January 2018 archive

Today’s News 21st January 2018

Republicans Have Four Easy Ways To #ReleaseTheMemo…Not Doing So Will Prove Them Shameless Frauds Authored by Glenn Greenwald and Jon Schwarz via The Intercept, One of the gravest and most damaging abuses of state power is to misuse surveillance authorities for political purposes. For that reason, The Intercept, from its inception, has focused extensively on these …

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Today’s News 20th January 2018

"No Deal" – Government Shutdown Begins Update 12:03am ET: The shutdown has brgun. Per Reuters, the White House says it will reopen negotiations on immigration reform ‘when the Democrats start paying our armed forces and first responders’. * * * Update 10pm ET: *SENATE LACKS VOTES TO ADVANCE STOPGAP PLAN AS SHUTDOWN LOOMS The New …

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Today’s News 19th January 2018

Army Major: "We're Killing These Kids, We're Breaking The Army!" Authored by Major Danny Sjursen via TheAmericanConservative.com, Our soldiers are still redeploying at a frenetic pace that cannot keep up with reality – and the cracks are showing…   I’ll admit I was taken aback. This senior officer and mentor – with nearly 28 years …

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Today’s News 18th January 2018

Censorship World: New Zealand Fisheries Want Grisly Images Of Dead Penguins Caught In Nets Banned Authored by Eleanor Ainge Roy via The Guardian, The seafood industry in New Zealand has asked the government to withhold graphic video of dead sea life caught in trawler nets as they are potentially damaging to fisheries and to brand New …

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Today’s News 17th January 2018

The Fifth-Largest Diamond In History Was Just Discovered Shares of Gem Diamonds surged +15% on Monday after the miner said it had unearthed one of the biggest diamonds in history. According to Bloomberg, Gem Diamonds Ltd. discovered a massive 910-carat diamond, about the “size of two golf balls” from the Letseng mine in Lesotho, the …

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Today’s News 16th January 2018

Paul Craig Roberts: "Amnesty International Is Barking Up The Wrong Tree" Authored by Paul Craig Roberts, I have received a letter from Margaret Huang, Amnesty International’s executive director. She is fundraising on the basis of President Trump’s “chilling disregard for our cherished human rights” and his exploitation of “hatred, misogyny, racism and xenophobia,” by which …

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Today’s News 15th January 2018

Is There Such A Thing As A "Shithole Country"? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Oriental Review, The question should be rephrased to whether there’s such a thing as a “shithole” period, and yes, there is, but the stereotypical “Third World” socio-economic and physical conditions that the word often embodies are also widely present in parts …

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Today’s News 14th January 2018

Army Strategist Exposes The Disturbing Parallels Between US Domestic Policing & Military Tactics Abroad Authored by Major Danny Sjursen via TheNation.com, “This…thing, [the War on Drugs] this ain’t police work… I mean, you call something a war and pretty soon everybody gonna be running around acting like warriors… running around on a damn crusade, storming …

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Today’s News 13th January 2018

U.S. Policies Continue To Fail In 2018 Authored by Jeremiah Johnson (nom de plume of a retired Green Beret of the United States Army Special Forces) via SHTFplan.com, As of this writing, the Russian military has had three of their bases attacked by drones. They destroyed six of them and captured another seven. The significance: …

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Today’s News 12th January 2018

Military Intelligence Has Weaponized Democracy Worldwide Authored by Andrew Korybko via Oriental Review, It doesn’t matter whether it’s the US’ brand of “democracy” for export or the national-specific model of government that strengthens non-Western states, the theoretical concept behind this system has been weaponized by military intelligence agencies worldwide in a back-and-forth competition to change …

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