“WITH VARYING DEGREES OF CONFIDENCE.“ White House sends message to Congress saying that Syria “may” (according to U.S. intelligence agencies) have used chemical weapons against its own population. This cautious wording seems both to move U.S. toward a view that a “red line” may have been crossed that would justify (overt) U.S. intervention in [...]
MARK ZUCKERBERG: “A CERTAIN MANIA AT WORK.” (Counterpunch) The young Facebook co-founder—with a movie about him in his rear view mirror and risky ventures in marriage and stock market lying ahead—approaches the future with what looks like a “juvenile business plan” that minimizes the hazards being encountered. His behavior suggests to one internet blogger that [...]
ETCHING THE TOMBSTONE OF EUROPEAN-STYLE AUSTERITY: “THE STRATEGY OF AUSTERITY HAS…BEEN COUNTERPRODUCTIVE…” (The Globe & Mail) ` A new report from the International Labor Organization lays out in raw statistics the destruction and “devastating consequences” of the austerity programs imposed on most of Europe and, to a somewhat lesser extent, the United States. The [...]
“THE ISOLATION, THE EMBARGO, THE INDIFFERENCE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY, HAVE BEEN INEFFECTIVE…” (Reuters) Latin American leaders delivered a “bruising” message against President Obama and American policies towards Cuba at the recently concluded Summit of the Americas in Colombia. Far from being feted as a “rock star” when he attended the conference shortly after winning [...]
THE INVASION OF SYRIA STARTS WITH JOHN MCCAIN AND JOE LIEBERMAN… (Foreign Policy) ` Noted hawks in the U.s. Senate, John McCain and Joe Lieberman surprised everyone with an unannounced trip to the Turkey-Syria border this week to visit refugees of the Syrian uprising and, more importantly, to meet with leaders of the “Free Syrian Army” to [...]
A BETTER WAY OF GETTING AROUND IN CHAOTIC MEXICO CITY TRAFFIC: RETURN OF THE METROBUS. (In These Times) In 2005, the city reversed a long period of privatization of bus transportation in the form of the “micro-buses” which zipped madly and corruptly around the city, as Mayor Marcela Ebrard followed the example of many other Latin American, [...]
ARAB SPRING IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL IN THE PERSIAN GULF. CAUSE OF DEATH: FATAL ATTRACTION BETWEEN U.S. AND GCC. (Asia Times) Pepe Escobar describes the deadly arrangement between the U.S. and the wealthy Persian Gulf countries countries comprising the Gulf Cooperation Council, an alliance of six wealthy Persian Gulf monarchies (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, [...]
Facebook’s attempts to limit online friendships in the name of span reduction interferes with political communication Editor’s note: I am happy to post here Kellia Ramares’ article about what appears to be suppression of political activism. As one who has collected over 1400 Facebook “friends” in the course of my Campaign Corner activism, I can attest [...]
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