The BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions — as were once applied to South Africa) movement is centered in Europe, but is gaining traction elsewhere. It is aimed at sanctioning Israel economically for its treatment of Palestinians treatment. That treatment is in clear violation of the Geneva Conventions and UN resolutions. Think about it: If Russia was treating Ukrainians like Israelis are treating Palestinians, we would be howling a lot louder than is now the case. Coming on top of our growing differences with the EU over the Ukraine, introducing new conflicts with the EU in the form of economic sanctions aimed at the EU for pursing the same types of sanctions we pursue elsewhere is both hypocritical and dysfunctional … to put it charitably.
SchwartzReport: Lethal Pesticides – Neonicotinoids
01 Agriculture, 03 Economy, 03 Environmental Degradation, 06 Family, 07 Health, 07 Other Atrocities, 10 Transnational Crime, 11 Society, 12 WaterNeonicotinoids have passed off the stage of media attention, but they have not gone away. This is both bad and good news. Bad for Santa Barbara, California, and other cities where industrial agriculture is practiced in the surround area. Good news in that those same cities are finally being forced to address this issue. Perhaps finally the death — in all sense of that word — grip of the chemical companies is loosening, at least at the local level.
‘Neonic’ Poison Found Throughout City
Creeks Division Testing After Rains Discovers Insecticide Fatal to Bees
Berto Jongman: US False Flag in Ukraine? Competing Narratives — Trilateral Commission Death Run?
04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 06 Russia, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, 09 Terrorism, 10 Transnational Crime, Corruption, Government, Idiocy, IO Deeds of War, Officers Call, Peace IntelligenceBeing read in Europe.
America Hell-Bent on War: 80-Year-Old Analyst Has Never Been More Afraid
Lendman says that the US Congress almost universally demonizes Putin, and that the US media has sunk to its lowest depths in his lifetime. He fears a possible US-instigated war with Russia, and suspects a major false flag will be used as justification. “I'm 80 years old. I was never scared throughout the Cold War years. I'm very scared now,” he stated. Read full article.
Nuclear War and Clashing Ukraine Narratives
Exclusive: America and Russia have two nearly opposite narratives on Ukraine, which is more an indictment of the U.S. news media which feigns objectivity but disseminates what amounts to propaganda. These divergent narratives are driving the world toward a possible nuclear crisis, writes Robert Parry. Read full article.
Owl: The Sins of Brian Williams — Treason?
07 Other Atrocities, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, MediaThe Williams record in covering up the sickening horrors wreaked by the US military in its never-ending campaign to re-order the world to Washington’s liking goes way back. When NATO jet fighters bombed a passenger train in Serbia – by “mistake” – killing a dozen and wounding dozens more, Williams intoned that visuals of the train attack “are so graphic that we cannot show them on television for fear of upsetting viewers.” Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil – that’s how the trained monkeys of our “mainstream” media treat the depredations of US imperialism: there’s no need to “upset” the delicate sensibilities of Americans, who might be disabused of their rulers’ beneficence. Better to view these crimes through the Vaseline-covered lens of a committed shill. Williams isn’t a reporter: he’s a cosmetician, whose job it is to prettify the ugly truth.” At what point does this become treason? At what point — taking into account Congressional abdication of its own Article 1 responsibilities — might we hold the “fourth estate” accountable for telling us the truth?
The Sins of Brian Williams: They are many – and he’s far from alone
The Cowardly and Despicable American Presstitutes
Why U.S. Reporters Are Always Pro-War
Mini-Me: Samsung to World – We’re Taping Everything You Say and NSA Loves Us
07 Other Atrocities, IO Deeds of War, IO ImpotencyHuh?
Samsung's warning: Our Smart TVs record your living room chatter
Technically Incorrect: Samsung's small print says that its Smart TV's voice recognition system will not only capture your private conversations, but also pass them onto third parties.
The wording, first spotted by the Daily Beast, first informs you that the company may “capture voice commands and associated texts so that we can provide you with Voice Recognition features and evaluate and improve the features.” The following words border are numbing: “Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of Voice Recognition.” We are NOT having your mother here this weekend, next weekend or ANY weekend! I'm pregnant and it's not yours.
Berto Jongman: Saudi Arabia Behind Al Qaeda and ISIS — Saudi Arabia and Israel as the Greatest Destabilizers
02 Diplomacy, 04 Inter-State Conflict, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, 09 Terrorism, Corruption, Government, IO Deeds of War, Officers Call, Peace IntelligenceAl-Qaeda, Saudi Arabia and Israel
By Robert Parry, Common Dreams
Saudi Arabia is under a new cloud after a jailed al-Qaeda operative implicated senior Saudi officials as collaborators with the terror group – and the shadow could even darken the political future of Israeli Prime Netanyahu because of his odd-couple alliance with Riyadh. Read full article.
Mongoose: UNASUR to Investigate US Destabilization Campaigns Against Venezuela
04 Inter-State Conflict, 07 Other Atrocities, 07 Venezuela, 10 Transnational Crime, Commerce, Corruption, Government, IO Deeds of War, Peace IntelligenceUNASUR Committee to Examine US Destabilization Efforts
The Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) Ernesto Samper announced that a special a committee will convene next Monday in Montevideo, Uruguay to discuss U.S. destabilization efforts in Venezuela.
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