Executive Orders & Airport Protests: Trump Clashes With The CIA

Executive Orders & Airport Protests: Trump Clashes With The CIA

Trump signed an executive order. Airports filled up with protesters. The media screamed about a Muslim ban. Federal Judges intervened. Anger and chaos erupted. What is actually going on? The answers from both sides of the political spectrum are loaded with emotion and lacking truthful content. “Trump is trying to protect us from terrorists! He’s…

Age of Anger

Age of Anger

Every once in a (long) while a book comes out that rips the zeitgeist, shining on like a crazy diamond. Age of Anger, by Pankaj Mishra, author of the also-seminal From the Ruins of Empire, might as well be the latest avatar. Think of this book as the ultimate (conceptual) lethal weapon in the hearts and…

French Soldiers Robbed of Assault Rifles & Ammo in McDonald’s Parking Lot

French Soldiers Robbed of Assault Rifles & Ammo in McDonald’s Parking Lot

Breakfast at McDonald’s has left two French soldiers, who are part of the counter-terrorism Operation Sentinelle, without their assault rifles and ammunition, local press reports. The robbery comes amid an extended state of emergency in France. Weapons from the soldiers’ car were stolen on Thursday afternoon in the La Vespilliere area in the country’s northwest,…

Trump or Putin? EU Loses Plot on Biggest Threat

Trump or Putin? EU Loses Plot on Biggest Threat

If ever an image captured the dysfunctional nature of the European Union it was the assembled leaders of the 28 member states photographed at an ancient fortress on the Maltese island this week. Talk about “fortress mentality”! The European presidents and prime ministers were scheduled to deal with migration from North Africa as a threat to the bloc’s stability. But…

Someone’s Navy has been Shelling Yemen for Days, US Denies Blame

Someone’s Navy has been Shelling Yemen for Days, US Denies Blame

Someone’s Navy Has Been Shelling Yemen For Days, US Denies Blame According to several Yemeni government officials, someone has been shelling al Qaeda positions from a naval vessel off the coast. The officials say it seems to be the US, but the Pentagon denies it. Yemeni officials say it appears US warships are conducting strikes…