by Oui
Sun May 25th, 2025 at 09:11:45 AM EST
Judge rejects military contractor's effort to toss out Abu Ghraib torture lawsuit | Arab News - 1 Aug. 2023 |
A federal judge has again refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former Abu Ghraib inmates against a military contractor they accuse of being complicit in torture at the infamous Iraqi prison.
The horrific mistreatment of prisoners there two decades ago sparked international outrage when photos became public of smiling US soldiers posing in front of abused prisoners.
Virginia-based CACI, which supplied interrogators at the prison, has long denied that it engaged in torture, and has tried more than a dozen times to have the lawsuit dismissed. The case was originally filed in 2008 and still has not gone to trial.
Retribution the long Arm of 'Justice'
The Iraq Crusade by George Bush led to hundreds of thousands murdered by the U.S. Armed Forces and its allies, particularly the British under PM Tony Blair. The harsh sanctions under previous administrations led to huge suffering under the population of a majority Shia, already under the boot of the Sunni minority government of Saddam Hussein and his clan. The Sunni had Arab support, the Shia were supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The scourge of U.S. occupation led to torture and detention of tens of thousands of civilians who never got a day in court.
by Oui
Sat May 24th, 2025 at 04:16:00 AM EST
Opening salvo in Dutch newspaper headline this morning ... absurd.
uitroeien-platwalsen-en-derde-wereldoorlog
[Behind pay-wall]
exterminate-flatten-and-third-world-war
I managed to reproduce the 8 slogans of WAR across Europe ... a nice synopsis of years of my warnings about NATO aggression on expansion of American capitalism.
1. OPENING Dutch PM Mark Rutte and NATO buddy Rob Bauer
[work in progress ... seven more images to come ...]
by Oui
Fri May 23rd, 2025 at 09:23:16 AM EST
The So-Called Investigation of Operation Protective Edge by B'Tselem
The horrors in Gaza did not start on 10/7 ... America has been complicit in war crimes for many decades. In the Middle East tied to the Jewish State by the War on Terror and all its EVIL.
Sources 2014
The ME policy failures of the Obama-Biden years 2009 -2017 was the ultimate condemnation of the Palestinians and the two-state option for peace in the neighborhood.
[work in progress ...]
by Oui
Wed May 21st, 2025 at 02:26:21 AM EST
It looks like flour, but it's shrouds, which do NOT classify as “basic aid” morally or under any law: 9 lorries of burial clothes #GazaDeathCamps.
Covered in my diary yesterday …
More to follow 😢 😢
by Oui
Tue May 20th, 2025 at 04:50:30 PM EST
The Obama administration and regime change by any means ... R2P policy enforced by the Atlantic Alliance of NATO in "defense" of Europe ... to protect civilians in Misrata "under threat" by the military of Gaddafi.
Militaire Spectator de NAVO tegen Gaddafi | 6 May 2013 |
NATO flying sorties to enforce a no-fly zone ... Russian president Medvedev was a believer in NATO honesty and gave support. Never been forgiven by Vladimir Putin ... Western aggression went beyond R2P and became regime change ... terror flourishes in MENA, the Sahara and Central Africa ... leaving death and chaos behind.
NATO to enforce no-fly zone | France24 - 25 March 2011 |
NATO said it will enforce a no-fly zone in Libya, but drew the line at assuming control of UN-backed military operations to protect civilians from loyalist forces driving to quash a popular uprising against Muammar Gaddafi's 41-year-rule.
Inside Story - NATO's intervention in Libya | Al Jazeera |
Today in House of Commons ...
British Foreign Minister LAMMY providing LAME promises for non-committal action ...
Europe 🇪🇺 complicit in another genocide ... colonial adventures 😡
by Oui
Tue May 20th, 2025 at 08:25:55 AM EST
Has yet to materialize ...
Aggression of NATO well illustrated by former Dutch PM Mark Rutte and his 15 years of Russophobia.
NATO foreign ministers meeting wraps up in Antalya | TRT World - 15 May 2025 |
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says Türkiye will continue to play a crucial role in ensuring Europe's security. He offered this assurance as NATO's top diplomats gathered for an informal meeting in Antalya. TRT World's Diplomatic Correspondent Hasan Abdullah reports.
My diaries @BooMan on president Erdogan and then top head of intelligence Hakan Fidan. [Period of the Obama-Biden administration]
What pushed the putsch against Erdogan and what next? | AFP / Gulf News |
He weathered anti-government protests that lasted for months in 2013. He escaped the flames that engulfed some of his ministers in a corruption investigation nearly three years ago.
And now Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has survived a military coup - a boast many of his predecessors ousted in previous army takeovers cannot share.
- What prompted the coup? -
In recent years, critics, foreign governments and Turkish citizens have expressed concerns about a steady decline into authoritarianism under Erdogan.
by Oui
Mon May 19th, 2025 at 12:00:13 PM EST
A new security and defense agreement
Fisheries of Great Britain and Security Infrastructure
Time to boost Irish defense spending to 5% GDP ... Join the club 🤣
Calls for Ireland to boost defence of subsea internet cables | The Guardian |
by Oui
Wed May 7th, 2025 at 10:32:44 PM EST
PM Starmer repeatedly refuses to answer questions about atrocities and war crimes perpetrated by the IDF and Israeli government.
by Oui
Sun May 18th, 2025 at 03:07:31 PM EST
Protest march of nearly one hundred thousand participate in a demonstration against the Dutch (Geert Wilders) lack of action to stop war crimes in Gaza. The end destination will be the Peace Palace, home of the United Nations' World Court ICJ. I participated recently @Malieveld with a still surprising 5,000 demonstrators ... but today ... the LARGEST protest in 20 years.
I wasn't aware there were that number of humanists left in the old country. 😊
Red Line March in The Hague
Today there is a so-called red line demonstration in The Hague. The organization of the protest march expects that 37,000 people will walk in a long line from the Malieveld in City Centre to the Peace Palace starting at 13:00. In their view, the Dutch government must 'draw a clear red line and take decisive action' to stop the violence in Gaza. In this live blog we will keep you informed of the latest developments.
by Oui
Sun May 18th, 2025 at 01:12:05 PM EST
[Update] w today's red carpet reception of EU delegation in London ...
Defragmentation of Europe and the lost cause of the European Union ...
Awkard hold to say the least ...
One liner "wisdom" by VDL
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in her speech that "as our energy dependence on fossil fuels goes down, our security goes up".
B R E X I T T O B R E N T E R
’Breakthrough' in UK-EU talks, says government, as Starmer hosts summit in London | BBC News |
- There was a "breakthrough" in talks between the UK and EU last night, government sources say, as Keir Starmer hosts a summit of EU leaders in London
- The sources say the remaining "stumbling blocks" to a deal, mostly concerning fishing rights, were solved at about 10:30 on Sunday night
- The UK-EU summit is intended to "reset" relations - topics include defence, trade, fishing, and a possible youth mobility scheme
Fishing remains sticking point - as it was for post-Brexit deal
(Credit Getty Image)
Fishing makes up just 0.4% of the UK's GDP, external, but it was a big talking point during the Brexit campaign. There were promises that the UK would become an "independent coastal state".
Under the Brexit deal in 2020 however, EU boats were given continued access to UK waters.
That deal runs out at the end of June next year.
Several EU countries, including France, want to extend the current arrangements for longer, external.
However, UK fishermen are worried about this. The Scottish Fishermen's Federation has written to the prime minister ahead of today's summit, asking for fishing rights to be protected.
To reduce costs of export to the EU, there needs to be a reduction of “red tape”. Except the food standards of the trade agreement is a prerequisite. Just wonder how Trump views the closer ties of Great Britain with “villain” EU … won’t sit well in the White House for sure.
by Oui
Sat May 17th, 2025 at 07:54:58 AM EST
From one genocide to the next ... inhumane history since 1800 across the globe ... from colonialism in the West to the white supremacy dream of Washington DC and Ellis Island ... the Statue of Liberty and Puritan exceptionalism.
The hard facts of fundamentalism of the three religions based on Abraham Cain.
Al-Nakba: The Palestinian catastrophe - Episode 1 | Creation of the Jewish State of Israel |
Only when you grasp these Biblical prophesies will you understand it is righteous to kill all enemies cloaked as Amalekites or by another name, murder all Palestinians, fighters, mothers, children and babies. The battle is long from here to the eternal gates of hell.
by gmoke
Fri May 16th, 2025 at 12:50:20 AM EST
Trmpists are destroying as much objective reality - accurate fundamental measures on essential conditions - as possible. It makes it easier for them to bullshit and lie.
They are doing it all across the board starting from the failure to update the the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report in January 2025
(http://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/01/24/g-s1-44613/cdc-nih-hhs-health-data-mmwr)
and moving across all the other government departments and agencies they can reach.
At the US Energy Information Agency, which keeps track of energy accounting and projections, 100 out of 450 staffers have left since Trmp took office
(http://www.reuters.com/world/us/dozens-employees-leaving-us-eia-putting-crucial-energy-data-risk-sou
rces-say-2025-04-16/). Around the same time, March 2025, renewables [hydro, wind, solar, nuclear, geothermal...] generated more than half of USAmerica's electricity or as Reuters says Fossil Fuels Generate Less Than Half US Electricity First Month Ever, at least according to one energy think tank (http://www.reuters.com/business/energy/fossil-fuels-generate-less-than-half-us-electricity-first-mon
th-ever-says-energy-2025-04-04/).
Trmp cannot change this reality of renewable energy growth on the ground. Yet. There's too much installed capacity, more on the way, and the economics of renewables and battery technology are making them the lowest cost alternatives from household to grid scale almost everywhere. Trmp's "forward into the past" fossil foolishness makes less and less economic sense every day.
The rest of the world knows this too. That will not change either. Most if not all nations are going to continue to increase their deployment of renewables, in the EU especially, because of the Russian carbon war in Ukraine. Energy efficiency, the rapid adoption of heat pumps and increasing electrification of end use will also reduce the necessity for combustion fuels and tend to favor renewables.
While Trmp is stuck in a "Drill, baby, drill" fantasy of a misremembered 1950s, the Chinese are working on a 2 GW agrivoltaic [solar & agriculture
project which is also "ecovoltaic," because it rebuilds soil health while restoring natural habitats with native plant species below and around the solar installation (http://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/19/massive-2-gw-agrivoltaic-project-aims-to-restore-desert-in-china
/).
We'll see how this project works out over time but it combines some of the concepts which I believe are core to dealing with the climate, the loss of biodiversity and natural systems: a swift transition to renewable energy which avoids combustion and the pollution and inefficiency it produces and geotherapy, using natural systems to repair the damage our species has done.
But it's getting late and the longer we wait to act, the worse the damage will be.
by Oui
Thu May 15th, 2025 at 06:18:49 PM EST
Eleven years since ... coming full circle for those who get it.
Trump Slams Zelensky as 'Salesman' in Qatar, Backs Putin's Turkey No-Show | APT |
US President Donald Trump, speaking from Qatar during his Middle East tour, launched a scathing critique of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, calling him a "salesman" and accusing him of seeking publicity rather than peace.
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Russia's Lavrov Accuses UK of Guiding Zelensky Through 'Political Jungle' Amid Peace Push | APT |
by Oui
Thu May 15th, 2025 at 11:41:03 AM EST
The Zionist entity is willing to blow up the Islam holy shrine of the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and build the Third Temple of the Jews.
From Texas to Israel: Red heifers needed for Temple arrive | JPost - 20 Sept. 2022 |
A Christian farmer in Texas raised the prized heifers which are essential for priests to serve in the Temple.
My coverage ...
Jerusalem Red Heifer Prophecy | 15 Aug. 2024 |
הקרבת וצליית קרבן פסח בבית המקדש - עברית
Sacrificing and roasting the Passover sacrifice in the Temple - Hebrew
[Video taken down from public viewing across the Internet]
Qatari Emir urges Trump to use US Influence for Gaza ceasefire and regional peace
[the Islamic Republic of Iran included]
It was another wave of multi-billion-dollar business deals for US President Donald Trump during his visit to Qatar, the second stop on his Middle East tour.
President Trump hailed the trade agreements including the largest ever order of planes from US-company Boeing. It's the first time a sitting US president has made an official state visit to the Gulf nation.
by Oui
Wed May 14th, 2025 at 11:15:18 PM EST
US doesn't want Zelensky at NATO's June summit -- ANSA
According to the agency, only Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia and New Zealand have received invitations among non-alliance members
My earlier diary ...
A Summer of Peace, Not War
by Oui
Wed May 14th, 2025 at 08:56:29 AM EST
Simple directive from new U.S. President ... implicit demand from the Jewish State of Israel end belligerence and bombing , terrorizing your neighbours ...
Follow the rules of the 1945 United Nations Charter.
Peace, Prosperity and Security
GCC Leaders show unity by holding summit in Riyadh.
STOP THE GAZA GENOCIDE NOW PREZ TRUMP ‼️
An Israeli air attack on Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza killed at least two people, including journalist Hassan Eslaih. Patients and staff were among those injured when the hospital's surgical unit was targeted.
Emmanuel Macron: What Netanyahu is doing in Gaza is 'shameful'
Guerre Israël-Hamas : "Une honte"... Emmanuel Macron dénonce l'action "inacceptable" du gouvernement de Benjamin Netanyahu à Gaza | video |
by Oui
Tue May 13th, 2025 at 08:26:50 PM EST
Major shift in U.S. policy Middle East
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Trump Says U.S. Will Lift Sanctions Against Syria During Saudi Arabia Trip | WSJ News |
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US and Saudi Arabia sign 'biggest arms deal in history' | DW News |
Trump pulls sanctions on Syria, extends olive branch to Iran
by gmoke
Tue May 13th, 2025 at 08:51:12 AM EST
Urine as fertilizer
http://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250227-the-vermont-farmers-using-urine-to-grow-their-crops
An industrial designed bee hive based on the form factor of a hollow tree
http://www.core77.com/posts/135723/HIIVE-From-An-Industrial-Design-Thesis-to-Market
Black Farmers Index - connecting consumers to local food grown by Black farmers
http://blackfarmersindex.com/
ART given notice to quit 31-year-old Food Forest - not all news is good news
http://substack.com/home/post/p-159120584
The world's biggest soil conservation project
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/14/how-china-led-way-water-soil-conservation
Enhancing agrivoltaic synergies through optimized tracking strategies - "This paper presents a methodology for dynamically optimizing solar panel positioning to meet the varying light requirements of crops. Simulations are conducted for a case study of an agrivoltaic system in an apple orchard in southwestern Germany."
http://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/journal-of-photonics-for-energy/volume-15/issue-03/032703
Enhancing-agrivoltaic-synergies-through-optimized-tracking-strategies/10.1117/1.JPE.15.032703.full
hat tip to http://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/15/new-agrivoltaic-tool-optimizes-solar-generation-and-crop-product
ion
Community farm reviving prairie land in Chicago
http://blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/17/how-a-little-village-farm-is-reviving-prairie-land-in-chicago
hat tip to @chasesolidago.bsky.social
Paris votes for 500 more green streets
http://www.reuters.com/world/europe/paris-residents-vote-favour-making-500-more-streets-pedestrian-2
025-03-23
Creole gardens as a response to climate change in Guadeloupe
http://globalvoices.org/2025/04/15/in-guadeloupe-creole-gardens-give-climate-lessons-in-a-spirit-of-
solidarity/
Editorial Comment: I'm reading Toxic Tropics: A Horror Story of Environmental Injustice by Jessica Oublié, Nicola Gobbi, Kathrine Avraam, Vinciane Lebrun about the persistent contamination of Guadeloupe and Martinique by chlordecane which was used to control pests in banana plantations. We have big problems on multiple fronts.
2 GW agrivoltaic project in China
http://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/19/massive-2-gw-agrivoltaic-project-aims-to-restore-desert-in-china
/
Editorial Comment: I learned a new word: ecovoltaic - rebuilding soil health while restoring natural habitats and native plant species
Agrivoltaics and ecovotaics are examples of geotherapy, helping ecological systems restore the damage homo sap sap (that sap!) has done.
Growing strawberries under different levels of shading from thin-film solar panels
http://www.agritecture.com/blog/strawberries-under-solar-panels-agrivoltaics-canada
How Trmp's first 100 days changed the USDA food system
http://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/trump-usda-food-system-agriculture-first-100-days/
by Oui
Tue May 13th, 2025 at 06:48:23 AM EST
Saudi Arabia Appoints First Female U.S. Ambassador
President Trump arrives in Riyadh on three day visit to Arabian GCC nations.
Trump arrives in Riyadh, first stop of his overseas trip [not counting Vatican City of course]
Picking up a trillion US dollar investment from the Saudis … a bargain for PEACE in the Middle East, end to Gaza carnage and building HOPE for future generations. Demanding the Jewish State of Israel to start building friendly ties with its neighbours and end the REIGN OF TERROR. Peace is a path to survival and security.
BREAKING NEWS: Israeli-American Hostage Edan Alexander Released By Hamas To The Red Cross In Gaza
by Oui
Mon May 12th, 2025 at 07:46:51 AM EST
Repair channel of communication that was wasted by the previous administration ...
90 Day Pause On Retaliatory Tariffs
Want an end for tit-for-tat destructive retaliation ... both sides do not want a decoupling. The present situation was not tenable as in effect it was a trade embargo. Both sides presented their countries interests very well and were very well prepared. Positive discussions with optimism to repair the trade imbalance which ran up to 1.2tn dollars last year.
Geneva press briefing ongoing ...
