How the Term ‘Human Shield’ is Used to Justify State Sponsored Massacres

“Hamas is regularly described as 'Iranian-backed Hamas, which is dedicated to the destruction of Israel.' One will be hard put to find something like 'democratically elected Hamas, which has long been calling for a two-state settlement in accord with the international consensus'—blocked for over 30 years by the US and Israel. All true, but not a useful contribution to the Party Line, hence dispensable.” 
― Noam Chomsky, Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians

…we cannot address terrorism of the weak against the powerful without also confronting the unmentionable but far more extreme terrorism of the powerful against the weak.
― Noam Chomsky, Power and Terror: Conflict, Hegemony, and the Rule of Force

Abby Martin breaks through the propaganda rhetoric of ‘Human Shields’, calling out instances such as the second Iraq War and the current conflict in Gaza where the term has been used to demonize the entire demographics and populations subjected to being overthrown.



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Is Ron Paul the New JFK?

"I want to splinter the CIA in a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds"--JFK

Is Ron Paul the new JFK?

Former congressman Ron Paul (Reuters/Robert Galbraith)

Former congressman Ron Paul advocates for abolishing the United States Central Intelligence Agency in a new op-ed where he condemns the CIA and its controversial enhanced interrogation practices.

On Sunday, the retired Texas lawmaker wrote on the website for the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity that “CIA covert actions across the globe have led to destruction of countries and societies and unprecedented resentment toward the United States.”

“For our own safety, end the CIA!” urged Paul, who served nearly three decades in Congress and thrice ran unsuccessfully for president before retiring early last year.

How Israel Uses Twitter, Facebook & Tinder to Legitimize Murder | Brainwash Update

Public diplomacy in Israel (also hasbara) (Hebrew: הַסְבָּרָה‎ hasbará, "explaining") refers to public relations efforts to disseminate abroad positive information about Israel.  The term is used by the Israeli government and its supporters to describe efforts to explain government policies and promote Israel in the face of negative press, and to counter what they see as delegitimisation of Israel around the world. Hasbara means "explanation", and is also a euphemism for propaganda. 



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CrossTalk: Gaza's Grief

How much longer will Israel's latest invasion of Gaza last? Does it enhance Israel's security? Can Israel and Palestine live in peace or is it a war without end? CrossTalking with Nora Lester Murad, Flynt Leverett and Martin van Creveld.



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CNN Interview with RT Anchor Explodes: ‘You’re Supposed to Be a Journalist!’

CNN New Day host Chris Cuomo, who’s been reporting from Ukraine this week, got into an explosive dozen-minute shouting match with RT anchor Peter Lavelle Wednesday morning, as the two men largely yelled past each other over Russia’s culpability in the downing of flight MH17 and the evidence since offered by western powers.

Cuomo asked Lavelle why Putin had allowed the crime scene to so deteriorate, while Lavelle argued that Putin had no control over a foreign country’s territory. The two fought over the existence of the west’s evidence that Moscow-backed Ukrainian separatists fired the missile that took down the plane, with Lavelle claiming it came from “Twitter.”

“The U.S. government condemned Russia before the bodies were even off the ground,” Lavelle said. “What kind of logic is that?… U.S intelligence has no idea what it’s talking about. Or it knows what happens and it doesn’t want the world to find out what really happened.”  Watch Video

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Update: Judge Orders Release of US Marine Detained for Facebook Posts

A judge has ordered the release of patriot marine Brandon Raub after he was essentially abducted and held against his will for posts he made on Facebook that the government deemed suspicious.

The judge as well as the Rutherford Institute should be applauded for their quick action in support of Raub’s first amendment protected rights.

From RT:

On the basis that there was zero reason to detain a retired Marine and commit him to a medical facility for psychiatric evaluation, a Virginia judge has demanded that Brandon Raub be released from custody immediately.

Raub, 26, had his home visited one week earlier by FBI, Secret Service and local law enforcement agents who expressed concern over a series of Facebook posts he had made on his public social networking profile.

They detained him without charge and admitted him to a local hospital for evaluation.

“The petition is so devoid of any factual allegations that it could not be reasonably expected to give rise to a case or controversy,” reads a signed statement by Circuit Judge W. Allan Sharrett, which was provided to the Richmond Times-Dispatch Thursday afternoon.

Judge Sharrett adds that he was shocked to find that a magistrate did not include any grounds at all for holding Raub, who was placed in custody for a full week without any charges being pressed.

Earlier in the week, attorneys representing Raub from the Rutherford Institute attacked the mishandling of the case by suggesting that the entire ordeal was a war on their client’s constitutional rights.

“This is not how justice in America is supposed to work — with Americans being arrested for doing nothing more than exercising their First Amendment rights, forced to undergo psychological evaluations, detained against their will and isolated from their family, friends and attorneys.

This is a scary new chapter in our history,” Rutherford Institute President John W. Whitehead says in a statement released on Tuesday this week.

“Brandon Raub is no different from the majority of Americans who use their private Facebook pages to post a variety of content, ranging from song lyrics and political hyperbole to trash talking their neighbors, friends and government leaders.”

Days before he was detained, Raub had made a series of posts that reportedly worried the authorities.

His most recent postings included critique of the investigation of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and other messages, such as, “The Revolution will come for me. Men will be at my door soon to pick me up to lead it” and “Sharpen up my axe; I’m here to sever heads.

“The bottom line is his freedom of speech has been violated,” Raub’s mother, Cathleen Thomas, told the Associated Press after her son was detained.

On Thursday, she told the Times-Dispatch that the entire ordeal has been “phenomenal”and that others could be considered because, “This could have happened to anyone.”

“This has never been about anything but freedom of speech…. We’re going to continue to post on Facebook,” Thomas continued, adding that she considered her son a “true patriot.”

Raub served in both Iraq and Afghanistan and says he had been considering reenlisting before last week’s events.

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Financial protests: Beginning of the end for Western civilization? (VIDEO)

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In Greece there have been continued protests over what the people view as bad policies that the government has taken. In South East Asia there continues to be protests over the governments fiscal policies and austerity measures. Andrew Gavin Marshall says that these incidents are about the collapse of western civilization. Marshall continues and says as the debt crisis spreads, governments will implement fiscal austerity measures and naturally people will protest and riot.




Andrew Gavin Marshall is a Research Associate with the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG).  He is co-editor, with Michel Chossudovsky, of the recent book, "The Global Economic Crisis: The Great Depression of the XXI Century," available to order at Globalresearch.ca. He is currently working on a forthcoming book on 'Global Government'.

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Glenn Beck repackages Alex Jones’ ideas

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October 5, 2010

Conservative talk-show host Glenn Beck kicked off his “Restoring America” tour in New Jersey to a modest crowd of around 700 people. And, it has now come to light that Glenn Beck and his staff listen to Alex Jones’s radio show for ideas.

What does Jones think about a big star from the highest rated cable news network using his ideas? Well, he isn’t honored.

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Jones explained that Glenn Beck uses his ideas and repackages them in a way that pulls away from true libertarianism and the constitution. Beck uses his version of the ideas to argue that Republicans are the real change, Jones however believes they are not change at all.

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Alex Jones: ‘UN a Nazi movement’

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September 23, 2010

The United Nations General Assembly has kicked off and many are wondering, do we really need the UN or other international organizations? A growing number of Americans are increasingly frustrated with international groups like the UN, IMF and World Bank. Many people are calling for the dismantling of all three organizations, including Alex Jones. He says that the United Nations is purely an evil, corrupt and wicked organization.

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The poor return to the forest and build tent cities

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Keiser Report №74: Bilderberg Files Lawsuit Against Journalist

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Thursday, September 2, 2010

This time Max Keiser and co-host Stacy Herbert look at the scandals of foot massages and Ben Bernanke’s big clown feet. In the second half of the show, Max talks to journalist Micha Kat about the Bilderberg Group’s lawsuit against him.
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Alex Jones: In Every Case in History, Slaves are Disarmed

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August 31, 2010

The United States constitution says that every citizen has the right to carry a gun for self defense. However, five years ago in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina people were having their guns taken from them and collected by law enforcement. Alex Jones says that much of the looting that occurred in New Orleans in the immediate days after Hurricane Katrina hit land was done by police and other civil officers.

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Fed Chairman, Bernanke, Deliberately Destroying America's Economy

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According to an RT  interview with Mike Norman, Chief Economist at John Thomas Financial, Bernanke's economic policies are "more of an impediment to a recovery...his plans are failing"..  Since the Fed's inception in 1913,  the U.S. dollar has lost 97% of it's purchasing power.  History clearly demonstrates that the Fed's policies were established in order to transfer wealth and private property from the "People" to the international banking cartel so it should be no surprise that "mainstream" economists are now announcing what many have known for decades; the FED is deliberately destroying the economy of the United States of America.



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Iran Fires Up Nuclear Plant Despite Threats

Kurt Nimmo
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August 22, 2010

Iran has begun to fuel its first nuclear power station in Bushehr despite a massive propaganda campaign launched against the reactor by the United States and Israel and largely ineffectual United Nations and U.S. Congress sanctions.

“‘It is totally unacceptable that a country that so blatantly violates resolutions of the (United Nations) Security Council, decisions of the International Atomic Energy Agency and its commitments under the NPT (non-proliferation treaty) should enjoy the fruits of using nuclear energy,” said Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yossi Levy. “The international community should increase pressure … to force Iran to abide by international decisions and cease its enrichment activities and its construction of reactors.”

Israel has not signed the NPT. On September 18, 2009 the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency called on Israel to open its nuclear facilities to IAEA inspection and adhere to the non-proliferation treaty. The chief Israeli delegate stated that “Israel will not co-operate in any matter with this resolution.”

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It is estimated that Israel has approximately 400 thermonuclear weapons.

“Russia’s support for Bushehr underscores that Iran does not need an indigenous enrichment capability if its intentions are purely peaceful,” U.S. State Department spokesman Darby Holladay told Reuters. Holladay said that oversight of the plant by the International Atomic Energy Agency “shouldn’t be confused with the world’s fundamental concerns with Iran’s overall nuclear intentions, particularly its pursuit of uranium enrichment.”

On Saturday, Antiwar Radio host Scott Horton told RT News that the Bushehr reactor will be incapable of producing nuclear weapons grade fuel:

Big Brother Is Watching You: Alex Jones on RT

by Mark Daniels


Verizon and Google have announced that they hope to regulate the internet by controlling access and the speed of the internet to different websites. In other privacy news, Air France has announced that they will install cameras into every seat to watch their passengers; civil rights activists are crying foul saying it invades people's privacy too much.

Does anyone out there care?  I've been posting information about these invasions into our privacy, including the historical significance of these events, but few people really seem to care.  


Have you already been dumbed down so much that you don't have an fight in you? I want to know what you think.  Please take a moment to leave a comment below.  


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