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Tillerson: US to Build Additional De-Escalation Zones in Syria
Tillerson: US to Build Additional De-Escalation Zones in Syria In his testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on October 30, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told lawmakers that the US is working to create additional de-escalation zones in Syria. The secretary did not say where exactly the zones will be built. It’s logical to assume that […]
How Afghans View the Endless US War
How Afghans View the Endless US War To understand why the 16-year-old U.S. war in Afghanistan continues to fail requires a look from the ground where Afghans live and suffer, a plight breeding strong opposition to the U.S. presence, explains Kathy Kelly. On a recent Friday at the Afghan Peace Volunteers‘ (APV) Borderfree Center, here […]
Is The U.S. Solar Boom In Jeopardy?
Is The U.S. Solar Boom In Jeopardy? The U.S. solar industry has surged in recent years, accounting for the largest source of new electric capacity in the past year, with plenty of room to grow. However, the Trump administration is weighing a trade tariff that could seriously curtail the explosive growth figures for U.S. solar. […]
What’s Driving Social Discord: Russian Social Media Meddling or Soaring Wealth/Power Inequality?
What’s Driving Social Discord: Russian Social Media Meddling or Soaring Wealth/Power Inequality? The nation’s elites are desperate to misdirect us from the financial and power dividethat has enriched and empowered them at the expense of the unprotected many. There are two competing explanatory narratives battling for mind-share in the U.S.: 1. The nation’s social discord […]
Washington D.C. is Swarming With Unaccountable Parasites
Washington D.C. is Swarming With Unaccountable Parasites In theory, Americans should be proud of their national capital and all the important work that gets done there. In theory. In reality, our nation’s capital is an utter cesspool of self-serving, unethical and unaccountable parasites. We all know it and, even worse, it’s probably a hundred times […]
The Changing Geopolitics of Energy
The Changing Geopolitics of Energy In 2008, US policymakers worried that increasing dependence on energy imports, together with rising prices, would severely constrain American geopolitical influence. Instead, the revolution in shale energy has brought about a tectonic shift in international relations, one that promises to boost US global power in the long term. TOKYO – […]
Oh Canada, Why Can’t You Shelter War Resisters?
Oh Canada, Why Can’t You Shelter War Resisters? Deb Ellis’ and Dennis Mueller’s film Peace Has No Borders tells the story of U.S. war resisters in Canada in opposition to the 2003-present war on Iraq, and the efforts of the War Resisters Support Campaign to win them the right not to be deported. Many members […]
US Administration Defends Its Right to Start Wars on a Whim
US Administration Defends Its Right to Start Wars on a Whim The US Constitution says that only Congress can declare war for an extended time but there is a workaround. Congress approved the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), giving the president the authority to track down and destroy al-Qaeda and the Taliban. The resolution […]
Is It War? The First 2 Of 12 F-35 Fighter Jets Have Arrived In Japan
Is It War? The First 2 Of 12 F-35 Fighter Jets Have Arrived In Japan The first two of 12 US Air Force F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets arrived in Okinawa on Monday. The aircraft will soon begin a six-month deployment in Japan as part of Pacific Command’s “theater security” program. Is this a red […]
What the Kennedy Assassination Records Reveal: Uncontrollable Incompetence
What the Kennedy Assassination Records Reveal: Uncontrollable Incompetence Imagine Harvey Weinstein wielding a “top secret” stamp to block any exposure of the uncomfortable truth and you have the FBI, CIA and NSA. One way to interpret the intelligence community’s reluctance to let all the Kennedy assassination archives become public is that the archives contain evidence […]
We Live in Revolutionary Times
We Live in Revolutionary Times Pluto takes 248 years to orbit the sun. The most recent, and perhaps most important, network challenge to hierarchy comes with the advent of virtual currencies and payment systems like Bitcoin. Since ancient times, states have reaped considerable benefits from monopolizing or at least regulating the money created within their […]
Is It Insanity, Evil, or Both that Has the Western World in Its Grip
Is It Insanity, Evil, or Both that Has the Western World in Its Grip As the presstitute media has no allegiance to truth, one has to wonder if we can even believe obituaries. For what it is worth, perhaps nothing, the presstitutes report that three US aircraft carrier battle groups are off North Korea […]
Ministry of Truth Goes After Facebook, Twitter, Google
Ministry of Truth Goes After Facebook, Twitter, Google Facebook, Twitter and Google meet with Congress on Tuesday about Russia’s use of fake accounts and paid advertising to meddle in the 2016 election. Facebook, Twitter, and Google are under close scrutiny as Congress is set to crack down on alleged election-ad abuses. The three tech giants […]
One Day Tomorrow Won’t Arrive
One Day Tomorrow Won’t Arrive Before the idiots in Washington get us blown off of the face of the earth, the morons had better come to terms with the fact that the US military is now second class compared to the Russian military. For example, the US Navy has been made obsolete by Russia’s […]
How America Spreads Global Chaos
How America Spreads Global Chaos The U.S. government may pretend to respect a “rules-based” global order, but the only rule Washington seems to follow is “might makes right” — and the CIA has long served as a chief instigator and enforcer, writes Nicolas J.S. Davies. As the recent PBS documentary on the American War in […]
