August 27th, 2015 | http://www.lobelog.com/iran-and-the-third-rail-of-american-politics/#more-30695

Iran and the Third Rail of American Politics

by James A. Russell
A distinctive feature of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action between the P-5+1 and Iran to limit Iran’s nuclear program is that the fate of the plan in Congress rests not on the details of actual arms control agreement but on the dreaded third rail of America’s dysfunctional domestic politics.
America’s “third rail” of domestic politics once consisted of a relatively small number of hot button issues (Social Security, for example) that politicians simply could not touch for fear of retribution by the voters.
Over the last 20 years, however, that “rail” has expanded into a veritable superhighway as the number of policy issues now off limits for potential solutions has grown exponentially. The result has been gridlock and paralysis at home and foreign policy failures abroad.http://www.lobelog.com/iran-and-the-third-rail-of-american-politics/#more-30695

The Illusion of Unconditional American Support

The Illusion of Unconditional American Support

Netanyahu believed that he could turn his back on liberal values of Democratic America and still win its automatic support; his dramatic defeat over the Iran deal is a wake-up call.
read more: http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.673149

http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.673149

Israel bars African asylum seekers from entering Tel Aviv after court forces government to release detainees

Israel bars African asylum seekers from entering Tel Aviv after court forces government to release detainees

Obamacare is facing another big threat: accounting - Quartz

Obamacare is facing another big threat: accounting - Quartz

There’s Something Rotten in Lebanon

And it’s not just the fetid mountains of trash in the streets.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/25/theres-something-rotten-in-lebanon-trash-you-stink/

Oil Industry Needs Half a Trillion Dollars to Endure Price Slump - Bloomberg Business

Oil Industry Needs Half a Trillion Dollars to Endure Price Slump - Bloomberg Business

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-26/oil-industry-needs-to-find-half-a-trillion-dollars-to-survive

Lessons from 146 startup pitches in a row - Business Insider

Lessons from 146 startup pitches in a row - Business Insider

Wall Street Launders Derivatives Via Europe To Avoid Dodd-Frank

Wall Street Launders Derivatives Via Europe To Avoid Dodd-Frank

Real Household Net Worth: Look Out Below? | naked capitalism

Real Household Net Worth: Look Out Below? | naked capitalism

Currency Depreciations Don't Boost Exports as Much as They Used To | naked capitalism

Currency Depreciations Don't Boost Exports as Much as They Used To | naked capitalism
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2015/08/currency-depreciations-dont-boost-exports-as-much-as-they-used-to.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NakedCapitalism+%28naked+capitalism%29

Law and Laws

http://www.wordonfire.org/resources/homily/law-and-laws/4888/

Congress, Israel, and another season of treason

Congress, Israel, and another season of treason

Posted: 25 Aug 2015 03:48 PM PDT

Why do some U.S. politicians love to consort with foreigners who want the United States to fight their wars for them? Franklin Roosevelt and his clique palled around with the British in the years before Pearl Harbor, allowing free reign to their espionage and propaganda activities in the United States and working with them to [...]http://non-intervention.com/1782/congress-israel-and-another-season-of-treason/

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/american-jews-reject-the-israel-lobby-and-support-the-iran-deal/

American Jews Reject the Israel Lobby—and Support the Iran Deal

The war coalition of billionaires, fundamentalists, and Netanyahu cronies doesn't speak for Jewish opinion.

By Jon Basil Utley • August 26, 2015 http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/american-jews-reject-the-israel-lobby-and-support-the-iran-deal/

https://consortiumnews.com/2015/08/24/american-jews-split-from-netanyahu/

American Jews Split from Netanyahu

August 24, 2015

Major Jewish organizations and donors are pressing the U.S. Congress to get in lockstep behind Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s opposition to the Iran nuclear deal, but they are out of step with most American Jews who support the accord, reports Lawrence Davidson.
By Lawrence Davidson https://consortiumnews.com/2015/08/24/american-jews-split-from-netanyahu/

Ferguson Announces an Amnesty on Warrants - The New York Times

Ferguson Announces an Amnesty on Warrants - The New York Times

Where's the Republican Outrage Over Saudi Arabia? - FPIF

Where's the Republican Outrage Over Saudi Arabia? - FPIF

Whales Are Mysteriously Dying in the Pacific Northwest

Whales Are Mysteriously Dying in the Pacific Northwest

Wolf Richter: Americans’ Economic Outlook Plunges

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2015/08/wolf-richter-americans-economic-outlook-plunges.html

Michael Hudson: Smoke and Mirrors of Corporate Buybacks Behind the Market Crash

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2015/08/michael-hudson-smoke-and-mirrors-of-corporate-buybacks-behind-the-market-crash.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NakedCapitalism+%28naked+capitalism%29

Israel’s Thug at the UN by Jonathan Cook

Israel’s Thug at the UN

by Jonathan Cook

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/08/25/israels-thug-at-the-un/