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Phony Kiev Day of Silence
by Stephen Lendman
Last week, illegitimate/oligarch Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko declared December 9 a "day of silence."
Ahead of Human Rights Day. On December 10. This year's theme: Human Rights 365.
Longstanding Western tool Kan Ki-moon "call(ing) on states to honor their obligation to protect human rights every day of the year."
"I call on people to hold their governments to account." Ban is an imperial apologist. Supporting US-led Western wars on humanity.
Doing nothing responsible to denounce them. Demand US and coalition partners be held accountable. Israel for its high crimes against peace.
Obama's World
by Stephen Lendman
Increasingly one unfit to live in. Unsafe. A companion article discusses US military-generated toxic contamination.
Spreading it worldwide via air and water currents. Affecting food and water ingested. Air inhaled.
Making large parts of planet earth unfit for human habitation. Combined with industrial waste, creating an eventual environmental catastrophe. On a global scale. World leaders doing nothing to prevent it. Never in human history have reckless policies so affected humanity's welfare. Its ability to survive.
NATO Prepositions Weapons In Poland for Attack on Russia
Eric Zuesse
On July 24th, the Times of London did not headline as this news-report is headlined, but instead headlined much more obscurely, “Russia fears prompt Nato to look east for HQ.” Of course, people in the West tend not to care a lot about what “Russia fears.” They also don’t care much about whether “Nato,” or actually NATO [it’s an acronym and so is supposed to be all-caps], would “look east for HQ.” So, this news-report did not garner much attention — as it was, indeed, not intended to.
Online (where the critical, analytical, readers increasingly are), it received even less, because that newspaper isn’t online, except for its subscribers — people who are willing to pay for such poor journalism as the Times; i.e, pay to read corporations’ PR presented in the form of ‘news reports.’
Toxic Trash Contamination on US Military Bases
by Stephen Lendman
America's military is the world's greatest polluter. Especially in war theaters. During conflicts. Long after they end.
Notably in Iraq and Afghanistan. Toxic wastelands and then some. Large areas unsafe for human habitation.
Military operations generate hundreds of thousands of tons of toxic waste. Dangerous carcinogens.
Including depleted uranium, heavy metals, hazardous chemicals, plastics, solvents, asbestos, pesticides, petroleum fuels, fungi, and bacteria.
Poisoning air, water and soil. Affecting local populations and US forces. Causing virtually every imaginable health problem. Many longterm. Debilitating. Others potentially fatal.
To Stop World War, Nuland Must Be Replaced Immediately
larouchepac
President Barack Obama has shamelessly flaunted his British neo-conservative colors in his enthusiastic backing for Victoria Nuland, in her prominent role in provoking a direct confrontation with Russia. Her efforts have now reached the point that her continuation as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs leaves the world on the edge of global showdown, including the growing prospect of a thermonuclear war of extinction.
Lyndon LaRouche on Friday demanded her immediate removal. "Nuland has to be removed from her post. By doing that we reduce the immediate danger of world war," LaRouche declared. LaRouche also cited German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose own reckless attacks on Russian President Putin have contributed greatly to the intensified war danger.
Jewish Settler Violence Betrays Traditional Judaic Ethics And Zionist Ideology Repudiates All Democratic Precepts
William Hanna
“Traditional ethical thinking assumes that this sacred canopy provides the context for all of human life. God's authority is the ultimate justification for any ethical norms. All things are created by God and have a set place and purpose in the universe. Every being has a nature or an essence that defines its purpose in the grand scheme of things. The ultimate standard of human behaviour is to fulfil this purpose. By fulfilling this purpose, each individual human will realise his or her full potential and be the best human that he or she can be. Behaviours and habits that fulfil this purpose are known as virtues while those that frustrate this purpose are known as vices. For traditional ethics, the idea that a behaviour helps a person to be the best they can be and live the good life is the ultimate justification for a moral norm. Traditional ethics tends to be expressed in a series of prohibited activities which ‘thou shalt not’ do and a series of virtues that point a person in the direction of the best possible life.”
Kissinger Geopolitics
by Stephen Lendman
At age 91, maybe senility set in. Or a time of reflection. At the same time, trying to have things both ways. More on this below.
Nobel Peace Prize. Exceeded perhaps only by Obama.
The scope of their crimes is breathtaking. Kissinger's rap sheet includes:
Kissinger was one of the most notorious war criminals ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Exceeded perhaps only by Obama.
The scope of their crimes is breathtaking. Kissinger's rap sheet includes:
Ukraine Receives New Weapons
Eric Zuesse
Here are the new tanks
The Government of Ukraine held a ceremony on Saturday, December 6th, with the country’s President, Petro Poroshenko, reviewing newly donated weapons, from undisclosed donors.
According to the official announcement, “The Armed Forces' units received tanks Т-64BМ ‘Bulat’, tanks Т-64 BV, Т-72 B1, Т-72UA, Т-72A, BТR-3е and BТR-4е, self-propelled artillery 2C1 and helicopters Mi-8 and Mi-2. The President personally inspected all.” Poroshenko said: "We are providing the troops with new armored vehicles, precise anti-tank means, counterbattery means, means of communication and protection systems. At the same time, we are holding negotiations with our partners on the procurement of modern weapons that are not produced in Ukraine.”
Israel's Gaza War Continues
by Stephen Lendman
State terror is official Israeli policy. Gaza war never ended. Israel breached ceasefire terms straightaway. Repeated violations occur.
Agreements it signs aren't worth the paper they're written on. Rogue states operate this way.
In late August, both sides agreed to open-ended Operation Protective Edge (OPE) ceasefire terms.
Peace talks resuming in Cairo for final resolution. Nothing whatever was accomplished. Peace hangs in the balance.
Israel's war on Gaza continues. Terms it agreed to proved meaningless. Including opening border crossings. They're largely closed. Same as pre-war.
Israel blocks "the rapid entry of humanitarian aid." Construction materials for rebuilding aren't forthcoming.
Obama v. Venezuela's Maduro
by Stephen Lendman
Washington considers Venezuela its main hemispheric adversary. Concerned about the threat of a good example.
Shaming its northern neighbor. A sham democracy. Repressive. Hugely unequal. Belligerent. Waging war on freedom. Threatening world peace. Venezuela is polar opposite.
In an April 2014 New York Times op-ed, President Nicolas Maduro explained forthrightly. Saying "Venezuelans are proud of our democracy."
"We have built a participatory democratic movement from the grass roots that has ensured that both power and resources are equitably distributed among our people."
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