TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
Following Ted Cruz’s endorsement of Donald Trump and president Obama’s veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, aka the “Sept 11” bill allowing victims to sue Saudi Arabia in US court, the trifecta of Friday afternoon data dumps was completed by the FBI, when the agency released 189 pages of notes from its investigation of Hillary Read More…
President Obama has vetoed a bill which would allow families of the 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia. On Friday, President Obama kept his promise to veto legislation that would allow the 9/11 victims’ family members to sue Saudi Arabia, citing threats to U.S. national security. CNN reports that Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress say they’ll Read More…
The following summary is from the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee report, “Libya: Examination of intervention and collapse and the UK’s future policy options.” In March 2011, the United Kingdom and France, with the support of the United States, led the international community to support an intervention in Libya to protect civilians from attacks Read More…
“War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.” –George Orwell With tensions continuing to rise between the world’s super powers, due in large part to US foreign policy, many are beginning to bear down and prepare for the next decade of “spreading democracy.” It might seem an Read More…
Is the expanded Papahãnaumokuãkea marine area a new U.S. Military zone? Another government ‘land grab’ occurred last month when the US Federal Government announced that it had massively expanded the scope of its marine protected area in Hawaii, known as the Papahãnaumokuãkea Marine National Monument. With this top-down presidential proclamation, over half a million (582,578) square miles off the coast of Read More…
The Obama administration is reportedly offering a “condolence payment” of $1.32 million to the family of Giovanni Lo Porto, the Italian aid worker killed in a CIA drone strike in Pakistan last year, renewing questions about the lack of accountability for the U.S. drone program. According to the Guardian on Friday, the $1.32 million “is the first Read More…