Archives for General News
December 2014
Wednesday, December 31:
With eye on 2016, Jeb Bush resigns from all boards (5 comments)
Obama Says He Is Improving the World (6 comments)
Five More Guantanamo Transfers as Official in Charge Steps Down
New York City mayor meets with heads of police unions to address rift
House Republicans move to contain fallout from Scalise, Grimm controversies - The Washington Post
China new nuclear JL-2 and DF-41 missiles will cover all US territory (4 comments)
Tuesday, December 30:
Prosecutor Who Let Cop Who Killed Eric Garner Walk Considering Run to Replace Corrupt Michael Grimm (1 comments)
Woman "Carrier" Killed by Toddler Son at Walmart (30 comments)
John Boehner Backs Steve Scalise Amid Controversy Over White Supremacist Meeting
*Shackled Siegelman Typifies White House 'Human Rights' Charade (1 comments)
NYPD Work Slowdown Results in Massive Drop in Arrests (1 comments)
A Koch Hack Tells the Pope to 'Back Off' on Climate Change
McCain warns against pulling troops from Afghanistan
AirAsia confirms debris from doomed plane; CEO says "words cannot express" sorrow
Monday, December 29:
Michael Grimm has reportedly decided to resign from Congress
U.S. Blasts "Palestine" U.N. Resolution as Not "Constructive"
Sea Change In US-Cuba Relations Makes Waves Deep In Desert (1 comments)
Journalist Chris Hedges Barred by University of Pennsylvania Over Israel Dig (1 comments)
Sen. Lindsey Graham to Netanyahu: Congress Will "Follow Your Lead"
Sunday, December 28:
ROBERT WILBUR and MARTHA ROSENBERG: Is Zero-Tolerance Policing Worth Chokehold Deaths?
Rookie police officer killed in Arizona
U.S.-led forces launch 13 air strikes in Syria, Iraq
U.S. Ends Its War in Afghanistan
Pope Francis's edict on climate change will anger deniers and US churches (5 comments)
For police, when it comes to law and order, 'order' historically comes first
Cuba Will Not Renounce Its Ideas (4 comments)
Small-Scale Traditional Farming Is the Only Way to Avoid Food Crisis, UN Researcher Says (1 comments)
Why the Lima Climate Talks Sucked for Women and Indigenous People (1 comments)
Graham: Senate will vote on Iran sanctions legislation in January
Putin Decides to Donate 50,000 Tons of Russia's Coal Daily to Ukraine for Heat (42 comments)
Scientists create artificial human eggs and sperm - CBS News (1 comments)
Saturday, December 27:
AirAsia plane with 161 aboard missing in Indonesia
Wikileaks: CIA's Brennan on 'witch hunt' when Hastings was killed
North Korea slams U.S. over Internet shutdown, calls Obama a "monkey" (1 comments)
Mike Brown Memorial in Ferguson Destroyed, Police Spokesman Calls It "A Pile of Trash"
Amid Heightened Tensions With the West, Russia Declares NATO is Top Military Threat
NPR Propagandizes Against Putin, for Regime-Change in Russia (17 comments)
Friday, December 26:
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer steps down with parting shot at Obama
Sanders: I'll decide on presidential run
Syrian peace talks set to take place in Moscow next month
Sony Hack: North Korea not to blame, experts say (3 comments)
Obama hopes to enlist GOP in push for trade pact, despite Democratic resistance (1 comments)
Jeb Bush Quits Firm That Profited From Obamacare (1 comments)
U.S. judge throws out Arizona sheriff's immigration suit against Obama
U.S. Spy Agency Reports Improper Surveillance of Americans On Christmas Afternoon Dead News Time
How to Fix Poverty: Write Every Family a Basic Income Check (13 comments)
Thursday, December 25:
NY Rep. Grimm pleads guilty to felony, says he won't resign (2 comments)
The Cost of US Wars Since 9/11: $1.6 Trillion (5 comments)
U.S. to send more private contractors to Iraq
Yanukovych Proposes Solution to Ukraine's Civil War; It Fits Obama's Plan. (7 comments)
Wednesday, December 24:
Sony Is Streaming "The Interview" Starting Today (1 comments)
Ebola Error in Lab May Have Exposed Technician to Virus
Going off the reservation: investing in the Free Lakota Bank
RT's Oxana Boyko Spars with Brookings' Michael O'Hanlon
My horrible right-wing past: Confessions of a one-time religious right icon - Salon.com (1 comments)
Off duty, black cops in New York feel threat from fellow police
Malala, Obama, socialism: Nobel laureate's political views are complex
Merry Christmas From The Oil Industry (2 comments)
Tuesday, December 23:
George H.W. Bush taken to hospital
Santa Clause Syndrome (3 comments)
Nancy Pelosi Calls On Michael Grimm To Resign (1 comments)
North Korea Loses Its Link to the Internet
Bin Laden "Shooter" Under Investigation for Leaking Secrets
Sony Entertainment Announces Limited Release of "The Interview"
Spectacular real virgin births (1 comments)
NY Times Insider: Multi-Million Dollar Shortfall Causing Drastic Cuts
Obama Upgrades Nuclear Arsenal For "Direct Confrontation With Russia" (3 comments)
How Big Pharma Made Antipsychotics Everyday Drugs (5 comments)
Another MH17 Cover-Up: Hiding a Key Autopsy (20 comments)
Los Angeles, the Jewish community, the legal profession, and the financial crisis
Monday, December 22:
North Korea Suffers Widespread Internet Outage
Joe Cocker, Iconic Rock Singer, Dead at 70
Infrastructure advances in the rest-of-the-world will blow your mind. (4 comments)
*Let's Learn From Gruber's 'Stupid' Remarks On Health Care (5 comments)
For Mayor de Blasio and New York Police, a Rift Is Ripped Open
*Corporate Democrats aid and abet Ecuadorian Criminals (4 comments)
North Korea Refuses To Take Part In UN Security Council Meeting On Its Human Rights Situation (1 comments)
Greg Grandin: How the Iraq War Began in Panama
Sunday, December 21:
Torture Whistleblower John Kiriakou: "I'm the Only One in Prison" (2 comments)
Gunman executes 2 NYPD cops in Garner "revenge"
Dick Cheney: 'I have no problem' using torture program against innocent persons (5 comments)
Environmental Pollution Agency on Coal
Obama Makes History, Calls on Women Only in Press Conference
Report: FBI's anthrax investigation was flawed (2 comments)
Saturday, December 20:
Obama Sends Strong Signal That He Would Veto Bill Authorizing Keystone XL Construction (1 comments)
Bernie Sanders Pushes Back Hard Against The GOP Plan To Cut Social Security and Medicare (2 comments)
Investigators Said to Seek No Penalty for C.I.A.'s Computer Search
Historical Echoes: Santa Claus as Legal Tender
North Korea Warns U.S. Not to Take Sony Action
U.S. Asks China to Help Rein In Korean Hackers
'Tipping points' for sea level rise-related flooding determined -- ScienceDaily
Europe shows that humans and large predators can share the same landscape -- ScienceDaily
As Nuclear War Danger Grows, NYC Conference Set For Feb. 28 (1 comments)
Shimon Peres Calls for Creation of a Palestinian State
Friday, December 19:
UN could vote on Palestine resolution within "24 hours"
"We Have Not Caved": Sony CEO Defends "The Interview" Decision
Pakistan Army strikes back hard after school massacre
Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman will not be released from prison (1 comments)
CIA report warned assassination programme might backfire
Judge Exonerates 14-Year-Old Boy Executed in 1944
German Researchers Discover Security Flaw That Puts Worldwide Network at Risk
Bloomberg News Blames Putin for Russia's Economic Problems (3 comments)
UNHCR Finally Speaks Out on Beni Massacres in Congo (14 comments)
Vermont's Governor Sadly Has It Wrong. Now IS the Time for Single-Payer Everywhere (11 comments)
The Torture Report's Missing Victims - Did the United States Abuse Female Terrorist Suspects?
Thursday, December 18:
Liberal group pours $250,000 into draft Elizabeth Warren for president drive (1 comments)
Obama signs U.S. sanctions law on Venezuela officials (3 comments)
Elizabeth Warren, other Democrats raise concerns about free-trade pact with Asia - The Washington Post (1 comments)
Outgoing Republican state Sen. Dale Schultz vents his spleen at the GOP : Ct
US/NATO Building "New Berlin Wall"
Murder in the Rainforest: Local Activists and the Global Politics of Climate Change (2 comments)
Report: Secret CIA Document Admits US Drone Program "Counterproductive"
Engelhardt: The National Security State "Works," Even If Nothing It Does Works (1 comments)
Wednesday, December 17:
EU Court Orders Hamas Removed from Terror List (1 comments)
Despite Warnings of Future War, Obama to Impose New Russian Sanctions (2 comments)
Obama Announces U.S. and Cuba Will Resume Relations (1 comments)
Marco Rubio Fires Back On Cuba: Obama Is The "Worst Negotiator" In My Lifetime (4 comments)
Did You Take These Drugs? (7 comments)
Billion Dollar Surveillance Blimp to Launch over Maryland (2 comments)
U.S., Cuba Seek To Normalize Relations (2 comments)
Obama will sign Russia sanctions bill: White House (1 comments)
Oil Prices, Sanctions and Currency Collapse Put Putin in a Bind (2 comments)
Tuesday, December 16:
Obama Signs $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill With Wall Street Gifts Into Law (1 comments)
Terrorism Insurance Is Rejected in the Senate
Bush 'Intimately Involved' with CIA Torture, says Rove (4 comments)
Vivek Murthy confirmed as surgeon general
Pepe Escobar, Eurasian Integration vs. the Empire of Chaos (1 comments)
Did Wall Street Need to Win the Derivatives Budget Fight to Hedge Against Oil Plunge?
Monday, December 15:
Convicted With No Evidence by an All-White Jury, Black Community Leader Rev. Edward Pinkney Faces Life in Prison (4 comments)
Netanyahu to tell Kerry: Israel expects U.S. to veto Palestinians' UN bid (1 comments)
Pope Francis: Help end modern slavery, stop buying products from companies with poor work conditions
Reports Of Hostages Held In Sydney Cafe, Islamic Flag Seen In Window
30,000 March in New York City to Demand End to Racist Police Murders (1 comments)
Rebecca Gordon: The Torture Wars
Linn Washington, Jr.: US sides with a colonizer: Africa's Forgotten (And Festering) Freedom Struggle in Western Africa
War Drums Beat Louder & Faster Between U.S. & Russia (10 comments)
Sunday, December 14:
U.S. Taxpayers Now Alone in Financing Ukraine's Ethnic Cleansing Campaign (2 comments)
President Obama Just Gave Your Savings Account to JP Morgan (1 comments)
Kerry Piles On Miles, Pressing for a Middle East Compromise
Justice Antonin Scalia: Constitution Doesn't Prohibit Torture (4 comments)
Keep Fukushima on the radar 12-14-14 (2 comments)
Open Letter to the World from a Blocked Ukrainian Parliamentarian (9 comments)
On Torture Report, Colorado's Udall Leaves Subtlety at Door on the Way Out
Climate Deal Would Commit Every Nation to Limiting Emissions
In Washington, political dysfunction and grim outlooks are the new normal (1 comments)
U.S. Congress Now Virtually 100% All-In on Ukraine's War Against Russia; Americans Are at Least 67% Opposed (1 comments)
Saturday, December 13:
Lindsey Graham: Elizabeth Warren Is "The Problem" (2 comments)
Republican Nightmares Come True As Bernie Sanders Gets A Big Promotion In The Senate
The Powell Memo: The U-turn that Stole the American Dream (1 comments)
Friday, December 12:
Attorney General Won't Force New York Times Reporter to Reveal Source
Investigation: "Factory Farms" Producing Massive Quantities of Organic Milk and Eggs (8 comments)
Justice Antonin Scalia Says The Constitution Is Silent On Torture (3 comments)
Al Gore Urges Obama to Reject Keystone XL Pipeline
Former Virginia Governor McDonnell's sentencing guidelines: 10 years at least - The Washington Post
Thursday, December 11:
Government Stays Open As Congress Advances Poison-Pill Spending Bill
Kerry feels heat on Keystone oil pipeline at U.N. climate talks
Black congressional staffers stage walkout over police killings (1 comments)
Winds Gusting, Trees Down During Bay Area Storm
The Clint Curtis Story, Ten Years Later: A KPFK 'BradCast' Special Edition...
Why The Middle East Isn't Surprised By the Report on CIA Torture
James Carroll: The Pentagon as President Obama's Great White Whale
Ice loss sends Alaskan temperatures soaring
Wednesday, December 10:
White Coat "Die-Ins" by Medical Students Highlight Police Brutality (3 comments)
Sen. Udall Says The CIA Is Still Lying (1 comments)
UN Officials Demand Prosecutions for US Torture (6 comments)
Calls Grow For Dick Cheney and George W. Bush To Be Prosecuted For Torture
Senator Publicizes Classified CIA Report To Prove The Agency Is Lying
Ex-Madoff computer programmer gets 2-1/2 years prison for fraud (1 comments)
Book edition of Senate torture report coming Dec. 30
Ecuador Indigenous Activist Killed Before Climate Talks : Discovery News
New York Times calls Carriage Horse Ban "Nonsense" (5 comments)
Transcript 2: Katie Singer-- Electronic Silent Spring-- How EM Waves are Hurting, Even Killing Us (2 comments)
Tuesday, December 9:
Congressional Leaders Reach Deal on Spending (2 comments)
Fukushima update 12-9-14 lies and coverups continue (1 comments)
Body Cameras Bring No Accountability for Police Brutality in Albuquerque
CIA Chief Responds To Senate Torture Report: Interrogation Saved Lives (1 comments)
McCain Gives Stirring Speech Against Torture On Senate Floor
G.O.P. Donors Seek to Anoint a 2016 Nominee Early
Adam Hochschild: Thank You for Making War!
Hope: A Duty, Not A Nicety (1 comments)
Monday, December 8:
Screening police officers before they shoot, kill
New York attorney general seeks to probe police killings of unarmed civilians
The Flacks for Plutocrats Need a New Analogy (1 comments)
The Freedom Tower Was Supposed to Be the Greenest Building in America. So What Went Wrong?
2nd Night Of Berkeley Protests Turns Violent (1 comments)
Jen Marlowe: One Family, Two Doors, Nowhere to Run
Sunday, December 7:
Iran nuclear deal can happen sooner than deadline: Kerry
Pentagon: Six Guantanamo Detainees Sent to Uruguay
Energy Firms in Secretive Alliance With Attorneys General
Ukraine Receives New Weapons (5 comments)
Saturday, December 6:
Why some Republicans want to cancel the State of the Union address
Chicago Mayor Emanuel launches re-election campaign
Mary Landrieu Loses To Bill Cassidy In Louisiana Senate Runoff Election (1 comments)
Venezuelan leader says racism in U.S. worse under Obama
Obama Goes To Hospital For Sore Throat
How the Fiscal Cliff has been Exacerbated by Fast-Track-Enabled Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
After Huge Demonstration, Bratton Expects Eric Garner Protests to 'Peter Out'
George Washington Bridge Probe Finds No Direct Tie To Christie
2 Hostages Killed in Yemen As U.S. Rescue Effort Fails (1 comments)
Friday, December 5:
Kerry urges caution over timing of releasing U.S. torture report
"Mass resignations" at The New Republic follow editors' departure (1 comments)
U.S. House Votes 98% to Donate U.S. Weapons to Ukraine; U.S. Public Is 67% Against. Is this democracy? (7 comments)
Hip-Hop and the Ghettoization of the the American Mind: Another "meme" in the American Family Portrait (1 comments)
CNN's Candy Crowley Leaving Network (3 comments)
George W. Bush: Hillary Clinton is like "my sister-in-law" (1 comments)
1,825 Officer-Involved Killings Between 2007 and 2012 (1 comments)
OpEdNews Hacked, I Meet With an FBI Agent (7 comments)
Pres. Morales Inaugurates La Paz's 3rd Cable Car Line
Leaked Audio Shows Egypt's Coup Leaders as a Criminal Syndicate (2 comments)
Missouri AG Confirms Michael Brown Grand Jury Misled (5 comments)
America is on a "Hot War Footing": House Legislation Paves the Way for War with Russia?
Thursday, December 4:
Just In: See How Your Representative Voted on Bill for Obama to Send Weapons to Ukraine (8 comments)
'Worst' Israel Ecological Lesson: Humans Shouldn't Live in the Desert
Jill Abramson's flashpoints with the federal government
Edward Snowden wins Swedish human rights award for NSA revelations
Police officer who fatally shot Tamir Rice judged unfit for duty in 2012 (1 comments)
Mystery Surrounds NASA's Secret Mission in Africa
Breaking: Perdue Whistleblower Video Reveals Horrors (4 comments)
Engelhardt: War to the Horizon
Nazism Is Back (17 comments)
Wednesday, December 3:
The War Over U.S. War Crimes in Afghanistan Is Heating Up
Grand Jury Declines to Indict NYPD Officer in Eric Garner Chokehold Death
Federal Appeals Court Halts Execution in Texas Murder Case (2 comments)
No Justice for Eric Garner (11 comments)
Accident Occurred At Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant, But Poses No Danger: Govt (1 comments)
Ukraine parliament approves new government
Is Seattle Worse than Ferguson? Department of Justice Review (1 comments)
Tuesday, December 2:
UN vote urges Israel to renounce nuclear arms
Netanyahu sacks Livni and calls for elections as "soon as possible"
New Book "LBJ: From Mastermind to The Colossus" published (6 comments)
Obama Settles on Ashton Carter as Defense Secretary, Officials Say
New Symptom Checker Puts the World's Medical Knowledge at Your Fingertips! (6 comments)
McConnell: "Bust up" immigration bill
Lebanon detains wife of Islamic State leader (2 comments)
Monday, December 1:
Boehner Uses New Mandate to Muffle Talk of a Shutdown
23-Year-Old Woman Beaten To Death After Defending Teen Girls From Harassment (2 comments)
UN blasts the American justice system in torture report
Israel Edges Closer To Early Election
Hong Kong Protests Reach Violent High as Students Clash With Police Overnight (2 comments)
Athens 1944: Britain's dirty secret
Are the Holidays Just Capitalism and Consumerism? (2 comments)