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Did Obama Really Kill Osama?
Dear Readers, what do you think? Did Obama really kill Osama? By Ralph Cinque http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31284.htm May 09, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — We just passed the one-year anniversary of the (alleged) execution of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. But, did he really live until 2011? Ten years earlier, in 2001, his kidneys were failing, and he was on dialysis. Do…
Read more »Make Love, then War
Dear Friends, I cannot vouch for the truth of this report. However, if Bob Dylan is accepting a Presidential Freedom Award (list of recipients) from the White House warmonger who has exterminated freedom both at home and abroad, it is very disheartening. Perhaps Dylan sees this as irony–the White House recognizing Bob Dylan. Alternatively, Dylan and Baez have grown comfortable…
Read more »They Thought They Were Free
THOSE WHO REFUSE TO LEARN FROM HISTORY ARE FORCED TO REPEAT IT Americans become incensed when comparisons are made between recent developments in the US and Nazi Germany. Nevertheless, the description below first published in 1955 of Germany’s descent into a police state could just as well be a description of what has happened in the US since September 11,…
Read more »Ignorance Is Bliss
Psychological studies confirm Frantz Fanon’s analysis of cognitive dissonance and Morpheus’ explanation to Neo of why people prefer to live in a false reality. But don’t become discouraged. Remember, all change comes from a few determined people. The following is a report from the American Psychological Association. November 21, 2011 Ignorance Is Bliss When it Comes to Challenging Social Issues…
Read more »MASS MURDERER GOES FREE
MASS MURDERER GOES FREE “Curveball,” the man whose lies were used by the Bush regime neoconservatives to create a false “weapons of mass destruction” case against Iraq,has confessed that he made it all up. Moreover, the Bush regime warmongers had to know it was a lie, because the weapons inspectors had reported that there were no weapons of mass destruction…
Read more »Feeding The Homeless BANNED In Major Cities All Over America
Dear Readers: Only in Amerika. If you feed the homeless or give a homeless person a drink of water, you might be arrested. So much for america being “the land of freedom and democracy.” Amerika is the land of the crazed Police State. -PCR Original Content at: http://www.opednews.com/articles/Feeding-The-Homeless-BANNE-by-the-web-120324-37.html What would you do if you came across someone on the street…
Read more »Why Barack Obama is the More Effective Evil
Dear Readers: This is the best speech I have come across in many years. PCR Original Content at http://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-Barack-Obama-is-the-Mo-by-Glen-Ford-120324-930.html No matter how much evil Barack Obama actually accomplishes during his presidency, people that call themselves leftists insist on dubbing him the Lesser Evil. Not only is Obama not given proper credit for out-evil-ing George Bush, domestically and internationally, but the…
Read more »Washington’s high-powered terrorist supporters
Glenn Greenwald demonstrates that not only the president but also the Washington elite are above the law. http://www.salon.com/2012/03/12/washingtons_high_powered_terrorist_supporters/singleton/
Read more »Dennis Kucinich and “Wackiness”
US Representative Dennis Kucinich’s defeat in a Democratic primary is more evidence that americans are incapable of recognizing leadership. As the few leaders are eliminated by redistricting and by electoral fraud, the ability of americans to reclaim their liberty and economy diminishes. Glenn Greenwald’s account of the presstitutes’ view of Kucinich and what it reveals about the Washington Establishment is…
Read more »The World War on Democracy
John Pilger describes the reality hidden behind the cloak of anglo-american “democracy.” http://www.johnpilger.com/articles/the-world-war-on-democracy January 20, 2012 — Lisette Talate died the other day. I remember a wiry, fiercely intelligent woman who masked her grief with a determination that was a presence. She was the embodiment of people’s resistance to the war on democracy. I first glimpsed her in a 1950s…
Read more »The New Blacklist—Pat Buchanan On His MSNBC Firing
Pat Buchanan’s strong Republican voice in the mainstream media against the wars against Muslims and the US Constitution has been shut down. 02/16/12 My days as a political analyst at MSNBC have come to an end. After 10 enjoyable years, I am departing, after an incessant clamor from the left that to permit me continued access to the microphones of…
Read more »The Greek Experiment
This is my editing of an interview Professor Michael Hudson gave to The Real News Network. I have edited Professor Hudson’s interview for clarity and have not changed the meaning of any of his statements. It is posted on this site with Professor Hudson’s permission. PCR The Greek crisis is being used to find out how far finance can drive…
Read more »Will the US Launch ‘Mini-Nukes’ Against Iran?
http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=2032 This article by Professor Michel Chossudovsky describes the casual and complete way in which neoconservatives have incorporated the use of tactical nuclear weapons into US war doctrine. These weapons are widely distributed, and theater commanders now have the discretion to attack with nuclear weapons. Anyone so naive as to believe that there is a scrap of morality anywhere in…
Read more »The Assange Case Means That We Are All Suspects Now
Original source: http://johnpilger.com/articles/the-assange-case-means-we-are-all-suspects-now By John Pilger This week’s Supreme Court hearing in the Julian Assange case has profound meaning for the preservation of basic freedoms in western democracies. This is Assange’s final appeal against his extradition to Sweden to face allegations of sexual misconduct that were originally dismissed by the chief prosecutor in Stockholm and constitute no crime in Britain.…
Read more »Mikhail Gorbachev, “Is the World Really Safer Without the Soviet Union?
http://www.thenation.com/article/165317/world-really-safer-without-soviet-union Dear friends: Led by political and economic reformer Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union agreed with presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush to end the cold war and to reduce nuclear arms. A revolt by diehard communists weakened Gorbachev and resulted in Boris Yeltsin and the leaders of Ukraine and Belorussia abolishing the Soviet Union. The removal of the…
Read more »The “anti-Semitism” smear campaign against CAP and Media Matters rolls on–Guest Post
Original source: http://www.salon.com/2012/01/19/the_smear_campaign_against_cap_and_media_matters_rolls_on/singleton/ By Glenn Greenwald This is an important article. Glenn Greenwald criticizes the Israel Lobby for smearing liberal writers, some of whom are Jews, as anti-semites in order to prevent any criticism of the Israeli government’s treatment of Palestinians. Greenwald shows that the Israel Lobby also uses the smear tactic to prevent any questioning of the Israel Lobby’s…
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Beating the Drums of War: Provoking Iran into “Firing the First Shot”? – Guest Post
By Michel Chossudovsky Original Source: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28652 Introduction While the possibility of a war with Iran is acknowledged in US news reports, its regional and global implications are barely analyzed. Very few people in America are aware or informed regarding the devastation and massive loss of life which would occur in the case of a US-Israeli sponsored attack on Iran.…
Read more »10 Reasons the U.S. is no Longer the Land of the Free–Guest Post
Original Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-the-united-states-still-the-land-of-the-free/2012/01/04/gIQAvcD1wP_story.html By Jonathan Turley, Published: January 13, 2012, Washington Post January 14, 2012 “WP” — Every year, the State Department issues reports on individual rights in other countries, monitoring the passage of restrictive laws and regulations around the world. Iran, for example, has been criticized for denying fair public trials and limiting privacy, while Russia has been taken to…
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Guantanamo by the Numbers [Infographic] – ACLU Guest Post
Original Source: http://www.aclu.org/national-security/guantanamo-numbers
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