Breaking Views | 15 Feb 2015 As the American humorist Will Rogers said: “It’s not what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so.” “Things that you know that ain’t so” “DDT is dangerous and banning it was justified.” In her book, “The Silent Spring” Rachel Carson claimed that DDT…
NZCPR | 19 Feb 2015 Noosa, a seaside township of some 30,000 residents on Australia’s Sunshine Coast, was established as a local authority in 1910. In 2008, following the recommendations of the Local Government Reform Commission, it was disestablished by the Queensland Government and amalgamated into a Sunshine Coast Council. A total of 157 councils…
Mikael Thalen | Infowars.com | February 18, 2015 “Rebels” who pledged allegiance to ISIS to control American bombers in Syria The Obama administration is preparing to equip the so-called “moderate” Syrian rebels with the ability to order U.S. air strikes despite the group’s admitted allegiance to the Islamic State. Members of the Free Syrian Army…
Stephen Lendman | Global Research | February 18, 2015 Wherever America intervenes, failed states follow. Pro-Western stooge regimes replace sitting governments. They fail to provide essential functions, services and/or responsibilities required of sovereign independent ones. Failed state examples include Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Haiti, Honduras, Somalia, Yemen and Ukraine. Syria’s government maintains power despite having lost control of…
Joachim Hagopian | Global Research | February 18, 2015 It’s that time of year again! President’s Day, a time to honor America’s two greatest presidents in history (at least from history book consensus) – George Washington our first and Abraham Lincoln our sixteenth president. By conveniently combining the nearest weekend midpoint between their birthdays (22nd and 12th respectively) and…
Michael Snyder | Economic Collapse | February 18, 2015 The most savage group of Islamic terrorists that any of us have ever seen has taken over large portions of Iraq, Syria and Libya The most savage group of Islamic terrorists that any of us have ever seen has taken over large portions of Iraq, Syria…
Glen Ford | Black Agenda Report | February 18, 2015 As U.S. imperialism loses its capacity to compete outside the military sphere, its foreign policy options shrink, accordingly. “Since the U.S. is superior to the rest of the world ONLY in military terms, Washington finds its ultimate advantage in turning the whole world into a battlefield.”…
World Bulletin | February 18, 2015 Possible alliances between local militias and ISIS militants Italy called on Wednesday for urgent international action to halt Libya’s slide into chaos, and pledged it was ready to help monitor a ceasefire and train local armed forces. The U.N. Security Council is due to meet later on Wednesday…
Infowars.com | February 18, 2015 Bombshell report destroys the hoax that vaccines are perfectly safe and effective [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9XRbjOQDvY?feature=player_embedded&w=640&h=360] Exclusive: This marathon report is anchored by a Feb 2014 Senate Hearing on vaccines, featuring Senator Elizabeth Warren and Dr. Anne Schuchat, the director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. They use this…
Market Daily News | February 18, 2015 48 million Americans cannot provide for their most basic human needs Clint Siegner: Bureaucrats in the U.S.S.R. kept issuing glowing economic reports right up until the Soviet state collapsed. Of course, many snickered at those reports for years. Widespread poverty and unemployment were obvious and no amount…