Daily Archives: November 3, 2018

2018-11-03: News Headlines

Massoud Khodabandeh (2018-11-04). Mossad To Use Mercenary MEK For Fatal False Flag Op In Albania. iranian.com On October 30, Denmark claimed that Iran had sent intelligence agents to assassinate the leader of the Danish branch of the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz (ASMLA). Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen robustly denounced the alleged plot as "totally unacceptable" and Denmark's foreign ministry said it would urge other European countries to […]

Consortiumnews (2018-11-03). Break-in Attempted at Assange's Residence in Ecuador Embassy. consortiumnews.com An attempt was made on Oct. 29 to break into the Ecuadorian embassy, where security has been removed and new surveillance devices installed, reports Joe Lauria. Break-in Attempted at Embassy; Fears Raised of Abduction By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium… Read more →

Joe Emersberger (2018-11-03). Assange Case Shows Support for Free Speech Depends on Who's Talking. fair.org by Joe Emersberger Julian Assange, whom the UN has declared to be "arbitrarily detained" by Britain and Sweden, is used by the Guardian ( 10/17/18) to illustrate a gag story on "nightmare flatmates." | The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded in February 2016 that the governments of the UK and Sweden had forced WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange into a condition of arbitrary detention in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has been since 2012. The group's Consortiumnews (2018-11-03). LIVE: Assange Emergency Meeting. consortiumnews.com Watch live an emergency meeting being held on new threats to Julian Assange. Read more →

wsws (2018-11-03). Tennessee revives "Old Smokey," the electric chair, for an execution. wsws.org The US Supreme Court has never ruled execution by electric chair or lethal injection unconstitutional and has consistently upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty itself.

wsws (2018-11-03). Christine Assange, mother of persecuted WikiLeaks publisher, endorses Niles Niemuth, SEP candidate for Congress. wsws.org Christine Assange posted an endorsement of Niles Niemuth on Twitter, calling on her followers to vote for "an anti-corruption/ pro Assange candidate."

RT (2018-11-03). CIA's secret communication network was cracked by Iranians using… Google Search? rt.com The web-based network which was used by the CIA to communicate with its sources was overcome by Iranians using text-book Google queries, a new exposé claims. The agency knew about the vulnerability, but failed to act on it.

Caitlin Johnstone (2018-11-03). What People Are Actually Saying When They Bash Julian Assange. theantimedia.com (CJ Opinion) — Wired has just published what might be the single most brazenly dishonest and manipulative piece of down-punching empire smut that I have ever read. An article by Virginia Heffernan titled "The Real Houseguest of the Ecuadorian Embassy" revolves around the outright lie that Julian Assange is suing the Ecuadorian government because he doesn't feel like cleaning up …

Moon of Alabama (2018-11-02). By Way Of Deception — False Flag Terror Acts Press Europe To Sanction Iran. iranian.com Israels secret service Mossad, with the CIA behind it, is framing Iran with alleged assassination plots in Europe. In September a terror attack killed some 30 people in Iran. Two entities, an Arab separatist movement as well as the Islamic State terror group ISIS, took responsibility. After an investigation Iran found that it was ISIS […]

Consortiumnews (2018-11-02). New Threats to Julian Assange; Consortium News to Broadcast Emergency Meeting Live on Saturday. consortiumnews.com New threats to the safety of Julian Assange, to be disclosed shortly by Consortium News, have prompted an emergency meeting of his supporters. New Threats Reported to Assange to Be Revealed An alarming series of occurrences have unfolded this week… Read more →

Brian Cloughley (2018-11-02). Spying, Lying and Dying. counterpunch.org In 2013 the German publication Der Spiegel informed us that Britain's Government Communications Headquarters, GCHQ, had been planting malware in the systems of Belgacom (now called Proximus), a telecoms company of which the Belgian government has 53% ownership. It revealed that GCHQ's 'Operation Socialist' involved technology that directed targets to websites which could then inflict malware or otherwise louse More

Jacob Bacharach (2018-11-02). They Are Coming for the Jews. truthdig.com Back in October, which feels like another geologic era, when the continents took different shapes and the animals were strange, New Yorker writer Adam Davidson observed that whether or not Donald Trump knew that his ritualistic invocation of George Soros as the moneybags puppet-master of the global left was anti-Semitic, " Either way, the President is a mouthpiece for vile anti-Semitism." (At the time, Trump had insinuated that Soros was paying for protests against Brett Kavanaugh.) | Within a matter of minutes, New York Times writer Nick C…

Michael Donnelly (2018-11-02). Barred From the Court: US Indian Law = Imperial Relic. counterpunch.org On Sept. 24, 2018, the Yakama Nation joined in a case before the US Supreme Court and submitted an amicus curiae (friend of the Court) brief in the case of Washington State Department of Licensing v Cougar Den, Inc. The Yakama Nation is seeking to get the Supreme Court to rule against the unusual State of Washington's Appeal More

Jamal Abdi (2018-11-01). Letter To Trump Administration On Sanctions Snapback. iranian.com Secretaries Pompeo and Mnuchin, The re-imposition of U.S. secondary economic sanctions against Iran as part of the administration's "maximum pressure" campaign has raised deep concerns in the Iranian-American community and across the globe. These sanctions follow President Donald Trump's unilateral decision to withdraw the U.S. from the July 2015 Iran nuclear deal (known as the […]

Middle East Monitor (2018-11-01). Zarif Accuses Israel Of 'False Flag' Operation In Denmark Assassination Plot. iranian.com An alleged Iranian murder plot in Denmark to kill a political dissident has been swept aside by the country's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif as a "false flag" operation carried out by the Israeli Mossad. The remark was made by Zarif in relation to the uncovering of a murder plot by Sweden's intelligence agencies in September. […]

splcenter (2018-10-30). U.S. Supreme Court rejects appeal from James Byrd's killer, could clear way for execution of John William King in Texas. splcenter.org A Texas man convicted in a notorious hate crime that spurred the passage of a federal law has lost his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Democracy Now! (2018-10-26). Headlines for October 26, 2018. democracynow.org Investigators Narrow In on Florida in Ongoing Mail Bomb Case, Turkish President Urges Saudis to Reveal Who Ordered Khashoggi Murder, U.N. Calls for International Investigation into Khashoggi Murder, Trump Sends Troops, Threatens to Close U.S.-Mexico Border over Migrant Caravan, Caitlyn Jenner Denounces Trump's Attacks on Trans Rights in Op-ed, Trump Administration Approves Plan to Drill Off Alaska Coast, Officers Involved in Drowning Death of Two SC Women Detainees Fired, Sen. Grassley Asks DOJ to Investigate Avenatti and Julie Swetnick over Kavanaugh Statements, Reporter Body-Slammed by Rep. Gianforte Tells Cong…

Bill Blum (2018-10-23). Unequal Justice: Why Trump Picked Kavanaugh. progressive.org The Trump Administration lauded Kavanaugh as a judge who "protects American businesses from illegal job-killing regulation."

2018-11-03: Social Media Postees

Mossad To Use Mercenary MEK For Fatal False Flag Op In Albania
Massoud Khodabandeh | iranian.com | 2018-11-04
On October 30, Denmark claimed that Iran had sent intelligence agents to assassinate the leader of the Danish branch of the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz (ASMLA). Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen robustly denounced the alleged plot as "totally unacceptable" and Denmark's foreign ministry said it would urge other European countries to […] | The post Mossad To Use Mercenary MEK For Fatal False Flag Op In Albania appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/03/mossad-to-use-mercenary-mek-for-fatal-false-flag-op-in-albania/

Break-in Attempted at Assange's Residence in Ecuador Embassy
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-03
An attempt was made on Oct. 29 to break into the Ecuadorian embassy, where security has been removed and new surveillance devices installed, reports Joe Lauria. Break-in Attempted at Embassy; Fears Raised of Abduction By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/03/break-in-attempted-at-assanges-residence-in-ecuador-embassy/

LIVE: Assange Emergency Meeting
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-03
Watch live an emergency meeting being held on new threats to Julian Assange. Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/03/live-assange-emergency-meeting/

Tennessee revives "Old Smokey," the electric chair, for an execution
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-03
The US Supreme Court has never ruled execution by electric chair or lethal injection unconstitutional and has consistently upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty itself.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/03/exec-n03.html

Christine Assange, mother of persecuted WikiLeaks publisher, endorses Niles Niemuth, SEP candidate for Congress
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-03
Christine Assange posted an endorsement of Niles Niemuth on Twitter, calling on her followers to vote for "an anti-corruption/ pro Assange candidate."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/03/chri-m11.html

CIA's secret communication network was cracked by Iranians using… Google Search?
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-03
The web-based network which was used by the CIA to communicate with its sources was overcome by Iranians using text-book Google queries, a new exposé claims. The agency knew about the vulnerability, but failed to act on it. | …
rt.com/usa/443010-iran-google-cia-network/

What People Are Actually Saying When They Bash Julian Assange
Caitlin Johnstone | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-03
(CJ Opinion) — Wired has just published what might be the single most brazenly dishonest and manipulative piece of down-punching empire smut that I have ever read. An article by Virginia Heffernan titled "The Real Houseguest of the Ecuadorian Embassy" revolves around the outright lie that Julian Assange is suing the Ecuadorian government because he doesn't feel like cleaning up …

What People Are Actually Saying When They Bash Julian Assange

By Way Of Deception — False Flag Terror Acts Press Europe To Sanction Iran
Moon of Alabama | iranian.com | 2018-11-02
Israels secret service Mossad, with the CIA behind it, is framing Iran with alleged assassination plots in Europe. In September a terror attack killed some 30 people in Iran. Two entities, an Arab separatist movement as well as the Islamic State terror group ISIS, took responsibility. After an investigation Iran found that it was ISIS […] | The post By Way Of Deception — False Flag Terror Acts Press Europe To Sanction Iran appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/02/false-flag-terror-acts-press-europe-to-sanction-iran/

New Threats to Julian Assange; Consortium News to Broadcast Emergency Meeting Live on Saturday
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-02
New threats to the safety of Julian Assange, to be disclosed shortly by Consortium News, have prompted an emergency meeting of his supporters. New Threats Reported to Assange to Be Revealed An alarming series of occurrences have unfolded this week… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/02/new-threats-to-julian-assange-consortium-news-to-broadcast-emergency-meeting-live-on-saturday/

Spying, Lying and Dying
Brian Cloughley | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-02
In 2013 the German publication Der Spiegel informed us that Britain's Government Communications Headquarters, GCHQ, had been planting malware in the systems of Belgacom (now called Proximus), a telecoms company of which the Belgian government has 53% ownership. It revealed that GCHQ's 'Operation Socialist' involved technology that directed targets to websites which could then inflict malware or otherwise louse…
counterpunch.org/2018/11/02/spying-lying-and-dying/

They Are Coming for the Jews
Jacob Bacharach | truthdig.com | 2018-11-02
Back in October, which feels like another geologic era, when the continents took different shapes and the animals were strange, New Yorker writer Adam Davidson observed that whether or not Donald Trump knew that his ritualistic invocation of George Soros as the moneybags puppet-master of the global left was anti-Semitic, " Either way, the President is a mouthpiece for vile anti-Semitism." (At the time, Trump had insinuated that Soros was paying for protests against Brett Kavanaugh.) | Within a matter of minutes, New York Times writer Nick C…
truthdig.com/articles/they-are-coming-for-the-jews/

Barred From the Court: US Indian Law = Imperial Relic
Michael Donnelly | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-02
On Sept. 24, 2018, the Yakama Nation joined in a case before the US Supreme Court and submitted an amicus curiae (friend of the Court) brief in the case of Washington State Department of Licensing v Cougar Den, Inc. The Yakama Nation is seeking to get the Supreme Court to rule against the unusual State of Washington's Appeal…
counterpunch.org/2018/11/02/barred-from-the-court-us-indian-law-imperial-relic/

Letter To Trump Administration On Sanctions Snapback
Jamal Abdi | iranian.com | 2018-11-01
Secretaries Pompeo and Mnuchin, The re-imposition of U.S. secondary economic sanctions against Iran as part of the administration's "maximum pressure" campaign has raised deep concerns in the Iranian-American community and across the globe. These sanctions follow President Donald Trump's unilateral decision to withdraw the U.S. from the July 2015 Iran nuclear deal (known as the […] | The post Letter To Trump Administration On Sanctions Snapback appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/01/letter-to-trump-administration-on-sanctions-snapback/

Zarif Accuses Israel Of 'False Flag' Operation In Denmark Assassination Plot
Middle East Monitor | iranian.com | 2018-11-01
An alleged Iranian murder plot in Denmark to kill a political dissident has been swept aside by the country's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif as a "false flag" operation carried out by the Israeli Mossad. The remark was made by Zarif in relation to the uncovering of a murder plot by Sweden's intelligence agencies in September. […] | The post Zarif Accuses Israel Of 'False Flag' Operation In Denmark Assassination Plot appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/01/zarif-accuses-israel-of-false-flag-operation-in-denmark-assassination-plot/

U.S. Supreme Court rejects appeal from James Byrd's killer, could clear way for execution of John William King in Texas
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-10-30
A Texas man convicted in a notorious hate crime that spurred the passage of a federal law has lost his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/10/31/us-supreme-court-rejects-appeal-james-byrds-killer-could-clear-way-execution-john-william

Headlines for October 26, 2018
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-26
Investigators Narrow In on Florida in Ongoing Mail Bomb Case, Turkish President Urges Saudis to Reveal Who Ordered Khashoggi Murder, U.N. Calls for International Investigation into Khashoggi Murder, Trump Sends Troops, Threatens to Close U.S.-Mexico Border over Migrant Caravan, Caitlyn Jenner Denounces Trump's Attacks on Trans Rights in Op-ed, Trump Administration Approves Plan to Drill Off Alaska Coast, Officers Involved in Drowning Death of Two SC Women Detainees Fired, Sen. Grassley Asks DOJ to Investigate Avenatti and Julie Swetnick over Kavanaugh Statements, Reporter Body-Slammed by Rep. Gianforte Tells Cong…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/26/headlines

Unequal Justice: Why Trump Picked Kavanaugh
Bill Blum | progressive.org | 2018-10-23
The Trump Administration lauded Kavanaugh as a judge who "protects American businesses from illegal job-killing regulation."
progressive.org/dispatches/unequal-justice-why-trump-picked-kavanaugh-181023/