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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

US Government Pledges Funding—But Must Act Now to Save Iraqi Christians – ZENIT – English

US Government Pledges Funding—But Must Act Now to Save Iraqi Christians – ZENIT – English

Uganda: Listen to the Cry “of Suffering Humanity,” Says Cardinal Filoni – ZENIT – English

Uganda: Listen to the Cry “of Suffering Humanity,” Says Cardinal Filoni – ZENIT – English

China is seizing the geopolitical opportunities of the melting Arctic | TheHill

China is seizing the geopolitical opportunities of the melting Arctic | TheHill

Manafort, Podesta Group highlight DC swamp culture | TheHill

Manafort, Podesta Group highlight DC swamp culture | TheHill

House Democratic Whip Resists Effort to End U.S. Involvement in Yemen War


House Democratic Whip Resists Effort to End U.S. Involvement in Yemen War

https://theintercept.com/2017/10/31/yemen-war-us-military-house-resolution/

So Where Are the Podesta Indictments?

So Where Are the Podesta Indictments?

A Rebuke to Kleptocracy - The Atlantic

A Rebuke to Kleptocracy - The Atlantic

Clinton’s link to Putin is the underreported ‘dossier’ bombshell

 

Clinton’s link to Putin is the underreported ‘dossier’ bombshell

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/clintons-link-to-putin-is-the-underreported-dossier-bombshell/2017/10/31/0623f2f4-ba87-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?utm_term=.848df1daf7f1

Balfour Declaration at 100: Seeds of Discord | Palestine | Al Jazeera

Balfour Declaration at 100: Seeds of Discord | Palestine | Al Jazeera

Oceans on the front lines of global climate change

Oceans on the front lines of global climate change

Why Congress is the last place Facebook, Twitter, and Google want to be this week.

Why Congress is the last place Facebook, Twitter, and Google want to be this week.

Don't rely on China: North Korea won't kowtow to Beijing

Don't rely on China: North Korea won't kowtow to Beijing

France: New Anti-Terrorism Law Takes Effect


France: New Anti-Terrorism Law Takes Effect

by Soeren Kern  •  October 31, 2017 at 5:00 am
  • The new law authorizes prefects to order the closure of mosques or other places of worship for a period of up to six months if preachers are deemed to express "ideas or theories" that "incite violence, hatred or discrimination, provoke the commission of acts of terrorism or express praise for such acts."
  • French police and intelligence services are surveilling around 15,000 jihadists living on French soil, Le Journal du Dimanche reported on October 9. Of these, some 4,000 are at "the top of the spectrum" and most likely to carry out an attack.
  • Of the 1,900 French jihadists fighting with the Islamic State, as many as one-fifth have received as much as €500,000 ($580,000) in social welfare payments from the French state, Le Figaro revealed on October 26.
Pictured: Police patrol the Champs-Élysées in Paris after a terrorist attack on April 21, 2017, in which one police officer was killed and another wounded. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
French President Emmanuel Macron has formally signed a new counter-terrorism law which gives prefects, police and security forces wide-ranging powers — without the need to seek prior approval from a judge — to search homes, place people under house arrest and close places of worship. The measure also authorizes police to perform identity checks at French borders.
The new law, adopted by the French Senate on October 18, makes permanent many of the previously exceptional measures imposed under a two-year-old state of emergency, which was introduced after the jihadist attacks in Paris in November 2015. That state of emergency was slated to expire on November 1.

Tomgram: Engelhardt, Doing Bin Laden's Bidding | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Engelhardt, Doing Bin Laden's Bidding | TomDispatch

Journey of young Africans into violent extremism marked by poverty and deprivation | UNDP

Journey of young Africans into violent extremism marked by poverty and deprivation | UNDP

Washington Does Have a Clear ME Policy—It's Just the Wrong One | Graham E. Fuller

Washington Does Have a Clear ME Policy—It's Just the Wrong One | Graham E. Fuller

Google: Russian groups did use our ads and YouTube to influence 2016 elections | ZDNet

Google: Russian groups did use our ads and YouTube to influence 2016 elections | ZDNet

First, Amazon destroyed retail -- now, it's coming for Starbucks | ZDNet

First, Amazon destroyed retail -- now, it's coming for Starbucks | ZDNet

Left and Right use race as a way to divide America – Fabius Maximus website

Left and Right use race as a way to divide America – Fabius Maximus website

2016 revealed the true nature of America’s left & right. It’s bad news. – Fabius Maximus website

2016 revealed the true nature of America’s left & right. It’s bad news. – Fabius Maximus website

Google’s Dominance in Washington Faces a Reckoning - WSJ

Google’s Dominance in Washington Faces a Reckoning - WSJ

The Democratic Law Firm Behind the Russian Collusion Narrative | The American Conservative

The Democratic Law Firm Behind the Russian Collusion Narrative | The American Conservative

The sudden fall of Washington's ultimate powerbroker - POLITICO

The sudden fall of Washington's ultimate powerbroker - POLITICO

Mueller blindsides Congress’ Russia investigators - POLITICO

Mueller blindsides Congress’ Russia investigators - POLITICO

Here’s why Ukraine paid Manafort insane amounts of money – VICE News

Here’s why Ukraine paid Manafort insane amounts of money – VICE News

George Papadopoulos’s Plea Deal Is Very, Very Bad News for Attorney General Jeff Sessions

George Papadopoulos’s Plea Deal Is Very, Very Bad News for Attorney General Jeff Sessions

Mueller’s Moves Signal Broad Scope - WSJ

Mueller’s Moves Signal Broad Scope - WSJ

Papadopoulos Plea Deal May Be the Most Revealing Clue About Where Mueller Is Heading - Bloomberg

Papadopoulos Plea Deal May Be the Most Revealing Clue About Where Mueller Is Heading - Bloomberg

Tillerson, Mattis Say Wars on Terrorism Don’t Need New Vote - Bloomberg

Tillerson, Mattis Say Wars on Terrorism Don’t Need New Vote - Bloomberg

What Do Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Dick Cheney, Oprah Winfrey, Erin Brockovich, Stephen Hawking, Harrison Ford, Robert Kennedy, Jr., Jon Krakauer, Michelle Obama, Dan Rathers, Malcolm Gladwell, and Yours Truly Have in Common? Smeared by a Soros-Funded Think Tank for Appearing on RT | naked capitalism

What Do Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Dick Cheney, Oprah Winfrey, Erin Brockovich, Stephen Hawking, Harrison Ford, Robert Kennedy, Jr., Jon Krakauer, Michelle Obama, Dan Rathers, Malcolm Gladwell, and Yours Truly Have in Common? Smeared by a Soros-Funded Think Tank for Appearing on RT | naked capitalism

Mueller finally proves it: Hillary Clinton is guilty!


Mueller finally proves it: Hillary Clinton is guilty!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/seems-like-everyones-colluding-with-russia-now/2017/10/30/25d3e122-bdb6-11e7-8444-a0d4f04b89eb_story.html?utm_term=.56dc87d61314

That Other Plot — to Bring Down Trump

That Other Plot — to Bring Down Trump


http://buchanan.org/blog/plot-bring-trump-127802

Monday, October 30, 2017

Saudi Chief of Staff: We are Determined to Establish Legitimacy All Over Yemen | Asharq AL-awsat

Saudi Chief of Staff: We are Determined to Establish Legitimacy All Over Yemen | Asharq AL-awsat

NATO Calls North Korea 'Global Threat' | Asharq AL-awsat

NATO Calls North Korea 'Global Threat' | Asharq AL-awsat

(14) Oil & Money 2017 | The New Geopolitics - Trump, Populism and Nationalism - YouTube

(14) Oil & Money 2017 | The New Geopolitics - Trump, Populism and Nationalism - YouTube

Who made the Trump dossier: Meet the reporters of Fusion GPS

Who made the Trump dossier: Meet the reporters of Fusion GPS

These 13 Wire Transfers Are A Focus Of The FBI Probe Into Paul Manafort

These 13 Wire Transfers Are A Focus Of The FBI Probe Into Paul Manafort

A Deadly Ambush’s Great Mystery: What Are We Doing in Niger? - The New York Times

A Deadly Ambush’s Great Mystery: What Are We Doing in Niger? - The New York Times

2 Navy SEALs Under Suspicion in Strangling of Green Beret in Mali - The New York Times

2 Navy SEALs Under Suspicion in Strangling of Green Beret in Mali - The New York Times

Waning US influence in Asia on display ahead of Trump visit | Asia Times

Waning US influence in Asia on display ahead of Trump visit | Asia Times

Trump’s China Trip to Broker Billions of Dollars in Energy Deals - Bloomberg

Trump’s China Trip to Broker Billions of Dollars in Energy Deals - Bloomberg

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Cancels Whitefish Energy Deal | HuffPost

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Cancels Whitefish Energy Deal | HuffPost

On New Jersey's Bayshore, Waiting For A Post-Sandy Recovery That Never Came | HuffPost

On New Jersey's Bayshore, Waiting For A Post-Sandy Recovery That Never Came | HuffPost

Why we need a 21st-century Martin Luther to challenge the church of tech | Technology | The Guardian

Why we need a 21st-century Martin Luther to challenge the church of tech | Technology | The Guardian

OPINION: There's little chance of new rules to govern Big Tech - Business Insider

OPINION: There's little chance of new rules to govern Big Tech - Business Insider

Building Tomorrow’s Robots - MIT Technology Review

Building Tomorrow’s Robots - MIT Technology Review

For Cybersecurity, AI Helps Alleviate Shortage of Human Experts - WSJ

For Cybersecurity, AI Helps Alleviate Shortage of Human Experts - WSJ

Pentagon Bot Battle Shows How Computers Can Fix Their Own Flaws - MIT Technology Review

Pentagon Bot Battle Shows How Computers Can Fix Their Own Flaws - MIT Technology Review

Foreign tourists avoid America in "Trump Slump" | McClatchy Washington Bureau

Foreign tourists avoid America in "Trump Slump" | McClatchy Washington Bureau

Armies Race to Deploy Drone, Self-Driving Tech on the Battlefield - WSJ

Armies Race to Deploy Drone, Self-Driving Tech on the Battlefield - WSJ

Tomgram: Nick Turse, A Red Scare in the Gray Zone | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Nick Turse, A Red Scare in the Gray Zone | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Nick Turse, Blowback Central | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Nick Turse, Blowback Central | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Nick Turse, Nothing Succeeds Like Failure | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Nick Turse, Nothing Succeeds Like Failure | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Nick Turse, America's Empire of African Bases | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Nick Turse, America's Empire of African Bases | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Nick Turse, The Commandos of Everywhere | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Nick Turse, The Commandos of Everywhere | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Nick Turse, The U.S. Military Moves Deeper into Africa | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Nick Turse, The U.S. Military Moves Deeper into Africa | TomDispatch

Balfour’s original sin - Opinion - Israel News | Haaretz.com

Balfour’s original sin - Opinion - Israel News | Haaretz.com

UpFront - Al Jazeera English

UpFront - Al Jazeera English

AP ANALYSIS: Saudi promise of 'moderate Islam' shifts power | Fox News

AP ANALYSIS: Saudi promise of 'moderate Islam' shifts power | Fox News

Indictments signal the beginning of Mueller’s work, not the end - The Washington Post

Indictments signal the beginning of Mueller’s work, not the end - The Washington Post

Sunday, October 29, 2017

China Is Looking Forward to Trump’s Truancy at the East Asia Summit


China Is Looking Forward to Trump’s Truancy at the East Asia Summit



http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/27/china-is-looking-forward-to-trumps-truancy-at-the-east-asia-summit/

We are witnessing St. John Paul II’s prophesy of an ‘anti-Church’: Catholic priest | News | Lifesitenews

We are witnessing St. John Paul II’s prophesy of an ‘anti-Church’: Catholic priest | News | Lifesitenews

Will Congress Ever Limit the Forever-Expanding 9/11 War? | Small Wars Journal

Will Congress Ever Limit the Forever-Expanding 9/11 War? | Small Wars Journal

Puerto Rico Governor Calls for Cancellation of Whitefish Contract - Bloomberg

Puerto Rico Governor Calls for Cancellation of Whitefish Contract - Bloomberg

Trump Heralds GOP "Anger, Unity" As WSJ Warns Dems "The Russian Dossier Dam Is Breaking" | Zero Hedge

Trump Heralds GOP "Anger, Unity" As WSJ Warns Dems "The Russian Dossier Dam Is Breaking" | Zero Hedge

The Trump Dossier Dam Is Breaking - WSJ

The Trump Dossier Dam Is Breaking - WSJ

Robert Mueller has the authority to name Donald Trump an unindicted co-conspirator.

Robert Mueller has the authority to name Donald Trump an unindicted co-conspirator.

The U.S. military is conducting secret missions all over Africa – VICE News

The U.S. military is conducting secret missions all over Africa – VICE News

China Unveils Leadership Ambition

China Unveils Leadership Ambition

Why Are We in Niger?

Why Are We in Niger?

Instapundit » Blog Archive » SECRETARY OF DEFENSE JIM MATTIS: North Korea’s nuclear threat is accelerating. In remarks in Seou…

Instapundit » Blog Archive » SECRETARY OF DEFENSE JIM MATTIS: North Korea’s nuclear threat is accelerating. In remarks in Seou…

The Misery Filter - The New York Times

The Misery Filter - The New York Times

Breast Cancer Is Serious. Pink Is Not. - The New York Times

Breast Cancer Is Serious. Pink Is Not. - The New York Times

The fear and loathing of Syrian refugees in Lebanon | Syria | Al Jazeera

The fear and loathing of Syrian refugees in Lebanon | Syria | Al Jazeera

Mitt Romney’s Senate Run & Donald Trump’s Republicans | National Review

Mitt Romney’s Senate Run & Donald Trump’s Republicans | National Review

Instapundit » Blog Archive » WELL, HOW ABOUT THAT? Obama’s Campaign Paid $972,000 To Law Firm That Secretly Paid Fusion GPS In…

Instapundit » Blog Archive » WELL, HOW ABOUT THAT? Obama’s Campaign Paid $972,000 To Law Firm That Secretly Paid Fusion GPS In…

The Petrodollar’s Biggest Challengers | OilPrice.com

The Petrodollar’s Biggest Challengers | OilPrice.com

America's F-35s Can't Fly 22% of the Time, Repair Facilities Six Years Behind Schedule - Slashdot

America's F-35s Can't Fly 22% of the Time, Repair Facilities Six Years Behind Schedule - Slashdot

Did The EPA Censor Its Scientists? : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR

Did The EPA Censor Its Scientists? : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR

Rouhani: Iran will continue to produce missiles | Iran News | Al Jazeera

Rouhani: Iran will continue to produce missiles | Iran News | Al Jazeera

Implausible Deniability

Implausible Deniability

Angelus Address: On the Great Commandment – ZENIT – English

Angelus Address: On the Great Commandment – ZENIT – English

Be Careful Who You Call a 'White Supremacist' | Asharq AL-awsat

Be Careful Who You Call a 'White Supremacist' | Asharq AL-awsat

Silicon Valley Learns to Play Nice With Detroit | Asharq AL-awsat

Silicon Valley Learns to Play Nice With Detroit | Asharq AL-awsat

Violence is So Bad in Kabul that Red Cross Clinics are Shutting their Doors | Asharq AL-awsat

Violence is So Bad in Kabul that Red Cross Clinics are Shutting their Doors | Asharq AL-awsat

Black lists matter: the betrayal of democratic liberalism

Black lists matter: the betrayal of democratic liberalism

Decency Lost: McCarthyism Revisited

Decency Lost: McCarthyism Revisited

Mueller Reportedly Files Charges in Russia Inquiry - The Atlantic

Mueller Reportedly Files Charges in Russia Inquiry - The Atlantic

When China Leads by Kevin Rudd - Project Syndicate

When China Leads by Kevin Rudd - Project Syndicate

Xi Jinping's Theory of (Almost) Everything in China - Bloomberg

Xi Jinping's Theory of (Almost) Everything in China - Bloomberg

North Korea Rouses Neighbors to Reconsider Nuclear Weapons - The New York Times

North Korea Rouses Neighbors to Reconsider Nuclear Weapons - The New York Times

I Fought a War Against Iran—and It Ended Badly | The American Conservative

I Fought a War Against Iran—and It Ended Badly | The American Conservative

NSA Document Says Saudi Prince Directly Ordered Coordinated Attack By Syrian Rebels On Damascus

NSA Document Says Saudi Prince Directly Ordered Coordinated Attack By Syrian Rebels On Damascus

Whitefish Energy contract bars government from auditing deal | TheHill

Whitefish Energy contract bars government from auditing deal | TheHill

Used to Afghanistan, Special Operators Suffer From Lack of Support in Africa – Foreign Policy

Used to Afghanistan, Special Operators Suffer From Lack of Support in Africa – Foreign Policy

Puerto Ricans Displaced by Hurricane Maria Could be Relocated to U.S. Mainland - Bloomberg

Puerto Ricans Displaced by Hurricane Maria Could be Relocated to U.S. Mainland - Bloomberg

Puerto Rico Is Burning Its Dead, And We May Never Know How Many People The Hurricane Really Killed

Puerto Rico Is Burning Its Dead, And We May Never Know How Many People The Hurricane Really Killed

The Boomtown That Shouldn’t Exist - POLITICO Magazine

The Boomtown That Shouldn’t Exist - POLITICO Magazine

After a $6 Billion Wipeout, Wildfires Still Imperil PG&E - Bloomberg

After a $6 Billion Wipeout, Wildfires Still Imperil PG&E - Bloomberg

Ocean acidification research makes a strong case for limiting climate change

Ocean acidification research makes a strong case for limiting climate change

Gaius Publius: Defining Neoliberalism | naked capitalism

Gaius Publius: Defining Neoliberalism | naked capitalism

If You Look Behind Neoliberal Economists, You’ll Discover the Rich: How Economic Theories Serve Big Business | naked capitalism

If You Look Behind Neoliberal Economists, You’ll Discover the Rich: How Economic Theories Serve Big Business | naked capitalism

JFK Docs: CIA Plotted to Bomb Miami, Kill Refugees, and Blame Castro | Miami New Times

JFK Docs: CIA Plotted to Bomb Miami, Kill Refugees, and Blame Castro | Miami New Times

Trump Vs. America’s Children: Child Poverty In America Is Indefensible

Trump Vs. America’s Children: Child Poverty In America Is Indefensible


https://www.theglobalist.com/donald-trump-budget-cuts-united-states-poverty/

Saturday, October 28, 2017

The Comey Letter Probably Cost Clinton The Election


The Comey Letter Probably Cost Clinton The Election

So why won’t the media admit as much?


https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-comey-letter-probably-cost-clinton-the-election/

What Is to Be Done About the “Russian Question?” « LobeLog

What Is to Be Done About the “Russian Question?” « LobeLog

Clinton and the Rosenbergs: Let's Dare Call It Treason

Clinton and the Rosenbergs: Let's Dare Call It Treason

St. Jude & Baseball Legend Herb Score | National Review

St. Jude & Baseball Legend Herb Score | National Review

Steele Dossier & Democrats’ Collusion with Russia | National Review

Steele Dossier & Democrats’ Collusion with Russia | National Review

The Russian collusion narrative is falling apart. There will be many embarrassed politicians in the near future

The Russian collusion narrative is falling apart. There will be many embarrassed politicians in the near future

Why North Korea and America Could Be on the Road to War | The National Interest Blog

Why North Korea and America Could Be on the Road to War | The National Interest Blog

Hillary Clinton: Faust and Mephistopheles Rolled into One

Hillary Clinton: Faust and Mephistopheles Rolled into One

Time to Step Back from the War on Terror

Time to Step Back from the War on Terror

The Internet of Things has Turned on Me, Big Time

The Internet of Things has Turned on Me, Big Time

The Rich in the U.S. Just Keep On Getting Richer: Time to Party!?

The Rich in the U.S. Just Keep On Getting Richer: Time to Party!?

Jeff Bezos’s Path to Becoming the Richest Person on Earth

Jeff Bezos’s Path to Becoming the Richest Person on Earth

PG&E pushing to pass North Bay fire liabilities to ratepayers

PG&E pushing to pass North Bay fire liabilities to ratepayers

Soaring Premiums Mean Soaring Risks for Obamacare - Bloomberg

Soaring Premiums Mean Soaring Risks for Obamacare - Bloomberg

Were Wars Bloodier and Longer When We Had Conscription? | The American Conservative

Were Wars Bloodier and Longer When We Had Conscription? | The American Conservative

On North Korea, 'We’re Fools If We Don’t Start Taking the President at His Word' - The Atlantic

On North Korea, 'We’re Fools If We Don’t Start Taking the President at His Word' - The Atlantic

As Trump turns his back on the world, the stage is set for President Xi | Larry Elliott | Opinion | The Guardian

As Trump turns his back on the world, the stage is set for President Xi | Larry Elliott | Opinion | The Guardian

Freelancing Isn't Feminist—It's Badly Negotiated Wage Labor for $5 an Hour | naked capitalism

Freelancing Isn't Feminist—It's Badly Negotiated Wage Labor for $5 an Hour | naked capitalism

Gaius Publius: Defining Neoliberalism | naked capitalism

Gaius Publius: Defining Neoliberalism | naked capitalism

Mattis Warns 'Massive' Response over Accelerating N.Korea Nuclear Attack Threat | Asharq AL-awsat

Mattis Warns 'Massive' Response over Accelerating N.Korea Nuclear Attack Threat | Asharq AL-awsat

The Balfour Declaration at 100: Remembering Its Prophetic Jewish Critics

 The Balfour Declaration at 100: Remembering Its
Prophetic Jewish Critics


Article Details

http://www.acjna.org/acjna/articles_detail.aspx?id=2677

'Muhammad' is the Future of Europe


'Muhammad' is the Future of Europe

by Giulio Meotti  •  October 28, 2017 at 5:00 am
  • During the next thirty years, the population of Africa is expected to increase by one billion.
  • The French economist Charles Gave recently predicted that France will have a Muslim majority by 2057 -- and this estimate did not even take into consideration the number of expected new migrants.
  • No doubt, Africa's exploding population will try to reach the shores of a wealthy, senile Europe, which is already undergoing an internal demographic revolution. Europe, to retain its culture, will need to make hard-headed decisions, not just amuse itself to death. The question is: Will Europe protect its borders and civilization before it is submerged?
In 2015 and 2016, approximately 2.5 million migrants reached Europe, according to a Pew Research Center report. Pictured: Migrants off the coast of Libya attempt to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, on February 18, 2017. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)
French President Emmanuel Macron this summer ended up in the middle of a political storm -- with accusations of "racism" -- for saying that women "with seven or eight children" are responsible for the current condition of the African continent, thus creating a challenge, according to Macron, that is "civilizational".
The United Nations states that Macron is right. According to the UN's annual demographic report, "World Population Prospects," one-sixth of the world's population currently lives in Africa. By 2050, the proportion will be one-quarter, and at the end of the century -- when Africa will have four billion people -- one-third.

State Department Scraps Sanctions Office – Foreign Policy

State Department Scraps Sanctions Office – Foreign Policy

Washington’s unlikely pair of NATO women – POLITICO

Washington’s unlikely pair of NATO women – POLITICO

Trump Justice Department: Wars are off limits to court review




http://m.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-justice-department-wars-are-off-limits-to-court-review/article/2638828


This case gives the meaning of “quaint” to the statement of Abraham Lincoln in 2nd paragraph below, as William Polk wrote here:

The reason why the men who wrote the Constitution believed so strongly about limiting the power of the executive, despite their admiration for the reasoning of John Locke and Sir William Blackstone was their fear of tyranny.  While the Supreme Court made no further comment on this issue, the then Congressman Abraham Lincoln almost half a century later, in 1848,  gave what apparently everyone assumed to have been the intent of the Founders when he wrote that:


"The provision of the Constitution giving the war-making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons.  Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object.  This, our Constitutional] Convention understood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions; and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us…"


                              Abraham Lincoln in Letter to William Herndon on February 15, 1848.

Friday, October 27, 2017

Steele dossier farce shows why Trump relies on Twitter | TheHill

Steele dossier farce shows why Trump relies on Twitter | TheHill

The U.S. is on a collision course with Iran in the Middle East - The Washington Post

The U.S. is on a collision course with Iran in the Middle East - The Washington Post

The Prodigal Prince: Richard Roberts and the Decline of the Oral Roberts Dynasty

The Prodigal Prince: Richard Roberts and the Decline of the Oral Roberts Dynasty

Snow, Death and Politics

Snow, Death and Politics

The Ghosts of the Tsunami

The Ghosts of the Tsunami

‘Tiny House Hunters’ and the tiny American dream - Curbed

‘Tiny House Hunters’ and the tiny American dream - Curbed

We’re All Mad Here: Weinstein, Women, and the Language of Lunacy


We’re All Mad Here: Weinstein, Women, and the Language of Lunacy

“He has demons.” The language of madness is the last resort for a society that can no longer deny the evidence of structural oppression and violence.

https://longreads.com/2017/10/23/weinstein-women-and-the-language-of-lunacy/?utm_source=Weekly+Longreads+Email&utm_campaign=b1dea278e3-Longreads_Top_5_October_27_2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bd2ad42066-b1dea278e3-239031537&mc_cid=b1dea278e3&mc_eid=9528811089

UN report finds Syrian regime responsible for sarin attack | Arab News

UN report finds Syrian regime responsible for sarin attack | Arab News

Saudi Arabia Grants a Robot Citizenship

Saudi Arabia Grants a Robot Citizenship

U.S. Troops Are on the Ground in Africa, but Diplomacy Is Missing in Action – Foreign Policy

U.S. Troops Are on the Ground in Africa, but Diplomacy Is Missing in Action – Foreign Policy

Ynetnews News - Planned bridge to connect Saudi Arabia with Egypt

Ynetnews News - Planned bridge to connect Saudi Arabia with Egypt

Mattis: North Korea "Threatens With Catastrophe" | Zero Hedge

Mattis: North Korea "Threatens With Catastrophe" | Zero Hedge

The Art of Leadership and Diplomacy

The Art of Leadership and Diplomacy

McCain and American Engagement: A Dangerous Option « LobeLog

McCain and American Engagement: A Dangerous Option « LobeLog

Instapundit » Blog Archive » UH HUH: Former DNC, Clinton Campaign Chairs Deny Knowledge of Payments to Firm Behind Trump Dossier…

Instapundit » Blog Archive » UH HUH: Former DNC, Clinton Campaign Chairs Deny Knowledge of Payments to Firm Behind Trump Dossier…

Securing Amazon Key Deliveries Without a Home Invasion - The Atlantic

Securing Amazon Key Deliveries Without a Home Invasion - The Atlantic

Why do all conversations lead to Trump? | Emma Brockes | Opinion | The Guardian

Why do all conversations lead to Trump? | Emma Brockes | Opinion | The Guardian

Instapundit » Blog Archive » ONCE UPON A TIME YOU DRESSED SO FINE. THREW THE BUMS A DIME IN YOUR PRIME, DIDN’T YOU? Harvey Weinst…

Instapundit » Blog Archive » ONCE UPON A TIME YOU DRESSED SO FINE. THREW THE BUMS A DIME IN YOUR PRIME, DIDN’T YOU? Harvey Weinst…

‘Trump is the GOP Mainstream’ | National Review

‘Trump is the GOP Mainstream’ | National Review

NFL owner on players protesting during the anthem: ‘We can’t have the inmates running the prison’ – ThinkProgress

NFL owner on players protesting during the anthem: ‘We can’t have the inmates running the prison’ – ThinkProgress

A new Gilded Age? Wealth is more concentrated than ever before - Salon.com

A new Gilded Age? Wealth is more concentrated than ever before - Salon.com

Orban Marshals Spy Agencies to Target George Soros `Empire' - Bloomberg

Orban Marshals Spy Agencies to Target George Soros `Empire' - Bloomberg

Trump Placing Heavy Focus On Yemen In The Campaign To Counter Iran


Trump Placing Heavy Focus On Yemen In The Campaign To Counter Iran

By By Jay Solomon,   /  Thursday, October 26, 2017 10:00 AM
Given the maritime and missile threats posed by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, senior U.S. officials have indicated that the White House will continue expanding its assistance to the Saudi-led coalition. The Trump administration is eyeing Yemen as a critical theater in its stepped-up campaign to roll back Iranian influence in the Arab world. Washington is particularly

iPhone X or iPhone 8? Price, size, camera all factor in your buying decision | ZDNet

iPhone X or iPhone 8? Price, size, camera all factor in your buying decision | ZDNet

McCain and American Engagement: A Dangerous Option « LobeLog

McCain and American Engagement: A Dangerous Option « LobeLog

Balfour and Britain's broken promise

Balfour and Britain's broken promise

Weinstein scandal puts nondisclosure agreements in the spotlight - LA Times

Weinstein scandal puts nondisclosure agreements in the spotlight - LA Times

Naming sexual harassers without due process is mob justice | Asia Times

Naming sexual harassers without due process is mob justice | Asia Times

The Devastation of Puerto Rico

The Devastation of Puerto Rico

What Did Cambridge Analytica Really Do for Trump's Campaign? | WIRED

What Did Cambridge Analytica Really Do for Trump's Campaign? | WIRED

Do Democratic Operatives Dream of Big Data Death Stars? 
The Case Against Cambridge Analytica As a Propaganda Tool | naked capitalism

Do Democratic Operatives Dream of Big Data Death Stars? 
The Case Against Cambridge Analytica As a Propaganda Tool | naked capitalism

US travel: All you need to know about the new restrictions — Quartz

US travel: All you need to know about the new restrictions — Quartz

It’s Not Just Niger — U.S. Military Activity Is a “Recruiting Tool” for Terror Groups Across West Africa

It’s Not Just Niger — U.S. Military Activity Is a “Recruiting Tool” for Terror Groups Across West Africa

Twitter Versus RT: Which One is State Media Again?

Twitter Versus RT: Which One is State Media Again?

Twitter Bans Two Kremlin-Backed News Outlets From Advertising - The New York Times

Twitter Bans Two Kremlin-Backed News Outlets From Advertising - The New York Times

The Qatar Blockade Could Cause A Regional Recession | OilPrice.com

The Qatar Blockade Could Cause A Regional Recession | OilPrice.com

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Guest Post: “The True Flag” and Wars of Choice by Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.)


“The True Flag” and Wars of Choice
Remarks to a Committee for the Republic Salon with Stephen Kinzer

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.)
Senior Fellow, the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University
October 26, 2017, Washington, D.C.

I’m Chas Freeman.  I chair the loose, transpartisan coalition known as the Committee for the Republic.  I want to welcome our members – especially the contributors who sponsor these salons and make it possible for us to air important issues that would otherwise go publicly unaddressed.

A very warm welcome too to Stephen Kinzer.  Stephen, we are honored to have you back as our speaker at this evening’s discussion.  Your stalwart opposition to the promiscuous interventionism that has replaced diplomacy in America’s management of its foreign relations is directly relevant to the purposes of the Committee for the Republic.

As you probably know, the Committee came into being in 2003, when many here tonight worried about how the American lurch into ill-defined wars in the Middle East might damage the civil liberties and traditions of our republic. Sadly, these concerns have proved justified, and, despite widening popular discomfort with the state of the nation, things seem to be getting worse rather than better.  We Americans have come to accept perpetual warfare as the norm for our society.  We now regard the “big government” and enormous national debt needed to make constant war on other peoples and care for our own fallen warriors as inescapable burdens on our body politic.

In military affairs, for Americans, more is always better.  We have acquired a vested interest in big armies, big navies, big air forces, big armaments industries, and big talk about how we will destroy recalcitrant foreign societies.  And despite the clear language of our Constitution, we have stood ineffectually by as Congress has yielded its power to authorize wars of choice to the Executive.  The current, apparently limitless authority of the president to launch wars at will, including nuclear wars, negates the most distinctive and revolutionary element of our system of government: – the decision to entrust the power to start wars exclusively to Congress.

The reason the founders thought the Executive did not deserve such power is the focus of our vice chair, John Henry’s latest, wittiest, and most entertaining play, The Republic for which We Stand.  The play, which debuted to rave reviews in Virginia, will be performed by members of the Committee – you know who you are – in the Congressional Auditorium at the United States Capitol Visitors Center on November 7.  There, at 6:30 pm, the Committee for the Republic will confer Defender of Liberty awards on a heroic member or two of Congress for upholding congressional prerogatives with respect to the war power.  The play will begin at 7 pm.  Have a look at the details on the Committee’s website.  I urge you to call the play to the attention of your representatives in Congress.  If they show up, they will enjoy some pretty good slapstick while being reminded of the responsibilities the American people have entrusted to them. 

That’s 6:30 on Tuesday, November 7, at the Congressional Auditorium of the Capitol Visitors Center.

In our republic, the President of the United States swears an oath to the Constitution before delivering an inaugural address.  Based on some of what President Trump said during his campaign, I and others had hoped we might hear something like this from him last January 20:

“I pledge to the American people that, as your president and the commander-in-chief of your armed forces, I shall vigorously defend the United States of America against any attack, but I will initiate no war except upon a vote in Congress declaring it, defining its objectives, and funding it, as required by our Constitution, which reserves the right to authorize wars of choice to the Congress alone.  I have inherited multiple wars from my predecessors that were not so authorized.  I intend to submit these wars, one-by-one, to Congress for consideration and an up-or-down vote.   I will take the failure of Congress to declare these wars as a mandate to end them on the best terms and as expeditiously as possible.”

That is not what we heard.  If the president cannot bring himself to say such words, we must look to the Congress to muster the courage to assert its powers under the Constitution. 

There is now apparent concern about the currently unconstrained power of the president to launch a nuclear attack on other nations at will.  The answer to this and related anxieties is to take steps to implement the Constitution.  We should clarify in legislation that any order by the president to our military directing a non-retaliatory attack on another nation that has not been explicitly approved by Congress is both illegal and an impeachable offense.  We should return to respect for our founders’ carefully considered framework for decisions about war and peace.  My hope is that members of Congress will yet form a bipartisan caucus devoted to promoting the constitutional exercise of the war power.  

All this is very germane to the subject of this evening’s salon: Stephen Kinzer’s latest book. 

No one has been more eloquent than Stephen, my friend and colleague at Brown’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, in making the case against a shoot-first, think-later approach to foreign affairs.  Stephen, in your numerous op-eds and books, you have helped us understand how self-adulation and self-righteousness can lead us to compromise our ideals while wounding our national interests.  

Ladies and gentlemen, Stephen Kinzer’s new book, The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire, wipes away a lot of national amnesia.  It shows how, at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century, Americans earnestly debated whether to take Manifest Destiny global, thereby contradicting the anti-imperialist principles on which our nation had been founded.  Our decision to do so continues to influence our fate.  The True Flag is at once a great read, a delightful reminder of past American eloquence on issues central to our national purposes and identity, and a reminder that populist nationalism can sometimes overwhelm common sense. 

In the opening years of the twenty-first century we Americans have again made fateful decisions about our role in the world.  We have chosen  to go all out in defense of the crumbling status quo, that is: the global military primacy created by our past imperial belligerence.  But this time we have made our decisions without notable public debate or discussion.  The True Flag inspires us to do better than that, while offering a cautionary tale about the consequences of failing to do so.

Stephen, in addition to telling us how – against our better judgment – we became an imperial power, I hope you will give us your thoughts on what implications that has for our present and future health as a nation.  Is there any reason to expect that we will be capable of breaking free of our past?

The podium is yours.

Thursday, October 26, 2017

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Franciscan Friars of Atonement Novena to St. Jude


"St. Jude, pray for us and all who honor you
and invoke your aid." ‑ Fr. Robert Warren, S.A.
Join the Novena
Franciscan Friars of the Atonement
"Mercy, Peace, and Love be yours in abundance."
Jude 1:2
Dear Michele,
Please join the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement as we celebrate a special Feast Day Novena of Masses starting on October 28th, in honor of St. Jude, our special and powerful advocate.
St. Jude, the loving patron of hopeless causes, listens to the heartrending cries of desperation. Where there is despair, and hope is fading, St. Jude often amazes us by his prompt intercessions and the favors he obtains to bring God's grace to troubled lives.
St. Jude
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Fr. Robert Warren, S.A.
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