the unbalanced evolution of homo sapiens

The currently stateless Kurds sit astride the Iraq-Syria border on land blessed/cursed with oil, other resources, and geopolitical significance. Is it any wonder that mega-corporations and their client states are looking to use the Kurds, stoke conflict, and exploit the situation? by Whitney Webb Part 1 Years before the U.S. illegally invaded and then occupied Iraq, plans were circulating within the Pentagon to partition the country along “sectarian” lines, with the express purpose of allowing the U.S. and its regional allies to better control oil resource production and movement within the Middle East. In Syria, the same narrative of partition has more recently been circulated as the “only” solution to the nation’s sectarian divisions, divisions which did not emerge until they were artificially created in 2011 when the current conflict began and later fomented by hostile foreign actors. While the Bush and Obama administrations pushed for the partition

by Ramiro S. Fúnez Part 2 - Syrian & Venezuelan opposition both blindly unquestioned by Western media Not a day goes by when corporate news outlets don’t echo the indictments of Venezuelan and Syrian opposition members who claim their governments are “authoritarian regimes.” Not only do these publications intentionally ignore the fact that the Venezuelan and Syrian governments were legitimately chosen to lead their nations in internationally recognized elections; they also unquestionably uphold the political positions of the opposition groups as the general sentiment of the entire country, failing to mention that a majority of citizens oppose their violence. In Venezuela, for example, Maduro fairly defeated opposition leader Henrique Capriles during the 2013 presidential election, which U.S. election observer Daniel Kovalik described as “ transparent, inherently reliable, well-run and thoroughly audited. ” Almost 80 percent of the country’s population part

globinfo freexchange Democracy Now spoke with journalist Tim Shorrock, who recently returned from South Korea. Shorrock revealed that as recently as two years ago, North Korea actually made an effort to find common ground with the United States, offering to put a moratorium on its program if the Unites States would proceed in peace talks towards the official termination of the Korean War. Here is what he said: Why are we going to war, why are we threatening war, when we haven’t even attempted talks with North Korea? I think, you talk to anybody who is an expert, who’s been around the region, who’s actually negotiated with North Koreans, there is plenty of room, plenty of flexibility, to talk to North Korea. And there are certainly, proposals, that North Korea itself has made, as recently as 2015, two years ago, when they said they would put a moratorium on their program if the United States would start opening talks about a peace treaty to end the

globinfo freexchange It appears that the brave Portugal defied the recipe of austerity and sado-monetarism imposed by the Troika of destruction (IMF, ECB, European Commission) that ruined the Greek economy after seven years of savage implementation. As the Economist reported on April:            In 2016, according to figures released on March 24th, his government cut the budget deficit by more than half to just under 2.1% of GDP (see chart), the lowest since Portugal’s transition to democracy in 1974. His administration restored state pensions, wages and working hours to pre-bail-out levels, and also brought the deficit well under the 2.5% target set for it by the European Union. It is the first time that Portugal has complied with the euro zone’s fiscal rules. Furthermore, the Portuguese government has just decided even to increase slightly the low pensions. As The Portugal News reports:            An extraordinary increase in payments t

Craziness, cynicism, audacity, and hypocrisy, reached record levels for the US imperialists under Trump presidency after the new direct threat against Venezuela this time. As RT reported: The crisis in Venezuela could prompt a US military response, President Donald Trump has told reporters. The Pentagon, however, has reportedly not been directed on any such plans. On Friday, Trump appeared outside his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, alongside Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, where he told reporters that he had “many options” for responding to the Venezuelan crisis. “ The people are suffering and they are dying. We have many options for Venezuela including a possible military option if necessary, ” Trump said, according to Reuters. Trump called Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a “dictator” and blamed him for the humanitarian situation in the country. Trump did not elaborate as to whether American troops would be