March 24, 2014
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BP, not Exxon, caused the Exxon Valdez disaster By Greg Palast
Two decades ago I was the investigator for the legal team that sold you the bullshit that a drunken captain was the principal cause of the Exxon Valdez disaster, the oil tanker crackup that poisoned over a thousand miles of Alaska’s coastline 25 years ago today, on March 24, 1989. Continue reading
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Turkish PM Erdogan Playing with Fire By Sungur Savran
Three events that occurred in the space of three days create sufficient ground for suspecting that [Turkish Prime Minister] Recep Tayyip Erdogan is playing with the Syrian fire in order to extricate himself out of the situation he faces. First, a commando of three foreign fundamentalist militants engage in a shootout with the gendarmes and… Continue reading
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National Security Archive: Spy Chief James Clapper Wins Rosemary Award
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has won the infamous Rosemary Award for worst open government performance in 2013, according to the citation published today by the National Security Archive at www.nsarchive.org. Despite heavy competition, Clapper’s “No, sir” lie to Senator Ron Wyden’s question: “Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on… Continue reading
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More Guardian ‘brainwashing’ on Putin By Jonathon Cook
I highlight this long and prominent article in the Guardian on Putin’s handling of Crimea and Ukraine because it is a master-class in brainwashing under freedom. The paper’s Moscow correspondent, Shaun Walker, is presumably well-acquainted with Russian society. He has full access to Russian media propaganda, so he knows full well Russia’s side of the… Continue reading
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Challenging the Western Narrative on Events in the Ukraine By Lionel Reynolds
The mainstream western media has presented a united front in its coverage of events in the Ukraine since the Maidan protests began in late November 2013. The same narrative has informed the comments and actions of the so-called ‘international community’ – typically an anglo-american-zionist affair consisting of Washington, London, Jerusalem and NATO, but on this… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 24 March 2014 (05/14): Borders, deaths and resistance
24 March 2014 — Home page: http://www.statewatch.org/ • e-mail: office@statewatch.org NEWShttp://www.statewatch.org/news/ 1. STATEWATCH: New issue of Journal: Borders, deaths and resistance2. EU: European Parliament: Strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence3. FINLAND: SMART BORDERS4. UK: Jimmy Mubenga: G4S guards face plane death charges Continue reading
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Is Crimea’s Shift the First of a Long Series? By Thierry Meyssan
Beyond the emphatic cries of the West against the accession of the Crimea to the Russian Federation, the real issue is whether this is an orphan event or whether it foreshadows a turning of Eastern Europe toward Moscow. With only enslavement to the Brussels bureaucracy to offer, Brussels fears that existing clienta may be attracted… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles
23 March 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterAs Israeli Attack on Aida Camp Continues, 8 Palestinians and 2 Israeli Soldiers InjuredIMEMC – As the Israeli military continues its invasion of the Aida refugee camp, near Bethlehem, local sources have reported that 8 Palestinians and 2 Israeli soldiers have been injured. … Continue reading
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Media Lens: Scotlandshire: BBC Scotland Coverage Of The Independence Referendum By David Cromwell
Coverage of the Scottish independence referendum, due to be held on September 18 this year, is a compelling example of the deep establishment bias of the corporate media. Some critics have characterised the BBC’s coverage, in particular, as though Scotland is merely a region or a county of the United Kingdom called ‘Scotlandshire’. Continue reading
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