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WaPo Mea Culpa
Post Date: 2017-01-03 07:33:16 by Stephen Lendman
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WaPo Mea Culpa by Stephen Lendman Rarely do US media scoundrels admit misreporting. Rare admissions virtually always come after irreparable damage was done - the initial account remembered, corrections largely unnoticed. A previous article discussed WaPo’s fake news story about Russia allegedly cyberattacking a Vermont utility. It was made up. It didn’t happen. The account was part of relentless, irresponsible Russia bashing - intensified ahead of Trump entering office to pressure him against normalizing ties and cooperating with Putin in combating terrorism, anathema to America’s deep state, wanting adversarial relations maintained. On January 2, citing unnamed ...
The Myth of Conservative Patriotism
Post Date: 2017-01-02 16:52:18 by Ada
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The word “patriot” holds a special place in the heart of America, and the attachment to that word, in particular, runs deep into the roots of the United States’ history to its founding. While the word has taken on a meaning of national pride and attachment to one’s homeland, the American usage of the term brings with it a certain kind of pride that goes back to the American revolution. For it was the Patriots who ultimately loved their homeland, who stood for local and (in most cases) limited self-government, and grew to hate the established and increasingly obnoxious and interventionist Imperial British regime. In contrast, modern “conservatives” and right ...
Trump Warns Against Blaming Russia for US Election Hacking
Post Date: 2017-01-02 13:06:03 by Stephen Lendman
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Trump Warns Against Blaming Russia for US Election Hacking by Stephen Lendman On New Year’s eve, Trump said “I think it’s unfair (to blame Russia) if we don’t know. It could be somebody else. I also know things that other people don’t know so we cannot be sure.” “And so I want them to be sure. I think it’s unfair if they don’t know. And I know a lot about hacking. And hacking is a very hard thing to prove.” Asked what information he has, he said “(y)ou will find out on Tuesday or Wednesday,” without further elaboration. Last week, he said he’d be meeting with intelligence officials to be briefed on what they claim. On ...
Will Trump Lift US Sanctions on Russia?
Post Date: 2017-01-02 07:48:15 by Stephen Lendman
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Will Trump Lift US Sanctions on Russia? by Stephen Lendman Some mainstream reports indicate he can at least partly do it, but not easily unless able to convince Congress of Putin’s good intentions - despite no evidence of any wrongful geopolitical actions on his part. Claims otherwise were fabricated. What’s never explained in the mainstream is the legal status of US imposed sanctions. Only Security Council members can impose them on countries - not individual nations against others. All unilaterally imposed US sanctions against other nations have no legal standing. They’re illegitimate. Trump can lift them against Russia or any other country if he wishes - not, however, ...
NYT Distortions and Lies About Doping in Russia
Post Date: 2017-01-01 13:16:18 by Stephen Lendman
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NYT Distortions and Lies About Doping in Russia by Stephen Lendman Doping is a global sports issue, not one involving athletes from a single or small group of countries. Some take performance enhancing drugs to compete more effectively - on their own or perhaps with encouragement from teammates or coaches. Singling out Russia as an offending nation is more about geopolitics than doping - irresponsible bashing, a form of back-door sanctioning. A yearend NYT editorial turned truth on its head, accusing Russia of “contorted denials” on doping - claiming one of its senior officials acknowledged an “institutional conspiracy” in a separate Times interview. Acting Russian ...
The Ordeal of Bahraini Human Rights Activist Nabeel Rajab
Post Date: 2017-01-01 12:57:17 by Stephen Lendman
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The Ordeal of Bahraini Human Rights Activist Nabeel Rajab by Stephen Lendman Rajab’s redoubtable human rights activism got him hounded, threatened, detained and imprisoned under harsh conditions by ruthless Bahraini authorities. It’s a regime run much like Saudi Arabia, both countries intolerant of any justifiable challenges to their police state rule. A day after Bahrain’s High Criminal Court ordered Rajab released on bail, postponing a hearing on trumped up charges against him until January 23, he was rearrested and detained on phony charges of “disseminating false documents and malicious rumors on the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain that could damage ...
Russia Attacks Vermont?
Post Date: 2017-01-01 08:02:22 by Stephen Lendman
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Russia Attacks Vermont? by Stephen Lendman Sound absurd? It is, part of intense Russia bashing, a political and economic assault, risking something more serious. On New Year’s eve, the neocon/CIA-connected Washington Post published an updated version of its previous fake news story. The earlier version claimed Russian hackers penetrated the US electric grid - a Big Lie. The new version says it hacked a Vermont utility, citing the usual unnamed US sources - another Big Lie. WaPo: “(T)he discovery underscores the vulnerabilities of the nation’s electrical grid. And it raises fears in the US government that Russian government hackers are actively trying to penetrate the ...
Israeli Hardliner Urges Annexing Over 60% of West Bank Land
Post Date: 2016-12-31 07:30:56 by Stephen Lendman
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Israeli Hardliner Urges Annexing Over 60% of West Bank Land by Stephen Lendman Extremist Israeli education minister Naftali Bennett urges annexation of most West Bank land, saying “(t)he time has come to say Israel is ours to go from strategic defense to a process of initiating the implementation of Israeli sovereignty over the territories under Israeli control in Judea and Samaria.” “We need to mark this as a strategic objective and stop the misunderstood message sent from Israel abroad.” Earlier in December, he said “(t)he approach that I’m promoting is reasonable, sane. In the Middle East, we don’t have the luxury to indulge in fantasy.” ...
WaPo Bashes Trump on Russia
Post Date: 2016-12-31 06:49:07 by Stephen Lendman
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WaPo Bashes Trump on Russia by Stephen Lendman The neocon/CIA-connected Washington Post is frantic over Trump wanting normalized relations with Russia, including cooperating with Putin in combating terrorism. Its editors blasted him for saying “it’s time for our country to move on to bigger and better things,” days earlier claiming the “whole age of computer(s) has made it where nobody knows exactly what is going on.” WaPo: “No, Mr. Trump, it is not time to move on. US intelligence agencies are in agreement about ‘what is going on’: a brazen and unprecedented attempt by a hostile power to covertly sway the outcome of a US presidential election ...
We Don't Need Costumed Overlords and Tax Farmers
Post Date: 2016-12-30 14:27:43 by Ada
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Bunker Hill, Indiana, is a village of 900 people. It has not been consumed by the maelstrom of criminal violence that – we are told – would descend on any community even briefly deprived of the divine protection offered by a police department. The village obviously didn’t need the department it had until December 12, when the Town Marshal and his four reserve deputies walked off the job to protest decisions by the town board. “We have had issues with the town board, and there are some activities there where I felt like they were serving their own agenda,” former Marshal Michael Thomison explained. Most of his complaints had to do with proposed budget cut-backs, and ...
Putin's Response to Obama's New Sanctions
Post Date: 2016-12-30 13:20:38 by Stephen Lendman
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Putin’s Response to Obama’s New Sanctions by Stephen Lendman Both leaders are polar opposites - a mensch in Moscow on the right side of history compared to a US menace waging war on humanity. In response to Obama’s new sanctions, a same day article quoted Sergey Lavrov, saying Russia “cannot leave unanswered the insults of the kind, reciprocity is the law of diplomacy and foreign relations.” He recommended Putin respond tit for tat while blasting Obama’s deplorable action. It seemed certain, but didn’t happen. Putin took the high ground, in stark contrast to his disgraceful US counterpart, issuing a statement, saying: “We regard the recent ...
Facebook Banished Me for Truth-Telling
Post Date: 2016-12-30 10:50:33 by Stephen Lendman
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Facebook Banished Me for Truth-Telling by Stephen Lendman America’s deep state declared war on truth-telling, wanting views opposing its own censored or banished altogether. Perhaps criminalizing writers like myself and others comes next. Google and Facebook are involved, perhaps other social media operations, conspiring with dark forces in Washington in flagrant violation of First Amendment rights. Facebook informed me by email that I’m banished unless willing to “erase” articles I posted. I’m being asked to renounce truth-telling to gain access to my page or any others on its site - what I’ll never do, of course, not for Facebook or anyone else. During ...
Obama Illegally Sanctions Russia for Nonexistent US Election Hacking
Post Date: 2016-12-30 08:03:37 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama Illegally Sanctions Russia for Nonexistent US Election Hacking by Stephen Lendman Throughout his deplorable tenure, thankfully near ending, Obama exceeded Star Wars, going where no previous US president dared go before - for ill, not good. He disgraced the office he holds. His legacy reflects failure domestically and geopolitically, infamy, deceit, moral cowardice, lawlessness and contempt for humanity. He accelerated America’s longterm decline, EU states following suit, while Russia and China are rising. The 21st century belongs to them, not the USA, not NATO, not their rogue allies - providing thermonuclear immolation doesn’t take us all. Fake news hype about ...
NYT Editors Cheerlead Obama's Illegal Sanctions on Russia
Post Date: 2016-12-30 07:51:16 by Stephen Lendman
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NYT Editors Cheerlead Obama’s Illegal Sanctions on Russia by Stephen Lendman Commenting on Obama’s newly imposed sanctions on Russia, The Times editorial reads like an administration press release - cheerleading flagrant lawlessness instead of forthrightly denouncing it. Calling Obama’s action “too little” and “too late,” Times editors disgracefully said “there should be no doubt about the correctness of (Obama’s) decision to retaliate against Russia for hacking American computers and trying to influence the 2016 presidential election” - even though charges were falsified. No hacking occurred. One or more Democrat party insiders leaked ...
Palestinian MK Stripped of Immunity to Prosecute Him Unjustly
Post Date: 2016-12-29 12:58:06 by Stephen Lendman
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Palestinian MK Stripped of Immunity to Prosecute Him Unjustly by Stephen Lendman Longstanding ruthless Israeli treatment of Palestinians for not being Jews shows why granting them self-determination is vital - freeing them from occupation harshness. On Wednesday, extremist Knesset members stripped Joint (Arab) List MK Basel Ghattas of parliamentary immunity, breaching Israel’s 1951 Members Immunity, Rights and Duties Law, letting them perform their duties without fear of legal actions. MKs won’t face criminal or civil responsibility for any act performed while doing their jobs - unless extremist parliamentarians change the rules to target one of their members irresponsibly. ...
Efforts to Undermine Trump Continue
Post Date: 2016-12-28 13:57:09 by Stephen Lendman
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Efforts to Undermine Trump Continue by Stephen Lendman Against long odds, Trump defeated Hillary decisively. Yet efforts to undermine his legitimacy continue. Deep pro-Hillary forces are aligned against him, including Wall Street, America’s intelligence establishment, and vast majority of its deplorable media, at war with him since announcing his candidacy last year. He won. They lost, but it’s not over, not as long as interests far more powerful than sitting presidents, aspirants or successful candidates for America’s highest office have final say on what they will or won’t accept. Trump won’t be inaugurated until January 20. He has no public record, so ...
Babylon the Great Has Fallen!
Post Date: 2016-12-28 08:18:24 by Ada
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So, it appears several “kids” decided to spread some after-Christmas cheer with brawls at the mall. See here. Hmmm…it would appear the great America that Obama created for us hasn’t trickled down to youth, what? This must be Trump’s fault, like everything else that has happened since he was elected! “Gosh, the onions in the fridge went bad! Let’s see…we bought them back on November 3rd. See! I knew it! It’s Trump’s fault!” Generally, things such as this are what’s known as a “sentinel signal” that there are fundamental and profound problems in your society as a whole. Things that need immediate attention. Not sweeping ...
Obama to Announce Sanctions on Russia for Nonexistent US Election Hacking
Post Date: 2016-12-28 07:22:37 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama to Announce Sanctions on Russia for Nonexistent US Election Hacking by Stephen Lendman Obama seems bent on being as disruptive as possible during his waning days in office. Throughout his tenure, he inflicted more harm on more people at home and abroad than any previous US president, including wars of aggression in multiple theaters still raging, Trump inheriting the mess he made. What further deplorable policies he intends until January 20 remains to be seen. According to the neocon Washington Post, he’s “close to announcing a series of measures to punish Russia for its (nonexistent) interference in the 2016 presidential election, including economic sanctions and ...
We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs. Here's What We Learned
Post Date: 2016-12-27 12:27:54 by Ada
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A lot of fake and misleading news stories were shared across social media during the election. One that got a lot of traffic had this headline: "FBI Agent Suspected In Hillary Email Leaks Found Dead In Apparent Murder- Suicide." The story is completely false, but it was shared on Facebook over half a million times. We wondered who was behind that story and why it was written. It appeared on a site that had the look and feel of a local newspaper. Denverguardian.com even had the local weather. But it had only one news story — the fake one. Students Have 'Dismaying' Inability To Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds THE TWO-WAY Study Finds Students Have ...
Obama Signs Measure Opposing Speech and Media Freedoms
Post Date: 2016-12-27 08:29:50 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama Signs Measure Opposing Speech and Media Freedoms by Stephen Lendman Post-9/11, an array of police state laws, executive orders, memoranda, various national security and homeland security presidential directives, along with other repressive measures eliminated constitutional protections. Indefinite detention without charges or trial became the law of the land. Torture-obtained evidence may be used against detainees in trial proceedings, despite earlier Supreme Court decisions ruling it impermissible. Amending longstanding Insurrection Act and Posse Comitatus protections allows federal troops to be deployed on US streets. Big Brother watches everyone. Whistleblowers exposing ...
A Stinging Moscow Christmas Message to Washington
Post Date: 2016-12-26 13:38:49 by Stephen Lendman
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A Stinging Moscow Christmas Message to Washington by Stephen Lendman Russia admitted the futility of dealing with Obama and neocons infesting his regime, hoping for normalized bilateral relations once Trump takes over - mutual cooperation instead of current US hostility. On Christmas eve, its Foreign Ministry blasted Obama as follows: “The second in the past three days extension of US sanctions against Russia at a time when the bloody tragedies in Ankara and Berlin should rally all reasonable people in the fight against the terrorist threat is evidence that Washington has completely lost its grip on reality.” Comment: Russia wants nothing more to do with Washington while ...
Trump Picks Zionist Zealot As International Negotiator
Post Date: 2016-12-26 12:24:37 by Stephen Lendman
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Trump Picks Zionist Zealot As International Negotiator by Stephen Lendman Jason Greenblat is Trump’s executive vice president and chief legal officer - an orthodox Jew, educated at the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy, Yeshiva University and NYU’s School of Law. He and David Friedman, another zionist zealot Trump picked as ambassador to Israel, served as his legal advisors on the Jewish state while campaigning. They support unlimited settlement expansions and annexation of Palestinian land, policies putting peace further out-of-reach than already. In his role as Trump’s international negotiations representative, Greenblatt will oversea future Israel/Palestinian peace ...
Bipartisan US Support for Israel
Post Date: 2016-12-26 08:52:00 by Stephen Lendman
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Bipartisan US Support for Israel by Stephen Lendman Both countries have been strong allies since Israel’s 1948 creation - at the expense of Palestinians grievously harmed, their fundamental rights ignored. America was the first country to officially recognize the new Jewish state - moments after midnight on May 15, 1948. A special relationship began - rock-solid today politically, militarily and financially. Israel clearly benefits enormously. America arguably loses more than it gains. Both countries threaten regional and world peace. United they endanger humanity, partnering in each other’s high crimes. At the same time, much has been made about an Obama/Netanyahu rift. ...
Obama: Liar-in-Chief
Post Date: 2016-12-25 13:32:58 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama: Liar-in-Chief by Stephen Lendman Throughout his deplorable 8-year tenure, he broke every major promise made, including pledging: • hope and change;
• peace in our time;
• observance of democratic values;
• ending torture, illegal spying and detention without trial;
• “a new era of openness;”
• helping Israel and Palestine “fulfill their national goals: two states living side by side in peace and security;”
• on Afghanistan (October 27, 2007): “I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. ...
Julian Assange on Hillary and Trump
Post Date: 2016-12-25 07:39:37 by Stephen Lendman
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Julian Assange on Hillary and Trump by Stephen Lendman Assange is a political refugee, given asylum by Ecuador in its London embassy since 2012 - unable to leave because of fabricated rape charges, fearing arrest and extradition to America. A sealed indictment disgracefully charges him with spying under the long ago outdated 1917 Espionage Act. He’s a conduit, not a spy, involved with others, publishing leaked material they’re given, what everyone deserves to know. The same miscarriage of justice got Chelsea Manning imprisoned for 35 years for exposing US war crimes the Pentagon wants suppressed. A petition urging Obama to commute her sentence to time served exceeded its goal ...
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