Al Jazeera | 22 Oct 2015 Why is Netanyahu trying to rewrite history? By Inside Story It’s not often you hear an Israeli prime minister being described as a denier of the Holocaust. That’s exactly the accusation being levelled at Benjamin Netanyahu. He says it was the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem – a Palestinian religious…
Reuters | 23 Oct 2015 The world’s first malaria vaccine is promising but should be used on a pilot basis before any wide-scale use, given its limited efficacy, World Health Organization (WHO) experts said on Friday. The decision is likely to delay a possible broad roll-out of the shot for between three and five years.…
Atlas Monitor | 24 Oct 2015 From Blabbermouth: KILLING JOKE are on a mission to take their music of resistance to a whole new level with their sixteenth studio album, “Pylon”, due on October 23 via Spinefarm Records.The band has shared the lyric video for “I Am the Virus”, the lead track from “Pylon”. Check…
RT | 22 Oct 2015 WikiLeaks is at it again, this time releasing the contents of CIA Director John Brennan’s personal email account after it was allegedly hacked by a teenager. The documents address multiple issues, including torture, relations with Iran, and more. READ MORE: Leaked documents from CIA director’s email reveal thoughts on torture, Iran,…
Wired | 21 Oct 2015 WikiLeaks may describe itself as an outlet for whistleblowers, but it’s never hesitated to publish stolen documents offered up by a helpful hacker, either. So it’s no surprise that it’s now leaked the pilfered files of the CIA’s director, John Brennan. On Wednesday, the secret-spilling group published a series of…
Economic Collapse News | 22 Oct 2015 The world’s wealthiest kingdom may be bankrupt by the year 2020, says a new report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Earlier this week, the IMF released its World Economic and Financial Regional Surveys, and it found that the Middle Eastern region is set to experience an all…
Tech Dirt | 21 Oct 2015 from the ministry-of-love dept If there are two edicts I try to follow whenever I’m writing, they are, first, write what is true and, second, avoid cliche at all costs. I bring that up only as a preface before saying the following: the UK is walking down an Orwellian…
Raw Story | 21 Oct 2015 Reykjavík, Iceland – In stark contrast to the record low number of prosecutions of CEO’s and high-level financial executives in the U.S., Iceland has just sentenced 26 bankers to a combined 74 years in prison. The majority of those convicted have been sentenced to prison terms of two to…
National Review | 22 Oct 2015 It was revealed in today’s Benghazi hearing that on the day he was killed, Ambassador Chris Stevens reported in a wire to the State Department that he had met with Wissam bin Hamid, a warlord with al-Qaeda connections. When Representative Mike Pompeo (R., Kan.) confronted Hillary Clinton with a picture of Bin Hamid and the head…
IBT | 20 June 2015 Ex-diplomat Andrew Green defends Syrian ruler and accuses No 10 spin of failing to understand situation on the ground Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is not a dictator – just a figurehead – according to a former British ambassador to Syria. Sir Andrew Green’s remarks in the Spectator are likely to…