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"Fundamental deceptions damage the public's
ability to
maintain a rational view of the world.
Once a basic untruth is
rooted, it blurs a society's
perception of reality and, consequently,
the
intelligence with which society reacts to
events."- Ben H.
Bagdikian,
The New Media Monopoly
"The
worst forms of tyranny, or certainly the most
successful ones, are not those we
rail against but
those that so insinuate themselves into the imagery
of our
consciousness, and the fabric of our lives,
as not to be perceived as tyranny"
Michael Parenti
"...
man's capacity to forget is unlimited."
- Jacques Ellul,
Propaganda
US/British Policy on Syria has Been
Sunk, and Nobody
Noticed
Free
Syrian Army a Complete Pawn to Foreign
Intelligence
Agencies
By
Patrick Cockburn
The final bankruptcy of American and British
policy in Syria
came 10 days ago as Islamic Front, a Saudi-backed Sunni
jihadi
group, overran the headquarters of the Supreme
Military Council of the Free
Syrian Army.
Saudis' Big Deal for US Anti-tank Missiles May
be Meant to Help Syrian Rebels
By
South China Morning Post
One Saudi ally could desperately use anti-tank
weapons - the Syrian rebels.
France
Fuels Sectarian Killing in CAR
By
Finian Cunningham
French troops
are not preventing mayhem;
they are inflaming it.
War
Crimes Tribunal Finds Israel Guilty Of
Genocide Against The Palestinian
People
Video
By RT
Judgment will
be submitted to the chief prosecutor of
the International Criminal Court, UN and
the
UN Security Council for further action.
Right
To Resist Oppression
By Paul
Balles
"Genocide is
realistic; justice is not. The progressive 'realist'
is finally no different
than the right wing Zionist."
Nelson
Mandela Has Been Laid To Rest
- But His Legacy Must Not Be
By Gary
Younge
The desire to
remember Mandela as a brilliant individual who
single-handedly guided the nation
to democracy is
understandable but not honest.
America
Is the Most Inhumane Developed Country
on the Planet
Are We
Going to Let It Stay That Way?
By
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers
What would it
be like if people in the U.S. knew they
had these rights?
Poverty
Nation: How America Created a Low-wage
Work Swamp
By Joan
Walsh
A quarter of
people who have jobs today make so little
money that they also receive some form
of public
assistance, or welfare.
If You
Want the American Dream, Go to Finland
By
Blake Fleetwood
This is a sad,
depressing state of affairs for the U.S. and
is becoming more true every day.
But the reality is still not accepted by most Americans.
Hard News
Syria air raids kill 36 in Aleppo:
Pro rebel
activists:
"An (aerial) attack using explosive-laden
barrels over the
Sakhur, Ard al-Hamra and Haydariyeh districts
(of eastern
Aleppo) killed 22 people, among them 14 children
and an 18-year-old boy," said
the Britain-based Observatory.
Army
Retakes 2 Towns in Eastern Syria: pro-Syrian TV:
The army killed tens of militants in Ayyash
while a heavy
battle is still underway in Al-Mattar Al-Qadim and Al-Haviqeh
districts in the second day clashes.
Syrian FSA fighter defects to Qaeda-linked
group:
Once-powerful Free Syrian Army commander
Saddam
al-Jamal has pledged allegiance to ISIL fighters.
US
Considers Aiding "Islamist" Rebels:
The gradual collapse of Syria's moderate rebel
forces
is forcing the United States to consider extending its
support to the
Islamist groups it has long rejected but
which are steadily rising to become the
Assad regime's
principal opponents.
Al Sadr
mentor calls to fight alongside Al Assad:
A leading
Shiite cleric widely followed by Iraqi militants
has issued the first public
religious edict permitting
Shiites to fight in Syria's civil war alongside
President
Bashar Al Assad's forces.
Day of
violence in Iraq leaves 20 dead, including
Health Ministry employee and family:
The attackers
used guns fitted with silencers killed
the employee, his wife, two sons and a
10-year old
daughter as they slept in their home in Sadiyah early
Sunday
morning, police said, adding that they are
investigating the incident but have
no motive
for the attack or any suspects.
Gunmen
kill female TV presenter in Iraq: station:
Gunmen shot
dead Al-Mosuliyah TV presenter
Nawras al-Nuaimi in northern Iraq on Sunday,
the
station and police said, the latest in a series
of journalists killed in the
country.
2 dead,
2200 in shelters across storm-ravaged Gaza Strip:
The death toll
in the Gaza Strip from winter storm
Alexa rose to two on Sunday as more than
2,000
Gazans remained in shelters and much of the region
was still paralyzed
after four days of severe weather.
Officials warn
Gaza Strip on the verge of health crisis:
The results of
winter storm Alexa in Gaza will lead to a
health disaster unless the world
intervenes, a Palestinian
medical official said Sunday.
The
high price of letting Israel's extremists flourish:
Israel should
drop its reluctance to enforce the law
against 'price tag'
attackers.
U.S. to
keep 1,500 troops in Jordan:
"These forces
will remain in Jordan, in full
coordination with the government of Jordan,
until
the security situation becomes such that
they are no longer needed," a White
House
report said.
Yemeni
parliament in non-binding vote against
drone attacks: -
Yemen's
parliament on Sunday called for a stop
to drone attacks in a symbolic vote that
reflected
growing public anxiety about Washington's use
of the unmanned aircraft
to combat al Qaeda in
the impoverished country.
Yemen
tribe intensifies protest against
drone attacks:
"If the
government fails to stop American
planes from bombing the people of Yemen,
then
it has no rule over us," tribal chief
Ahmad Al Salmani said from
Rada.
Minister says Iran
will continue nuclear talks:
"We will
continue Geneva talks. We will show
proper, calculated, purposeful and smart
reaction
toward any improper and unconstructive action,"
Zarif wrote. "Over the
past days, improper actions
were carried out by Americans that we responded
in a
proper way."
McCain
says Iran sanctions bill 'very likely':
Sen. John
McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that the
Senate is "very likely" to pass a new
sanctions bill
against Iran despite a deal the United States and
other world
powers reached to address the Islamic
republic's nuclear ambitions.
ABC,
NYT Repeatedly Lied About CIA
Operative Robert Levinson:
ABC News and
The New York Times have
known since 2007 that Robert Levinson, the ex-FBI
agent
who was kidnapped in Iran, was not, as the U.S.
government and his family
claimed, an independent
businessman
Last
man to see Robert Levinson before he
vanished denies involvement in
disappearance:
An American
fugitive who met with Robert Levinson
shortly before the former FBI agent
vanished,
has resurfaced, calling the U.S. intelligence agency
"the world's
leading terror apparatus" and denying
any role in Levinson's disappearance in an
email
sent to NBC News.
Iran
asks U.S. to provide more information
on missing ex-FBI agent:
Iranian press
counselor at the United Nations,
Alireza Miryusefi, insisted that the government
in Iran has been cooperating with attempts to learn
Levinson's fate. The Iranian
government has been
trying "to find any clue about Levinson's situation
for
humanitarian and security reasons, but no success,"
he said.
28
Taliban militants killed or injured in
Afghan operations:
Taliban
militantsAt least 28 Taliban militants
were killed or injured during military
operations
by Afghan security forces across the country,
interior ministry
announced Sunday.
8
killed in roadside bombings in eastern
Afghanistan; suicide bomber attacks
office:
A spokesman
for eastern Nangarhar province,
said four policemen were killed and seven
wounded when their pickup truck ran over
a bomb in in the Agam district. He said
the
dead included the district's police chief.
Kerry
extends deadline for signing
Afghan troops deal:
While he said
it must be signed as soon as
possible, he raised the option for the first
time
that the deal governing the presence
of US troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014
could even by inked by Karzai's successor,
who will be chosen in April
elections.
At
least 25 killed as unrest continues in
Bangladesh:
At least 25
people have been killed in clashes
involving opposition, pro-government
activists
and police since Thursday, when Jamaat-e-Islami
leader, Abdul Quader
Molla, was put to death for
crimes committed during the nation's independence
war in 1971.
Two UN
peacekeepers killed in Mali
suicide bomb:
A suicide
bomber killed two Senegalese
UN peacekeepers and destroyed the only operating
bank in the northern Malian town of Kidal yesterday,
one day before a second
round of parliamentary
elections.
Libya
army colonel shot dead in Benghazi:
A security
official said artillery officer Col.
Said Massoud al-Jamli was shot near a
school
on Sunday. The official, speaking on condition
of anonymity because he
was not authorized to
brief reporters, said the gunmen fled.
Seized
Libyan oil ports 'will not reopen':
Group seeking
autonomy for eastern Libya
refuses to surrender three oil-exporting ports,
costing government billions.
François
Hollande's plane 'surrounded by
rebels' in Central African Republic:
President's
delegation in stand-off with armed
Seleka fighters at Bangui airport during
talks
on France's military operation, French
newspaper reports
France
says to seek European help in
Central African
Republic:
"That is a
real, big problem," Fabius told
Europe 1 radio. "Tomorrow, I'll go to the
Council of Foreign Ministers and I will
ask (European partners) for stepped-up,
more robust aid, including on the ground."
Ukraine
protests: McCain warns US could
act over Russia deal: -
The United
States could take "concrete action"
against Ukraine if its government cracks
down
on dissent, Senator John McCain warned Sunday
as he addressed thousands of
protesters camped
on Kiev's bitterly cold main square.
Clashes
break out at Italy anti-austerity
protests: -
Protesters
clashed with police at anti-austerity
demonstrations in Rome, Turin and Venice
on
Saturday, as part of a wave of social action led
by Italy's Forconi
(Pitchforks) movement of
farmers and truck drivers.
Pope
says he is not a Marxist, but defends
criticism of capitalism:
"The ideology
of Marxism is wrong. But I have
met many Marxists in my life who are good
people, so I don't feel offended," Francis was
quoted as saying.
Intel
Contractors Give Millions to
Lawmakers Overseeing Government
Surveillance:
Analysis of
campaign contributions from
political action committees (PACs) and
individuals
from the top 20 intelligence
services contractors working with the
Department of
Defense, ranked by total
value of contracts received, to members
of the House
Permanent Select Committee
on Intelligence
Obama
Suppressing 6,000-Page
Report on CIA Torture Adopted
by Senate Intelligence
Committee:
Over a year
ago, the Senate Intelligence
Committee voted to adopt a historic,
6,000-page
report which contains
"startling details" about CIA misdeeds
related to its
torture program
'Lie of
the Year' prize goes to Obama:
The infamous
prize, handed out annually
by the fact-checking website PolitiFact,
was given to
Obama because of his
statements claiming that Americans
would be able to keep
their health
insurance under the Affordable Care
Act if they liked their
plan.
Facebook develops
algorithm that will l
earn EVERYTHING about you from
photos and gives details to
advertisers:
From the
bottles of beer you drink, to the
places you visit on vacation, the social
networking site will compile everything
there is to know about you
Affluenza: the
latest excuse for the
wealthy to do whatever they want: Op-Ed:
Ethan Couch, a
teenager in Texas, killed
four people but got off because he comes
from a rich
family and 'didn't know better'
Another
Stand Your Ground showdown?:
A Florida man
is accused of shooting and
killing an unarmed African-American
teenager in a
case some say echoes
the George Zimmerman trial.
How a
Texas Cop Who Killed a Double
Amputee Holding a Ballpoint Pen Got
Away With
It:
Police
misconduct in shootings is "very,
very difficult" to prove, an FBI agent
says.
What
You Should Know About The
U.S. And Human Rights
The U.S. is the
only country in the world
that continues to commit children to die
in prison
through the imposition of life
sentences that lack the possibility of
parole
I work
4 jobs and I'm still struggling:
Bingham is 37
years old and has a college
degree, but like many Americans, is stuck
working
many hours in low wage, part-time
jobs.
Poverty
in America Is Mainstream:
Contrary to
popular belief, the percentage
of the population that directly encounters
poverty is exceedingly high. My research
indicates that nearly 40 percent of
Americans
between the ages of 25 and 60 will experience
at least one year below
the official poverty line
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