16 February 2012 — RT
NTC will distribute cash to all Libyan families in celebration of the one-year anniversary of Libyan revolution. This comes as standoff between those in power, lawless militias and former Gaddafi supporters continues.
16 February 2012 — Stop NATO – Voice of Russia
The Western sponsors of this violent democratization prefer to hush up the fact that the crimes are being committed by no one but rebel militias who now control much of the country.
16 February 2012 — Global Research
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14 February 2012 — GRTV
Trailer for a documentary on last year’s imperialist assault on Libya, during which a sovereign nation was hijacked by the West and their local henchmen under the guise of bringing “freedom and democracy” to the country. Continue reading
15 February 2012 — Stop NATO – Global Times
In effect, if this becomes reality, the economic and foreign policy of nearly every nation on the planet may find itself hijacked by US demands. For many nations, this will appear to be an intolerable infringement upon their sovereignty. Continue reading
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15 February, 2012 — Truthdig – Robert Scheer
Four decades ago Richard Nixon, a once famously hawkish Republican president, cut a deal with the Communist overlords of China to reshape the world. The result was a transformation of the global economy in ways that we are only now, with the sharp critiques of Apple’s China operation, beginning to fully comprehend.
16 February, 2012 — The Real News Network
Christian Henderson: Great hypocrisy of Saudis, crushing opposition in Bahrain and and supporting it in Syria
Bio
Christian Henderson has 15 years of experience of working and living in the Middle East and North Africa. He worked as a journalist for 6 years at the Daily Star in Lebanon and Al Jazeera in Qatar. During his time as a journalist he wrote stories that appeared in the Independent, Daily Express, Scotsman and the South China Morning Post. Since 2006 he has specialised in research and political analysis in the Middle East and North Africa and has worked on projects across the region including in the UAE, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Oman and Lebanon. He has a MA in Middle East Studies from Edinburgh University and a BA from Middlesex University in Development Studies. He speaks Arabic. He is the director of the Middle East political risk consultancy Dunlin Consultants.
16 February 2012 — The Real News Network
Dimitri Lascaris: Heart wrenching personal stories show that Greece should reject austerity deal and pull out of Eurozone
The following is a letter from Dimitri’s sister in Greece:
“Friends of ours have died of heart attacks, stressed to the limit by debt, or worse, the loss of their cars and homes”
15 February 2012 — Black Agenda Report – News, commentary and analysis from the black left
Dr. King once expressed the belief that we might be “integrating into a burning house.” Even that might not be so bad, one supposes, if we were actually fighting the fire. But is America’s black political class even committed to fighting the fire at all, to alleviating poverty, to standing up for peace and justice? Are they only about prolonging their perks and careers? Are they firefighters? Or looters?
13 February 2012 — Global Research
Economists build models by subtracting from reality the characteristics they deem unessential to the economic situations they model. The result is a bare bones description consisting of what economists deem economically essential. Everything that is discarded (not taken into consideration in the model) is called an “externality.” So the models only work when the externalities that were in effect before the models are implemented do not change afterward. The realm of economic models can be likened to the realm of Platonic Ideas. Both realms are static and unchanging throughout all time. Unfortunately the real world constantly changes. Since externalities are excluded from all economic models and can be expected to change after any model is implemented, all economic models necessarily fail. Economists are frauds and economics amounts to nothing but an apologetics of greed.
13 February 2012 — Global Research
Economists build models by subtracting from reality the characteristics they deem unessential to the economic situations they model. The result is a bare bones description consisting of what economists deem economically essential. Everything that is discarded (not taken into consideration in the model) is called an “externality.” So the models only work when the externalities that were in effect before the models are implemented do not change afterward. The realm of economic models can be likened to the realm of Platonic Ideas. Both realms are static and unchanging throughout all time. Unfortunately the real world constantly changes. Since externalities are excluded from all economic models and can be expected to change after any model is implemented, all economic models necessarily fail. Economists are frauds and economics amounts to nothing but an apologetics of greed.
16 February 2012 — The News Dissector
New York, New York: William H McRaven is an admiral in Obama‘s Navy. He was a member of Seal Team 3, and oversaw the killing of Osama Bin Laden.
He’s the consummate Special Ops warrior and wants more special ops forces, more drones and, most significantly, more “autonomy” (read, power) to position “his” troops in more places. He is now lobbying to expand his “freedom” by building a bigger personal arsenal of undercover operatives under his command.
16 February 2012 — PCHR – Palestinian Centre for Human Rights – Sniper Fire in the ‘Buffer Zone’
Goldfinches and canaries are appreciated worldwide for their colourful appearance and their melodic whistling. The birds are especially popular in the Gaza Strip as they help to create a distraction from the hardships of daily life.
16 February 2012 — Asia Times Online: Rights and regime change
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The dawn of twenty-first century has brought a new phenomenon in its wake, which unfortunately has been little questioned or debated: the right of the mightiest to regime change. Where earlier the pretext of communism’s displacement reigned, followed by orthodox theocracy, now is the age of supplanting assertive regimes, even though they may be progressive and their ouster may mean the power of the religious orthodoxy.
16 February 2012 — Eric Walberg
As the primary race heats up for the Republicans, Eric Walberg looks at the “radical centre”
16 February, 2012 — Media Lens – Read Part One Here
On February 6, a cry of moral outrage arose from that collection of selfless humanitarians otherwise known as The Times newspaper. Responding to fighting in the Syrian city of Homs, which has included government shelling of civilian areas variously reported to have claimed scores or hundreds of lives, a Times leading article observed: Continue reading
15 February 2012 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
Despite domestic cuts, US aid to Israel up by $25 million in proposed budget
IMEMC – An examination of the proposed US budget submitted by President Barack Obama to the US Congress this week shows that although billions of dollars will be cut from domestic programs and the US military, annual aid to Israel remains intact, and includes an increase of $25 million from last year. …
15 February 2012 — Information Clearing House
Save Us from the Liberal Hawks
By David Rieff
Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of (humanitarian) war.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30535.htm
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