16 February 2018 — Coldtype
Day: February 16, 2018
From PyeongChang to Lasting Peace on the Korean Peninsula By Hyun Lee
15 February 2018 — Global Research
Perhaps the most moving moment in the opening days of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics was when Kim Yong-nam, the president of the Presidium of North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly, quietly wiped his tears as North and South Korean singers sang in unison at a concert celebrating the winter games. South Korean k-pop star SeoHyun held hands with North Korean singers as images of tearful North-South family reunions played in the backdrop of the finale of the North Korean Samjiyeon Orchestra’s historic performance in Seoul on February 11. As the concert came to a close, they sang, “Be well, let us meet again. Go safely, let us meet again,” and waved their hands as the audience waved back and Kim silently wept. Continue reading
Neo-McCarthyite hysteria at US Senate Intelligence Committee hearing
15 February 2018 — WSWS
Tuesday’s Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on “Global Threats and National Security” was an exercise in right-wing hysteria aimed at promoting the claim that all social opposition in the United States is the product of foreign subversion. This fraudulent narrative was advanced to justify censorship and police state repression.
US ‘Stumbled Into Torture,’ Says NYT Reporter By Adam Johnson
15 February 2018 — FAIR
Jennifer Lawrence does not actually come up in New York Times reporter Scott Shane’s reminiscence (2/14/18).
As part of a promotion for the upcoming “Look, Evil Russians!” film Red Sparrow (hyping Hollywood films is apparently a thing reporters do now), New York Times national security reporter Scott Shane (2/14/18) wrote a synergistic Cold War 2.0 essay about the CIA’s alleged attempt to recruit him. It included a rather jarring—if not risible—paragraph summarizing Shane’s years of reporting: Continue reading
War and Globalization: Selected Articles
15 February 2018 — Global Research
Revealed: Internal Discussions Between Ministry of Defence and Regulators on Flying Predator Drones in UK
By Chris Cole, February 15, 2018
David Cameron announced in October 2015 that the Britain was to purchase the new version of the Predator, which the UK is re-naming as ‘Protector’. The UK’s current type of armed unmanned aerial vehicles, the Reaper, are unable to be flown in the UK due to safety issues and the new version was purchased, in part, to enable the RAF to fly its large armed drones within the UK for training as well as security and civil contingency purposes. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 