Monthly Archives: February 2016
Interview – Germany moves to tighten asylum rules
Jim W. Dean - Germany's open immigration extravaganza has been an utter failure, with average German citizens being sacrificed in a new version of the Roman circus, an EU one that does not care for its people's security.
NATO, US unable to defeat Russia in Baltic: RAND Corp.
Jim W. Dean - These NATO moves are playing out just VT has been expecting. The Baltics are now deemed indefensible so they must be heavily reinforced which is just stage two of the continued threat on Russia's border where most of its population and industry is.
Two Subjects Nobody Wants To Discuss
Religion and politics are two sides of the same coin. They always have been.
Baltimore County bans housing discrimination against veterans
The Baltimore County Council this week unanimously voted for a bill that will protect veterans from discrimination in housing and hiring practices.
Ted Cruz Lied About Judeo-Christian Values and America
After winning the Iowa Republican caucus Monday night Ted Cruz said that America was "built on Judeo-Christian values."
Workers threw out U.S. nuclear secrets with common rubbish for 20 years
In June 2014, a worker at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee was surprised to find U.S. nuclear secrets inside a trash bag marked for disposal along with standard rubbish.
The Crisis of Zionism and Other Issues–A Dialogue (Part III)
"Johnson's orders regarding the USS LIBERTY were a criminal betrayal of US citizens everywhere and should be properly publicized and exposed for the US public to see as proof of right-wing Zionist control reaching to the top of the US Government."
Iran Watchers: Wolves in sheeps’ clothing?
An anonymous "major figure" from Iran voices widespread concerns that the State Department's "Iran Watchers" are spies.
Mapped: Europe divided – how the jobless disease is splitting the continent apart
Europe is stuck in a jobs crisis. Eight years on from the financial crash, unemployment remains the biggest threat to the social fabric of the single currency's weakest economies.
Secret US Air Strip in Kurdish Syria Aimed at Turkey, Not ISIS
Jim W. Dean - VT breaks another story first with corporate media coming in behind but with never a mention of us. What are they afraid of?
Sowing Seeds
As a result, Turkey will join the club of countries which currently regulate the security mechanisms in the Middle East.
New French Film on Ukraine May Change Anti-Russia Stance (full video in French)
Canal+ released the new documentary "Les Masques de la Revolution" (The Masks of Revolution) about 2014 Maidan events in Ukraine.
Syrian Militants North of Aleppo Agree to Fight Alongside Gov’t Forces
Militant groups active north of the Syrian city of Aleppo said that they are ready to fight alongside Assad's government forces, Al Mayadeen television...
Shutting off smuggling through Turkey-Syria border key condition for ceasefire in Syria – Lavrov
Lavrov -The key component for the ceasefire to be operational is the burning issue of arms smuggling across the Turkish-Syrian border, supplying the militants [in Syria].
Russia Sanctions McCain for Terrorist Contacts and Support
Jim W. Dean - The US continues the "Puff the Magic Dragon" silliness by imposing sanctions on Russian individuals who under Russian law cannot have assets in the US and who have no intention of traveling here anyway, so it is just a cheap theater stunt for the American people.
YPG Kurds: “Turkey attacking Syrian Kurds to aid ISIS, has Invaded Syria”
The Syrian Peoples Protection Units (YPG) have announced that they have extended westward from the Euphrates River in their fight against Islamic State (ISIS).
The...
Spokesman Admits Saudi Arabia’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Aid to Al-Qaeda
TEHRAN (FNA)- Spokesman of the Saudi Interior Ministry Mansour al-Turki admitted his government's huge financial assistance to the al-Qaeda terrorist group under the disguise...
Terrorists Fleeing to Turkey as Army Advances in Aleppo Province
TEHRAN (FNA)- Hundreds of Takfiri terrorists are trying to cross the border to Turkey after losing vast grounds and dozens of their friends in...
General Joseph F. Dunford: Russia Humiliates the New World Order in Syria Again
New World Order agents are so desperate at this present moment that they even showed “footage of Russian airstrikes passed off as American”! Russia should sue them for plagiarism.
Rag Radio: Elliott Naishtat, Champion of Texas Progressive Politics, in Exclusive Interview
Democratic State Rep. retires after 26 years fighting for progressive causes.
FBI to Investigate Flint’s Toxic Tea Served by Tea Party Governor
The FBI has joined the US Postal Inspection Service, the US Environmental Protection Agency's Office of the Inspector General, and the EPA's Criminal Investigation Division, into the wide-ranging criminal probe of the Flint water crisis, to determine which laws were broken and who broke them in the poisoning of the city.
Interview – China claims US warship violated Chinese law
Jim W. Dean - China's claim to the entire South China Sea has lined up the entire maritime world against it, and allowed the US to get the role of the white knight protecting the smaller nations from big bully China, a huge PR mistake as it has rolled the red carpet out for permanent US naval power in the region.
Iran Watcher: Wolves in sheeps’ clothing?
Are the "Iran Watchers" diplomats - or spies?
Russia tells Israel it is not transferring arms to Hezbollah
The Russians have reassured the Israelis that they are not transferring advanced weaponry to the Hezbollah militia in Syria.
Russia’s Lavrov, UAE leadership to discuss situation in Syria, oil market
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is to meet the leadership of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday to discuss the situation in the region, the situation in Syria and on the oil market.
RT Exclusive Interview with Bernie Sanders
Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are locked in a dead heat at the Iowa Caucus, with both candidates in a virtual...
China to George Soros: Go Home and Never Come Back!
George Soros, who should be known as the poster boy behind subversive movements such as the Ferguson protest, is mad and sad because China kicked him out.
ISIS Training Camps Found in Kosovo, Bosnia and Albania
The EU law enforcement agencies claimed that the Islamic State planned to carry out new acts of terror in the EU countries.
Japan to destroy North Korean ballistic missile should it be launched
Japan will destroy the North Korean ballistic missile, should the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea launch it. The Japanese government has already given an appropriate order to the military.
Global Saudi Donations and Corruption in Turkey
Malaysian PM Razak was recently cleared of corruption charges, but 61 million USD is still unaccounted for
By Ray Camen, VT Ankara
VT Ankara,\Saudi Arabia is...
Drone strike kills ISIS military commander southwest of Kirkuk
Nineveh Operations Command announced on Monday the killing of the so-called ISIS Wali of the area of Tal-Afar in an aerial bombing by the international coalition west of Mosul.
US military commander in Iraq and Syria rejects GOP pledges to ‘carpet-bomb’ Isis
The US military commander in charge of the Iraq-Syria war has tacitly rebuked pledges by leading Republican presidential contenders to carpet-bomb the Islamic State.
Dissent: The Afghan Majority is Not Represented at Pugwash Meetings
Sandra Ionno Butcher
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Dear Ms. Ionno Butcher:
On January 23 and 24, 2016, in Doha, Qatar, Pugwash...
BofA: The Oil Crash Is Kicking Off One of the Largest Wealth Transfers in...
Economists are still hotly debating whether the oil crash has been a net positive for advanced economies.
Optimists argue that cheap oil is a good...
Pravda: Russia’s Su-27 intercepts US spy plane
An official representative of the US Defense Department, Lieutenant Colonel Michel Baldansa reported that on January 25th a spy plane of the US Air...
Turkey: Russia will face the consequences for continued airspace violations
Turkey claims a Russian air space incursion and the US confirms, but will not release the actual data because it is "classified", an embarrassing excuse to our country because it reeks of a convenient falsehood.
Syria’s opposition says ready to pool efforts with Russia against Islamic State
A representative of the Jaish al-Islam terrorist group, will be the chief negotiator of the Syrian opposition delegation in Geneva, a spokesman for the...
PTSD Experiences, in Veterans and Civilians
Re “The Truth About PTSD” (Op-Ed, Jan. 23), about Sarah Palin’s suggestion that her son’s arrest on a domestic violence charge was somehow tied to post-traumatic stress disorder suffered after his military service in Iraq: