December 2016
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Black Agenda Report Report for Dec 22, 2016: Grand Theft Electoral, Dem and Repub Paths to Fascism, Syria, Russia & US Desperation
22 December 2016 — Black Agenda Report Grand Theft Electoral: Aborted Recount Effort Shows US Elections Are Broken, Recount-Proof and Audit-Proof by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Before judges and state officials aborted it, the attempted recount initiated by Green Party candidate Jill Stein revealed and confirmed specific patterns of widespread interstate electoral tampering Continue reading
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Snoopers Charter is Breaking the Law
Under a temporary surveillance law known as the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (DRIPA), the Government forced communications companies to store details of every person’s internet activity, emails, texts and phone calls. Hundreds of organisations and government agencies – from police forces to HMRC – were allowed to grant themselves access to this data… Continue reading
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African Political and Economic Uncertainty, IMF Head’s Criminal Negligence, Crack in Antarctic Ice Shelf
20 December 2016 — Global Research African Electoral Politics, Instability and the Burgeoning Economic Crisis By Abayomi Azikiwe, December 20 2016 All across the continent the continuing dependency on trade with the Western states has resulted in another round of uncertainty. Recent national elections in the West African state of Ghana were heavily influenced by the growing crisis Continue reading
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Ringing out the neo, Ringing in the neo By S. Artesian
It has been going on a long time, hasn’t it? The bourgeoisie have been on an offensive; the offensive was triggered by a decline in the rate of profitability; the offensive has not been able to systematically overcome the decline in the rate of profit; the offensive was kick-started with the overthrow of Allende in… Continue reading
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NSA:: New book combines Soviet and U.S. transcripts of highest-level meetings that ended the Cold War
Previously secret transcripts of the summit meetings between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev from 1985 to 1988, and then George H.W. Bush with Gorbachev from 1989 through 1991, show the Soviet leader pursuing an arms race in reverse, Reagan recommending quiet dialogue on human rights, and Bush seeking new nuclear weapons before coming around to… Continue reading
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ICH Headlines 18 December 2016
18 December 2016 — Information Clearing House The Striking Audacity of the Coup-in-Process By Paul Craig Roberts High treason is alive and well in the United States. Continue reading
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ICH Headlines 17 December 2016
17 December 2016 — Information Clearing House A CIA-led Coup Against American Democracy Is Unfolding By Paul Craig Roberts A documented and accurate description of a coup that is underway. Continue reading
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Syria: Liberation of Aleppo, ISIS Palmyra Offensive, US Support for Terrorists: selected Articles
15 December 2016 — Global Research “Fake News” on Aleppo Liberation, Western Media Lies and Fabrications. The Words “Terrorists” or “Al Qaeda” are Not Mentioned Continue reading
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Vladimir Putin was Never Head of the KGB, Nor Did He Order the Hacking of the DNC By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Putin joined the KGB upon completing his undergraduate studies at the State University of Leningrad (today St Petersburg) in 1975 at age 23. He was first stationed in Leningrad (St Petersburg) and then transferred to East Germany where he occupied a junior undercover position as a translator in Dresden. Upon the collapse of the Soviet… Continue reading
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Can We Make Sense of Trump? By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
A month has passed since Donald Trump was declared president-elect soon to be the 45th president of the United States. Since his win, pundits, analysts, and experts continue to debate the victory – a surprise to most. While the reason/s for this victory depend on one’s perspective, most agree on one thing: Trump is unpredictable.… Continue reading
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“Russia Did It”: Obama Vows Retaliation, Intelligence Veterans Dispute Hacking Claims: Selected Articles
16 December 2016 — Global Research “Silly Rhetoric and Laughable Nonsense”: Obama Vows Retaliation Against Russia for Nonexistent US Election Hacking By Stephen Lendman, December 16 2016 With five weeks left in office, Obama seems determined to leave in a greater blaze of infamy than already, the most lawless, reckless president in living memory. He’s a greater war Continue reading
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Media: Hypocrisy of Russia-Did-It Stories Is Hard to Stomach
Meddling in other countries’ elections is an exciting adventure–when it’s the United States doing the meddling. It is, of course, worth knowing what involvement any other country might have had in the US election, but elite media’s consumption with the Russia-did-it storyline so far is discouraging to say the least. Continue reading
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OPERATION CONDOR: Officials of Amnesty International Targeted for ‘Liquidation’
Operation Condor, the trans-border, multinational effort by Southern Cone secret police services to track down and “liquidate” opponents of their regimes in the 1970s, targeted officials of Amnesty International as well as other human rights groups, and planned overseas missions in Paris and London, according to a comprehensive CIA report on Condor operations just released… Continue reading
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ICH News Headlines 14 December 2016
14 December 2016 — Information Clearing House MSM Create #Fakenews Storm As Rebel Aleppo Vanishes By Moon Of Alabama I have never experienced a #fakenews onslaught as today. Continue reading
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NSA: Obama Declassifies Top Secret Intelligence Files on Repression in Argentina
Washington D.C., December 12 – Operation Condor, the trans-border, multinational effort by Southern Cone secret police services to track down and “liquidate” opponents of their regimes in the 1970s, targeted officials of Amnesty International as well as human rights groups, and planned overseas missions in Paris and London, according to a comprehensive CIA report on… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 14 December 2016: Democrats Blame the Russians, Human Rights in the South, Lessons From Standing Rock
14 December 2016 — Black Agenda Report Corporate Democrats Stir Up War Fever Against Russia to Turn Election by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The orchestrators of the anti-Russian war hysteria “have shown over the past several weeks that they are willing, and even eager, to bring down the whole edifice of U.S. social and Continue reading
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The Deep State versus Donald Trump: Towards a December 19 Surprise? Selected Articles
13 December 2016 — Global Research U.S. Foreign Policy and the Electoral College Vote. Towards a December 19 Surprise? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, December 12 2016 While the Hillary Clinton faction supported by media propaganda is accusing Moscow of intervening in the US elections on behalf of Trump, they are also intent upon shifting the Electoral College Continue reading
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FYI: It’s the Russkies Wot Did It?
13 December 2016 — CLG News [It remains to be seen just how accurate the stories below really are. WB] Breaking: Administration is now actively questioning the legitimacy of Trump’s election victory | 12 Dec 2016 | Hillary Clinton’s top political adviser John Podesta said the campaign is supporting an effort by members of the Continue reading
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Media Lens: BBC Propaganda Watch: Tell-Tale Signs That Slip Through The Cracks
Even the most powerful systems of propaganda inadvertently allow uncomfortable truths to slip out into the public domain. Consider a recent BBC News interview following the death of Cuba’s former leader Fidel Castro. Dr Denise Baden, Associate Professor in Business Ethics at the University of Southampton, who has studied Castro’s leadership and Cuban business models,… Continue reading
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ICH Headlines 13 December 2016
13 December 2016 — Information Clearing House Syria: Government Liberates Aleppo – In Revenge(?) ISIS Retakes Palmyra By Moon Of Alabama U.S. Secretary of State Kerry is down to begging the Russians to let some of his friends escape. Continue reading
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