Poland

With anti-establishmentarians on the rise in the US & Europe, it appears the neocons and their NATO proxy aren't wasting any time and are stepping up not just the words, but their deeds, against a so-called "resurgent Russia." NATO's European Command (EUCOM) "needs to change," blasts General Philip Breedlove, urging the military to get back to the business of war planning, a skill lost during the post-Cold War era saying his objective is to send a signal of deterrence to Russia.

In a rerun of what happened two years ago when in April 2014 a Russian Su-24 fighter jet flew repeatedly within 1000 yards of a US warship, CNN reports that the Pentagon is furious that while sailing in the Baltic Sea, US warship the USS Donald Cook had two "extremely close overflights" by unarmed Russian fighter jets.

According to the initial reports, two concerning encounters occurred Tuesday night in international waters. A third overflight, at a more acceptable distance, happened Sunday, according to the source.

Jan Cienski reports on the new Polish government’s dim view of the relationship with the U.S.:

Poland’s new government has shed the country’s “negro mentality” when it comes to relations with the United States, Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said on Polish public television.

The world’s oldest man is a Jewish survivor of the notorious Auschwitz Nazi concentration and extermination camps in southern Poland. Mr Israel Kristal survived back-breaking slave labour at Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration camps. He was born in Poland and was awarded the title of the world’s oldest man on March 11, aged 112 years and 178 days, by Guinness World Records. The Express reports: Receiving his certificate at his home in Haifa, Israel, Mr Kristal said he did not know “the secret for long life”.

Authored by Brett Redmayne-Titley via ActivistPost.com,

“Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society.” – Aristotle