[Typical. Predictable. - NP] (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/) by Helena Horton A day after Microsoft introduced an innocent Artificial Intelligence chat robot to Twitter it has had to delete it after it transformed into an evil Hitler-loving, incestual sex-promoting, 'Bush did 9/11'-proclaiming robot. Developers at Microsoft created 'Tay', an AI modelled to speak 'like a teen girl', in order to... Continue Reading →
UN blames Saudi-led forces for most Yemen deaths
[Saudi Arabia is one of the most reactionary regimes in the world. It is less a traditional state than a family-owned corporation that has been entrusted to secure oil for Empire. It is now Empire's instrument to subdue the people of Yemen through a campaign of massive violence. All good people oppose Saudi Arabia and... Continue Reading →
Delmer Berg, Last of American Volunteers in Spanish Civil War, Dies at 100
Delmer Berg, Last of American Volunteers in Spanish Civil War, Dies at 100 by Sam Roberts March 2nd (NY Times) Delmer Berg, the last known living veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, which vainly fought against Fascism’s advance into Spain in the late 1930s, died on Sunday at his home in Columbia, Calif. He was... Continue Reading →
Turkey’s nationalist ‘Gray Wolves’ enter Syrian fray
[Turkey, like the Gulf States and Israel, are allied with the USA against the Syria people. Fascism is on the move.. -- MP] Turkey’s nationalist 'Gray Wolves' enter Syrian fray by Fehim Taştekin is a columnist at the Turkish newspaper Radikal, based in Istanbul. He is the host of a weekly program called "SINIRSIZ" on... Continue Reading →
Palestine’s First Western Embassy Opens in Brazil
Palestine's First Western Embassy Opens in Brazil (http://www.telesurtv.net/) The inauguration comes weeks after Brazil rejected Israel's ambassador, a former leader of West Bank settlers. The Palestinian Authority inaugurated its first embassy in the Western Hemisphere in Brasilia Wednesday amid a diplomatic row between Brazil and Israel. Representatives of Arab countries and Arab Brazilians attended the... Continue Reading →
PUA pro-rape Roosh lives in his mom’s basement.. nuff said
[LOL-NP] EXCLUSIVE: Pictured, the pick-up artist at center of storm over 'pro-rape' blog - in sweat-stained T-shirt at the door of his mother's home (where he lives in the BASEMENT!) Daryush 'Roosh' Valizadeh, 36, calls himself the 'King of Masculinity' but has faced anger from around the world for his views on rape He... Continue Reading →
A Fight for Land and Livelihood
by Ahmad Ibrahim PHOTOS: KAZI TAHSIN AGAZ APURBO (http://www.thedailystar.net/) Mondagini Bakti stands in front of me with her left hand on her hip and her right hand outstretched towards the light, her palm stained with the yellow of ground turmeric. “Usually, I grow tomatoes, sometimes potatoes and also eggplants. But this year, I've also planted... Continue Reading →
Yemeni forces kill Blackwater commander ‘Colonel Nicholas Petros’
AhlulBayt News Agency - The commander of the infamous US security firm, formerly known as Blackwater, in Yemen and dozens of Riyadh’s mercenaries were killed Saturday in a missile attack by Yemeni forces in Lahij Province. The Yemeni military backed by fighters of the Houthi Ansarullah movement launched a Tochka ballistic missile on the al-Anad... Continue Reading →
British arms companies ramp up bomb sales to Saudi Arabia by 100 times despite air strikes on civilians
[Empire armed to the teeth to impose its will on the Middle East. - NP] (http://www.independent.co.uk/) British arms companies ramp up bomb sales to Saudi Arabia by 100 times despite air strikes on civilians The United Nations has said Saudi Arabia is disproportionately killing civilians in its military operation in Yemen by Jon Stone British arms... Continue Reading →
Isil ‘kidnaps at least 400 people’ in heavy clashes at key Syrian city
[More barbarism from ISIS, an organization that has been propped up and supported in various ways by the United States and the Gulf States, especially Saudi Arabia. - NP] Isil 'kidnaps at least 400 people' in heavy clashes at key Syrian city by Magdy Saaman (http://www.independent.ie/) More than 400 people are believed to have been... Continue Reading →
Iranians are no longer allowed to make the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Iranians are no longer allowed to make the pilgrimage to Mecca. by Elaine Teng (https://newrepublic.com/) In a further escalation in tensions with Saudi Arabia, the Iranian government today banned its citizens from making the annual trip to Islam’s holiest city, a journey required at least once in a lifetime for all Muslims financially and physically capable of doing so. The ban comes near the end of... Continue Reading →
Iran accuses Saudis of striking its Yemen embassy as tensions grow
[Saudi Arabia is another face of Empire. This criminal act shows how Empire has no regard for international law. - NP] by Greg Botelho and Schams Elwazer, CNN (CNN) Iran's government accused Saudi Arabia of "intentionally" striking its embassy in Yemen, another incident likely to ratchet up tensions between Tehran and Riyadh and imperil efforts... Continue Reading →