(2019-12-27). Israel Bombs Gaza For Xmas, Israel Threatens To Attack All Helping Iran & Saudis Bomb Yemen Market. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/26/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
(2019-12-27). Research explains how the measles virus destroys immune "memory" wsws.org The measles virus is particularly dangerous as it wipes out immunity previously acquired after exposure to other microbes in a process known as "immune amnesia."
(2019-12-27). On Those Questionable US Wage Stats…Again. counterpunch.org In recent months, various independent business and research sources have been raising questions about the accuracy of US official job and wage statistics. Several more sources have joined the discussion, questioning the oft-cited official—and widespread mainstream press reported—3.1% annual rise in US wages the past year. As many have indicated, the 3.1% grossly over-estimates recent More
(2019-12-27). Big City, Small Farmers, and a Dying River. counterpunch.org "Insaan ab na jhagde se marega na ragade se marega tho bhook aur pyas se." "Humankind will now die not of conflict or stress But of hunger and thirst." So, it's not just science ringing alarm bells about climate change then. India's literary epics had it nailed down ages ago, asserts 75-year-old Delhi farmer Shiv More
(2019-12-27). Tallahassee gathers for vigil and speakout for FAMU student killed by sheriff. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On December 21, over 50 members of the Tallahassee community joined with Jamee Johnson's friends and family at the Eternal Flame on Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University's (FAMU) campus to honor the life of the 22-year-old senior who had recently been killed by police. | His life was taken December 14 by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (JSO) Officer J. Garriga, who shot Johnson four times during a traffic stop. Police have referred to Johnson's possession of a legal concealed weapon to justify the shooting, despite acknowledging he had informed them of its presence. The family's at…
(2019-12-27). Kwanzaa our "California Grown" Global Celebration, "Matunda ya Kwanza" indybay.org Imani (Faith) reminds us of the indispensable foundation of confident, righteous and rewarding belief, calling on us "to believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our leaders, our teachers and the righteousness and victory of our struggle." In remembrance of Khalid Al Mansour…
(2019-12-27). The UK Election: a Postmortem. counterpunch.org The various statistical analyses of the UK general election result have been coming in, and they allow some interesting and perhaps important observations to be made. The perception that it was Leave voters switching from Labour to Tory en masse who cost Labour the election has to be qualified by the fact that Labour lost More
(2019-12-27). Industrial carnage in US: 5,250 workers killed on the job in 2018. wsws.org Fatal on-the-job injuries in the US increased by 2 percent in 2018, according to this year's report by the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
(2019-12-27). Norwegian, 71, told to leave India after joining citizenship law protest. yenisafak.com At least 25 people have been killed in protests across the country since the law, seen by critics as discriminatory towards Muslims, was adopted on Dec. 11.A German exchange student was told to leave the country this week after taking part in two rallies against the law."The Norwegian lady has participated in a protest in violation of her visa condition," said Anoop Krishna, the Foreigners' Regional Registration Officer at Kochi airport."She has been asked to leave the country as early as possible. The tourist visa on which she visited the country does not allow participation in any protests."The tourist, Janne-M…
(2019-12-27). World War I battle makes Filipino convert to Islam. yenisafak.com A Filipino teacher has converted to Islam after being affected by the belief of soldiers martyred during World War I Battle of Sarikamis in northeastern Turkey.Battle of Sarikamis claimed the lives of nearly 90,000 Ottoman Turkish soldiers who froze to death in Sarikamis district of Kars province in 1914 due to bitter cold.Abdullah Ramosa, a 37-year-old teacher in Kuwait, was a Christian before, and became a Muslim after last year's traditional Sarikamis Martyrs Memorial Climb in the Allahuekber Mountains, to commemorate the martyrs.The belief of soldiers martyred in Sarikamis town is the main reason behind my ch…
(2019-12-27). Israeli PM Netanyahu wins Likud party vote in boost ahead of new general election. rt.com 
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu easily won a vote to keep the Likud party helm, the party said on Friday. The result is seen as a boost ahead of what is likely to be a hard-fought general election in March, Reuters said. | Netanyahu received 72.5 percent of the votes in Thursday's party ballot, against 27.5 percent for challenger Gideon Saar. Netanyahu's rival conceded defeat, tweeting that he would now back the incumbent "for the sake of a Likud victory" in the general election. | The challenge by Saar, a former education and interior minister, added to pressures that have mounted this year on the f…
(2019-12-27). Japan to send helicopter-carrying destroyer & spy planes to ensure 'safe passage' of oil from increasingly crowded Middle East. rt.com 
The Japanese PM's cabinet approved a plan to send warship and surveillance planes to the Middle East, framing the controversial mission as "study and research activities" separate from the US' initiative to contain Iran. | Tokyo is expected to send a destroyer with 200 crew members and carrying up to two patrol helicopters alongside two P-3C anti-submarine patrol airplanes to the Gulf of Oman sometime in February for a year-long mission. | The deployment is styled as a "study and research" mission to ensure "safe passage" for Japanese vessels through the region from which Tokyo receives 90 percent of its oil i…
(2019-12-27). Indian doctors will not be taught how to deal with ghosts, contrary to BBC headline. rt.com 
From January, one of India's most prominent medical schools will offer courses on a subset of traditional medicine. However, despite a recent BBC claim, doctors will not be taught to deal with claims of ghostly possession. | On Thursday, the Beeb ran a story on the new six-month course from the Banaras Hindu University (BHU). The Varanasi-based university "is offering a certificate course to teach doctors how to treat people who claim to see or be possessed by ghosts", the report said. | Bhoot Vidya: India university to teach doctors Ghost Studies t.co/C1CkVmU1jf[m…
(2019-12-27). India shows the door to German student & Norwegian tourist who joined protests against citizenship law. rt.com 
Two Europeans were sent packing by India this week after they took up placards and joined the crowds protesting the new Citizenship Amendment Act. | Janne Mette-Johannson, a 74 year-old Norwegian citizen who arrived in India on a tourist visa in October, was asked by the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) on Friday to leave the country, she reported on her Facebook page. The Indian authorities say her tourist visa does not allow her to take part in organized protests, so she was in violation when she took part on Monday. | "Now pretty soon on my way to the airport. A friend fixing a flight ticket t…
(2019-12-26). Year in Climate Crisis: Fossil Fuels Expansion, Scary Science and Global Activism. therealnews.com 
The Real News Network's Steve Horn and Dimitri Lascaris talk about the 2019's biggest climate stories.
(2019-12-26). Global War on Humanity: America's Unceasing Pursuit of Hegemony. globalresearch.ca Essentially what we're looking at is a broader historical perspective on how the US de facto supported Nazi Germany with a view to destroying the Soviet Union as well as weakening the British Empire and competing empires including of course France, Belgium, Holland, etc. And those countries today are no longer colonial powers.
(2019-12-26). As Cities Subsidize Billions for Developers, Teachers Ask, "What About Us?" truthout.org CHICAGO — When Hilario Dominguez looks around his school, he sees dilapidated bathrooms, students taking recess in the parking lot, and sick kids going through the day without care because there's a nurse on staff just one day a week. But, beyond the school's walls, Dominguez, a case manager and special education teacher at Peter Cooper Elementary Dual Language Academy, sees money flowing. | Not far from his school building on Chicago's Southwest Side, construction crews recently broke ground…
(2019-12-26). German Politician: "Ami Go Home!"… The US is waging bloody economic wars against the entire world. globalresearch.ca Oskar Lafontaine is a German politician, candidate for Chancellor in the German federal election of 1990, Chairman of the Social Democratic Party from 1995 to 1999, Minister of Finance from 1998 to 1999, leader of The Left in Saarland since …
(2019-12-26). The Case for Free Public Transit in Toronto. globalresearch.ca Free public transit is a growing movement around the world. | According to the book Free Public Transit: And Why We Don't Pay To Ride Elevators, there are 200 cities around the world with some form of fare-free transit, and 97 …
(2019-12-26). Congressional Oversight Claimed Important Victories in 2019. Here Are the Top 5. truthout.org New avenues for accountability and oversight became possible in Washington, D.C., in 2019, following the election of a new Democratic Party majority in the House (and the most diverse Congress ever) in the 2018 midterms. As a result, Democrats took hold of the subpoena power that rests in the House of Representatives, along with the po…
(2019-12-26). Who Is Winning the Arms Race? Russia's "Super-Weapons" globalresearch.ca Russia's defense budget is a small fraction of what the US spends for militarism and warmaking. Yet Russia's super-weapons exceed the best in the West because of efficient and effective use of its resources. | Meeting with Russia's Defense Ministry Board …
(2019-12-26). Impeachment Is a Distraction: Heavily Scripted Vote Demonstrates that Democracy Really Is Dead. globalresearch.ca Watching the impeachment "vote" was hard work. With only a few exceptions, each Congressman rose for roughly 90 seconds and provided a prearranged, almost completely scripted-along-party-lines explanation of how he or she was casting one's ballot. After four grueling hours …
(2019-12-26). 'Blinding the Truth': Israeli Snipers Target Gaza Protesters in the Eyes. globalresearch.ca Media coverage and social media posts went wild when Palestinian photojournalist Muath Amarneh was blinded in his left eye after he was hit by a rubber bullet while covering a protest in the West Bank. | However, Amarneh was far from …
(2019-12-26). Nord Stream 2, US Sanctions and Trump's "Economic Suicide"? globalresearch.ca Does Mr. Trump really not grasp that his sanctions left and right — and now on the Russian-German gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 — is committing economic suicide, not for himself, of course, but for the United States? He attempts …
(2019-12-26). Video: Turkish-based 'Syrian Government' Threatens Damascus with Military Action. globalresearch.ca Late on December 23, the Turkish-based "Syrian Interim Government" (an entity funded by Turkey in an attempt to legalize its actions in Syria) threatened the real Syrian government with a military action. | In a released statement, it claimed that forces …
(2019-12-26). Remembering The Invasion Of Panama. globalresearch.ca Panama marked the 30th anniversary of the U.S. invasion with an official day of mourning for the first time this year: | Panama declared a day of national mourning for Friday, the 30th anniversary of the U.S. invasion that ousted dictator …
(2019-12-26). Boris Johnson Has Changed His Mind on 'Reset' with Russia. globalresearch.ca Recently Boris Johnson was quoted as saying he had 'changed his mind' on whether there could be a 'reset' in relations between Britain and Russia. Interviewed when on a visit to Estonia, he said that despite remaining an optimist and …
(2019-12-26). You Say You Want a (Russian) Revolution? globalresearch.ca Once in a blue moon an indispensable book comes out making a clear case for sanity in what is now a post-MAD world. That's the responsibility carried by " The (Real) Revolution in Military Affairs," by Andrei Martyanov (Clarity …
(2019-12-26). The Russia-Ukraine Gas Deal Took the World by Surprise. New Detente? globalresearch.ca Few could have predicted several years ago that Russia and Ukraine would reconcile with one another to the point of agreeing to ensure the reliable delivery of gas to the EU for the next 5-15 years, but that's exactly what …
(2019-12-26). The Trump-Biden and the Russia-Ukraine Saga: The Game is About Eurasia. globalresearch.ca On December 23rd, the Washington Post ran a piece exploring the possible motivations behind US president Donald Trump's decision to pause US military aid to Ukraine on July 12th last year. On September 28th 2018 and February 16th respectively, …
(2019-12-26). China vs the West: Relations with Africa. The Geopolitical Game that Played Out in Namibia to Influence Elections. globalresearch.ca Leading up to the 2019 general elections, the ordinary Namibian citizen did not, and even some of those with some level of sophistication did not seem to fully grasp and understand what was happening in the country and why it …
(2019-12-26). What's Really Behind Estonia's 'Border Dispute' with Russia? globalresearch.ca The tiny Baltic nation of Estonia is attempting to revive a so-called "border dispute" with Russia in order to position itself as one of NATO's "frontline states" against the Eurasian Great Power, which Tallinn expects will result in more military …
(2019-12-26). Daily Life in Syria. The Eyes of the Syrian People. globalresearch.ca Life in Aleppo is quite far from calling it "safe". Concerning the western part of Aleppo, everyday we get missiles originally from Aleppo countryside which is under the terrorists control. | It is not easy to live under their mercy! Personally …
(2019-12-26). A Brief Introduction to Tibet. globalresearch.ca Westerners appear to have a willful blindness about Tibet, with strong opinions often held by those who haven't been there. The Western media have imposed on our imaginations an image of a fabled theocracy where a reincarnated god rules over a peaceful people spinning prayer wheels in a pastoral idyll.
(2019-12-26). Trump's EPA Goes to Bat for Bayer as Company Fights $25 Million Verdict in Roundup Cancer Case. globalresearch.ca President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency—already accused of being "pesticide cheerleader"—threw its weight behind chemical company Bayer AG on Friday when the agency asked a federal appeals court to reverse a lower court's ruling in favor of a man …
(2019-12-26). Nancy Pelosi's Scripted Impeachment Failure. Or, …Leading the Dems from Blue… to Yellow! globalresearch.ca For the voter, the Democratic Party no longer has any interest in performing its function as an opposition party. The charade of purported constitutional jurisprudence seen in the US House impeachment hearings should forever confirm this. This degradation of political …
(2019-12-26). Erdogan's Adventurism in Syria and Libya Has Left Turkey Weaker and Isolated. globalresearch.ca Still featured on the Turkish Ministry of Affairs website is the "Zero Problems With Our Neighbors" policy that was launched in 2010 with the aim of diffusing Turkey's many issues with all of its neighbors. However, less than a year …
(2019-12-26). Fireworks Instead of Mortar Shells: Syrian Christians Flood the Streets in Spiritual Unity of Christmas Celebrations. globalresearch.ca Mainstream media perpetrates huge deceptions and promulgates criminal war propaganda as policy. Often the omission is worse than the direct lie. Regularly, mainstream messaging omits context and ROOT CAUSES of events that it claims to be describing. The root cause …
(2019-12-26). A Star Is Always Born. globalresearch.ca It is no different now. | The yearning still gnaws. | The night dark, utterly silent, | Sky stretched endlessly back | Into an infinity beyond reach. | And the fears, the tears | Are they any different? | It is no different now. | Joy sometimes, hope …
(2019-12-26). Chemical Weapons Watchdog Is Just an American Lap Dog. globalresearch.ca A spate of leaks from within the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ( OPCW), the international inspectorate created for the purpose of implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention, has raised serious questions about the institution's integrity, objectivity and …
(2019-12-26). Mother: 'I Could Not Recognise my Daughter due to Severe Torture Inside Israeli Jails'. imemc.org Mother of Palestinian student, Mais abu Ghoush, 20, said that she 'could not recognise her daughter due to severe torture inside Israeli jails,' Palestine Post 24 reported. "After a month in the Israeli investigation centre of Al Maskopia in Jerusalem, her father and I were allowed to see her," the …
(2019-12-26). Turkish Communists hold gatherings in Istanbul and Izmir. peoplesdispatch.org The Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) organized gatherings in Istanbul and Izmir on December 22-23, calling for "hope, organizing, and celebrating, to win 2020." TKP general secretary Kemal Okuyan, poet Nihat Behram, journalist-author Enver Aysever and actor Orhan Aydƒ±n participated in the gatherings, besides hundreds of party workers. | The events were organized to prepare the party cadre for the upcoming struggles in the new year. SoL reported that workers from many sectors, including workers of retail giant Bimeks, textile workers, teachers, construction workers and metal workers, besides daily wage…
(2019-12-26). Selected Articles: Trump's Multibillion Dollar Military Budget. globalresearch.ca Lying is a money making activity and lies are commodities. There is a profitable global market for media and public figures committed to spreading disinformation. | Needless to say, "Telling the Truth", on the other hand, Is Not a Money-Making Proposition. …
(2019-12-25). Violence in Colombia Continues As Social Leader Assassinated. telesurenglish.net Social leader Lucy Villarreal was assassinated in the Llorente Commuity, Tumaco municipality (southwest), reported the Social Process of Warranties for the work of human rights on Tuesday. | RELATED: | Colombia: Death of Student Remains in Impunity After One Month | Villarreal, a mother of two who worked for the promotion of culture in her territory and the defense of human rights, was assassinated after finishing a workshop with children, reported the local Contagio Radio.
(2019-12-25). President Trump's Baseless Attacks on Wind Power. commondreams.org President Donald Trump speaks at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida on December 21, 2019. (Photo: Eva Marie Uzcategui T./Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2019-12-24). Israel AGAIN Attacks Syria Over Christmas, Khashoggi Trial Theater & MSM N Korea Xmas Fear-Mongering. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/24/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
(2019-12-23). University students in Philadelphia protest anti-Muslim laws in India. workers.org 
On Dec. 19, over 60 demonstrators at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia denounced India Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies, which pose immediate threats to Muslims. Indian students demonstrate Dec. 19 against Modi government's anti-Muslim laws (WW Photo: Joe Piette) Speakers, signs and chants criticized passage of a discriminatory amendment to India's citizenship . . . | Continue reading University students in Philadelphia protest anti-Muslim laws in India at Workers.org
(2019-12-23). Sanders report shows how Millennial generation is 'being punished with crushing student debt and low-paying jobs'. mronline.org 
"In the richest country in the history of the world, we have an obligation to turn this around and make sure our kids live healthier and better lives than we do." | Source
(2019-12-23). The 2010 — 2020 UN News Decade in Review, part one. news.un.org The teenage years of the Twenty-First Century are nearly over and, as we prepare to enter the 2020s, UN News takes a look back at some of the big stories on our global patch, that unfolded between 2010 and 2019: welcome to our three-part Decade in Review. | In part one, which takes in the period between 2010 and the end of 2013, we focus on the devastating Haiti earthquake, the beginning of the ongoing Syrian conflict, the inspiring work of Malala Yousafzai in favour of girls' education, and the creation of what has now become "the world's most dangerous UN mission", in Mali.
(2019-12-22). Seemingly Coordinated ISIS/al-Qaeda Attacks On Syrian Oil/Gas Fields & US' Russia/Libya Hypocrisy. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/21/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …