Author: Wade

Russia Insider – The Consortium News

Neoconservative pundit Robert Kagan and his wife, Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, run a remarkable family business: she has sparked a hot war in Ukraine and helped launch Cold War II with Russia – and he steps in to demand that Congress jack up military spending so America can meet these new security threats.

This extraordinary husband-and-wife duo makes quite a one-two punch for the Military-Industrial Complex, an inside-outside team that creates the need for more military spending, applies political pressure to ensure higher appropriations, and watches as thankful weapons manufacturers lavish grants on like-minded hawkish Washington think tanks. Continue reading “The Nulands: A Family Business of Perpetual War”

ICTMM – by Lee Allen

As the morning sun rose high enough to burn off the chilly overnight temperatures, mesquite fires scattered throughout the Oak Flat Campground offered a warm welcome to a special day for Arizona’s San Carlos Apache tribe.

Some 300 tribal members and supporters from across the country had gathered to protest the infringement of traditional Apache holy lands. There were Chippewa, Navajo, Lumbee, Paiute, Havasupai, and representatives of the National American Indian Movement and the National American Indian Veterans group, as well as non-indigenous supporters representing myriad concerns including those of environmentalists and other lovers of nature. All were furious at Congress’s sneaky transfer of sacred Apache land to a mining company and vowing to do what they could to see that it didn’t happen.   Continue reading “Hundreds Gather at Oak Flat to Fight for Sacred Apache Land”

The Daily Beast – by Ana Marie Cox

Oh happy day—freshman Texas Senator Ted Cruz is set to announce that he’s running for president. And he’s not going to announce at the Alamo or any other defiant Texas-type monument. He’s making a pilgrimage straight to the birthplace of the Moral Majority, the Jerry Falwell-founded Liberty University. The setting makes sense for a man who believes that God has called him to politics. After all, the only way to top shutting down the government is to try to run the government into the ground himself.   Continue reading “The Truth Behind Ted Cruz’s Lies”

Sputnik

Igor Kolomoisky, Ukrainian oligarch turned governor of the Dnepropetrovsk region, is reported to have barricaded himself inside the headquarters of Ukrainian oil and gas extracting company Ukrnafta in Kiev, local media report.

The headquarters has been blocked by metal barriers, with about ten members belonging to an “unknown battalion” located inside the building, said Poroshenko Bloc MP Sergei Leshenko on his Facebook page.   Continue reading “Dnepropetrovsk Region Governor Barricades Himself in Ukrnafta HQ in Kiev”

Natural News – by JD Heyes

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) is asking a federal appeals court in New Orleans to vacate an order that forces the agency to rule on whether federal regulations are necessary to curb the flow of pollutants – mostly from agricultural run-off – into the Mississippi River.

The pollutants, reports the New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper, are major contributors to a low-oxygen “dead zone” that forms along the Louisiana coastline every spring, as farmers up-river plant crops throughout the Midwest.   Continue reading “EPA in cahoots with Ag industry to poison Gulf of Mexico with agricultural chemicals”

Fox News

The chairman of the congressional committee probing the Benghazi terror attacks has formally asked that Hillary Clinton turn over her personal server — warning that the House could take steps to pressure her if she refuses.

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., sent a letter, released Friday, to Clinton’s attorney requesting that the former secretary of state “relinquish” the server to a “neutral, detached and independent third-party” for review.    Continue reading “Benghazi panel head Gowdy asks Clinton to ‘relinquish’ personal server”

Zero Hedge

Last week we reported that as part of the latest “check kiting” bailout scheme, Greek pensioners (and now utility companies) are being raided by the Greek government so that it can repay its debts to the IMF, which in turn would go ahead and fund a part of the recently approved $17.5 billion bailout of Ukraine, which then would have the money to pay its debts to Russia… and the IMF. And, as we also noted, “The only question is how long will it take the current puppet government to syphon off enough funds into various illegal ventures and offshore accounts before the IMF has to step back in a la Greece with bailout #2.”   Continue reading “US Taxpayers To Fund Ukraine Bailout With Bond Guarantee”

Russia Insider

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia tightened its control Wednesday over a second breakaway region of Georgia, with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leader of South Ossetia signing a new treaty that calls for nearly full integration.

Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili denounced the signing as a “destructive” move against his nation’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and said it would further exacerbate tensions. The United States, the European Union and NATO also strongly condemned the signing.   Continue reading “Putin Signs Treaty Integrating South Ossetia into Russia”

Russia Insider

March 20 ./TASS/. The United States and European Union don’t consider it possible to bar Russia from the SWIFT international banking-payment system as it can cause serious damage to western companies, the Bloomberg agency  reported Friday citing souces familiar with the situation.

According to the agency, the issue has been considered as a possible variant of extending sanctions against Russia.   Continue reading “US and EU Rule out Russia’s Cutoff from SWIFT”

Sputnik

The United States Army will send a convoy of American soldiers and military vehicles through Eastern European countries near Russia’s western border, despite Moscow’s repeated expression of concern over NATO’s expansion of forces in the region.

The 1,100 mile journey, dubbed “Dragoon Ride,” will last from March 21 through April 1 and wraps up months the US Army spent training with allies in Poland and the Baltics.   Continue reading “US Armored Columns March Through Six Eastern European Countries”

RT

Some rice farmers in Northern California are skipping planting their crop this year and choosing instead to sell their water rights to Southern California. The Metropolitan Water District is desperately searching for water to add to its low supply.

The price is double what the Metropolitan Water District, which provides water from Los Angeles to San Diego County, paid five years ago as the state goes through its fourth year of serious drought.   Continue reading “North California farmers ditching crops to sell water to south”