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"People are
illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them
anyway.
If you do
good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good
anyway."
-
Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution:
"Be kind,
for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle." -
Plato
"How would
your life be different if...You stopped making negative judgmental assumptions
about people you encounter? Let today be the day...You look for the good in
everyone you meet and respect their journey." - Steve
Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
"This is my
simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your
own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness." -
Dalai Lama
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Ukraine, the
United States and International Law
By
Joseph Kishore
The U.S. -along
with its European counterparts-is dragging mankind down the road to catastrophe.
Ukraine
On Its Knees
"The
Commies are Coming. The Commies are Coming."
By Bo
Filter
CIA media moles
or assets put in key positions censor facts the public needs to make informed
decisions.
Ukraine: The Enemy
of Your Enemy is Not Always Your Friend
By
Zoltán Grossman
it is -
irresponsible to assert that the presence of fascists and Nazis in the new
government is merely Russian propaganda.
Exposing
Propaganda
NGO
Documents Plan Ukraine War
Video
NGOs caught
forging documents for war, insider warns all NGOs infiltrated.
How The
West Lost Putin: It Didn't Have To Be This Way
By Mark
Mackinnon
It's a
narrative that's growing in popularity in the West: Vladimir Putin as a
21st-century Adolf Hitler, an unhinged dictator bent on collecting lost Russian
lands.
Israel:
A Significant Shift in U.S. Public Opinion...?
By Alan
Hart
"This proves
that the world hates Jews. World go to hell!"
Christiane
Amanpour Interviews Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
Video
and Transcript
"Our people
have public health guaranteed free of
charge. Did you have that in the US?"
Hunger
In This Greatest
Of Nations
Postcard from the
End of
America: Chicago
By Linh
Dinh
I wonder who
they'll let us pretend to vote
for the next time, if there's a next time?
The
Security Trap
By
William A. Cohn
The
surveillance state's gravest harm to our security may well be its chilling
effect on free speech - generally seen as the Holy Grail of democracy.
Lights,
Camera, Arrested: Americans Are Being Thrown in Jail for Filming
Police
By John
W. Whitehead
The U.S.
government is attempting to police the world when it should be policing its own
law enforcement agencies.
Life
Near the Mexican Border
By John
Heid
"You have no
rights here!" barked a U.S. Border Patrol agent to a resident of Arivaca, AZ
Chomsky: From
Hiroshima to Fukushima, Vietnam to Fallujah
State
Power Ignores Its Massive Harm
Video
Noam Chomsky
traveled to Japan last week ahead of the three-year anniversary of the Fukushima
crisis.
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News
Jihadists
'execute' at least 22 in Syria: Activists say:
Jihadists from
the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant "executed" Tuesday at least 22 persons,
among them 12 rebels, in the north of the country, the Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights said.
Syria's
Assad: Russia restoring balance to world stage:
"Russia has
reestablished balance in international relations, after long years of hegemony"
by the United States, SANA quoted Assad as saying as he received a Russian
parliamentary delegation.
France
arrests 8 in raid on Syrian-bound radicals:
Prosecutors say
seven men and a woman have been arrested in France on suspicion of planning to
join radical Islamic groups fighting in Syria.
Bush- Blair
Legacy Continues As -
14
killed in insurgent violence in Iraq:
Up to 14 people
were killed and 14 others wounded in shootings and bombings, mainly targeting
security forces, in Iraq on Tuesday, police said.
Israeli
airstrike kills 3 Palestinians in southern Gaza:
Gaza Ministry
of Health spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra told Ma'an that three Palestinian resistance
fighters were killed by the airstrike in southeast Khan Younis near the Sufa
crossing.
Fatah
refuses to recognise Israel as a 'Jewish' state:
"President
Abbas has reaffirmed his refusal to recognise the Jewishness of the State of
Israel and council members stood up to hail this decision," Palestinians say
that enshrining it as a "Jewish state" would compromise the right of Palestinian
refugees to return home.
New
Israeli law kills minority representation:
Critics called
the new law a blow to democracy and said it could lead to minorities being
excluded from the legislature.
US
allocates $429 million to Israeli Iron Dome program:
An AIPAC source
told The Times of Israel that the 2015 budget request is consistent with
previous budget submissions and that the organization would work with Congress
as the process moves forward to ensure that funding levels continue
US
Homeland Security investigates Israeli arms deal to Iran:
The Times of
Israel reported Israeli government officials were "silent" and speculated a
military censorship may have been imposed and, if true, this represented "the
shocking effort by Israelis to supply arms to the country's most bitter
enemy."
US
Kills 4 People In Yemen:
A US drone
strike in northeast Yemen has killed four suspected Al-Qaeda members, a tribal
source said on Tuesday. Two missiles struck two vehicles late Monday in the Wadi
Abida area, east of Sanaa, killing the occupants
1
Soldier Killed, 7 Injured in S. Yemen Attacks:
One soldier was
killed and seven others injured in two separate attacks in Yemen's restive
South, security sources said Tuesday.
Saudi
Arabia and Qatar will each seek an accommodation with Iran in light of
US-Iranian rapprochement:
The fear of
isolation is likely to prompt gradual Saudi and Qatari foreign policy shifts to
ensure they can accommodate a resurgent Iran with minimal detriment to their
core security interests.
Turkey
clashes after boy hurt at Istanbul protest dies:
Clashes have
erupted at a hospital in Istanbul where a boy has died nine months after he was
struck on the head by a tear-gas canister fired by police.
India
Maoists kills 16 policemen in Chhattisgarh:
Maoist rebels
have killed at least 16 policemen in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police
say. The patrol was on its way to provide security to workers building a road in
Sukma district when rebels fired at them, officials say.
Two US
occupation force troops, among 6 killed in Afghanistan:
Two US soldiers
were killed and four wounded in an attack Wednesday by gunmen wearing Afghan
security force uniforms in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. defense officials said. The
officials said four Afghans involved in the attack were killed in the ensuing
battle.
2
killed in latest attack on Pakistan polio workers:
Two policemen
guarding a polio vaccination team in northwest Pakistan were were shot dead by
armed men on Tuesday, police said, the latest setback to efforts to eradicate
the crippling disease.
Seven
Suspected Militants Killed in Egypt:
Seven suspected
miiltants were killed and 34 arrested Tuesday during a security raid in Egypt's
North Sinai governorate, a security source said.
Egypt
police kill Cairo bombing suspect:
Egyptian police
on Tuesday shot dead a militant suspected of being involved in a January bomb
attack against Cairo police headquarters, the interior ministry
said.
5
killed in Nigeria's Benue State:
At least five
people have been confirmed dead in a Tuesday morning attack in Nigeria's central
Benue State. "The police team dispatched to the area has confirmed that five
people were killed this morning," police spokesman Daniel Ezeala told Anadolu
Agency.
Libya's
prime minister ousted after ship leaves rebel-held port with illegal
oil:
Libya's
Congress handed a no-confidence vote to Prime Minister Ali Zeidan on Tuesday in
a yet another jolt to the oil-rich nation's crumbling political
stability.
Libyan
defense minister gives oath to become acting PM:
Libyan defense
minister Abdallah al-Thinni gave his oath in parliament on Tuesday to become
acting prime minister after deputies voted Ali Zeidan out of office amid
worsening disorder in the oil-producing North African state.
Oil
tanker allegedly "on fire" in international waters:
Confusion
surrounds the fate of the North Korean-flagged oil tanker that left Libya this
morning after loading an illegal shipment of oil. It is said to be on fire after
being hit by a missile. Another report says that it was boarded by the Italian
navy. However, Italian officials have denied this.
Thief seeks war
criminals help:
Libyan
militia commander seeks US help:
A Libyan
commander whose militia took over vital oil terminals in the country's east said
Tuesday he is seeking help from the United States in a standoff with the
government over the seizure.
Shoulder-launched
anti-aircraft missiles flow abroad from Libya - U.N.:
Shoulder-launched
anti-aircraft missiles have been trafficked out of Libya to Chad, Mali, Tunisia,
Lebanon and likely Central African Republic, with attempts made to send them to
Syrian opposition groups, according to a U.N. report on Tuesday.
Barney
Frank: 'Repudiated' U.S. 'hatemongers' are promoting anti-gay laws in Uganda:
"The
hate-mongers in America who have been repudiated here have found a place where
they can bring their message, totally and consistently being welcomed, when
those who talk about human rights are told, 'Don't interfere,'" Frank
said.
Venezuelan student
leader shot dead at protest:
Daniel Tinoco
was shot in the chest at a road junction during a demonstration in San
Cristobal, the city's police chief Angel Perdomo said. Eyewitnesses said Mr
Tinoco and other students were attacked by armed men riding
motorcycles.
Michelle Bachelet
sworn in as Chile's president:
The socialist
leader was inaugurated in a ceremony in the city of Valparaiso after her
election win in December over conservative rival Evelyn Matthei.
Ukraine
parliament delivers ultimatum to Crimea over referendum:
Ukraine's
parliament has warned the regional assembly in Crimea that it faces dissolution
unless it cancels a referendum it has called to join the region to
Russia.
Crimea
parliament declares independence from Ukraine ahead of referendum:
The parliament
of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea has adopted an independence declaration
from Ukraine which is necessary for holding a March 16 referendum.- 78 of 100
members of the parliament voted in favor of the declaration.
Preparations for
joining Russia already underway - Crimean PM:
The peninsula
will be ready to begin using Russian law within a couple of months of a
pro-secession vote, and the local Finance Ministry is already working on a
roadmap for switching from the Ukrainian currency, the hryvnia, to the Russian
ruble, Aksyonov said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
Russia
says Crimea independence move 'lawful':
Moscow welcomes
declaration of independence by local assembly in Ukrainian peninsula ahead of
referendum.
Ukraine
crisis: Russia drafting counter-offer to US demands:
Kremlin says
Washington's stance on negotiations unacceptable because it accepts ouster of
Yanukovych as fait accompli
Yanukovych insists
on TV he's still in charge of Ukraine:
"I want to
remind you that I am not only still the legitimate president of Ukraine but also
the supreme commander of the army and I haven't stopped my duties as president
early - I am still alive."
Russia
Reacts to US Warship's Arrival in Black Sea:
The passage of
the U.S. destroyer Truxtun into the Black Sea was seen by official Russian news
outlets as a challenge to the Russian fleet and evidence that the U.S. was
"ramping up its military presence in the region."
Witnesses at
Crimea base: 'No fighting or shooting like reported on TV',:
Recent reports
from Western media say Russian troops have allegedly seized control of the naval
base near the Crimean city of Bakhchisaray on Monday, with "shots being fired in
the air." However, the sailors at the base deny all these reports.
Protesters pelt
Vitali Klitschko with eggs in Ukraine (video)
I'm
prepared to hit City to punish Putin, says David Cameron:
Russians could
be hit with asset freezes and travel bans "within days", Prime Minister says,
even if it harms the City and British industries
Pull
out, Putin - or we'll talk very loudly, say Britain's politicians:
David Cameron
seems to think restricting oligarchs' shopping in London's Bond Street will
bring the Russians to their senses
Gitmo
Hiding Hunger Strikes Behind New Title: 'Long-Term Non-Religious Fasts':
There will be
no more hunger strikes at Guantanamo Bay, according to a new document first
reported on Monday night. Not because the detainees of the military prison are
giving up on the tactic, though. Instead, the military is transitioning to
referring to hunger strikes as "long-term non-religious fasts."
US
immigration detainees begin hunger strike:
On Friday,
March 7, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that 750 of the
1,300 detainees being held at an immigration holding center in Tacoma,
Washington had refused meals.
CIA
accused of spying on Congress over torture report:
"The CIA just
went and searched the committee's computers." Feinstein said. Feinstein added
that she was not taking the situation lightly, and that the CIA may have acted
in violation of the Fourth Amendment
===
"Let us be
peace and joy"
Tom
Feeley
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Of War
Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590"
Number
of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War
On Iraq: 4,883
Number
Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 3,427
Cost of War
in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
$1,520,488,982,705
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