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Divorcing Wells Fargo
Mary Shaw
I first opened the checking and savings accounts, along with a safe deposit box, in the early 1980s, at Fidelity Bank. Then, through a series of mergers and buy-outs, it became First Fidelity, then First Union, and then Wachovia.
It was a good bank, with conveniently located branches and ATMs, friendly staff, and a reasonable fee structure. For three decades, it was my primary bank - where my paychecks were automatically deposited and from which most of my bills were automatically paid. It was all smooth and easy.
But then Wells Fargo bought Wachovia.
First, the rates went up. Now I had to maintain $1,500 in my checking account - rather than $1,000 - in order to avoid a monthly service charge. And my checking and savings accounts no longer entitled me to a 50% discount on my safe deposit box rental.
Lies, Damn Lies and John Kerry Lies
by Stephen Lendman
Once wasn't enough for Kerry. He came. He saw. He lied. He did twice. Friday was his second Colin Powell moment. It's prelude to lawless aggression.
Lies assure more lies. They used to launch wars. All wars are based on lies. Sunshine is the best disinfectant. Truth is the ally of peace. It's the enemy of war.
On August 30, The headlined "Kerry Becomes Chief Advocate for US Attack," saying:
He "laid out the case. (He) mad(e) a closing argument to a skeptical jury."
Twenty-four times he lied saying "we know." He "left no doubt that the United States (will) respond with military power."
Putin Speaks Out on Syria
by Stephen Lendman
Russia emphatically opposes war on Syria. Throughout months of conflict, it's gone all out to prevent further escalation.
With China, it vetoed three Security Council resolutions to do so. Putin and Obama represent opposing doctrines.
Putin supports peace and stability. He believes nation-state sovereignty is inviolable. He affirms UN Charter and other fundamental rule of law principles.
Obama thrives on violence. He supports America's divine right of intervention. He's waging multiple direct and proxy wars. He's doing so lawlessly. He spurns international, constitutional and US statute laws.
He does so unaccountably. He does it to advance America's imperium. He's heading for war on Syria. He's doing so despite strong public sentiment opposition.
Duplicitous Anti-Syrian Editorials
by Stephen Lendman
Media scoundrels march in lockstep. When America goes to war or plans one, they're supportive right or wrong.
Throughout months of conflict, they pilloried Assad. They did so unjustifiably. They turned truth on its head. They blame him for insurgent crimes. They do it repeatedly.
On August 30, Wall Street Journal editors headlined "The Chemical Evidence," saying:
"Kerry echoes Bush in making the case on WMD(s) in Syria. If (he) talked like this in 2004, he would have been president." Clear evidence showed another stolen election. Gore won in 2000. Kerry won convincingly. They knew it. They stayed silent. Bush lost both times. He got eight years in office.
Obama Invented Pretext for Lawless Aggression
By Stephen Lendman
When US enemies don't exist, they're invented. When rule of law principles are clear and unequivocal, they're twisted to fit US policy.
On August 30, White House Special Assistant to the President/Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest said:
"When the president reaches a determination about the appropriate response and a legal justification is required to substantiate or to back up that decision, we'll produce one on our own."
In other words, reasons given will fit policy. They'll be created out of whole cloth. They'll violate core legal principles, standards and norms.
It doesn't matter. What Obama says goes. He wants war on Syria. He'll get it. Who'll argue with bombs away? Who'll confront cruise missile diplomacy? Who'll hold him accountable? Who challenged past war criminal presidents? They do what they want. They do it with impunity.
Obama's America: Gangsterism Writ Large
by Stephen Lendman
Obama's America is an out-of-control rogue state. It's nuclear armed and dangerous. It maintains large stockpiles of hugely toxic chemical and biological weapons.
They're used freely in all US wars. Washington threatens world peace. It risks global war. It's no land of the free and home of the brave. It's not beautiful.
It's no democracy. It's run by cutthroat criminals. They're gangsters. They're thugs. They're hoodlums. They're barbarians.
They're corrupt. They're morally depraved. They're ethically challenged. They want everything for themselves. They want unlimited wealth, power and privilege.
They're waging war on humanity for global dominance. They're benefitting at the expense of its survival. They need to be stopped at all costs. The alternative is potential annihilation.
Harsh Criticism of Israeli/Palestinian Peace Talks
by Stephen Lendman
A Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) position paper offered straight talk on what's ongoing. It did so responsibly.
PHROC's a 12 Palestinian human rights organization coalition. It's polar opposite US/Israeli policy.
It supports peaceful conflict resolution. It wants it based in international legal standards. They include:
One, Two, Three, Four, When Are We Going to Go to War? Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Are You Out of Your F__king Mind! (What We Should Know Before Waging War on Syria)
by chycho
I. Introduction
Everything is politics, from what we eat to what we drink, from what society deems acceptable behavior to what it considers a criminal offence, from who we interact with to how we interact with them. Politics decides if we are free or if we live as slaves in bondage.
Politics determines what our children are taught in school, how we treat the ecosystem, what theories scientists investigate, how art is perceived (video), what version of history we recall, and how the future will remember us.
America’s War on War
Mahboob A. Khawaja
“The hell of human suffering, evil and oppression is paved with good intentions. The men who have most injured and oppressed humanity, who have most deeply sinned against it, were according to their standards and their conscience good men; what was bad in them, what wrought moral evil and cruelty, treason to truth and progress, was not at all in their intentions, in their purpose, in their personal character, but in their opinions.”
(Robert Briffault. The Making of Humanity, London, 1918)
If there were any moral, spiritual and intellectual values enshrined in the UNO Charter, the 21st century’s global political affairs could have been in more responsive shape and form than the warlike culture of the few. At least, the global community would have attained better sense of moral and legal accountability in the contemporary affairs.
A View From Tehran
by FRANKLIN LAMB
Tehran
Truth told, it’s a bit intense these days in Tehran as in most other countries in this region, and this observer fairly soon may be on what just might be the last Tehran-Damascus flight for some time in light of what could occur in the coming days.
Not that one is in any hurry to leave the Islamic Republic. I love Iran and its people, who in their basic values and outlook on life are about as American as apple pie. Iranians think a lot like me and my friends back home, and Americans think a lot like them, this despite the extremist, politically motivated portrayals of each other designed by their governments.
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