@ Anonymous | 3
Wow, Turkey went out of its the way to send a message to US. It was a risky move on Assad’s part also, I personally wouldnt have trusted Erdogan.

Posted by: Harry | Nov 26 2017 17:18 utc | 3

There is a story circulating amongst right-wing social media in the US alleging that a group of marines went to Langley, Virginia i.e. to the CIA to “pay them a visit”.
One person claiming this is one somewhat dubious Hal Turner, but with all the tension and infighting amongst the US elite I would not totally discount something of some nature happening. Does anybody know anything about this apparent “show of strength” by the military against the CIA?

Posted by: Muslim Dude | Nov 26 2017 18:11 utc | 5

When Bill Gates recently visited Saudi Arabia; American mercenaries were nearby torturing Princelings to transfer their wealth to the Crown Prince. Western rich are destroying the very institutions that protect them. Blackwater is deplorables.

Posted by: VietnamVet | Nov 26 2017 20:21 utc | 7

On the subject of bogus U.S. government claims and double standards on nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs in the Middle East (and elsewhere):
consortiumnews.com/2017/11/19/how-syrian-nuke-evidence-was-faked/
A nice quote from the comments there, on Israeli nuclear weapons:

So thoroughly built-in is this double standard that when the IAEA’s General Conference in Vienna in September 2009 voted forty-nine to forty-five to adopt a binding resolution that ‘calls upon Israel to accede to the NPT and place all its nuclear facilities under comprehensive IAEA safeguards’ – in other words, that Israel’s nuclear weapons program was to be treated the same as Iran’s civilian nuclear program – the English-language media observed near total silence about the event. The only major newspaper that reported it was the next-day’s Irish Times, and nothing showed up in any major U.S. print media.

The credibility of American government claims on such issues has gone from low to zero. . .

“Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. ” Dick Cheney , August 26, 2002
“Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons. “- George W. Bush , September 12, 2002
“We don’t want the smoking gun to be a nuclear cloud.” – Condoleeza Rice, Sep 8, 2002
“British intelligence has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa. Our intelligence sources tell us that he has attempted to purchase high-strength aluminum tubes suitable for nuclear weapons production.” – President Bush, 2003 State of the Union Address
“Ladies and gentlemen, these are not assertions. These are facts, corroborated by many sources, some of them sources of the intelligence services of other countries.” –Secretary of State Colin Powell, testifying about Iraq’s chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons capabilities before the United Nations Security Council, Feb. 5, 2003

Posted by: nonsense factory | Nov 26 2017 21:46 utc | 9

In an amazing turn of events, the ICC’s chief prosecutor’s seeking permission to investigate the Outlaw US Empire’s many crimes committed in Afghanistan, an act prompting the neocon criminal John Bolton to attack the ICC in a WSJ op/ed:
“Fatou Bensouda, is seeking approval to investigate allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan, including possible torture by US forces and the CIA. In a statement on the ICC website, Ms Bensouda said the prosecutor’s office believed an investigation was required owing to ‘the gravity of the acts committed . . . and the absence of relevant national proceedings against those who appear to be most responsible for the most serious crimes within this situation’. The move is likely to provoke anger in Washington and the Bolton’s article is just the first salvo.” https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2017/11/26/icc-launches-probe-into-us-military-monster-turns-against-creator.html
Bolton suggests Trump ought to ignore anything the ICC says or does: “Even merely contesting its jurisdiction risks drawing the US deeper into the quicksand,” said Bolton to which the article’s author replied: “So, America is a special case and its military can commit crimes with impunity.” As the author notes, there’s ample evidence in the public domain to charge, try and convict; but instead of anger, the actual emotion being raised is fear, for there are literally thousands guilty as guilty can be for a massive catalogue of crimes committed over just since 2001, with a whole ‘nother catalogue of crimes to be addressed stretching from 1945 to 2001. I just hope the “pre-trial chamber of judges” will have the courage to do the right thing and uphold the words spoken by US Justice Jackson at Nuremburg.

Posted by: karlof1 | Nov 26 2017 23:13 utc | 11

@5 psycho.. ditto my appreciation for moa and those who comment here.. on another note – did you ever check out norman doidge’s books? i posted earlier today with link for you, but the post never went thru… he has a site.. check it out if you haven’t already.. i know i mentioned him to you before..
@6 muslim dude.. it would be nice to have some proof of a disconnect in the leadership of the usa.. lots of visible signs, but nothing concrete.. until then – i think the usa is divided, but nothing concrete that i have seen..
@9 nonsense factory.. that is the problem.. good signs emerge, but the western msm will be the last to let anyone know about… the hypocritical double standards continue unabated, and teh western msm will continue to be under the thumb of these same forces that want to keep a lid on it all..
@11 karlof1.. good news and i hope they make headway making people accountable… i recall clearly obama skipping out on that..

Posted by: james | Nov 27 2017 0:27 utc | 13

3rd time lucky i guess…
i wish i copied my previous posts…
@5 psycho… i agree about the value of moa and the many commenter’s input being very helpful… check out norman doidges books if you haven’t already..
@6 muslim dude… would be nice to have some concrete proof.. the speculation is the usa is divided, but no hard proof on that yet as i see..
@9 nonsense factory… the msm seems bought and paid for by israel.. it is hard to get around the hypocritical nature of the west on the topic you address..
@11 karlof1… obama talked about accountability and as they say – talk is cheap… still no accountability with regard to the usa’s actions.. it would be nice if there was a change in that regard..

Posted by: james | Nov 27 2017 1:58 utc | 15

This site should use https. Comments and user name, and email are sent in the clear.

Posted by: bits | Nov 27 2017 2:07 utc | 17

There are other actors besides the 5eye Alphabets that snoop. Your ISP for example, or your non-anglo nation state spooks. Why make things easy for them? As an American, I am under no illusions regarding the surveillance regime directly applicable to myself.
> boorish
Very civilized. Thank you.

Posted by: bits | Nov 27 2017 3:00 utc | 19

=>> bits | Nov 26, 2017 9:07:52 PM | 15
HTTPS is just another trap. You think they don’t see it all anyway?
To get HTTPS encription, you must purchase a “valid” HTTPS “certificate”. But this “certificate” can be challenged and invalidated by TPTB anytime. So then your “encrypted” HTTPS website just suddenly disappears.
Great result!

Posted by: blues | Nov 27 2017 3:29 utc | 21

@ bits who doesn’t want to make things easy for “them”.
Blues had the correct response but let me take it a bit further.
I am only speaking for myself but believe others who comment here feel similarly. As a techie with over 50 years of bit diddling I know how impossible it is to hide on the intertubes and I also don’t hold the illusion that me and my buddies with some guns can take on the MIC. So that leaves me currently utilizing textual white noise shared here without any consideration for the potential retribution for speaking truth to power by the “system”…..think of the danger b puts himself in by his truth to power postings.
It is time for all of humanity to stand up and be heard complaining about the current state of affairs. I plan to “keep standing” and encourage others to do so in their own way as well. Our host b sets a good example of contributing to the global commons and we hope he continues to help us move society forward.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Nov 27 2017 4:00 utc | 23

I am providing the link below from the Crooks & Liars web site because I think it does a good job of taking the NYT to the woodshed about their hate normalization.
Enough with the fawning profiles of racists and Nazis

Posted by: psychohistorian | Nov 27 2017 4:49 utc | 25

Obviously the Houthis are not playing with the same kind of money as the so-called Syrian opposition
https://twitter.com/BaFana3/status/934751319482564608

Posted by: Mina | Nov 27 2017 8:16 utc | 27

Posted by: psychohistorian | Nov 26, 2017 11:49:08 PM | 26
NYT readers got hot under the collar because their favourite fishwrap has been glorifying Nazis? I would be a little more supportive of this backlash if I didn’t know that these alleged nazi haters weren’t overwhelmingly supportive of the largest concentration camp in history, the Gaza strip, but I do know that and have no time for bourgeois zionist hypocrisy.
I say let the NYT keep up its love affair with racial intolerance and ethnic cleansing, that way more people will see this conduit of imperial propaganda for what it is, a nasty self righteous boil on the arsehole of humanity that is New York.
New York City has become home for every greedy, selfish prick who considers him/herself a ‘successful’ capitalist. It must be encouraged to grow as the hive for sociopaths, with the NYT loudly proclaiming the honeypot. That way when push does come to shove the entire worthless bunch of murder & rape enabling scum can be removed from this world in one simple, achievable fell swoop

Posted by: Debsisdead | Nov 27 2017 18:29 utc | 29

NYT Whites Out Ukraine’s Brown Shirts

In covering the Ukraine crisis, the New York Times continues its descent into becoming little more than a propaganda organ for the U.S. State Department and the Kiev regime, again refusing to acknowledge the role of neo-Nazi militias in the civil war against ethnic Russians in the east.

Posted by: Tobin Paz | Nov 27 2017 18:51 utc | 31

Film actress Susan Sarandon: ‘Hillary Trolls’ Have Sent Me Rape Threats Over Election Loss
https://www.follownews.com/susan-sarandon-hillary-trolls-have-sent-me-rape-threats-over-election-loss-3sw1k

Posted by: test | Nov 27 2017 19:16 utc | 33

@V. Arnold | Nov 26, 2017 8:19:35 AM | 1
Yes, it is reminiscent of a fatally wounded animal going to die. While it will die, it cannot be approached, nor even attempted to ease its suffering in any other way than via mercy killing.
You make an important observation that has a deep meaning. This is The Universe and it has come about without the schemers and scammers, liars, deceivers and worst of all the ‘for profit war’-crowd.
Everything should be glorious – but it isn’t. One cannot fight Nature without succumbing to extinction. It is the force that gives out heart beats, that will end the American reign of terror. Only because a large bracket of the population is mentally underdeveloped, does not mean that the American terrorists will get away with their preposterous policies. It is The Universe who calls the shots, not the criminally insane members of the American regime and their paymasters.
Did You know that there is a verse in the prediction of Nostradamus, that “…after 70 years, the Bear is to rise again, the Eagle will fall from the sky and the Bear will bring peace and prosperity to humanity.” The man lived in the 17th century and I still have my original, untranslated version of the book. The only thing the American people can do now to prevent the so called ‘United States of America’ to be destroyed, is to remove all those, that have hijacked what goes for a ‘government’ and those who paid them to do so. Otherwise, every American family will encounter how it feels to lose loved ones without having ever actively engaged in the genocide that is perpetrated in their name, for their alleged benefits.

Posted by: notheonly1 | Nov 27 2017 20:43 utc | 35

@psychohistorian | Nov 26, 2017 12:46:05 PM | 5
Aloha PH! My late partner suffered from pain due to rheumatic arthritis. We discovered ‘Curcumin’ to be extremely effective and helpful. There is a variety of products available. It is pain treatment without side effects.

Posted by: notheonly1 | Nov 27 2017 20:44 utc | 37

As it is not possible to not be inundated with ‘Cyber Monday’ offerings for ‘deals’, like with Black Friday, a period of time has begun, also known as the ‘happy holidays’, in which the atrocities the US is perpetrating via proxies and their own plutocratic water carriers, simply vanishes into thin air smelling like cookies and candles.
People wishing each other ‘happy holidays’, while in their name entire populations are exterminated. The shopper for stuff exchanged on December 25th has other things to consider than what is happening in his/her name. After all, the Americans were successfully vaccinated with the glorious notion of ‘we have to fight them over there, that we don’t have to fight them here’. That made a lot of sense for the average unenlightened American mind on both sides of the delusion. It warrants the slaughter of innocent women and children, children like those, whose eyes are shining when they open their presents.
Hundreds of thousands of innocent children have been murdered by the US and like Adolfina Albright stated so fittingly. “It was worth it.”
The recent global developments show that those who thought they control everything, control nothing and those who think that they have no control over anything are waking up to the fact that it is them who control everything. (at least on the Homo Sapiens level that is)

Posted by: notheonly1 | Nov 27 2017 20:46 utc | 39

So much for that and of course, yes, thank You very much B for this important web site. If I would not be homeless and lacking food right now, I would give lots of money to You. You deserve it more than any other outlet of which too many are simply controlled dissent. When things get better, I will think about You first.
Aloha to all
(My original post contained all above responses, but it did not post. I guess there is a word count limit. For clarity I wanted to pack it all into one fell swoop. But if it only works this way, that perfectly fine by me. I will do my best to keep it concise, although everything has to do with everything else and it keeps unfolding…)

Posted by: notheonly1 | Nov 27 2017 20:55 utc | 41

@39 notheonly1.. we’ll see if anything concrete develops…
@43 debs.. i get where you are coming from.. i am thinking of all the starving jazz musicians – some who i know personally – who live in new york.. it is also a place of real creative activity too.. i was mostly thinking of that.. really – all the wars that the usa is responsible for, can’t be left just on new yorks doorstep, although i don’t think it coincidental 9-11 flying into buildings in the vicinity of wall st was just happenstance.. i mostly see innocent people getting hurt in all this.. i only wish it would all stop, but it doesn’t look like it is going to.. trump is indeed from new york..

Posted by: james | Nov 28 2017 1:38 utc | 43