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Persian Gulf Feud
Stephen Lendman
Riyadh accusing Qatar of supporting terrorism ignores the pernicious regional infestation of Saudi-supported extremist Wahhabism, the ideology connected to ISIS and likeminded groups.
Both countries support regional terrorist groups, both US allies, despite mixed messages from Washington on Qatar.
Secretary of State Tillerson called for “no further escalation by the parties in the region, (urging) calm and thoughtful dialogue” to resolve things, asking other Gulf states to ease their blockade, citing humanitarian reasons ignored by Washington in all its wars.
Qatar is home to the Pentagon’s Central Command, thousands of US military personnel stationed in the country. During his visit to Riyadh, Trump met with emir al-Thani, saying Washington’s “relationship (with the country) is extremely good.”
Israel Admits Having Nuclear Weapons
Stephen Lendman
Well sort of, indirectly. It’s been an open secret for decades. Israel is nuclear-armed and dangerous.
Perhaps its policy of nuclear ambiguity may end following The NYT report on its so-called “doomsday” plan at the onset of its preemptive Six-Day War - a walkover against Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Jordan.
The Times: “The secret contingency plan…would have been invoked if Israel feared it was going to lose…(t)he demonstration blast, Israeli officials believed, would intimidate” Arab states to back off.
The Times quoted Avner Cohen, an Israeli nuclear history scholar, saying possible use of the weapon is “the last secret of the 1967 war.”
He quoted retired Israeli general Itzhak Yaakov’s years earlier comments, saying “(y)ou’ve got an enemy, and he says he’s going to throw you to the sea.” “You believe him. How can you stop him? “You scare him. If you’ve got something you can scare him with, you scare him.” He was the only source Cohen cited.
In the months leading up to the war, Israel faced no threats from regional nations, later admitted by its political and military officials.
Being in Time-A Post Political Manifesto
Gilad Atzmon
Skyscraper Publications
Video: https://youtu.be/UmTes7se-wY
The book is now available on both amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, my site and many other outlets. I can already see that Amazon UK is out of copies this morning which is a great news.
The book is already endorsed and reviewed by the following:
“Without a bullet being fired, [citizens] have lost almost total control of the apparatus of the U.S. state...Atzmon not only gives us his interpretation of how this happened, he also tells us why...His answers are damning, but he does give us hope that The Real can prevail.” Foreword by Cynthia McKinney, U.S. politician and political activist
Atzmon's book Being in Time is a brilliant and substantive critique of identity politics and Jewish political ideology and culture. It is an essential read for understanding and confronting authoritarianism of all stripes and colors. Professor James Petras
Speaking from his unique perspective as a professional Jazz musician, Gilad provides us once again with a characteristically universalist, humanistic, and humanitarian critique of contemporary Western politics, culture, values and mores. Well worth the read! Professor Francis A. Boyle
Anti-Trump Media Bias
Stephen Lendman
Trump’s complaint about unprecedented media bias is justified.
Campaigning he said “I’m not running against crooked Hillary. I’m running against the crooked media.”
As president, he criticized “dishonest media…fake news…publish(ing) one false story after another, with no sources, even though they pretend to have them.”
“They just don’t want to report the truth…They’re…part of the problem. (They’re) part of the corrupt system.”
A new Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy report, analyzing news coverage of his first 100 days, bears him out.
Analysis was based on NYT, WaPo, and WSJ broadsheet reports, plus ones from CBS, CNN, Fox News, NBC, the BBC, Financial Times and Germany’s ARD.
Reports about Trump were overwhelmingly negative, 98% of the time from one news sources, significantly more hostile than the last three administrations, bias more extreme than any administration since Nixon’s second term.
ISIS in the Philippines
Stephen Lendman
In response to violence instigated by ISIS in the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao, imposed military rule, and threatened to extend it nationwide to defeat the threat.
What’s going on? Why did ISIS begin operating in the Philippines? Weeks after taking office in mid-2016, Duterte blasted Western imperial Middle East policies, saying the Obama administration and Britain “destroyed the (region)…forc(ing) their way into Iraq and kill(ing) Saddam.”
“Look at Iraq now. Look what happened to Libya. Look what happened to Syria.” He blasted former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for failing to act responsibly against what’s gone on for years - on the phony pretext of humanitarian intervention and democracy building.
{Financial Times} Notes the Financial Crash Looming
Executive Intelligence Review
May 31, 2017 (EIRNS) -- The London {Financial Times} on May 30 followed its Frankfurt-based competitor {Handelsblatt} of three weeks earlier, in publishing articles by bank researchers noting that a 2008-like debt crash may be near, triggered by an unrepayable U.S. corporate bubble. The article, by author Dombisa Moyo and financial editor Gillian Tett, is headlined "Global debt woes are building to a tidal wave." But it places most of the weight of danger on debt bubbles in the United States.
"U.S. companies have added $7.8tn [trillion] of debt since 2010 and their ability to cover interest payments is at its weakest since 2008," the authors note -- not getting into principal repayments. Both corporate and consumer debt have reached levels beyond those of 2008 not only in the United States, but also in the UK.
More Sanctions on North Korea and Russia
Stephen Lendman
Earlier ones on both countries achieved nothing. They’re hostile measures in lieu of responsibly engaging all countries diplomatically - an option Washington opposes in dealing with independent governments, ones it doesn’t control.
America has been hostile toward North Korea since post-WWII partitioning in 1945, Truman’s aggression the clearest example, followed by isolation from the West and multiple rounds of sanctions.
On Friday, Security Council members imposed new sanctions on Pyongyang, retaliating against its ballistic missile tests - development of these (and nuclear) weapons solely for defense, not offense, deterrents against possible US aggression.
50th Anniversary of Israel’s Infamous USS Liberty Attack
Stephen Lendman
On June 8, during Israel’s preemptive Six-Day War, an act of aggression, not self-defense against regional Arab states, the IDF did the unthinkable.
It provocatively attacked its main ally, striking the USS Liberty intelligence gathering ship, in international waters about 25.5 nautical miles northwest of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula in international waters.
The incident took 34 US lives, another 171 wounded, the vessel severely damaged, lucky to stay afloat.
It was deployed to monitor belligerents’ communications in response to Israeli aggression on Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iraq - not the other way around.
Boycott U.S. Firms Till Trump Signs to 195-Nation Paris Climate Agreement
Eric Zuesse
U.S. President Donald Trump announced, on Thursday, June 1st, that “We’re getting out” of the global agreement on limiting the amount of greenhouse gases pouring into the Earth’s atmosphere. Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama, had described the agreement (which he had signed), by saying of it: “I believe the Paris agreement can be a turning point for our planet. It’s the biggest single step the world has ever taken toward combating global climate change.” Trump doesn’t place a high priority on the issue, and he says that to adhere to the agreement would hurt America’s economy, which he obviously cares about much more than he does about the planet’s climate.
According to the vast majority of climate-scientists, there will be no way to avoid this planet’s climate-burnout unless the promises of the Paris Climate Agreement are kept. It therefore needs the support of the world’s second-biggest national emitter of greenhouse gases; it needs U.S. President Trump's support. The world’s biggest emitter, China, is unwavering in its commitment to the agreement. So too is virtually the entire planet — except the U.S.
Organic Food Benefits Human Health
Stephen Lendman
A Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) report published in December 2016 suggests what organic food consumers have known all along.
A diet consisting of these foods contributes to human health. Studies of their use show a lower risk of childhood allergies.
Adult consumers are less likely to be overweight. At the same time, it’s hard separating organic food consumption from other lifestyle practices contributing to or harming human health. According to the STOA report, “consumers who regularly buy or consume organic food have healthier dietary patterns, such as a higher consumption of fruit, vegetables and wholegrain products and a lower consumption of meat, compared to other consumers.”
“These dietary patterns are associated with various health benefits, which include a reduced risk of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.”
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