Posts From The Saker
Very good developments in Europe as shown by these three BBC headlines: Greece crisis: Far left Syriza pulls out of talks: Alexis Tsipras: “As long as they insist on the bailout, to a policy that the people have rejected, they cannot ensure social stability”. The leader of far-left party Syriza will not attend coalition talks on Monday, reports say, plunging Greece into further political disarray. State election deals blow to
Two huge explosions killed and wounded scores of people in Damascus. The government accused the opposition, which, in turn, accused the government. And then this, today: in a video posted online the Islamist group al-Nusra Front says it carried out two bomb attacks in the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday (the original quote in BBC’s newspeak was: “A video posted online in the name of Islamist group, al-Nusra Front, says
By Paul Craig Roberts for the Information Clearing House Living in America is becoming very difficult for anyone with a moral conscience, a sense of justice, or a lick of intelligence. Consider: We have had a second fake underwear bomb plot, a much more fantastic one than the first hoax. The second underwear bomber was a CIA operative or informant allegedly recruited by al-Qaeda, an organization that US authorities have
Latest BBC propaganda piece: Putin’s palace? A mystery Black Sea mansion fit for a TsarOn a thickly wooded mountainside overlooking Russia’s Black Sea coast, an extraordinary building has gradually taken shape. It is alleged to be a palace built for the personal use of Vladimir Putin, with massive and illegal use of state funds. You can read the rest for yourself. Needless to say, the BBC only reports about Putin’s
The Brits are going totally overboard with Russophobia. Check out the intro to this Guardian article: A brutal crackdown may be coming for Russia’s renewed opposition. The growing sense of unrest in Russia may lead Vladimir Putin to take drastic and possibly violent action. While they are at it, why don’t they add that Putin may eat babies of breakfast, the Russian military may be about to nuke Monaco and
Great article by the BBC online today: Greek conservative Antonis Samaras has three days to form a coalition, faced with EU warnings to keep to the tough terms of international bailouts.Two-thirds of Greek voters backed parties opposed to the EU/IMF deal, renewing fears that Athens may default on its debts and leave the eurozone.Germany’s Angela Merkel has made clear that Greece’s reforms must go on. Is that only me, or
Check out the post below about Drunk Marines. Notice the top video is missing? Check out the message on YouTube: “Wasted Drunk Mari…”This video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated due to multiple third-party notifications of copyright infringement from claimants including:HOME BOX OFFICE, INC.Sorry about that. How about that? HBO claims copyrights over a poor-quality home made video? I don’t think
Bad day for the Empire, good day for the rest of us. First, Hollande won the Presidency in France. Or, to put it in a more realistic way, Sarko lost. Which is good, even if Hollande is likely to be as “Sarko light”. Sarko was all about rabid turbocapitalism and Zionism, whereas Hollande at least pretends to care about social issues and has declared that he would recognize a Palestinian
The recent and controversial changes to Google’s privacy policy have reignited many of the old disputes about Google’s privacy policies. Even beyond the issue of Google itself, more and more people are sounding the alarm that our rights are being put gravely at risk by the new technologies. And they sure have a point: threats are emerging on all levels. More often then not, those who warn of the threats
UPDATE1: Also – this hilarious “remix” UPDATE2: And just in case you missed these headlines, here are some more news items about the “democracy-carriers” and their behavior: Secret service investigating reports of second prostitution scandal Panetta: Marines punished for prostitute attack
The BBC reports that Connecticut is now the 17th US State to have abolished the death penalty. One could say that 17 out of 50 is a rather depressing score, and it is, but it is the trend which I find immensely encouraging. For all of its faults, the US society is nevertheless slowly civilizing itself and that is remarkable considering the type of corporate Fascism which the US population
Business insider reports: Ron Paul Shocks Campaign Staff With New Position On Israel Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul revealed this week that he would support moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, a surprising position that contradicts conventional wisdom about Paul’s stance toward the Jewish state. Paul first made this position known Wednesday night, during a private meeting with evangelical leaders interested in helping the Texas Congressman reach out
Big thanks to Jack who recommended this movie by Ryan Dawson to me! Commentary: this is really a very well-done piece of investigation. The kind of research which even if it is 20,30 or 60 percent mistaken is still mind-blowing. And as far as I can tell, Dawson is 100% correct in everything he shows. In this movie Ryan Dawson did not uncover any new facts, but the way he
Dear friends, Just wanted to let you know that I will be hitting the road from April 12th to April 22nd. I will be driving up and down the USA, something like 2’500 miles in 10 days, so while I will have an Android smartphone with me and while I will have access to a computer on a regular basis, I might take me longer than usual to reply to
Egg and yogurt tossing at a reporter on Greek TV: If the talking heads of ABCBSNBCFOX were treated like that by the general public in the USA the Zioempire would collapse rather fast. But, of course, in the USA such protests would be met with tasers, pepper spray and live fire. Anyway, kudos to the Greek anarchists – thanks guys for making us laugh and dream! May your example inspire
I found these three on Informationclearinghouse We Want War, And We Want It Now By Pepe Escobar Our Men in Iran? By Seymour M. Hersh Report: U.S. Trained Terror Group By Glenn Greenwald Informationclearinghouse is really doing a good job at covering topics like Syria and Iran and it would be a good idea to help him by visiting his “support” page here: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/support.htm . Cheers!