Stephen Hawking, Steve Wozniak, Elon Musk, Noam Chomsky and dozens of others have signed an open letter at The Future of Life Institute urging that autonomous killer robots be banned before they’re even invented. The letter is as follows: Autonomous Weapons: an Open Letter from AI & Robotics Researchers Autonomous weapons select and engage targets […]
Archives for July 2015
After Vienna, Arabs, Israel seek massive conventional Arms Deals: US ready to Sell
By Thalif Deen | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The nuclear agreement concluded last week between Iran and six big powers, the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany, is threatening to trigger a new Middle East military build-up – not with nuclear weapons but with conventional arms, including fighter planes, combat helicopters, […]
Jerusalem: Ultra-Right Israelis again invade Aqsa Mosque compound; UN condemns provocation
Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Right-wing Israelis broke into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday for the second day in a row, as the UN expressed concern over “religious provocations” in and around holy sites in the Old City of East Jerusalem. Witnesses said that 70 right-wing Jews entered the compound […]
Top Six Signs ISIL/ Daesh is Doomed
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – It has been over a year since Mosul fell to Daesh (ISIS, ISIL). In some ways the organization has continued to make advances since then, taking Ramadi and Palmyra in the past few months. It isn’t as important as FBI director James Comey says it is, […]
Trying to out-Trump Trump, Huckabee goes all Holocaust on Obama’s Iran Deal
CBSN | (Video News Report) | “After weeks of controversial remarks, GOP primary candidate Donald Trump is still leading in the polls while other candidates like Mike Huckabee are stepping up their own attacks. CBS News senior political editor Steve Chaggaris has the latest from the campaign trail. CBSN: “Inflammatory talk from Trump, Huckabee draws […]
Syria Civil War leaves Civilians with Water Cut-offs, Raw Sewage in Rivers
By Kanya D’Almeida | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Caught in the grips of a summer heat-wave, in a season that is seeing record-high temperatures worldwide, residents of the war-torn city of Aleppo in northern Syria are facing off against yet another enemy: thirst. The conflict that began in 2011 […]
Jerusalem: Israeli forces, extremist Jews, storm Aqsa mosque compound
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces broke into Al-Aqsa mosque compound Sunday morning firing stun grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at Muslim worshipers as they cleared way for right-wing Jews who were visiting the compound to mark a Jewish fast day, witnesses said. Dozens of Palestinian worshipers were reportedly hit with rubber-coated bullets and suffered excessive […]
Turkey’s new “war on terror” mainly targeting Kurds
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – What was at first announced as a new Turkish turn toward attacks on Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) on Friday has quickly become largely a campaign against Kurds instead. It is being alleged that the Turkish Air Force launched dozens of strikes against bases of the Kurdistan Workers […]
Is this how the Establishment takes down Outsiders like Bernie Sanders?
Thom Hartmann | (Video report) | – – “Thom Hartmann shares about media coverage of a new Quinnipiac poll, but the coverage leaves out some important information. Why? because Bernie is an outsider.” Thom Hartmann: “This Is How the Establishment Takes Down the Outsiders like Bernie Sanders…”
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