Brexit/Bojo News Links 3-4 September 2019

4 September 2019 • 22:00 — The New Dark Age

There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back

Dude, Where’s My Majority?

Brexit: MPs back bill to block no deal on first vote
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49580185

‘Boris knows how to win’: Trump sure of his ‘friend’ Johnson, despite ongoing Brexit beatdown

Continue reading

China News Links 4 September 2019

4 September 2019 — The New Dark Age

There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back

Hong Kong leader withdraws extradition bill that sparked protests
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/sVEems0sbSU/

Tensions in Korean-Japanese Relations: the Latest “Reports from the Front”
https://journal-neo.org/2019/09/04/tension-in-korean-japanese-relations-the-latest-reports-from-the-front/

Continue reading

Julian Assange News Links 3-4 September 2019

4 September 2019 — The New Dark Age

There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back

Imprisoned activist Jeremy Hammond called to testify before US grand jury, most likely against Julian Assange
https://williambowles.info/2019/09/04/imprisoned-activist-jeremy-hammond-called-to-testify-before-us-grand-jury-most-likely-against-julian-assange/

‘Nothing!’ Media refuse to cover Roger Waters concert in support of Julian Assange
https://williambowles.info/2019/09/04/nothing-media-refuse-to-cover-roger-waters-concert-in-support-of-julian-assange/

Continue reading

Did Trump Tacitly Threaten to Use Biological Weapons to Exterminate 10 Million? By Terje Maloy

4 September 2019 — Global Research

“We could win that war so fast if I wanted to kill 10 million people … which I don’t. I’m not looking to kill a big portion of that country [Afghanistan],”

“I have plans on Afghanistan that, if I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the Earth. It would be gone,”

It would be over in — literally, in 10 days. And I don’t want to do — I don’t want to go that route.” (ABC July 24.2019) (emphasis added)

“As I’ve said, and I’ll say it any number of times – and this is not using nuclear – we could win that war in a week if we wanted to fight it, but I’m not looking to kill 10 million people,” (quoted by Press TV, Aug 21.2019) (emphasis added)

***

Continue reading

Imprisoned activist Jeremy Hammond called to testify before US grand jury, most likely against Julian Assange

4 September 2019 — WSWS

By Kevin Reed

Imprisoned information activist Jeremy Hammond—who is serving a 10-year prison sentence for hacking the private intelligence firm Stratfor in 2011—has been called before a secret federal grand jury, most likely in an effort to force him to testify against WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange.

Continue reading

When Rogues Prorogue Parliament By Wayne Madsen

4 September 2019 — Strategic Culture Foundation

Britain, which sees itself as governed by the mothers of all parliaments, Westminster, has received a bitter taste of what occurs when a small minority of domestic political forces, who are teamed up with likeminded foreign actors, manage to prorogue – suspend – parliamentary rule for extremist purposes. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who became the occupant of Number 10 Downing Street after winning a majority of the votes of 160,000 members of the Conservative Party representing a paltry 0.2 percent of the electorate, was victorious over former Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Receiving only one-third of the vote in the Conservative leadership election, Hunt witnessed the purging of his and former Prime Minister Theresa May’s loyalists from the Conservative Party.

Continue reading

How Syria Defeated the 2012-2019 Invasion by US & Al-Qaeda By Eric Zuesse

4 September 2019 — Strategic Culture Foundation

On August 31st, the brilliant anonymous German intelligence analyst who blogs as “Moon of Alabama” headlined “Syria – Coordinated Foreign Airstrike Kills Leaders Of Two Al-Qaeda Aligned Groups”, and he reported that,“Some three hours ago an air- or missile strike in Syria’s Idleb governorate hit a meeting of leaders of the al-Qaeda aligned Haras-al-Din and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) aka Jabhat al-Nusra. Both were killed. It is likely that leaders of other Jihadist groups were also present. The hit completely destroyed a Haras al-Din guesthouse or headquarter. The Syrian Observatory says that more than 40 people were killed in the strike. The hit will make it much easier for the Syrian army campaign to liberate Idleb governorate.”

Continue reading

The Future of the Spectacle …or How the West Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Reality Police

4 September 2019 — Off Guardian

CJ Hopkins

If you want a vision of the future, don’t imagine “a boot stamping on a human face — for ever,” as Orwell suggested in 1984. Instead, imagine that human face staring mesmerized into the screen of some kind of nifty futuristic device on which every word, sound, and image has been algorithmically approved for consumption by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (“DARPA”) and its “innovation ecosystem” of “academic, corporate, and governmental partners.”

Continue reading