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  'Doomsday weapon’: The US is currently unable to counter Russia’s nuclear underwater drone posted by RT staff report via cyd, 2018-08-02 22:37:31
US and British navies could attempt to counter Russia’s nuclear-powered autonomous torpedo, Poseidon, by using undersea sensors and anti-submarine aircraft, writes Covert Shores website. But is this really a viable and effective tactic? (full story)
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 Erdogan And The EU Are On A Collision Course In The Balkans posted by Alon Ben-Meir via james, 2018-08-02 21:50:21
Banned from promoting his dangerous Islamic agenda across the European Union, Turkish President Erdogan is now seeking to use his growing influence in the Balkans against the Western countries. Erdogan's aggressive return to the Balkans increased concerns among critics in southeastern Europe -- the region where he is pursuing more assertive policies and strategically spreading his brand of Islamist nationalism through a network of mosques and religious institutions. (full story)
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 Populism Rules No One Need Think Anymore posted by troy, 2018-08-02 01:01:23
Let’s face it, thinking is a strain on the brains of the enslaved public, especially in the USA, with Pakistan currently following in at a close second -- it has recently been revealed that the all powerful Pakistani military applied pressure on Pakistan’s media to ensure that pretty, political dunce, Imran Khan was elected to power, which result for Pakistanis means more of the same misery, though this time the enormous corruption and poverty plaguing that nation would be less obvious, hidden; you’ve got to feel for the desperation of the people that as yet refuse to believe that it’s all been a sham. (full story)
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 The Death of Investigative Journalism in Oz, Channel Nine’s Takeover of Fairfax posted by Binoy Kampmark via stacey, 2018-08-01 20:43:56
Media moguls Murdoch and Packer are responsible for the outrageously concentrated media that exists today in Australia, nevertheless, the last bastion of real investigative journalism, the Fairfax owned outlets, survived the onslaught for a time, today however Fairfax has succumbed to popularity, goodbye informative reporting and hello populist, meaningless media. Tit and sensationalism is how Murdoch built his global empire and as verified by the takeover company, money is now the number one consideration.
What this takeover (merger is a misnomer) represents is the cultural failing of a nation, which has all but lost its unique identity to toxic American values, the nation which is now a suitable home for Murdoch and his toxic, sensationalist media. (full story)
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Russia’s Ascension to Global Military Superiority posted by drew, 2018-08-01 06:33:22
Prior to embarking on what may be a futile textual endeavour, if mis-information is the case, Russian claims and real world demonstrations appear to have tilted the scales. No longer is the USA the world’s military No.1 if media claims both US and Russian are to be believed. (full story)
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The Permanent Lie, Our Deadliest Threat posted by Chris Hedges via hal, 2018-08-01 00:42:44
The most ominous danger we face does not come from the eradication of free speech through the obliteration of net neutrality or through Google algorithms that steer people away from dissident, left-wing, progressive or anti-war sites. It does not come from a tax bill that abandons all pretense of fiscal responsibility to enrich corporations and oligarchs and prepares the way to dismantle programs such as Social Security. It does not come from the opening of public land to the mining and fossil fuel industry, the acceleration of ecocide by demolishing environmental regulations, or the destruction of public education. (full story)
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TEENAGERS' Climate Lawsuit Against Trump Can Proceed, Supreme Court Rules posted by Julia Conley via gayle, 2018-07-31 21:09:36
A group of teenagers and younger children secured a victory in their case against the Trump administration this week, as the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that their lawsuit demanding that the federal government take stronger action against the climate crisis can proceed. (full story)
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Plain to See: Western Politicians No Longer Serve Their Nations or People posted by Paul Craig Roberts via ellie, 2018-07-31 19:56:59
The following piece applies to ALL western nations as they all follow the ruinous policies of monied elites. (full story)
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A Measure of Profound STUPIDITY posted by sophie, 2018-07-30 20:31:10
Today, religionists have gained a surprising degree of political power; in the USA it’s the Evangelicals that support Trump’s continuity as president. In the Middle East it’s extremist Wahhabi and Salafi fundamentalists that engage in religious wars. In Israel it's the extremist, fascist, Zionists that determine the nation’s violent policies. In Asia Buddhist monks lead revolutionary movements against corrupt governments and the list goes on. However, I would confine this short piece to the Abrahamic religions which lead the world in violence. (full story)
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 The Magnificence of Self-deception posted by lewis, 2018-07-30 08:13:46
It’s magnificent due to its now pervasive global reach, the populist leader that knows jack shit about politics but sure knows how to take orders and dance in front of cameras. Sense, logic, skill, ability and political knowledge are no longer requirements for national leadership. The latest example is Pakistan, where a former cricket player and political dunce has been swept to power, of course with elite and military support, but no matter, he’s pretty and popular! (full story)
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How BRICS Plus clashes with the US economic war on Iran posted by Pepe Escobar via james, 2018-07-29 23:48:34
The key take away from the BRICS summit in Johannesburg is that Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – important Global South players – strongly condemn unilateralism and protectionism. (full story)
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 Buying Assange’s Arrest posted by Whitney Webb via ferrite, 2018-07-27 22:47:30
White haired Aussie Julian Assange, perhaps more than any other individual alive is detested by the American Deep State that manically pursues his arrest and extradition in order to crucify the arrogant Aussie and hold him up as a 'slain' spectacle to others that may think they are able to compromise the OVERTLY criminal USA. And so Ecuador's new president has been bought by those interests that spare no expense when it comes to Assange's arrest/crucifixion. Quite CLEARLY sudden large US purchases of Ecuadorian oil are odd in view of history, if Assange's arrest and Moreno's compliant corruption are not taken into account. The cat is out of the bag. Which should galvanise support for beleaguered, Julian Assange, though that is a pipedream considering the mass media induced stupor of western populations. (full story)
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 Trump Could be Ready to Order an Illegal Strike Against Iran, Australian Government Sources Say posted by Andrew Probyn and Andrew Greene via lucy, 2018-07-26 21:35:32
Notwithstanding the ludicrous statements made by Washington's trained Australian parrot, FM Julie Bishop, particularly Iran supporting its 'proxy fighters' in other Shia populated nations, which endeavour is the legal right to protect its people, in STARK contrast to ILLEGAL 'regime change,' as America's proxy fighters are employed to undertake, the entire notion of an unprovoked illegal attack on Iran is preposterous. Iran is EASILY able to block the transit of ALL oil tankers in the Persian Gulf thereby triggering a world wide crisis and perhaps economic collapse for numerous western nations. It also seems that Julie Bishop is 'somehow' blind (polly wants a cracker) to the fact that the USA is the world's largest supporter of criminal (extremist) proxy fighters, illegally deployed by Washington in the Middle East and North Africa, which groups are DIRECTLY responsible for the millions of refugees flooding European nations. (full story)
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American Brain Dysfunction -- A National Plague posted by jesse, 2018-07-25 20:22:40
I needn't labour the point as it's plain to see. (full story)
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Western States Salvage Their Paid Terrorist Assets in Syria posted by Finian Cunningham via jane, 2018-07-25 19:49:23
Western allied states intervened in the Syrian war earlier this week to extricate hundreds of terrorist militants thereby exposing the filthy, sordid truth of the Syrian conflict for the WORLD to see. The militants are to be fast-tracked for resettlement in Europe and Canada. (full story)
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