Have a good day everyone.

to today's broadcast on Democracy Now about the book by David Talbott "The Devil's Chessbook" . For those of you who know a lot about that history of the CIA's Allan Dulles it might be of interest. I myself can't judge all of it, but have the feeling it's very well worth reading the book and listening to the whole interview Amy had this morning on Democracy NOW.

I think, if I have a sort of "hero-like" role model in the independent media outlets, it would be Amy.

Have all a great day. Trying to get stuff done.

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Cables leaked by U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning reveal an apparent plot by the U.S. government to assassinate Bolivian President Evo Morales and overthrow his administration...
According to the cables, the plot to orchestrate a coup or carry out an assassination against Morales came after years of resistance by the Morales government to the United States’ Latin American agenda.

TeleSUR, a Latin American TV network, reported last week that the Bolivian government is continuing a formal investigation into the allegations, despite denials by U.S. government officials:

“In a strongly worded statement the U.S. Embassy in Bolivia said, ‘The government of the United States was not involved in any conspiracy, attempt to overthrow the government of Bolivia or assassinate President Morales. This kind of unfounded allegations does not contribute to improving bilateral relations.’”

These allegations of a U.S. plot mirror recent revelations that the DEA is targeting the Morales government with secret drug indictments after his administration kicked the U.S. agency out of Bolivia to pursue their own, locally-oriented and highly successful cocaine-reduction strategies.

Contrary to the official denials, the WikiLeaks cables show how the U.S. escalated attempts to put pressure on Morales and his government over several years. According to Main and Beeton’s analysis of the cables, pressure on Morales began soon after his 2005 election as part of a wave of left-leaning candidates winning elections in Latin America. But Morales resisted U.S. directives and continued with his plans to nationalize the fossil fuels industry and move away from dependence on foreign aid and international loans.

Manning and Snowden just screwed everything up for the Empire.

Irony challenged again

And yet, the RNC published this striking press release:

On the anniversary of Clinton’s Iraq war vote, a closer look at her record shows her failed judgment on a consequential foreign policy issue. […]

Throughout her career, Clinton has always been wrong on Iraq. Clinton voted to authorize the war in Iraq, which was devastating to her 2008 presidential bid.

The headline on the piece reads, “Wrong At Every Turn.”

If there’s an annual award for partisan chutzpah, I’d say the RNC has the honor all wrapped up....

The new Republican message, in effect, seems to be that Clinton made a dreadful mistake in 2002 because she agreed with Republicans. That argument is coherent coming from Bernie Sanders and Clinton’s more progressive critics, but it’s laughable coming from the RNC.

Merkel Under Fire: German Conservatives Deeply Split over Refugees

She was the polar opposite of Seehofer, a political gambler whose overriding political principle appears to be that of always being at the center of controversy. He has never shied away from taking significant risks, but now that Merkel is the one out on a limb, Seehofer has busied himself with the search for a saw.

Indeed, it seems almost as though Merkel, after 10 years in power, has finally found herself. She was Germany's first female chancellor, but she never focused much on women's issues for fear of alienating male voters. (me: I doubt that's the reason, bs) Likewise, she speaks little of her upbringing in East Germany because she believes that West Germans wouldn't understand.(ne: if West Germans were so stupid to not understand it, they don't deserve better than to get a CSU Seehofer guy, idiits) She was always hounded by the fear of being seen as a political freak. (me: what? I want to see proof of that. Geez) But that now appears to be over.(me: aha, lol) "The people should know who their chancellor is," Merkel said on "Anne Will." Her tone was friendly and cheerful, like someone who finally had the courage to be herself. (me: whosever wrote this sentence is full of their own arrogance)

A few hours prior to going on television, Merkel had met behind closed doors with conservative European parliamentarians in Strasbourg, where she didn't just defend her refugee policies, she justified them by pointing to her East German biography. "I lived behind a fence for long enough. You can maybe delay things for a couple of years," she said. "Even the fine East German wall eventually fell. So Europe will not be transformed into a fortress. It simply won't work."(me: Don't bother Angela, West Germans supposedly don't get it, arrghh)
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She pointed to Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey, all countries that she sees as variables in the global balance of power -- factors that must be considered if she wants to slow, or even stop, the flow of migrants into Europe.

Merkel's calculation, somewhat simplified, looks like this: First, Turkey must be helped so that conditions for the 2 million Syrians currently sheltered in refugee camps are improved such that they lose their desire to head for Europe. Then, she intends to do what she can to find a solution to the Syrian conflict. One prerequisite for that project is for the United States to finally show some respect to Russian President Vladimir Putin and to bring Saudi Arabia and Iran to the negotiating table.
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At the end of February, Merkel visited Pope Francis in the Vatican, and brought back with her a question that has remained with her ever since: What if the Middle Eastern conflict between the Sunnis and the Shiites is the modern-day version of the Thirty Years' War, the battle between Catholics and Protestants that turned half of Europe into rubble in the 17th century?

To that question, Merkel has no answer. She has said that Germany will grant protection to those who need it. But if her plan to pacify the world doesn't work, it could be that so many people will come to Germany that Germans will no longer stand for it. Merkel is aware of that, which is why she doesn't want to become involved in a discussion about numbers. She doesn't want to name her own threshold of failure. (me: of course, that's what is behind it. WTF)
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Thus far, her optimism has proven unshakable. Though at the very end of her appearance on "Anne Will" she said: "I have absolutely no doubt that we won't be successful." But she was probably just tired. ... (me: or a Freudian lapsus linguae)

oh well, those articles are written by five authors. I wonder if that is because nobody wants to take responsibility for what the article says. Cowards.

Strange article.

http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=767734

Even though it's not in the original article, I'm using the term 'guest worker' (from German Gastarbeiter) since obviously Israel is never going to let Chinese goyim settle, marry, raise families, and become permanent residents and/or naturalized Israeli citizens.

as formulated by Debbie WhatKillList Schultz

for Secretary Clinton: Why are you so beloved by so many Democrats?

for you, what's your name, the rumpled guy: Why do you have such a massive problem among African-Americans?

for Secretary Clinton: You have taken the responsible middle ground on TPP, being both for and against it. What's wrong with everyone who doesn't see it your way?

for Secretary Clinton: You are the only Democrat who has a chance to beat the Republicans. Thank you.

That concludes tonight's debate

group for pregnancy support services.

In my neighborhood the catholic church has a street sign posted outside so that all cars passing by can see it, telling us "to pray for end of abortion". Each day I drive by that sign I have the itch to make a sign and post it right aside of it, "pray for free anti-baby pills for all". Can't stand these hypocrites.

ok, have to get this out of my system. so awful. all of it.