Year: 2014

Vineyard of the Saker

The context: a double declaration of war

Listening to Poroshenko a few days ago and then to Obama at the UNGA can leave no doubt whatsoever about the fact that the AngloZionist Empire is at war with Russia.  Yet many believe that the Russian response to this reality is inadequate.  Likewise, there is a steady stream of accusations made against Putin about Russia’s policy towards the crisis in the Ukraine.  What I propose to do here is to offer a few basic reminders about Putin, his obligations and his options.     Continue reading “The Russian response to a double declaration of war”

RT

​Residents of Colorado say homeless people continue to flock to the Rocky Mountain State in an attempt to find work in the local budding marijuana industry.

Becoming the first place in the United States to legalize recreational marijuana has already had a significant impact on Colorado by spawning weed tourism companies and attracting visitors wanting to buy pot without risking law enforcement repercussions since the measure went into effect at the start of 2014. Recent reports suggest that homeless people are also among those coming to Colorado, though, and they’re apparently arriving in droves in an effort to land work within one of the United States newest industries.   Continue reading “Legal weed is driving the homeless to Colorado in search of work in budding industry”

ZD Net – by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

The only thing you have to fear with Shellshock, the Unix/Linux Bash security hole, is fear itself. Yes, Shellshock can serve as a highway for worms and malware to hit your Unix, Linux, and Mac servers, but you can defend against it.

However, Shellshock is not as bad as HeartBleed. Not yet, anyway.

While it’s true that the Bash shell is the default command interpreter on most Unix and Linux systems and all Macs — the majority of Web servers — for an attacker to get to your system, there has to be a way for him or her to actually get to the shell remotely. So, if you’re running a PC without ssh,rlogin, or another remote desktop program, you’re probably safe enough.   Continue reading “Shellshock: How to protect your Unix, Linux and Mac servers”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

Moore, Oklahoma—A neighbor of beheading suspect Alton Nolan said the suspect is a paranoid loner. The neighbor claimed to have frequently observed Nolan driving around the streets next to the apartment complex waiting for no one to be in the parking lot before he would enter the complex and park. He said he only saw Nolan with another person one time and he would not talk to neighbors.

The retired U.S. Army military police sergeant invited Breitbart Texas into his modest apartment to talk about his now infamous neighbor he had been watching behave suspiciously for months. “Being retired,” the neighbor who asked to remain nameless said, “I’ve got nothing to do but be nosey. From the chair where I watch TV, I’ve got a great view of everyone going up and down the stairs. I know all the silhouettes of all the people who live upstairs.” Continue reading “Beheading Suspect is Paranoid Loner, Says Neighbor”

Breitbart

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Most of the nearly 60,000 Central American children who have arrived on the U.S.-Mexico border in the last year still don’t have lawyers to represent them in immigration court, and advocates are scrambling to train volunteer attorneys to help cope with the massive caseload.

With the number of unaccompanied immigrant children more than doubling this past fiscal year, the need for attorneys has surged, and it has been exacerbated by the immigration courts’ decision to fast-track children’s cases, holding initial hearings within a few weeks instead of months.   Continue reading “AP: Army of 800 Lawyers to Represent Immigrant Children for Free”

21st Century – by Andrew McKillop

The most interesting intersection ever – where the War on Terror meets Climate Change…

The hype surrounding ISIS/ISIL is being ramped-up in North America and Europe, with the chief driver of the fear being an alleged series of beheadings that no one can rightly verify as real. Real or fake, the beheading videos were used as a powerful public relations springboard to market ‘fresh airstrikes’ in Iraq and Syria to emotionally vulnerable western audiences.   Continue reading “French President Hollande Says ‘ISIS Terror Caused by Global Warming’”

Global Research – by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya

The ISIL or IS threat is a smokescreen. The strength of the ISIL has deliberately been inflated to get public support for the Pentagon and to justify the illegal bombing of Syria. It has also been used to justify the mobilization of what is looking more and more like a large-scale US-led military buildup in the Middle East. The firepower and military assets being committed go beyond what is needed for merely fighting the ISIL death squads.

While the US has assured its citizens and the world that troops will not be sent on the ground, this is very unlikely. In the first instance, it is unlikely because boots on the ground are needed to monitor and select targets. Moreover, Washington sees the campaign against the ISIL fighters as something that will take years. This is doublespeak. What is being described is a permanent military deployment or, in the case of Iraq, redeployment. This force could eventually morph into a broader assault force threatening Syria, Iran, and Lebanon.   Continue reading “The March to War: Fighting ISIL is a Smokescreen for US Mobilization against Syria, Iran”

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Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

In a dramatic stroke of luck for the Kremlin, this morning there is hardly a person in the world who is happier than Russian president Vladimir Putin because overnight state-run run OAO Rosneft announced it has discovered what may be a treasure trove of black oil, one which could boost Russia’s coffers by hundreds of billions if not more, when a vast pool of crude was discovered in the Kara Sea region of the Arctic Ocean, showing the region has the potential to become one of the world’s most important crude-producing areas, arguably bigger than the Gulf Of Mexico. The announcement was made by Igor Sechin, Rosneft’s chief executive officer, who spent two days sailing on a Russian research ship to the drilling rig where the find was unveiled today.   Continue reading “Russia Discovers Massive Arctic Oil Field Which May Be Larger Than Gulf Of Mexico”

RT

UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative party has accepted the resignation of Brooks Newmark, Minister for Civil Society, who was caught sending explicit photos of himself over social media networks.

Newmark, a married father of five, was the victim of a sting operation in which he was duped by a male freelance reporter into believing he was communicating with a female Tory party activist. The journalist, who sold the story to the Sunday Mirror, was investigating allegations that some MPs were using social media sites to meet women.    Continue reading “Full Monty: UK minister resigns after falling for journalist sexting sting op”

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The US-led air campaign against terrorists in Syria amounts to a war against Islam, Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front group has claimed, promising retaliation against those states involved in the bombing of the ‘caliphate’ instead of targeting Assad forces.

“We are in a long war. This war will not end in months nor years,”group spokesman Abu Firas al-Suri said as cited by Reuters. “It’s not a war against Nusra Front, it’s a war against Islam.”   Continue reading “Retaliation for US-led airstrikes in Syria will follow, Al-Qaeda offshoot vows”

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Russia’s investment in its military is not a sign of a looming new arms race but rather a long-overdue modernization, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with RT and the VGTRK media corporation.

“I don’t think we are on the verge of a new arms race. At least, Russia definitely won’t be part of it,” the minister said. “In our case, it’s just that the time has come for us to modernize our nuclear and conventional arsenals.”   Continue reading “Lavrov: High time to rearm, Moscow’s military upgrade long overdue”

Mail.com

TOKYO (AP) — Rescue workers have found 30 or more people unconscious and believed to be dead near the peak of an erupting volcano in central Japan, local government and police said Sunday.

Nagano prefecture posted on its website that about 30 people had heart and lung failure, the customary way for Japanese authorities to describe a body until police doctors can examine it. At least four of the victims were being brought down from Mount Ontake on Sunday afternoon, one day after the volcano erupted.   Continue reading “More than 30 believed dead at Japanese volcano”