With help from RT's Alona Minkovski, The Young Turks ask why the mainstream media assumes 'War' is normal. Segment begins at 2:50.
The Young Turks: Shaping the Iran Nuke Narrative
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Jason Ditz on Syrian Talks on RT
News editor Jason Ditz discusses the failed Syrian talks with Russia Today host Yulia Shapovalova.
Jason Ditz on RT: ‘Intervention in Syria would cause Libya-style disaster’
Rick Rozoff of Stop NATO on RT
According to RT, Syrian opposition groups operate with complete impunity inside Turkey – which is a NATO member – with a green light from the Turkish government. Without arms and sponsorship from outside Syria, the opposition would never dare to take up arms against...
Jason Ditz on RT: UN Syria Resolution Veto
Our Language Cops Are
a Bunch of Barney Fifes
Andrew Sullivan: I've touched slightly on the term 'Israel-Firster' - a shorthand that has an ugly neo-Nazi provenance, which is why I don't use it… As Justin Raimondo pointed out Monday, that etymology is false: the term was first used no later than 1953 by Alfred M....
No War, No Sanctions, No Intervention, No Assassinations
Clear, simple, to the point. A nice, simple set of values that all kinds of people should be able to get behind. It's the platform, manifesto, talking points, everything of No War on Iran: National Day of Action, February 4th. A lot of anti-war activities get bogged...
Fool-Throated
I yearn for the day when "I was a full-throated supporter of the Iraq War" is understood — by writer and reader alike — to be a more damning admission than "I took Ecstasy once in college."
F***ing Chronology, How Does It Work?
As often happens, one brilliant post at The American Spectator's blog (via Larison) led me to another. Behold: When I arrived late at the town hall event in Meredith, he [Ron Paul] was prefacing an answer to a question about Israel by expressing admiration for Zionist...
Regarding “rising tensions in the Gulf”
Pearl of wisdom from a Union private crossing the Rappahannock into Fredericksburg, December 1862: Shit! They want us to get in. Getting out won't be quite so smart and easy. You'll see. Apparently Shelby Foote's The Civil War: A Narrative hasn't worked its way into...
