It’s remarkable how little they have to do anymore to get their desired results. It seems it takes just one ripple in the collective mind and the mesmerized masses jump however high they’re told.
Hemp is truly one of nature’s miracle plants. It can be eaten, woven into fiber, and made into paper and even oil. It is hardy and durable, easy to grow, and — believe it or not — it can be made into a variety of construction materials — from pipes to insulation to a concrete substitute called Hemcrete — that rival their industrial counterparts in cost and functionality. Continue reading “Hemp as a Building Material? Put That in Your Pipe and Smoke It!”
According to a report, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is preparing legislation that would end the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) and in doing so would remove much of the authority for the war on terror and all that comes with it.
A concerted effort has been afoot for some time to merge local police with federal authorities to respond to the implementation of citizen spy “snitch” programs. This has been best illustrated by the role of threat fusion centers, which are integrating data from public and private sources alike — even universities.
Sen. John McCain Monday became the highest-ranking U.S. official to enter Syria since the bloody civil war there began more than two years ago, The Daily Beast has learned.
McCain, one of the fiercest critics of the Obama administration’s Syria policy, made the unannounced visit across the Turkey-Syria border with Gen. Salem Idris, the leader of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army. He stayed in the country for several hours before returning to Turkey. Both in Syria and Turkey, McCain and Idris met with assembled leaders of Free Syrian Army units that traveled from around the country to see the U.S. senator. Inside those meetings, rebel leaders called on the United States to step up its support to the Syrian armed opposition and provide them with heavy weapons, a no-fly zone, and airstrikes on the Syrian regime and the forces of Hezbollah, which is increasingly active in Syria. Continue reading “John McCain Slips Across Border Into Syria, Meets With Rebels”
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has criticized recent remarks by the Saudi foreign minister about the Islamic Republic as media hype.
Since early 2011, Obama’s been waging proxy war on Syria. Imported death squads masquerade as freedom fighters. The scheme’s familiar. It repeats. It reflects US imperialism’s dark side.
In the 1980s, CIA-recruited mujahideen fighters battled Afghanistan’s Soviet occupiers. Ronald Reagan called them “the moral equivalent of our founding fathers.” He characterized Contra killers the same way. Continue reading “Another Anti-Assad False Flag”