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February 07/08, 2019
"The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool." : Stephen King  
 
"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything." -- Alexander Hamilton  
 
"It is easy to be carried away by the sheer horror of what the daily press reveals and to lose sight of the fact that this is merely the brutal exterior of a deeper crime, of commitment to a social order that guarantees endless suffering and humiliation and denial of elementary human rights"- Noam Chomsky - (1969 - American Power and the New Mandarins)   
 
"Place me not with those who are weak of mind and willingly give up the rights of others, for these poor ignorant souls know not that the rights they give up are their own!" --  Warren Friton  
 
"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." --  Thomas Paine  
 
"As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.": Josh Billings
 
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Peace and Joy - Tom Feeley
Op-Ed

Venezuela - U.S. Aid Gambit Fails - War Plans Lack Support
 
By Moon Of Alabama
The U.S. government, which actively helps to starve the people of Yemen into submission, is concerned about Venezuela where so far no one has died of starvation?   - Continue
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Venezuela: Another US Manufactured Attempted Coup
 
By Lindsey German
Hypocrisy is the word that springs to mind here.   - Continue
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Did Venezuela's President Really 'Steal' the 2018 Election from an Unknown Who Didn't Run?
 
By Joe Emersberger
There were four different groups of observers who monitored the election, and they concluded it was clean.   - Continue
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Washington issues ultimatum to Venezuela over "humanitarian aid" ploy
 
By Bill Van Auken
The American corporate media, meanwhile, has fallen into line behind Washington's regime-change operation.   - Continue
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Trump cheers troop pullout... Pentagon says pull the other one
 
By Finian Cunningham
Trump's comments caused a furore in Iraq.   - Continue
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Leaked Wikileaks Doc Reveals US Military Use of IMF, World Bank as "Unconventional" Weapons
 
By Whitney Webb
This "U.S. coup manual," recently highlighted by WikiLeaks, serves as a reminder that the so-called "independence" of such financial institutions as The World Bank and IMF is an illusion   - Continue
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Julian Assange is Dying in Darkness While The Washington Post Pats Itself on The Back
 
By Adam Garrie
ulian Assange is being left alone both physically and metaphorically.   - Continue
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Edging Toward War With Iran?
 
By Conn M. Hallinan
Is US National Security Advisor Bolton just blowing smoke when he talks about regime change in Iran?   - Continue
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Tulsi Gabbard Is Driving The MSM Bat Shi* Crazy
 
By Caitlin Johnstone
"This is such an embarrassing look at the state of corporate American regime media,"   - Continue
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Trump's Speech: An Assessment
 
By Paul Craig Roberts
I have concluded that the US government is insane.   - Continue
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The facts about the humanitarian crisis in Mexico and Central America
 
By Doctors Without Borders
We know that nothing-not a wall or even an ocean-will ever stop people who are simply trying to survive.   - Continue
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"No-Knock Raid" is Just Another Term for "Violent Home Invasion"
 
By Thomas L. Knapp
Both  paid with their lives for their forlorn resistance to a gang of armed invaders.   - Continue
 

 
HARD NEWS
 
MIDDLE EAST
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Moscow: Terrorists in Idleb continue to store toxic materials

 
 
 
ISIS is still active and infiltrating new territory through affiliates, according to US military: Donald Trump has claimed victory over ISIS but his advisers have walked back that claim
 
Isis leader believed to have fled coup attempt by his own fighters : The Isis leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, survived a coup attempt last month launched by foreign fighters
 
 
Retaliatory Raids Kill, Injure over 250 Militants in Jizan: Yemeni Source: At least 250 Saudi-backed militants, including ringleaders, were killed and injured by Yemen's army
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
US Senate approves anti-BDS bill: The US Senate has passed legislation that would allow state and local governments to sanction those who support boycotts, divesture and sanctions against Israel.
 
US Court Throws Out Lawsuit Against Academic Boycott Of Israel: The ruling is a significant blow to efforts by Israel lobby groups to use courts to harass, intimidate and silence supporters of Palestinian rights in US universities - a tactic known as lawfare.
 
 
'No place for Israeli athletes in Malaysia,' prime minister : Malaysia refusing to issue entry visas for the Israeli swimming team.
 
US blocks UN Security Council statement on Hebron monitors:The text warned Israel that it has an obligation under international law "to protect the Palestinian civilian population in Hebron"
 
 
'Russia Doesn't Interfere': Kremlin Shrugs Off Israeli Warning on Election Meddling:Shin Bet chief warned a 'foreign country' intends to meddle in upcoming election
 

Israel media: Tel Aviv still arming Myanmar military despite allegations of genocide

 
AFRICA
 
 
 
 
Egypt secretly backs Gaddafi's son in Libya elections;  Egypt is reported to have led covert efforts to support Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in the upcoming presidential elections in Libya slated for later this year.
 
Inside the Secretive US Air Campaign In Somalia: Since Trump took office, figuring out whom the US is killing and why has become nearly impossible.
 
ASIA
 
Taliban: Half of US troops to leave Afghanistan by May 1: The U.S. military said it has received no orders to begin packing up.
 
Joint Declaration Issued After Moscow Talks: All parties in this conference have agreed that a dignified and lasting peace is the aspiration of all the people of Afghanistan and this principle has been achieved in Moscow.
 
EUROPE
 
 
Top Russian diplomat blasts US for failing to furnish evidence of INF violations: Lavrov says Washington has so far not provided a single shred of evidence to prove that Russia had violated the INF Treaty
 
 
 
Theresa May's demands to renegotiate Brexit deal rejected by EU: Theresa May's demand to reopen negotiations on her Brexit deal has been officially rejected by the European Union.
 
May and Juncker announce more talks to break deadlock:The EU would be open to adding words to the non-binding future relations document that goes with the withdrawal agreement, following their meeting.
 
 
GLOBE
 
 
 
 
 
AMERICAS
 
 
 
 
New Protests in Argentina Over Rising Poverty. Macri: 'I Was Too Optimistic': Feb. 7 starts a series of major union protests in Argentina against President Macri's austerity measures that have decreased spending power by 17 percent.
 
 
 
 
 
Arizona City Officials Demand Government Remove Razor Wire from Border Wall;The City Council of Nogales, Arizona, adopted a resolution on Wednesday "condemning the use of concertina wire as an indiscriminate use of lethal force by the federal government."
 
 
 
Mexico, Uruguay Initiative for Venezuela Dialogue Begins:European and Latin American leaders will gather Thursday in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo to discuss plan to solve the deepening political situation in Venezuela, but will steer clear of direct intervention.
 
Venezuela opposition plans to get oil money from U.S. fund:Venezuela's opposition on Wednesday said it would use a U.S.-based fund to receive some of the country's oil income in a key step to bankroll its efforts to dislodge President Nicolas Maduro.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Propaganda alert: Pompeo says Hezbollah is active in Venezuela (video): "People don't recognize that Hezbollah has active cells. The Iranians are impacting the people of Venezuela," Pompeo
 
Canada to shelter victims of slavery in Libya ; Canada is willing to receive about 750 victims of slavery in Libya over the coming two years,
 
Trump speech angers Democrats as expected but caters to American Jews: Trump's cry against a concocted socialist conspiracy emulated Netanyahu's trusted tactics of division and incitement
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Home Sales Are Plummeting And Nobody's Sure Why: Rejections for mortgages and refinancing applications have, unfathomably, shot up to record levels.
 


Peace and Joy

Tom Feeley

Cost Of War
 
Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590"

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq:  4,801


Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan :
3,430 
 
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