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Monster oil & gas deposits discovered in Iran – local media reports
Iran has found a dozen new oil fields that could produce 30 billion barrels of crude and 128 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, according to Press TV quoting officials in Tehran. Iranian oil output is about four million barrels per day (bpd), of which ab ...[Read more]
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The Leakers Who Exposed Gen. Flynn Lie Committed Serious and Wholly Justified Felonies
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S NATIONAL security adviser, Gen. Michael Flynn, was forced to resign on Monday night as a result of getting caught lying about whether he discussed sanctions in a December telephone call with a Russian diplomat. The only reason the publ ...[Read more]
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30 Tons of Venezuelan Bolivar Bills Found Hoarded in Paraguay
A massive hoard of 50 and 100 Venezuelan bolivar Bills, amounting to 30 tons in weight, was uncovered in a house in Paraguay on the Brazilian border, Associated Press reported Monday. The massive find is the latest example of the ongoing of hoarding Venez ...[Read more]
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Britons living in the EU face Brexit backlash, leaked paper warns
The Labour leader called on the government to make a commitment that EU nationals currently living in the UK would be free to continue to do so, saying the failure to do so amounted to “playing political games with people’s lives”. As yet the Briti ...[Read more]
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Spillway at tallest US dam in California about to collapse, tens of thousands evacuate
Tens of thousands of people have been fleeing California towns downstream from the Oroville Dam after fears of an imminent collapse of its spillway prompted an evacuation order. Authorities are seeking to stem the breach with the help of helicopters. “I ...[Read more]
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Trump Executive Order Will Let Private Equity Funds Drain Your 401(k)
DONALD TRUMP’S FEBRUARY 3 executive order enabling financial advisers to continue ripping off their clients could prove a lifeline for a surprising beneficiary: the private equity industry. The Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule would have forced in ...[Read more]
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Trump Intends to Follow Up Botched Yemen Military Raid By Helping Saudis Target Civilians
DONALD TRUMP’S FIRST concrete decision as commander in chief was a major fiasco that killed nine children, eight women, and a U.S. soldier in a botched raid on al Qaeda in Yemen. The operation — which Trump reportedly approved over dinner — also fai ...[Read more]
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The Elites Won’t Save Us: Chris Hedges
The four-decade-long assault on our democratic institutions by corporations has left them weak and largely dysfunctional. These institutions, which surrendered their efficacy and credibility to serve corporate interests, should have been our firewall. Ins ...[Read more]
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Hillary Clinton Is Running Again
No inside information informs this prediction. No argument is advanced as to whether her run is a good or a bad idea—there are many ways to make a case either way. Instead this is just a statement of simple facts (if facts mean anything anymore, that is ...[Read more]
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Senate Dems Join Republican Attack on Palestinian Solidarity
On Tuesday, eight Democratic senators joined former Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio in introducing a Senate bill attacking the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, BDS, which aims at ending the illegal occupation of Palestine and ongoi ...[Read more]
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Donald Trump signs executive order giving police more authority
Donald Trump has signed three executive orders to deal with “public safety”, including handing more authority to the police. At the formal ceremony to appoint Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, the President outlined the new mandate that Mr Sessions w ...[Read more]
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