May 25, 2011
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How Cornel West Did the Obamites a Favor By Glen Ford
Unable to defend the indefensible, Black Obama supporters have been ‘rendered all but mute on issues of policy.’ They got their chance to reenter the political conversation when Princeton professor and media celebrity Cornel West, a former Obama supporter who is now a harsh critic, speculated on the racial workings of the president’s brain. That… Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 25 May 2011: Obama, Cameron predict success in Libya
25 May 2011 — williambowles.info WRAPUP 4-NATO ups strikes in Tripoli, sees no Iraq parallel Reuters By Matt Faloon and Joseph Logan LONDON/TRIPOLI, May 25 (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama warned Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday there would be ‘no let up’ in pressure on him to go, following a second successive night Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 25 May 2011
25 May 2011 — williambowles.info India’s political prince battles criticism The Associated Press But a series of electoral setbacks, an embarrassing Wikileaks revelation and his accusation, without proof, that police killed and raped protesting farmers in an opposition-led state has left some questioning whether Gandhi has the skill, experience or … www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gH2qSjjuKQfi4TAGVxPrc40jUs3g?docId=cfc298d0e4064664994e0e6582e5ee15 Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 25 May 2011: Supporter of Bradley Manning Sues the US Government
25 May 2011– williambowles.info Frontline’s ‘WikiSecrets’ Explores Mysteries of Bradley Manning PBS NewsHour On Tuesday’s edition of Frontline, entitled “WikiSecrets,” correspondent Martin Smith unravels the mysteries of Bradley Manning, the Army private who allegedly stole thousands of classified government documents and shared them with WikiLeaks. … www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june11/wikisecrets_05-24.html Continue reading
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Spain Newslinks 25 May 2011
25 May 2011– williambowles.info Euro zone wonders which economy will be the next to fail GlobalPost A woman with her mouth taped shut participates in a protest against Spain’s economic crisis and its sky-high jobless rate at the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid on May 20, 2011. (Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images) BRUSSELS, Belgium — Any Continue reading
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Media Lens: Bad News From The BBC – Part 1: ‘Replete With Imbalance And Distortion’
One of the main headlines on the BBC news homepage earlier this month read, ‘Violence erupts at Israel borders’. Israeli soldiers had shot dead at least 12 protesters and injured dozens more. BBC ‘impartiality’ decreed that the brutal killings were presented almost as an act of nature, a volcanic eruption that simply happened. Continue reading
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National Security Archive Update, May 25, 2011: THE DIARY OF ANATOLY CHERNYAEV, 1991
Marking the 90th birthday of former top Gorbachev advisor Anatoly Sergeevich Chernyaev, the National Security Archive today publishes on the Web at www.nsarchive.org the latest installment of the unique and invaluable Chernyaev diary, covering the final fateful year of the Soviet Union, 1991. Continue reading
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Deepening Economic and Social Crisis: Will Indignation Salvage Spain? By Pablo Ouziel
In Spain, the elections have come and gone, with the squares full of thousands of people continuing with their shouts of indignation, but so far they have not been heard. The political party PSOE of Zapatero’s ruling socialist government has taken a beating, but the formal democracy in which we live has not changed, and… Continue reading
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The West is Trapped in its Own Propaganda By Paul Craig Roberts
One of the wishes that readers often express to me came true on May 11. I was on the mainstream media. It was a program with a worldwide reach–the BBC World Service. There were others on the program as well, and the topic was Hillary Clinton’s remarks (May 10) about the lack of democracy and… Continue reading
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Obama Claims To Reset The Imperial Clock By Glen Ford
Since when does the leader of an empire voluntarily “reset” to become a non-interfering power? Never. President Obama’s speech, last week, was mainly geared to maintaining U.S. supremacy in the Mideast and North Africa following the shock of the Arab Reawakening. Continue reading
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Protecting Us from Our Freedoms: Congress Set to Renew Patriot Act Spy Provisions By Tom Burghardt
As night follows day, you can count on Congress to serve as loyal servants and willing accomplices of our out-of-control National Security State. Last week, in another shameless demonstration of congressional “bipartisanship,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) forged a filthy backroom deal… Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: 25 May, 2011: Latest NATO Air Strikes Kill 19, Wound Over 130 In Tripoli
25 May 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Ground Troops Likely To Follow Helicopters In Libya Latest NATO Air Strikes Kill 19, Wound Over 130 In Tripoli Russia Condemns Intensified Bombing Of Libya Libya: 8,168 NATO Sorties, 3,133 Strike Missions Obama-Cameron Talks Focus On Libyan, Afghan Wars Afghan War: NATO Death Toll Continues To Rise Continue reading
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Video: Netanyahu Addresses Adoring Congress
Michel Warschawski: Israeli PM makes no attempt to even appear willing to compromise, making sure no peace talks are possible Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 24 May, 2011: Israel Cancels Controversial Visit To Josephs Tomb
24 May, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli TV: “Netanyahu Crushed Abbas During His Congress Speech” IMEMC – Wednesday May 25, 2011 – 02:10, Israeli TV, Channel 2, quoted several Israeli political analysts stating that, during his congress speech on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, crushed Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 23 May, 2011: Israeli Officials Approve Settler Invasion into Nablus on Tuesday
23 May, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Activists challenge annual meeting of Zionist lobbying group in Washington DC IMEMC – Monday May 23, 2011 – 21:30, Protesters held a number of events over the weekend to challenge the annual meeting of the largest Zionist lobby in the US, the American Israel Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 25 May, 2011: Protester Who Heckled Netanyahu Beaten
25 May, 2011 — Information Clearing House Dispatch From Tripoli NATO’s Feast of Blood By Cynthia McKinney NATO only attacks (as does the US and its allies) the poor and underprivileged of the 3rd world. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28182.htm Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 23 May, 2011: The U.S.: Where Europe Comes to Slum
23 May, 2011 — Information Clearing House Killing Our Way To Defeat Obama’s Private Killing Machine By Frontline – PBS They’re known as “JSOC” — Joint Special Operations Command. They report directly to the president and, “operate worldwide based on the legal (or extra-legal) premises of classified presidential directive.” John Nagl, a former counterinsurgency adviser Continue reading
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Why are we banking on banks to a promote economic recovery? By Danny Schecter
This week the financial crisis finally went prime time in the form of a big budget HBO docudrama called “Too Big To Fail.” Continue reading
The New Dark Age 