TTIP of the Iceberg: Consumer Concerns Could Sink the US-EU Trade Agreement.

If we are lucky, we will elect Sanders and he will pull the plug on This Treaty Is Plutocratic (TTIP).

Trump Booed for Reminding GOP of Bush's 9/11 Failure and Iraq War Lies.

Oh, the irony! Plain, unexaggerated truth from Trump! Right-wing nuts insisting on Dubya's lies instead!

Dubya and Cheney repeated those lies over and over, even after the facts were established; it was evil, but very effective at building a movement disconnected from reality.

Tens of thousands protested in North Carolina against voter suppression laws .

A giant bank bullied the UK government into weakening regulations by threatening to leave.

The courageous response, what the world needs, is to tell the banks to jump in the lake. But I won't say that the Tories were cowardly. I doubt they ever wished to deny such a powerful company what it wanted.

Russian air power is supporting the Kurds to advance in Syria. I suppose this is because Russia regards Turkey as the regional enemy, and the Kurds are the enemy of Russia's enemy.

Azaz is near to, but not part of, the strip by which PISSI trades with Turkey. It would be a very good thing if the Kurds captured that strip.

However, Turkey's recent shelling of Kurdish fighters suggests that it is on the verge of starting a broader war against Syrian Kurds. If that happens, the Kurds might lose greatly unless they get more support.