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US deploys guided missile destroyer off Yemeni coast after attack on Saudi warship
The US has deployed an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer off the coast of Yemen, according to media reports. The battleship will protect US interests in the region following an attack on a Saudi military vessel which killed two sailors. The USS Cole, which wa ...[Read more]
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Maduro Kicks CNN Out Of Venezuela, Accuses It Of Spreading Fake News
"CNN, do not get into the affairs of Venezuelans. I want CNN well away from here. Outside of Venezuela. Do not put your nose in Venezuela," said Maduro during a political statement. Quoted by Fox News, Maduro made the comment after blaming the U.S. networ ...[Read more]
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What would happen if Washington gave up on the jihad?
President Trump’s desire to fight Daesh and to put an end to international terrorism is going to be extremely difficult to implement. Indeed, it will cause damage to the states who organised it, and implies a reorientation of international politics. The ...[Read more]
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Nation “Too Broke” for Universal Healthcare to Spend $406 Billion More on F-35
The estimated future cost of the program had previously hovered at a mind-boggling $379 billion, an updated draft that could be submitted to Congress as early as today will reportedly exceed $406 billion—a nearly 7 percent increase. How ridiculous it is ...[Read more]
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Noam Chomsky on How the United States Developed Such a Scandalous Health System
Chomsky discusses the historical and political factors that have created and maintained such a shamefully profit-driven health system in the United States. ...[Read more]
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Chilling legal memo from Obama DOJ justifies assassination of US citizens
The most extremist power any political leader can assert is the power to target his own citizens for execution without any charges or due process, far from any battlefield. The Obama administration has not only asserted exactly that power in theory, but h ...[Read more]
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Washington economic war against Russian gas supplies to Europe unacceptable
The United States would like to weaken Russia’s energy cooperation with the European Union, said former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, adding it’s unacceptable to create barriers to Russian gas deliveries to the German market. "It’s wrong if t ...[Read more]
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Politicians from both right and left could learn from the Nordic countries
The four main Nordics—Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland—are doing rather well. If you had to be reborn anywhere in the world as a person with average talents and income, you would want to be a Viking. The Nordics cluster at the top of league tables ...[Read more]
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Resort Tycoon Says He’s Ordered Dem Leaders To Adopt Pro-Billionaire Platform
There’ve been a lot of important revelations in the last week, but one of the most significant has gone obscenely under-reported in the shuffle. In a recent interview with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle, timeshare tycoon and top Democratic party donor Steph ...[Read more]
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Barack Obama says Libya was worst mistake of his presidency
Obama has conceded that the intervention “didn’t work”. White House spokesman Josh Earnest on Monday said Obama’s regrets extended to what “the United States and the rest of the members of our coalition didn’t do”. “The president has tried ...[Read more]
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Jeremy Corbyn and Noam Chomsky win peace prize amid media silence
UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been awarded the Sean MacBride Peace Prize along with Noam Chomsky and Japanese anti-military base activists, yet the award received scant coverage in the British media. The International Peace Bureau presents the Sean M ...[Read more]
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