April 2014
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Paradoxes of Georgian-Abkhazian Relations, Self-Determination, Ukraine By Henry Kamen
Few are able to keep up with the ongoing events in Russia’s ‘near abroad’, as the standoff between Russia and the West over events in Ukraine is filling the media attention but changing its form and content every day. However the double standard of “self-determination” being applied by the Western powers is not going unnoticed… Continue reading
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Media Lens: The Neverending ‘Wakeup Call’ By David Cromwell and David Edwards
For more than 25 years, since the IPCC was set up in 1988, there have been numerous scientific ‘wakeup calls’ and nothing significant has changed. In fact, turbo-charged, fossil-fuel driven capitalism has proceeded to run amok. And, for the vested interests who are the winners in the global economy, the tiny ‘one per cent’ or… Continue reading
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Bono exposed as a complete fraud By Clark Kent
It was bad enough in 2005. Then, at the G8 summit in Scotland, Bono and Bob Geldof heaped praise on Tony Blair and George Bush, who were still mired in the butchery they had initiated in Iraq. At one point Geldof appeared, literally and figuratively, to be sitting in Tony Blair’s lap. African activists accused… Continue reading
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Environmental Toxins Linked to Rise in Autism
Mounting research—not to mention plain logic—indicates that brain disorders are the result of excessive exposure to toxins from multiple sources—including the mother, while in utero. One 2005 study4 by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that blood samples from newborns contained an average of 287 toxins. Continue reading
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Why Obama paid a visit to Riyadh? By Alexander Orlov
The deterioration of the situation in Ukraine made substantial changes in the agenda of talks of U.S. President Obama with Saudi leadership in Riyadh on March 28 this year. The main subject of the discussion included the situation around Ukraine, possible joint steps to decrease energy prices, in order to weaken Russia’s economy, promotion of… Continue reading
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Militants in Syria prepare chemical attack in Damascus – UN envoy
Armed gangs in Syria are conspiring to stage a chemical attack in the Damascus suburbs in order to later lay the blame on the Bashar Assad’s government, Syria’s UN Ambassador Bashar Jaafari has warned the Security Council. Continue reading
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Western Looting Of Ukraine Has Begun By Paul Craig Roberts
It is now apparent that the “Maiden protests” in Kiev were in actuality a Washington organized coup against the elected democratic government. The purpose of the coup is to put NATO military bases on Ukraine’s border with Russia and to impose an IMF austerity program that serves as cover for Western financial interests to loot… Continue reading
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The “Conspiracy Theory” Label: Powerful Tool of Media Disinformation and Political Discourse By James F. Tracy
On March 18, 2014 Cass Sunstein released his latest collection of essays, Conspiracy Theories and Other Dangerous Ideas.[1] Like his other works geared toward a mainstream readership, the prominent Harvard law professor, former Obama administration regulatory czar, and NSA advisor [2] points to numerous alleged dangers posed by even “rational people” who are susceptible to… Continue reading
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Video: The Hypocrisy of US Calling for Enforcement of International Law
1 April 2014 — The Real News Network Michael Ratner: President Obama tries to condemn Russia’s annexation of Crimea by justifying the illegal US invasion of Iraq Continue reading
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‘Turkey likely knew about Syrian rebel siege of Christian town’
It would be impossible for Turkey not to be informed of Syrian rebels’ siege of the Christian majority town of Kessab, international law Professor Daoud Khairallah form Georgetown University told RT Continue reading
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Ukraine? Russia? Keep Your Eyes on the Prize By Steven Jonas, MD, MPH
In a previous column on this subject, I reviewed briefly the history (that is the full picture, not just the half that is presented in the US media) of what has been going on in Ukraine and the Russian response to it. I considered what in my view is the main strategic reason for that… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 