Auto Regulators Dismissed Defect Tied to 13 Deaths
By HILARY STOUT, DANIELLE IVORY and MATTHEW L. WALD, New York Times
Federal safety regulators received more than 260 complaints over the last 11 years about General Motors vehicles that suddenly turned off while being driven, but they declined to investigate the problem, which G.M. now says is linked to 13 deaths and requires the recall of more than 1.6 million cars worldwide. Continue reading »
Paul Craig Roberts
Source: The author’s site
“The Western media, like Western governments, is devoid of integrity. Liars and whores rule…”
The White House Fool has repeatedly declared erroneously and foolishly that it is “against international law” for Crimea to exercise self-determination. Self-determination, as used by Washington, is a propaganda term that serves Washington’s empire but is not permissible for real people to exercise. On March 6 Obama telephoned Putin to tell the Russian President again that only Washington has the right to interfere in Ukraine and to insist against all logic that only the “government” in Kiev installed by the Washington-organized coup is “legitimate” and “democratic.” Continue reading »
By Black Agenda Report executive editor Glen Ford
The U.S. is in a frenzy of regime-changing aggression, aimed at destabilizing or destroying sovereign states. Obama’s signature is written in blood around the world, as he pursues “full spectrum, no-holds-barred, war-without-boundaries against all potential resistance to U.S. imperial rule, anywhere on the planet.”
“National sovereignty has been replaced, in the Age of Obama, by an arbitrary “humanitarian” interventionist imperative that can only be exercised by the most powerful.” Continue reading »
By Donn Marten, OEN
Barack Obama and John Kerry once again find themselves in an embarrassing place over their ill-advised rhetoric. Only a few months after the Syria “red line” fiasco now the dynamic duo are being schooled by veteran politician Vladimir Putin. The neocon U.S. foreign policy establishment may be able to push Iran around with threats of sanctions but Russia is not Iran and there is more to Ukraine than meets the eye.
Published on Mar 6, 2014
As Seen on Cenk Uygur’s The Young Turks
A short commentary by Patrice Greanville
Before getting too deep into this discussion and taking any firm sides, a few points of clarification are in order. First, though charismatic, beautiful and normally well informed, Abby Martin is wrong. Continue reading »