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Looking like a great week for me. Being working on different things that are productive.
How about you?
International Politics
Overall
– Glen Ford joins The Real News to discuss the “little and big monsters” after the terrorist attack in Paris
– Pew: Sixty-nine percent of Americans worry there will be a terrorist attack soon. Moreover, 29 percent of Americans following updates on the Charlie Hebdo killings very closely.
– Gareth Porter: “Four Ways the West Got the Iran Nuclear Issue Wrong”
– Political and extreme Islam does not represent the religion, but Western agencies enjoy using it for their agenda
Middle East
– Hamas and Fatah are arguing and blaming each other over delays of controlling the Gaza crossings
– The Islamic State released a video where they killed two suspected Russian spies
– Three people were killed and 13 wounded after a suicide bomber attacked Samarra, Iraq, which rarely ever gets attacks.
– Ali Abunimah: “Jerusalem resident assaulted by Israeli-backed US ‘Muslim leaders’”
Asia and Oceania
– The first threats against “The Interview” were actually a public relations stunt, according to someone involved with the movie.
Africa
– Gallup: Thirteen percent of Nigerians confide in the elections, which is down from 51 percent in 2011 due to corruption and the rise of Boko Haram.
– A two part interview with Nii Akuetteh, an analyst, on the role Boko Haram plays in Nigeria and reaction by the international community
– It is vital in putting a spotlight on the role Ethiopia plays in committing state terrorism
Europe
– French President Francois Hollande: We will “never yield” to any form of fear
– In eastern Ukraine, at least 11 people died as a result of what may be rockets
– Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo called for more international aid to Gaza
Latin America, Caribbean and Canada
– Why did President Barack Obama meet with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto last week? To make more money of course!
– Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes called politicians who committed graft to “stop robbing”
– The U.S. State Department announced it would strengthen ties with the Honduran government despite the problems of corruption there
Surveillance Planet
– Trevor Timm: “Banning all encryption won’t make us safer, no matter what David Cameron says”
Financial Matters
– A two part interview with economist John Weeks on the rise of SYRIZA and how it has been covered
– The reality surrounding New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is that he is a failure for his state, which is not recovering whatsoever.
– The Security and Exchange Commission found agencies that rate bonds are not honest in their ratings
– A U.S. trade representative admitted investor-state resolutions in previous free trade agreements were a problem
Politics US
Washington USA
– Jesselyn Radack: “‘There are indeed consequences’: The case against Gen. David Petraeus”
– Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT): If evidence shows Petraeus broke the law, then he should be prosecuted
– Remember Steve Scalise, current House whip for the GOP, speaking at a white supremacist convention? Well, when he was a lawmaker in Louisiana, he voted against apologizing for slavery in 1996; Damage control in 3…2…1
– Now remember Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and her campaign advertisements on how she lives within her means? Turns out she has a lot of means.
– Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX) made a tweet about how Adolf Hitler went to Paris compared to President Obama who did not. He apologized afterward.
– The truth about the presidential elections next year is that no one really cares or wants to
– The White House admitted it would be extremely difficult to close down Guantanamo Bay before President Obama leaves office
– Establishment figures enjoy discussing about freedom of speech in the U.S. and in Western countries, but such freedom is always under attack by them
– Jason Leopold: “The FBI Considered Recruiting an American Blogger Later Killed in a Drone Strike“; Whoa
Anytown USA
– Part two of two with journalist Maya Schenwar on reforms to the prison system in the U.S. including abolition
– In Ann Arbor, Mich., a black woman was killed by police after officers said they felt threatened as she wielded a knife. The major media outlets did not even cover this.
– A new study found Canadian and Asian immigrants usually received green cards, yet immigrants from Latin America were not so lucky
Health, Hunger and Homelessness
– The role of the police in society is to dictate what is legal and not legal and they ensure it through force.
– A new study found Bisphenol A-free containers may be worse than plastics with it
– The suicide rate for the military rose last year due to more sailors and air force members committing suicide
Planet Earth
– Part seven of eight with Robert Pollin who explains the failure of lawmakers to follow up with their support of action on climate change
– As frac sand mining expands in Iowa and Wisconsin, communities are resisting due to the problems it brings
– In spite of rain in California last month, 98 percent of the state is still suffering from a drought
– Dahr Jamail: “The Methane Monster Roars”
– In the United Kingdom, a climate change denier with ties to the Koch brothers and oil companies took over a climate change denying think tank.
Mixed Bag
– Gallup: Americans feel the happiest during holidays, especially during Thanksgiving.
– Quite an interesting interview with author Roxane Gay about feminism, race and the state of modern society
– Dave Zirin: “On the Death of the Irreplaceable Mike Marqusee”
Break Time
– Desirock [Swami]
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