Ukraine and the powerful resurgence of US empire (tags)
"NATO is not what it claims to be," reads the headline. Contrary to the claims of its architects and defenders, the alliance's primary purpose since its inception has not been to deter aggression from the East, much less to promote democracy, but to "bind Western Europe to a much broader project of a world order led by the United States."
China's rise as a superpower and the crumbling US empire (tags)
Chinese diplomacy seems to me to be more imaginative and potentially more effective. That means that the world is changing in important and dramatic ways in terms of the distribution of power and influence around the world.
Inflation, Ukraine & China (tags)
What impresses me is China's diplomatic engagement. And I say that also in terms of their role in restoring diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Our diplomacy, American diplomacy, seems to me reactive, unimaginative, and ineffective. Chinese diplomacy, on the other hand, seems to me to be more imaginative.
A War the West Cannot Win (tags)
Andrew J. Bacevich is a professor emeritus at Boston University. His new book “America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History’’ will appear in April 2016.
The British Royal Family: 50 Personal Connections to Child Sexual Abuse (tags)
It goes way beyond Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew. The British Royal Family have employed and befriended some 50 reported sex offenders. Why? It's time they answered some *very* urgent questions.
Andrew Myers wants dispensaries to have monopoly on growing marijuana??? (tags)
In this July 13, 2014 article in the Sunday Arizona Republic on page A26 it sounds like Andrew Myers, the director of the Arizona Dispensaries Association wants to keep growing marijuana illegal to the general public so the medical marijuana dispensaries that he represents can have a monopoly on growing and selling marijuana. Which means they will be able to continue selling medical marijuana at the outrageously high price of $300+ an ounce.
Video: Chaos in Iraq - Andrew Bacewich, 24 min (tags)
After the full broadcast interview, Bill so enjoyed his conversation with Bacevich that they kept talking, delving topics such as the Vietnam War, our evolving relationship with Iran and neoconservatives views on US foreign policy. Watch the extended interview
Uranium Madhouse unleashes The Duchess of Malfi in Hollywood (tags)
Uranium Madhouse revives John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi in a provocative new production. Playing at the Theater Asylum Lab in Hollywood select dates from May 23 through June 1.
BTL:Quebec's Student Tuition Strike Grows into Massive Anti-Austerity Movement (tags)
Interview with Andrew Gavin Marshall, an independent researcher and writer based in Montreal, conducted by Scott Harris
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas Disbarred (tags)
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas Disbarred
4408 East Nisbet, Phoenix, Arizona (tags)
Andrew Thomas, Maricopa County Attorney, 4408 East Nisbet, Phoenix, Arizona
Terrified Phone Hacking Whistleblower Feared for His Life Before He Was Found Dead. (tags)
Sean Hoare, the whistleblower who exposed the phone hacking scandal of the "News of the World" Murdoch media empire, was found dead inside of his home in Watford, Herdfordshire, UK. He became increasingly paranoid over the last several months, stating fears that someone from the British government was coming after him.
Dr. Andrew Wakefield: No Fraud. No Hoax. (tags)
Allegations by BMJ journalist Brian Deer against Dr. Andrew Wakefield's '98 research paper showing links between vaccines and autism have no basis in fact and only demonstrate the scientific ignorance of Brian Deer.
VIDEO: "The Original Knickerbocker" - Washington Irving (tags)
Washington Irving was an American author best known for his fictional works, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" & "Rip Van Winkle." Andrew Burstein discusses his book, "The Original Knickerbocker: The Life of Washington Irving."
"Americans mispercieve the world and their role in its evolution" (tags)
"The bedrock assumption to which all of official Washington adheres, liberal Democrats no less than conservative Republicans, is that the United States itself constitutes the axis around which history turns. We define the future..."
VIDEO: "Let the Pitch Forks Do Their Job" (tags)
Andrew Cockburn is an Irish journalist, author and filmmaker who has lived in the US for many years.
127 Australian Jews Speak Out on Gaza Assault (tags)
Members of Independent Australian Jewish Voices condemn the current war as "inhuman, superfluous" and "abominable"
Recall Sheriff Joe Arpaio & Andrew Thomas (tags)
Want to recall the worlds meanist Sheriff, which is Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his amigo Nazi County Attorney Andrew Thomas? Here is the contact informatin to find where to sign a petition.
An effort has begun to remove Maricopa County's two top law-enforcement officials: Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas.
Lies from Andrew Thomas (tags)
Listen to the lies Andrew Thomas feeds the media in this press conference about the Republic putting his address on the web in the New Times incident.
Japanese Whaling launches Consumer Boycotts and a Union Blackban (tags)
The whaling factory ship has stopped and the hunters are out hunting in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Once again Greenpeace activists have put their inflatable zodiacs into the water to try and form a human shield between harpoon and whale. Tensions are higher after the collision of the Nisshin Maru and Arctic Sunrise. Maybe there are things which people on dry land can do as well, such as boycotting Gordon's seafood products, and products of other companies invested in by the Nissui Company.
Is New Orleans The Second Time FEMA Has Committed Genocide? (tags)
After Hurricane Andrew struck Miami in 1992, many well documented accounts claimed that FEMA covered up its murder through neglect of thousands of poor seasonal workers just south of Miami. These stories now seem believable.
Honor voting rights Martyrs with deeds (tags)
Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner. The names of the three civil rights martyrs still ring like a bell four decades after they disappeared in Neshoba County, Mississippi, June 21, 1964.
Anatomy of a Chomsky Smearing (tags)
Andrew Sullivan Slimes Chomsky on Real Time with Bill Maher Welcome to the world of Andrew Sullivan-- slander, slink and then hide from accountability for his own dismal, truly pathetic words.
NPR Promotes Questionable Hutton Inquiry (tags)
This listener had to turn instead to the UK Indymedia site and to The Guardian to find the other side of this breaking story. NPR has proven once again how flawed it truly is as a reliable source for news on the public airwaves
Contracts for reconstruction in Iraq are primarily being handled by the USAID. The US Agency for International Development is headed by Andrew Nastios.
Andrew Gumbel Today on Radio IMC-LA! (tags)
Today on Radio IMC-LA! 4 - 6 pm Pacific Time Andrew Gumbel, reporter for British newspaper The Independent speaks on "Reading the Media Critically."
GMO Discussion: Andrew Kimbrell interview, Bioneers (tags)
Radio Interview on the GMO front // MP3 file or streaming, < 30 minutes
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Drawing: Andrew Kimbrell speaks about the GE industries irrational motives (tags)
Andrew Kimbrell, a lawyer and member of The Center for Technology Assessment and The Center for Food Safety.