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The Iraqi Parliament is passing a law that will permit children as young as nine to marry. There are calls for the law to be abolished, as activists warn it could legalise ‘child rape'. According to UNICEF, one in five girls globally marry as children. Pat spoke to Juliane Schmucker, Head of Programming at Plan International Ireland.

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What makes a digital workplace truly effective? In this episode, I talk to Sharon O'Dea, co-founder of Lithos Partners, about the intricacies of navigating the digital workplace.Sharon brings her wealth of experience in digital communications and workplace strategies to the table, sharing insights on how organizations can leverage technology to enhance employee performance and mitigate human risk.The conversation delves into the practical challenges of managing digital workplaces, from AI integration to the complexities of remote work.Sharon also offers personal anecdotes, including her unique experiences in Iraq and Amsterdam, shedding light on how geography can shape one's professional journey.You'll hear about the importance of effective communication, the risks of poor digital practices, and the evolving work landscape in a post-pandemic world.Guest BiographySharon is the co-founder of Lithos Partners, a boutique consultancy that specializes in digital workplace strategies and internal communications.With a career that spans several years in communications, Sharon has a rich background in digital transformation and helping organisations navigate the complexities of the modern workplace. Her work includes guiding companies in optimising digital employee experiences, managing organisational data, and adopting effective communication practices in an increasingly digital world.On her official website, Sharon describes herself as a digital strategist passionate about using technology to enhance human potential.Beyond her professional achievements, she is known for her engaging social media presence, sharing insights on digital work, remote working, and her experiences living in Amsterdam.AI-Generated Timestamped Summary[00:00:00] Introduction to the episode and guest Sharon O'Dea.[00:01:00] Sharon discusses her work at Lithos Partners and her focus on digital workplace strategies.[00:02:00] Sharon's experience in Iraq working with the fledgling Iraqi Parliament.[00:04:00] Challenges of digital communication and collaboration in a sectarian context.[00:06:00] Sharon's move to Amsterdam and how the city influences her work and life.[00:10:00] The importance of intentional communication in remote work environments.[00:16:00] Discussion on AI note-takers and the risks they pose in workplace communication.[00:20:00] Challenges of managing organizational data in a digital workplace.[00:28:00] The debate over remote work versus returning to the office.[00:32:00] The role of technology in building workplace connections and engagement.[00:39:00] How to create value in the digital workplace and avoid bad digital practices.[00:44:00] The evolving expectations for digital experiences in the workplace.Links Sharon's website: https://sharonodea.com/The Week Note that covers this episode: https://sharonodea.com/2024/08/25/weeknote-2024-34/Sharon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonodea/Sharon's (now retired) account on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sharonodea

New Hampshire high school high jump champion Maelle Jacques's testimony (questioned by state Senator Stephen Woodcock) helps stop a trans sports exclusion bill at the committee level in the state Senate. Australian DJ James “Breko” Brechney lit up the town with a 2020 Vivid Sydney event re-imagined for the COVID lockdown (interviewed by William Brougham). Plus: the Boston Gay Men's Chorus and the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus each paid online tributes to first responders, frontline healthcare personnel and other essential workers. And in NewsWrap: the High Court of Dominica overturns has colonial era laws to de-criminalize same-gender sex, the Iraqi Parliament outlaws queer and trans identity, pediatric gender-affirming care in Scotland and Wales is halted by the Cass Review from England's NHS, Texas Governor Gregg Abbott wants to purge all transgender and gender non-conforming public school teachers, Maine's Governor Janet Mills defies far-right Christian nationalists to declare her state to be an abortion and gender care sanctuary, the 30th Tokyo Rainbow Pride Parade draws 15,000 people to the streets of Shibuya Ward proclaiming “Don't give up until we make change,” Nymphia Wind is the first East Asian and first Taiwanese winner of the original “RuPaul's Drag Race” series, and more international LGBTQ news reported this week by Daniel Huecias and Michael LeBeau (produced by Brian DeShazor).  All this on the April 29, 2024 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at http://thiswayout.org/donate/

//The Wire//2330Z January 18, 2024////ROUTINE////BLUF: PAKISTAN RETALIATES IN RESPONSE TO IRANIAN STRIKES. ATTACKS ON RED SEA SHIPPING INCREASE IN FREQUENCY.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE------International Events-Middle East: In response to Iranian missile strikes, Pakistan strikes targets in Iran. Last night, ISIS forces in Iraq successfully downed an American MQ-9 Reaper near Baghdad. AC: This is likely a power-projection move that may coincide with recent politics in the region. A few days ago, the Iraqi Parliament voted to expel the United States from their nation. Obviously, the U.S. will continue ignoring Iraqi demands to leave (as this debate has come up several times over the 20-year occupation of Iraq). However, this political move (along with the war in Gaza) will likely result in local insurgent groups being incentivized to carry out more substantial attacks than routine harassment engagements.Red Sea/HOA: Coalition forces continue to strike targets in Yemen. The vessel struck by a Yemeni drone yesterday has been identified as the M/V GENCO PICARDY, an American owned bulk cargo carrier. Today, two separate incidents were reported in the Gulf of Aden. This morning, another American-owned commercial vessel reported observing 4 drones in the western Gulf of Aden, one of which attempted to attack the vessel (unsuccessfully). Separately, a different unidentified vessel was attacked in the eastern Gulf of Aden in a similar fashion (also unsuccessfully).-HomeFront-USA: A Congressional subcommittee has revealed more details of domestic spying. In a letter to a department of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Rep. Jim Jordan outlines the investigative processes used by the Department of the Treasury (without any warrants or oversight) to spy on Americans. In the letter, USDT is alleged to flag certain financial transactions (via MCC codes) as being indicative of terrorism. Such extremism indicators are very broad, including purchasing firearms, renting cars, sporting goods, etc. In addition to flagging purchases by certain vendors, USDT analysis also includes specific keyword searches of specific transactions, to include words like MAGA and TRUMP. The letter also alleges that the purchase of religious texts is enough for the USDT to flag a taxpayer as potentially being a terrorist threat.-----END TEARLINE-----Analyst Comments: The reports indicating domestic American financial surveillance are not new issues; many scandals have broken out regarding illegal surveillance of taxpayers' purchases over the years.In the Red Sea, the intensification of targeting will likely continue as US airstrikes prove less than effective in preventing attacks on commercial shipping.Analyst: S2A//END REPORT//

In today's episode we talk about, The recent Taiwanese elections and how their results may have sealed the island's fate. After that we chat about a recent decision made by the Iraqi Parliament to remove US troops and how the attempt may be used as a pretext for the US to get its war with Iran. Later we discuss Norway's approval of both exploration and exploitation of underwater mineral resources along with how the differences in the US and Chinese Economies will impact their abilities to utilize new technology. All that and more! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/haisean/support

In a formal gathering at the Iraqi Parliament in Baghdad, representatives of various institutions asked for some changes in the constitution.

Supporters of the Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr breach the high-security Green Zone in Baghdad, as they oppose the nomination of a pro-Iran rival candidate for PM. Also: Biden positive for Covid after "rebound infection", and Bob - a lost homing pigeon - back in UK after American adventure.

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Facts & Spin for July 29 2022 top stories: 15 are killed in Kongo protests against UN troops, the UK warns of higher nuclear war risk while Ukraine tries to re-take Kherson, North Korea says it's ready to mobilize its nuclear deterrent, protesters storm the Iraqi Parliament, Dems push to allow foreign aid for abortions, the US economy shrinks for the second straight quarter, triggering recession fears, the Senate passes a bill to boost microchip production, Alex Jones is on trial for calling the Sandy Hook shooting fake, ABC's "The View" apologizes for saying conservatives invited nazis, and a troop of monkeys wound almost 50 Japanese. Sources: https://www.improvethenews.org/

Hundreds of Iraqi citizens protested and went to the Iraqi parliament to demand reforms. It has been a long time since the Iraqi elections have been held, but no government has been implemented yet, due to political conflicts between major political groups. Our correspondent  Ahmad Ghafur reports from Erbil about the situation. - Bi sedan kes ji welatiyên Îraqî xwepêşandan pêkanîn û çûne nav parlemana Îraqê da daxaza çaksazîyan bikin. Demeke dirêje ku helbijardinên Îraqê pêkhatine lê heya niha hukumetek nehatiye pêkanîn, ev jî ji ber nakokiyên sîyasî yên di navbera komên mezine siyasî de. Zêdetir derbarê vê mijarê di raporta Ehmed Xefûr ji Hewlêrê heye. 

Iraqi protesters aligned with Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's political movement stormed the heavily militarized Green Zone and Iraqi Parliament building on Wednesday. The protesters eventually cleared out of the building, but political gridlock continues to plague Iraq. And, while Sweden and Finland's membership to NATO is still pending, the large Kurdish community in Sweden is worried that striking any deal with Turkey could put members of their community at risk. Also, gun battles between rival Haitian gangs continue to wreak havoc in and around Port-au-Prince. There's growing anger that weapons trafficking from the US is fueling the violence. Plus, we remember James Lovelock, creator of the "Gaia hypothesis," who has died at the age of 103.

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Randa Slim is joined by Farhad Alaadin and Marsin Alshamary to discuss the latest political events in Iraqi Parliament, Muqtada al-Sadr, and what the future of Iraqi politics could look like moving forward.

When Muqtada al Sadr's party won October's election we asked if he could form an effective government. After eight months of political paralysis, it's clear he could not. But now Iraq's most powerful politician has decided enough is enough. The decision has shocked and confused many. The Sadrist bloc won 73 of 329 seats in October's election. Clearly not enough for an overall majority, but it did put his party in the proverbial driver's seat. The Sairoon alliance was close to forming a government after joining forces with Sunni and Kurdish blocs. But Iran-backed parties blocked the formation. The controversial Shia cleric is a massive opponent of Iran's influence in his country. But what's confusing some experts now is that many of al Sadr's lawmakers will be replaced by Iran-backed parties. Nevertheless he's standing by his decision with some support from the streets. Tallha Abdulrazaq Iraqi Security and Political Analyst Ahmed Rushdi Senior Adviser to the Iraqi Parliament's Secretary General Saad al Muttalibi Political Security Adviser to the Baghdad Security Council

Good morning, this is Toby Sumpter with your CrossPolitic news brief for Tuesday, January 7th, 2020. In response to the US killing of Iranian Terrorist Qasem Soleimani last Friday, the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the US had committed a grave mistake. On the day of the attack, Iran's Foreign Minister Javid Zarif tweeted that the airstrike was an “act of international terrorism,” suggesting that General Soleimani had been the most effective force fighting ISIS and Al Qaeda. The Foreign Minister said the act was “extremely dangerous & a foolish escalation” adding that “the US bears responsibility for all consequences of its rogue adventurism.” “Soleimani was the international face of resistance,” Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a statement, “and all lovers of resistance will be his avengers.” He added that “harsh retaliation is waiting.” Khamenei has ordered three days of public mourning, according to the AP.  The Daily Mail reports that on Saturday, Iranian General Gholamali Abuhamzeh, a Revolutionary Guards commander in the southern province of Kerman, threatened that Iran had itendified 35 targets for potential strikes and raised the red flags of revenge over every key mosque. Abuhamzeh said vital American targets in the region had been identified a 'long time ago', including ships in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and Tel Aviv. “The Strait of Hormuz is a vital point for the West and a large number of American destroyers and warships cross there … some 35 U.S. targets in the region as well as Tel Aviv are within our reach,” he said, according to Reuters. Trump responded on Sunday via Twitter: “Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American, & badly wounded many others, not to mention all of the people he had killed over his lifetime, including recently.... ....hundreds of Iranian protesters. He was already attacking our Embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other locations. Iran has been nothing but problems for many years. Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have... ...targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!” Many commentators pointed out that the threat to strike 52 cultural sites would seem to be a breach of international law. Others were also quick to say that this is the sort of international crisis they feared Trump would blunder into. But Trump continued on Twitter undeterred: Quoting a tweet from Texas Representative Dan Crenshaw who asked what is so controversial about there being repercussions for terrorists attacking the US, Trump said, “They attacked us, & we hit back. If they attack again, which I would strongly advise them not to do, we will hit them harder than they have ever been hit before! Trump followed up with two more tweets on the subject: “The United States just spent Two Trillion Dollars on Military Equipment. We are the biggest and by far the BEST in the World! If Iran attacks an American Base, or any American, we will be sending some of that brand new beautiful equipment their way...and without hesitation! These Media Posts will serve as notification to the United States Congress that should Iran strike any U.S. person or target, the United States will quickly & fully strike back, & perhaps in a disproportionate manner. Such legal notice is not required, but is given nevertheless!”  The US House Foreign Affairs Committee's Twitter account shot back, quoting this last tweet from the President, “This Media Post will serve as a reminder that war powers reside in the Congress under the United States Constitution. And that you should read the War Powers Act. And that you're not a dictator.” It seems that the House is suddenly interested in the constitution again…  On Sunday Iran announced that it is withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal. In exchange for economic sanctions being lifted, Iran had agreed to end all uranium enrichment programs for at least 15 years and submit to various inspections. However, last May, Trump had reinstated sanctions against Iran and states that trade with Iran, effectively ending America's participating in the deal. Iran responded by giving the other nuclear deal signatories 60 days to protect it from US sanctions, threatening to resume production of enriched uranium. Nuclear watchdog IAEA says that Iran has recommenced enriched uranium production. Trump responded to Iran's announcement on Sunday with all caps and an exclamation point: “Iran will never have a nuclear weapon!” Meanwhile the Iraqi Parliament passed a non-binding resolution asking US forces to leave the country, and Reuters reported Monday that the US Marine Corp Brigadier General William H. Seely III, the commanding general of Task Force Iraq had written a letter addressed to the Iraqi defense ministry's Combined Joint Operations Baghdad, stating, “Sir, in deference to the sovereignty of the Republic of Iraq, and as requested by the Iraqi Parliament and the Prime Minister, CJTF-OIR will be repositioning forces over the course of the coming days and weeks to prepare for onward movement… We respect your sovereign decision to order our departure.” [This letter was later repudiated by Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who insisted that the US has no plans to withdraw troops, according to Reuters. Trump also said such withdrawal would only be accompanied by severe sanctions.] Finally, on this topic, it's worth noting that a 1996 interview with Joe Biden captures him on a news program insisting strongly that if Iran every attacked a US facility it should be considered an act of war and that ANY retaliation would be warranted. Hmmm… We'll just let simmer for a bit and see if anyone notices. Probably not.  But speaking of fires, Australia continues to be ravaged by the worst wildfires seen in decades. CNN reports that dozens have died and more that 1300 houses have been destroyed, with over 14.7 million acres burned across six states, with 8.9 million of those acres in the hardest hit New South Wales. It's estimated that perhaps a third of the koalas in New South Wales may have been killed by the fires, which has caused some Hollywood elites to speak out in great alarm. But of course you can get more sympathy in Hollywood for koalas than you can for human babies, as evidenced by the applause and tears Actress Michelle Williams received at the Gold Globe Awards on Sunday night, when she announced that she had employed “a woman's right to choose,” implying that she had killed at least one of her children, so that she could pursue a career in acting.  But back to the Australian forest fires, higher than average temperatures, high winds, lightning strikes, arsonists, and the recent legalization of sodomite marriage in 2017 are all blamed by leading scientists. However, what you won't hear in the news is the fact that beginning the 1990s, Bob Carr's liberal Labor government began a massive forest lock-up program. Peter Austin writes at theland.com.au, “Before that "greening" frenzy began, soon after Carr came to office in 1995, national parks and reserves accounted for some 4.8 per cent of New South Wales. Today the total area of the state controlled by the National Parks and Wildlife Service is more than 9pc. In less than 20 years, therefore, the area of national parks and related reserves has virtually doubled, but the resources deployed to manage this vastly expanding empire have not doubled with it. On the contrary, it was revealed last week that even since 2011, successive budget cuts have resulted in the NPWS slashing its staffing of rangers by one-third, thereby impairing its capacity to conduct hazard reduction burns. But before Carr took over, much of the coastal bushland now locked up in national park was prudently managed state forest, where fuel loads were kept down by logging programs, regular thinning and cattle grazing.” Turns out that the GREEN Religion doesn't keep things Green at all. It just results in them turning black. And I'm not just talking about the United Methodist Church. This a lesson in government incompetence. But it's also a lesson in biblical jurisdictions. It is not the Civil Magistrate's job to managed forests. Incidentally, it's not the civil magistrate's job to fund the arts or media or news or education. God did not give those jobs to that office. Therefore, it is disobedience to God and inevitable tyranny for the State to assume those powers. Should Christians care about the environment? Of course. But we should care about it through private ownership of land, and private foundations and associations that will have skin in the game. Personal responsibility is key to success. Bureaucrats and committees cannot be expected to care that much about what doesn't actually belong to them. The other thing to note here is that God commanded mankind to take dominion of the earth and cultivate it. This means in part that the earth needs cultivating. We need godly foresters and loggers and conservationists who understand that just like man is not good all alone and needs a helper, so too, the land is not good all alone and needs gardeners. And the more the GREENIES fail to actually care for the earth, enterprising Christians should be looking for ways to pry the government's fat fingers off the land and return it to private citizens and foundations.  This is Toby Sumpter with your CrossPolitic New Brief for Tuesday, January 7th, 2020. If you would like to encourage more of this, and why wouldn't you, please share the show and consider becoming a CrossPolitic Member. As a member you get access to a number of behind the scenes interviews, our CrossPolitic Worldview Series, and several masterclasses on parenting, Christian business principles, God and Government, eschatology, and a Proverbs Bible Study. You can find out more and become a member at flfnetwork.com/membership. 

This is Gabriel Rench with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Wednesday, January 8th, 2020. More on Australian Fires Yesterday Toby reported that in the 1990s, Bob Carr's liberal Labor government began a massive forest lock-up program. Peter Austin writes at theland.com.au, “Before that “greening” frenzy began, soon after Carr came to office in 1995, national parks and reserves accounted for some 4.8 per cent of New South Wales. Today the total area of the state, controlled by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, is more than 9 per cent. In less than 20 years the area of national parks and related reserves has virtually doubled, but the resources deployed to manage this vastly expanding empire have not doubled with it. On the contrary, it was revealed last week that even since 2011, successive budget cuts have resulted in the NPWS slashing its staffing of rangers by one-third, thereby impairing its capacity to conduct hazard reduction burns. But before Carr took over, much of the coastal bushland now locked up in national park was prudently managed state forest, where fuel loads were kept down by logging programs, regular thinning and cattle grazing.” So there is that, and now more information has come out that according to the New South Wales Police Force website:  “Since Friday 8 November 2019, legal action – which ranges from cautions to criminal charges – has been taken against 183 people – including 40 juveniles – for 205 bushfire-related offences. Of note: 24 people have been charged over alleged deliberately-lit bushfires 53 people have had legal actions for allegedly failing to comply with a total fire ban, and 47 people have had legal actions for allegedly discarding a lighted cigarette or match on land.” Russel Crowe, due to the fires in his home country Australia, was unable to attend the Golden Globes and accept his award. He instead sent a letter that was read by Jennifer Aniston on his behalf when he was awarded best actor for his work on the series "The Loudest Voice”. In his letter he blamed global warming for the fires. If it was me, I would have blamed the 24 arsonist.  More on Iran The Obama administration really was a foreign policy disaster. One of his biggest blunders, not even sure we can call it that, was the Iranian Nuclear deal.  According to Fortune.com: “The U.S. announced the controversial nuclear deal with Iran on July 13, 2015. At a news conference on January 16, President Obama declared that the U.S. was lifting the first raft of sanctions against Iran. He also stated that the U.S. would return $1.7 billion to Iran, as agreed in the negotiations at the Hague. That same day, Tehran released the U.S. hostages, and the U.S. freed seven Iranians detained for violating financial and other U.S. sanctions on their home country. Hence, the return of the five Americans appeared to be one side of a prisoner exchange with Tehran. But Obama didn't mention that the same day, $400 million was being shipped over 6000 miles for deposit in Iran's treasury.  The shipment was a secret until The Wall Street Journal broke the story on August 2, 2015. Since then, Republicans from Donald Trump to Paul Ryan have assailed the White House for paying a gigantic ransom when government-paid ransom is barred under U.S. law, and for hiding the ploy from a public already highly skeptical of the U.S.-Iran nuclear agreement. President Obama denied the payment to Tehran was a ransom. The White House contends the payment simply settled a decades-long financial dispute...” Some might call this a Quid Pro Quo, but I digress. Our meddling in foreign affairs has been a disaster. We create problems and then we back out, we create more problems then we throw money at them, we create more problems and push democracy on them, we create more problems then we throw troops at them...rinse and repeat. At no point should conventional wisdom tell you that giving Iran $1.7 billion dollars is a good idea. BTW Vox does not think paying Iran $1.3 billion dollars was a scandal.  But think about this. Obama pumps billions of dollars into Iran, and then we are surprised that Trump Drone bombs their head of military operations for killing our troops, US contractors, and attacking our embassy? I heard it put this way, that killing Soleimani was equivalent to killing our head of CIA, FBI, and Secretary of State all in one shot.  We are in this mess because we refuse to obey the word of God. Of course there are all sorts of Just War Theory issues here, but I want to bring this down to this...because this is not often consider when talking about our foreign policies. The bible explicitly commands us not to bribe. Proverbs 21:14 says “A gift in secret subdues anger, And a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.” Give gifts not bribes, and this should especially apply to the middle east. One last thing about the middle east. On Monday the Iraqi Parliament voted on a non-binding resolution to expel US military from the region. This of course is political as they are trying to appease the Iranian government while allowing for the protection they really want from the US troops. More of course will be developing regarding the Iran/Iraq story, so stay tuned.   Golden Globes If you missed the Golden Globes, like I gladly did, don't worry I still have you covered. To my delight, British comedian Ricky Gervias, was invited to host the Golden Globes. I have followed Ricky for a while, and sometimes his humor really gets my funny bone and other times he gets the trash can. But what is consistent about Ricky, is that he does not care what is cool and what is culturally acceptable, and that is what keeps me engaged with his Twitter account. As you know the Golden Globes is for the Hollywood elite to pat themselves on the back and pretend they have some sort of moral ethos that matters to America. Well, Ricky utterly destroyed that on Sunday night at the Golden Globes. I mean he just took all their logs and shoved them into their eyes beyond repair. For starters he lambaste Hollywood's friendships with Jeffrey Epstein and Harvy Winstein, and then ends with my favorite lines of the whole night:  Using Apple TV+ series “The Morning Show” as his jumping-off point Ricky said: “A superb drama about the importance of dignity and doing the right thing, made by a company that runs sweatshops in China…(obviously referring to the production of Apples iPhone and other devices) If you do win an award tonight, don't use it as a platform to make a political speech. You're in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg. If you win, come up, accept your little award, thank your agent and your god, and fuck off,” Gervais concluded. It is moments like these where you are grateful for God's common grace in this world, where even unbelievers can smell the massive hypocrisy coming out of rank Hollywood. Hollywood is full of rampant abuse of women, children that grow up in Hollywood regularly tell the tales of the darkness of Hollywood, and the enormous amount of bad storytelling and movie flops that come out of Hollywood is astounding. We often give Christian movies a bad rap, but how many Christian movies come out every year? 2? 5? 10? 20? Well how many pagan movies come out of Hollywood and absolutely flop or are full of lascivious trash? Hollywood by far has the worst record. So, next time you see a Christian movie come out, just remember it was made with no naked women, no compromised actors, and probably produced with only a couple million bucks. Think twice about how you judge that Christian movie, and why you give Hollywood a pass on the quantity of trashy movies that billow out of their cameras. Christian movies need improvement for sure, and if they were putting out 100 movies a year, we might actually think differently about the Christian movie scene. Lastly, I want to bring to your attention what is happening here in Idaho regarding Idaho's fight to end abortion. As you know we have had Scott Herndon, the architect of our end abortion legislation here in Idaho, and the two sponsoring legislators John Green and Heather Scott on our show a couple times in the past two years. This is their second attempt to push end abortion legislation here in Idaho and the momentum is building. I believe they now have six sponsoring legislators, which is really really good. The latest development, is that Scott Herndon's efforts, which began under the umbrella of AbolishAbortionId.com, and they have now started a PAC out of this initiative. The purpose of Abolish Abortion PAC is to make direct financial contributions for re-election and election to the campaigns of legislators and candidates who will fight for the abolition of abortion through the Abortion Human Rights Act bill. If enough money is raised, the PAC can also support legislators and candidates through direct expenses not coordinated with the candidates' campaigns, such as direct mailers, newspaper and radio ads. A financial contribution by "Abolish Abortion PAC" will appear on all of the legislators' campaign finance reports (which people do read) and will send a clear statement that the people of Idaho, through their financial contributions, want abortion ended in Idaho, without compromise. To make your financial contribution to Abolish Abortion PAC, which will in turn be used to support our champion legislators, send a check payable to: Abolish Abortion PAC PO Box 916 Sagle, ID 83860 To stay up on what is going on visit http://www.abolishabortionid.com/. I think this is a great idea, and a good way to put your money where our desires are at and an opportunity to bless legislatures that stick their neck's out for this legislation. So, consider giving to this pack, even $10 so your names are on record for these legislators to see that you care. I know Scott Herndon and he is a godly guy with a great family, and pray God's blessing on the legislative session this coming year. Well that is all for now.   This is Gabriel Rench with Crosspolitic News. You can find this show and all the others on the Fight Laugh Feast Network at Crosspolitic.com or Fightlaughfeast.com. 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Laith Marouf, broadcaster and journalist based in Beirut, Lebanon, joins us to discuss the Middle East. Israel has launched several missile attacks on Syria. Also, Iraq's political instability has still been unable to produce a president. The Iraqi Parliament has announced a list of 33 presidential candidates.

Mark Sleboda, Moscow-based international relations security analyst, joins us to discuss the military operation in Ukraine. After a Thursday night speech, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the green light for an extensive military operation to "disarm and de-nazify" Ukraine. Putin argued that the lack of diplomatic movement and the Ukrainian threat of acquiring nuclear weapons left him with no choice. Scott Ritter, former UN weapon inspector in Iraq, joins us to discuss potential economic fallout from the Ukraine crisis. Oil prices have already begun to rise, and many analysts expect prices and inflation trouble ahead for many nations. Also, will the US empire levy sanctions against Russia that would likely backfire?Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, joins us to discuss the potential of a new world order as a result of this week's military operation in Ukraine. Russia and China oppose the enlargement of NATO, and we discuss how Russia's military operation in Ukraine will change the dynamics of power between the three great powers on Earth. James Carey, writer, activist, and podcaster, joins us to discuss Iran. There are signs that the US is nearing an agreement to rejoin the JCPOA with Iran. If so, how will an energy superpower reappearing in the world's oil market affect prices, trade, and inflation? Iran has recently announced that they are optimistic about a deal.Laith Marouf, broadcaster and journalist based in Beirut, Lebanon, joins us to discuss the Middle East. Israel has launched several missile attacks on Syria. Also, Iraq's political instability has still been unable to produce a president. The Iraqi Parliament has announced a list of 33 presidential candidates. KJ Noh, activist, writer, and teacher, joins us to discuss China. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke with his Russian counterpart yesterday regarding the situation in Ukraine. China advocates that dialogue and negotiations should be used to form a sustainable European security mechanism.Leo Flores, Latin America coordinator for Code Pink, joins us to discuss Venezuela. Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro has announced his support for the Russian recognition of the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. He has, as of yet, not spoken about the hostilities in Ukraine.Carlos Castaneda, immigration lawyer, joins us to discuss immigration. The Supreme Court is reviewing whether the Biden administration had the authority to get rid of a Trump-era policy that made it harder for immigrants to obtain green cards.

The Iraqi parliament has sat for the first time in 2022, with major Kurdish political parties appointing roles and minor parties aligning factions. - Parlemanî Iraq daniştuwe bo yekemîn car le salî 2022, u parte gewrekanî Kurdistan rolyan helldebijêrin u partekanî di ke tawtwêy layengîrî u opozisyon deken.

The Iraqi Supreme Court on Monday upheld the results of the country's parliamentary election, in effect ratifying a win for the hardline Shia cleric Muqtada al Sadr. Al Sadr's nationalist party claimed a huge 35 percent increase in seats from its 2018 position, becoming the largest party in the parliament. Al Sadr once enjoyed backing from Iran and was a fierce enemy of the United States, but now opposes all foreign interference in Iraq. He has also hinted at increasing representation of the country's Kurdish and Sunni minorities. But will his reform project turn the tide on corruption and re-engage Iraqi civilians? Guests: Farhad Alaaldin Iraq Advisory Council Chairperson Ahmed Rushdi Senior Adviser to the Iraqi Parliament's Secretary General Tallha Abdulrazaq Iraqi Security and Political Analyst

Kimberly Keen is a 27-year-old family law lawyer, freelance journalist, model, humanitarian, and environmental activist. She values having a strong work ethic and sense of self in everything she does. During her childhood, Kimberly developed her love of nature and the outdoors. Her father, an avid hunter and wildlife conservationist, would often take her and her sister on camping trips in the deserts and mountains of the American North West. Her and her father would also rehabilitate injured birds in their neighborhood. At 11, Kimberly convinced her family to take in a stray cat as their own and has since adopted two more rescue cats. She is currently an avid hiker and enjoys free diving off her native San Diego beaches. Kimberly graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and the University of San Diego School of Law with a juris doctorate degree. She passed the California bar exam on her first try. While at UCLA, she won second place in the GenUN Case Competition for her initiative to deliver aid to internally displaced persons in Syria. During law school, Kimberly served on the executive board of the Journal of Climate and Energy Law as a comment editor, highlighting the changing laws and policy around climate change and energy conservation. Upon graduation, she won the Pro Bono Service Recognition award for contributing over 100 hours in free legal work. Kimberly is actively involved with Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights, where she helped the legal team introduce draft legislation to the Iraqi Parliament to help victims of ISIS. She wrote an article about this human rights crisis, where it was published on ELLE.com. Kimberly is the founder of Oceana Project, where she raises relief funds for wildlife restoration efforts for the disastrous Huntington Beach oil spill. In November of this year, she partnered with One Digital World and co-hosted the “Walk for Wildlife Run for Refugees 5K.” She was able to raise funds for the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach, an organisation at the forefront of oil spill restoration, and for One Digital World, to help with refugee education. Volunteers also collected 20 pounds of trash. This year, she was appointed a Global Ambassador for the organization Clean Trails for her extensive efforts with beach and trail cleanups. Connect with Kimberly: https://www.instagram.com/kimkeenofficial/ ⠀ ---⠀ ⠀ Be more than just a queen. Make an IMPACT. Join our sorority:⠀ ⬇️⬇️⬇️⠀ http://thepageantsorority.com/

The majority party begins negotiations with other parties to establish an Iraqi Cabinet. The majority party in the KRI is the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and they are negotiating with other parties in the KRI. The New Generation party has attained 9 seats in the Iraqi Parliament. - Partî brawe berew wituwêj derrwat legel partekanî dî ke bo pêkhênanî kabîney Êraqî. We herwe ha partî brawe le Kurdistan ke PDK ye, ewanîş wituwêj deken legel partekanî naw Kurdistan bo beşdarî kirdin le deselatî Êraqî. Partî Newey Nwê 9 kursî wergirtuwe le parlemanî Êraq.

Naseem Sadiq spoke to member of central committee of Abnaa Alnahrrain Mr Adad Yousif who explained the reasons behind their boycott of the last Iraqi Parliamentary Elections

Roland Bidjamov gives analysis about the winners and losers of the Iraq parliament elections. Which stream has the majority of seats? and how it will effect the shaping of Iraq's politics?. Also the destiny of the five seats Christian quota that was dominated by the list of (AL-BABELYOON).

Naseem Sadiq reports on the Christian candidates and their lists for the Iraqi Parliament elections that will take place on Sunday, 10 October 2021.

Last year, after the United States so brutally and openly assassinated the Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and the commander of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, Abu Mahdi al -Muhandis, the Iraqi Parliament voted for the United States to cease its occupation of the country. The United States has not done that, but the resistance to US occupation in Iraq is growing. Clearing the FOG speaks with Iraqi sociologist Sami Ramadani about the history of internal resistance to the Saddam Hussein regime, how the devastation caused by the United States impacted that and the current state of the resistance. Ramadani described the "Biden Plan" to divide Iraq into three sectors and to maintain the US presence in the region to protect US oil interests. For more information, visit PopularResistance.org.

SBS Assyrian correspondent from Duhok, Naseem Sadiq interviewed the Hon. Younadam Kanna, Secretary general of Assyrian Democratic Movement and member of the Iraqi Parliament, in regards to some opposition to Papal visit to Iraq and also about the proposed changes to Iraqi Federal Court.

Last Saturday, June 6, 2020, the new Iraqi Prime Minister completed his cabinet with the approval of the Iraqi Parliament for the nominated names. The Ministry of Immigration and Displaced was part of the Christian quota, and Ms. Evan Jabro, a biology teacher, took over. So would the Christians and the displaced in Iraq benefit from it?

The Lockwood family has been moved out of the 5 star hotel where they were being held hostage by the Iraqi government in Baghdad. Their new location is an office building in the middle of an industrial section of Baghdad. The Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament made a public statement, defining why the hostages are being housed at certain locations around Iraq. Iraq is using them as human shields, and providing them accommodations at power plants, chemical factories, ports and government buildings to deter the US, Britain and their allies from bombing these locations if they decide to intervene militarily. And it’s not just in Iraq, the Chappell family from BA Flight 149 is being kept next to a chemical factory in newly acquired Kuwait, for the same purpose, but their conditions are much worse. For Season One: we take a trip back to 1990, to the first Gulf War and Desert Storm. We follow the frightening and unlikely tale of a British family and many others, who were working or vacationing in the middle east at the time of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, and how these unlikely westerners became an official part of Saddam Hussein's military strategy. Join Host, Producer, and Modern History Enthusiast Robb Coles to revisit and walk through the big news stories that were breaking in the background of millennial childhood.Sources: Diary of a Human Shield by Glenda LockwoodWith It or In It: Desert Shield and Storm from the Loader's Hatch by Bacil Donovan WarrenThe Last Flight to Kuwait: BBC Saddam’s Shields: The United States and Hostage-Taking During the First Gulf War by Matthew Gailani Live from Baghdad Book: Robert Wiener Live from Baghdad Film: HBOInterviews: Bacil Donovan Warren, Matthew Gailani

More than 100 figures of revolutionary movement's representatives in Iraq met to study how to avoid the risks of COVID- 19, and the return of demonstrators to the sit-in areas after the end of the pandemic crisis.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by John Ross, a Senior Fellow for the Chongyang Institute at the Renmin University of China and award-winning resident columnist with several Chinese media organizations, to talk about why the staggering news that 10 million unemployment claims were filed in the month of March reflect a desperately insufficient government response, what's motivating attempts by the US 'intelligence community' to convince the public the China is lying about its Coronavirus numbers, whether such narratives will hold up as we turn to China for aid amid an increase in the estimated US death toll to hundreds of thousands, and why if we wish to avoid such a scenario we have "no option" but to embrace the Chinese model for flattening the curve.In the second segment Sean and Jacquie are joined by international affairs and security analyst Mark Sleboda to talk about why the news that Russia sent a huge cargo plane full of medical supplies to New York City is being met with fury by a huge segment of the political class, why it's in the best interest of other countries to help contain the outbreak in the US and prevent its spread abroad, and how the US military's saber-rattling towards Iran and refusal to leave Iraq (despite the Iraqi Parliament's demand that they do so) betrays the real priorities of the military industrial complex amid the pandemic. In the third segment Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kevin Kamps, a Radioactive Waste watchdog at Beyond Nuclear, to talk about concerns that US nuclear facilities could soon run out of necessary supplies, whether nuclear power plants even need to stay online amid a glut of unused energy resources, and how keeping them running means drawing from the severely-depleted medical equipment supply.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Netfa Freeman, an analyst for the Institute for Policy Studies and member of the Black Alliance for Peace Coordinating Committee, to talk about a new piece in the Washington Post by a number of Tri-State police chiefs, pro-war think-tankers and a DHS adviser urging public leaders to prime the public for the National Guard to begin patrolling US streets, whether US naval maneuvers in the Caribbean are more about combating drug-trafficking or attempting to intimidate Venezuelans, and why the writings of Vladimir Lenin and Malcolm X are so relevant in this time of global upheaval.

On this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Patrick Henningsen, writer, global affairs analyst, co-founder and executive editor of 21st Century Wire, to talk about the news that Chelsea Manning has been ordered free in the wake of her suicide attempt two days ago, whether the release represents real contrition by the prosecutors or merely an acknowledgment that their continued incarceration of Manning is causing more bad PR than it's worth, how all these developments tie into the ongoing attempts by the US government to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from the UK, and why the US government jailing Manning after her sentence was commuted indicates the Justice Department has limited confidence in their evidence against Julian Assange.In the second segment, Jacquie and Sean are joined by Jim Kavanagh, a political analyst and contributor to Counterpunch and ThePolemicist.net, where you can read his piece “The Party's Over: Bernie's Last Dance With the Dems," to talk about the upcoming Democratic debate between Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, why Bernie Sanders has to go on the offensive and point out Biden's propensity to state mistruths if he wants to stay in the race, why the Coronavirus outbreak represents a golden opportunity for Sanders to point out the need for Medicare for All, why Sanders' reluctance to hit back at other Democrats may be one of his greatest weaknesses, why exhortations by establishment Democrats to maintain 'party unity' ring so hollow, and whether the momentum in the race could turn once more if Biden commits another of his signature gaffes in the debate, and why many media personalities are now using fear of the national Coronavirus crisis to call for the debate to scrapped altogether. In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Brian Becker, host of Loud and Clear with Brian Becker on Radio Sputnik and National Director for the ANSWER Coalition, to talk about the US airstrike in Iraq which Iraqi sources are saying killed multiple Iraqi soldiers and police, why mainstream media's framing of the strikes as "retaliatory" misportrays the situation, what Iraq was like before multiple US wars turned it into a sectarian wasteland, why the recent US offer of "humanitarian aid" to Iran is so cynical and disingenuous, how the ongoing sanctions on Iran mirror the State Department's treatment of Venezuela, why the US government's insistence on maintaining a military occupation of Iraq (despite the Iraqi Parliament's demand that they leave) reflects a growing fear of Iraqi cooperation with Russia and China, how references to a "shock and awe" strategy can ultimately be traced back to how slavemasters in the US responded to uprisings of enslaved Africans. and why international solidarity is so crucial to the struggle for global liberation.Later in the show, Jacquie and Sean are joined by Natacia Knapper, an organizer with Stop Police Terror Project DC, to talk about Donald Trump's negligent response to the COVID-19 outbreak thus far, which local groups in DC are stepping in to fill in the glaring holes in the social welfare net exposed by the crisis, how school shutdowns are affecting the most impoverished, what steps she and other like-minded activists are taking to care for DC's most vulnerable populations as the government continues neglecting to do so, why it's so important to build highly-organized community networks to keep distributing supplies under increasingly stressful conditions, what to make of the huge contradiction between the popular American Exceptionalist imagining of the US and the harsh reality we now confront, whether this moment could ultimately represent a wake-up call for working people that we need a new socialist form of governance, what it means that dozens of Utah Jazz players were tested for Coronavirus while normal people struggle to get diagnosed, whether Trump's declaration that the Coronavirus Crisis is a national emergency signals that the federal government is finally taking the outbreak seriously, what to make of the new "Candyman" movie, and how a new generation of black directors and producers are upending pervasive racist tropes in cinema.

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Darrell Castle talks about the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani by a Hellfire missile fired from a U.S. drone. Transcription/Notes: TRUMP AND THE GENERAL Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today's Castle Report. Today is Friday, January 10, 2020, and on this Report I will be talking about the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani by a Hellfire missile fired from a U.S. drone. The attack, apparently personally ordered by President Trump, occurred at the Baghdad airport where the General had just arrived on a flight from Tehran, Iran. He was there to meet with an Iraqi named Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who had personally planned and led the blockade attacks against the U.S. Embassy. Keep in mind that the situation is fluid and changing as I speak.  A brief background to this story tells us that first an American civilian contractor was killed and several U.S. soldiers wounded in a rocket attack on an Iraqi base near KirKuk in Iraqi Kurdistan. In response, President Trump authorized airstrikes on five camps of the attackers. The targeted organization was designated a terrorist organization by President Obama's State Department in 2009. The group has repeatedly attacked U.S. forces in Iraq. In retaliation for the U.S. bombing, protesters led by the Iraqi Muhandis, blockaded and attacked the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. Attacking embassies is a common tactic used by Middle East groups, who believe they are immune from retaliation. Remember the takeover of the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979, and the siege of the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya during President Obama's administration.   President Trump tweeted out a threat, as he termed it, and said that Iran would pay a very big price. The Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Khamenei taunted President Trump on New Year's Day by saying “there is not a damn thing you can do.” It turns out that the Ayatollah was wrong because when his top General got off his airplane and got in the car with Muhandis, they did not make it off the tarmac before a Hellfire missile fired from a U.S. drone obliterated them. I suppose the Ayatollah confused President Trump with Presidents of his past dealing, but apparently Trump wanted to send him a Hellfire message that could be read as, “I'm not Jimmy Carter and I'm not Barack Obama, and when you kill one of us I will kill you back”.  The Iranians had to retaliate, of course, so they sent some rockets into Iraqi bases where U.S. troops were stationed, apparently killing no one but appearing strong and unafraid. So, they killed some of ours and in retaliation, Trump killed some of theirs and they retaliated for that, although in a benign way designed to not require further retaliation. The President spoke to the nation and accepted their quid pro quo as the end of it as far as he is concerned. If the Iranian retaliation was planned and accepted in advance I would not be surprised. There are rumors floating around that a back channel note sent through the Swiss embassy to Tehran said that proportionate retaliation would be acceptable and I assume that means a military and not a civilian target. I'll be surprised if this tit for tat goes any further than that because I think Trump wants to use it as an opportunity to do what he promised in his campaign he would do, and that is get the U.S. out of the eternal war business. So, perhaps a quiet deal with Iran is in place, and everyone avoids embarrassment. That's just a guess on my part but it looks plausible. I admit thought that this idea of pre-planned withdrawal looks shaky now, considering the massive buildup of U.S. forces in the Gulf Region, so we will see. In response to all this fighting, the Iraqi Parliament met and voted to invite U.S. troops to leave Iraq immediately. Perhaps the President will accept their invitation and pull the U.S. out of Iraq as he promised to do in his 2016 campaign. Perhaps he will do that, but if so, it won't solve the problem unless they come home complet...

Iran's retaliatory missile strikes on bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops, following the U.S. assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, have dramatically raised tensions in the Middle East. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei called the missile strike a “slap in the face” of the Americans and called for U.S. troops to leave the Middle East. The Iranian missile strikes come just days after the Iraqi Parliament voted to expel all foreign military forces from Iraq. We speak with Juan Cole, professor of history at the University of Michigan. The post Iran Conflict Enters Unprecedented Territory with Assassinations & Military Attacks appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 – The US escalation on Iran and the killing of a commander happened through a targeted airstrike near the Baghdad airport, in Iraq. Days later, the Iraqi Parliament voted to expel US troops from Iraq, and to “end the presence of any foreign troops on Iraqi soil.” That means both US and Iran, and it may signify a growing anti-imperialist movement. Raed Jarrar is an Iraqi-born human rights activist and writer based in Washington, D.C. His most recent piece in Truthout is titled “Iraq's Vote to Kick Out U.S. Troops Reflects Growing Anti-Imperialist Movement.“ 0:34 – Kayla Moore was killed by Berkeley Police in 2013. The officers were never charged, and the family sued. In 2018, a judge ruled there was insufficient evidence to prove discrimination. But now Moore family is headed back to court of appeals on Jan 9 for oral arguments. The family wants the City of Berkeley to overhaul it's mental health response policies, and provide care instead of police. Maria Moore is the sister of Kayla Moore, who was killed by Berkeley Police in 2013, and a mental health reform advocate. Adante Pointer is an attorney with John Burris Law, and legal council for the Moore family. 1:08 – Shortly after President Trump ordered the targeted assassination of an Iranian commander via an airstrike outside the airport in Baghdad Iraq, escalating major tensions with Iran, the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Patrol began detaining and questioning Iranians and Iranian-Americans at the border. Some were held and questioned for hours. The agency has denied the reports. But advocacy groups have activated legal support and are loudly denouncing the detentions and violation of civil rights. Zahra Billoo  is an attorney and the Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (CAIR-SFBA). 1:34 – Series Premiere: Unmasking America Shaun Assaels is a New York Times best-selling author, magazine writer and investigative journalist, as well as a sometime television correspondent. He can be seen in a documentary based on his latest book, The Murder of Sonny Liston, now on Showtime. His latest piece in Politico is The Massacre That Spawned the Alt-Right. The post Iraq's vote to expel US troops reflects a growing anti-imperialist movement; Plus: Family of Kayla Moore killed by Berkeley Police goes back to court this week, urges overhaul of Berkeley mental health response appeared first on KPFA.

From Bush’s ‘Iraqi Liberation’ In 2003 To The ‘Chaos’ Of Trumps Iraqi Sanctions Today..   Do you really think that Brigadier General William Seeley’s letter stating that the US would acknowledge the Iraqi Parliament’s vote for the US to leave Iraq was a ‘mistake’? Hear me out on this..   Given what we know about Trump and a growing international isolationist approach with our allies, where Trump has even discussed getting out of NATO (NY Times article) and the fact that he is surrounded by “yes” men- how concerned should we be?    Impeachment: today, former National Security Advisor John Bolton said that he would be willing to testify given a subpoena.. we only need 51 votes to make a motion to have the Senate hold a fair trial and hear from witnesses like John Bolton..   Here’s some troubling information folks, according to the San Diego Times, Duncan Hunter will likely receive his taxpayer-funded congressional pension despite guilty plea- and he’s not the only one!   You remember Duncan- he was indicted in August 2018 on 60 federal charges that he stole $250,000 of campaign money and used it for family vacations, groceries, extramarital affairs and other non-campaign uses dating back to at least 2010. The story is here.   Yes, the system is rigged against you middle America when companies like Chevron make $4.5 billion last year yet get a check back from the IRS for $181 million...

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Iraqi Parliament voted on Sunday to kick our troops out of Iraq. But was it really Iraq?

Welcome back to the ModState Podcast where the goal is to "Create Civil Conversation". In the wake of the assassination of an Iranian General tensions with Iran continue to mount. The surgical assassination of General Soleimani has led to the Iranians vowing retribution, the Iraqi Parliament expelling foreign troops from Iraq and President Donald Trump threatening the elimination of cultural sites in Iran. Now is the time to get the perspective of US Military Veterans who explain the process of military procedure, the geopolitical landscape of this corner of the Middle East and explain how troops maintain order through upholding their duty by not adhering to unlawful orders. This is a tense time but both John and Nate show listeners how to engage in disagreement and find common ground. [Episode image of January 2020 Iranian riots published by NBCNews.com] Thank you for tuning into the ModState Podcast. As always use the link link to https://www.modstate.com for more opinion pieces and send your thoughts to modstate@modstate.com

On this episode of Fault Lines, hosts Garland Nixon and Lee Stranahan discuss the funeral that took place today in Tehran. Millions of people mourned General Soleimani and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cried over the coffin.Guests:Elijah Magnier - Veteran War Correspondent | Our War with Syria, Iraq, & IranLarry Johnson - Former CIA Analyst | The Assassination 'Sugar High' & The USA's Soleimani MistakeDaniel McAdams - Executive Director of the 'Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity' | The Early Stages of a War with IranDanny Sjursen - Retired U.S. Army Officer and Former History Instructor at West Point | Decades in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen... Now Iran?General Soleimani was killed by the United States on Friday in Baghdad in a drone strike. The general was widely considered to be the second most powerful man in Iran and his successor swore revenge during the funeral ceremony. Because the attack happened on Iraqi soil, it is viewed by many as a violation of the nation's sovereignty. In response, the Iraqi Parliament voted in favor of expelling United States troops from their country.Veteran war correspondent Elijah Magnier explains the current tensions with Syria, Iraq, and Iran. Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson describes the attack as a mistake and those who support it are simply on a sugar high. The executive director of the 'Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity' Daniel McAdams outlines what stage the US-Iran war is in. Retired US Army officer Danny Sjursen ties his experience to the conflict.

Visions for 2020. The Good Fight Ahead. Trump Campaign raking in the donations, dwarfing all Democrat challengers. Gonna get HOT in Colorado. Electoral anecdotes from Victor Davis Hanson. Iraqi Parliament votes to remove all foreign troops from Iraq. Sounds good. But Lindsey Graham not on board. Middle Eastern Inevitabilities. Plus, Trade Advisor Peter Navarro describes "the biggest and best trade deals ever signed in American history" about to happen next week. Also, our SpyGate Updates. FBI McCabe the Confirmed Liar. Eric Wemple of the Washington Post blasts CNN and Lawfare for blowing it on the Steele Dossier. Rep. John Ratcliffe talks accountability en route for Brennan via the John Durham Investigation. Nailing the flawed chronologies of Crossfire Hurricane. Backbone Host Predicts 2020 Indictments from Durham. Vignettes on seating styles in Airplanes and Movie Theaters. Comparative Elbow Room. Agoraphobia v. Claustrophobia. With Listener Calls & Music via Foreigner, Dave Edmunds, Jeff Lynne and Riders In the Sky. Sacred Song from Red Foley.

Iraqi Parliament voted on Sunday to kick our troops out of Iraq. But was it really Iraq?

https://youtu.be/WM7I1-uh3T8 After a little holiday break, we're back and we're having some fun talking tariffs backfiring, more gun control stuff from VA, a little pot calling the kettle black (Iran vs US), the Iraqi Parliament, property rights issue regarding the Amish in MI, NSA not needing a warrant for "accidental" spying, an ex-bludgie claiming PTSD for being on trial (yeah, you read that right), and whatever else we stumble into! You know how we do it by now. Dyreka's book - https://www.amazon.com/Think-Yourself-Critical-Thinking-Beginners/dp/1791936172/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1 Andrew's YT - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYuYw7aFnaJBc8F6NCn-CKg/videos Anarchy Among Friends FB - https://www.facebook.com/AAFRTD Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0pqbeHBmWPN1sG0e6L28Uv Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/anarchy-among-friends/id1459037636?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/anchor-podcasts/anarchy-among-friends GooglePodcasts - https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9hNGZmNzQwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz Breaker - https://www.breaker.audio/anarchy-among-friends Overcast - https://overcast.fm/itunes1459037636/anarchy-among-friends PocketCasts - https://pca.st/CDH3 RadioPublic - https://radiopublic.com/anarchy-among-friends-Wkzzjl THIS PODCAST IS COVERED BY A BipCot NoGov LICENSE. USE AND RE-USE BY ANYONE EXCEPT GOVERNMENTS OR THEIR AGENTS IS OK. MORE INFO: https://bipcot.org/ Tariffs Backfiring - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trumps-tariffs-are-backfiring-fed-154909223.html VA Gun Control - https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/virginia-governors-call-for-18-person-gun-ban-force-comes-under-fire Iraq Parliment Vote - https://time.com/5759056/iraqs-parliament-expulsion-us-troops/ US-Iran/Pot-Kettle - https://theweek.com/articles/887283/america-guilty-everything-accuse-iran-doing Amish Property Rights - https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/12/19/aclu-michigan-amish-lenawee-county/2696483001/ "Inadvertent Spying" - https://www.yahoo.com/news/warrant-not-always-needed-inadvertent-004653951.html Bludgie PTSD - https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2019/12/20/ex-brown-deer-cop-charged-shooting-gets-57-000-duty-disability/2703702001/

HAPPY HOUR 92 We're back for the very first time in 2020! Listen up as we cover New Music, What's Poppin' and Politricks. We end with 2020 goals on our mind. NEW MUSIC Gucci Mane - East Atlanta Santa 3 (mixtape); Cam’ron Purple Haze 2 (album); Lil Baby - Woah (Single); JACKBOYS & Travis Scott - JACKBOYS (album); Sam Willis - Talk in the Morning; K. Roosevelt - Bloom; Golden Bridge - Tribal; WHAT’S POPPIN’ Da Baby arrested in FL for beating up concert promoter who owed him money. Poured apple juice and took $80. Will be extradited to TX. Can’t post bail. Australian Fire 12.35 million acres have burned, half a billion animals living in wild areas that burned have perished. TV/MOVIES

Ala Talabani is the head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan bloc in the Iraqi Parliament and a three-time member of the Council of Representatives of Iraq. This interview, recorded over a year ago, focuses mainly on Ala’s journey into politics as well giving us a fascinating insight into the recent political history of Iraq.

Ala Talabani is the head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan bloc in the Iraqi Parliament and a three-time member of the Council of Representatives... Read more »

In Iraq, masked gunmen shot dead 18 protesters overnight and injured more than 800 people in the Shiite holy city of Karbala on Monday. Nearly 225 Iraqis have been killed since a wave of anti-government protests swept the country last month. The protesters in Karbala were attacked while they camped out in the city's Education Square to protest corruption, lack of jobs and poor public services. Meanwhile, in Baghdad, hospital officials said four people died during protests on Monday, while another 109 were injured. On Monday, the Iraqi Parliament met for the first time since the protests began. Lawmakers voted to dissolve provincial councils and cut the salaries of some high-ranking officials. But the influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr dismissed the measures as a “sham” and called on the Iraqi government to announce early parliamentary elections. We speak with Yanar Mohammed, president of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq. The post As Death Toll Tops 220, Iraqi Protesters Stay in Streets Calling for End to Corrupt Government appeared first on KPFA.

Shownotes Jodie Evans is the co-founder and co-director of CODEPINK and the co-founder of the after-school writing program, 826LA. She has been a visionary advocate for peace for several decades. An inspired motivator, Jodie invigorates nascent activists and re-invigorates seasoned activists through her ever-evolving, always exciting methods to promote peace. Whether in board rooms or war zones, Jodie’s enthusiasm for a world at peace infuses conciliation, optimism and activism. As Director of Administration in California Governor Jerry Brown’s first administration, Jodie championed environmental causes, resulting in breakthroughs in wind and solar technology. She managed Governor Brown's 1991 Presidential campaign that instituted a cap on financial contributions which resulted in a stronger push for campaign finance standards. Jodie serves on the board of directors of numerous organizations that foster environmental, charitable, educational, socio-political and healthcare causes, including Drug Policy Alliance, Foundation for World Arts, Global Girl Media, Hereditary Disease Foundation, Institute for Policy Studies, Motion Institute and Rainforest Action Network. In 1999, she co-created the Peace Conference in Dubrovnik centered on "Imagining Peace in the 21st Century," and she continues to produce the multi-event World Festival of Sacred Music that takes place in Los Angeles every 3 years. Since the start of the 2003 Iraq War, Jodie has traveled to Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran and Jordan. On her most recent visit to Jordan, Jodie traveled with a peace coalition to meet with delegates from the Iraqi Parliament to institute an action plan for peace and reconciliation. In Cuba, she protested the prison facility at Guantanamo, and, in 2015, she was one of 30 women activists from fifteen countries who crossed the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea calling for peace and reconciliation between the two countries. Jodie’s commitment to social change is evidenced in documentary films she has produced, starting with Stripped and Teased: Tales from Las Vegas Women, a very personal look at the real women who work and live in Jodie’s hometown. She has also produced The People Speak, based on Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States; the Oscar-nominated documentary, The Square, about the 2011-2012 democratic uprisings in Egypt; the climate change documentary, This Changes Everything; and, The Brainwashing of my Dad, about the rise of the right-wing media apparatus. In partnership with Andrew Beath at Ocean Song, a farm and wilderness center in Northern California, she has witnessed how a community gifted with land can thrive, turning the land into rich soil for the growth of human beings. Inspired by the success of Ocean Song, Jodie partnered with Paul Hawken and Lekha Singh to become a caretaker for Two Rivers and Mohawk Love Farms in Springfield, Oregon. She is on the board of directors of the Center for New Economics and she is a tireless advocate of the slow food and slow money movements, supporting local production and local consumption and encouraging economic development in the local regional economy. Jodie is the co-editor of two books, Twilight of Empire: Responses to Occupation, and, Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism, and a contributor to Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution. She is currently writing a book about divesting from the unjust, extractive war economy and building a just, sustainable peace economy. Jodie Evans website Jodie’s mission: Jodie is primarily focused on sharing a global vision for peace and social justice. Jodie’s one-line message to the world: “Find ways to disconnect from the war economy; then open your heart and mind, connect to others and together cultivate what creates conditions conducive for life.” The SUE Speaks Blog Post about Jodie Evans Talking points from this episode Structure of governments is violent and oppressi...

On Monday, June 24th the Iraqi Parliament approved the nomination of the following Ministers: General (Res.) Najah Hassan Ali al-Shammari to be Iraq’s Minister of Defense; Yassin Taher Hassan al-Yasiri to be Iraq’s Minister of Interior Affairs; and Farouk al-Shwani to be Iraq’s Minister of Justice. The Iraqi elections were held in May 2018. Since then – until Monday, those three positions had not been filled. The reason for the delay was the power struggle within Iraq between Iranian proxies and pro-Iranian factors and those who reject Iranian intervention in Iraq and in Iraqi affairs. (On the Iranian-Iraqi struggle in Iraq, please see some articles I have published on that issue below). n Monday, June 24th the Iraqi Parliament approved the nomination of the following Ministers: General (Res.) Najah Hassan Ali al-Shammari to be Iraq’s Minister of Defense; Yassin Taher Hassan al-Yasiri to be Iraq’s Minister of Interior Affairs; and Farouk al-Shwani to be Iraq’s Minister of Justice. In my analysis, Al- Shammari’s nomination is a political achievement for the Iraqi camp that opposes Iranian intervention in Iraq. Click Here to Read Post on my Website

In 2014, Sarwah won a seat in the Iraqi Parliament as a member of the Goran (Change) party. Defending women’s rights and democracy in Kurdistan and the Iraqi Parliament, Sarwah recently became the head of the Goran party bloc in parliament. She will talk about the Kurdish independence referendum, women’s rights, and suffering under ISIS.

GRAVITY'S RAINBOW, pt. 3  ––  MJ in the Iraqi Parliament, insh'allah  ––  for a minute there, even Joan Didion was sufficiently paranoid  ––  Slothrop as a one-man history of American contributions to Nazism  ––  looms, computers, cellphones, submarines  ––  the Nazis own your food now, by the way  ––  GR as spatiotemporal colloid suspension  ––  Walter Benjamin, who saw everything first and died of it

Guest Introduction:â?? â??Emanuel Khoshaba Youkhana is Secretary General of the Assyrian Patriotic Party and Commander in Chief of the Assyrian Armed Forces (Dwekh Nawsha) and was born in Kirkuk. He represented the Assyrian people for the Nineveh province in the founding conference of the new Iraq, and the Iraqi Parliament in 2003. Emanuel Khoshaba called for the establishment of the Assyrian Army (DWEKH NAWSHA) forces, to defend the Assyrian people in 2014 after the occupation of IS in the Nineveh Plainâ?? and is their Commander in Chief. The United Assyrian Appeal.org helps the families of Assyrian Christian soldiers. Guest Introduction: â??US Army â??Ltâ??. Colâ??. (ret.) Sargis Sangari â??is â??the â??CEO of The Near East Center for Strategic Engagement LLCâ?? â??and â??Founder of the United Assyrian Appealâ??â??. â??Besides his six years of combat deployment in the Mid Eastâ??â?? â??â??including â??22 Special Forces missionsâ??â??, 144 combat patrolsâ?? and commanding men during numerous enemy attacksâ??â??, Sargisâ?? was accorded diplomatic status in Kuwait as Director of Host Nation Affairs. The United Assyrian Appeal â??focuses on assisting the Military Families of the Dwekh Nawshaâ??/Assyrian Armed Forces â??to stabilize the well being of Assyrians in Iraq & Syria. â??

2 May 2016 - Even more than in the past there is this nexus between the progressive movement and the labor movement in the US. This week we were joined for the interview by the Chief Economist of the AFL-CIO, the deeply knowledgable Dr. William Spriggs. Dr. Spriggs kindly gave us an unusually long and detailed interview and we highly recommend visiting some of the pages, to which I refer during our talk. They are on the excellent website of the AFL-CIO here, here, here and here. At the top of the show Will fills us in on what is going on with the protestors who have just taken the Iraqi Parliament. Later in the show he gives us the promised update on the Scottish elections which will take place on 5 May. I start out on the newly released anti-austerity budget which has just been announced by the Trudeau government in Canada. I come back a bit later to give a lot of detail about the very aggressive Vision 2030 economic plan aimed at weaning Saudi Arabia off of its dependence on oil. Headed by favorite son Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman (MbS as he is called in Saudi), the plan is interesting and hopeful but will have to overcome significant resistance from Wahhabi fundamentalists in order to succeed. We'll see.... I also learned that Netroots Radio has moved all of the old shows to which we had links from this site. Of course, all those links are now dead. I'll have to figure out where they went and fix that. On a more cheerful note, the archive section for Hopping Mad has been updated and an index has been added making it easier to find specific subject - Carrots! Arliss

Eugene has the amazing opportunity this episode to interview the ONLY Yazidi representative of the Iraqi Parliament. She was and has been the main voice calling for help since the ISIS invasion of the Sinjar Mountains area where the Yazidi people are from.

The Iraqi Parliament met today to begin selecting a new unity government. Within minutes, enough members walked out that they had to call it quits.

Dave talks with journalist/advocate Raed Jarrar who says that maybe it IS about the oil after all. Which may put our policy on a collision course with the fledgling democracy we're trying to protect

U.S. government pre-war planning documents stated that the new Iraqi government would have to privatize its oil industry. The Iraq Study Group said the same thing after the war.The new Iraqi oil law just unveiled would do just that:A new oil law set to go before the Iraqi Parliament this month would, if passed...transform Iraq’s oil industry from a nationalized model closed to American oil