By Josh Hoxie | ( Inequality.org ) | – – Big money will pull out all the stops to sell you a tax plan that exclusively benefits the wealthy. Don’t buy it. Soon you’re going to hear about taxes. You’ll see images of families flashing across your TV screen while a soothing narrator assures you […]
Rush Limbaugh flees Irma after calling Hurricane & Climate Change Fake News
New York Daily News | (Video News Clip) | – – Rush Limbaugh lambasted stories about Irma as deadly Category 5 hurricane as “fake news” intended to bolster a “climate change agenda” by spreading fear. On Friday Limbaugh ran in terror as Irma closed in on his Florida studio, announcing his show had been cancelled […]
Burma: Rohingya Describe Military Atrocities
Human Rights Watch | – – Military’s ‘Unfinished Business’ Has Hallmarks of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ (New York) – Ethnic Rohingya Muslims fleeing Burmese security forces in Burma’s Rakhine State have described killings, shelling, and arson in their villages that have all the hallmarks of a campaign of “ethnic cleansing,” Human Rights Watch said today. Burmese army, […]
Israel’s Sara Netanyahu Faces Possible Indictment for Fraud
TeleSur | – – The announcement comes as the legal heat is turning up for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself, for cases of bribery and fraud. Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could likely be indicted on charges of fraud and misuse of state funds, Israel’s Justice Ministry said on Friday. […]
You’ve Got Veil: Secular Tajikistan Gov’t sends Millions of Texts imposing Hijab Ban
RFE/RL’s Tajik Service | – – DUSHANBE — Private mobile-phone companies in Tajikistan have begun sending out text messages to millions of citizens, reminding them to obey a new law that makes Tajik national clothing obligatory at “traditional” gatherings such as weddings and commemorative ceremonies for the dead. The legislation is widely seen as an […]
Why Climate Criminals like Exxon should pay for Hurricane Destruction
By Jake Johnson, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | – – “It may take tens to hundreds of billions of dollars to support disaster relief and recovery among Gulf Coast communities affected by Hurricane Harvey. ExxonMobil, Chevron and BP have collectively pledged only $2.75 million,” note Peter Frumhoff and Myles Allen. “It may take tens […]
Burnt out by Climate Change: Our Hurricane Compassion Fatigue
By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | – – Harvey’s destructive force on Texas and Louisiana has generated many compelling pictures and disturbing stories. Irma’s violent impact has already started in the Caribbean. Meanwhile, Jose and Katia are whirling into possible threats. Other natural disasters in the world involve even more casualties, such as […]
What are American Soldiers really still dying for in the Mideast?
By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – I used to command soldiers. Over the years, lots of them actually. In Iraq, Colorado, Afghanistan, and Kansas. And I’m still fixated on a few of them like this one private first class (PFC) in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 2011. All of 18, he was short, scrawny, […]
Trump “presidency” as Ponzi Scheme: Madoff in the White House?
John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Here and abroad, Trump’s wealthy backers understand that his populist rhetoric is a masquerade. In 1993, I arrived one fall evening in the Romanian city of Cluj. The railway station was mysteriously full of people, and the city outside was crowded and frenetic. I was […]
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