ArsTechnica – by Glyn Moody

WikiLeaks has released 17 secret documents from the negotiations of the global Trade in Services Agreement (TISA), which have been taking place behind closed doors, largely unnoticed, since 2013. The main participants are the United States, the European Union, and 23 other countries including Turkey, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Pakistan, Taiwan and Israel, which together comprise two-thirds of global GDP.   Continue reading “WikiLeaks releases secret TISA docs: The more evil sibling of TTIP and TPP”

RT

Shelling intensified in Donbass overnight on Wednesday, with Kiev and rebels trading blame for opening fire. The mayor of Donetsk reports at least 6 civilians have been killed, mostly in the south west of the city.

“As a result of today’s shelling, four people were killed in the Kirov district and two civilians were killed in the Kuibyshev district,” Igor Martynov, Donetsk mayor, is cited by RIA-Novosti news agency.   Continue reading “At least 6 dead, 90 injured in Donetsk in shelling by Kiev – local officials”

Detainees sitting in a holding area watched by military police at Camp X-Ray inside Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, CubaTelegraph – by Peter Foster

The CIA’s use of torture was far more “brutal and sadistic” than was disclosed in last year’s controversial US Senate report into the agency’s interrogation techniques, according to new information from a Guantanamo Bay detainee.

The newly declassified accounts of the torture of Majid Khan, a so-called “high value detainee”, describe in graphic detail how he was sexually assaulted, hung from a beam for several days without a break and half-drowned in tubs of freezing water.

Continue reading “CIA torture more ‘brutal and sadistic’ than Senate report disclosed”

WNEM – by Andrew Keller, Nick Lulli

FLINT, MI (WNEM) – It was a peaceful afternoon, and then residents said it seemingly turned hostile.

“I was standing there, and all of a sudden, boom!” Jean Glenn said.

“I mean it was loud, it blew up the whole sky or whatever, it was like four or five big bangs,” Annette Humphrey said.   Continue reading “City says loud explosions were Army training exercise”

Screen Shot 2015-06-03 at 10.47.37 AMLiberty Blitzkrieg – by Michael Krieger

It appears mysterious cartoons mocking “Goldman Rats” and Hillary Clinton are appearing all over NYC. The best one I’ve seen, is the image which shows the two entities as the unified oligarch oppressors they are. See: below:   Continue reading “Cartoons Mocking “Goldman Rats” and Hillary Clinton Appear All Over NYC”

Western Journalism – by Norvell Rose

For the past few months, Western Journalism has been reporting on Jade Helm 15, the so-called “military exercise” the Pentagon claims is a training mission being conducted in Texas and other states in the southwest United States. Ted Cruz — the senator from the Lone Star State who’s running for the GOP presidential nomination — has said he appreciates those, including Chuck Norris, who are skeptical of the government’s explanation for the widespread troop and equipment movements and maneuvers.   Continue reading “Shades Of Jade Helm? Surprise Military Exercise Just Rattled Residents Of This Northern US City”

rwc.jpgAll News Pipeline – by Stefan Stanford

The United States Veterans noticed it 1st, several of them pointing out the hundreds and hundreds of miles of Concertina razor wire seen in the 2nd image above and 2nd, outstanding video below from the Fugazi Report, at the 4:03 mark showing a military convoy for “Raider Focus” in Colorado in the now viral video also featuring Blue Bell Ice Cream trucks. “Let me get this straight….they’re going to lay down THAT MUCH Concertina razor wire ‘just practicing’ to detain people..Yeah, sure..” one commenter says as the convoy heads towards Pinon Canyon, Colorado. The 1st video below has outstanding exclusive footage of Raider Focus in Colorado from Alex Ansary, a full bore 10 1/2 minute video in which Alex shows us what’s REALLY happening in the Pinon Canyon, Colorado area.   Continue reading “Hundreds Of Miles Of Razor Wire On Convoy Trucks”

Pirate’s Cove

Those who are taking long fossil fueled flights from the U.S. to Paris for this years Conference on the Parties hardest hit

(NY Times) The Obama administration is set to announce that it will require new rules to cut emissions from airplanes, expanding a quest to tackle climate change that has included a string of significant regulations on cars, trucks and power plants. Continue reading “Good News: EPA Looks To Increase Cost Of Airplane Tickets To Save Us From Climate Change”

Lester BowerMail.com

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A 67-year-old man who was convicted of killing four men more than three decades ago has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to keep him from becoming the oldest Texas prisoner put to death in an execution scheduled for Wednesday evening.

Lester Bower Jr. faces lethal injection for the October 1983 fatal shootings at an airplane hangar on a ranch near Sherman, about 60 miles north of Dallas. Prosecutors say he killed the four after stealing an airplane that he had been trying to buy from one of his victims.   Continue reading “Texas inmate, 67, set for execution in slayings 31 years ago”

Reuters / Carlo AllegriRT

A newly introduced bill in the US Senate would require states to collect information on incidents in which people are shot, injured or killed by police officers. It would bring transparency and accountability to law enforcement departments nationwide.

Senators Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) and Barbara Boxer (D-California) introduced the bill – dubbed the Police Reporting of Information, Date and Evidence Act – on Tuesday, arguing it would provide information on cases when civilians are harmed by law enforcement that would help federal, state and local officials better protect the public as well as police officers.   Continue reading “New bill would force states to provide data on police shootings”

Rand PaulMail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has signed into law the USA Freedom Act, which extends three expiring surveillance provisions of the 9/11-era USA Patriot Act. It also overhauls the most controversial provision, which had been interpreted to allow bulk collection of U.S. phone records by the National Security Agency.

Questions and answers about the bill the Senate passed on Tuesday and the House approved earlier:   Continue reading “Questions and answers about newly approved USA Freedom Act”

dumbCollective Evolution – by Arjun Walia, November 7, 2013

The U.S. Government alone classifies over 500 million pages of documents each year. As far as transparency goes, there is none. How can we know anything about what is happening on our planet if so much information is hidden from the public domain? By now, the classified world has moved far beyond the reach of the public, and far beyond in its power and capabilities with regards to technology, scientific and cosmological knowledge and more.(1).   Continue reading “Right Beneath Your Feet: The Hidden Reality of Deep Underground Military Bases”

Senator Rand Paul speaks at a news conference in Washington on Wednesday to call for 28 pages of the 9/11 report to be declassified.The Guardian – by Ben Jacobs

Rand Paul urged President Obama to declassify 28 additional pages of the 9/11 commission’s report on Tuesday, but made clear that he does not intend to exercise his constitutional prerogative as a senator and read the pages on the floor of Congress – yet.

The Kentucky Republican joined other members of congress at a press conference on Tuesday to promote bipartisan legislation urging Obama to declassify the pages, which are widely believed to detail ties between Saudi Arabian funders and al-Qaida.   Continue reading “Rand Paul leads bipartisan effort to declassify 28 pages of 9/11 report”

Russia Insider

This is wonderful:

Sounding a note of dark humor, residents of Odessa, a port city in southern Ukraine and the site of recent tensions between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian elements, hung red neckties all over their town as a response to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s appointment of former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili as governor of the Odessa region. Saakashvili was the leader of the bloodless 2003 Rose Revolution that swept away pro-Russian leadership in Georgia and brought a pro-Western government to power. The neckties are a reference to the infamous video of Saakashvili nervously chewing on his tie during Georgia’s 2008 conflict with Russia.

Continue reading “Odessa Residents Hang Red Neckties for Saakashvili to Gobble Up”

Screen-Shot-2015-05-30-at-6.57.09-AMRaw Story – by Kali Holloway

As if to prove there are new depths to be plumbed in the world of reality television (because who knew?), CBS just debuted The Briefcase, a show which takes poverty porn, class anxiety, emotional manipulation and exploitation and packages them all neatly into a pretty despicable hour of primetime television. Kicking off each episode with the question, “What would you do with $101,000?” the show then deep-dives into a competition that asks two unwitting, financially strapped families to choose between two no-win options: being financially solvent yet appearing heartless and greedy, or drowning in debt yet having audiences recognize them as selfless and giving.   Continue reading “The Hunger Games: New CBS reality show exploits poor families by making them grovel for $101,000”

Zion Crime Factory – by Brandon

THE RULE OF the Talmudic Jew in modern times is nearly one of an absolute monarch of a country. The Jews, through their complete domination of world finance and banking — through their malignant monopoly of the mass media of America, Britain, France, Canada and other Western powers — through their influential and vast network of subversive “lobby groups” — through their dominion over the courts and law profession in general — not to mention their pernicious presence inside the highest levels of government of the most powerful countries — have thus taken full control of the entire planet, as was foretold in ancient Jewish religious texts.   Continue reading “The Jew World Order Unmasked”

Washington’s Blog

The International Business Times reports that the head of special forces chief in Tajikistan was trained by American mercenary company Blackwater, but has now joined ISIS.

Investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill notes that Zacharias Moussaoui – the so-called “20th 9/11 hijacker” – had Blackwater’s number in his notebook.   Continue reading “Blackwater Trained Some of World’s Top Terrorists”