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By Uri Avnery What will Donald Trump do if he loses the elections in a week and a half from now, as most polls indicate? He has already declared that he will recognise the results – but only if he wins. That sounds like a joke. But it is far from being a joke. Trump […]
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Customising the truth: groupthink and US foreign policy follies
October 31st, 2016 
Awake Goy By Lawrence Davidson Liars For those who might wonder why foreign policy makers repeatedly make bad choices, some insight might be drawn from the following analysis. The action here plays out in the United States, but the lessons are probably universal. Back in the early spring of 2003, George W. Bush initiated the invasion of […]
Israel Continues To Dig At Heart Of Islam Beneath Al-Aqsa Mosque
October 31st, 2016 Awake Goy Iranian expert Emad Abshenass says Israel has found a way to bypass international rules and continue to excavate under the Islamic holy site of al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem. Israel continues to ignore international rules and digs beneath al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem, which could lead to the collapse of the al-Aqsa […]
6.6 Earthquake Destroys Ancient Buildings In Italy
October 31st, 2016 Awake Goy A powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck central Italy on Sunday morning close to the area where nearly 300 people were killed by a quake in August. The USGS said the quake was centered 6 km (3.7 miles) north of Norcia, a town in the province of Perugia. The ancient town of Norcia has been left […]
Gender Cases
October 31st, 2016 Awake Goy The last hit I wrote felt so nice I need to hit something twice. I’m going to write about something that doesn’t so much annoy me as it does amuse me. MGTOW. I know there are those who are worked up about the whole thing. Myself, the most I can muster for an emotional […]
Harry Reid: FBI Director’s ‘Partisan Actions’ May Violate Federal Law
October 31st, 2016 Awake Goy Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said FBI Director James Comey may have violated a federal law when he disclosed, less than two weeks before the presidential election, that his office was pursuing potential new evidence related to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state. Mr. Reid was preparing […]
ISIS Defeat In Mosul May Lead To More Terrorist Attacks In Europe
October 31st, 2016 Awake Goy The defeat of Islamic State militants in their Iraqi stronghold Mosul may spark terrorist attacks across Europe, the head of the German Federal Office for Protection of the Constitution (BfV), Hans-Georg Maassen, has said. Speaking to German media outlet Deutschlandfunk, Maassen acknowledged that the jihadists “possibly stand with their backs to the wall” and can “effectively […]
Health of financial sector key to ending crisis
October 31st, 2016 Awake Goy Iran’s economy will not emerge out of the recession until the financial system is first pulled out of its current crisis mode, says a former official with the Central Bank of Iran. “Every economy is divided into financial and non-financial sectors. In Iran the financial sector consists mainly of the banking sector,” Amir Hossein Amir […]
How dual nationality became a key controversy in Iran
October 31st, 2016 Awake Goy In Iran, the Intelligence Ministry’s barring of 35 senior officials from holding government positions has once again brought dual nationals into the spotlight. The issue was initially raised in the ninth parliament (2012-16) as a tool to pressure President Hassan Rouhani’s administration while Iran was engaged in nuclear negotiations with the six world powers. Since […]
An eight point brief for voting to avoid corporate evil
October 31st, 2016 Awake Goy The anarchist political observer Noam Chomsky has over the years espoused a strategy of voting for the Democrat in swing states. Recently Chomsky, with John Halle, propounded “An Eight Point Brief for LEV (Lesser Evil Voting).” Chomsky questions the ethical/moral principle rejecting LEV since lesser evil voting is designed to minimize evil. As futile as […]
Shia volunteer forces roll up sleeves to rebuild liberated Christian towns
October 31st, 2016 Awake Goy According to a report by News Rescue, as covered by IQNA, Shia volunteer forces have been seen in several pictures portraying their humanity, helping Christians rescued from the ISIS terrorist group and even restoring Churches broken down by the fanatic terrorists. The humanitarian move has received huge attention in social media, and several photos and […]
Iran reopens for business, Americans losing out
October 31st, 2016 Awake Goy When those 2016 Year in Review pieces start appearing, one of the news stories featured will be the resumption of business and commercial interests in Iran, after years of that nation being off-limits due to economic sanctions, reads an article published by US magazine Global Trade. The following is an excerpt of the piece. The […]
Congressman’s Extraordinary Warning on Washington’s Think Tank Warmongers
October 31st, 2016 Awake Goy The think tankers fell in line with the Iraq invasion. Not being in the tank, I did my own analysis of the call for war in October of 2002, based on readily accessible information, and easily concluded that there was no justification for war. I distributed it widely in Congress and led 125 Democrats in […]
Media company posts wanted ad for sales exec with ‘psychopathic qualities’
October 31st, 2016 Awake Goy Research conducted by Bond University found around one in five corporate bosses are psychopaths – a proportion similar to that among prisoners A broadcast and media agency is looking for a sales executive with psychopathic tendencies. Existing studies on psychopaths have made the startling claim that many top corporate executives exhibit psychopathic behaviours such […]
650,000 emails found on Anthony Weiner’s laptop; DOJ blocked Foundation probe
October 31st, 2016 Awake Goy Yesterday, we reported that the FBI has found “tens of thousands of emails” belonging to Huma Adein on Anthony Weiner’s computer, raising questions how practical it is that any conclusive finding will be available or made by the FBI in the few days left before the elections Now, according to the WSJ, it appears […]
Trump called it in 2012: Pervy Weiner, Killary minion Abedin, and classified emails
October 31st, 2016 Awake Goy Trump called out Anthony Weiner as a potential national security threat back in August of 2015. For anyone who thinks Donald Trump is a stupid man think again. You don’t become a New York real estate billionaire (irregardless of how much money you inherit) by being an idiot. Trump can read people, it’s what […]
The Real Reasons Why James Comey Reopened the Clinton Email Investigation
October 31st, 2016 Awake Goy This last Friday it became public record that FBI Director James Comey reopened the Hillary Clinton email server investigation after repeatedly testifying before Congress and the world up to last July that he’d closed the case, after in his words not finding sufficient evidence of “any criminal wrongdoing” to indict her in spite of […]
Election Mirrors War between Masonic Factions
October 31st, 2016 Awake Goy October 30, 2016 The Duke of Brunswick, Grand Master of German Freemasonry, stated in 1794: “I have been convinced that we, as an Order, have come under the power of some very evil occult Order, profoundly versed in science, both occult and otherwise, though not infallible, their methods being black magic, that is to […]
Wikileaks Warns It Is Launching "Phase Three" Of Its Election Coverage
October 31st, 2016 Awake Goy On Sunday night, Wikileaks enigmatically tweeted that it would launch “phase 3 of [its] US election coverage” in the coming week. The site put politicians on notice Sunday evening in a tweet that also included a plea for donations. “We commence phase 3 of our US election coverage next week. You can […]
Syria Is Another Pipeline War
October 31st, 2016 Awake Goy By Gaius Publius, a professional writer living on the West Coast of the United States and frequent contributor to DownWithTyranny, digby, Truthout, and Naked Capitalism. Follow him on Twitter @Gaius_Publius, Tumblr and Facebook. Originally published at at Down With Tyranny. GP article archive here. Proposed pipeline routes through the Middle East to […]
