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Is the U.S. Government the “Cash Cow” for Politicians? “How Did They Get So Rich?”

GlobalResearch 2023-11-01

photo: AP / Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File

*** The conflict in Israel-Gaza illustrates perfectly how the United States government runs on corruption, with the deep pocketed Jewish and Israeli lobbies able to buy every national level politician that matters to give the loathsome Benjamin Netanyahu a carte blanche both in terms of a free pass...

UN forum says people of African descent still face discrimination and attacks, urges reparations

Times Union 2023-11-01

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. body formed to promote respect for and protect people of African descent around the world says in its first report that they continue “to be victims of systemic racial discrimination and racialized attacks” and calls for reparations. The report, which was delivered to...

Risch, Wicker, McCaul, Rogers on Russia’s De-Ratification of CTBT (US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations)

Public Technologies 2023-10-31

photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin

) WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Representatives Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Mike...

Trump ballot eligibility argued in Colorado

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 2023-10-31

photo: US Library of Congress / Carol M. Highsmith Archive

DENVER -- Colorado lawyers seeking to disqualify former President Donald Trump from running for the White House again argued on Monday that his role in the January 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol runs afoul of the Constitution's insurrection clause, opening a hearing that could break new ground in...

Biden's foreign policy failure in the Middle East

The New Arab 2023-10-31

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“The Middle East region is quieter today than it has been in two decades,” asserted US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on 29 September. “Now challenges remain, but the amount of time that I have to spend on crisis and conflict in the Middle East today compared to any of my predecessors going...

Biden’s Cabinet secretaries will push a divided Congress to send aid to Israel and Ukraine

Waurika News Journal 2023-10-31

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By MARY CLARE JALONICK (Associated Press) WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make the case Tuesday that the United States should immediately send aid to Israel and Ukraine, testifying at a Senate hearing as the administration’s massive $105 billion...

A Decade and a half of Bitcoin: Reflecting on Satoshi’s vision

Cryptopolitan 2023-10-31

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On October 31, 2008, an individual using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto sent shockwaves through the world of finance by sharing the Bitcoin white paper with a select group of cryptographers. Thist, titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System,” outlined the foundation for what...

Mark Groeneveld, 20, Becomes Fifth Dutch Cyclist to Die or Suffer Serious Heart Problems This Year

The Daily Sceptic 2023-10-31

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In the early hours of Monday, October 23rd, the 20-year-old Dutch cyclist Mark Groeneveld passed away, apparently of a heart attack, after having dropped out of a race in Hong Kong earlier in the day. Several reports (here, for instance, in Dutch) claim that he dropped out of the race for mechanical...

Lionel Messi crowned world

The Daily Mail 2023-10-31

photo: AP / Michel Euler

Lionel Messi was crowned men's Ballon d'Or winner for a record eighth time last night at a glittering Parisian ceremony where his adoring wife and sons watched on as David Beckham presented him with the award. The 36-year-old Inter Miami star is now three clear of rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who won...

Crumbling buildings and broken dreams: China’s unfinished homes

Al Jazeera 2023-10-31

photo: Creative Commons / Chinaunderground https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

Taichung, Taiwan – Around a tiled square on the outskirts of the Chinese city of Nanjing, a cluster of apartment buildings rise like concrete columns towards a grey sky. At first glance, the structures look like a testament to China’s awe-inspiring construction boom, which saw the country use more...