Stephen Zunes | 7 Dec 2015 The rise of ISIS (also known as Daesh, ISIL, or the “Islamic State”) is a direct consequence of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq. While there are a number of other contributing factors as well, that fateful decision is paramount. Had Congress not authorized President George W. Bush the authority…
Daily Caller | 9 Dec 2015 Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey must have been a little shocked when climatologist Judith Curry demanded to be able to respond to his testimony trying to discredit her views on climate science. “I did not ask you a question,” Markey, a Democrat, retorted when Curry asked if she could respond…
Harper’s Magazine | 4 Dec 2015 Pierre Sprey, one of the brainchilds behind two of America’s most successful fighter aircraft, the F-16 and A-10, explains in detail how the Turks set up an ambush for Russia’s Su-24 On November 24, a Turkish F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian Su-24 bomber near the border of…
David Swanson | 9 Dec 2015 Thanks to Glenn Greenwald for pointing out that the U.S. media is acting as though Donald Trump just invented bigotry this week (one of those ugly details I’m happy to miss by never watching television). But not only is explicit bigotry toward Muslims not new, implicit bigotry toward Muslims…
Norman Solomon | 8 Dec 2015 Obama’s America … manufacturing enemies faster than he can kill them … President Obama’s primetime speech on terrorism sought to calm a jittery nation, but by omitting relevant details, he left many thoughtful Americans scratching their heads. To clarify the unspoken parts of Obama’s speech, Norman Solomon has translated the speech into the…
Kit Daniels | 9 Dec 2015 It’s obvious Time has an agenda to push German Chancellor Angela Merkel narrowly beat ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Caitlyn Jenner to win Time Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year.’ Time released its shortlist of the final contenders, and surprisingly al-Baghdadi and Jenner made the list, especially considering that…
Paul Joseph Watson | December 10, 2015 [AM editor’s note: here’s some historical context re: Trump’s comments on Muslims. Jimmy Carter banned Muslims from Iran entering the US during their revolution and FDR banned, deported and interned Germans, Italians and Japanese during WWII … Oh and by the way, Trump didn’t vote to kill 1…
Craig Murray | 5 December 2015 The Times today carries an article on ISIS’ oil interests, Syria and Turkey. Nowhere does it inform its readers that the owner of the newspaper, Rupert Murdoch, has a vested interest in this subject through his role and shares in Genie Energy, an Israeli company granted oil rights in…
Science | 7 Dec 2015 A government plan to boost vaccination rates and introduce a series of new vaccines in Italy has triggered protests from doctors and some public health experts. The National Vaccination Plan for 2016–18 (PNPV) would instantly make Italy a European frontrunner in vaccination, but experts have questioned the need for several…
NL Times | 8 Dec 2015 Research done by the Dutch pharmacological vigilance center Lareb could neither prove or rule out a link between the HPV vaccine against cervical cancer and side effects suffered by girls who were vaccinated, RTL Nieuws reports. The National Institute for Public Health RIVM will now research whether complaints, such…