Posts From The Saker
Ron Paul is “fed up” with the TSA! Where is everybody else?!
Is Ron Paul the only US politician out there with enough decency, common sense and dignity to fed up with the TSA thugs run amok on the orders of Chertoff and his minions?! Though I totally disagree with many of his views, I really admire Ron Paul. Too bad his son us such a sorry piece of Koch fanboy garbage…
Land of the free, home of the brave? Yeah, right…
80% of Americans support “porno-scanners” in their airports. They believe that in order to board a plane, all passengers must agree to either have their body photographed naked, or have their genitals groped by TSA thugs. Land of the free, home of the brave? I would say: land of the slaves, home of terrified cowards… The Saker
Ruling on Behalf of Wall Street’s “Super Rich”: The Financial End Time has Arrived
by Prof. Michael Hudson for Global Research Now that President Obama is almost celebrating his bipartisan willingness to renew the tax cuts for the super-rich enacted under George Bush ten years ago, it is time for Democrats to ask themselves how strongly they are willing to oppose an administration that looks like Bush-Cheney III. Is this what they expected by Mr. Obama’s promise to rise above partisan politics – by
Speech delivered by Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during the Martyr’s Day Celebration on 11,11,2010
I Take refuge in Allah from the stoned devil. In the Name of Allah, The Compassionate, The Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, The Lord of the World. Peace be on our Master and Prophet – The Seal of Prophets – Mohammad and on his Chaste Household, chosen companions and all prophets and messengers. Brothers and sisters! Peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessing. I welcome you on
Torture in US Prisons
“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” Fedor Dostoevski by Stephen Lendman In March 2005, a UK Deborah Davis Channel 4 report titled, “Torture, Inc., America’s Brutal Prisons” highlighted the horrors, including prisoners savaged by dogs, brutally shocked with cattle prods, burned by toxic chemicals, harmed by stun guns, beaten, stripped naked and abused in various other ways. Sound familiar? Welcome to mainland
9/11 Experiments: The Great Thermate Debate
Secret Revealed: Spying Costs $80 Billion a Year
AP reports: The annual cost of U.S. intelligence is public for the first time: just over $80 billion for 2010. Figures released by the government Thursday show $27 billion goes to military intelligence and $53.1 billion covers the CIA and some of the other 16 intelligence agencies. Steven Aftergood, a secrecy specialist at the Federation of American Scientists, says it is “the most complete disclosure we have ever had.” The
The “fake Russian spies” were not fake at all! (UPDATED!)
Remember the case of the fake Russian spies including the sexy Anna Champan? If not, check out my piece The proof that the 11 Russian spies were not spies at all. Well, turns out that they were real spies after all, very very real spies indeed. So what was the deal with all the nonsense the FBI fed us about their arrest? The Russian newspaper Kommersant actually found out what
Rather lame demo of Paratroopers took place in Moscow
According to the Russia media, about 1000 Paratroopers took part in a protest demonstration in Moscow. Two well-know figures of the political opposition, Col (Ret.) Viktor Alksnis (a Latvian supporter of the old Soviet Union) and Col (Ret.) Vladimir Kvachkov (former GRU Brigade commander) took the podium for a speech. One factor which probably greatly contributed to “deflate” this event was the letter sent by General Shamanov from his hospital
Michael Hudson explains why Federal Reserve will pump $600 billion more into the US economy and keep interest rates at historical low levels
This guy is, IMHO, the single best economist out there. Highly, highly recommended! According to the BBC: German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said the US policy was “clueless” and would create “extra problems for the world”. South Africa’s finance minister Pravin Gordhan warned that “developing countries, including South Africa, would bear the brunt of the US decision to open its flood gates without due consideration of the consequences for other
U.S. Supports Japan, Confronts China And Russia Over Island Disputes
by Rick Rozoff for Stop NATO In a six-day span the U.S. State Department has bluntly affirmed unequivocal backing for Japanese territorial claims against both Russia and China, even invoking a defense treaty provision that could lead to direct military intervention and war with the world’s most populous nation. Beginning a 13-day, seven-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific region on October 27 in Hawaii, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Joint
U.S. midterms: AIPAC lauds re-election of pro-Israel stalwarts
Ha’aretz reports: America’s largest pro-Israel lobby group on Wednesday hailed the results of midterm elections in the U.S. which saw staunch supporters re-elected to Congress on both sides of the party political divide. “Many of the strongest friends and supporters of the U.S.-Israel relationship were reelected on Tuesday,” the group said in a statement. These included Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Reps. John Boehner (R-OH), widely tipped to be
A disgusting “fuite en avant” with devastating consequences
The French have a wonderful expression which is hard to translate into English:fuite en avant. This expression can roughly be translated as “flight forward”, or “headlong rush”, “panic-induced compulsion to further exacerbate a crisis or calamity” or even “unconscious mechanism that causes a person to throw himself/herself into a dreaded danger”. No matter how one translates this expression, it is painfully obvious that this is exactly what took place in
The City of Moscow has authorized a protest march by Russian Paratroopers
It has been announced by the Russian media that that the authorities of the city of Moscow have given their authorization to a protest march by Russian Paratroopers demanding the dismissal of Defense Minister Serdiukov. The rally will take place on November 7th at noon. According to the organizer of the march, General Achalov, Chairman of the All-Russian Аssociations of Veterans of “Union of Russian paratroopers” and himself a former
Senior WP editor calls for war with Iran to rescue US economy
A truly seminal editorial by David Salzer Broder in the Washington Post: ——-The war recovery? David S. BroderSunday, October 31, 2010; Washington Post A27 When the midterm election cycle began, the prevailing opinion was that Barack Obama was cleverer and more inspirational than anyone else on the scene. As it ends, nothing appears to have changed. OH, YES, I know that Democrats have fallen into a peck of trouble and
Two more Russian Generals have recently died in mysterious circumstances
That’s right. Besides Shamanov, who survived his car crash only thanks to the self-sacrifice of his driver who moved his side of the car towards the incoming truck, two more Russian Generals known to oppose the so-called “reforms” of Serdiukov have recently died in mysterious circumstances: Lieutenant-General Dubrov, chairman of Russian Council of Senior Officers was killed on October 28 while returning home from a meeting of the organizers of
Putin and Serdiukov have visited General Shamanov in the hospital
Vladimir Putin has visited General Shamanov on his hospital bed. Shamanov is suffering from a cerebral concussion, a broken arm and a broken leg. He should be operated on this Monday. Russian TV showed a very sympathetic Putin warmly encouraging Shamanov who spoke to him through an oxygen mask. Putin promised Shamanov that only the very best doctors would treat him. Defense Minister Serdiukov also visited Shamanov, but no footage
The C-in-C of the Russian Airborne Forces is the object of a “full-spectrum attack”
Remember the crisis which opposed the Russian Airborne Forces to the Minister of Defense Serdiukov (see here, here, here and here)? Well, the counter attack from Serdiukov did not take long and it was really a case of a “full-spectrum” strike. First, a “leak” was published in a Russian tabloid accusing Shamanov of using two Spetsnaz units from the 45th Special Forces Reconnaissance Regiment in Kubinka to defend the interests
