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Oliver Stone on 'the Russian threat': "We're not under threat. We ARE the threat"

Sputnik
Wed, 23 Sep 2015 18:55 UTC

The director has a reputation for making films that rattle the establishment. "JFK," "Wall Street," and "Born on the Fourth of July" all question American dogma. Oliver Stone's latest venture continues that trend. His new documentary series points out the true history of American exceptionalism, something more dangerous than ISIL.

In 2012, Oliver Stone co-wrote The Untold History of the United States with American University professor Peter Kuznick. The book received somewhat mixed reviews. While many hailed its brave unveiling of a history otherwise left untold in American classrooms, others felt threatened by the facts within.

Now that the book has been made into a ten-part documentary series on Showtime, many of those same exaggerated criticisms have been leveled against the authors.

Marine Le Pen to face trial for comparing Muslim street prayers to WWII Nazi occupation

RT
Tue, 22 Sep 2015 20:32 UTC

Marine Le Pen, the leader of the French National Front party, will appear before court on charges of incitement of religious hatred over comparing Muslim street prayers to the Nazi occupation.

Le Pen was ordered to stand before trial on charges of "incitement to discrimination over people's religious beliefs" on October 20, the prosecutor's office in Lyon said on Tuesday.

The charges that Marine Le Pen now faces date back to her 2010 speech when she was competing for the post of the National Front leader. At that time, speaking about Muslims praying in the streets outside mosques when they were full, Le Pen compared it to Nazi occupation.

"I'm sorry, but for those who really like to talk about World War Two, if we're talking about occupation, we could talk about that (street prayers), because that is clearly an occupation of the territory," she said at a rally of her supporters in Lyon in 2010.

"It is an occupation of sections of the territory, of neighborhoods in which religious law applies, it is an occupation. There are no tanks, there are no soldiers, but it is an occupation anyhow, and it weighs on people," she added.

Comment: See also:

The US extends the Syrian crisis by equating Assad and ISIS

John Wight
RT
Tue, 22 Sep 2015 16:45 UTC

Russia's military support for Syria can only be considered controversial or wrong to those who maintain that a moral equivalence exists between ISIS and the Assad government.

Prolonging the conflict in Syria and the suffering of the Syrian people is a direct result of the mendacity and perfidy that informs the West's stance towards the region. Indeed the lack of any moral clarity, leadership, and competence on the part of Western governments has been nothing short of criminal, with scant evidence of it changing anytime soon. Only in an upside down world could any equivalence be drawn between ISIS in Syria and the Assad government. Yet this is exactly the equivalence that the West continues to make, thus hampering efforts to destroy a movement that is intent on turning the clock back in Syria to the seventh century, embracing inhuman levels of butchery and barbarity in the process.

ISIS is the Khmer Rouge of our time, holding to a similar objective of turning an entire nation into a cultural, human, and physical desert. It revels in its cruelty and bestiality, enslaves and rapes women on a grand scale, and has been allowed to grow to the point where it now constitutes a direct threat to centuries of human progress. Thus we are talking about an organization that has no program that can be negotiated with, nothing to offer except carnage and chaos, making its complete and total destruction a non-negotiable condition of saving millions of people from a horrific fate.

In contradistinction to ISIS the Assad government is secular, believes in modernity, and upholds the rights of minorities, both Muslim and non-Muslim. More crucially, regardless of the huge campaign of demonization that has been unleashed against it in the West, it retains the support of its people, who understand more than any Western diplomat, politician, or ideologue the nature of the struggle they have been engulfed in these past four and half years.

Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership aims to slash local rules against hazardous chemicals

Sarah Lazare
Common Dreams
Tue, 22 Sep 2015 16:57 UTC

New report finds that the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership poses a threat to state regulations against hazardous pesticides, products, and fracking chemicals.

The mammoth Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) under secret negotiation between the United States and European Union is poised to slash the power of local governments to regulate toxins—from pesticides to fracking chemicals—the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) warned in a report released Tuesday.

Comment: The Truth behind the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership:

Palestinian President Abbas warned of another intifada

John Irish
Business Insider
Tue, 22 Sep 2015 11:23 UTC

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned on Tuesday that there was a risk of a new Palestinian intifada, or uprising, erupting if violence at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem did not ease and peace talks with Israel did not resume.

Israeli-Palestinian strife has risen sharply in recent weeks as Arab states and Palestinians have accused Israeli forces of violations at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque, one of Islam's holiest sites.

"We spoke about what's happening at al-Aqsa," Abbas told a news conference after meeting French President Francois Hollande. "It's extremely dangerous. We don't want it to continue and (if it did) the alternative would be chaos or an intifada (uprising) that we don't want."

Abbas called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to order an end to Israeli actions in Jerusalem's Old City where al Aqsa is located, stop continued settlement activity in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and return to the negotiating table.

"We consider the only way to reach peace is through negotiations," he said. The talks collapsed in April 2014.

Hollande urged calm in Jerusalem and said the 1967 "status quo", which meant access for Palestinians to al Aqsa, could not be put into question. Israel captured Jerusalem's Old City and the West Bank in the 1967 Middle East war.

Comment: It looks as though it has already started:

Another IDF soldier shoots innocent Palestinian; 18-year old woman shot 10 times, left to die in street

See also: The Historical Perspective of the 2014 Gaza Massacre

Petraeus' recipe for battling ISIS: US-protected rebel enclaves in Syria, surge in Iraq

RT
Tue, 22 Sep 2015 21:13 UTC

To achieve victory in the Middle East, the US needs to establish and protect rebel enclaves in Syria, and launch another "surge" in Iraq, former CIA director and retired US Army general David Petraeus told a Senate panel.

This was the first public appearance for the retired general and former spymaster, following his April sentencing for revealing classified information to his mistress.

Describing Syria as a "geopolitical Chernobyl... spewing instability" all over the Middle East, Petraeus urged the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) to endorse a policy that would "stop the Syrian air force from flying" and establish safe areas where civilians and anti-government rebels could be protected by US airpower and advisers.

Meanwhile, all the elements of the surge were once again required in Iraq, but this time around the Iraqis would have to provide the ground troops, he said.

Petraeus echoed the official position of the State Department that Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was to blame for the rise of Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS or ISIL), blaming the government's "barrel bombs" rather than IS for most of the civilian deaths in Syria.

The general pushed for the creation of US-backed protected areas where civilians and militia opposed to the government could shelter under the coalition air umbrella. Eventually, he said, US advisers could be deployed there as boots on the ground. "This is a very complicated military activity, but it is doable," Petraeus told lawmakers.

Comment: ...and they live in their own fantasy, making it up as they go.

The US and its allies (60-nation coalition!) flew 53,278 sorties and supposedly carried out 6700 airstrikes for $4 billion. Either they have really faulty equipment, or they are terrible shots, or there is a simpler explanation as to why 6700 airstrikes did not find their marks, and in fact ISIS has grown in numbers while the US has damaged or destroyed over 10,000 targets, as of August, 2015. -US Department of Defense

How Syrians feel about their 4-year conflict: 82% say IS is US and foreign made group, 79% say foreign fighters made war worse, only 21% prefer life now than under Assad. Source: ORB International

Is Monsanto cooking up another 'Sneak Attack' in Congress?

Alexis Baden-Mayer & Ronnie Cummins
Organic Consumer Association
Mon, 21 Sep 2015 16:08 UTC

There are several scenarios that would allow the biotech giant to push through the DARK Act this year — without going through the normal Senate process.

"Something is going to happen. If you're not at the table, you're on the menu."

So we were told recently by a Senate staffer, during one of the many meetings we've held with Senators to urge them to reject H.R. 1599, or what we refer to as the DARK — Deny Americans the Right to Know — Act.

Could that comment mean Monsanto is cooking up another "sneak attack," similar to the one it conducted in 2013, that led to passage of the Monsanto Protection Act? Only this time, the sneak attack would be aimed at stomping out the GMO labeling movement?

Kerry says (finally admits) US ready (has no choice) for 'Immediate discussions' with Russia on Syria

Sputnik
Tue, 22 Sep 2015 04:28 UTC

John Kerry said the US is ready to discuss the Syrian crisis.

The US Secretary of State also stated that the increased number of Russian aircraft in Syria represents force protection in the region.

During the press-conference in Washington, Kerry said that the US and Russia agree on how the Syrian conflict should be solved.

"We are prepared to engage in this [US-Russia] discussion [on Syria] immediately," Kerry said at a press conference.

The secretary of state added Washington hopes Moscow is also ready to participate in the dialogue.

Kerry announced on Sunday that he would meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to discuss Syria within the framework of the 70th UN General Assembly in New York.

Earlier, the US Secretary of State stated that the US is willing to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to resolve the Syrian crisis.

Syria has been mired in a civil war since 2011, as government forces loyal to Assad fight several opposition and radical Islamist militant groups, including the Nusra Front and Islamic State (ISIL).

Since the beginning of the Syria civil war, the United States and some of its allies have supported the moderate Syrian opposition while calling for Assad's resignation, while Russia recognized Assad as the only legitimate Syrian authority.

Comment: It must really grate on Kerry to be constantly outflanked by an actual statesman.

As Assad pounds ISIS targets, US must rethink Syria strategy

Russia may put Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad if U.S. upgrades nuclear arms in Germany

Lidia Kelly
Reuters
Wed, 23 Sep 2015 15:48 UTC

© Reuters/Maxim Shemetov
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to deliver his speech during an opening ceremony of the MAKS International Aviation and Space Salon in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia, August 25, 2015.

Russia may deploy Iskander ballistic missiles to its enclave of Kaliningrad if the United States upgrades its nuclear weapons in Germany, the Interfax news agency cited a military source as saying on Wednesday.

"A final decision well be taken after detailed analysis of the potential threat," the agency cited the source as saying.

Transparency black hole: Almost all of UK lobbyists work in unaccountable, unregulated environment ripe for corruption

RT
Wed, 23 Sep 2015 15:41 UTC

Corporate lobbyists who peddle the interests of big business remain shrouded from public scrutiny as lax lobbying regulation increases the risk of corruption in Britain, a scathing new report warns.

Following detailed analysis of figures from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Transparency International UK (TI UK) found the UK's lobbying register is "entirely unfit for purpose."

The think tank, which seeks to fight corruption in all its forms, says the British public is "left in the dark" as unaccountable architects of public-policy mold Britain's political landscape.

A new report by TI UK, titled "Accountable Influence," indicates less than four percent of Britain's lobbying sphere is regulated despite the fact it is dominated by corporate interests.

Ehret an idiot beyond belief

smertzasmert

.. .. are wheel barrel sales are up too?

Jibrish

I doubt any pureblood would object to the "vaccinated" being masked, but if they (the "vaccinated") still feel unsafe then maybe their problem is...

HashAttack2

I said this would happen...now they are looking to mandate companies with less that 100 employees...shits getting real, people[Link]

Bezel Bub

it's all a lie ! :O

cracker

Puppet Masters

Oliver Stone on 'the Russian threat': "We're not under threat. We ARE the threat"

Marine Le Pen to face trial for comparing Muslim street prayers to WWII Nazi occupation

The US extends the Syrian crisis by equating Assad and ISIS

Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership aims to slash local rules against hazardous chemicals

Palestinian President Abbas warned of another intifada

Petraeus' recipe for battling ISIS: US-protected rebel enclaves in Syria, surge in Iraq

Is Monsanto cooking up another 'Sneak Attack' in Congress?

Kerry says (finally admits) US ready (has no choice) for 'Immediate discussions' with Russia on Syria

Russia may put Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad if U.S. upgrades nuclear arms in Germany

Transparency black hole: Almost all of UK lobbyists work in unaccountable, unregulated environment ripe for corruption

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