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Fast Track the Good Stuff
By David Swanson
The U.S. Senate has been very concerned not to let peace with Iran slip into place too easily, even while a new war in Iraq and Syria proceeds without the formal pretense of Congress "authorizing" or rejecting it.
Both houses of Congress are interested in ramming through the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) on a fast track. The fast track procedure of rushing things through Congress or creating them without Congress seems to be reserved for the least popular ideas our government produces. What if, instead, a fast track were set up for those items favored by a vast majority of the public, or required for the future habitability of the planet, but which meet resistance from campaign funders, lobbyists, and the corporate media?
Phony US/Saudi Proposed 5-Day Truce in Yemen
by Stephen Lendman
A proposed 5-day humanitarian pause belies weeks of relentless terror-bombing harming civilians most - deliberately mass murdering them in cold blood.
Pausing in genocidal slaughter is subterfuge. It ignores US-orchestrated/Saudi-led naked aggression against a nation threatening no others.
It does nothing to address their illegal blockade - willfully preventing essential to life humanitarian aid from reaching Yemenis in need.
At the same time, Houthis are wrongfully blamed for defending themselves against pro-Saudi forces, imported takfiri death squads and by retaliating cross-border. On Saturday, UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen Johannes van der Klaauw blasted Riyadh for "indiscriminate(ly) bombing…populated areas, with or without prior warning…"
German Firestorm Rises About Angela Merkel’s Lies
Eric Zuesse
Starting on Friday May 8th, some German news media have been reporting on the release of previously secret emails from the office of the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel. These emails make clear that when her underlings have said, ever since 2013, that the U.S. has promised to stop tapping the phones and other communications of Germans and even of the German Chancellor herself, no such promise had actually been received from anyone in the U.S. Administration of President Barack Obama. Instead, this claim from the Chancellor’s office was being made simply in order for her to be able to win the 22 September 2013 parliamentary elections. It was contrary to fact. And it still is.
Kiev Demands Russia Pay $350 Billion for Destruction Its Own Aggression Caused in Donbass
By Stephen Lendman
US-installed Kiev fascist putschists find new ways to elevate chutzpah to a higher level.
In April 2014, they launched premeditated US proxy naked aggression against their own people in Donbass for wanting democratic rights everyone deserves.
Mass slaughter and destruction followed. Civilians by far suffered most.
Three agreements to end conflict failed - Minsk II the latest in February.
Low-level fighting continues ahead of US/Kiev plans to escalate it full-blown. Hundreds of US combat troops and special forces are training Kiev's Nazi-infested National Guard and likeminded battalions for renewed all-out war - at Obama's discretion.
World’s Richest 80 People Own Same Amount as World’s Bottom 50%
Eric Zuesse
Oxfam’s recent report, "WEALTH: HAVING IT ALL AND WANTING MORE” contains shocking figures that the press haven’t sufficiently publicized; so, the findings and the reliability of their sources will be discussed here. The results will then be related to the central political debate now going on in the U.S. Presidential contests for 2016, which is about equality and inequality.
First, the findings:
1. The richest 80 individuals own as much as do all of the poorest half of humanity.
2. During 2009-2014, the wealth of the 80 richest people doubled, yet the wealth of the bottom 50% declined slightly.
Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant: A Ticking Time Bomb?
by Stephen Lendman
All nuclear power plants are inherently unsafe - aging, poorly maintained ones most of all.
Entergy Corporation's Indian Point nuclear plant is located 38 miles north of New York City. It was commissioned in 1974. It experienced numerous incidents warranting concern - the latest on May 9.
A transformer exploded. Fire and black smoke were visible. The plant's Unit 3 was shut down after the incident. Officials claimed no threat to public safety.
Whether true or not, who knows. When incidents like this happen, the public is systematically lied to.
Nuclear experts cite Indian Point's notorious history of unaddressed health hazards, safety violations, numerous accidents and pollution - issues persisting throughout its operating life.
Obama's Duplicitous V-Day Remarks
by Stephen Lendman
Obama and Vladimir Putin are geopolitical polar opposites. Russia's leader supports peace, stability and mutual cooperation among all countries.
He believes nation-state sovereignty is inviolable. He embraces UN Charter and other fundamental rule of law principles.
He opposes interfering in the internal affairs of other nations. He believes no country may attack another except in self-defense - and only if Security Council members authorize it as core international law stipulates.
Obama thrives on endless wars of aggression, violence and instability. He claims a divine right to intervene against other nations at his discretion - politically, economically and militarily.
Deepening Sino/Russian Ties
by Stephen Lendman
Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Moscow for the May 9 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe commemorations signifies deepening ties between both nations.
Xi invited Putin to Beijing for September 3 end of WW II celebratory events.
"During those years, China was the main front of World War II in Asia, and during the time of war, a solid combat friendship was formed between our peoples," Xi told Putin.
China's leader "wholeheartedly invite(d) (his Russian counterpart) to participate in these ceremonies."
On May 8, Putin said "(t)omorrow with other world leaders we will take part in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the (Soviet) victory in World War II, and in September in Beijing we will mark the end of the World War II."
Ukraine Commemorates V-Day by Waging War and Honoring Nazi Criminals
by Stephen Lendman
US-installed Ukrainian fascists commemorated Poroshenko's established victory in Europe Day of Remembrance by vowing to "destroy Moscow," free its people, and let them "shape their own future."
Ukrainian ultranationalists attending a May 8 commemoration included 14th SS Waffen Grenadier division veterans, Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) members, and Nazi-infested volunteer battalions involved in what they call "the Russian-Ukrainian war."
Svoboda party overt Nazis participated. Their slogan is "Ukraine for the Ukrainians" - meaning ethnically pure, free of Jews, Russians and others not wanted, by extermination or other means.
Speeding up the countdown to catastrophe
By Alan Hart
The man now calling the shots for Israel's Palestine policy is not Prime Minister Netanyahu but Naftali Bennett, the leader of the Jewish Home party, who has declared and means that there are no circumstances in which he would ever agree to the creation of a Palestinian state.
Without the Jewish Home party's participation Netanyahu would not have been able to construct a fragile and unstable coalition government with a majority of one in the Knesset. In other words it was Bennett who made it possible for Netanyahu to have a fourth term as prime minister and that gives him, Bennett, and the deluded and demented settlers he represents, a great deal of bargaining and blackmail power.
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