Nora Barrows-Friedman Activism and BDS Beat 29 June 2016 Carlos Santana and his charitable foundation have ignored repeated calls to cancel an upcoming performance in Tel Aviv. The legendary guitarist canceled a performance in Tel Aviv in 2010, heeding the call from boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) activists around the world. Supporters of […]
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While Brazil Was Eradicating Zika Mosquitoes, America Made Them Into Weapons
While Brazil Was Eradicating Zika Mosquitoes, America Made Them Into Weapons June 24th, 2016 Via: Atlas Obscura: In the 1950s, while in South America military-like brigades were hunting down Aedes aegypti, in the United States, the Army was falling in love with the same […]
Question for the Israeli left: Why do you discount the possibility of a second Nakba?
Some may argue that the Nakba is an ongoing process, or rather, that it never really ended. Yet, bearing in mind the frightening political processes that are unfolding within Israel, one should wonder whether we are heading towards another catastrophe. So let us ask: how likely is is it for an ethnic cleansing of Palestinians […]
CBI chief: Europe, US failed to meet commitments on JCPOA
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Chief Valiollah Seif censured certain Western countries, the US in particular, for failing to meet their commitments under a nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers (also known as the JCPOA). Speaking at the Euromoney Iran Conference held in London on Thursday, Seif emphasized that according […]
IMF delegation arrives in Tehran
Tehran, May 15, IRNA – First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) David Lipton at the head of a delegation arrived here Sunday. Members of IMF delegation are to hold talks with senior Iranian officials on economic issues. The visit of IMF delegation will last for three days. The visit is an […]
Watchdog Gives Consumers Back the Right to Sue Banks & Corporations
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 […]
An offer they couldn’t refuse? France rejected Israeli data mining tech prior to Paris attacks
French intelligence reportedly rejected an offer to purchase terrorist-scanning and tracking software from an Israeli company that could have helped to prevent the November 2015 attacks in Paris, a security expert has said. Certain “data-mining technology” which would have helped the Paris authorities to “connect all the dots” in the terrorist community was offered […]
Fight against terrorism to top agenda at Moscow intl. security forum
“Representatives from at least 80 countries, three deputy prime ministers, 20 defense ministers, 15 chiefs of staff, 10 international organizations and military delegations have confirmed their participation” in the forum, Anatoly Antonov, Deputy Defense Minister, told TASS. Nearly 500 guests have arrived in the Russian capital for the security conference, which is being held for […]
Top Israeli officials who issued directive to execute Palestinians hang Hebron killer out to dry
Elor Azraya, the soldier who summarily executed Abed al-Fattah Yusri al-Sharif as he lay on the street immobile and unarmed yesterday, is suspected of murder. In his defense, his lawyer Eyal Beserglick said Azraya “acted in accordance with the rules of engagement as suggested by his superiors.” He’s right. It’s unclear which superiors the lawyer is […]
Globalist Agenda Watch 2016: Updates 2-3 + a P.S. – The year ahead, 9/11 and Brussels, and the Slaughter in Rio
[Update 2 – 22 March 2016] I was wondering what the globalists were going to do for 3/22… …From Zero Hedge Now that we’ve entered Spring, it looks like the globalists are beginning the ramp-up to the Summer from Hell. This is what we’ll be seeing between now and the end of September… > False-flag […]
Back to theatrics: Netanyahu’s AIPAC speech, including videos about Palestinians, the IDF
Good morning, America. Good morning, AIPAC.And a special good morning to the 4,000 students who are cutting class today to be with AIPAC in Washington. Greetings to all of you from Jerusalem. I first want to send my condolences to the families of those murdered in today’s terrorist attacks in Brussels. The chain of attacks […]
Swedes uncover Disqus user security breach
From: thelocal.se A group of Swedish journalists are sitting on a goldmine of 29 million online comments, with information about users’ identities, from news sites around the world thanks to a security flaw in debate moderation service Disqus. After outing several ‘online haters’ at home, which caused several resignations from the […]
Wisconsin Goveronor Scott Walker: This Is Why Milwaukee Needs Marijuana Reform Now!
Marijuana legalization is sometimes treated as a topic to be easily dismissed, laughed off, or delegitimize. Sure journalists, writers and script reciters amongst them, love their pot puns and refer ribs– but reform is real talk. As Colorado demonstrates, regulation and taxation is much more than a teenage fancy. This saves lives, including ones which […]
Germany First to Develop Humane Alternative to Live Chick Shredding
Vic Bishop, StaffWaking Times The transformation of the family farm into the factory farm has led to some pretty disturbing new trends in how meat animals are raised and treated. Take chick shredding, for example, a practice that will now be phased out and replaced in Germany. Each year in the United States alone, […]
Philippines says it seized ‘N. Korean cargo ship’ in line with UN sanctions
The 6,830-tonne Jin Teng freighter will stay in the Port of Subic, a former US naval harbor, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Charles Jose said in a statement on Saturday, according to Reuters. The crewmen will be deported, he added. “In compliance with the United Nations resolution, the North Korean ship in Subic will be impounded and […]
Will Iran become the next Middle East superpower?
With international sanctions on Iran being lifted, and with the country boasting one of the most advanced and diversified economies in the MENA region, how likely is it that Iran will become the next Middle Eastern superpower by 2025? The Iranian nuclear deal struck at Vienna last year will undoubtedly lead to a tectonic shift in the […]
Scientists discover vessels that connect the brain & the immune system
History has proved to make some incredible discoveries that have made their way into teachings that we, as a society, are taught to absorb as true statements and must believe, memorize, and analyze. The human anatomy is no exception. We already know the brain is a complex organ, so it should come as no […]
Jeb Bush Packs A Monogrammed Gun With Nazi History
Jeb Bush made a campaign stop on Tuesday at a gun manufacturer in Columbia, Ohio. The Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush tweeted a picture of his handgun manufactured by a company which has a history linked to arming the Nazis during World War two, and is currently a leading supplier to the U.S. military. The gun […]