James Loewen’s books include Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong, Lies My Teacher Told Me and Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism. Earlier this year, he spoke at a symposium in Richmond on Confederate monuments and memorials,
Focus: China and North Korea – Aug 14, 2017
In joint WSJ editorial Mattis, Tillerson say ‘U.S. has no interest in regime change or accelerated reunification of Korea’, pressure China to step up and deal with North Korea – washingtonexaminer.com
Jim Mattis, Rex Tillerson editorial: We’re holding Pyongyang to account – WSJ
General Dunford: ‘It would be a horrible thing were a war to be conducted here on the (Korea) peninsula, and that’s why we’re so focused on coming up with a peaceful way ahead’ – Stripes
Resolve N. Korea nuclear issue peacefully: President Moon – The Straits Times
Trump signs trade actions against China as North Korea crisis looms over move – Washington Times
Trump’s trade war with China is war on North Korea by other means – IBD
US-North Korea standoff could spark economic war with China – CNBC
Chinese state newspaper says Trump trade probe will ‘poison’ relations, it is unfair for Trump to put the burden on China for dissuading Pyongyang from its actions – Reuters
China implements UN sanctions against North Korea, as Trump trade probe looms – Fox News
RT and Me in Cville
Top 10 Misconceptions About Charlottesville
1. Let’s start with the obvious. Charlottesville, Virginia, and Charlotte, North Carolina, are actually two completely different places in the world. The flood of concern and good wishes for those of us here in Charlottesville is wonderful and much appreciated. That people can watch TV news about Charlottesville, remember that I live in Charlottesville, and send me their kind greetings addressed to the people of Charlotte is an indication of how common the confusion is. It’s
Focus: The DNC hack in the 2016 presidential election – Aug 11, 2017
Bombshell report by The Nation magazine on the DNC hack: Forensic experts claim it was an inside job, not the Russians. A summary of its most compelling arguments – ijr.com
Big questions about last year’s DNC Hack, experts say it wasn’t a hack at all but a leak—an inside job by someone with access to the DNC’s system – The Nation
Walls closing in on Russiagate conspiracy theorists: Evidence mounts that DNC emails provided to WikiLeaks by inside source – Big League Politics
DNC accuses The Nation peddling “just another conspiracy theory” – Jackpine Radicals
The Nation article about the DNC hack is too incoherent to even debunk, wrote in techno-gibberish that falls apart under even the slightest scrutiny – nymag.com
Why is The Nation giving space to tinfoil haberdashers and pro-Putin propagandists? – Shakesville
The DNC hack: Discussion on the bandwidth speeds available today on the Internet – City-Data Forum
AUDIO: Seymour Hersh states Seth Rich was WikiLeaks source – Big League Politics
Playing Nuclear “Chicken” With Our Lives
What kind of civilization have we developed when two mentally unstable national leaders, in an escalating confrontation with each other, threaten one another―and the world―with nuclear war?
That question arises as a potentially violent showdown emerges between Kim Jong Un of North Korea and Donald Trump of the United States. In recent years, the North Korean government has produced about 10 nuclear weapons and has
Get U.S. Planes Out of Syria
Purposeless Death in Syria
Statement by David Swanson as Director of World Beyond War at DC press conference August 8, 2017.
C-Span video: https://www.c-span.org/video/?432288-1/activists-call-withdrawal-us-military-aircraft-syrian-airspace&start=2259
I won’t have time to list all the reasons I want U.S. military planes and drones out of Syrian skies much less all the reasons people have noted in comments on our petition, but there’s no question what my first reason is, although it’s not a reason always given much
Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, The Great Hysteria
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Slouching Toward Mar-a-Lago
The Post-Cold-War Consensus Collapses
By Andrew J. Bacevich
Like it or not, the president of the United States embodies America itself. The individual inhabiting the White House has become the preeminent symbol of who we are and what we represent as a nation and a people. In a fundamental sense, he is us.
It was not always so. Millard Fillmore, the
Focus: Raqqa – Aug 7, 2017
ISIS vows grueling battle against U.S.-led coalition forces in Raqqa – freebeacon.com
ISIS warns of ‘a fire that burns the cross and its people’, In the new issue of its magazine Rumiyah interviews a Raqqa commander – pjmedia.com
The Islamic State’s latest issue of the magazine Rumiyah includes instructions to fighters on how to dodge white phosphorus reportedly used by U.S. and Russian forces – The Daily Caller
Full English text of the Islamic State’s latest issue of the magazine Rumiyah (slow to download) – rum12en.pdf
In Raqqa, a battle of attrition as civilians flee in shock – The Washington Post
Three suburbs captured in Raqqa city after Kurdish forces resume offensive – almasdarnews.com
In pictures: ISIS combatants lurk around every Raqqa corner with rocket launchers – almasdarnews.com
In pictures: ISIS suicide bomber takes out large Kurdish gathering in Raqqa city – almasdarnews.com
Foreigners Are Crazy
Pew did a poll in 38 countries asking about various dangers and threats.