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Assad Affirms Syrian Sovereign Independence
by Stephen Lendman
Syria is proudly independent. Assad affirmed it forthrightly. Intends maintaining it. Refusing US-controlled puppet state status.
Unlike other regional governments. Ones in other parts of the world. Sacrificing their sovereign independence.
Betraying their people. Mocking legitimate governance. For special benefits they derive.
In an interview with Paris Match magazine, Assad was asked if he feels responsible for over three and a half years of war.
Since its early days, "we have been facing terrorism," he said. "It is true that there were demonstrations, but they were not large in number."
Killer Cops
by Stephen Lendman
Cops in America kill with impunity. On average over once a day. FBI data showed 461 so-called "justifiable homicides" last year.
A euphemism most often for cold-blooded murder. A likely way undercount. Based on voluntary police reports.
No separate federal database exists. No interest in compiling one. No way to check local reports for accuracy.
Including how often white cops kill people of color. Usually unarmed/nonthreatening Black or Latino youths.
US House Declares Cold War on Russia
by Stephen Lendman
Lunatics infest Washington. Crazies. Hardline extremists. Criminals. Lawless fascists by any standard. Dominating both parties.
Mocking legitimate governance. Making policy irresponsibly.
Including homeland police state laws. Legislation serving monied interests exclusively.
At the expense of beneficial social change. Serving all Americans equitably. Democratically. Honorably. According to international and constitutional law.
Appropriating trillions of dollars for corporate handouts. Illegitimate ones. Trillions more for naked aggression. Targeting one sovereign independent state after another.
Challenging Israel's House Demolition Policy
by Stephen Lendman
Lawless by any standard. Ruthlessness writ large. Targeting Palestinians. Not Jews. Imagine the following.
Israel accuses a Palestinian family member or apartment building resident of violent criminality. With or without corroborating evidence.
It doesn't matter. The alleged offender automatically called a "terrorist." House demolition follows.
Collectively punishing everyone in it. Including the alleged offender. Even if innocent.
In 2005, Israel ceased punitive house demolitions. Deeming them counterproductive. Not achieving their claimed purpose - "deterrence." Creating justifiable hatred and hostility.
Whitey to Whitey: Yes it's us--y'all need to change, and that Right Soon
by: Daniel Patrick Welch
White Americans have essentially never internalized the Kerner Report. Assembled by Lyndon Johnson to address what was laughably referred to as the Negro Problem, the panel very quickly saw that this was a joke. There is no Negro Problem in the US, but rather a white people problem. FIFTY years ago (let that sink in), it opined, "Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black and one white--separate and unequal...Discrimination and segregation have long permeated much of American life; they now threaten the future of every American." The report explained that the race riots were rooted in segregation, inadequate housing, poor access to quality education, systematic police violence, and labor market exclusion. For these factors, the report concluded, "White racism is essentially responsible."
Dis-Accumulation on a World Scale: Pillage, Plunder and Wealth
James Petras
Introduction
Over the past 30 years, wealth has grown exponentially and has become increasingly concentrated foremost in the upper .01%, then the .1%, followed by the 1% and the upper 10% - 20%.
The large scale, long-term concentration of wealth has continued through booms and busts of the real economy, the financial and IT crises. Wealth grew despite long-term economic recessions and stagnation, because the
so-called recovery programs imposed austerity on 80% of the households while transferring public revenues to the rich.
Battleground America
by Stephen Lendman
America is more police state than democracy. George Bush institutionalized it. Obama hardened his abusive practices.
Pervasive at federal, state and local levels. Ferguson, MO symbolizes what's wrong. Obama's solution:
Downplay Michael Brown's murder. Ignore militarized police repression.
Arm state and local departments nationwide with more weapons than already supplied. Types used in war theaters.
Militarized America threatens freedom. Turning city streets into battlegrounds.
Washington provides police nationwide with enormous amounts of combat weapons, related equipment and supplies.
Punitive Israeli House Demolitions
Stephen Lendman
Israeli occupation ruthlessly oppresses millions of Palestinians. For praying to the wrong God.
For wanting rights everyone deserves. Including living free on their own land in their own country.
Home demolitions constitute collective punishment. Against Palestinians. A flagrant Fourth Geneva violation.
Since June 1967, Israel demolished over 48,000 Palestinian houses and other structures. Dispossessing occupants.
Israeli authorities claiming Regulation 119 authority. Of the 1945 British Mandate Defense (Emergency) Regulations. Long outdated.
Incorporated into Israeli law. Granting broad discretionary powers. Imposing excessive punishment. By administrative order.
Ashton Carter at DOD Means More War
Stephen Lendman
Reports indicate Obama will nominate Carter as new defense secretary. Succeeding Chuck Hagel.
"(B)arring any last minute complications." According to unnamed administration officials. He tops the short list.
The Pentagon's Stars and Stripes publication said he's the likely choice. An announcement may come this week.
He'll be Obama's 4th Pentagon chief if nominated and confirmed. Following Robert Gates, Leon Panetta and Chuck Hagel.
The New York Times said his "formal nomination is expected in the next few days once the White House completes the vetting process."
Obama: War Criminal, Tyrant, Torturer, Racist, Corporate Tool, World-Class Thug
by Stephen Lendman
His record speaks for itself. Ideologically over-the-top. Lawless. Reckless. Ruthless by any standard. Reflecting the worst of rogue leadership.
Mocking democratic values. Breaching rule of law principles. Riding roughshod over responsible governance. Serving monied interests exclusively. They never had it so good.
Responsible for protracted Main Street Depression conditions. Letting popular needs go begging when most needed.
A reliable corporate tool and then some. Pro-war. Pro-business. Pro-privilege. Pro-super wealth. Anti-populist.
Anti-government of, by and for everyone equitably. Presiding over a gangster state. The most ruthless in world history. Most reckless. Most dangerous.
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