Adam Sternbergh | Vulture | December 18, 2014 The notion that anonymous hackers can force a major corporation not only to recall but essentially recant a movie is, to put it mildly, unnerving As they say on the internet, quoting an Anchorman: Well, that escalated quickly. The Sony hack story, in just a few weeks,…
Ethan A. Huff | Natural News | 18 Dec 2014 At least 124 food and outreach organizations, as well as 26 individual scientists, have signed onto a letter sent to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation protesting ongoing human trials of genetically modified (GM), beta-carotene-enriched bananas intended for Africa. The GM bananas, which never underwent…
Julie Lévesque | Global Research | December 17, 2014 Jacques Pauwels Contributions to an Understanding of the History of World War I and II The Duke and Duchess of Windsor in 1937 with Adolf Hitler. Dr. Jacques Pauwels is not the kind of historian you often hear about in the mainstream media. He’s obviously not the kind…
Brandon Turbeville | Activist Post | 15 December 2014 n the aftermath of yet another highly publicized terror attack (or at least the potential for a high profile attack) in Australia by foreign-born jihadists, the Western public is once again experiencing a variety of emotional reactions that they have carefully been trained to experience whenever such events…
Gordon Duff | NEO | 1 Dec 2014 Reports from Pentagon insiders tell of a strange in inexplicable “bifurcated” US policy. While the US has signed agreements and allocated funds to train “moderate groups” to fight against ISIS only, a clear policy change, other American commands are, and continue to train ISIS itself. Confirmed reports…
by Kurt Nimmo | Infowars.com | December 17, 2014 Putin warned of threat in November The engineered destruction of the Russian economy is beginning to work on its designated target — the Russian people. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9fGAXH4zuk?feature=player_embedded&w=640&h=360] CNN reports that while the tumble of the ruble will reduce government revenues, including a military expansion in response…
Malcolm Fraser | The National Interest | 16 Dec 2014 Australia should not embrace America, writes its former prime minister, but preserve itself from Washington’s reckless overreach. IT IS time for Australia to end its strategic dependence on the United States. The relationship with America, which has long been regarded as beneficial, has now become…
Martin Hellman | WWW | 15 Dec 2014 Now that President Obama’s administration is giving itself the option to have “boots on the ground” in Iraq, there has never been a more important time to look at how we get sucked into unending wars. Professor Martin Hellman examines how it’s been done for the last 70…
Mike Whitney | Counterpunch | 16 Dec 2014 John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, allegedly struck a deal with King Abdullah in September under which the Saudis would sell crude at below the prevailing market price. That would help explain why the price has been falling at a time when, given the turmoil in…
Barak Ravid | Haaretz | Dec. 17, 2014 Court delays implementing the ruling to allow appeals, drawing ire from Israeli PM Netanyahu and praise from Hamas as a ‘human rights’ victory. The General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg accepted the petition by Hamas in which it sought to have itself removed from the…