TeleSur | – – Countries opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will meet on Friday for the first time since Donald Trump’s U.S. administration took office. The U.S. Defense Department may recommend that the United States deploy regular combat troops to Syria to fight Islamic State group militants, CNN reported on Wednesday. The idea is […]
Human Costs of Trump’s Muslim Ban continue to Mount
By Jody Mashek | (Otherwords.org) | – – I’ve seen firsthand how the White House’s cruel ban is impacting moms and kids here in the United States. Legal challenges to Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban” are multiplying. Federal judges have suspended the order, which blocks immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries and suspends refugee settlement from everywhere, […]
Farewell to doublespeak: Israel’s vision for the future is terrifying
By Ramzy Baroud | Ma’an News Agency | – – Empirical historical evidence combined with a little common sense are enough to tell us the type of future options that Israel has in store for the Palestinian people: perpetual apartheid or ethnic cleansing, or a mix of both. The passage of the ‘Regularization Bill’ on […]
Psychologists: Trump’s Rage makes him incapable of Serving safely as President
TeleSur | – – “We believe that the grave emotional instability indicated by Mr. Trump’s speech and actions makes him incapable of serving safely as president.” U.S. President Donald Trump suffers from “grave emotional instability” which makes him “incapable of serving safely as president,” 33 psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers warned in a letter to […]
Has Trump quietly surrendered to Russia and China?
Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – If there’s a single consistent aspect to Donald Trump’s strategic vision, it’s this: U.S. foreign policy should always be governed by the simple principle of “America First,” with this country’s vital interests placed above those of all others. “We will always put America’s interests first,” he […]
Trump & Co.: The weak of will, the strong of arm, the clown?
By David Faris | (Informed Comment) | – – WHERE are Elmer, Herman, Bert, Tom and Charley, The weak of will, the strong of arm, the clown, the boozer, the fighter? All, all, are sleeping on the hill. – Edgar Lee Masters, “The Hill,” Spoon River Anthology Since the election, many observers have rightly worried […]
Image of the Day: Persian Lady in Green, 1600
British Museum | Safavid Painting | – – Painting: Portrait of a Lady in Green, Iran, 1600 British Museum Description: Recto Painting. Portrait of a lady in green. Ascribed to Riza-yi Abbasi. Tempera and gold ink on paper. Producer name: Formerly attributed to: Riza-yi ‘Abbasi (falsely) School/style: Persian School/Style term details Culture/period: Persian Date: 1600 […]
Immigrant Cali Sikhs open Temples to Oroville Dam Refugees
TeleSur | – – At least seven Sikh temples opened their doors to evacuees. "DO NOT TRAVEL NORTH TOWARD OROVILLE," was the message the Yuba County Office of Emergency Services blasted on its Twitter account Sunday. It was the warning issued to the nearly 200,000 people in Northern California who were told to evacuate that […]
Israeli Gov’t Secretly funding illegal squatter Settlements in Palestine: Haaretz
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The recently dismantled illegal settlement outpost of Amona was funded through a million-dollar loan from the Israeli government, a report by Israeli newspaper Haaretz revealed on Monday, further blurring the distinction between settlements recognized and unrecognized by Israel. Israeli children at the now dismantled illegal settlement […]