Politics

By Will Durst

You do realize that Washington DC is not the real world, don’t you? It’s a state of mind. An altered state of mind. Where you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Slammed when you stand and rammed when you run. Berated if you lie and lambasted for the truth. Where even the slightest of breeze can carry the pollen of disaster. And the pack on top knows the best way to avoid getting a face full of disaster pollen is to spread the dried residue of other exquisite catastrophes first. Ream or be reamed.

Read more: The Batty Battalion

By MWC News

by Jane Ferguson

Talk of austerity measures, budget cuts and street protests seem more European than at home east of the Mediterranean. Saturday night's protests in Tel Aviv mirrored the images seen from cities such as Athens and Madrid in recent years.

Read more: Israelis rally against austerity measures

By MWC News

by Adam Keller

This week, the Israeli drones went back into action in the skies of Gaza. The 29-year old Haitham Mis-hal, who had worked as a guard at the Shifa hospital, was shot from the air while riding a motorcycle and died instantly. When the ceasefire was signed half a year ago, Israel took the obligation not to carry out any more “targeted killings”.

Read more: Drones, knives and peace initiatives

By Stephen Lendman

Hawking was invited to participate in a June 18 - 20 Israeli Presidential Conference. Initially he accepted. In early May he declined. He's boycotting. He's protesting Israel's occupation.

Stephen Hawking a renown British physicist is the "former Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge."

Read more: Hawking Boycott of Israel

By Jacob Hornberger

When one considers the Bill of Rights, an obvious question arises: Why did our American ancestors demand the enactment of the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments?

Read more: Guantanamo and the Bill of Rights