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At reception hosted by Polish colleague, Ron Dermer does not mention Shoah, but says controversial joint declaration allows both nations ‘to respect the past’ By Raphael Ahren | 4 December 2018 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL […]
By Drew Van Voorhis | 3 December 2018 THE COLLEGE FIX — The Christian cartoon “VeggieTales” is racist because the villains are vegetables of color. The NFL is racist since most players are black and most […]
Muhammadu Buhari breaks silence about a rumour that has circulated on social media for months 2 December 2018 THE GUARDIAN — Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has denied claims that he had died and was replaced by […]
By Tyler Durden | 2 December 2018 ZERO HEDGE — French President Emmanuel Macron will hold an emergency meeting of senior ministers on Sunday following the worst unrest Paris has seen in decades on Saturday. Government […]
By James Petras | 22 November 2018 THE UNZ REVIEW Introduction Over the past three decades, the US government has engaged in over a dozen wars, none of which have evoked popular celebrations either before, during or […]
By Richard Enos | 27 November 2018 IN BRIEF The Facts: New York State Senator Jose Peralta, 47, died tragically after having symptoms of illness for two weeks, which he attributed to a flu vaccine […]
How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime By Julie K. Brown | 28 November 2018 MIAMI HERALD — On a muggy October morning in 2007, Miami’s top […]
‘Facebook will learn that all are subject to the rule of law. Yes, even them.’ By Jake Johnson | 25 November 2018 COMMON DREAMS — After Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg refused to testify at a joint hearing with […]
Sen. Paul places hold on US security assistance to Israel ‘This bipartisan legislation authorizes full funding of security assistance to ensure Israel has the means to defend itself,” AIPAC posted on Facebook with a link […]
Exclusive: ambitious plan to campaign in EU elections would fall foul of laws in nine of 13 targeted states By Paul Lewis and Jennifer Rankin | 21 November 2018 THE GUARDIAN — Steve Bannon’s political operation […]
US president says Riyadh will not be sanctioned over Jamal Khashoggi murder 20 November 2018 THE GUARDIAN — Donald Trump has issued a statement through his press secretary on his decision not to impose sanctions against Saudi Arabia, […]
By Joseph Jankowski | 23 November 2018 PLANET FREE WILL — A bill introduced in the New York State Assembly would require residents to hand over social media passwords and internet search history before being granted permission to […]
US military intelligence agencies have influenced over 1,800 movies and TV shows 19 November 2018 GUARDIAN ONLINE — Tom Secker and Matthew Alford report on their astonishing findings from trawling through thousands of new US military […]
The Crime Syndicate selected Donald “The Red Queen” Trump for the final looting operation of the United States in part because he fits so well as a practitioner of chaos magic and street theater. He’s […]
Back with Tim Kelly for another podcast. Related articles and links: Greece: the Model for Mental Demoralization in Neofeudal Looting Operations Countering the Parasite Guild (Gottfried Feder audio relocated) Eva Perón: A Shooting Star of […]
SOUTH Africa is gearing up to carry out a controversial land redistribution after plans to change the country’s constitution were approved. By Rachel O’Donoghue | 17 November 2018 DAILY STAR — After months of talks, the […]
By Martin Z Braun | 1 November 2018 BLOOMBERG — New York City faces future health costs for its retired workers of $103.2 billion, an increase of $40 billion over a decade. It has about $5 billion […]
9 November 2018 CWB CHICAGO — An Uptown man who is charged with two counts of hate crime for allegedly drawing swastikas on fences and a garage in his neighborhood is Jewish and was arrested five days before […]
US president also joined by Jewish billionaires Stephen Schwarzman, Dan Gilbert for election night watch party at White House 8 November 2018 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL — US President Donald Trump watched the results come in […]
The Global US Squeeze on Iran Has Started: Europe is Looking for Alternatives By Elijah J. Magnier | 5 November 2018 ELIJAH J. MAGNIER — Today the harshest and highest level economic and energy sanctions that can […]
By Tyler Durden | 2 November 2018 ZERO HEDGE — Since it became evident last summer that India was moving forward with purchase of at least five of Russia’s S-400 air defense systems, the controversial initiative […]
By Lenny Bernstein | 2 November 2018 THE WASHINGTON POST — The Food and Drug Administration approved a powerful opioid Friday for use in health-care settings, rejecting criticism from some of its advisers that the drug […]
Citing U.S. officials, Washington Post reports Netanyahu described Mohammed bin Salman as a ‘strategic ally’ in the Middle East By Amir Tibon | 1 November 2018 HAARETZ — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked senior officials in the Trump White […]
By Glenn Greenwald | 14 February 2014 THE INTERCEPT — One of the many pressing stories that remains to be told from the Snowden archive is how western intelligence agencies are attempting to manipulate and control […]
Americans wouldn’t cut funding to universities critical of Israel By Grant Smith | 29 November 2017 ANTIWAR — The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on November 7 to discuss the “Anti-Semitism Awareness Act.” Proponents of ASAA claim it is a […]
By Matthew Daly | 23 October 2018 AP — President Donald Trump says he is nominating a former executive at agribusiness giant Monsanto to head the Fish and Wildlife Service. Aurelia Skipwith of Indiana is currently […]
At a Berlin security conference, hardline neocon Jamie Fly appeared to claim some credit for the recent coordinated purge of alternative media. By Max Blumenthal and Jeb Sprague | 23 October 2018 GRAY ZONE — This October, […]
Recent Economist-YouGov surveys indicate that the generally positive views of Israel are being steadily eroded in the hyperpolarized Trump era By Chemi Shalev | 26 October 2018 HAARETZ — A new poll released this week […]
By Ron Unz | 15 October 2018 THE UNZ REVIEW — In our modern era, there are surely few organizations that so terrify powerful Americans as the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of B’nai B’rith, a central organ […]