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Speak-Out Against Another Charter School on Radioactive SF Treasure Island
UPWA & Defend Public Education NOW! | indybay.org | 2020-01-20
Room 400 | San Francisco City Hall…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/18/18829846.php

This week in history: January 20-26
wsws.org | 2020-01-20
25 years ago: Nuclear war scare caused by Norwegian rocket On January 25, 1995, the Russian military mistook a Black Brant XII rocket–launched by a team of Norwegian and US scientists to research the northern lights over Svalbard–as an incoming Trident missile launched as a high-altitude nuclear attack by the US Navy. It was the first time a Russian leader used the nuclear briefcase in a real alert.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/20/twih…

The Roots of American Demonization of Shi'a Islam
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
The US targeted assassination, via drone strike, of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, apart from a torrent of crucial geopolitical ramifications, once again propels to center stage a quite inconvenient truth: the congenital incapacity of so-called US elites to even attempt …
globalresearch.ca/roots-american-demonization-shia-islam/5701065

The Court of Appeal of Turin Confirms the Link Between a Head Tumour and Mobile Phone Use
Equipe Phonegate | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
The Court of Appeal of Turin confirms in a full judgment published on 13 January 2020 (904/2019 of 3.12.2019 , Romeo v. INAIL) the decision of the Tribunal of Ivrea of 2017. Judge Fadda considers that the worker's acoustic neuroma …
globalresearch.ca/court-appeal-turin-confirms-link-between-head-tumour-mobile-phone-use/5701050

How Perception Management Has Wrecked Reality
Greg Guma | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
In The Secret Man, Bob Woodward's book about his Watergate source Deep Throat, he notes, "Washington politics and secrets are an entire world of doubt." And that was before Trump and cyberwar. | Even though Woodward knew the identity of his …
globalresearch.ca/how-perception-management-has-wrecked-reality/5701091

Ike Was Right
Eric Margolis | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. Now this conjunction of an …
globalresearch.ca/ike-was-right/5701070

Making America Great Again in a New Wild West
William deBuys | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
A new Wild West has taken root not far from Tombstone, Arizona, known to many for its faux-historical reenactments of the old West. We're talking about a long, skinny territory

Prevent programme must be abolished in order to tackle politically motivated violence, say experts
Mohamed Elmaazi | thecanary.co | 2020-01-20
Britain's controversial surveillance/counter-extremism Prevent programme has come under fire once more, this time from over 100 academics, researchers, and campaigners calling on the government to radically overhaul its approach to tackling politically motivated violence. | The Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol), sociology professor David Miller, rapper Lowkey, and criminology expert…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/01/20/prevent-programme-must-be-abolished-in-order-to-tackle-politically-motivated-violence-say-experts/

'Scale of this Failure Has No Precedent': Scientists Say Hot Ocean 'Blob' Killed One Million Seabirds
Jessica Corbett | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
On the heels of new research showing that the world's oceans are rapidly warming, scientists revealed Wednesday that a huge patch of hot water in the northeast Pacific Ocean dubbed "the blob" was to blame for killing about one million …
globalresearch.ca/scale-failure-no-precedent-scientists-say-hot-ocean-blob-killed-one-million-seabirds/5701059

Trump's Legal Team Responds to Dems Impeachment Scam
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
There's overwhelming just cause to impeach and remove Trump from office for legitimate high crimes. | The same is true for most of his predecessors, along with most current and former congressional members. | The Constitution's Article II, Section 4 states "(t)he …
globalresearch.ca/trump-legal-team-responds-dems-impeachment-scam/5701045

Pompeo Claims to Know Nothing, but Can We Believe Him?
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated in a Friday radio interview that he had not been previously aware that former US Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch had been under surveillance in Ukraine. "Until this story broke, the best of my recollection, I'd | …
globalresearch.ca/pompeo-claims-to-know-nothing-can-we-believe-him/5701080

In the Spirit of Martin Luther King: Revolting Children Inspire Joyous Rebellion
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
"Our problem is civil obedience," said the people's historian Howard Zinn. | I kept thinking of this issue of obedience and disobedience as I was watching the musical play Matilda, based on the book by the impish writer Roald Dahl, at …
globalresearch.ca/in-the-spirit-of-martin-luther-king-revolting-children-inspire-joyous-rebellion/5701086

Dr. Martin Luther King as an Inspiration and a Role Model
Imad Hamad | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
On Dr. Martin Luther King's day (January 20, 2020), we remember a global icon that has been an inspiration to men and women across the globe struggling for human rights for all. Despite all the serious human rights and …
globalresearch.ca/dr-martin-luther-king-inspiration-role-model/5701084

Breathing new life into colonizing the Moon? ESA to begin producing oxygen from LUNAR DUST
rt.com | 2020-01-20
The European Space Agency (ESA) has fired up its prototype oxygen plant to begin producing the element out of simulated moondust, with a view to creating a sustainable breathable air production facility on the Moon. | "Being able to acquire oxygen from resources found on the Moon would obviously be hugely useful for future lunar settlers, both for breathing and in the local production of rocket fuel," says Beth Lomax of the University of Glasgow, a researcher working on the prototype at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC). | The current prototype is set up in a lab in Noordwijk in the Net…
rt.com/news/478697-esa-making-oxygen-moon-dust/

The Truth About the Trump Economy
Joseph E. Stiglitz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
It is becoming conventional wisdom that US President Donald Trump will be tough to beat in November, because, whatever reservations about him voters may have, he has been good for the American economy. Nothing could be further from the truth. | …
globalresearch.ca/truth-trump-economy/5701074

Russian Held in Indian state of Himachal Pradesh with 1.26 kg of Cannabis Worth $4,000
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-20
New Delhi (Sputnik): In India, general cultivation, consumption or possession of cannabis, cocaine, and opium is prohibited under the Narcotics, Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. However, the use of cannabis is allowed for medicinal and research purposes.
sputniknews.com/india/202001201078085089-russian-held-in-indian-state-of-himachal-pradesh-with-126-kg-of-cannabis-worth-4000/

Better Living Through Glyphosate? Spray Now, Ask Questions Later
Mark Harris | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-20
There's a lot of talk in the Trump era about the "war on science." But this war, such as it is, extends far beyond uninformed Republican attacks on climate change science or Donald Trump's mocking insults of Greta Thunberg, the teen climate activist nearly 60 years the old bully's junior. This war involves not only…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/20/better-living-through-glyphosate-spray-now-ask-questions-later/

Indian Technophiles, Gear Up: Over 1 Mln Jobs Opportunities To Open Up in Data Science This Year
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-20
New Delhi (Sputnik): Out of India's 1.37 billion population, over 630 million people are on the internet and more than 5 million work in the technology sector. According to data from Chinese tech company TCL, India has the highest 'new technology acceptance' rate in the world.
sputniknews.com/india/202001201078084987-indian-technophiles-gear-up-over-1-mln-jobs-opportunities-to-open-up-in-data-science-this-year/

Apple's Voice Assistant App Siri Called Israel 'Zionist Occupation State' After Wikipedia Hack
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-20
Siri, Apple's voice-controlled personal assistant, offers a seamless way to interact with one's Apple device, as the user asks questions, or issues commands for her to execute on one's behalf, hands-free.
sputniknews.com/science/202001201078086045-apples-voice-assistant-app-siri-called-israel-zionist-occupation-state-after-wikipedia-hack/

Drastic cuts to Rochester, New York schools
wsws.org | 2020-01-20
Ninety-five teachers have been laid off and 150 displaced in the Rochester City School District, due to massive over-spending, provoking immense anger among students, parents and staff.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/20/roch…

'I Attended Chandrayaan 2 Landing Despite Failure Warnings': PM Modi Shares Anecdotes With Students
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-20
New Delhi (Sputnik): The first three months of the academic calendar are rough for high-school students in India, as they gear up for "board examinations"

Ontario teachers to stage regional walkouts, as Ford government escalates threats
wsws.org | 2020-01-20
While the unions are confining teachers to ineffectual one-day regional strikes, Ford and his ministers are plotting to ram through class-size increases and other cuts by outlawing all job action.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/20/ontt…

Poem: Winter Is Near
Stuart Munckton | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-20
poetry Climate environment Camille BarrIssue 1249 AustraliaJanuary 20, 2020The winter of humankind draws near | Science has spoken in alarm | The day may be warm, unseasonal | Land whips at our faces…
greenleft.org.au/content/poem-winter-near

Magnesium citrate taken orally alleviates pain: Research
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-20
A team of Turkish scientists have pioneered a research which proves taking magnesium citrate orally reduces pain.Dr. Nazan Uysal Harzadin, an academic at Dokuz Eylul University, said her team carried out a scientific study to trace the relationship between magnesium and muscle pain.She said their experiments proved that magnesium citrate taken orally reduces pain by regulating the balance of the immune system.The researcher said she believes that magnesium might be useful to reduce pain especially after surgery."There is some data showing that magnesium, directly injected to a vein during surgery, can control pai…
yenisafak.com/en/life/magnesium-citrate-taken-orally-alleviates-pain-research-3510051

Man gets life term for killing student in Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-20
A Turkish court sentenced university student Ceren Ozdemir's murder suspect to aggravated life imprisonment on Monday.Ozdemir, 20, a music student at Ordu University, was stabbed to death outside of her house on Dec. 3, 2019.In the second trial of the case held in the Black Sea province of Ordu, Heavy Penal Court No. 1 sentenced Ozgur Arduc to aggravated life imprisonment, based on his atrocious feelings during the crime.The defendant confessed the crime last month to prosecutors in the province.Ozdemir family's lawyer said the crime was completely enlightened.The Court determined continuation of detention of the…
yenisafak.com/en/news/man-gets-life-term-for-killing-student-in-turkey-3510046

NAFTA 1.0: Was It a "Legal Agreement"? One of Its Signatories Linked to Organized Crime. And What About NAFTA 2.0?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-19
Public opinion has its eyes riveted on USMCA, which is tagged as NAFTA 2.0. It is important at this stage to focus on the murky history of NAFTA 1.0 as well as the transition to NAFTA 2.0. | USMCA modifies the …
globalresearch.ca/nafta-1-0-was-it-a-legal-agreement-one-of-its-signatories-linked-to-organized-crime-and-what-about-nafta-2-0/5697702

Remarks on the US/China "Trade Deal"
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-19
The first thing to understand is that it is not a trade deal. It is Trump backing off his tariffs when he discovered that the tarrifs fall on US goods and American consumers, not on China. Trump is covering his …
globalresearch.ca/remarks-us-china-trade-deal/5700993

Revealed Iran's Attack Did Cause Casualties, US/Israeli Cyberattack & Pompeo Threatens The World
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-19
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 (1/18/19). 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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/revealed-irans-attack-did-cause-casualties-us-israeli-cyberattack-pompeo-threatens-the-world/

Putin's Now Purged the West from the Kremlin. Medvedev Cabinet dissolved
Tom Luongo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-19
It came as the biggest shock of the day on Wednesday. The Russian government resigned. The day before President Vladimir Putin gave his State of the Nation address and outlined a slate of constitutional changes. | That speech prompted an overhaul …
globalresearch.ca/putin-purged-west-kremlin/5700995

2019 Year in Review: From Corporate Capture of Social Media to Trump's War Agenda to Climate Change
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-19
"It just seems like people have really lost their way, severed ties with reality completely, where we're listening to some pied piper online instead of really questioning authority. questioning the power structures like we should be all along!"

UK Universities Invested $600m in Israel Crimes: Report
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-19
British universities have invested almost US$600 million in companies involved in Israeli violations of international law, year-long research from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), reported Sunday by the Middle East Eye, revealed. | RELATED: | NGOs Urge UN to Disclose Firms Involved in Israel's Settlements | At the end of 2019, the PSC made public a database listing 117, out of the United…
telesurenglish.net/news/British-Universities-Invest-in-Israeli-Crimes-Report-20200119-0011.html

Pompeo Says Gangland-Style Hit on Soleimani Was "Restoration of Deterrence"
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-19
America's "shadow president", Mike Pompeo, has acknowledged that the assassination of Iran's highest-ranking military general, Qassem Soleimani, was part of a broader strategy to restore "real deterrence" by eliminating presumed enemies of the United States. Pompeo's comments at …
globalresearch.ca/pompeo-says-hit-soleimani-restoration-deterrence/5700985

Video: The WHO's Vaccine Experts Inadvertently Communicate to the World that "Vaccine Hesitancy" Makes Scientific Sense
Dr. Gary G. Kohls | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-19
In this expose, the WHO vaccine experts admit that: | Vaccines can be fatal. | The design of safety studies makes it difficult to spot problems. | Safety monitoring is inadequate. | Vaccine adjuvants increase risk. | "The FDA receives 45% of its annual budget …
globalresearch.ca/world-health-organization-vaccine-experts-vaccine-hesitancy-makes-scientific-sense/5700984

France's Popular Uprising: Revolution or Frozen Conflict?
Diana Johnstone | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-19
The people are angry with their government. Where? Just about everywhere. So what makes ongoing strikes in France so special? Nothing, perhaps, except a certain expectation based on history that French uprisings can produce important changes

Trump Is the Third President to Lie About Afghan War Success
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-19
The Bush, Obama and Trump administrations all routinely lied to the American people about the success of the 18-year war in Afghanistan. They exaggerated progress and inflated statistics to create an illusion that that the war was winnable. But after …
globalresearch.ca/trump-third-president-lie-about-afghan-war-success/5700997

Gremlin in the sky: Pentagon contractor shows maiden flight of its new 'swarm' drone
rt.com | 2020-01-19
Swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles overwhelming enemies' defenses with sheer numbers might soon be part of the US combat strategy. Footage of the first flight of one such drone has just been showcased by a Pentagon contractor. | A video published on YouTube by an applied science and IT company, Dynetics, shows a drone, which looks roughly like a large air-to-surface missile, being drop-launched from under the wing of a US transport Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft. | The drone designated X-61A then releases small wings and ignites its rocket engine, setting off for an autonomous flight. Media reports sugges…
rt.com/usa/478660-pentagon-gremlins-swarm-drone-test/

Israeli Soldiers Invade Palestinian School West of Ramallah
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-19
Israeli forces raided, on Sunday, a Palestinian school and terrorized its students in the village of Deir Nizam, west of Ramallah in central occupied West Bank. According to the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA), soldiers invaded the school and ransacked classrooms, causing panic and fear among students as soldiers …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-invade-palestinian-school-west-of-ramallah/

Too Many Americans Feel Establishment Has 'Failed Them'
Julia Conley | zcomm.org | 2020-01-19
"Bernie Sanders teaches Demagoguery and Fascism 101 to a very skeptical New York Times editorial board."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/too-many-americans-feel-establishment-has-failed-them/

A 2020 Reminder: 55% of US Women Between 18 and 54 Would Rather Live Under Socialism Than Capitalism
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-19
Not raving Marxists clamoring for state-run economy, evidence shows four in 10 Americans overall would rather live in country that provides "universal health care, tuition-free education, and a decent day's wage for a decent day's work." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/01/19/2020-reminder-55-us-women-between-18-and-54-would-rather-live-under-socialism?cd-origin=rss

More Tory nonsense, this time over period poverty
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-01-18
The Tory's latest grand pledge about poverty has not washed with many people. Rightly so, as its new measures to tackle period poverty fall way short of the mark. Moreover, it's really just sticking plasters on broken legs. | Another day, more lip service?: | As ITV News reported, next week the Department for Education (DfE) will roll out free sanitary product…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/01/18/more-tory-nonsense-this-time-over-period-poverty/

Video: Turkish Invasion of Libya? Erdogan Sends Troops
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-18
In early 2020, Libya became one of the main hot points in the Greater Middle East with stakes raised by Turkey's decision to launch a military operation there. | On January 5, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkey had sent …
globalresearch.ca/turkish-invasion-libya/5700898

Nuclear Weapons: Trump Regime Pressured E3 Countries (UK, France, Germany) to Trigger JCPOA Dispute Mechanism
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-18
Post-WW II, Washington transformed Western European countries into virtual US colonies

Ex-pharma lobbyist embedded in White House tanked drug pricing bill, while his former employer helped from the outside
Alex Kotch | nationofchange.org | 2020-01-18
Trump's top healthcare adviser, former Gilead Sciences lobbyist Joe Grogan, strenuously lobbied within the White House and on Capitol Hill against price negotiations.
nationofchange.org/2020/01/18/ex-pharma-lobbyist-embedded-in-white-house-tanked-drug-pricing-bill-while-his-former-employer-helped-from-the-outside/

'I thought it was a terrorist attack': California teachers sue Delta after plane showers school children with jet fuel
rt.com | 2020-01-18
Four southern California teachers have filed a lawsuit against Delta Airlines after a Boeing 777 jettisoned its fuel over several schools near Los Angeles, drenching staff and scores of children with the volatile liquid. | Filed on Friday by attorney Gloria Allred, the suit alleges that the crew of Delta Flight 89 was negligent in dumping the fuel when and where it did, arguing the toxic substance led teachers and students to become "sick, dizzy and nauseated," producing "a lasting and severe irritation and a lasting and noxious taste and smell." | "A Delta Airlines pilot flying at a relatively low altitude an…
rt.com/usa/478569-california-teachers-due-delta/

Charter Schools Have No Valid Claim to Public Property
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-18
Public facilities and infrastructure are produced by the working class and people and belong to the public. They exist in order to serve the common good and to contribute to the extended reproduction of society. This collectively-produced wealth must not be handed over to competing owners of capital who are only concerned with maximizing profit …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/charter-schools-have-no-valid-claim-to-public-property/

Not an Inch: Indian Students Stand Against the Far Right
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
With her head bandaged and her arm in a sling, university student Aishe Ghosh went before the cameras to say that the students of the university she attends in New Delhi would move "not an inch back." The students would continue to agitate to defend Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and its union, and to fight…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/not-an-inch-iranian-students-stand-against-the-far-right/

Education: Expanding Purpose
Graham Peebles | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-17
As the world stumbles from one crisis to another it is increasingly apparent that existing systems and institutions are incapable of responding to the challenges of the time and the growing demands of the people. Creative ways of thinking free from ideology are needed, allowing for a revolution of ideas to take place and new …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/education-expanding-purpose/

Israel Bombs Gaza And Syria Killing 3 & Iran Says US Sabotage/Cyberattack Likely Behind 737 Downing
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-17
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 (1/16/19). 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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/israel-bombs-gaza-and-syria-killing-3-iran-says-us-sabotage-cyberattack-likely-behind-737-downing/

The Rumbling ESAS Methane Enigma
Robert Hunziker | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-17
The northern continental shelves of Russia, inclusive of the Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea and East Siberian Sea (ESAS) are some of the least researched yet most controversial subjects in climate science today. It's the one region that has the biggest potential to trigger runaway global warming because of sizeable subsea methane deposits, thereby …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/the-rumbling-esas-methane-enigma/

The World Looks to Abandon the Dollar as US Sanctions Tighten Their Grip
Ryan McMaken | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-17
When the US places financial sanctions on one country, it de facto sanctions many other countries as well

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2020-01-19: News Headlines

RT (2020-01-19). Gremlin in the sky: Pentagon contractor shows maiden flight of its new 'swarm' drone. rt.com Swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles overwhelming enemies' defenses with sheer numbers might soon be part of the US combat strategy. Footage of the first flight of one such drone has just been showcased by a Pentagon contractor. | A video published on YouTube by an applied science and IT company, Dynetics, shows a drone, which looks roughly like a large air-to-surface missile, being drop-launched from under the wing of a US transport Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft. | The drone designated X-61A then releases small wings and ignites its rocket engine, setting off for an autonomous flight. Media reports sugges…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-01-19). NAFTA 1.0: Was It a "Legal Agreement". One of Its Signatories Linked to Organized Crime. And What About NAFTA 2.0? globalresearch.ca Public opinion has its eyes riveted on USMCA, which is tagged as NAFTA 2.0. It is important at this stage to focus on the murky history of NAFTA 1.0 as well as the transition to NAFTA 2.0. | USMCA modifies the …

UPWA & Defend Public Education NOW! (2020-01-19). Speak-Out Against Another Charter School on Radioactive SF Treasure Island. indybay.org Room 400 | San Francisco City Hall…

Peter Koenig (2020-01-19). Iran — The EU — The Three Trigger Dispute Mechanism in the Iran Nuclear Deal and Trump's Bluff. globalresearch.ca Why, after so many assurances to the contrary, have the three European Iran's Nuclear Deal Partner's — Germany, France, the UK — decided to go after Iran, to follow the US dictate again? | The short answer is because the cowards. …

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2020-01-19). Remarks on the US/China "Trade Deal" globalresearch.ca The first thing to understand is that it is not a trade deal. It is Trump backing off his tariffs when he discovered that the tarrifs fall on US goods and American consumers, not on China. Trump is covering his …

Michael Welch (2020-01-19). 2019 Year in Review: From Corporate Capture of Social Media to Trump's War Agenda to Climate Change. globalresearch.ca "It just seems like people have really lost their way, severed ties with reality completely, where we're listening to some pied piper online instead of really questioning authority. questioning the power structures like we should be all along!" — Abby …

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-19). Revealed Iran's Attack Did Cause Casualties, US/Israeli Cyberattack & Pompeo Threatens The World. 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 (1/18/19). 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 …

Dr. Gary G. Kohls (2020-01-19). Video: The WHO's Vaccine Experts Inadvertently Communicate to the World that "Vaccine Hesitancy" Makes Scientific Sense. globalresearch.ca In this expose, the WHO vaccine experts admit that: | Vaccines can be fatal. | The design of safety studies makes it difficult to spot problems. | Safety monitoring is inadequate. | Vaccine adjuvants increase risk. | "The FDA receives 45% of its annual budget …

Mike Whitney (2020-01-19). Pompeo Says Gangland-Style Hit on Soleimani Was "Restoration of Deterrence" globalresearch.ca America's "shadow president", Mike Pompeo, has acknowledged that the assassination of Iran's highest-ranking military general, Qassem Soleimani, was part of a broader strategy to restore "real deterrence" by eliminating presumed enemies of the United States. Pompeo's comments at …

sputniknews (2020-01-19). Holy Mooo! New Study Finds That Cows Communicate With Each Other Through Lowing. sputniknews.com Previous research on cows found that mothers and their offspring can talk to each other using moos. Scientists say the new research can help farmers to better understand animals and improve their well-being.

Diana Johnstone (2020-01-19). France's Popular Uprising: Revolution or Frozen Conflict? globalresearch.ca The people are angry with their government. Where? Just about everywhere. So what makes ongoing strikes in France so special? Nothing, perhaps, except a certain expectation based on history that French uprisings can produce important changes — or if not, …

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (2020-01-19). Trump Is the Third President to Lie About Afghan War Success. globalresearch.ca The Bush, Obama and Trump administrations all routinely lied to the American people about the success of the 18-year war in Afghanistan. They exaggerated progress and inflated statistics to create an illusion that that the war was winnable. But after …

Tom Luongo (2020-01-19). Putin's Now Purged the West from the Kremlin. Medvedev Cabinet dissolved. globalresearch.ca It came as the biggest shock of the day on Wednesday. The Russian government resigned. The day before President Vladimir Putin gave his State of the Nation address and outlined a slate of constitutional changes. | That speech prompted an overhaul …

RT (2020-01-18). 'I thought it was a terrorist attack': California teachers sue Delta after plane showers school children with jet fuel. rt.com Four southern California teachers have filed a lawsuit against Delta Airlines after a Boeing 777 jettisoned its fuel over several schools near Los Angeles, drenching staff and scores of children with the volatile liquid. | Filed on Friday by attorney Gloria Allred, the suit alleges that the crew of Delta Flight 89 was negligent in dumping the fuel when and where it did, arguing the toxic substance led teachers and students to become "sick, dizzy and nauseated," producing "a lasting and severe irritation and a lasting and noxious taste and smell." | "A Delta Airlines pilot flying at a relatively low altitude an…

Staff (2020-01-18). Texas Republicans Are Manufacturing a Crisis in Houston's Public School System. truthout.org If the state of Texas had its way, the state would be in the process of taking over the Houston Independent School District. | But a judge temporarily blocked the takeover on Jan. 8, with the issue now set to be decided at a trial in June. | The ruling temporarily spares Houston's pub…

South Front (2020-01-18). Video: Turkish Invasion of Libya? Erdogan Sends Troops. globalresearch.ca In early 2020, Libya became one of the main hot points in the Greater Middle East with stakes raised by Turkey's decision to launch a military operation there. | On January 5, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkey had sent …

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-18). Nuclear Weapons: Trump Regime Pressured E3 Countries (UK, France, Germany) to Trigger JCPOA Dispute Mechanism. globalresearch.ca Post-WW II, Washington transformed Western European countries into virtual US colonies — their presence status. | Judge them by their actions. Time and again, they subordinate their sovereign rights to US interests, even when harming their own. | It shows by imposing …

Mark Dudzic (2020-01-18). Take My Benefits — Please! Medicare System in Crisis. globalresearch.ca At the June 2019 House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Medicare for All, Texas Republican Kevin Murphy lamented, "That great health care plan that your union negotiated for you? It's gone. Banned under Medicare for All." | A right-wing congressman …

Alex Kotch (2020-01-18). Ex-pharma lobbyist embedded in White House tanked drug pricing bill, while his former employer helped from the outside. nationofchange.org Trump's top healthcare adviser, former Gilead Sciences lobbyist Joe Grogan, strenuously lobbied within the White House and on Capitol Hill against price negotiations.

IMEMC News & Agencies (2020-01-18). #FreeMays — Israel is torturing my friend for being an outspoken Palestinian woman. imemc.org by Kristian Davis Bailey, Black4Palestine On New Year's Eve, as we approached the end of the year and the start of a new decade, one person weighed heavily on my mind: my friend Mays Abu Ghosh, a 21-year old journalism student from Palestine, who was spending her new year incarcerated without charge …

Steve Topple (2020-01-18). More Tory nonsense, this time over period poverty. thecanary.co The Tory's latest grand pledge about poverty has not washed with many people. Rightly so, as its new measures to tackle period poverty fall way short of the mark. Moreover, it's really just sticking plasters on broken legs. | Another day, more lip service?: | As ITV News reported, next week the Department for Education (DfE) will roll out free sanitary product…

Shawgi Tell (2020-01-18). Charter Schools Have No Valid Claim to Public Property. dissidentvoice.org Public facilities and infrastructure are produced by the working class and people and belong to the public. They exist in order to serve the common good and to contribute to the extended reproduction of society. This collectively-produced wealth must not be handed over to competing owners of capital who are only concerned with maximizing profit …

Vijay Prashad (2020-01-17). Not an Inch: Indian Students Stand Against the Far Right. counterpunch.org With her head bandaged and her arm in a sling, university student Aishe Ghosh went before the cameras to say that the students of the university she attends in New Delhi would move "not an inch back." The students would continue to agitate to defend Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and its union, and to fight More

Robert Hunziker (2020-01-17). The Rumbling Methane Enigma. counterpunch.org The northern continental shelves of Russia, inclusive of the Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea and East Siberian Sea (ESAS) are some of the least researched yet most controversial subjects in climate science today. It's the one region that has the biggest potential to trigger runaway global warming because of sizeable subsea methane deposits, thereby taking civilization down to its knees. But, that prospect is also extremely controversial within the scientific community. More

Karamo Muchuri Sulieman (2020-01-17). Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: The continuing legacy and call to conscience. peoplesworld.org Billions of people around the world, without exaggeration, remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They remember him for his academic excellence at Morehouse College where he earned his baccalaureate degree; at Crozer Theological Seminary where he earned his bachelors of divinity; and at Boston University where he earned his doctorate. He was a minister of …

The Canary (2020-01-17). Police criticised for the 'chilling effect' of including environmental groups in counter-terror documents. thecanary.co Police have defended their inclusion of environmental groups such as Extinction Rebellion in counter-terrorism documents, in the face of criticism it could have a "chilling effect" on people.The Guardian reported that a 24-page policing document it had seen included Greenpeace, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and other non-violent groups, as well as extremist right-wing proscribed groups such as National Action.It said the document was distributed to teachers and medical staff as part of anti-extremism briefings last year.Deputy assistant commissioner Dean Haydon, senior national co-ordinator for the U…

Vijay Prashad (2020-01-17). Not an Inch: Indian Students Stand Against the Far-Right. peoplesdispatch.org The rods of the muscular Right wing were aimed at Aishe Ghosh's head, but the students of JNU have pledged to fight the intimidatory, divisive and toxic politics of BJP-RSS with 'words.

Graham Peebles (2020-01-17). Education: Expanding Purpose. dissidentvoice.org As the world stumbles from one crisis to another it is increasingly apparent that existing systems and institutions are incapable of responding to the challenges of the time and the growing demands of the people. Creative ways of thinking free from ideology are needed, allowing for a revolution of ideas to take place and new …

Ryan McMaken (2020-01-17). The World Looks to Abandon the Dollar as US Sanctions Tighten Their Grip. globalresearch.ca When the US places financial sanctions on one country, it de facto sanctions many other countries as well — including many of its allies. | This is because not all countries and firms are interested in participating in the US sanctions-based …

Dr. Jack Rasmus (2020-01-17). Trump's Feeble Phase 1 China-US Trade Deal. globalresearch.ca With the announcement today, January 16, 2020 of the signing of the US-China Phase 1 'mini' trade deal, and the US Senate's simultaneous ratification of the USMCA 'NAFTA 2.0' trade agreement, Trump's so-called 'trade wars' are at an end. In …

Yves Engler (2020-01-17). Canada Opposed Iranian Democracy. globalresearch.ca To understand where you are, it is necessary to know where you have been. To understand current Canadian policy towards the 18th most populous country in the world, it is necessary to look at the history of Ottawa's relations …

Bill Van Auken (2020-01-17). Washington Continues War Buildup Against Iran. globalresearch.ca With a series of new US military deployments, Washington is escalating its preparations for a full-scale war with Iran. The buildup is continuing despite what has been universally described in the media as an easing of tensions following the January …

Prof. David T. Johnson (2020-01-17). The TEPCO Trial: Prosecution and Acquittal after Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown. globalresearch.ca On September 19, 2019, a panel of three professional judges in the Tokyo District Court acquitted three former executives of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). The defendants were former chairman Katsumata Tsunehisa (79), and former vice presidents Takekuro Ichiro …

Miri Wood (2020-01-17). NATO Terrorists Bomb Aleppo Neighborhood: 5 Murdered, 15 Injured. globalresearch.ca NATO terrorists continued their slaughter of Syrian civilians. Courtesy of mostly the US taxpayer, another residential neighborhood in Aleppo was bombed. Five persons were murdered. Fifteen persons were injured. Homes and other buildings were damaged. | The wounded were rushed to …

Steven Sahiounie (2020-01-17). Iraq Set to Buy Russian S-400 Air Defense System and Assert Its Sovereignty. globalresearch.ca Iran attacked US forces stationed at two bases in Iraq with 15 missiles on January 8th, but it does not appear missile defense systems were used to counter them. Eric Gomez, a missile defense policy analyst at the Cato …

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-17). Trump Calls for New Iran Nuclear Deal that Renders the Country Defenseless. globalresearch.ca Last week, Trump called for a new Iran nuclear deal, claiming: | "(W)e must all work together toward making a deal with Iran that makes the world a safer and more peaceful place (sic)." | That's precisely the JCPOA's aim — even …

Colin Todhunter (2020-01-17). Challenging the Flawed Premise Behind Pushing GMOs into Indian Agriculture. globalresearch.ca A common claim is that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are essential to agriculture if we are to feed an ever-growing global population. Supporters of genetically engineered (GE) crops argue that by increasing productivity and yields, this technology will also help …

Bryant Brown (2020-01-17). The Market in this New Decade. globalresearch.ca On January first of this new decade, 2020 the Dow Jones was at a record high; $28,634. What does that mean? | Since the great depression of 1929 there have been 13 severe downturns revealing time and again that the market …

Andrew Korybko (2020-01-17). It's Factually Incorrect to Claim that Bolivia Has a So-Called Interim Government. globalresearch.ca The individuals who seized power after the military coup in Bolivia don't constitute a so-called "interim government" because the radical policy changes that they've implemented since then go far and beyond simply presiding over the state until new elections are …

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-17). Israel Bombs Gaza And Syria Killing 3 & Iran Says US Sabotage/Cyberattack Likely Behind 737 Downing. 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 (1/16/19). 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 …

Roger Jordan (2020-01-17). Canada's Media and Political Establishment Endorse Illegal Assassination of Iranian General Suleimani. globalresearch.ca In the two weeks since Washington violated Iraq's sovereignty to assassinate Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) General Qassem Suleimani, major Canadian corporate media outlets and leading figures within the political establishment have voiced their support for such acts of state terrorism. …

Robert Hunziker (2020-01-17). The Rumbling ESAS Methane Enigma. dissidentvoice.org The northern continental shelves of Russia, inclusive of the Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea and East Siberian Sea (ESAS) are some of the least researched yet most controversial subjects in climate science today. It's the one region that has the biggest potential to trigger runaway global warming because of sizeable subsea methane deposits, thereby …

WSWS (2020-01-17). US students and youth speak out against the threat of war with Iran. wsws.org "We know who war benefits. It benefits the rich, and it's always the poor and the working class who suffer the consequences. My father fought in World War II and the Korean War and it totally destroyed him."

Staff (2020-01-17). Headlines for January 17, 2020. democracynow.org Senate Impeachment Trial Opens as Accountability Office Says Trump Broke Law by Withholding Aid, Pentagon Contradicts Trump and Says 11 U.S. Troops Injured in Iranian Strikes, Senate Votes to Approve USMCA, Report: Six Banks Reaped $18 Billion Last Year from Trump Tax Cuts, Guatemalan Protesters Demand Outgoing President Be Arrested for Corruption, Deported Immigrant Rights Leader Jean Montrevil Sues U.S. Government, FBI Arrests 3 Suspected Neo-Nazis Ahead of Pro-Gun Rally in Richmond, Virginia, Florida Supreme Court Upholds Law Limiting Voting Rights for People with Felony Convictions, Harvard Law Students Prote…

Peoples Dispatch (2020-01-17). Anti-fascists protest far-right manifestations in Austrian universities. peoplesdispatch.org Various anti-fascist groups in Austria have started campaigns and begun mobilizing to resist the far-right and fascist manifestations in country's universities. The latest action took place at the University of Vienna on January 14, Tuesday, where 200 anti-fascist activists blocked the entrances to the lecture hall and forced the cancellation of a lecture by the controversial historian, Lothar Hà∂belt, a staunch advocate of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPàñ). Activists from the Austrian Students Union (OH) in the Vienna University, Radical Left Platform, Offensive Against the Right-wing, Au…

Susan Price (2020-01-17). Iran: 'The people demand freedom and equality'. greenleft.org.au anti-government protest Farhang Jahanpour (translator)Issue 1249 Iran US aggression against IranJanuary 17, 2020The following statement, translated by Farhang Jahanpour, was issued by students taking part in a protest at the Amirkabir…

Susan Price (2020-01-17). Iranian students call for a new revolution amid government crackdown. greenleft.org.au anti-war Steve SweeneyIssue 1249 Iran anti-government protests US aggression against IranJanuary 17, 2020IRANIAN authorities blocked internet access on January 14, with pressure continu…

Kathleen Wallace (2020-01-17). Hijacking the Struggles of Others, Elizabeth Warren Style. counterpunch.org To say Elizabeth Warren is a political opportunist is not giving her enough credit. She has taken the struggles, as well as the identities of others (women, school teachers, Native Americans, public school supporters, people who are able to tweet with humor, actual humans) and has weaponized these categories until the meaning of it all is lost. More

RT (2020-01-16). 'Negative': Audio suggests Delta flight crew told controls it WOULDN'T NEED to dump fuel before dousing school kids outside LA. rt.com The crew of a Boeing 777 that showered schools outside Los Angeles with jet fuel on Tuesday apparently told controllers they were not going to release the toxic liquid right before they did so, newly released audio suggests. | The plot has thickened in the highly unusual mishap, which saw Delta Airlines Flight 89 dump thousands of gallons of volatile jet fuel on unsuspecting students and staff in five elementary schools and one high school outside Los Angeles on Tuesday. | An audio recording of communications between the LAX airport control tower and the pilots of the Delta flight reveals that air traffic cont…

Kurt Nimmo (2020-01-16). Pompeo and the "Mafia Hit Strategy" globalresearch.ca The USG Mafia hit on Qassem Soleimani is part of a larger murder campaign, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. | For the former tank commander, murder—not simply double-tapping the target with a firearm, but blowing him into meaty …

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