…and Activists Examine America’s Modern Wars. His latest book is The New Atheism Hoax: How Harris, Hitchens, Dennett, and Dawkins Lie About Politics (www.pipr.co.uk/ebooks).     NOTES   [1] Sam Harris, “The limits of discourse,” SamHarris.org, 1 May, 2015, www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-limits-of-discourse and The Young Turks, “Sam Harris and Noam Chomsky exchange nasty emails until a winner emerges…”, YouTube, 14 May, 2015, https://www.youtube.co…

…’.7 British bikes for the Turkish military. Britain was still sending state-of-the-art weaponry to Turkey. The Wilkinson Sword Sub-Target Rifle was described in a pamphlet from the time as ‘the instrument is capable of being used to great advantage with the disappearing target, as well as for snap shooting’. The pamphlet noted that the ‘Machines have also been received on behalf of H.I.M. The Sultan of Turkey’. A weapons history website notes that…

…ing him “too much embarrassment as she doesn’t understand the rules of the exams.” She always tries to enter the exam class to give Ali cold water because it is very hot. The first day the director of the exam allowed her to do this, but another day during the exam she tried again. This time it was not to give him water. She had cooked a rooster and told the staff that he had to eat well to do good on the exam! Ali was a little bit angry but his l…

…Demonstration: Stop the Bombing of Iraq — Don’t Bomb Syria. Organized by the Stop the War Coalition UK. Held on 4th October 2014 at Temple Palace, London WC2R, at 1pm. Be there or donate to the Stop the War Coalition. https://www.stopwar.org.uk/events/october-4-demonstration-stop-the-bombing-of-iraq-don-t-bomb-syria  …

…led upon to support wars or warlords should learn the priorities embraced at the Borderfree Center — and switch sides. This article first appeared on Telesur Kathy Kelly ([email protected]) co-coordinates Voices for Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org). While in Afghanistan, she is a guest of the Afghan Peace Volunteers (ourjourneytosmile.com)…

…/ and here https://www.vermontindependent.org/secrecy-and-geoengineering-as-a-weapon-of-war-our-geoengineering-age-part-4/   During World War II “a revolution took place, one that was initiated and sustained not so much by the military as by science,” according to historian Kathleen Williams. Immediately after the war, “Military stimulation of science and technology became institutionalized” and the “Cold War ensured the military funding of scienc…

…selling balloons, “blessing” cars with incense, or lugging scales on which passers-by are invited to weigh themselves. They perform these demeaning tasks for a meager “fee” which helps their mothers buy food for their families.   These young children and their parents live on the streets. They camp in the lee of parked vehicles, in the protected corner of a neighbor’s courtyard, in abandoned buildings. There are few government – sponsored programs…

…ild Going Hungry, Finds Netmums And Kids’, 5 July, 2012, https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/07/05/children-going-hungry-netmums-kids-companymobiles-for-meals_n_1650182.html.  …

…closest Islamic ally in the region, Saudi Arabia. The HRW report had little-to-no media coverage for the simple reason that one set of beheadings was carried out by an enemy (IS) and another by an ally (the Saudis). HRW: ‘Saudi Arabia has one of the highest execution rates in the world, and applies the death penalty [including beheadings] to a range of offenses that do not constitute “most serious crimes,” including drug offenses [smuggling hashis…

…stry of Defence, ‘Strategic Trends Programme: Out to 2040’, 4 February, 2010 (4th), p. 156, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcdc-global-strategic-trends-programme-global-strategic-trends-out-to-2040   9. AP, ‘Ebola virus in Africa outbreak is a new strain’, USA Today, 16 April, 2014, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/16/ebola-new-strain/7792909/  …