A Russian warship is moored in the Cypriot port of Limassol, on May 17, 2013Yahoo News

Three Russian warships crossed Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait Thursday en route to the eastern Mediterranean, near the Syrian coast, amid concern in the region over potential US-led strikes in response to the Damascus regime’s alleged use of chemical weapons.

The SSV-201 intelligence ship Priazovye, accompanied by the two landing ships Minsk and Novocherkassk passed through the Bosphorus known as the Istanbul strait that separates Asia from Europe, an AFP photographer reported.   Continue reading “Russian warships cross Bosphorus, en route to Syria”

Kansas City Star – by CHRISTINE VENDEL AND GLENN E. RICE

A Kansas City, North, man awoke abruptly early Wednesday when he heard two loud bangs in his garage, directly beneath his bedroom.

He grabbed his shotgun, ran down the stairs and opened the door to the garage to investigate while his wife and 18-month-old baby stayed upstairs, according to neighbors and police.   Continue reading “With wife and baby upstairs, Northland homeowner fatally shoots intruder”

Tech Dirt – by Mike Masnick

We’ve covered the immensely troubling case against Barrett Brown a few times here. Brown is the journalist and activist who was arrested on a series of highly questionable charges, mostly focused on taking the astounding step of copying a URL pointing to a bunch of Stratfor emails that people in Anonymous had hacked, and placing it in a chat room that Brown managed, to try to crowdsource information about intelligence community contractors, known as Project PM. No one has accused Brown of being responsible for the hack — but rather just posting the link to the hacked contents, which the feds are claiming is a federal crime, in part because the data it pointed to contained credit card info. Continue reading “Feds Seeking To Silence The Media Over Barrett Brown, After They Locked Him Up For Posting A Link”

130826-syria-jordan-cheatDaily Beast – by Eli Lake

America’s largest pro-Israel lobby has deployed its organization in Congress to push for the president’s war authorization against Syria, according to a senior official with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) who called the effort a “full court press.”

Earlier Tuesday, AIPAC issued a strong statement supporting the president’s call for congressional authorization of limited airstrikes against Syria. A senior official at AIPAC tells The Daily Beast that the organization’s leadership received a phone call from a senior White House official on Saturday, after the president’s surprise announcement that he would be seeking congressional authorization for a Syria strike, asking what AIPAC’s position would be on a congressional resolution. This official said the lobby received similar calls from Republican and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate.   Continue reading “AIPAC in Full Court Press on Syria”

JPEG - 41.4 kbVoltaire Network – by Thierry Meyssan

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the United Nations has been giving the impression that it’s nothing more than a simple channel for US policy, to the point that Washington now calls its allies the « international community ». And yet the world of George W. Bush is long gone. The UN can once again play its part in service of peace when one of its members is threatened by the United States. Thierry Meyssan calls for an end to the Syrian crisis, just like the Suez Canal crisis, by convening an « Emergency Special Session» of the General Assembly.   Continue reading “Peace in Syria is possible… within the week”

Kansas City Star – by DONALD BRADLEY

ATCHISON, Kan. — Through the darkness and past massive pillars in this old limestone mine, you come upon lights shining down on several brand-new recreational vehicles.

Sort of a Flintstones-like RV showroom, more than 130 feet deep below thousands of tons of solid rock.

Welcome to the doomsday world of Robert Vicino.    Continue reading “Enterpreneur sells an old Kansas mine as a place for a doomsday camp ground”

Holocau$t Jews want more killing to stop the bloodshed?

Information Clearinghouse – by Marc A. Caputo, Miami Herald

 U.S. Rep. and Democratic National Committee leader Debbie Wasserman Schultz today issued a statement that called on Congress to approve President Obama’s call for war.

Tonight, she kicked it up a notch in an interview on CNN with Wolf Blitzer, where she invoked the Holocaust. Wasserman Schultz noted that her Weston-to-Miami Beach District has one of the largest Holocaust-survivor populations in the nation.   Continue reading ““As a Jew,” Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz Invokes Holocaust In Making Case For Bombing Syria”

Almanar News

Russia on Tuesday announced that its missile early warning system had detected the launch of two missiles from the central part of the Mediterranean Sea fired towards the Sea’s eastern coastline.

The launches took place at 10:16 am Moscow time (0616 GMT) and were detected by the early warning system in Armavir in southern Russia, the defense ministry said in a statement quoted by Russian news agencies.    Continue reading “Russia Detects Two missile Launches in Mediterranean”

Mother Jones – by Tom Philpott

Meatpacking giant Tyson recently grabbed headlines when it announced it would no longer buy and slaughter cows treated with a growth-enhancing drug called Zilmax, made by pharma behemoth Merck. Tyson made the move based on “animal well-being” concerns, it told its cattle suppliers in a letter, adding that “there have been recent instances of cattle delivered for processing that have difficulty walking or are unable to move.” According to the Wall Street journal, Zilmax (active ingredient: zilpaterol hydrochloride) and similar growth promotors are banned in the European Union, China, and Russia.   Continue reading “Your Steak Is Addicted to Drugs”

The Kansas City Star – by Karen Dillon

A vast underground lake beneath western Kansas and parts of seven other states could be mostly depleted by 2060, turning productive farmland back to semi-arid ground, a new study says.

The life of the Ogallala Aquifer could be extended several decades, but only if water usage is reduced, a four-year study by researchers from Kansas State University found.

“There is going to be agriculture production in Kansas and corn production and cattle production really for the foreseeable future,” David Steward, lead author of the study, said in an interview last week.  Continue reading “The Ogallala Aquifer, an important water resource, is in trouble”

Right Wing Watch – by Brian Tashman

Two of our favorite Religious Right broadcasters got together yesterday, and as you probably already guessed, the conversation was quite educational and informative. For example, we learned from Kevin Swanson, the Colorado pastor and host of Generations Radio, that Mark Twain was controlled by Satan.

Swanson explained his theory about the demonic possession of Twain, among others, while appearing on TruNews with host Rick Wiles.   Continue reading “Swanson: Mark Twain Was ‘Demon-Possessed’”

Kansas City Star – by FRANK BAJAK AND PAOLA FLORES

LA PAZ, Bolivia — The thieves tunneled under the thick walls of the colonial-era Roman Catholic church in the tiny southern Bolivian town of San Miguel de Tomave, emerged through the floor and made off with five 18th-century oil paintings of inestimable value.

It was the third time the highlands church had been plundered of sacred art since 2007. Most of the finely-etched silver that once graced its altar was already gone.   Continue reading “Rural Andean churches plagued by sacred art theft”

President Barack Obama talks about the crisis in Syria to media gathered in the Rose Garden of the White House as Vice President Joe Biden looks on from behind, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, in Washington. Delaying what had loomed as an imminent strike on Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons, Obama announced Saturday that he wanted to put the matter before Congress first. He said, "I know that the country will be stronger if we take this course and our actions will be even more effective." His remarks were televised live in the United States as well as on Syrian state television with translation. Photo: Evan VucciImpeach Obama? How could Americans get by without HRM Michelle telling Americans what to do?

Information Clearinghouse – by John Walsh

“Mr. President, in the case of military operations in Libya you stated that authorization from Congress was not required because our military was not engaged in “hostilities.” In addition, an April 1, 2011, memorandum to you from your Office of Legal Counsel concluded:…”President Obama could rely on his constitutional power to safeguard the national interest by directing the anticipated military operations in Libya—which were limited in their nature, scope, and duration—without prior congressional authorization.’”   Continue reading “Impeachment: Congress Fires Opening Shot Across Obama’s Bow.”

No time for this, we have another war to fight to protect Israel.

Pine Tree Watchdog – by JEFF HARGARTEN, FORREST BURNSON, BONNIE CAMPO AND CHASE COOK

Editor’s note: Few issues are as important to our state and nation as the treatment of our veterans. That’s why the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting is taking the unusual step of distributing and prominently featuring the work of another journalism group, NEWS21. Its groundbreaking series on veterans called, “Back Home: The Challenges Facing Post-9/11 Veterans Returning from the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,” comes to the Center through our membership in the Investigative News Network.   Continue reading “In six-year period, 49,000 vets took their own lives”

Syrians inspect the rubble of damaged buildings due to heavy shelling by Syrian government forces / APWashington Free Beacon – by Bill Gertz

The U.S. military, struggling after defense cuts of tens of billions of dollars, will be unable to pay for attacks on Syria from current operating funds and must seek additional money from Congress, according to congressional aides.

President Barack Obama, meanwhile, said on Friday he has not made a final decision on a military strike against Syria. He sought to play down both the scope and duration of the anticipated punitive missile and bombing campaign.   Continue reading “Pentagon Can’t Afford Syria Operation; Must Seek Additional Funds”

Information Clearinghouse – by William Bowles

I think it’s true to say that the days of creating ‘dodgy dossiers‘(pdf)[1] are now over, at least if the latest ‘dodgy report’ is anything to go by. Put out by the UK’s Joint Intelligence Committee, it purports to offer proof that Assad gassed his own people. But aside from the fact that it offers not a shred of proof, it’s also amateurish and clearly put together in a panic.

We…have a limited but growing body of intelligence which supports the judgement that the regime was responsible for the attacks and that they were conducted to help clear the Opposition from strategic parts of Damascus. Some of this intelligence is highly sensitive but you have had access to it all. – UK Joint Intelligence Organisation, 29 August 2013   Continue reading “Chemical Hallucinations”

Information Clearinghouse – by William Bowles

This is where it all started: The Israeli intelligence front the Debkafile, which is the source of the story that implicated the Assad government and/or its military in the gas attack on East Ghouta and now forms the basis for the war on Syria.

DEBKAfile’s military sources affirm that, just as the Assad brothers orchestrated the chemical shell attack on Syrian civilians, so too did Hizballah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah set in motion the rocket attack on Israel. – ‘The sarin shells fired on Damascus – by Syrian 4th Division’s 155th Brigade – were followed by rockets on Israel and car bombings in Lebanon‘, Debkafile, 24 August 2013   Continue reading “US-Israeli False Flag Gas Attack Unravels”