Regime

Clinton's rhetorical concession, intended to create goodwill in Beijing, in fact had the opposite effect. China's leaders were "ecstatic" about her minimizing human rights. "In their eyes, America had finally succumbed to a full kowtow before the celestial emperor," wrote Laurence Brahm, an American with close ties to Chinese leaders, at the time. … [Read more...] about ‘Worst-Ever Secretary of State’ Declares China a Genocidal Regime | Opinion

Just days after switching over to the new mobile app-based attendance system, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation plans to slash salaries of employees who are yet to shift to the new system to register attendance. The corporation has issued an order in this regard and a show-cause notice is likely to be served to such employees soon.“Directions to zonal in charges to deduct salaries of employees not marking their attendance through the Lucknow 311 app have been issued. Show-cause notices to employees reaching the workplace late will be served soon,” additional municipal commissioner Archana Dwivedi said.The civic body had shifted to the new attendance regime from January 5, the new attendance system was implemented to ensure employees reach office on time. It was also meant to address complaints of some employees that biometrics machines installed in the offices were not marking attendance accurately.As per the new system employees and officers will click a selfie after … [Read more...] about Lucknow civic body to cut salaries of employees not using smart app-based attendance regime

Outside, antifascist and antiracist demonstrators gathered to protest against McInnes’s appearance. As guests began to leave, a score of Proud Boys hung back and prepared for the coming brawl. Scuffles and beatings followed, as they seemed to wherever the Proud Boys went. A dozen members of the protofascist gang stomped demonstrators who had been caught in the open. “Do you feel brave now, faggot?” one yelled, according to the documentary film-maker Sandi Bachom and the photojournalist Shay Horse, who witnessed the attack. Bachom’s footage shows one assailant screaming “Faggot!” as he kicks someone curled up on the ground. Other footage includes a Proud Boy bragging, “Dude, I had one of their fucking heads, and I was just fucking smashing it in the pavement!” “That son of a bitch!” he continues. “He was a fucking foreigner.” One of his friends yells the Proud Boys slogan: “Fuck around, find out!” … [Read more...] about Trump’s useful thugs: how the Republican party offered a home to the Proud Boys

Another of those preparing the rendition programme with Argentina, which would later be absorbed into Condor, was the Uruguayan navy lieutenant Jorge Tróccoli. Now a grey, jowly 73-year-old, Tróccoli was the only defendant present at the Rome trial. He had moved to Italy and was arrested in Salerno, near Naples, in 2007. In the 90s, Tróccoli wrote two semi-autobiographical novels about how Uruguay’s military had embraced torture, murder and repression. In La Hora del Depredador (The Predator’s Hour), a torturer who appears to act as a proxy for the author (though Tróccoli insists this is fiction) declares: “When this is over, we will have to make peace. And that won’t happen if we use methods like this … What’s more, you will begin to feel bad about it as the years go by.” Yet, in court, Tróccoli showed no remorse, claiming innocence. “He sat beside me one day,” Meloni told me. “He was angry, not … [Read more...] about Operation Condor: the cold war conspiracy that terrorised South America

“Imposing these sanctions on Inauguration Day is seemingly an attempt to play to partisan divides,” National Security Council spokeswoman Emily Horne told Reuters in a statement. “Americans of both parties should criticize this unproductive and cynical move. President Biden looks forward to working with leaders in both parties to position America to out-compete China.” … [Read more...] about ‘Unproductive And Cynical’: Biden Administration Slams Chinese Sanctions On Trump Officials