The Independent | Trains on the latest high-speed line could reach speeds of 200 mph.
Chris Hedges on Obama’s NDAA: ‘The Final Battle’
December 27, 2012 By 15,156 Comments
Chris Hedges | As long as Obama and the leadership of both parties want the military to police our streets, we will fight.
The Quality of Washington’s Plan to Drag Iran Into a Third World War
December 27, 2012 By 981 Comments
21WIRE | US ‘expert’ is openly lobbying for a false flag attack in order to initiate war with Iran.
U.S. Plan to Sell Advanced Spy Drones to South Korea
December 27, 2012 By 2 Comments
Jim Wolf Washington Post Dec 27, 2012 WASHINGTON — The Obama administration formally proposed a controversial sale of advanced spy drones to help South Korea bear more of its defense from any attack by the heavily armed North. Seoul has requested a possible $1.2 billion sale of four Northrop Grumman RQ-4 “Global Hawk” remotely piloted aircraft […]
Sparkling Shame: Dollars Spent On Christmas Decor Could End Homeless Problem in US
December 25, 2012 By 7 Comments
21WIRE | Christmas is a multi-billion dollar industry.
Merry Christmas To All From 21st Century Wire
December 25, 2012 By 29 Comments
Déjà Vu – Martin Luther King On Our Wars Yesterday, And Today
December 25, 2012 By 130 Comments
In the epic Plato’s Republic, Thrasymachus attacked Socrates’ position that the idea justice is an inherent and equal right, claiming that it is just (by nature) that the strong rule over the weak. There are both men and women who seek and hold positions of power in our society – who subscribe to this very doctrine. A few short decades ago, Martin […]
Bad Form: Santa Claus Arrested in Austin, TX for Chalking on Sidewalk
December 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
21WIRE | Santa gets arrested again by Texas Rangers.
Henningsen on RT: ‘Iran in crosshairs’: UK may deploy more troops to Gulf
December 24, 2012 By 9 Comments
The United Arab Emirates is said to be close to ordering some 60 combat jets from the UK, and may be getting a contingent of British troops to sweeten the deal. British PM David Cameron told soldiers that they may be headed to the Gulf state as they pull out of Afghanistan. Rights groups though […]
The ‘Great Filter’ Theory: That Humans Have Already Conquered Threat of Extinction
December 22, 2012 By 5 Comments
George Dvorsky io9.com Dec 22, 0212 It’s difficult to not be pessimistic when considering humanity’s future prospects. Many people would agree that it’s more likely than not that we’ll eventually do ourselves in. And in fact, some astrobiologists theorize that all advanced civilizations hit the same insurmountable developmental wall we have. They call it the Great Filter. […]
SANTA DELIVERS A GIFT: ‘End of the Road’ for ACTA in Europe
December 22, 2012 By 17 Comments
21st Century Wire says… The Orwellian ACTA regulations have been knocked back… for now. 2013 will see the continuation of wack-a-mole with regards to internet freedom, as the monopolists and corporate culture cartels will continue to push forward a never-ending series of restrictive statutory and administrative corporate legislation designed to curtail and narrow content and […]
British Court Blocks Lawsuit Over US Drone Killings in Pakistan
December 22, 2012 By 6 Comments
Antiwar.com | GCHQ’s faulty intelligence was to blame for the attack which killed another innocent victim in Pakistan.
Deutsche Bank Convicted in Italy Amid a Widening International Banking Scandal
December 22, 2012 By 49 Comments
By Valentina Pop Dec 22, 2012 BERLIN – An Italian judge has convicted Deutsche Bank of fraud, as the bank struggles to save its reputation amid widening probes over tax evasion and rate-fixing after the departure of its former CEO Josef Ackermann. Deutsche Bank was convicted together with US giant JP Morgan Chase, Switzerland’s UBS and […]
South Africa’s ANC Makes Support for Israel Boycott Its Official Policy
December 22, 2012 By 13 Comments
For the first time ever, the African National Congress (ANC), the ruling party in South Africa, today made the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions on Israel part of its official policy. Mbuyiseni Ndlozi of BDS South Africa said the decision “by the ANC’s National Conference, its highest decision making body, is by far the most authoritative endorsement of the Boycott, […]
In Reaction To Swedish Riots and Privacy Concerns, Instagram Makes Advertising U-turn
December 22, 2012 By 4,007 Comments
21WIRE | Pressure is being applied to the digital moguls to claw back previous plans to exploit children.
UK Column Live – Pensioner Prevented from Seeing His Wife
December 22, 2012 By 1 Comment
Here is a shocking Christmas story that everyone should want to see remedied – where WWII Veteran banned from visiting his own wife for three years by her care home… ….
Our Imperial Hypocrisy: ‘Bahrain Closed Society, West Heading Down The Same Path’
December 22, 2012 By 7 Comments
21st Century Wire’s Patrick Henningsen discusses with RT about the current political state of affairs in the country of Bahrain, who is struggling to integrate democratic reforms and is hamstrung by its human rights record and a somewhat precarious relationship with Washington and London. In the final analysis, the West appears to be headed in […]
Syria’s al-Assad being used in ‘great geopolitical game’
December 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
RT Dec 19, 2012 The process of transforming the geopolitical map of the Middle East is under way, and various outside players are seeking to secure their geopolitical footing, argues Russia’s Foreign Minister. The opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad – both inside Syria and out – are attempting to turn him into a bogeyman, but […]
Twitter And Nielsen Announce Partnership To Create New Twitter-Based TV Rating
December 21, 2012 By 4 Comments
Anthony Ha Tech Crunch Nielsen and Twitter just announced a deal for something called the Nielsen Twitter TV Rating, which they’re hoping to turn into the standard metric for measuring the conversation that a TV show spurs on Twitter. The companies say they’re planning to make the rating available commercially in the fall of 2013. The new […]
