Sunday, January 25, 2015

Russia Today, My Favorite Terrorist

The Freedom Fries people are loose again and this campaign against Russia Today is patent absurdity.  A high U.S. official likened Russia Today to ISIS and Boko Haram and it's not clear why there is acceptance of such abysmal ignorance.

Note:  there was a period during which French Fries were to be called Freedom Fries because France refused (I think) Reagan's request for a military flyover for a bombing mission in (I think) Libya.  Whichever military debacle is irrelevant, the basis for the request was the refusal of the flyover for it.


Abby Martin of RT gave an excellent broadcast today and the terroristic aspect is unmistakeable in covering King Abdullah, the absurdity of the football fiasco, the science of the placebo effect, and NASA's interest in Ceres.  (Russia Today: Russia Today = ISIS, de-flate gate airheads & amazing asteroids)

The perspective on King Abdullah is important as the relationship with that vicious bastard is mystifying.  When the Saudis have been behind so much terrorism, personally and financially, it's incredible that there is a good relationship with the leadership.

The country is controlled by one despotic family and a woman would have more rights in an American jail than she would as a free Saudi citizen.  The progressive King Abdullah had Raif flogged with fifty lashes for the crime of blogging and he would have done it again.  The sentence was that he would be flogged multiple times, presumably until it killed him.  This is one total hellhole of a country with rampant executions and yet Obama will go to Abdullah's funeral, just as would any US President, as all of them get cozy with Saudis.

When knowledge is terrorism, the only real terrorist is the state.


Something that was not mentioned in the context of terrorism was Yahoo and right now there's video on there to show proof of American troops in Ukraine.  The video claims to be in Donetsk and the troops are there to inspect the results of the bombing.  The video is said to show the American troops wearing armbands with swastikas.

The above makes no sense.  Even if American troops were wearing swastikas on a regular basis, if any were photographed or the news got out in any way, he would be abandoned and crucified in a military court martial.  There's no possible chance that would be tolerated and it's specifically illegal to wear any other kind of apparel or adornment on one's military uniform.

What I've seen of Russia Today has been truthful and forthcoming with your free right to judge what you hear.  In fact, Abby Martin wants you to think about it and judge the value of it.  Conversely, this story about American troops wearing NAZI regalia comes from Yahoo and is just about as vile an obscenity as can be levied against American military but I've seen little response to it.  That this gets shrugged away and Russia Today is treated as some dangerous threat makes no sense.


The link to Russia Today above is a good one.  It's a half-hour news show and she doesn't waste time on trivia.  She represents a true liberal, sometimes too much even for me, and some may disagree with that but if you find any fault with her honesty then you'll need something substantive to document it as she always documents what she presents.  The segment in today's show about the placebo effect is extraordinary and goes well beyond the applications in pain management.

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