By Michael T. Klare | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – If you are an American male of a certain age — Donald Trump’s age, to be exact — you are likely to have vivid memories of Victory at Sea, the Emmy award-winning NBC documentary series about the U.S. Navy in World War II that aired from […]
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Archives for 2017
Israel’s Natural Gas war on Palestinians
Ma’an News Agency | – – Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory does not only exist above ground. Since 1967, Israel has systematically colonized Palestinian natural resources and, in the field of hydrocarbons, has prevented Palestinians from accessing their own oil and gas reserves. Such restrictions have ensured the continued dependence of Palestinians on Israel for […]
N. Korea Interview interrupted by Unbearable Cuteness
BBC | (Video News Clip) | – – “There was an unexpected distraction for Professor Robert Kelly when he was being interviewed live on BBC News about South Korea. But he managed to keep his composure and complete the interview successfully.” BBC: “Children interrupt BBC News interview – BBC News”
To understand Muslim ban 2.0, think of Trump as a Crime Boss
By Amir Ahmadi Arian | ( OpenDemocracy.net ) | – – Donald Trump is not an aberration. He is the extreme manifestation of an existing foreign policy doctrine – the ‘mafia principle’ – and he is determined to release the whole potential of its violent core. U.S. President Donald Trump. Picture by Pool/ABACA/ABACA/PA Images. All […]
Is Russia trying to take back over Libya from NATO, Radicals?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reuters is reporting that some 22 Russian special operations forces have set up a base in Western Egypt near the Libyan border in preparation for an intervention in Libya. Other recent reports have suggested that Russian mercenaries have been active in eastern Libya. The Russian government […]
New Scientific Evidence that Middle East may become Uninhabitable
By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME (IPS) – New evidence is deepening scientific fears, advanced few years ago, that the Middle East and North Africa risk becoming uninhabitable in a few decades, as accessible fresh water has fallen by two-thirds over the past 40 years. The water table is falling […]
Kellyanne “Inspector Gadget” alleges Obama Microwave-Camera Surveillance
Huffington Post | (Non-Satirical Satire Video Clip) “Kellyanne Conway is backtracking on her claims that the alleged wiretapping of Trump Tower by President Obama may have been more widespread than first thought. Her reversal comes just one day after she suggested “microwaves that turn into cameras” could have been used as a method of surveillance.” […]
Banksy hotel opens in Bethlehem, eliciting heated reactions by Palestinians
By Jaclynn Ashly and Reem Alqam | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s infamous separation wall in the occupied West Bank, while cutting off Palestinians from their lands and religious sites, isolating communities, and eroding the livelihood of scores of Palestinians along its route, has become an unlikely breeding ground for […]
Dear Rep. King: Our Civilization isn’t White and American Babies aren’t Other
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Rep Steve King of Iowa (whose constituents should be ashamed to show their faces in public went full-on racist again, supporting hate-speech master Geert Wilders in his quixotic quest to reverse globalization and ban Muslims from Europe. King lauded Wilders’ supposed wisdom and added “we can’t […]