Published: 2024-02-04
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Corrections/Notes
When speaking about the Lascaris article I mistakenly, initially refer to the judge's rebuke as a protest from the legislature though moments later use the correct term, judiciary.
When mentioning Assange, he was being issued political, not diplomatic, asylum.
I state that Napolitano's questions are not always that good. I include every time he asks his guests to read someone else's mind. "Why did X do Y?" This, I presume comes from his experience at Fox, and is a window into why US cable 'news' is so shitful; they don't even know how to ask decent questions. Actually, I expect its a bit simpler than that. They're just lazy. The question is an idiom. It means "extemporize on <statement as question>".
Another of the Colonels is Andrew Bacevich meantioned in regard to the Tom's Dispatch publication. He is also the head of the newish Responsible Statecraft think tank. Another is Lt. Col. Daniel Davis.
Sources
YesXorNo
Daly and Wallace: November, 2023 and i4cTrouble Ep 154, 155 & 156, January 2024, YesXorNo, 2024-01-28
Interesting Articles: 2024 late January, YesXorNo, 2024-01-30
SSR: Propaganda Survival Guide for Tower 22, YesXorNo, 2024-01-31
[Re-issue] The Mechanics of Politics by Other Means, From the 50's to the 20's, YesXorNo, 2024-01-31
US Threatens to Start WWIII, YesXorNo, 2024-02-02
SSR: Drilling Down from Tower 22, YesXorNo, 2024-02-03
A Civilizational Civil War, YesXorNo, 2024-02-03
Drones: The Perfect False Flag Weapon, YesXorNo, 2024-02-03
Pre-Week in Review Ramble, YesXorNo, 2024-02-03
Antiwar
The Genocide (in Gaza)
Nancy Pelosi Says Calls for Gaza Ceasefire Is 'Putin's Message', Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-28
Israeli Ministers Attend 'Resettle Gaza' Conference, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-28
Israel Says 'Significant Gaps' Remain After Hostage Deal Talks, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-28
Israel Struggles to Destroy Hamas Tunnels, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-29
White House Denies Report That It's Considering Leverage Military Aid to Israel, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-29
Hamas Reasserting Control Over Areas of Northern Gaza, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-30
Netanyahu Says He Won't Withdraw From Gaza for New Hostage Deal, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-30
US Troops Put on Standby for Potential US Ground Involvement in Gaza, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-31
US Rep. Mast, a Former IDF Soldier, Says Palestinian Babies Killed in Gaza Are Not 'Innocent Civilians', Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-02-01
Israel Announces It Will Attack Gaza Border City of Rafah, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar, 2024-02-02
Soutwest Asia (the conflagration)
Three American Troops Killed in Drone Attack in Jordan, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-28
Senators Call for US to Bomb Iran in Response to Drone Attack in Jordan, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-28
House Lawmakers Tell Biden He Must Seek Authorization to Bomb Yemen, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-28
Iran Denies Role in Drone Attack That Killed Three US Troops, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-29
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Damascus, Several Reported Killed, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-29
Pentagon Admits It Has No Evidence Iran Was Behind Drone Attack That Killed 3 US Troops in Jordan, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-29
Report: Drone That Hit US Base in Jordan Followed an American Drone, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-29
Biden Says He Decided How to Respond to Drone Attack That Killed 3 US Troops, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-30
Israel DM: Troops Will Go Into Action 'Very Soon' in Lebanon, Jason Ditz, Antiwar, 2024-01-30
Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah Suspends Military Operations Against US, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-30
US Launches 11th Round of Strikes Against Houthis in Yemen, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-31
Report: US Plans Weeks-Long Bombing Campaign Against Iranian Targets, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-31
Report: Iraqi Government, Iran Pressured Kataib Hezbollah to Stop Attacking US, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-31
US Navy Ship Had Close Call With Houthi Missile in the Red Sea, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-02-01
Lloyd Austin: 'We Don't Know' If Iran Was Involved in Jordan Drone Attack, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-02-01
Qatar Says Hamas Received Hostage Proposal 'Positively,' But No Deal Yet, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-02-01
US Strikes Iranian Military Targets in Iraq and Syria, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar, 2024-02-02
Iraqi Bases Housing US Troops Attacked Following Strikes on Militias in Iraq and Syria, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar, 2024-02-03
US Strikes in Iraq and Syria Kill About 40, Including Civilians, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar, 2024-02-03
NATOstan
EU Plans to Sabotage Hungary's Economy If Orban Blocks Ukraine Aid, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-30
US to Deploy Nukes in the UK for the First Time in 15 Years, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-30
Rep. Massie Hints at Impeachment if Biden Starts a War With Iran, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-31
EU Gets Hungary to Agree on 50 Billion Euro Aid Package for Ukraine, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-02-01
Ukraine/Russia
Zelensky Expected to Oust His Top General, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-01-31
China/Taiwan/SE Asia
US Establishes New Stockpile in Australia to Prepare for War Over Taiwan, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-02-01
Other Voices …
The sub-sections in this section change on demand as focus shifts. New this week are 'Geopolitics' and 'Zeitgeist'.
A new notation is introduced, that of postfixing a reference line with a [*] to indicate that this has already been a reference in an article published this past week. But, they belong in this compilation so are included.
Geopolitics
Will the Hegemon Ever Accept a New Westphalian World Order?, Pepe Escobar, The Unz Review, 2024-01-31
Notes:
An Age of Wars? Article One, Sergei A. Karaganov, Russia in Global Affairs, 2024-01-01
Word for the day: "thalassocracy" means a maritime power. Escobar uses the adjectival form, thalassocratic.
Has International Law Survived, or Has the Western Political Class Killed It?, Craig Murray, Craig Murray, 2024-01-28
Hyper-Imperialism, Vijay Prashad, Consortium News, 2024-01-29 [*]
The Zeitgeist
Never Before Has The Empire Been So Exposed, Caitlin Johnston, Caitlin's Newsletter, 2024-02-03
Remote Warfare and Expendable People, Nick Turse and Tom Engelhardt, Antiwar (opinion), 2024-01-31
Western Officials Warn of War-Crimes Complicity, Jake Johnson, Consortium News (orginally Common Dreams), 2024-02-02
U.S. judge rebukes Biden administration for “unflagging support” for Israel’s genocide, Dimitri Lascaris, Dimitri Lascaris, 2024-02-02
The Genocide (in Gaza)
Palestinians Still Not Denied Right to Dream, Vijay Prashad, Consortium News, 2024-02-02
The Silence of the Damned, Chris Hedges, ScheerPost, 2024-01-31 [*]
By Hurting UN Agency, the West Sides With Genocide, Jonathan Cook, Consortium News, 2024-01-31 [*]
Israel Cannot Hide From the UN Court, [Prof.] Jeffrey Sachs, Consortium News, 2024-01-31 [*]
Soutwest Asia (the conflagration)
USA Keeps Fighting for Iran, Scott Horton, Antiwar, scott-2024-01
2/1/24 Matthew Hoh on What War with Iran Would Be Like, Horton interviews Hoh, The Scott Horton Show, 2024-02-02
NATOstan
The Foreign Policy Blob's Desperate Attempt To Preserve NATO, Ted Galen Carpenter, Natylie's Place: Understanding Russia, 2024-02-03
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years jail in state secrets case, Abid Hussain, Al Jazeera, 2024-01-30
Ukraine/Russia
To End the War in Ukraine, Expose Its Core Lie, Ted Snider and Nicolai N. Petro, Libertarian Institute, 2024-01-18
Eli Did A Wonderful Job..., Andrei Martyanov, Reminiscence of the Future ..., 2024-02-02
[Recommends the video, see the “Eli” Video below]
China/Taiwan/SE Asia
Nope.
Assange
See below for an interview by CN Live!'s Cathy Vogan.
Videos
Gaza Genocide: The Only ‘Legitimate Voices’ in Israel Are Genocidal Fascists (Balad Party Leader), Ratansi interviews a former Knesset member, Going Underground TV, 2024-01-26
Dimitri Lascaris ICJ Ruling Against Israel, Tremblay interviews Lascaris, Dateline News & Conversation, 2024-01-26
Daily Debrief: The bid to bury Imran Khan, Peoples Dispatch, 2024-02-02
To End The War In Ukraine, Expose Its Core Lie! | By Nicolai Petro and Ted Snider, Nicolai Petro reads the article referenced above, (republished by Pascal Lottaz of) Neutrality Studies, 2024-02-02
I went to Volgograd in winter and THIS happened, Eli, Eli from Russia, 2024-02-02
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Is Netanyahu a Terrorist?, Napolitano interviews Wilkerson, Judging Freedom, 2024-02-02
China is now the 'world's sole manufacturing superpower'. How did it develop so fast?, Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economics, 2024-01-31
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘The Assange Defence’, Vogan interviews Aus' Senator Shoebridge and MP Josh Wilson, Consortium News, 2024-02-01
CrossTalk: Avoiding defeat, Lavelle interviews Craig Pasta Jardula, Wilmer Leon, and Dmitry Babich, CrossTalk (RT), 2024-01-31
MP4
Alastair Crooke：Will Israel Self-Destruct?, Napolitano interviews Crooke, Judging Freedom, 2024-01-29
Col. Douglas Macgregor：Is WWIII Around the Corner?, Napolitano interviews Macgregor, Judging Freedom, 2024-01-29
Ray McGovern：Israeli False Flag Killing US Troops?, Napolitano interviews McGovern, Judging Freedom, 2024-01-29
Larry Johnson：Neocon Delusions Over Ukraine?, Napolitano Johnson XXXX, Judging Freedom, 2024-01-29
Matt Hoh：Can the US Fight Two Wars?, Napolitano interviews Hoh, Judging Freedom, 2024-01-30
Scott Ritter：Russia and the Middle East?, Napolitano interviews Ritter, Judging Freedom, 2024-01-30
Aaron Maté：(The GrayZone) - Ukraine On Its Last Legs?, Napolitano interviews Maté, Judging Freedom, 2024-01-31
Amb. Craig Murray：Fallout From ICJ Ruling Against Israe?, Napolitano interviews Murray, Judging Freedom, 2024-02-01
Max Blumenthal： Biden’s Ukraine Blunder?, Napolitano interviews Blumenthal, Judging Freedom, 2024-02-01
INTEL Roundtable w⧸ Johnson & McGovern： The Week in Ukraine and Israel?, Napolitano interviews the lads, Judging Freedom, 2024-02-02 [*]
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Week in Review: 2024, week 05