chaos. Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has committed serial aggression, isolating, demonizing, dividing and destroying Yugoslavia, Afghanistan,
The civil war in Syria has opened opportunities for foreign mercenaries and about 20,000, financed by Afghan drug trafficking, have been fighting in that Middle East country, according to Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service Director Viktor Ivanov.
“Transnational organized crime …
In summer 2010, sporadic protests began. In mid-February 2011, major ones erupted. Bahrainis want democracy. They want King Sheikh Hamad bin Isa al-Khalif’s repressive regime replaced.
They rally courageously. They defy government diktats. They brave beatings, tear gas, rubber bullets, …
This appeal was previously published on the website of the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism).
The ANSWER Coalition urges its members and supporters to sign this urgent petition to free Lynne Stewart. The petition can
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After visiting Fukushima a year ago, Senator Ron Wyden warned that the situation was worse than reported … and urged Japan to accept international help to stabilize …
As Guantánamo Hunger Strike Continues, Activists Rally Nationwide for “Day of Action to Close Guantánamo & End Indefinite Detention”
Protests in D.C., NYC, Chicago , San Francisco , and Over 26 Cities Pressure Obama to Close the Prison
April 11, …
US President Barack Obama unveiled his budget proposal Wednesday, calling for a historic attack on Medicare and Social Security. The move, coming after the imposition of $1.4 trillion in spending cuts over the past two years, marks a new stage …
Since 2008, America, Britain and other European nations force-fed austerity harshness. Neoliberal and imperial priorities take precedence.
Bankers, war profiteers, other corporate favorites, and privileged elites alone benefit. Ordinary people lose out entirely. Public needs go begging. Human misery grows. …
The corporate media will eulogise Margaret Thatcher, and criticise those who dare use her death to point out her many terrible crimes. But among her many crimes that will go unmentioned was the support her government gave in the 1980s …
Yesterday’s reconvening of Britain’s parliament to mark the death of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was a gathering of her political offspring.
Baroness Thatcher, who led the Conservative government between 1979 and 1990, died Monday of a stroke, aged 87. …
The story goes that some mice became very upset about the cat in the house and convened an emergency meeting. They finally came up with the idea of tying a bell around the cat’s neck, so the dangerous feline could …
