The Late Late Show with James Corden. | (CBS Video) | – – “James Corden responds to President Donald Trump’s decision to ban transgender people from the military with a parody of the classic song “L-O-V-E.” The Late Late Show with James Corden: “‘L-G-B-T’ – James Corden Sings for Transgender Troops
Archives for July 2017
Tesla 3 Arrives: Beginning of End of Climate Change? (Video)
CBS SF Bay Area | (Video News Report) | – – “Tesla Inc. is set to deliver the new electric Model 3 compact car to its first 30 customers on Friday evening. Kiet Do reports from Fremont.” CBS SF Bay Area: “Tesla Set To Roll Out First Model 3s In Fremont”
Accountability: Pakistan PM Resigns After Supreme Court Corruption Ruling
TeleSur | – – The ruling comes after months of hearings over Nawaz Sharif’s alleged corruption. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigned on Friday after the country’s Supreme Court disqualified him from office over corruption claims against his family. The Prime Minister’s office said in a statement that Sharif has “stepped down” despite having “serious […]
Huge Palestinian Demos over Sacred al-Aqsa lead Israel to lift all Restrictions
Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) – Following deadly clashes that erupted across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and besieged Gaza Strip on Friday in protest of continued Israeli-imposed restrictions on Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Islamic Trust, or Waqf — in charge of running the holy site — has confirmed that all […]
Shell, terrified of EVs, expects ‘low forever’ Gasoline Prices; it is too Optimistic
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Telegraph reports that Royal Dutch Shell, the massive oil company, has abruptly decided that petroleum prices are likely to remain low “forever,” given the rise of the electric vehicle. France and Britain have both just vowed that they will have no gasoline vehicles by 2040, […]
Want Iranian Democracy? We had one & CIA overthrew it
By Joseph McQuade | (The Conversation) | – – The US and Iran have a complicated relationship. At the moment, it is tense, divisive and delicate. Just over 60 years ago, things were not that different. In 1953, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) organised a coup to oust Iran’s democratically elected prime minister, Muhammad Mossadegh. […]
Turkish Legislators hold Sit-in to protest Creeping Dictatorship
TeleSur | – – Under the changes, lawmakers can also vote to ban for three sessions fellow parliamentarians who use expressions such as “Kurdistan” or “Kurdish provinces.” Turkey’s main opposition staged a sit-in late Wednesday to protest proposed changes to parliamentary procedures which they say will restrict lawmakers’ ability to challenge President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling […]
Syria: The American War on Civilians
By Laura Gottesdiener | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – It was midday on Sunday, May 7th, when the U.S.-led coalition warplanes again began bombing the neighborhood of Wassim Abdo’s family. They lived in Tabqa, a small city on the banks of the Euphrates River in northern Syria. Then occupied by the Islamic State (ISIS, […]
Mideast’s ‘Only Democracy’ joins push to Silence Al Jazeera: Netanyahu
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump has his Twitter. Apparently far right wing Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has his Facebook. In a Facebook posting, Netanyahu vowed to close the Jerusalem office of the Qatar-backed Al Jazeera satellite news station. Failing that, he said, he would introduce legislation to ban Al […]
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