Haaretz | 20 May 2016 ‘I recently found myself in strong disagreement with the prime minister on moral and professional issues,’ Ya’alon says of his resignation from politics Extremist elements have taken over the country, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon warned on Friday morning as he explained his resignation from political life. “This morning I told…
The Huffington Post | 17 May 2016 NATO’s military pressure on Russia and the West’s economic sanctions have empowered Moscow’s hardliners, setting the stage for an escalation of the new Cold War into possibly a hot one, ex-British intelligence officer Alastair Crooke warns. By Alastair Crooke (Fmr. MI-6 agent; Author, ‘Resistance: The Essence of Islamic Revolution’…
Breitbart | 22 May 2016 TEL AVIV – The Saudi press slammed the U.S. for its “despicable” double standard in regard to a proposed bill that would allow victims of the September 11 attacks to sue the kingdom, claiming that the move would “open the gates of hell,” enabling all countries that have been wronged by…
News Busters | 21 May 2016 Retired USA Today White House reporter Richard Benedetto penned an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal on Friday titled “How Obama Gets Away With It.” He suggested “Usually when an incumbent president is leaving office and a slew of candidates are battling for his job, that departing chief executive’s…
The Telegraph | 22 May 2016 Hollywood is in the grip a child sexual abuse scandal similar to that of Jimmy Savile in Britain, Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood has claimed. The 35-year-old former child actor said paedophiles had been protected by powerful figures in the movie business and that abuse was probably…
The New American | 21 May 2016 “The people … are the dupes of pretended patriots and are daily misled into the most baneful measures and opinions by the false reports circulated by designing men.” — Elbridge Gerry, May 31, 1787 Is President Barack Obama’s foreign policy being guided by a real-life, behind-the-scenes “Svengali”…
Carl Bernstein | 20 Oct 1977 After leaving The Washington Post in 1977, Carl Bernstein spent six months looking at the relationship of the CIA and the press during the Cold War years. His 25,000-word cover story, published in Rolling Stone on October 20, 1977, is reprinted below. How Americas Most Powerful News Media Worked…
The Daily Caller | 17 Feb 2015 Noted cybersecruity firm Kaspersky Lab has discovered evidence of advanced spyware likely tied to the National Security Agency embedded deep in hard drives from more than a dozen manufacturers worldwide. According to the Moscow-based firm, which released a report detailing the threat Monday, the spyware is able to…
Dr Binoy Kampmark | 20 May 2016 “For me, it’s a bit sad that there are so many people associating this song with politics.” Jamala, Eurovision victor, 2016 This year’s Eurovision came with its usual cast of political baggage and implications, made spicier by the introduction of a “popular” vote that effectively neutralised usual judging…
GWPF | 20 May 2016 U.S. Republicans Launch Free-Speech Probe Into Prosecutors Targeting Climate Sceptics Over-reliance on models, misapplication of statistical methods, and lack of repeatability are the hallmarks of the new pseudoscience that is replacing the traditional practice of science, real science. Has science entered a death spiral, as indifferent, inept scientists raise up…