Playing Defensive? Pentagon Splashes $13 Million to Intercept Russian, Chinese Hypersonic Weapons
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-25
Right now Russia is the leading developer and producer of hypersonic weapons, having already deployed its first hypersonic gliders, Avangard. At the same time, China, another country deemed a "near-peer adversary" by the US, has also been heavily investing in the development of such missiles.
sputniknews.com/military/202001251078135795-playing-defensive-pentagon-splashes-13-million-to-intercept-russian-chinese-hypersonic-weapons/

Video: Turkey's Military Industrial Complex
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-24
Turkey is working to develop its national industry and reequip its armed forces with modern military equipment. The worth of projects in this field is estimated to be around $77 billion. Ankara is paying special attention to the modernization and …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkeys-military-industrial-complex/5701581

Never the Pentagon: How the Military-Industrial Complex Gets Away with Murder in Contract after Contract
Mandy Smithberger | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-24
Call it a colossal victory for a Pentagon that hasn't won a war in this century, but not for the rest of us. Congress only recently passed and the president approved one of the largest Pentagon budgets ever. It will …
globalresearch.ca/never-pentagon-how-military-industrial-complex-gets-away-murder-contract/5701605

The Long History of Elite Rule: What Will It Take To End It?
Chuck Churchill | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-24
Elites have ruled over people and commanded the surplus produced by their labor for many millennia. It is this long history we have to contend with in today's crisis of capitalism that has produced endless wars and environmental catastrophes as corporate billionaire rulers continue to promote business as usual while preparing to fight each other with armed forces and nuclear weapons. This has all been "normalized."
counterpunch.org/2020/01/24/the-long-history-of-elite-rule-what-will-it-take-to-end-it/

Pence, Netanyahu use Holocaust event in Israel to rail against Iran
wsws.org | 2020-01-24
The slander of Iranian "anti-Semitism" and unfounded claims that Tehran is seeking nuclear weapons are propaganda to justify a steady buildup toward war.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/24/holo-j24.html

Switzerland Funds Biased and Fake OPCW Chemical Weapons' Reporting
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-24
Why does Switzerland, neutral by her Constitution, fund, support and reward the partial and I dare say, western-biased and corrupted Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and their fake reporting

'We Apologize' for Trump's Reckless Aggression, US Peace Advocates Say in Open Letter to Iranian People
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-24
The letter, from activist group CodePink, comes ahead of peace demonstrations scheduled Saturday in 200 cities around the world. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/cp_senate.jpg_1718483346_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/01/24/we-apologize-trumps-reckless-aggression-us-peace-advocates-say-open-letter-iranian?cd-origin=rss

OPCW Investigator testifies at UN that no Chemical Attack Took Place in Douma, Syria
Ben Norton | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-23
Video and a transcript of former OPCW engineer and dissenter Ian Henderson's UN testimony appears at the end of this report. A former lead investigator from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has spoken out at the United Nations, stating in no uncertain terms that the scientific evidence suggests there was no …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/opcw-investigator-testifies-at-un-that-no-chemical-attack-took-place-in-douma-syria/

The Doomsday Clock is closer to midnight than ever before, amid worsening global factors
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-23
The Doomsday Clock, an indicator of how close the world is to total destruction, is now just 100 seconds off midnight. This is closer than it has ever been before. | The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) highlights three worsening factors in its Doomsday Clock statement. These are: | 1) Nuclear weapons: | The BAS says that national leaders have "ended or undermined" several major arms control treaties and negotiations in the last year. | They argue this has created an environment conducive to a renewed nuclear arms race, the proliferati…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/01/23/the-doomsday-clock-is-closer-to-midnight-than-ever-before-amid-worsening-global-factors/

'Like a Jenga game': Pilots shred Boeing as it prepares to resume 737 MAX production ASAP, citing 'positive feedback' from pilots
rt.com | 2020-01-23
Boeing hopes to resume production of its grounded 737 MAX jet months before regulators approve it to fly again, CEO Dave Calhoun has announced, touting positive feedback even as pilots unions shred the company as untrustworthy. | Brushing aside rumors that the MAX could be grounded indefinitely, Calhoun told reporters on Wednesday that production would start up "well before" mid-year, when the company hopes to secure regulatory approval to resume flights for the ill-fated aircraft, grounded worldwide after a series of crashes which killed 346 people. | "I believe in this airplane," Calhoun said, citing positiv…
rt.com/usa/478938-boeing-737-max-pilots-trust/

Ex-UN weapons inspector: Biden's Iraq war vote excuse a 'bald-faced lie'
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-19
Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter dismantles Joe Biden's explanation for his Iraq war vote and recounts Biden's long record…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/19/ex-un-weapons-inspector-bidens-iraq-war-explanation-a-bald-faced-lie/