…by Jonas E. Alexis Paul R. Pillar, an academic and 28-year veteran of the CIA, brought the Israeli regime down a few years ago by saying that Israel and Saudi Arabia are the main culprits behind the covert war against Iran. We have been saying the same thing for years. Pillar declared then: “Much of the opposition has to do with a desire to keep Iran […]
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As The Veteran Suicide Crisis Persists, Washington Turns To Snake Oil And Swamp Creatures By Jasper Craven and Suzanne Gordon, Battle Borne. September 30, 2020 As The Veteran Suicide Crisis Persists, Washington Turns To Snake Oil And Swamp Creatures2020-09-302020-09-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/battling_ptsd-e1601484685658.jpg200px200px The first major bill to privatize veterans’ mental healthcare is headed to the president’s desk. In mid-August, former Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Anthony Principi (2001-2005) worked to get a […]
A group of high-profile Indian politicians have been acquitted on charges of inciting violence that led to the demolition of a famous Muslim shrine in Ayodhya 28 years ago, followed by deadly sectarian riots. The case revolved around the dramatic demolition of the 16th-century Babri Masjid mosque in Ayodhya in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state in 1992. Hindu activists destroyed the building, believing that it was […]
A US Navy veteran has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the failure to return his HIV-positive test results from a November 1995 checkup ultimately left him, and possibly past sexual partners, with HIV that went untreated for the past 25 years and developed into AIDS. The suit, filed in a federal court on Tuesday, detailed that the South Carolina-based veteran dubbed “John Doe” was not […]
There have been four physical altercations between the troops of India and China since the beginning of the border stand-off on 27 April. The two countries are involved in several levels of diplomatic and military-level talks to disengage troops from the friction points along the loosely-demarcated 4,057 km border. Tensions have further escalated between India and China; fresh clashes erupted in Pangong Lake’s Chushul Valley overnight […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; and Adm. Brett P. Giroir, U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health, testified before Congress in June on the status of the pandemic. Fauci is just one of the public health leaders and their families across the U.S. who have received death threats and harassment since the pandemic began. Kevin Dietsch/Pool/Getty Images hide caption […]
Sarah Hawkins and Andy Pestana lost their home, farm and several of their animals in the LNU Lightning Complex fire. Andy Pestana hide caption toggle caption Andy Pestana Sarah Hawkins and Andy Pestana lost their home, farm and several of their animals in the LNU Lightning Complex fire. Andy Pestana The flames from wildfires raging across Northern California did not spare Andy Pestana and Sarah Hawkins’ […]
Prominent Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky has compared Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to an unwanted girl looking for someone to marry, claiming that he is courting Russia, Poland, the EU, and the US. Zhirinovsky, the leader of Russia’s right-wing LDPR, explained that Lukashenko is in a “difficult situation,” like “a girl of marriageable age” who is entirely undesired. Belarus is currently in a state of turmoil following […]
Moscow prosecutors have approved an indictment against anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny. He is accused of slandering a WWII veteran who spoke in favor of constitutional amendments, which were then passed in a public vote. The former Moscow mayoral candidate, today a leader in the city’s protest movement, called 94-year-old Ignat Artemenko a “traitor” for supporting the amendments to the constitution. These comments “inflicted moral harm” on […]
WEST LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Homelessness is a big problem for U.S. veterans; and so is getting those vets the help they need. ABC-7 salutes an effort to provide temporary housing during the covid-19 pandemic. “They work together as a team. They have a mission to keep working together to help each other get out here,’ said Veteran advocate Bob Rosebrock. “There are so many ways […]
Cori Bush has unseated Democratic Party congressman William Lacy Clay, defeating a political dynasty that has represented its district in St Louis, Missouri, for more than half a century. The race ended on Tuesday night, though far from a landslide, with Bush, a former nurse, edging the incumbent out by a mere three percent of the vote. The primary win will likely guarantee her a seat […]
Republican Iraq War veteran Peter Meijer won the Republican primary race in Michigan’s Third District held by Never-Trumper Justin Amash. Update: Peter Meijer just won the GOP primary to replace Justin Amash https://t.co/ll5643l0PV — Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) August 5, 2020 never-Trumper Justin Amash left the Republican Party in July 2019. TRENDING: Teen Activist Who Rallied to Defund Police and Remove Police from Schools Is Shot […]
This Frank Lloyd Wright Home Was a Trailblazing Example of Accessible Design by Jennifer Billock/Smithsonianmag.com On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law, stipulating that discrimination against individuals with disabilities, in any part of life, is illegal. Forty years before the act, though, Frank Lloyd Wright became one of the first architects to fully embrace a level of accessibility in housing […]
Vietnam Veteran Sprayed With Chemical Weapon In Portland Protest By Graig Graziosi, Independent. July 28, 2020 Vietnam Veteran Sprayed With Chemical Weapon In Portland Protest2020-07-282020-07-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/mikeh-e1595959592560.jpg200px200px Mike Hastie is a member of Veterans for Peace. (And a co-founder of Popular Resistance.) Federal troops were filmed pepper spraying an elderly Vietnam War veteran who was attending a protest in Portland over the weekend. The veteran, Mike Hastie, was standing several feet from […]
DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross. Christopher Dickey, the foreign correspondent and editor who covered war, terrorism and espionage for more than 40 countries, died last week from a heart attack at his home in Paris. He was 68. Dickey was known for his coverage of conflicts in Central America and the Middle East. He worked for The […]
While the coronavirus pandemic may become the last nail in the coffin of the US dollar’s status as the primary reserve currency, the seeds of its inevitable decline were sown long ago, a former Morgan Stanley economist believes. The greenback is set to decline due to a shortfall in domestic US savings and a massive budget deficit, according to Stephen Roach. “The US economy has been […]
Former Bellator MMA champion Alexander Shlemenko has spoken of his ordeal and told fans not to risk their lives by going for a swim after diving into the Irtysh River to pull out a body before calling the police to the scene. The popular Russian fighter looked troubled and still had water on his head as he revealed his horror at spotting a body in the […]
The name of David Dorn, a retired police officer who was killed as he attempted to stop a burglary in St. Louis, has been trending, with netizens hailing him as a hero who fell victim to the violence that marred ongoing protests. Dorn, 77, was found dead lying on the sidewalk outside a local pawn shop he reportedly tried to protect from being ransacked by looters […]
Get friendly with community leaders; be prepared to be judged by others. Disease detectives from California and Liberia share their best insights. (Image credit: Jana De Brauwere; Rachel Saykpah) Source link
A very disturbing video circulated on social media on Thursday showing a young black Michigan man beating an elderly white man at a nursing home. Jaden Hayden, reportedly from Westland, Michigan filmed himself beating elderly white nursing home patients for sport. The man filmed himself beating the the elderly man, later identified as a 75-year-old veteran, in his bed until he was bleeding. Absolutely shocking footage […]
It’s time for Russia to move away from oil and reduce its dependency on oil prices. That’s according to Anatoly Chubais, the CEO of technology company Rusnano and former deputy prime minister under President Boris Yeltsin. Speaking to the Russian-language edition of American business magazine Forbes, Chubais explained that Russia is hugely dependent on oil prices and has based its national accounts on a rate that […]
Captain Tom Moore, the 100-year-old British veteran who stole headlines with his viral backyard fundraiser for the NHS, is due to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth, but is taking it all in stride with some heartwarming humor. “I hope she’s not very heavy handed with the sword,” he said Wednesday, in reference to the knighting ceremony in which the monarch taps the recipient’s shoulders with a […]