People around the world are pressing their leaders to act on climate change and fueling change on their own. With U.S. political leadership on climate policy in a shambles, many Americans are taking matters into their own hands. Nearly 400,000 people marched in New York City to call for a stronger response to climate change. […]
Archive for November, 2014
Expanding US Strikes to ISIS in Syria, Has Obama Opened New Phase of ‘Perpetual War?’
The United States has launched airstrikes in Syria targeting the Islamic State, as well as members of a separate militant organization known as the Khorasan group. The Pentagon says U.S. forces launched 47 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles from warships in the Red Sea and North Arabian Gulf. In addition, U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine […]
New Report Highlights Ten American Species Our Children May Never See
Our children are less likely to see monarch butterflies, bumble bees, and a host of other once-common wildlife species due to farm pesticides, declining ocean health, climate change, and dirty energy production, according to a new report by the Endangered Species Coalition. The report, Vanishing: Ten American Species Our Children May Never See, highlights ten disappearing species […]
What to Expect When the Supreme Court Returns to Work Next Week
Next week marks the Supreme Court’s first conference after the Court adjourned last June. The next week marks the formal beginning of its 2014-2015 term. Much of the drama that will unfold in this coming term, however, is likely to come from cases the justices have yet to agree to hear. Marriage equality, abortion and birth […]
Dangerous Surfactants in Glyphosate Herbicide Slip Pass EU Regulators: Monsanto ‘Secret’
The only Europeans to ban glyphosate (the main active ingredient in Monsanto’s herbicide roundUp) and its dangerous additions (surfactants) thus far are the Dutch, with Brazil and France to follow. Yet Germany, keeping their evidence of these toxic chemicals secret, pressures EU regulators to allow these unhealthy compounds to be sprayed liberally over the continent. These surfactants, apparent in formulations […]
Cop Caught on Video Groping Restrained Woman’s Breasts and Genitals, Woman Cries
LOS ANGELES — A video has surfaced online showing an LAPD officer literally groping and fondling a handcuffed woman’s breasts and genitals. The incident took place when residents of Los Angeles gathered and protested against police on Saturday night. Police often use what is called a “snatch and grab” maneuver on protesters. This occurs when […]
Cop Questions Man for “Having Hands in Pockets” During Freezing Sub-Zero Weather
Cop puts his own hand in pocket after stopping man for having hands in pockets. MICHIGAN – Brandon B Waxx McKean was peacefully walking to his destination earlier this week. Because the weather was so cold, he kept his hands in his pockets to stay warm. RELATED: Child Arrested and Charged with “Felony” for […]
North Korea, The UN, And War Propaganda
The report itself is an amazing document, not only because it is entirely contrived, but also because the “crimes” which the Commissioners allege take place in the DRPK are exactly the conditions that exist inside the United States itself. The hypocrisy is stunning but no one can be surprised when we learn in paragraph 31 […]
OPEC Rejects Production Cut, Venezuela Looks to Budget
Ewan Robertson (VA) : As was expected beforehand, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided not to cut production to increase oil prices at the Vienna summit yesterday. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states indicated their willingness to endure low prices in order to maintain market share. The decision to maintain joint production at […]
Female sexual dysfunction or not knowing how to ask for what feels good?
Sally Hunter (TC) : The recently published Italian study suggesting women can only have clitoral, rather than vaginal, orgasms raises important questions about the medicalisation of female sexuality and sexual dysfunction. Many women would be happy to have an orgasm any old way, as University of Western Sydney researcher Jane Ussher points out, especially those […]
Protesters gather near Tahrir Square to denounce Mubarak verdict
TCP : Dozens of protesters gathered in Abdel Moneim Riyad Square near the sealed-off Tahrir Square in Cairo Saturday night to voice anger at the dismissal of murder charges against former President Hosni Mubarak earlier in the day. Another group of protesters chanted against the ruling outside the Journalists Syndicate downtown, Youm7 reported, and a […]
Mubarak says he committed no crime, calls January 25 Revolution ‘weird’
TCP : In his first published comments since being found not guilty of graft and cleared of charges of murdering protesters demonstrating against his rule in 2011, former President Hosni Mubarak said in a phone call with Sada El-Balad TV he “didn’t commit any crime,” and gave no orders during the January 25 Revolution. He […]
ISIS Attacking Kobani from Turkey
Nawaf Khalil, a spokesman for Syria’s powerful Kurdish Democratic Union Party, says ISIS group militants in Turkey attacked the border crossing point that links the country to Kobani. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Khalil said the offensive began with an armored vehicle suicide attack on the border crossing. There was no immediate […]
The campaign to silence Gilad Atzmon
November 28, 2014 / Gilad Atzmon GA: I believe that i have never circulated the following article. It was published originally in March 2012. It is very well written and genuinely presents the arguments against me and in favour of my work. Evidently, the call for ‘my disavowal’ was never taken seriously by anyone out of the […]
On the 75th anniversary of usurping Liwa Iskenderun, black history of Turkey returns itself
Damascus, SANA The 75th anniversary of usurping Liwa Iskenderun from its homeland Syria by Turkey comes today to remind the Syrians of the black history of Turkey which annexes the region arbitrary. Turkey captured the Liwa as a bribe according to a tripartite agreement with the French-British occupation during the World war II. France and […]
Israeli forces shoot Italian activist, 11 Palestinians in West Bank demo
Published Saturday, November 29, 2014 A pro-Palestinian Italian activist was shot and seriously wounded by Israeli gunfire during a Friday protest in the northern West Bank, medics and the activist’s organization said. Italian ISM activist Patrick Corsi in an ambulance after being shot in the chest by Israeli Palestinian security sources said Patrick Corsi, […]
Jewish Lobby: Obama hates Israel
On Sunday, America’s top 1,100 Israeli poodle gathered to voice their hatred of US president Barack Obama for his preference to have dialogue rather than use military force to stop Iran becoming a nuclear power in the Middle East. The event was the Zionist Organization of America’s annual dinner party. Mortimer Klein, president of the ZOA was […]
Legaland Documents re: the Unjust Caging of Jeffrey Weinhaus
The documents below are related to the legaland shenanigans to which Jeffrey Weinhaus was subjected. For background and more, see: http://CopBlock.org/JeffreyWeinhaus Jeffrey Weinhaus Feb 2013 Proceedings TX by CopBlock Jeffrey Weinhaus LF Vol I Jeffrey Weinhaus LF Vol II by CopBlock Jeffrey Weinhaus Trial Day 1 Full by CopBlock Jeffrey Weinhaus Trial Day 2 Full […]
War Criminal Tony Blair and the 111-Year-Old Soldier
War criminal Tony Blair tried to use a hero — not a war hero, but a true peace hero, 111-year-old Harry Patch — as a prop in his never ceasing image manufacturing to mischaracterize himself as an honorable human being. All teeth and no humanity, he has himself photographed and filmed with Harry Patch, the […]
Scientific Study: Ancient Humans Bred with Completely Unknown Species
A new study presented to the Royal Society meeting on ancient DNA in London last week has revealed a dramatic finding – the genome of one of our ancient ancestors, the Denisovans, contains a segment of DNA that seems to have come from another species that is currently unknown to science. The discovery suggests that […]