Day: January 8, 2021

Categories Russia

Creating conditions for a very frozen conflict? US Navy to step up patrols in frigid Arctic waters off Russia’s northern borders

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

As Arctic ice retreats further each year, it helps to open up another front in the perennial standoff between Russia and the US, with both nations racing to dominate the space and control the emerging maritime trade route. … Read More >Creating conditions for a very frozen conflict? US Navy to step up patrols in frigid Arctic waters off Russia’s northern borders

Categories Shows

Govt accounting fraud with journalist Mark Skidmore, Big Ag greenwashing, RFK’s unexpected legacy

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

In the first Redacted Tonight VIP of 2021, Lee Camp interviews journalist Mark Skidmore. He exposed a corruption story involving $21 trillion in “unaccounted adjustments” in the Pentagon’s budget over 2 decades. The story received barely any public notice in the corporate media despite its serious implications of corruption in the military-industrial complex. … Read More >Govt accounting fraud with journalist Mark Skidmore, Big Ag greenwashing, RFK’s unexpected legacy

Categories Russia

Russia says American system ‘archaic’ & not up to ‘modern democratic standards’ after rioters raid Washington’s Capitol building

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

The assault on the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump lays bare fault lines in American democracy, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday, joining a chorus of countries in expressing concern. … Read More >Russia says American system ‘archaic’ & not up to ‘modern democratic standards’ after rioters raid Washington’s Capitol building

Categories Russia

A very patient Putin: Russian President ‘still treats West well’ – despite facing colonial attitudes abroad, spokesman insists

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

For some, he’s the architect of a hybrid war against the West, responsible for everything from lost elections to the ‘cultural appropriation’ of beetroot soup. But the Kremlin claims Vladimir Putin is still out to make friends. … Read More >A very patient Putin: Russian President ‘still treats West well’ – despite facing colonial attitudes abroad, spokesman insists

Categories World

Ukrainian nationalists launch anti-Semitic attacks on Israeli envoy after he condemns march to honor Nazi collaborator Bandera

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

Israel’s most senior diplomat in Ukraine has faced an onslaught of anti-Semitic abuse and calls for protests outside his country’s embassy after he condemned a march to remember a Nazi collaborator in the Ukrainian capital. … Read More >Ukrainian nationalists launch anti-Semitic attacks on Israeli envoy after he condemns march to honor Nazi collaborator Bandera

Categories Middle East

Generals to the Rescue: What’s Behind Israeli Public’s Obsession With Chiefs of Staff in Politics?

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

Following the shrinking power of the Blue and White party, that aimed at replacing Netanyahu but failed, many Israelis became disillusioned with the generals’ ability to bring about much-awaited change, thinks a former politician. But the hunger for another Messiah, who’d topple the current PM, hasn’t subsided. … Read More >Generals to the Rescue: What’s Behind Israeli Public’s Obsession With Chiefs of Staff in Politics?

Categories Middle East

Tehran Claims ‘Serious Evidence’ Points to Israeli Complicity in Killing of Top Iranian Scientist

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a top Iranian scientist and the man deemed to be one of the developers of Iran’s nuclear programme, was assassinated outside Tehran on 27 November, with the Islamic Republic pointing the finger of blame at Israel and vowing to avenge his death although Tel Aviv has never confirmed the accusations. … Read More >Tehran Claims ‘Serious Evidence’ Points to Israeli Complicity in Killing of Top Iranian Scientist

Categories USA

Netizens Buzzing as Elon Musk Tweets Photo of Protester in Presiding Officer’s Chair at US Capitol

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

What was supposed to be a peaceful rally in support of President’s Trump electoral challenge grew violent on Wednesday, as Trump-supporters stormed the US Capitol building, which resulted in an armed stand-off with law enforcement officers. … Read More >Netizens Buzzing as Elon Musk Tweets Photo of Protester in Presiding Officer’s Chair at US Capitol