Yearly Archives: 2017

I have called the Department of Justice on #CrossCheck (202) 661-4636. Stealing minority votes is illegal. Vote theft is illegal. "Statutes render election officers...

Instead of wasting resources sitting around in Poland and the Baltics waiting for an imaginary Russian invasion, NATO could be shoring up the borders...

Jim W. Dean -Tillerson understands that America cannot conduct a foreign policy where whatever it says or signs can never be trusted. But Trump views that as just another day at the office, a form of having "out negotiated" his opponents, and even allies.

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The bill would amend laws to bar U.S. persons from supporting boycotts against Israel, and it would broaden the law to include penalties for simply requesting information about such boycotts. Violations would be subject to a minimum civil penalty of $250,000 and a maximum criminal penalty of $1 million and 20 years in prison.

Here is a Fake News Intelligence Test. Below is a story I came across on the internet. Is it fake news? Why or why not? Your answers in the comments section will be graded.

China’s decision to join Russia for joint naval exercises in the Baltic Sea, a first to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), may be linked to a military strategy pioneered by a famous Chinese marshal during World War II, experts told Sputnik.

Israeli politician and Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked: “Who is the enemy? The Palestinian people. Why? Ask them, they started…”

 Trump's failure at the second attempt to push legislation repealing and replacing Obamacare through a Republican-controlled Congress comes as further evidence that his administration is marking time towards its inevitable demise.

A US special operations commander has admitted that an extended US stay in Syria runs contrary to international law and that Russia would be entirely justified in questioning its presence there.

If Churchill and his henchmen could end up blowing that place up and blame it on Germany, then decent Americans would have no choice but to engage in a bloody war.

While in Budapest, Netanyahu took part in a closed meeting with the leaders of Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Some fool forgot to cut the line to the journalists outside, and they could listen to 20 minutes of Netanyahu's secret speech. To his East European soul mates, our Bibi poured out his heart, "The liberal West European governments are 'crazy' when they impose conditions regarding human rights on their aid to Israel. They are committing suicide by letting in masses of Muslims."

In a letter to a local newspaper about Brexit and the way prime minister Theresa May is handling it, I happened to mention in passing the Balfour Declaration, criticising her plans to celebrate the centenary "with pride" and invite Israel's PM Netanyahu to the fun.

The Cabinet this week caved in to European demands that EU states be continued to allow to dump surplus labor on the UK after Brexit. This is being blamed on business, but in fact there is little demand from business for continued uncontrolled mass immigration from the EU.

The recapture of Mosul is an achievement of the Iraqi people while the US is trying to highjack it and claims it was them who "led that war," Iraq's Vice President Nouri al-Maliki has told the RIA Novosti news agency.

As it was to be expected, the reaction of the U.S. Department of Defense (the US DoD) to the publication on the location of the U.S. military bases in Syria was not slow in coming.

Why would the Grenfell Tower investigation want the services of "experts" who failed so miserably? Maybe because they can be relied on to toe the official line and keep their mouths shut?

An intense fighting is ongoing between government forces and ISIS terrorists in the area of the Homs-Palmyra highway and near the border with Iraq.

Fresh US-led airstrikes in Syria have claimed civilian lives.

Racist urban legends - pure BS, lies, garbage peddled by sexually insecure white men - drove the lynch mobs of the American south. Today exactly the same lies are paving the way for anti-immigrant lynch mobs in Europe. Anyone spreading these lynch mob lies is a moral and intellectual cretin.

In September 2017, PBS will air the highly anticipated – seemingly touted as the definitive documentary – about the Vietnam War, directed by respected documentarians Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. The goal of this 10-episode, 18-hour project is, according to the directors, to “create a film everyone could embrace” and to provide the viewer with information and insights that are "new and revelatory." Just as importantly, they intend the film to provide the impetus and parameters for a much needed national conversation about this controversial and divisive period in American history.

Thorne Dreyer's guests are pioneering Houston gay rights activist Ray Hill and Queer Rights ATX organizer Suzy Shelor.

...from SouthFront The Syrian Army Tiger Forces and Tribal Forces have captured Qurat Rumailan, the Rumailan Dam, and 15 oil and gas wells 10km east...

Jim W. Dean - I have watched in amazement as the un-UN-sanctioned Saudi blockade of everything going into Yemen, with full support from the Gulf State Council and the US, has not been virulently attacked as illegal, with demands of sanctions on all those involved in this horrendous act.

It has been reported that “Trump ends covert CIA program to arm anti-Assad rebels in Syria." This would be a devastating attack on the Israeli regime.

The difference between the present economic prospects of the United States and that of the Russian Federation is fundamental.

As Trump attempts to push through what may be a very debilitating budget for average Americans, we seem to be living in a right-wing dictatorship in the US, one where the far-Right are trying to eliminate participation of the left and the majority of citizens they represent.

Phil Butler - Vladimir Putin acts in Russia’s behalf, and exactly in the manner western neocons and Cold War psychopaths know he must. What kind of journalist or historic idiot ignores this crystal-clear nugget?

“Putin has become a symbol of national sovereignty in its battle with globalism. That turns out to be the big battle of our times. As our last election shows, that’s true even here.”

If you can't refute the message, attack the messenger.

Syrian government forces have repelled a series of ISIS attacks in the countryside of Palmyra and continued their advance in the direction of Sukhna.

Jim W. Dean - We have had an undeclared World War of sorts being carried out against Syria with even the UN hesitant to face up to it, mainly because it is a major violation of the UN charter and international law, making them look like a joke.

After splitting Pakistan into two in 1971 under an international conspiracy, Pakistan was once again marked as a target by Indo-US-Afghan-UK-Israeli nexus after 9/11.

North Korea has no ability to accurately strike the United States, Vice Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Paul Selva said in a congressional hearing on Tuesday.

“Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. of Utah to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Russian Federation,” the White House said in a press release on Tuesday.

If the feeling of pity would be worth a damn one would be tempted to feel sorry for the hapless Poles.

On Monday, the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) repelled an attack of pro-Turkish militants in the direction of Ayn Daqnah in the northern part of Aleppo province.

The pop singer, HellyLuv is a willing marketing tool for the Kurds. The Kurds are often portrayed by mainstream media as gallant freedom fighters, with cute girls fighting in their ranks. By and large they have cast their lot with the US in its efforts at regime change in Syria. This places the Kurds in what would seem to be some atrocious alliances, including with Israel, the Saudis, and… ISIS.

The United Nations has suspended a shipment of Cholera vaccines for Yemen as the deadly disease is spreading fast across the country. Yemen is facing a severe shortage of medicine because of Saudi Arabia’s harsh embargo.

The FBI, using gag orders, may continue to issue secret national security letters requesting customer data. The NSL’s act as subpoenas. A gag order is usually imposed as well, which facilitates a search without a warrant, all while the customer is unaware that the service provider is legally silenced. Tens of thousands of NSL’s are sent out annually, and some of the gag orders do not expire.

Jim W. Dean - I was not the only one who said Trump would be his own worst enemy. I did not wish it, as I knew the country would suffer if he did his Mr. Reality TV show shtick, which he has.

Brand New Book by Author Joshua Green from Bloomberg delivers shocking inside info on U.S. President Trump

Not withstanding a clear IAEA report exonerating Iraq of having Weapons of Mass Destruction, the Bush-Cheney administration ignored it and continued to push for a link between Saddam and Al-Qaeda.

Paul Begala: "We should be debating how many sanctions we should place on Russia or whether we should blow up the KGB, GSU, or GRU [Russia’s foreign intelligence agency]."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that he opposes the ceasefire deal in southern Syria brokered by the United States and Russia.