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Ads for payday loans banned by Google As of July 13, 2016, Google will not accept advertisements for payday loans on its site. Affected by the discontinuance are loans that are due within 60 days of being issued, and loans in the U.S. that have an annual interest rate higher than […]
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Venezuelan Probe Reveals U.S. Training and Embassy Links in Chacao Municipal Police
June 8th, 2016 
Awake Goy Jeanette Charles (VA) : In the initial phase of the 90 day-probe into Chacao’s municipal police force (POLICHACAO), President Nicolás Maduro made public evidence revealing that local officers are training with United States police and are in daily communication with the US Embassy. Venezuelan authorities shared details about the first days of the government’s investigation into Polichacao .(Polichacao). […]
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No Comments »Abbas praises Sisi’s initiative to achieve peace and establish a Palestinian state
May 18th, 2016 Awake Goy Mohamed Gamal (TCP) : Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas praised Tuesday the efforts of the Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to achieve peace and establish a Palestinian state, Waffa Palestinian news agency reported. Arabs48 (archives) Abbas expressed his appreciation for Egypt’s historic role in supporting the Palestinian case, as well as its efforts to preserve the rights of […]
The Most Eco-Friendly Nation on the Planet is Now Carbon Negative
May 13th, 2016 Awake Goy 13th May 2016 By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World “If the Government cannot create happiness for its people, there is no purpose for the Government to exist.” ~Legal code of Bhutan, 1729 Lodged between two of the most populated countries on earth — India and China — Bhutan may be small at 700,000 souls, […]
The Most Eco-Friendly Nation on the Planet is Now Carbon Negative
May 13th, 2016 Awake Goy 13th May 2016 By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World “If the Government cannot create happiness for its people, there is no purpose for the Government to exist.” ~Legal code of Bhutan, 1729 Lodged between two of the most populated countries on earth — India and China — Bhutan may be small at 700,000 souls, […]
The Most Eco-Friendly Nation on the Planet is Now Carbon Negative
May 13th, 2016 Awake Goy 13th May 2016 By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World “If the Government cannot create happiness for its people, there is no purpose for the Government to exist.” ~Legal code of Bhutan, 1729 Lodged between two of the most populated countries on earth — India and China — Bhutan may be small at 700,000 souls, […]
Watchdog Gives Consumers Back the Right to Sue Banks & Corporations
May 6th, 2016 Awake Goy Susanne Posel (OC) : The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has introduced a highly anticipated change that would single out arbitration clauses in contracts giving consumers their rights to sue the corporation back. The arbitration clause in most contracts is sometimes hidden in the fine-print of a contract between consumers and corporations that prohibits the […]
FEMA & Hurricane Sandy: NJ Reps Tell a Tale of Corruption & Fraud
April 30th, 2016 Awake Goy Susanne Posel (OC) : The New Jersey state House of Representatives have requested that Congress conduct an investigation in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for allegations of fraud conducted by the agency pertaining to payouts for Hurricane Sandy victims. In a letter to the House Oversight and Government Reform (OGR); specifically to Congressmen Jason […]
Posted in World News Tags: 15, collects, maduro, million, opposition, signatures, venezuelas No Comments »Venezuela’s Opposition Collects 1.5 Million Signatures against Maduro
April 30th, 2016 Awake Goy Rachel Boothroyd-Rojas (VA) : Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski has claimed that the rightwing Roundtable of Democratic Unity (MUD) coalition has collected more than 1.5 million signatures in support of a recall referendum against incumbent president Nicolas Maduro. Plaza Brion at around 11am on Wednesday (Rachael Boothroyd Rojas/Venezuelanalysis) “Good morning, at 7.30am we will be in […]
Posted in World News Tags: food, maduro, Minister, motion, null, parliamentary, slams, unseat No Comments »Is Caucasus the next Syria – Don’t forget OSCE
April 22nd, 2016 Awake Goy Aleksandra Krstic (nsnbc) : The recent all-shoot out in Azerbaijan between the ethnic Armenians and Azerbaijani forces brought yet another round of casualties, psychological traumas and property destructions. Sudden and severe as it was, the event sent its shock waves all over Caucasus and well beyond. Is Caucasus receiving the ‘residual heat’ from the boiling […]
Doctors Without Borders Marks Sixth Month Sice US Air Raid Against Hospital in Kunduz
April 9th, 2016 Awake Goy nsnbc : Doctors Without Borders (MSF) marked six months since the attack against its trauma clinic in the Afghan city of Kunduz by releasing first-hand accounts and video testimonies of staff and patients who survived the deadly U.S. Air Force bombing raid against the hospital. An MSF staff worker walking through the ruins of the […]
Posted in World News Tags: Amnesty, court, law, maduro, overturn, supreme, urges, venezuelas No Comments »Hostages Freed from Venezuelan Prison after 4–Day Standoff
March 23rd, 2016 Awake Goy Lucas Koerner (VA) : A group of 14 hostages were freed from David Viloria prison in Lara state on Tuesday where they had been held by criminal gangs since Friday. Minister of Prisons Iris Valera announced the release of the hostages (AVN) The group, including seven Prison Ministry officials providing educational and legal services in […]
Posted in World News Tags: awards, cubas, fidel, highest, honor, maduro, meeting, raul, venezuelas No Comments »As War on Cash Escalates, Cash Lovers Fight Back
February 18th, 2016 Awake Goy “It would be fatal if citizens got the impression that cash is gradually taken away from them”: Bundesbank President Weidman. By Don Quijones, Spain & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Over the last couple of days, bureaucrats at the European Commission and European Central Bank have expressed a keen interest in withdrawing the €500-note from […]
Why Corbyn’s ‘third way’ Trident proposal actually makes sense
January 20th, 2016 Awake Goy Nick Ritchie (TC) : Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn recently floated the possibility of a “third way” for Britian’s nuclear weapons policy: instead of either complete nuclear disarmament or replacing Trident with a like-for-like system, he has suggested building replacement submarines that “don’t have to have nuclear warheads on them”. He has been ridiculed in the press […]
Why Delhi is the world’s most polluted city
January 5th, 2016 Awake Goy Prashant Kumar (TC) : In a bid to tackle its record air pollution, Delhi has banned cars from travelling on alternate days over the first two weeks of this year. It’s better than nothing, but it won’t be enough. India’s poorly-regulated brick industry is a major polluter. Danish Siddiqui / Reuters The Indian capital has the […]
Palestinian Journalist Hospitalized after 36-Day-Long Hunger-Strike
January 2nd, 2016 Awake Goy nsnbc : The Israeli Prison Service has transferred Palestinian journalist Mohammas Al-Qeeg to Al-Afoola hospital. The jailed journalist’s health deteriorated after a more than 36-day-long, open-ended hunger-strike. Al-Qeeg was detained by Israeli authorities on November 21, 2015 when his home in the Palestinian interim capital Ramallah was stormed. After four days protesting his arrest, Al-Qeeg […]
Act Out! in Paris [5] – Culture for Climate
December 14th, 2015 Awake Goy Print Friendly Above Photo: From PopularResistance.org. As we mentioned during our coverage of the Art Not Oil protest, culture dictates politics. And if your culture is vapid, your politics will be too – as evidenced by – well, pick anyone. Art in all of its iterations has played a big role in COP21 and La […]
Another Paris attacker named, had been in Syria
December 10th, 2015 Awake Goy Rany Mostafa (TCP) : The third man who attacked the Bataclan concert hall in Paris on Nov. 13 has been identified as a 23-year-old French national who went to Syria two years ago, according to officials involved in the inquiry into the multiple attacks on the French capital. Investigators identified Foued Mohamed-Aggad as one of […]
Obama’s Oval Office Speech, Translated Unofficially into Plain English
December 7th, 2015 Awake Goy Here is a condensed version of President Obama’s speech from the Oval Office on Sunday night, unofficially translated [by Norman Solomon] into plain English. I kind of realize we can’t kill our way out of this conflict with ISIL, but in the short term hopefully we can kill our way out of the danger of […]
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Syrian Kurds Proclaim Establishment of Federal Syrian District – Syrian Government Responds
nsnbc : Syrian Kurds in Syria’s Al-Hasaka province announced the establishment of a federal district and the establishment of a local, federal government. The Syrian government warned against any attempt to violate the territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic. Syrian Kurds associated to the PKK allied YPG / PYG announced on Thursday the establishment […]