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Arrest of Neo-Nazi Leader Who Tried to Take Over North Dakota Town
In breaking news out of Leith, North Dakota, the Grant County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed that Neo-Nazi leader Craig Cobb, has been taken in to custody. Cobb and his supporter Kynan Dutton were both taken into custody. The incident began after Greg Bruce went to Leith to help Lee Cook install a surveillance camera on…
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Poppy fields forever? Record opium output boosts Afghan warlords’ power base
Despite efforts to curb Afghan’s opium culture, cultivation has hit record levels as NATO forces prepare to exit the country. The UN warned warlords may be the biggest benefactor of the situation. The report, the Afghanistan Opium Survey for 2013, provides little cause for optimism among countries that have witnessed a surge in incidences of…
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Syrian Kurds carve out zone of control, driving out jihadis and declaring administration
BY BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT — Syria’s Kurds have dramatically strengthened their hold on the far northeast reaches of the country, carving out territory as they drive out Islamic militant fighters allied to the rebellion and declaring their own civil administration in areas under their control this week amid the chaos of the civil war.…
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On “Political Correctness”
Few phrases are as empty as the term “politically correct” and its opposite, “politically incorrect.” Although it is used by people of all political stripes, it is most commonly wielded by the right. Labeling something “politically correct” or “PC” is pejorative, while on the other hand people often declare themselves “politically incorrect” as though it…
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Racist who wanted to create whites-only town proven to be of African descent
A white supremacist’s mission to turn a small North Dakota town into an all-white enclave took an unexpected turn when a DNA test proved his bloodline included Sub-Saharan African lineage. The 62-year-old Craig Cobb recently appeared on NBC Universal’s “The Trisha Goddard Show,” where he submitted himself to a DNA test that indicated he was…
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Drop the Charges against Rasmea Odeh!
To bring down a building, one attacks the pillars – it is the same in a community. Today (Nov. 13), Rasmea Odeh, a pillar of the Palestinian-American community of Chicago will be arraigned in the U.S. District Court, 231 W Lafayette Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan, charged with immigration fraud. The Department of Homeland Security alleges…
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Filipino communists step up typhoon relief efforts, condemns Aquino regime’s slow response
Statement by Communist Party of the Philippines Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Nov. 11 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). Carry out all-out mobilization for relief support to disaster victims The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) calls on the entire Filipino people, including those overseas, to mobilize and…
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10,000 feared killed in Philippines by super typhoon Haiyan
An estimated 10,000 people might have been killed in the central Philippine province of Leyte alone, which was almost completely destroyed by the powerful typhoon Haiyan, local authorities said. The typhoon has devastated up to 80 percent of the Leyte province area as it ripped through the Philippines, Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria told Reuters. “We…
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Venezuela’s Maduro Goes on the “Offensive” With Package of Economic Reforms
By RYAN MALLETT-OUTTRIM Merida, 7th November 2013 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has announced a slew of policy reforms aimed at combating speculation and hoarding, along with the creation of new government institutions to regulate trade and oversee foreign currency exchange. “We have to make real decisions for the benefit of the economy and society, whatever…
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Karl Marx Is the World’s Most Influential Scholar
How do you judge an academic? Can you compare scholars from different fields on equal footing? Whose work had the bigger impact down field, Albert Einstein or Ada Lovelace? These seem like impossible questions to answer, but as reported by Nature, a team of information scientists out of Indiana University, Bloomington, think they’ve found a way. And, according to…
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