The FARC, one of the few organizations actually doing something to restore dignity to Colombian underdogs has had its google acct removed.
http://pazfarc-ep.blogspot.ca/

Posted by: ruralito | May 25 2013 19:28 utc | 3

Will the Guardian explain?
I doubt there will be an explanation, and even if there is it will be blamed on the lawyers and the laws in the EU.
The “progressive” newspaper wiped out thousands of comments in one fell blow. Typical of The Guardian.

Posted by: Mark Stoval | May 25 2013 21:31 utc | 5

Nice map showing the immense mineral resources of Afghanistan – US interests are not just about the potential pipeline.
http://www.sabinabecker.com/2013/05/clip-n-save-why-are-we-in-afghanistan.html
If you scroll down in the blog, delightful news about the inauguration of the Ecuadoran President and the honoured guests. Mentioned also, the most important developments in S. America which the US can’t concentrate on stopping, being somewhat preoccupied elsewhere. 🙁

Posted by: Northern Night Owl | May 26 2013 0:41 utc | 7

Posted by: alexno | May 25, 2013 5:45:51 PM | 6
yes the now banned in UK Press TV

Posted by: brian | May 26 2013 1:11 utc | 9

Syrian Arab Airlines flight syr442 from Moscow to Damascus got squawk code 0000 about 5:30 cet, and was forced to land in Iraq. Squawk code 0000 means military interception in the US. Iraq caved in to US pressure to harass transports to Syria from Iran,albeit reluctantly and probably not without giving the Syrians info in advance since both government are on good terms with each other and fights the same ZATO mercenaries. This is the first time a flight from Moscow was intercepted according to that in Iraq. The Turks forced another Moscow-Damascus flight earlier this year to land in Ankara, Syria then changed route over friendlier countries I.E, Iraq-Iran and onwards…

Posted by: Mrs.Magma | May 26 2013 4:08 utc | 11

Is anyone here familiar with an old US cable access show called “Alternative Views”? It existed from ’79 – about ’95 far as I can tell, out of Austin.
I’ve been watching them now – many are on YouTube. An incredible look at history still affecting us today.

Posted by: guest77 | May 26 2013 4:53 utc | 13

@7 Incredible speech. The most sense I’ve heard about the Sunni/Shia infighting.
Now hopefully the sensible Sunnis will do what’s right by killing and starving out the Al Qaeda elements. And then from there, make the same judgement felt on those who are really behind Al Qaeda and the like minded groups – all those disgusting petro-tyrants in the Arabian Peninsula.

Posted by: guest77 | May 26 2013 5:18 utc | 15

There ain’t no such thing as free speech, just ask PFC Bradley Manning.

Posted by: Fernando | May 26 2013 8:42 utc | 17

So the takfiri/wahabi/salafi bin-ladenites have decided to open another front Lebanon..Just today, they fired two rockets at a pro-Hezbollah neighbourhood…I guess Harriri’s forgotten the beating he took in 2008…
Interesting times…

Posted by: Zico | May 26 2013 8:55 utc | 19

more Turkey – what happened at the kissing protest?
This:

Police attempted to prevent a group of around 200 from entering the subway trains, but some couples did manage to kiss each other despite the police intervention. A second group of around 30 people tried to separate the kissing demonstrators, even resorting to physical contact, daily Hürriyet reported on its website. Riot police also intervened, the report said.
Some of the protesters were also attacked by an unidentified group as they left the metro station, Hürriyet also reported.

or this

ANKARA: Islamists attacked a group of kissing couples who locked lips in a Turkish metro station to protest a morality campaign by the authorities in Ankara, the local press reported on Sunday.
One person was stabbed when about 20 Islamists chanting “Allah Akhbar” (God is Greatest) and some carrying knives attacked the demonstrators on Saturday, the Milliyet and Hurriyet newspapers reported.
About 200 people staged the kissing protest after officials in the Ankara municipality, which is run by Turkey’s ruling Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP), admonished a young couple for kissing in the street.

Posted by: somebody | May 26 2013 10:36 utc | 21

what happens in Iraq?

Although the influence of America has greatly diminished, it still plays a big role as mediator, seeking to bring together Iraqi officials with Sunni leaders who view the United States as their protector. But Arab governments in the region, all Sunni-dominated bar Lebanon’s, view Iraq’s Shia-led government with fear, distrust and hostility, and are loth to offer Mr Maliki help. The Arab League has closed its mission in Baghdad, established with fanfare when Iraq held the organisation’s rotating presidency. That honour now belongs to Qatar, which Iraq’s government accuses of condoning and even paying for the current wave of attacks. It also blames Saudi Arabia and Turkey. With such sectarian bad blood stirring across the region, the chances of soon restoring harmony in Iraq look slim.

P.S. I do not believe above description of Iraqui politics by the Economist correct, I just find it interesting.

Posted by: somebody | May 26 2013 11:27 utc | 23

There is also this
He travelled there today on a surprise visit. Either they need to further discuss securing the shared border area or it has to do with mrs Pragma’s post.
The recent troubles in Iraq with the sunni’s could also be an explanation for the grounding of the aircraft (still awaiting any mention on newssites). The US helped set up the awakening council with which there is now trouble. They could use it’s influence as leverage against the iraqi government.
concerning Turkey:
The attack against the kiss-in doesn’t surprise me at all. They’re (AKP) islamising the whole country at an alarming rate. Here is another prime example: Turkey will limit alcohol sales

Posted by: Gehenna | May 26 2013 13:31 utc | 25

it should be obvious by now that unhcr, *the highest office for human rights* [sic], is just another tool for fukus imperialism.
head honcho navi pillay supplied the moral fig leave for fukus regime change in libya, syria, she was the one who proposed the notorious nfz scam. [1]
unhcr has also been busy targeting countries not in fukus orbit for *war crimes* [sic] [2]
thats is the overt front
i’ve seen enough evidence now to come to the conclusion unhcr is also actively involved in covert ops
in nepal, the unhcr has been abetting human trafficking of tibetans out of china .
poor peasants were lured by the promise of gold in usa, they paid exorbitant fee to the traffickers. once across the border, they were brought to unhcr office by corrupt cops who’r paid to bring in tibetans on commision basis.
if the tibetans were caught n landed in jail, the unhcr pressured [sic] the local police to release the illegals n send them to its office.
imagine, *the highest office for human rights* engaging in the inhuman crime of trafficking , acting like a colonial era viceroy office, riding roughshod over poor little nepal !!
to what end one might ask ?
these poor sods prolly end up in *re-education camps*, where they were indoctrined to be cannon fodders for fukus demonisation campaign against china.
like those who rough up the wheelchair bound chinese athletic in the 2008 olympics procession in london ?
god knows, many might’ve received cia coaching n sent back to china as agent provocateurs, sleepers.
[3]
in 2004,
afghan taliban killed an unhcr worker n a Médecins Sans Frontières staff coz *they were doing fukus bidding* [4]
in 2012,
*two employees of the UNHCR and the world food program were arrested in Myanmar and sentenced for their complicity in the manufacturing of the violence between the Rohingya and Buddhists* [5]
unhcr engaged in cia style caper, stirring ethnic violence, ?
how do i know myanmar was telling the truth ?
firstly, cia has been up to its eyeballs doing exactly this kind of shit in myanmar for the past five decades [6]
more to the point, my hunch never fail me . .
forchrissake, is *world food program* implicated too ?
these days cia seem to *outsource* its nefarious acts to every god damned *ngo*s like Reporters San Frontieres, [7]
msf, unhcr etc., wasnt the polio elimination progrom in pak infiltrated by cia ?
with the fukus around, nothing is sacred any more, nothing.
fukus, the ultimate corruptor.
*to assume the worst of fukus give u tremendous predictive power*
[courtesy assasination press]
[1]
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2011/02/libya-un-officials-says-a-no-fly-zone-may-be-necessary-to-protect-civilians.html
http://www.cfr.org/syria/un-high-commissioner-human-rights-statement-syria-february-2012/p27370
[2]
*Not only Kashmir why UNHR and Navinathan Pillai silence on Indian invasion on Kingdom of Sikkim in 1975. How come she dumb on Sikkim nationals human rights. ?*
http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2013/03/03/big-power-politics-flush-un-charter-down-the-toilet/
[3] *Department of Immigration (DoI) sent nine Tibetans to jail on April 30 after they refused to pay fines for illegally entering Nepal. The detention evoked so much diplomatic pressure from Western countries, mainly the US, that the Tibetans were released after five days in jail.
The pressure was so intense that officials at the Nepali embassy in Washington DC had to call up the Immigration Office in Nepal, asking it to release the arrested.* [sic]
http://archives.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=20403

Posted by: denk | May 26 2013 15:02 utc | 27

it should be obvious by now that unhcr, *the highest office for human rights* [sic], is just another tool for fukus imperialism.
head honcho navi pillay supplied the moral fig leave for fukus regime change in libya, syria, she was the one who proposed the notorious nfz scam. [1]
unhcr has also been busy targeting countries not in fukus orbit for *war crimes* [sic] [2]
thats is the overt front
i’ve seen enough evidence now to come to the conclusion unhcr is also actively involved in covert ops
in nepal, the unhcr has been abetting human trafficking of tibetans out of china .
poor peasants were lured by the promise of gold in usa, they paid exorbitant fee to the traffickers. once across the border, they were brought to unhcr office by corrupt cops who’r paid to bring in tibetans on commision basis.
if the tibetans were caught n landed in jail, the unhcr pressured [sic] the local police to release the illegals n send them to its office.
imagine, *the highest office for human rights* engaging in the inhuman crime of trafficking , acting like a colonial era viceroy office, riding roughshod over poor little nepal !!
to what end one might ask ?
these poor sods prolly end up in *re-education camps*, where they were indoctrined to be cannon fodders for fukus demonisation campaign against china.
like those who rough up the wheelchair bound chinese athletic in the 2008 olympics procession in london ?
god knows, many might’ve received cia coaching n sent back to china as agent provocateurs, sleepers.
[3]
in 2004,
afghan taliban killed an unhcr worker n a Médecins Sans Frontières staff coz *they were doing fukus bidding* [4]
in 2012,
*two employees of the UNHCR and the world food program were arrested in Myanmar and sentenced for their complicity in the manufacturing of the violence between the Rohingya and Buddhists* [5]
unhcr engaged in cia style caper, stirring ethnic violence, ?
how do i know myanmar was telling the truth ?
firstly, cia has been up to its eyeballs doing exactly this kind of shit in myanmar for the past five decades [6]
more to the point, my hunch never fail me . .
forchrissake, is *world food program* implicated too ?
these days cia seem to *outsource* its nefarious acts to every god damned *ngo*s like Reporters San Frontieres, [7]
msf, unhcr etc., wasnt the polio elimination progrom in pak infiltrated by cia ?
with the fukus around, nothing is sacred any more, nothing.
fukus, the ultimate corruptor.
*to assume the worst of fukus give u tremendous predictive power*
[courtesy assasination press]
[1]
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2011/02/libya-un-officials-says-a-no-fly-zone-may-be-necessary-to-protect-civilians.html
http://www.cfr.org/syria/un-high-commissioner-human-rights-statement-syria-february-2012/p27370
[2]
*Not only Kashmir why UNHR and Navinathan Pillai silence on Indian invasion on Kingdom of Sikkim in 1975. How come she dumb on Sikkim nationals human rights. ?*
http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2013/03/03/big-power-politics-flush-un-charter-down-the-toilet/

Posted by: denk | May 26 2013 15:03 utc | 29

[5] http://www.4thmedia.org/2012/11/05/the-rohingya-myanmar-and-suu-kyi%c2%B4s-difficult-dance-with-double-standards-it-takestwo-to-tango/
[6] who’s colonel helvey ?
http://www.iefd.org/articles/ned_an_update.php

Posted by: denk | May 26 2013 15:07 utc | 31

[7]
*Three protesters were arrested, but then immediately released. None were
Tibetan.
The three French men, it turns out, are all from a notorious right-wing organization that’s funded by the governments of France and the United States as well as some of the richest capitalists in the world. They all are employees of the outfit called Reporters Without Borders.*
http://www.workers.org/2008/world/anti-china_olympics_0403/

Posted by: denk | May 26 2013 15:09 utc | 33

re somebody 21
Economist-

Although the influence of America has greatly diminished, it still plays a big role as mediator, seeking to bring together Iraqi officials with Sunni leaders who view the United States as their protector.

I think the Economist is just talking to its American readers there, who want to hear that US policy is still decisive. (The American market is very important for the Economist).
Same as I don’t believe MrsMagma’s story about a Syrian plane forced down in Iraq. The Kurds might do it, or tolerate it being done by the US, but not the Arab Iraqis. Maliki still has to stay in with Tehran.

Posted by: alexno | May 26 2013 15:19 utc | 35

@25 Here is an extended speech (1hr 8min) from May 9th. At 44:00 min in, he notes that Israel is opening the door for popular resistance in the Golan Heights. He says they Hezbollah will provide financial and moral support and help with coordination to liberate the Golan.
youtube DOT com/watch?v=0MxWKTOkW5s
Israel is playing a dangerous game. They’ve not only not defeated Hezbollah, they’ve created a new one called “21 Million Syrians”.

Posted by: guest77 | May 26 2013 16:46 utc | 37

Here’s a recent cartoon by Mr. Fish, which has me a bit baffled:
http://www.truthdig.com/cartoon/item/monkey_business_20130524/
I understand why Obama is depicted as the Wicked Witch of the West. That’s no-brainer. What I don’t understand is why the cartoon is entitled “Monkey Business.” Can someone here explain this to me without invoking racism?

Posted by: Cynthia | May 26 2013 19:05 utc | 39

39 – from Wikipedia
“Most of her power resides in the creatures she controls. She has a pack of wolves, a swarm of bees, a flock of crows and an army of Winkies. She possessed the enchanted Golden Cap, which compelled the Winged monkeys to obey her on three occasions. First, the witch commanded the creatures to help her enslave the Winkies and to seize control of the Western part of the Land of Oz. Second, she made the Winged Monkeys drive the Wizard out of the Winkie Country, when he attempted to overthrow her.”

Posted by: somebody | May 26 2013 19:40 utc | 41

kev 36
tks about wfp
should’ve guess it, world bank, who…..

Posted by: denk | May 27 2013 3:20 utc | 43

@Rhysa – agree – also the symptoms described in that piece are all consistent with riot control gases and inconsistent with chemical weapon use

Posted by: b | May 27 2013 15:39 utc | 45

@Denk#43, It is a shame, WFP has some fantastic people, it’s only when a political agenda is laid they are reprimanded ‘Don’t rock the boat’. It is really either your in or out, for the majority it is a job, thus income and a lifeline, in turn they turn a blind eye. One can say the same for most of the entities, this includes military/service personel, either by Nation or within a collective like Nato or Peacekeeping. The combatant (Including non-combatants) simply follow orders in the belief they are doing right. I personally throw a track when civilians are used, entrapped, victimized etc. Unfortunately that seems to be the MO across the board, call it the PR and Marketing element; it is big business after all.
@39, another cartoon (More a skit) termed him as ‘o’Banana man’ the same ‘racist’ thought transpire. The write/cartoonist was referring to his sexual preference because of a club he frequented known for ‘Man on man action’ and US’s infatuation with being Gay in relation to daily media as a focal point, likewise the Administration driving a Gay agenda to ‘Possibly’ stem population growth. In its own right (the message) was controversial and likewise deemed as discrimination; but the Banana man was reference to being ‘Bent’ or a ‘Bender’ a Brit slang term for being Gay, thus pushing a personal agenda as well as using the ‘position’ (Pun1) of power without coming in from behind(Pun2). In that Pun 1&2 were part of the skit. Cartoon. The Mr. Fish cartoon is open ended; Wicked witch (Also female by definition), impending doom (Looking up) or as one would say ‘Blow back’ from what ‘He’ has orchestrated. and the broom, cleaning house could be interoperated, but caught in the middle (The carpet of planes/drones. Note: When referring a search on the cartoon, Google asked me for a capcha! How odd..
The uproars have happened with greater frequency in the U.S. since the inauguration of Barrack Obama. A cartoon by Sean Delonas published in the New York Post in 2009, featured police shooting a crazed chimp said to have written the stimulus bill. The scene was pulled from real life when a chimp viciously attacked a woman, horribly maiming her for life. In the cartoon, the monkey is supposed to represent the leadership in Congress, but was immediately taken to symbolize Obama, leading to a national news story in the U.S.
The most dramatic cartoon I saw was an adaptation of the Lion King, without Bimba though, and the reverse of life, Obama holding Bin Ladens head over the cliff – Hajo de Reijger, a Dutch editorial cartoonist, and he did get flack…
That is why I dont go to art type displays, my take always seems wrong, we all see slightly self worth/aspects (Relationship), the eye of the beholder and all that.

Posted by: kev | May 28 2013 11:29 utc | 47

@Guest77#48 – Malaysia does not gel with laundering reports and DOJ data. EXAMPLE: http://www.state.gov/j/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2013/vol2/204063.htm but the US has been interfering there, my assumption is the Asian Pacific drive. A focus on disruption within the banking system would be a ideal method to disrupt business. Here is an interesting piece, US-Saudi funded terrorists invade eastern Malaysian state of Sabah http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/03/08/292512/usled-terrorists-invade-malaysia/
It has been a long time path; the US has the PI in its pocket and the getting in bed with Saudi Arabia is recent since before it was in fact not the case; I guess agendas change “The United States suspected Saudi Arabian ambassador to the Philippines Muhammad Amin Waly of potential involvement in funding terrorists. A security aide of then-US president George W. Bush raised concerns in a private meeting with Prince Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, in Jeddah in 2007, the secret cable showed. Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Terrorism Francis Townsend cited Waly’s intervention to secure the release of two members of an Islamic charity detained in the Philippines, the cable showed. The group was suspected of funnelling funds to Al-Qaeda-linked groups based in the southern Philippines”.

Posted by: kev | May 29 2013 8:06 utc | 49

It is called #occupygezi

Posted by: somebody | May 31 2013 18:33 utc | 51

Do you smell the military restoration of Atatürk’s order approaching ?

Posted by: Rhysa | May 31 2013 21:19 utc | 53

the insufferable muricuns are at it again,
im sure everybody see the screaming headlines
*shangrila dialogue – hagel sends big warning to china* [sic]
+Pick almost any date on the calendar and it’ll turn out that the muricun gangsters either started a war, supposedly ended a war [which it started], perpetrated a massacre or sent its UN Ambassador into the Security Council to declare to issue an ultimatum, or warning somebody for allegedly doing what the muricun gangsters doing best+
http://www.counterpunch.org/2007/03/24/where-are-the-laptop-bombardiers-now/
this is the best retort to the muricun gangsters
hey chuck, take this n stuff it up ur ass eh ?
http://www.4thmedia.org/2013/06/02/the-irrational-racist-fear-of-china-the-irrationality-and-racism-of-the-west-

Posted by: denk | Jun 2 2013 16:11 utc | 55

How did Ambassador Stevens die in Libya?
from last year:
Rena Netjes ‏@RenaNetjes 16 Sep
TV host Fatma Ghandour tells me that latest indicates that US ambassador Stevens did not die from suffocation, but in another way…#Libya
now:
Al Qaeda weapons expert: U.S. ambassador to Libya killed by lethal injection
Group sought to kidnap Stevens for exchange of imprisoned terrorists
So a hostage situation was planned for the US elections reminding of Jimmy Carter’s presidency.

Posted by: somebody | Jun 8 2013 7:09 utc | 57

58) nothing?
Romney’s Carter Illusion

“I’m not predicting a blowout like we ended up having in ’80,” McConnell said in an interview. But the mood strikes him as similar. It’s an atmosphere “in which people really don’t think the guy’s done a very good job, and the Democrats are betting on our candidate being inadequate.”
The speech Romney delivered is the speech that a candidate who believes he’s running against another Carter would deliver.

Posted by: somebody | Jun 8 2013 9:35 utc | 59

……………

Posted by: lotsofnoise | Jun 8 2013 21:24 utc | 61