January 29, 2017 | Astute News

Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight, Highest Danger Level Since 1953

January 29, 2017

Scientists have moved the time of the Doomsday Clock counting down humanity’s dying days closer to midnight, with the dials now set at two and a half minutes to 12am – the highest danger level facing …

Syria: Undeclared US-NATO War of Aggression, Using Al Qaeda Terrorism as An Instrument of Death and Destruction

January 29, 2017

Opinion

The following eight concepts are intended to clarify the nature of the war on Syria. It was never “a civil war”. It was an undeclared war of aggression using Al Qaeda affiliated terrorists as the foo…

China Moves New ICBMs to Region Closest to US

January 29, 2017

Military

In a rare move, Chinese media publicly announced the movement of several nuclear missiles to the northeastern most region of Heilongjiang. On Tuesday the English language Chinese media outlet Global T…

Soros on the Ropes

January 29, 2017

Opinion

Although multi-billionaire hedge fund tycoon and international political pot-stirrer George Soros lost big with the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States and the victory of the Br…

Al-Qaeda Consolidates Its Front Groups In Syria

January 29, 2017

Opinion

A few days ago Al-Qaeda in Syria and the Salafist Takfiri group Ahrar al Sham produced a show claiming they were fighting each other. I fell for it and wrote: The Turkish, Russian and Iranian governme…

Trump’s Muslim Ban is Culmination of War on Terror Mentality but Still Uniquely Shameful

January 29, 2017

Opinion

It is not difficult for any decent human being to immediately apprehend why and how Donald Trump’s ban on immigrants from seven Muslim countries is inhumane, bigoted, and shameful. During the campaign…

100,000 Hours of Isolation: Gaza Blockade Enters its 12th Year

January 29, 2017

Middle East

A recent report by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor exposes the catastrophic consequences of Israel's 11-year long blockade on the Gaza Strip. While Israel is only continuing its long histo…

Are Americans Racists?

January 29, 2017

Opinion

“Racist” is the favorite epithet of the left. Every white person (except leftists) is a racist by definition. As we are defined as racists based on our skin color, I am puzzled why we are called racis…