Truth Dig – by Dennis Kucinich

Late Thursday night, the House of Representatives unanimously passed a far-reaching Russia sanctions bill, a hydra-headed incubator of poisonous conflict. The second provocative anti-Russian legislation in a week, it further polarizes our relations with Russia, helping to cement a Russia-China alliance against Western hegemony, and undermines long-term America’s financial and physical security by handing the national treasury over to war profiteers.

Here’s how the House’s touted “unanimity” was achieved: Under a parliamentary motion termed “unanimous consent,” legislative rules can be suspended and any bill can be called up. If any member of Congress objects, the motion is blocked and the bill dies.   Continue reading “Three Members of Congress Just Reignited the Cold War While No One Was Looking”

CounterPunch – by Mike Whitney

On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin clinched a groundbreaking deal with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that will strengthen economic ties between the two nations and make Turkey the major hub for Russian gas in the region. Under the terms of the agreement, Russia will pump additional natural gas to locations in central Turkey and to a “hub at the Turkish-Greek border” which will eventually provide Putin with backdoor access to the lucrative EU market, although Turkey will serve as the critical intermediary. The move creates a de facto Russo-Turkey alliance that could shift the regional balance of power decisively in Moscow’s favor, thus creating another formidable hurtle for Washington’s “pivot to Asia” strategy.  While the media is characterizing the change in plans (Putin has abandoned the South Stream pipeline project that would have transported gas to southern Europe) as a “diplomatic defeat” for Russia, the opposite appears to be the case.  Putin has once again outmaneuvered the US on both the energy and geopolitical fronts adding to his long list of policy triumphs. Here’s a brief summary from Andrew Korybko at Sputnik News:   Continue reading “Putin Gobsmacks Obama and Euro-Leaders with Surprise Gas Deal”

GEAB N°89 is available ! Global systemic crisis 2015 – The dynamics of the future distance Europe from the rationale of a Western camp warGEAB

Since 2006, the GEAB has analyzed the development and anticipated the next steps of what our teams have called, from the beginning, a “global systemic crisis”. No one can doubt the fact that we have really been in a “crisis” since 2008. That this “crisis” is “global” is also commonly accepted. But has the world really got the measure of the “systemic” dimension of this crisis?

The visible part of this change of system on which everyone now agrees is the emergence of new very large international players challenging the world order established by the US during the collapse of the Soviet bloc.   Continue reading “Global systemic crisis 2015 – The dynamics of the future distance Europe from the rationale of a Western camp war”

Not a fan of Beck but I want to say this loud and clear, my nephew who is in the navy trained as a medic is being shipped out along with the marines in April to Syria. I’ve known about this for a couple of months now and if you want to post this at the top above this article I think everyone should know

Glenn Beck

As the polls started to close, former Senator Ron Paul tweeted out a dire warning about what would happen with a Republican-controlled Senate.   Continue reading “Boots on the ground? Why Glenn thinks we should all heed Ron Paul’s warning”

USA vs US

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Over time we have collected a lot of reference material. We figured it would be better to share with all rather than just delete it.

Carlisle v. United States, 83 U.S. 147, 154 (1873),
‘The rights of sovereignty extend to all persons and things not privileged, that are within the territory. They extend to all strangers resident therein; not only to those who are naturalized, and to those who are domiciled therein, having taken up their abode with the intention of permanent residence, but also to those whose residence is transitory. All strangers are under the protection of the sovereign while they are within his territory and owe a temporary allegiance in return for that protection.’ ”   Continue reading “Cases, Rights, and Liberties”

Vineyard of the Saker

I am getting a flood of emails asking me about the article Putin’s Head – Who will remove the head of Russian President Putin and offer it on a platter to the U.S.? (also here) I normally don’t comment any of the nonsense which circulates on the Internet, but this one seems to have a lot of people worried.

Friends, the key to the entire article is right at the beginning: “It seems that Russian authorities have found a way towards accommodation with the West. Liberals have become more powerful and are leading the talks“.  Every word in these two sentences is utterly false.  For one thing, Putin is “the Russian authorities”.  His power stems from three sources:   Continue reading “Latest Putin-bashing invention: Putin about to be sacrificed”

The Vineyard of the Saker

How is that for a “watch” of human right?

The fact is that western human rights organizations are below contempt. Some are political tools in the hands of the Empire (Human Rights Watch), some are full of western intelligence agents (Medecins Sans Frontieres, OSCE monitors), some are lead by cynical bureaucrats who use idealistic young delegates as cannon fodder (ICRC), some are used by big business as a tool (Greenpeace) while others are quasi-official CIA tools (NED, Freedom House, Open Society Foundation, etc.).   Continue reading “This is why the Russians want to tightly regulate foreign NGOs”

long-island-forfeiture-mitch-rich-jeffThe Institute for Justice

For 27 years, brothers Jeffrey, Richard and Mitch Hirsch have owned Bi-County Distributors, Inc., a small business that distributes candy, snacks, and other goods to convenience stores throughout Long Island. On May 21, 2012, the federal government raided their bank account using civil forfeiture laws, taking $446,000 and putting the company into a tailspin and upending the Hirsch families’ lives.   Continue reading “In the Matter of the Seizure of $446,651.11, No. 2:14-mc-1288 (E.D.N.Y. filed Nov. 16, 2014) Long Island Forfeiture”

A teacher asked her 6th grade class how many of them were fans of Big Government.

Not really knowing what a Big Government fan is, but wanting to be liked by the teacher, all the kids raised their hands except for Little TJ.

The teacher asked Little TJ why he has decided to be different…again.

Little TJ said, “Because I’m not a fan of Big Government.”   Continue reading “Big Government”

The Nation – by Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen

On October 6, Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel and contributing editor Stephen F. Cohen (professor emeritus of Russian studies at New York University and Princeton) sat down in Moscow for a wide-ranging discussion with Edward Snowden. Throughout their nearly four-hour conversation, which lasted considerably longer than planned (see below for audio excerpts), the youthful-appearing Snowden was affable, forthcoming, thoughtful and occasionally humorous. Among other issues, he discussed the price he has paid for speaking truth to power, his definition of patriotism and accountability, and his frustration with America’s media and political system. The interview has been edited and abridged for publication, compressing lengthy conversations about technological issues that Snowden has discussed elsewhere.   Continue reading “Edward Snowden: A ‘Nation’ Interview”