Sunday 21 July 2013


Sunday, July 21, 2013

 

Intercepted N. Korean Ship Described as Filthy 'Pigsty"

Urine Stench, Rat Droppings and Soviet-Era Weapons


The intercepted North Korean ship that was smuggling Cuban arms is a floating cesspool.

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US-Backed Muslim Brotherhood Attacking Coptic Christians


The so-called moderate Islamists with whom President Obama has aligned the United States are attacking Egypt's Christians, blaming them for the ouster of the country's Islamist president.


Saturday, July 20, 2013

 

Financialization in Action: Wall Street Investment Bank Mints Money by Moving Metal in Decrepit Part of Bankrupt Detroit




As if to illustrate the devastating deindustrialization and financialization of the U.S. economy in the global era--i.e. the relentless outsourcing of real economic activity and reduction of all economic value to financial instruments or derivatives of financial instruments--Goldman Sachs is minting money by moving aluminum ingots among a string of warehouses in a derelict section of bankrupt Detroit.

Click here and here for the mind-blowing, bizarre story that reads like a finance capitalism--or casino capitalism--case study.

 

Spy Capitals in Focus: Vienna


More than two decades after the Cold War, Vienna remains a major spy center.

Click here for history; here, to read about Iranian spies in the Austrian capital; below, to watch one of the great scenes in spy cinema--in fact, in cinema--history, set in Vienna after World War II. 


 

Syria's Secular Rebels Overshadowed, Outgunned by Islamists


What the Obama administration, Europe, Turkey's Islamist regime, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Islamist-run Libya and Egypt's ousted Muslim Brotherhood regime have wrought in Syria: jihad, chaos, car bombings and cannibals. Syrian Sunnis are being asked to choose between so-called moderate Islamists--a moronic oxymoron--Qatar-backed Salafists, and Al Qaeda.

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Friday, July 19, 2013

 

Recalling Hitchens on 'How Far the Termites Have Spread'

Response to a Leftwing Apologist for Islamic Clerical Fascism


 

Arab World TV Star Grieves for Syria


An interview with Abbas al Nouri. Click here to read it.

Al Nouri is the star of Bab Al-Hara (the Neighborhood's Gate), one of the most popular TV series in the Arab world. Click below for a promo video about the series, set in Old Damascus.

There is an Arab world, of course. But one would not know this listening to President Obama, who has insisted on addressing and "reaching out" to "the Muslim world."

Related: US Urges More Arms for (Al  Qaeda-Linked) Islamist Rebels




 

Sultan Erdogan Slams Egypt 'Coup'


Obama's "friend" and "partner," Turkey's wannabe Islamist sultan, is emerging as the fiercest critic of Egypt's pro-civil society military intervention.

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Related: Morsi Gave Free Hand to Sinai Jihadists