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on June 23, 2015 in World News

Green Berets, SEALs, and now Raiders

Green Berets, SEALs, and now Raiders: Marine Corps resurrects name of legendary elite units Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com The Army has the Green Berets, while the Navy is known for the SEALs. Now, an elite branch of the U.S. Marine Corps will officially be known as Raiders. The Marines will rename several special operations units as Marine Raiders at a ceremony Friday, resurrecting a moniker made famous by World War II units that carried out risky amphibious and guerrilla operations. The exploits of the original Marine Raiders — who pioneered tactics used by present-day special forces — were… View Article

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on June 23, 2015 in World News

Member of Kiev’s top brass ‘defects’ to anti-govt forces

Member of Kiev’s top brass ‘defects’ to anti-govt forces A man claiming to be a Ukrainian major general and former assistant to the country’s defense minister has announced he is now working with the forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. “I am Ukrainian Armed Forces Major General Aleksandr Kolomiyets. My latest posts are chief analyst of the Ukrainian armed forces, assistant to the Ukrainian defense minister,” the man said at a news conference at the Donetsk news agency loyal to the self-proclaimed republic. Kolomiyets had also spent 19 years as the chief enlistment officer in the Donetsk region. “I… View Article

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on June 23, 2015 in World News

Australian prime minister launches new attack on democratic rights

Australian prime minister launches new attack on democratic rights Via WSWS. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News with permission or license. By Nick Beams The degree of lawlessness at the centre of the Australian government’s proposals to strip away the citizenship rights of those accused of fighting with, or supporting, terrorists overseas—and the implications for democratic rights more broadly—have been underscored by remarks of Prime Minister Tony Abbott attacking the right of an accused person to a trial. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Abbott declared that dual citizenship holders, suspected of fighting with terrorist organisations, should have their… View Article

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on June 23, 2015 in World News

100,000 March in London – Media Covers It Up

100,000 March in London – Media Covers It Up Here’s how the media works: as thousands march against austerity, the BBC focuses instead on new-age rituals Author of the article below, rellying on a Guardian estimate says 50 thousand people marched in London. Other estimates vary between 70 and 150 thousand and the organizers have said the number was 250 thousand. – That’s in London alone, there were also demonstrations in Glasgow, Liverpool, Bristol and elsewhere across Britain. This article originally appeared at Off Guardian There’s going to be a protest march in London today. You might not hear about… View Article

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on June 23, 2015 in World News

US and Russia: Liberalism vs Conservatism

This article originally appeared at The American Conservative US and Russia: Liberalism vs Conservatism It’s a truism that America is a liberal place. Americans emphasize the importance of the individual and tend to reject notions of hierarchy and authority. Russia by contrast is known to be a more conservative society, one where the interests of the group come ahead of those of the individual; and where, for centuries, respect for hierarchy and authority has usually been the norm. All the same, the “news” of Russia’s return to conservatism has hit many observers in the West like the proverbial ton of… View Article

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on June 23, 2015 in World News

Police Killed Nearly Twice as Many Americans than Mass Shooters

In 2014, Police Killed Nearly Twice as Many Americans than Mass Shooters Combined Since 1982 Source: The Free Thought Project As Karl Rove calls for repealing the second amendment, this behind the scenes Republican puppet master epitomizes what those in favor of gun control really want — only the government can have guns. Every time a lunatic, who is usually on some form mind altering pharmaceutical, goes on a shooting rampage, the do-gooders in Washington, with the aid of their citizen flocks, take to the TV and the internet to call for disarming the American people. The citizens who call… View Article

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on June 23, 2015 in World News

Secret Plans to Foster Online “Conformity” and “Obedience”

Spy Agency’s Secret Plans to Foster Online “Conformity” and “Obedience” Exposed Source: Common Dreams Internal memo from secretive British spy unit exposes how GCHQ and NSA used human psychological research to create sophisticated online propaganda tools “Among other things,” The Intercept reports, “the document lays out the tactics the agency uses to manipulate public opinion, its scientific and psychological research into how human thinking and behavior can be influenced, and the broad range of targets that are traditionally the province of law enforcement rather than intelligence agencies.” (Photo: Getty Images) With never-before-seen documents accompanied by new reporting on Monday, The Intercept’s Glenn Greenwald… View Article

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on June 23, 2015 in World News

NJ Court: Husband Loses Gun Rights Because Wife Is a Felon

NJ Court: Husband Loses Gun Rights Because Wife Is a Felon by AWR Hawkins Last week a New Jersey appellate court upheld the ruling that a southern New Jersey man cannot own guns because his wife is a felon “who’s been accused of domestic violence.” The ruling came in an appeal of “decisions made by a state Superior Court judge and the police chief in the Burlington County town where the man lives.” According to the AP, the appeal was heard by a “two-judge panel” which “found that the guns’ presence in the man’s home would give his wife greater… View Article

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on June 23, 2015 in World News

National Review’s Managing Editor: Confederacy Without Valor

National Review’s Managing Editor: Confederacy Without Valor; ‘I Do Not Respect Your Ancestor’s Service or Sacrifice’ by Breitbart News Editor’s Note: This article by Jason Lee Steorts, the editor who lectured Mark Steyn on civility and published a 7,000 word article in support of same-sex marriage during NR’s spring fundraising campaign, first appeared in National Review. We reprint in part here.  Whether you think it’s all right for South Carolina to fly a Confederate battle flag over a Confederate memorial on its capitol grounds depends on whether you think that the Confederate war dead should be honored. If you do,… View Article

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on June 23, 2015 in World News

UN Human Rights Experts Demand ‘Urgent Measures’ for Gun Control in US

UN Human Rights Experts Demand ‘Urgent Measures’ for Gun Control in US by AWR Hawkins In the wake of the heinous attack on Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, the United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent released a statement calling on the United States to “investigate the hate crimes” and take “urgent measures” for gun control. The statement was released by group chairperson Mireille Fanon Mendes-France. It “denounced” the June 17 attack by saying, “We utterly condemn the appalling attack on the Emanuel African Methodist Church in Charleston, South Carolina, this week… View Article

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