Turkey’s increasingly dictatorial president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, scored yet another domestic victory Thursday, with the resignation of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, his former ally who nominally holds the reins of the country. Erdogan is now free to push for a change in the constitution that would transfer more power to himself. But this act […]
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Erdogan’s obsession with power could spell ‘end of his career’
Turkey’s increasingly dictatorial president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, scored yet another domestic victory Thursday, with the resignation of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, his former ally who nominally holds the reins of the country. Erdogan is now free to push for a change in the constitution that would transfer more power to himself. But this act […]
US Ambassador to Hungary: Do as we say or else!
If anyone wants a short course on what’s wrong with US diplomacy look no further than US Ambassador to Hungary Coleen Bell’s speech Friday to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hungarian Parliament. In typical diplo-speak there was plenty of flowery language about shared values, fish swimming together in the same water (?), sappy […]
US Ambassador to Hungary: Do as we say or else!
If anyone wants a short course on what’s wrong with US diplomacy look no further than US Ambassador to Hungary Coleen Bell’s speech Friday to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hungarian Parliament. In typical diplo-speak there was plenty of flowery language about shared values, fish swimming together in the same water (?), sappy […]
US Ambassador to Hungary: Do as we say or else!
If anyone wants a short course on what’s wrong with US diplomacy look no further than US Ambassador to Hungary Coleen Bell’s speech Friday to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hungarian Parliament. In typical diplo-speak there was plenty of flowery language about shared values, fish swimming together in the same water (?), sappy […]
US Ambassador to Hungary: Do as we say or else!
If anyone wants a short course on what’s wrong with US diplomacy look no further than US Ambassador to Hungary Coleen Bell’s speech Friday to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hungarian Parliament. In typical diplo-speak there was plenty of flowery language about shared values, fish swimming together in the same water (?), sappy […]
Energy Prize Winners Tackle The Future Of Power
Print Friendly Above Photo: The winning team’s Heila IQ operates as a “brain” to simplify microgrid operations and make distributed energy systems easier to manage, in order to bring more wind and solar power online. Credit: Jessie Wang. The latest MIT Energy Prize winners have zeroed in on technology to make climate-friendlier distributed power more effective, […]
German politician: "To send troops to the Russian border is to forget history"
Commenting on NATO’s recent decision to deploy four additional armed battalions in the Baltic States and Poland in respond to so-called “Russian aggression”, Karl-Heinz Kamp, a German national security expert, compared it to children arguing in a playground with each claiming the other one ‘started it’. Western allies are preparing to put four additional […]
Iran says 13 IRGC forces killed in Syria
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says 13 of its military advisers have been killed and 21 others wounded in Syria in recent days. In a statement on Saturday, the IRGC said the forces were all from Iran’s northern province of Mazandaran. It added that they were killed and injured in the town of Khan Tuman, […]
Russia Deploying 3 New divisions To Counter NATO Buildup At Its Border
Russia is to deploy three new military divisions, two in the west and one in the south to counterbalance NATO’s increased military presence near its borders. Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced on Wednesday: “The Defense Ministry is taking a number of measures to respond to the NATO military buildup at the Russian border” adding that […]
Video: Inmate Shocked With Stun Gun 3 Times And Left To Die
Newly released videos shows the death of 24-year-old Brandon Bethea, who was shocked at least three times with a stun gun and then left alone for about 20 minutes – where he died. The video also contradicts some of the statements the sheriff and deputies made after the death. Jail officers said 24-year-old Brandon Bethea had threatened […]
Incomplete, True And Wonderful History Of May Day
Print Friendly Above photo: Maypole Dance in Central Park in 1905. From Patheos.com. The real meaning of May Day has been obscured by the designing propaganda of the American and Soviet governments. The truth is totally different. The Soviet government paraded missiles and marched soldiers on May Day. The American government has called May 1 […]
Battle of Nations: Real Culture Brings Real Steel
Forget about football, tennis and all that other crap. Now this is a Real White men and women sport. Enjoy ……. Source Article from http://www.renegadetribune.com/battle-nations-real-culture-brings-real-steel/ Views: 0
2 toddlers found tied up in backyard as 8 children found abandoned in Texas home
Two crying toddlers tied or chained down in the backyard of a home in San Antonio, Texas, were among the eight children, ranging from ages 10 months to 13 years old, found by police in what authorities have called a “horrific” case of child abuse. Around 11:45pm on Thursday, Bexar County sheriff’s deputies arrived […]
Sgt. Stephen Matakovich Pleads Not Guilty In Federal Court For Assaulting Sports Fan
Earlier this year, a district judge dismissed assault and official oppression charges against Sgt. Stephen Matakovich. Officer Matakovich, who is a 22-year veteran of the Pittsburgh Police Department, was caught on security camera assaulting a fan during the WPIAL football playoffs at Heinz Field last year. Sgt. Matakovich was working as a private security guard […]
Asia’s March Iran oil imports surge 50 pct as it regains markets
* Asian imports of Iran oil at 1.56 mln bpd last month * Imports by India top 500,000 bpd, highest in five years * South Korean imports nearly double yr/yr * Iran struggles to find enough ships for oil exports TOKYO, April 28 (Reuters) – Asian imports of Iranian oil in March jumped 50 percent […]
Ebtekar speaks of “planet” and “peace” at the environment, religion and culture seminar
As reported by Ana News and translated by IFP, Masoumeh Ebtekar, Vice President and Head of the Environmental Protection Organization, attended a seminar about the interconnection between religions, cultures and the environment on Apr 26. Here are her own remarks on what she saw there, as well as the two speeches she gave to the […]
Attacker Holds Woman Hostage With Knife, Police Arrive and Shoot Woman to Death
Rose Bouboushian | Courthouse News Service Grand Jury Records Withheld in Hostage Case A man suing on behalf of an apparent hostage fatally shot by police cannot access grand jury transcripts that he says would reveal collusion, a federal judge ruled. Dawn Marie Pfister was a passenger in a […]