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Iran Falsely Charged with Fake Terror Plot
by Stephen Lendman
Since Iran's 1979 revolution and US hostage crisis, Washington's been spoiling for a fight. The Carter administration considered invading and seizing its oil fields.
Washington exploited Iran/Iraq tensions and encouraged Saddam Hussein to attack. Earlier Iran's Shah was supported. After 1979, US foreign policy shifted.
The Carter Doctrine pledged Middle East military intervention if US interests were threatened. Reagan escalated Carter policies short of committing US forces in combat. Saddam then got US backing. A decade of war followed. America pretended support for both sides, but mostly gave it to Iraq.
Major Media Liars Report Fake NATO Victories
by Stephen Lendman
On October 9, BBC claimed National Transitional Council (NTC) forces "made significant gains in the battle for the city of Sirte. (NTC) commanders said they had captured the main hospital, the university and the Ouagadougou conference center."
Sirte is "close to falling." After it's taken, NTC officials "say they will declare national liberation, even if Gaddafi remains at large."
"NTC chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil told reporters in Tripoli" that Sirte and Bani Walid liberation "will happen within this week."
On October 10, BBC headlined, "Sirte ready to fall," repeating the same canard. More on that below.
STEVE JOBS EPITAPH / STAY HUNGRY, STAY FOOLISH AND FOLLOW YOUR HEART
Allen L Roland
Steve Jobs commencement address at Stanford University in 2005 could well have been his epitaph six years before his untimely death at 56 years old. His message was simple but profound for in 15 minutes he connected the dots of his humble beginnings as an orphaned child through his extraordinary success and failures of his adult years to his final confrontation with death, but always his message was clear ~ Stay hungry, Stay foolish and Follow your heart.
Most people are afraid of dying because they are afraid of the incompleteness of their lives; they have settled for making money over making a difference, they have been careful and never taken the risk of failing or looking foolish and they have not followed their heart, settling for less than themselves and, as such, never fully experiencing themselves. As such, they have never fully said YES to themselves and have allowed themselves to be controlled by fear.
New SCOTUS decision in Abu-Jamal case is good, but not enough
Mary Shaw
The drama continues in the case of America's most famous living death row prisoner.
On October 11, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request from the Philadelphia District Attorney to overturn a federal appeals court decision declaring Mumia Abu-Jamal's death sentence unconstitutional. Abu-Jamal had been convicted and sentenced to death for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner.
Now, according to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), "Mr. Abu-Jamal will be automatically sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole unless the District Attorney elects to seek another death sentence from a new jury."
This development is good, but it's not enough.
Fighting for the Soul of the American Dream
by Stephen Lendman
Republics are nations where heads of state aren't monarchs or despots in which citizens elect officials to represent them.
Merriam Webster calls them "government(s) in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law."
Thomas Paine once said:
"a republic is supposed to be directed by certain fundamental principles of right and justice, from which there cannot, because there ought not to, be any deviation."
Phony Peace Negotiations or Rule of Law… which is it to be?
Stuart Littlewood
Tell your Member of Parliament: “Justice for Palestinians first. Negotiations later… maybe.”
Law, justice, liberty and human rights, we were taught, are non-negotiable. Perhaps Obama, La Clinton, Cameron and Hague missed that important part of their education.
Restore the Palestinians’ lands, homes and resources, as required by law, by convention and by numerous United Nations resolutions, then see what's left to negotiate. That is the route to peace.
Troubled Eurozone Finance Capital
by Stephen Lendman
For years, Progressive Radio News Hour contributor Bob Chapman warned about troubled Eurozone financial institutions and possible sovereign defaults.
Greece died months ago. Default is certain. Only its obituary hasn't appeared. Germany prepared contingency plans to reissue the Deutschemark if Eurozone stability crumbles.
Six possible sovereign defaults loom if contagion spreads out of control. "Considering the condition of other European banks, and the possibility that three major French banks may be purchased by China, we could see disruption in the global banking system," warns Chapman.
We Danced Waiting for the Police Who Never Came
By Kevin Zeese
Last night, our permit officially ran out in Freedom Plaza. Early in the evening the police reminded us our permit ended at 10PM and they ‘had to do their job.’ We held an emergency meeting of many of the organizers and decided to stay. We took it to the General Assembly (see 1:49:22 of video) which agreed. We were in solidarity – Freedom Park was paid for by our tax dollars; the Constitution says “Congress shall make no law abridging” our right to freedom of speech and right to assemble to redress grievances against the government. We had grievances, so we were staying.
Dominant Finance Capital Institutions
by Stephen Lendman
Most people know about the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan.
Few ever heard of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the central bank for central bankers. Based in Basle, Switzerland, it's a banking boss of bosses accountable to no government.
Privately owned by its member central banks, dominant ones and financial elitists have most influence to eventually implement global control under one currency.
Day in the Life of Joe Middle-Class Republican
by John Gray
Joe gets up at 6:00am to prepare his morning coffee. He fills his pot full of good clean drinking water because some liberal fought for minimum water quality standards. He takes his daily medication with his first swallow of coffee. His medications are safe to take because some liberal fought to insure their safety and work as advertised.
All but $10.00 of his medications are paid for by his employers medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance, now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs this day. Joe’s bacon is safe to eat because some liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.
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