"Silence, they say, is the voice of complicity. But silence is impossible. Silence screams. Silence is a message, just as doing nothing is an act. Let who you are ring out & resonate in every word & every deed. Yes, become who you are. There's no sidestepping your own being or your own responsibility. What you do is who you are. You are your own comeuppance. You become your own message. You are the message. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse"
- Leonard Peletier
" A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own"
~ H.G. Wells
quotes from ICH
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Daniel Ellsberg introduces ExposeFacts.org - Whistleblowers welcome. from ExposeFacts on Vimeo.
Spartacus to the Gladiators monologue,
Elijah Kellogg
Op-Ed Articles
Are You Ready For Nuclear War?
By Paul Craig Roberts
Once Washington completes the shield, Russia and China are certain to be attacked, unless they surrender in advance.
Hypocrisy On Display
Obama Condemns Russian 'Dark Tactics' Against Ukraine
By The Associated Press
'Bigger nations must not be allowed to bully the small,' president says.
Obama's Europe Doctrine: Too Much Stupid
By Pepe Escobar
Because
Barack the First simply cannot be in the same room with Vladimir Putin
- as he would have no teleprompter to guide him - French President
Francois Hollande must host two dinners in a row on Thursday.
Let Europe Fund Its Own Security
By David Stockman
If
there is any one who actually believes that Putin is about to mobilize
his troops, let them make their case and take up a collection from the
purportedly threatened states.
Elections in Syria:
The People Say No to Foreign Intervention
By Ajamu Baraka
"Western corporate news outlets were unable to explain the huge turnout of Syrian refugees voting in Lebanon."
Taliban Video : Handover Of Captured US Soldier to Americans
Video
A video of the release of U.S. army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl to U.S. forces.
The Real Villains of the Bergdahl Tale
By Ray McGovern
Mr. Obama, you need to find some advisers who are not still wet behind the ears and who are not brown noses.
Netanyahu Is Running Out of Excuses
By César Chelala
"It is unthinkable that the world stands by and allows this to happen."
Israel's Medieval Ban On Intermarriage
By Jothan Cook
How Israel has engineered a series of hurdles to prevent intermarriage, especially between Jews and non-Jews.
Interest Rate Puzzle
By Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler
The U.S. economy is at risk for a negative second quarter, which would officially move the economy into recession.
Why Don't the Unemployed Get Off Their Couches?
By Peter Van Buren
As
the United States slips from its status as the globe's number one
economic power, small numbers of Americans continue to amass staggering
amounts of wealth, while simultaneously inequality trends toward
historic levels.
Bodies Of 800 Children, Found at Former Irish Home For Unwed Mothers
By Terrence McCoy
Bodies were piled into a massive septic tank, with neither gravestones nor coffins.
Hard News
300 said killed in Ukraine as Obama praises Poroshenko:
A
spokesman for Kiev's "anti-terrorist operation" said more than 300
rebel fighters had been killed and about 500 wounded in fierce fighting
in the past 24 hours in and around the city of Slavyansk, a
strategically located separatist stronghold.
181 people killed, 293 injured in Kiev military op in eastern Ukraine:
Kiev's
military operation in eastern Ukraine has left 181 people killed,
including 59 of ruling regime troops, and 293 injured, according to the
country's Prosecutor General.
Ukraine crisis: Rebels take bases in Luhansk region:
Separatist
rebels have taken two Ukrainian military bases in the eastern region
of Luhansk as fighting continues near the rebel-held town of Sloviansk.
Separatists seized a border guard base after days of fierce combat,
and a National Guard base after an attack which began on Tuesday.
No Russian troops in E. Ukraine: Putin:
The
president stressed that the Ukrainian government should "build up
dialogue with their own people, through negotiations rather than with
the help of tanks and planes."
Russian troops in Ukraine? What's your proof of that?' Putin:
"What
proof? Why don't they show it?" Putin told French media. "The entire
world remembers the US Secretary of State demonstrating the evidence of
Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, waving around some test tube with
washing powder in the UN Security Council.
Preparing for war with Russia?
NATO agrees to 'readiness action plan' to "counter Russia":
This
will include measures such as pre-positioning supplies and equipment
in member states and stepping up work to improve military capabilities
to help NATO speed up its reaction time to any threat.
Nato to bolster "defences":
Secretary
General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Russia had increased its military
spending by 50% in the last five years, while Nato cut funding by 20%
over the same period.
In case you missed it:
NATO still accounts for most of world's military spending:
The
combined defense expenditures of all NATO nations in 2013 amounted to
$1.02 trillion. Russia's expenditures amounted to $90 billion. By
comparison, the total of military budgets for all countries in the
world was $1.745 trillion in 2012, according to the Stockholm
International Peace Research Institute in Sweden.
US To Send Advisers To Assess Ukraine's Defense Reform Needs:
The
United States will soon send a small team of advisers to assess
Ukraine's mid- and long-term needs for defense reform. This was agreed
at recent meetings by a team of senior US Defense Department leaders
with Ukrainian leadership in Kiev, Ukraine.
U.S. presses allies to raise defence spending after Ukraine:
U.S.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel urged NATO allies on Tuesday to raise
their defence budgets due to the Ukraine crisis, saying a spending
slide could pose as big a threat to the alliance's future as any enemy.
Russia to reorganise troops to counter NATO activities:
Russia
would reorganise its armed forces to strengthen their mobility as NATO
was increasing military activities near the country's western borders
and in Ukraine, a senior Russian official said Tuesday.
U.S. official: 'Dangerous' Russian jet fly-by was 'straight out of a movie':
The
Russian jet flew within 100 feet of the nose of a U.S. Air Force
reconnaissance plane over the Sea of Okhotsk between Russia and Japan, a
Defense Department official said.
China Leads From The Shadows:
While
the West tries to preserve the power and the glory of another time, the
people with the plans and the determination to reshape the world are
in Beijing and Moscow.
U.S. Sway in Asia Is Imperiled as China Challenges Alliances: Op-Ed:
The
Obama administration's three-year-old plan to shift its foreign policy
focus to Asia was supposed to shore up interests in a critical region,
push new free trade pacts and re-establish United States influence as a
balance to a growing China, after a decade of inattention.
Bush- Blair Legacy Continues As -
Bombings strike busy areas in Iraq, killing 25:
Bombings
tore through busy areas in the Iraqi capital and cities to the north
and south on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people, officials said.
UK Intelligence services tried to withhold reports from Tony Blair after WMD fiasco :
A
former senior intelligence officer, who worked with the then prime
minister, said officials did not think "raw" intelligence was "good for
him", because Mr Blair was not interested in any information "unless
it conformed with his world view".
U.S. kills 4 people in Yemen:
"The
unmanned U.S. drone fired missiles at a traveling vehicle carrying
suspected al-Qaida members in the Wadi Abida district, in Yemen's
central Marib province, killing about four men onboard," the local
security official said on condition of anonymity.
Yemeni security forces kill 2 al-Qaida militants in firefight:
The
Yemeni security forces clashed with suspected al-Qaida gunmen at a
military checkpoint in the southeastern province of Hadramout on
Wednesday, killing two terrorists and detaining four others, a
government official told Xinhua.
Bashar Assad wins presidential election in Syria:
A total of 88.7% of voters (10.2 million people) voted for Assad, the speaker of the Syrian parliament said
Observers find Syrian polls valid:
Observers
at the presidential elections in Syria are unanimous that the
expression of people's will was valid and the polls passed in a
democratic and positive atmosphere.
Former U.S. ambassador says he could 'no longer defend' Obama administration's Syria policy: Video -
Former
U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford explains to chief foreign affairs
correspondent Margaret Warner that he left his post in February
because he could "no longer defend" U.S. policy in Syria.
Chutzpah ':
Israel decries US 'knife in back' over Palestinian govt:
Washington's
support for a new Palestinian government backed by Israel's Islamist
foe Hamas, has left the Jewish state feeling betrayed, triggering a new
crisis with its closest ally
Israel: US sanctioning terrorism by okaying ties with Palestinian unity government:
Israeli
officials charged that the United States had sanctioned terrorism
after hearing late Monday night that Washington planned to establish
ties with the newly sworn-in Fatah-Hamas unity government.
Kerry: We do not recognize government of Palestine:
Speaking
in Beirut Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry said that the U.S.
does not recognize the new unity government of Palestine, as that would
imply it recognized the Palestinian state.
The U.S. Has Been Speaking To Hamas Through Back Channels For More Than Six Months:
U.S.
officials and members of Hamas have been meeting in Jordan, Egypt, and
Qatar, sources say. : Hamas gave assurances including a commitment to
maintaining a ceasefire with Israel.
Hamas begins handover of Palestinian government offices in Gaza:
Hamas
handed control of two government ministries in Gaza to members of the
new Palestinian unity government on Wednesday, a further sign of
reconciliation between the rival factions after the collapse of peace
talks with Israel.
There's A Huge New Snowden Leak - And No One Knows Where It Came From:
On
Tuesday, news site The Register published a story containing explosive
"above top secret" information about Britain's surveillance programs,
including details of a "clandestine British base tapping undersea
cables in the Middle East.
Exposed : UK's Top Secret Middle Eastern Internet Spy Base:
Government
pressure has meant that some media organisations, despite being in
possession of these facts, have declined to reveal them. Today,
however, the Register publishes them in full.
Nigerian villagers 'killed in Boko Haram church attack':
Suspected
Boko Haram militants have killed dozens of villagers in fresh attacks
in Borno state in north-eastern Nigeria. Villagers were urged to come
to the church, and people gathered believing it was the military, the
MP said. "They surrounded them - they started shooting them," Mr Biye
said, adding that the gunmen then burnt many buildings.
Nigeria accuses its own Army of aiding and abetting Boko Haram (+video):
Ten
generals are under arrest for aiding the extremist group that abducted
more than 200 girls in April, causing a global outcry. In Abuja,
meanwhile, a ban on protests over the kidnapping was reversed.
3 killed as Libyan renegade general Khalifa Haftar escapes suicide bombing:
Three loyal to Haftar killed in attack outside Benghazi, city where he began deadly offensive against jihadists last month
Libyan (CIA) general vows 'strong response' after assassination attempt:
Libyan
renegade general Khalifa Haftar said on Wednesday he had been briefly
treated in hospital after suffering minor injuries in an assassination
attempt.
Gunmen kill Red Cross official in Libya, fire grenade at PM's office:
Gunmen
in Libya shot dead a Swiss national working for the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), fired a grenade at the prime
minister's office and tried to kill a renegade general in a series of
attacks on Wednesday.
4 Afghan police killed by roadside bomb:
A
provincial official says four Afghan police officers were killed and
another one was wounded when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in
the country's south.
Bowe Bergdahl's platoon mates say officers made them sign non-disclosure agreement:
The
soldiers in Bowe Bergdahl's platoon were made to sign a highly unusual
non disclosure agreement covering his disappearance in an apparent
attempt to cover-up what happened.
Qatar allowing freed Taliban men to move freely in country:
Qatar
has moved five Afghan Taliban prisoners freed in exchange for a U.S.
soldier to a residential compound and will let them move freely in the
country, a senior Gulf official said.
'Is it necessary to torture me?' Gitmo prisoner demands 'civilized' force-feeding:
A
Syrian national imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay detention facility
petitioned to stop his excruciating force-feeding, and demanded
"civilized" forced ingestion after a "really evil" new team of guards
roughly stuck tubes into his nose.
1.8 million people sign petition for Trans-Pacific Partnership to be made public:
Australian
Parliamentarians and representatives from a range of Australian and
international organisations, including 350.org, Avaaz and SumOfUs, have
joined forces to call on the negotiating Governments to disclose the
details of the TPP.
Minnesota police shut down Libertarian candidate's campaign :
Holbrook was handcuffed, detained and issued a citation for selling in a public space without a permit.
California voters support plan to spend $600 million for homeless veterans:
Under
the plan backed by voters in a primary election on Tuesday, the state
will sell bonds to build apartments and temporary shelters for
qualifying veterans or those recovering from physical injuries or
mental health issues.
San Francisco Bay Area Continues Crackdown on Homeless:
The
East Bay city of Albany, just north of the former bastion of leftist
politics and culture, Berkeley - this past Thursday cleared the last
homeless residents from public land by charging them with "suspicion of
illegal lodging."
Hardware News
TrackingPoint software lets shooters aim around corners
-
Unknown, eye-bugging device teased in 'super awesome' video
-
Pic (And manufacturing, farming, health and so forth)
-
Computex Typoslabs need to cool down to speed up
-
What, no Surface, Suzi LeVine?
-
Computex Is it a desk? Or a PC case? Fiddle with the innards to find out
-
Steppe and Crowned are less muscular than big Bald Eagle bro, but sport some interesting thermal plumage
-
Deep Tech 'Big A' architecture change occurs 'once every 15, 20 years,' says AMD CTO
-
Computex We'll get you this time, Intel, says Cavium
Networks News
And yes, that means more subs than humans on the planet
Policy News
Roundup: C-suite complete, speeds slapped, timing slips
-
And possessing ‘paedophilic manuals' will be an offence
-
Re-advertises posts of data protection supervisor, deputy
-
Vid FBI extends $10,000 bounty scheme against aircraft laser attackers
-
Good luck getting it to work with INTERNET EXPLORER 8
Security News
Cops squash claims of FBI involvement
-
But what about the licence?
-
AES-toting Simplocker torn apart by security bods
-
Updated It's just global growth, shrug securobods
-
Payments kingpin walks after 2.5 year sentenced slashed
Science News
Brisk business for Navio team down at Indiegogo
-
Pic You shall pass ... straight down my throat where I can digest you
-
New pic reveals universe's ultraviolet young 'uns
Bullies
-political bullies, economic bullies, and religious bullies — cannot be appeased; they have to be opposed with courage, clarity, and conviction. This is never easy. These true believers don't fight fair. Robert's Rules of Order is not one of their holy texts.--Bill Moyers
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