Monatsarchive: Juni 2019

Guardian: A 25-year-old woman has been arrested after two RAF jets were scrambled to escort a plane back to Stansted Airport. Jet2 said there had been an “extremely disruptive passenger” on board its flight from Stansted to Dalaman in Turkey … Weiterlesen →

Matt Kennard’s expose of the Guardian’s collusion with Britain’s deep state is real journalism. See the analysis below. A veneer of often facile gender promotion is not nearly enough to suppress the truth of a determined assault on democracy from … Weiterlesen →

Jerry Lembcke: The power of the war in Vietnam to shape American discourse a half-century later holds endless fascination for students of political culture and collective memory, but its power to rewrite its own antecedents is no less remarkable. A … Weiterlesen →

Noam Chomsky: Gallup polls regularly measure stress, worry and anger. The U.S. ranks high by these measures, reaching new highs in 2018, by now even higher than during the great recession. In reported stress levels, the U.S. has “one of … Weiterlesen →

https://t.co/y6E9p5Omvx — Judy Woodruff (@JudyWoodruff) June 21, 2019 Recently I discussed with a friend the paucity of English words which can be used to describe the sensation of seeing American media interview Bush Administration officials on Iran. Surreal, unreal, as … Weiterlesen →

Last three U.S. Secretaries of Defense (confirmed or acting) came via General Dynamics (Mattis on board, 2013-2017), Boeing (Shanahan, 1986-2017), and Raytheon (Esper, 2010-17). — Micah Zenko (@MicahZenko) June 18, 2019

Al-Monitor: Pompeo, speaking in Tampa today shortly before Shanahan’s nomination was pulled, gave no indication he was auditioning for the Pentagon chief job. But it was unusual for a secretary of state to visit a US military command without a … Weiterlesen →

BBC: A New Zealand man who shared a livestream video of the Christchurch mosque attacks has been jailed for 21 months. Philip Arps sent the video to 30 people and to a friend, asking for it to be modified to … Weiterlesen →

Asia Times: Iran is at the heart of the BRI-SCO-EAEU integration road map – the nuts and bolts of Eurasian integration. Russia and China cannot allow Iran to be strangled. Iran boasts fabulous energy reserves, a huge internal market, and … Weiterlesen →