The US media does not see fit to mention that the government making
the accusations against Russia runs the world’s largest hacking and
cyber espionage program, the aim of which, according to documents
released by Edward Snowden, is to collect or hack all the data in the
world, under the slogan “Collect it all… Exploit it all.”
This is the government that, with Israel, created and released the
Stuxnet worm to attack Iran, and was shown to have tapped the phone of
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and spied on Internet connections at the
United Nations. As for “influencing” the elections of other countries, a
history of the covert operations by the US and its intelligence
agencies to manipulate political events, swing elections and overthrow
elected governments around the world would comprise several volumes.
It does not take a great deal of imagination to surmise that Russia,
like any other country, carries out espionage over the Internet. But in
this case, the allegations that Russia hacked into the Democratic
National Committee are unsubstantiated.
Neither the White House, nor the US intelligence agencies, nor the
media, nor any private security firm has produced any information that
would lead an impartial person with basic knowledge of communications
technology to conclude that Russia carried out a major cyber attack
against the United States.
-- Andre Damon, "The lying campaign on Russian hacking" (WSWS).
Monday, January 02, 2017
Truest statement of the week II
At least seven people were reported killed Thursday when a US-led
coalition warplane carried out an air strike against the Ibn-Al-Athir
hospital compound in Mosul. The attack came as Iraqi government troops
launched what has been described as the second phase of the bloody siege
of Iraq’s second-largest city, which was overrun by fighters of the
Islamic State (ISIS) in June of 2014.
The US command of the Pentagon’s military operations in Iraq and Syria, dubbed Operation Inherent Resolve, issued a rare statement immediately acknowledging the attack on the hospital, a war crime.
-- Bill Van Auken, "US bombs hospital amid escalating assault on Mosul" (WSWS).
The US command of the Pentagon’s military operations in Iraq and Syria, dubbed Operation Inherent Resolve, issued a rare statement immediately acknowledging the attack on the hospital, a war crime.
-- Bill Van Auken, "US bombs hospital amid escalating assault on Mosul" (WSWS).
A note to our readers
Hey --
Monday.
Monday.
Let's thank all who participated this edition which includes Dallas and the following:
The Third Estate Sunday Review's Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess and Ava,
Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude,
Betty of Thomas Friedman Is a Great Man,
C.I. of The Common Ills and The Third Estate Sunday Review,
Kat of Kat's Korner (of The Common Ills),
Mike of Mikey Likes It!,
Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz),
Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix,
Ruth of Ruth's Report,
Wally of The Daily Jot,
Trina of Trina's Kitchen,
Marcia of SICKOFITRDLZ,
Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends,
Isaiah of The World Today Just Nuts,
and Ann of Ann's Mega Dub.
The Third Estate Sunday Review's Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess and Ava,
Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude,
Betty of Thomas Friedman Is a Great Man,
C.I. of The Common Ills and The Third Estate Sunday Review,
Kat of Kat's Korner (of The Common Ills),
Mike of Mikey Likes It!,
Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz),
Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix,
Ruth of Ruth's Report,
Wally of The Daily Jot,
Trina of Trina's Kitchen,
Marcia of SICKOFITRDLZ,
Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends,
Isaiah of The World Today Just Nuts,
and Ann of Ann's Mega Dub.
What did we come up with:
As the new year kicks off, Andre Damon gets another truest.
As does Bill Van Auken.
Afrah Shawqi was kidnapped. Please take a moment to do your part to get the word out.
Ava and C.I. -- who handled last week's edition -- take on TBS this week.
He truly has.
Ty reflects.
From his lips to heavens' ears.
No, they can't.
He's such a sad, sad puppy.
And JMM is just a creep.
Repost of Kat's review.
Editorial: Afrah Shawqi is the name everyone should be repeating
Guess what, Hillary's Temple Prostitutes?
There's a whole world beyond your fallen cult leader.
She'll do just fine with all her millions.
But there are people who need help, people like journalist Afrah Shawqi.
Afrah Shawqi has reported on many topics.
It's thought that her reports on government corruption are why she was kidnapped from her home last week.
If everyone could get over their addiction to fake news, possibly some needed attention could be given to Afrah.
There's a whole world beyond your fallen cult leader.
She'll do just fine with all her millions.
But there are people who need help, people like journalist Afrah Shawqi.
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SK Anand Afrah Shawqi has reported on many topics.
It's thought that her reports on government corruption are why she was kidnapped from her home last week.
If everyone could get over their addiction to fake news, possibly some needed attention could be given to Afrah.