Francesca Fiorentini | (AJ+ Video Report) | – – “Political sugar daddies have a strong grip on the 2016 election. These billionaires know what they want, and what they want is candidates who will return the favor once they’re president.” AJ+: “The Sugar Daddies Of The 2016 Election”
Confirmed: ISIL used Mustard Gas Against Kurds in Iraq
TeleSur | – – A chemical weapons investigator confirmed earlier reports that the extremist group used the banned chemical weapon. [ISIL] used chemical weapons against Kurdish militants last year, Reuters reported Monday. The August 2015 attack occurred near Erbil, the capital of autonomous Kurdish Iraq. About 35 Kurdish troops were attacked with mustard gas, according […]
UK Government to Ban Universities, Public Bodies from BDS of Israel
By IMEMC | – – On February 14th, 2016, the UK Government announced that it would be setting up guidelines to prevent public bodies from supporting the Palestinian rights through their procurement and investment policies. Hugh Lanning, Chair of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, has condemned this move as ‘a gross attack on our democratic freedoms and […]
Why is ISIL still trying to Slaughter and Enslave the ancient Yazidi Minority?
By Brian Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | – – On February 3, the New York Times quoted the desperate plea of a Yazidi, a member of an ethnic-religious group facing communal extermination at the hands of ISIS jihadi terrorists. In simple, but moving terms he summed up the plight of his people, whose ancestral […]
Will Obama Sign Israel Trade Bill regularizing Colonies in Palestine, Discouraging BDS?
By IMEMC | – – US President Barack Obama reportedly intends to sign a sweeping trade agreement which includes provisions that fail to differentiate between Israel and illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, as well as discourage the boycott of Israeli goods. The agreement — H.R. 644: Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of […]
The Day Beyoncé Turned Black – SNL
Saturday Night Live | (Video satire) | – – “It’s the day white people never saw coming: when Beyoncé turned black.” Saturday Night Live: ” “The Day Beyoncé Turned Black” – SNL”
GOP Robo Speech: It isn’t Just Rubio (Cartoon)
Paul Jamiol | ( Jamiol’s World ) | – – Via Jamiol’s World See Jamiol’s second book, on what America is not
Is Iran the most Stable Country in the Mideast 37 Years after its Revolution?
Palestinian Refugees in Syria, besieged by ISIL, receive critical UN Aid at Last amid Faltering Ceasefire
TeleSur | – – Humanitarian aid has reached refugees in the Syrian town of Yarmouk, on the outskirts of Damascus, for the first time in nine months, according to UNRWA, the U.N. Agency for Palestine refugees. In a statement released Saturday night, UNRWA spokesperson Christopher Gunness said the agency "did not enter the camp itself" but reached the nearby […]