Wahhabism to ISIS: how Saudi Arabia exported the main source of global terrorism

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Who Were The First Americans?

Ancestry of first Americans revealed by a boy's genome - life - 12 February 2014 - New Scientist
WE MAY never know who the Anzick child was. Why he died, just 3 years old, in the foothills of the American Rockies; why he was buried, 12,600 years ago, beneath a huge cache of sharpened flints; or why his kin left him with a bone tool that had been passed down the generations for 150 years.

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Bonnie And Clyde

Today in 1933 a Dallas grand jury indicts Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow for the January 1933 killing of Tarrant County Deputy, Malcolm Davis.

Black Friday Necessity

Why America is losing the war on terror

Rula Jebreal: Why America is losing the war on terror — and the Islam debate is so flawed - Salon.com
An enemy that had comprised a couple of hundred desperate men hiding in caves in eastern Afghanistan when the “war on terror” got underway following the 9/11 attacks is incarnated today as 20,000 fighting men in the Islamic State movement. And far from hiding in caves, ISIS has brazenly raised its black flag over vast swaths of territory in Syria and Iraq – countries that, in 2001, had been two of the most secular societies in the Middle East.

Death of Lewis Baltz

Lewis Baltz (September 12, 1945 – November 22, 2014) was a visual artist and photographer who became an important figure in the New Topographics movement of the late 1970s.[2] His work has been published in a number of books, presented in numerous exhibitions, and appeared in museums such as the Museum of Modern Art, Paris, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.[citation needed] He wrote for many journals, and contributed regularly to L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui.
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Latest Ferguson Unrest

Hagel's Out -- What About the Pivot to Asia?

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Russia to Support Palestinian Statehood Bid

Russia to support Palestinian bid for statehood in UN http://t.co/77HnM6eNSK pic.twitter.com/fUr9ywkWOE

— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) November 24, 2014

Galactic Collision

Top Stories of the Week: Did a Galactic Smashup Kick Out a Supermassive Black Hole? http://t.co/SmA7hsKrDM pic.twitter.com/cotGV2Y99F

— Universe Today (@universetoday) November 23, 2014

I See No Lies

i see no lies pic.twitter.com/ZxzNgijhK1
— raajasthani (@keyrith_) November 21, 2014

Julian Assange Still Under Siege

Berlin - May, 1945

A Russian soldier carries a statue head of Adolf Hitler, Berlin, May, 1945 pic.twitter.com/jgHWzQwrGY
— History In Pictures (@HistoryInPics) November 22, 2014

Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Blues - Dylan Rarity

Female Genital Mutilation In Egypt

In Egypt, over 80% of females aged 15-49 have been subjected to female genital mutilation http://t.co/uMnUXJ4oHg pic.twitter.com/q84QXDL0Ki

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) November 20, 2014

Mafia Oath of Allegiance Caught on Police Camera

How the Washington Press Turned Bad

How the Washington Press Turned Bad | Consortiumnews
Coincidentally, upon hearing of Bradlee’s death on Oct. 21, I was reminded of this sad devolution of the U.S. news media – from its Watergate/Pentagon Papers heyday of the 1970s to the “On Bended Knee” obsequiousness in covering Ronald Reagan just a decade later, a transformation that paved the way for the media’s servile groveling at the feet of George W. Bush last decade.

History haunts U.S.-Iran talks

History haunts U.S.-Iran talks | The Japan Times
Bill Clinton tried. So did George W. Bush. Neither succeeded. As President Barack Obama’s own second term winds down, he is getting closer than either of his immediate predecessors to the goal of improving U.S. relations with Iran. But he is not there yet, and plenty stands in the way, including a messy and brutal conflict in Iraq and Syria.

Americans Accused of Mailing Body Parts

Solar Eruption

One of the most staggering views of a sun eruption. Read about it: http://t.co/nqS2tf2OWW #science #cosmology pic.twitter.com/GA4tTjVx5L
— Daniel Gennaoui (@DanielGennaoui) November 17, 2014

Another Government Shutdown Looms Over Immigration

Political Threat of ISIS

Cream Rarity - Crossroads. Jack Bruce RIP

Is Obama Serious About Climate Change?

Colored Entrance

Mother and daughter, 1955.

Girl At Stones Concert '69

Philae Comet Landing - European Space Triumph

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‘We crossed the line’: US mea culpa at UN panel on use of torture

‘We crossed the line’: US mea culpa at UN panel on use of torture — RT USA
Ten independent experts from the UN anti-torture body gathered to ‘grill’ some 30 senior US officials, including McLeod, in Geneva, Switzerland, for the first time since 2006. The committee discussed issues dealing with torture at CIA ‘black sites’, Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba and detention of illegal immigrants.
"There's sort of a common denominator about all of our questions, and that is implementation of transparency and accountability," Jens Modvig, one of the panel's investigators, told AFP.
A day before the panel, the committee gathered evidence from anti-torture activists, death penalty experts, Murat Kurnaz, a former Guantanamo detainee, and the parents of Michael Brown, a black teenage boy from Ferguson, Missouri, who was shot in August by a white police officer.

Pro-Israel Billionaires To Buy NYT?

Pro-Israel billionaires Adelson and Saban muse over buying the New York Times – Mondoweiss
Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino magnate and his co-horts at the Israeli American Council (IAC), launched off their first ever inaugural “Israeli-American Conference” in D.C. over the weekend (because Israel deserves another annual event for supporters in Washington, no doubt). Conveniently timed right after our elections, Haaretz reported last week we should expect some “gloating and Schadenfreude at [the] groundbreaking meeting”, and they were right.

Iraq War Veteran, Outspoken War Critic Tomas Young Dead at 34

In 2013 Young wrote "The Last Letter: A Message to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney From a Dying Veteran." From the letter:

You may evade justice but in our eyes you are each guilty of egregious war crimes, of plunder and, finally, of murder, including the murder of thousands of young Americans—my fellow veterans—whose future you stole.

Asked by Democracy Now! last year how he would want to be remembered, he said: "That I fought as hard as I could to keep young men and women away from military service. I fought as hard as I could to keep another me from coming back to Iraq."

Watch Young reading his letter to Bush and Cheney below:

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Former US and Austrian Soldiers Join Fight Against ISIS in Syria

Former U.S. and Austrian soldiers join fight... by reuters

Who said Americans are tired of war?

This is s poll CNN is running.

Should the U.S. and allies deploy ground troops to fight ISIS?

Yes

56%

1136

No

44%

892

Total votes: 2028

This is not a scientific pol

Hell we love war.

We will kill people just so we can get into another war.

From Mars Yesterday

From Mars yesterday. http://t.co/QI9vGRNsyR pic.twitter.com/S9grxsraqL

— RidingWithRobots (@ridingrobots) November 10, 2014

Korea, China agree to sign FTA

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Red Outline of Supernova Remnant

#Space: the picturesque red ripples of #supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5 ► http://t.co/wXENctH3fs via @apod pic.twitter.com/P2hCkxWLaK
— Maxime Duprez (@maximaxoo) November 9, 2014

Marco Polo in reverse: China pledges $40bn for new Silk Road

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Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.

Christians Who Ignore the Real Jesus

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Asia Times Online :: Lame-duck Obama's brave new world by PEPE ESCOBAR

Asia Times Online :: Lame-duck Obama's brave new world

Photos of Alpha Centauri

1-Alpha Centauri A&B.2-3-4 telescope shots I took last month.@SteerMark @martinhume @esmmiera @jamescomer95 @infowars pic.twitter.com/5IxgC9HgbJ

— Jessica Brown (@jesikabrown123) November 7, 2014

RMB (Renminbi) Clearing Bank Opens in Seoul

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7 NOVEMBER 2014

An RMB clearing bank has officially opened in the Euljiro district of Seoul. The Bank of Communications of China held its opening ceremony on Nov. 6, attended by Bank of Korea Governor Lee Ju-yeol, Bank of Communications Chairman Niu Siming, and many others.

The clearing bank is going to be responsible for Korean companies’ yuan-based settlements in transactions with China. Before its opening, they had to go through a Korean bank, then a commercial bank in Hong Kong, a clearing bank in Hong Kong, and finally the China National Advanced Payment System (CNAPS) of the People's Bank of China for yuan-based payments and collections. However, the procedure is now simplified to three steps including a Korean bank, the Bank of Communications, and CNAPS, which means they can save fees and avoid financial risks.

At the same time, the clearing bank is supposed to fulfill the function of an off-shore branch of the People's Bank of China supplying short-term yuan liquidity.

When yuan-based transactions take place in Korea, a temporary liquidity shortage could follow. In this case, the clearing bank provides short-term loans for commercial banks and securities companies in Korea, the Korea Securities Depository, etc.

- See more at: http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/article/7179/new-income-rmb-clearing-bank-opens-seoul#sthash.c13aZf5F.dpuf

Living Karma: The Religious Practices of Ouyi Zhixu by Beverley Foulks McGuire reviewed by John Butler

My body, mind, and the outer world suddenly disappeared.

 I then knew that my body came from beginningless time and perishes in the very spot it is born. 

It is only a shadow manifested by entrenched delusion.

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The Silence of the Israelis on ISIS

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Marijuana Legalization Might Not Mean What You Think

2014 Mid - Term Selection Results

That’s aaaaaaal folks!

They will all be eatng their own before this is over.

Let the collapse begin.

Confucius on Altruism

Japan's rich Muslim past and present

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J Street - New Israel Lobby On The Block

Syrian Rebels Use US Missiles

China Buys Foreign Companies at a Record Pace

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