The Most #Lethal #Virus Is Not #COVID. It Is #War.

The Case for a Pardon of Edward Snowden by President Trump

By Glenn Greenwald, December 15 2020

In ruling the NSA’s mass surveillance program illegal, the court noted the indispensable role Snowden played in enabling the protection of Americans’ rights. It was Snowden, explained the court, who “made public the existence of NSA data collection programs.”

Biden and the JCPOA: Lessons from Arab and Iranian Public Opinion By James J. Zogby, December 15 2020 With Joe Biden as President-elect and Donald Trump soon leaving the White House, analysts are engaging in endless speculation about what this change in administrations will mean for the future of the JCPOA, the “nuclear deal” negotiated between the P5+1 and Iran.

‘Buy It or Else’: Inside Monsanto and BASF’s Moves to Force Dicamba on Farmers By Johnathan Hettinger, December 15 2020

Is #Turkey Now “#Officially” an #Ally of #Russia?

Shifting Alliances: Is Turkey Now “Officially” an Ally of Russia? Acquires Russia’s S-400. Exit from NATO Imminent?
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Turkey is taking delivery of Russia’s S 400 missile defence system. What this signifies is that Turkey and Russia are now “officially” allies. The first shipment of the S-400 landed in Ankara on July 12, according to Turkey’s Ministry of Defense. Read more...

Europe and the JCPOA: International Hypocrisy, Will the US Start a Disastrous War in the Middle East?
By Robert Fantina
The U.S. hoped, naively, to gain widespread support for additional sanctions against Iran, but found itself the target of criticism for creating the entire issue by abrogating the agreement in May of 2018. Read more...

From Enlightenment to “Enfrightenment”: Romanticism as a Tool for Elite Agendas

#Towards a #Banking #Crisis?

“It’s Going To Be Carnage” – Deutsche Bank Begins Culling 18,000 Employees
By Zero Hedge
Deutsche Bank shares have continued to sell off ahead of the US market open. They were recently off 5% at a new session low, as the bank’s shareholders have apparently realized that DB won’t be able to return to profitability with no revenue. Read more...

US Military Is a Bigger Polluter than as Many as 140 Countries – Shrinking this War Machine Is a Must
By Benjamin Neimark, Prof. Oliver Belcher, and Patrick Bigger
The US military’s carbon bootprint is enormous. Like corporate supply chains, it relies upon an extensive global network of container ships, trucks and cargo planes to supply its operations with everything from bombs to humanitarian aid and hydrocarbon fuels. Our new study calculated the contribution of this vast infrastructure to climate change. Read more...

The High Costs of Military Shows