uess what the lead story is in the New York Times today? The top right column features a hatchet job on John Kerry. Titled, “Kerry Is Pushing for Agreement in Iran Nuclear Talks,” the article portrays Kerry as an overeager Don Quixote lulled into faith in Iran because his counterpart, Javad Zarif, went to the University of Denver and they walked along the Rhone in Geneva together. Some of reporter Michael Gordon’s character slurs:

http://mondoweiss.net/2015/03/journalists-goldberg-gordon

***** Loving, here: this is why I'm devoting my self to do so much study: Ali’s deep concern is that organizations such as Black Lives Matter too often react to events and “don’t totally grasp that dealing with this problem of continuous state violence against the citizenry requires political movements.” He worries that Americans lack an understanding of their own history and that very few are literate in basic revolutionary theory, from Karl Marx to Rosa Luxemburg. This illiteracy, he said, means that opposition movements are often unable to effectively analyze the structures and mechanisms of capitalist power and cannot formulate a sophisticated political response.

http://www.truthdig.com/report/page3/tariq_ali_the_time_is_right_for_a_palace_revolution_20150301

AP: BDS gaining traction at US colleges

http://news.yahoo.com/anti-israel-divestment-push-gains-traction-us-colleges-050637043.html

When the government took her from her family, it outsourced her safety to a for-profit corporation. Nine months later she was dead

http://www.motherjones.com/print/269066

10 things America must do to stop ruining the world......I did not have time to read this but with this title it is worth sharing regardless

http://www.alternet.org/world/10-things-america-must-do-stop-ruining-world

***** must must must must read: Meanwhile, it has become clear that no regimen of inspection, no matter how penetrating and rigorous, could satisfy Netanyahu of an adequate Iranian compliance. What he asks is really the surrender of Iran's advanced technology: a surrender that would seal its consent to be a second-rate regional power, subordinate to the will of Israel.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-bromwich/netanyahus-takeover-bid_b_6780986.html

Administration denies Obama threatened to shoot down Israeli warplanes

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/1/report-obama-threatened-shoot-down-israeli-warplan/

Texas lawmaker on his fifth marriage filed complaint against judge over same-sex marriage

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/02/1367951/-Texas-lawmaker-on-his-fifth-marriage-filed-complaint-against-judge-over-same-sex-marriage?detail=facebook

Kerry warns Netanyahu against revealing Iran talks details

http://www.timesofisrael.com/kerry-warns-netanyahu-against-revealing-iran-talks-details/

UNICEF: Israel violates international law in treatment of Palestinian children

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/17274-unicef-israel-violates-international-law-in-treatment-of-palestinian-children

West Bank settlers build Star of David out of rocks to prevent Palestinian farmers from using land

http://mondoweiss.net/2015/03/settlers-prevent-palestinian

Paul Krugman: The point is that extreme inequality and the falling fortunes of America’s workers are a choice, not a destiny imposed by the gods of the market. And we can change that choice if we want to

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/03/02/opinion/paul-krugman-walmarts-visible-hand.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-top-span-region®ion=c-column-top-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region&_r=0&referrer=

Paul Krugman on the Real Meaning of the Walmart Wage Hike Don't believe the hype! Rampant inequality is a choice.

http://www.alternet.org/economy/paul-krugman-real-meaning-walmart-wage-hike

She wrote the definitive book on genocide. Samantha powers is the most degenerate, disgusting, perverted, evil sell out in my lifetime. There is a special place in hell for this bag of crap.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/01/1367880/-Netanyahu-s-Minions-Place-Hideous-Ad-in-NYT?detail=facebook

She wrote the definitive book on genocide. Samantha powers is the most degenerate, disgusting, perverted, evil sell out in my lifetime. There is a special place in hell for this bag of crap.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/01/1367880/-Netanyahu-s-Minions-Place-Hideous-Ad-in-NYT?detail=facebook

Pope Francis calls money the ‘devil’s dung’

http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2015/03/01/pope-francis-calls-money-the-devils-dung/

This Woman Was A Prostitute For 38 Years, But One Restaurant Changed All That

This Woman Was A Prostitute For 38 Years, But One Restaurant Changed All That

nd. Unless I have major health issues when I awaken tomorrow, unlikely, I'll be on Capitol Hill most of the day to Free Palestine, the day before Satanyahu is there. I'll wear a diaper, seriously, if needed.

Unless I have major health issues when I awaken tomorrow, unlikely, I'll be on Capitol Hill most of the day to Free Palestine, the day before Satanyahu is there. I'll wear a diaper, seriously, if needed.

Total Mainstream Media Blackout of Chicago Secret 'Black Site' at Homan Square

Total Mainstream Media Blackout of Chicago Secret 'Black Site' at Homan Square

You’ll Be So Happy When This Baby Elephant Reunites with Her Mother!

You’ll Be So Happy When This Baby Elephant Reunites with Her Mother!

Israeli settlers increase their attacks on Palestinian Christian sites

Israeli settlers increase their attacks on Palestinian Christian sites

Scientist 'killed Amazon indians to test race theory'

Scientist 'killed Amazon indians to test race theory'

How I became a "self-hating Jew"

How I became a "self-hating Jew"

Meet America’s first drug dealer: Arnold Rothstein’s wild, real-life 1920s “Sopranos” story

Meet America’s first drug dealer: Arnold Rothstein’s wild, real-life 1920s “Sopranos” story

Meet America’s first drug dealer: Arnold Rothstein’s wild, real-life 1920s “Sopranos” story

Meet America’s first drug dealer: Arnold Rothstein’s wild, real-life 1920s “Sopranos” story

10-year-old Palestinian boy attacked and arrested for playing in the snow

10-year-old boy attacked and arrested for playing in the snow

Kansas Could Put Teachers In Prison For Assigning Books Prosecutors Don’t Like

Kansas Could Put Teachers In Prison For Assigning Books Prosecutors Don’t Like

Israeli soldiers have depraved “fun” making “Rachel Corrie pancakes”

Israeli soldiers have depraved “fun” making “Rachel Corrie pancakes”

Jimmy Kimmel got doctors to swear at cameras to convince people to get vaccinated

Jimmy Kimmel got doctors to swear at cameras to convince people to get vaccinated

Fidel Castro And The Cuban Role In Defeating Apartheid

Fidel Castro And The Cuban Role In Defeating Apartheid