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Tuesday, 11 November 2014

Israel's illegal wall around Palestine maintained by U.S. commitment to terror

As seen in the above graphic from the , essentially every country recognizes the State of Palestine, except for Western Europe and some of the places it has conquered, such as North America, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as some US "partners" that "wouldn't want to ruffle Washington's feathers", including "South Pacific island nations like Kiribati and Nauru" ().The US has for decades used terrorism to singularly prevent Palestine from becoming...

Forecasters predicting grim fate for economy as false prosperity parallels that of 2007

The parallels between the false prosperity of 2007 and the false prosperity of 2014 are rather striking. If we go back and look at the numbers in the fall of 2007, we find that the Dow set an all-time high in October, margin debt on Wall Street had spiked to record levels, the unemployment rate was below 5 percent and Americans were getting ready to spend a record amount of money that Christmas season. But then the very next year the worst economic...

Putin insists on full, unbiased investigation into crash of Flight MH17

© EPA/SANDER KONING Russia, just like Malaysia, insists on a full-fledged and unbiased investigation into the tragic incident with the Malaysian passenger aircraft, which crashed in Ukraine's east over three months ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in the Chinese capital on Monday."Russia just like Malaysia insists on a full-fledged, unbiased and all-embracing investigation into this...

Moral bankruptcy: Putin's shawl chivalry gets blanket coverage from Western media

© Reuters/StringerRussia's President Vladimir Putin (R) helps put a blanket on Peng Liyuan (2nd R), wife of China's President Xi Jinping at National Aquatics Center, or Water Cube, in Beijing, November 10, 2014. An apparently innocuous gesture from Vladimir Putin, who put a shawl around the shoulders of China's First Lady Peng Liyuan during a fireworks display, has attracted accusations of being Russia's "Don-Juan-in-Chief" from Western media.The...

Wounded U.S. veterans sue banks, claim they should pay for Iraq attacks

Wounded U.S. veterans and family members of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq sued five European banks on Monday, seeking to hold them responsible for shootings and roadside bombings because they allegedly processed Iranian money that paid for the attacks.The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York, named Barclays Plc, Credit Suisse Group AG, HSBC Holdings Plc, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and Standard Chartered.Barclays, Credit...

Canadian cops beat up mother: Big Brother USA couldn't be prouder

© Reuters/Christinne MuschiModern police, striving to project that "we're scary, look like stormtroopers, and can hurt you" image - and succeeding! A Canadian woman says a police officer beat her with a baton and smashed her face against a table, while the woman's nine-year-old son watched the incident.Lara Sinclair from Winnipeg filed a report with Canada's Law Enforcement Review Agency (LERA), hoping that it could prevent this happening to someone...

NYC declared Ebola-free... for now

© Ruth Fremson/The New York Times.Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York was present as Dr. Craig Spencer, who contracted Ebola while working in West Africa, was released from Bellevue Hospital Center upon being declared cured. New York City doctor Craig Spencer has been released from Bellevue Hospital Center after being deemed free of the Ebola virus."It's a very, very good day," Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a press conference Tuesday, at Bellevue Hospital...

Natives: Lies history books tell

© everydayfeminism.com Do history books written by white folks tell the truth about Natives? We think not. Here are just some of the lies they tell.Columbus NEVER landed in the Upper 48 - Ever Every year across the country countless elementary school students recite: "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue" and many perform a play about him discovering Indians in America. The thing is Columbus never landed in what would become the United States,...

Money for war but none for the elderly and vulnerable as UK councils scrap meal services

© Reuters / Radu SighetiUK councils scrap meals on wheels to elderly and vunerable A third of all UK councils have scrapped 'meals on wheels' services to their elderly and vulnerable residents due government to spending cuts, putting senior citizens at risk of malnutrition and social isolation, research showed.Over half expect further service reductions in the year ahead. A study by the British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition claims...

U.S. sponsored regime change: Burkina Faso coup leaders trained by U.S. military

Lt. Col. Yocouba Isaac Zida, Pentagon puppet This consensus among the political parties and mass organizations must now be negotiated with the military to set the terms of the transition.Popular organizations had rejected the military's attempt to lead a transition team. Three leaders from Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal representing the regional Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) visited the capital of Ouagadougou on Nov. 7 calling for...

Warsaw nationalist march ends in clashes, flares, water cannon - over 200 arrests

© Reuters/Kacper PempelFar-right protesters throw flares in front of the National Stadium during the annual far-right rally, which coincides with Poland's National Independence Day in Warsaw November 11, 2014. At least 276 people were arrested and just under 50 injured after clashes broke out in Warsaw. Polish nationalists took to the streets to mark the nation's National Independence Day, throwing flares and stones at officers, who responded with...

Smart move: EU moves to allow nations to ban GMO crops without negotiating with biotech industry

© Reuters/Thierry RogeA Greenpeace activist displays signs symbolising genetically modified maize crops during a protest in front of the European Union headquarters in Brussels November 24, 2008. EU politicians on Tuesday backed a plan to allow nations to ban genetically modified crops on their soil even if they are given approval to be grown in the European Union, raising the chance their use will remain limited on the continent.Widely grown in...

Georgia city bans abortions, even in cases of rape and incest, because clueless mayor sez town 'doesn't need the drama'

© Dan Henry /Chattanooga Times Free PressHi, I'm Mayor Teddy Harris and I'm a candidate for a lobotomy The city of Rossville, Georgia has banned abortions - even in the case of rape and incest - because Mayor Teddy Harris said that the town did not need any "drama."At a meeting on Monday, Council members asked Harris what had prompted him to call for a vote on two ordinances, one that banned abortion clinics and another that banned so-called "pill...

Western sabotage of the Russian economy causes rouble to crash

© Alexander Demianchuk/ReutersA board displaying currency exchange rates in St Petersburg, Russia. Russia's economic difficulties intensified on Friday as the beleaguered rouble crashed during morning trading, stoking fears that the country was on the verge of a full-blown currency crisis reminiscent of the 1990s.The rouble has fallen steadily in recent months amid rising tensions with the west, but it took a dramatic downward lurch earlier this...

Arctic blast sets stage for winter storm to threaten the Northwest U.S.

The blast of arctic air spreading across the nation will set the stage for a winter storm to threaten the Northwest later this week.Frigid air will not only spend this week pouring across the eastern two-thirds of the nation, but will also continue to spill into the Northwest.As the cold air expands southwestward, gusty winds will create even lower AccuWeather.com RealFeel® temperatures through Wednesday.As the cold air squeezes through the Columbia...

Alaska's Tanana River archaeological site yields remains of Ice Age infants

© Ben PotterStone projectile points and associated decorated antler foreshafts from the burial pit at the Upward Sun River site. The remains of two Ice Age infants, buried more than 11,000 years ago at a site in Alaska, represent the youngest human remains ever found in northern North America, according to a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. An archaeology team has discovered the ancient burial site of a...

Police pepper spray children aged four and five during school's botched 'mock' demonstration

© Reuters / Karoly Arvai Gwent Police accidentally sprayed a class of four and five year olds with pepper spray at a school in Wales during a botched weapons demonstration.The weapons were accidentally deployed during a visit from officers to Ysgol Gymraeg Gilfach Fargoed, in Bargoed, Caerphilly, while giving a lesson on police equipment.The officers were reportedly intending to demonstrate the use of pepper spray using a mock PAVA spray, but accidentally...

Thank a war veteran but don't feed one?

Today, on November 11, cities and towns all across the country will organize parades to "honor" the men and women who fought for America's freedom. In addition to the parades, Veterans will be given small perks at corporate chains, patriotic music and motivational themes will be played across television stations, and Americans will thank their veterans "for their service" as they have been instructed to do by their politicians and their television...

Cover up of UK sex abuse investigation likely as Home Office cites "lack of evidence"

British Home Secretary Theresa May A supposedly independent review of the Home Office's handling of allegations about decades of systemic child abuse that infiltrated Westminster has ruled that it's impossible to discern if there was an establishment cover-up.Conducted by the chief executive of the National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), the inquiry examined whether the Home Office carried out an adequate and effective review...
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